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'''Brian Dale Warner''' (born 1952) is an American [[Amateur astronomy|amateur astronomer]] and [[computer programmer]]. In 2006 he was awarded the inaugural [[Chambliss Amateur Achievement Award]] by the [[American Astronomical Society]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Bhattacharjee |first=Yudhijit |date=2007 |title=Newsmakers |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20038902 |journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]] |volume=315 |issue=5813 |pages=745 |jstor=20038902 |issn=0036-8075 |via=[[JSTOR]] |access-date=February 27, 2023 |archive-date=February 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227025944/https://www.jstor.org/stable/20038902 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":4" /> |
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From the 1990s to 2011 Warner operated from the Palmer Divide Observatory at his home near [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Zimmerman |first=Robert |date=October 2009 |title=Become a SUPER Amateur |url= |journal=[[Sky & Telescope]] |volume=118 |issue=4 |pages=35 |issn=0037-6604}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |date=2007-05-01 |title=AAS names winners of awards, prizes |url=https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.2743133 |journal=[[Physics Today]] |volume=60 |issue=5 |pages=81–82 |doi=10.1063/1.2743133 |issn=0031-9228}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> Since 2011 he has operated from the Palmer Divide Station {{Obscode|U82}} at the [[Center for Solar System Studies]] in [[Landers, California]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=David |first=Jason |date=2019-12-17 |title=The Biggest Little Asteroid Observatory |url=https://www.planetary.org/articles/biggest-little-asteroid-observatory |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=[[The Planetary Society]] |language=en}}</ref> |
From the 1990s to 2011 Warner operated from the Palmer Divide Observatory at his home near [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Zimmerman |first=Robert |date=October 2009 |title=Become a SUPER Amateur |url= |journal=[[Sky & Telescope]] |volume=118 |issue=4 |pages=35 |issn=0037-6604}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |date=2007-05-01 |title=AAS names winners of awards, prizes |url=https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.2743133 |journal=[[Physics Today]] |volume=60 |issue=5 |pages=81–82 |doi=10.1063/1.2743133 |bibcode=2007PhT....60Q..81. |issn=0031-9228 |access-date=February 27, 2023 |archive-date=October 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014204850/https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.2743133 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":1" /> Since 2011 he has operated from the Palmer Divide Station {{Obscode|U82}} at the [[Center for Solar System Studies]] in [[Landers, California]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=David |first=Jason |date=2019-12-17 |title=The Biggest Little Asteroid Observatory |url=https://www.planetary.org/articles/biggest-little-asteroid-observatory |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=[[The Planetary Society]] |language=en |archive-date=October 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003121303/https://www.planetary.org/articles/biggest-little-asteroid-observatory |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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Warner's astronomy has included extensive use of [[Photometry (astronomy)|photometry]] to record the [[light curve|light curves]] of [[Asteroid|asteroids]] and [[Variable star|variable stars]].<ref name=":1" /> His identification of five pairs of [[Binary asteroid|binary asteroids]] in the [[main belt]] contributed to the abandonment of the theory that binary asteroids only form through [[tidal interactions]] with planets.<ref name=":5">{{Cite journal |last=Bohannon |first=John |author-link=John Bohannon |date=2007-10-12 |title=Tooled-Up Amateurs Are Joining Forces With the Professionals |url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.318.5848.192 |journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]] |language=en |volume=318 |issue=5848 |pages=192–193 |doi=10.1126/science.318.5848.192 |issn=0036-8075}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Fienberg |first=Richard Tresch |date=2007-01-26 |title=Amateur Astronomer Wins Pros' Accolades |language=en-US |work=[[Sky & Telescope]] |url=https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/amateur-astronomer-wins-pros-accolades/ |access-date=2023-02-26 |issn=0037-6604}}</ref> He discovered the asteroids [[70030 Margaretmiller]], [[34366 Rosavestal]] and [[34398 Terryschmidt]].{{Sfn|Schmadel|2003|p=891}} |
Warner's astronomy has included extensive use of [[Photometry (astronomy)|photometry]] to record the [[light curve|light curves]] of [[Asteroid|asteroids]] and [[Variable star|variable stars]].<ref name=":1" /> His identification of five pairs of [[Binary asteroid|binary asteroids]] in the [[main belt]] contributed to the abandonment of the theory that binary asteroids only form through [[tidal interactions]] with planets.<ref name=":5">{{Cite journal |last=Bohannon |first=John |author-link=John Bohannon |date=2007-10-12 |title=Tooled-Up Amateurs Are Joining Forces With the Professionals |url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.318.5848.192 |journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]] |language=en |volume=318 |issue=5848 |pages=192–193 |doi=10.1126/science.318.5848.192 |pmid=17932268 |s2cid=13016594 |issn=0036-8075}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Fienberg |first=Richard Tresch |date=2007-01-26 |title=Amateur Astronomer Wins Pros' Accolades |language=en-US |work=[[Sky & Telescope]] |url=https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/amateur-astronomer-wins-pros-accolades/ |access-date=2023-02-26 |issn=0037-6604 |archive-date=September 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927141635/https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/amateur-astronomer-wins-pros-accolades/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He discovered the asteroids [[70030 Margaretmiller]], [[34366 Rosavestal]] and [[34398 Terryschmidt]].{{Sfn|Schmadel|2003|p=891}} |
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Warner is the [[Software developer|developer]] of the Minor Planet Observer (MPO) [[Software suite|suite]] of astronomy software used for photometry observations of asteroids and variable stars.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=Miles |first=Richard |date=February 2004 |title=A practical guide to lightcurve photometry and analysis |url=https://britastro.org/journal_old/pdf/114-1reviews.pdf |
Warner is the [[Software developer|developer]] of the Minor Planet Observer (MPO) [[Software suite|suite]] of astronomy software used for photometry observations of asteroids and variable stars.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=Miles |first=Richard |date=February 2004 |title=A practical guide to lightcurve photometry and analysis |url=https://britastro.org/journal_old/pdf/114-1reviews.pdf |journal=[[Journal of the British Astronomical Association]] |volume=114 |issue=1 |pages=38–39 |issn=0007-0297 |access-date=February 27, 2023 |archive-date=February 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227025937/https://britastro.org/journal_old/pdf/114-1reviews.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Medkeff |first=Jeff |author-link=Jeffrey S. Medkeff |date=October 2001 |title=A Trio for Minor-Planet Oberservers |magazine=[[Sky & Telescope]] |page=58 |issn=0037-6604}}</ref> He also authored the 2006 book ''A Practical Guide to Lightcurve Photometry and Analysis'', published by [[Springer Science+Business Media|Springer]], on using photometry to study asteroids and variable stars.<ref name=":2" /> |
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Warner studied undergraduate physics at the [[University of Colorado]]. In 2005 was awarded a |
Warner studied undergraduate physics at the [[University of Colorado]]. In 2005 he was awarded a master's degree in astronomy from [[James Cook University]] in [[Queensland]], Australia.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Brian D. Warner |url=https://www.spacescience.org/about_ssi/staff/warner.html |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=[[Space Science Institute]] |archive-date=November 22, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081122083951/http://www.spacescience.org/about_ssi/staff/warner.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":5" /> |
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The {{Convert|4.9|km|mi||abbr=on|sigfig=}} wide [[main belt]] asteroid [[8734 Warner]] is named in his honor.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Schmadel |first=Lutz D. |url= |title=[[Dictionary of Minor Planet Names]] |date=2003 |publisher=[[Springer (publisher)|Springer]] |others=[[International Astronomical Union]] |isbn=978-3-540-29925-7 |edition=5th |location=Berlin |pages=663 |language=en |chapter=(8734) Warner |oclc=184958390 |author-link=Lutz D. Schmadel |chapter-url=http://archive.org/details/minorplanetnames}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=8734 Warner (1997 AA) |url=https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=8734&view=OPD |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=[[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]]}}</ref> |
The {{Convert|4.9|km|mi||abbr=on|sigfig=}} wide [[main belt]] asteroid [[8734 Warner]] is named in his honor.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Schmadel |first=Lutz D. |url= |title=[[Dictionary of Minor Planet Names]] |date=2003 |publisher=[[Springer (publisher)|Springer]] |others=[[International Astronomical Union]] |isbn=978-3-540-29925-7 |edition=5th |location=Berlin |pages=663 |language=en |chapter=(8734) Warner |oclc=184958390 |author-link=Lutz D. Schmadel |chapter-url=http://archive.org/details/minorplanetnames}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=8734 Warner (1997 AA) |url=https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=8734&view=OPD |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=[[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]] |archive-date=July 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702070715/https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=8734&view=OPD |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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== Books == |
== Books == |
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* {{Cite book |last=Warner |first=Brian D. |url=https://archive.org/details/practicalguideto0000warn/ |title=A Practical Guide to Lightcurve Photometry and Analysis |
* {{Cite book |last=Warner |first=Brian D. |url=https://archive.org/details/practicalguideto0000warn/ |title=A Practical Guide to Lightcurve Photometry and Analysis |publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media|Springer]] |isbn=978-0-387-33391-5 |location=New York |oclc=209915880|year=2006|language=en}} |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Born | Brian Dale Warner[1] 1952 (age 71–72)[2] |
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Awards | Chambliss Amateur Achievement Award (2006) |
Brian Dale Warner (born 1952) is an American amateur astronomer and computer programmer. In 2006 he was awarded the inaugural Chambliss Amateur Achievement Award by the American Astronomical Society.[3][4]
From the 1990s to 2011 Warner operated from the Palmer Divide Observatory at his home near Colorado Springs, Colorado.[5][6][3] Since 2011 he has operated from the Palmer Divide Station (U82) at the Center for Solar System Studies in Landers, California.[7]
Warner's astronomy has included extensive use of photometry to record the light curves of asteroids and variable stars.[3] His identification of five pairs of binary asteroids in the main belt contributed to the abandonment of the theory that binary asteroids only form through tidal interactions with planets.[8][4] He discovered the asteroids 70030 Margaretmiller, 34366 Rosavestal and 34398 Terryschmidt.[9]
Warner is the developer of the Minor Planet Observer (MPO) suite of astronomy software used for photometry observations of asteroids and variable stars.[10][11] He also authored the 2006 book A Practical Guide to Lightcurve Photometry and Analysis, published by Springer, on using photometry to study asteroids and variable stars.[10]
Warner studied undergraduate physics at the University of Colorado. In 2005 he was awarded a master's degree in astronomy from James Cook University in Queensland, Australia.[4][12][8]
The 4.9 km (3.0 mi) wide main belt asteroid 8734 Warner is named in his honor.[2][13]
Books[edit]
- Warner, Brian D. (2006). A Practical Guide to Lightcurve Photometry and Analysis. New York: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-33391-5. OCLC 209915880.
References[edit]
- ^ Warner, Brian D. (2006). A Practical Guide to Lightcurve Photometry and Analysis. New York: Springer. p. vii. ISBN 978-0-387-33391-5. OCLC 209915880.
- ^ a b Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). "(8734) Warner". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. International Astronomical Union (5th ed.). Berlin: Springer. p. 663. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. OCLC 184958390.
- ^ a b c Bhattacharjee, Yudhijit (2007). "Newsmakers". Science. 315 (5813): 745. ISSN 0036-8075. JSTOR 20038902. Archived from the original on February 27, 2023. Retrieved February 27, 2023 – via JSTOR.
- ^ a b c Fienberg, Richard Tresch (January 26, 2007). "Amateur Astronomer Wins Pros' Accolades". Sky & Telescope. ISSN 0037-6604. Archived from the original on September 27, 2022. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
- ^ Zimmerman, Robert (October 2009). "Become a SUPER Amateur". Sky & Telescope. Vol. 118, no. 4. p. 35. ISSN 0037-6604.
- ^ "AAS names winners of awards, prizes". Physics Today. 60 (5): 81–82. May 1, 2007. Bibcode:2007PhT....60Q..81.. doi:10.1063/1.2743133. ISSN 0031-9228. Archived from the original on October 14, 2022. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
- ^ David, Jason (December 17, 2019). "The Biggest Little Asteroid Observatory". The Planetary Society. Archived from the original on October 3, 2022. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
- ^ a b Bohannon, John (October 12, 2007). "Tooled-Up Amateurs Are Joining Forces With the Professionals". Science. 318 (5848): 192–193. doi:10.1126/science.318.5848.192. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 17932268. S2CID 13016594.
- ^ Schmadel 2003, p. 891.
- ^ a b Miles, Richard (February 2004). "A practical guide to lightcurve photometry and analysis" (PDF). Journal of the British Astronomical Association. 114 (1): 38–39. ISSN 0007-0297. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 27, 2023. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
- ^ Medkeff, Jeff (October 2001). "A Trio for Minor-Planet Oberservers". Sky & Telescope. p. 58. ISSN 0037-6604.
- ^ "Brian D. Warner". Space Science Institute. Archived from the original on November 22, 2008. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
- ^ "8734 Warner (1997 AA)". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Archived from the original on July 2, 2022. Retrieved February 26, 2023.