Asteroid (290181) Sigut

Thomas Allan Aaron Sigut (b. 1966) is a Canadian astronomer who completed his PhD at the University of Toronto on infrared Rydberg transitions in B stars in 1995. He is known for his research on circumstellar disks around hot stars, classical Be stars, Herbig Ae/Be stars and non-LTE radiative transfer as applied to precise stellar abundance determinations.

Reference: WGSBN Bulletin, 2023-02-27, Volume 3, Number 3, page 15

Author: 
peter@jedicke.ca
Name: 
Sigut
Number: 
290181
Designation: 
2005 RZ50
Disc. Date: 
2005-09-03
Discoverer: 
P. A. Wiegert
Disc. Place: 
Mauna Kea / 568