Asteroid (15887) Daveclark

David Leslie Clark (b. 1956) is an amateur astronomer active in the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, London Centre, particularly in educational activities. In the late 1970s, Clark wrote an early example of a single-player computer game called Sopwith. He created ClearSky, a solar system demonstration and analysis software package. For the 2001 and 2016 RASC General Assemblies, Clark served as co-Chair. In 2023, Clark earned a PhD from Western University for his thesis "Observation And Modelling Of Meter-Class Earth Impacting Asteroids."

Orbit type: Main Belt

Reference: MPC 54175

Author: 
Anonymous
Name: 
Daveclark
Number: 
15887
Designation: 
1997 ER26 et al
Disc. Date: 
1997-03-04
Discoverer: 
Spacewatch
Disc. Place: 
Kitt Peak