Donald Ross Moorcroft (1935-2015) is a Canadian physicist who did much to advance the field of radar backscatter from the auroral E-region ionosphere. He was the Chair of the Department of Physics of the University of Western Ontario from 1989 to 1998.
Orbit type: Main Belt
Reference: MPC 83584
Name:
Moorcroft
Number:
233472
Designation:
2006 KB143
Disc. Date:
2006-05-25
Discoverer:
Wiegert, P.A.
Disc. Place:
Mauna Kea