Howard Plotkin (1941- ) is a historian of science who joined the faculty at the University of Western Ontario and focused on astronomy. In 2004-2005, Plotkin took a closer look at all the research surrounding the Dresden meteorite, and published a paper in the Journal of the the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.
Name proposed and citation prepared by Peter Jedicke and Robert Jedicke.
Orbit type: Main Belt Asteroid
Ref: MPC 49100
Name:
Plotkin
Number:
14619
Designation:
1998 UF9
Disc. Date:
1998-10-16
Discoverer:
Spacewatch
Disc. Place:
Kitt Peak