Asteroid (299518) Metchev

Stanimir A. Metchev (b. 1976) is a Bulgarian-Canadian Professor and Canada Research Chair at the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada. His 2005 PhD at Caltech was on brown dwarf companions to young solar analogs. He is known for his research on planetary systems around nearby stars and on the atmospheres of brown dwarfs and exoplanets.

Reference: WGSBN Bulletin, 2023-03-20, Volume 3, Number 4, page 9

Author: 
peter@jedicke.ca
Name: 
Metchev
Number: 
299518
Designation: 
2006 CX63
Disc. Date: 
2006-02-02
Discoverer: 
Paul A. Wiegert
Disc. Place: 
Mauna Kea / 568