Robert H. McNaught

Minor planets discovered: 483 ^[1]
see § List of discovered minor planets

Robert H. McNaught (born in Scotland^{[citation needed]} in 1956^{[citation needed]}) is a Scottish-Australian astronomer at the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the Australian National University (ANU).^{[citation needed]} He has collaborated with David J. Asher of the Armagh Observatory.^{[citation needed]}

The inner main-belt asteroid 3173 McNaught, discovered by Edward Bowell at Anderson Mesa Station in 1981, was named after him by its discoverer, following a suggestion by David Seargent.^[2]

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