William Liller

Minor planets discovered: 2[1]
2449 Kenos 8 April 1978 MPC
3040 Kozai 23 January 1979 MPC

William Liller (April 1, 1927, Philadelphia – February 28, 2021) was an American astronomer, known for his research on "planetary nebulae, comets, asteroids, magnetic activity in cool stars, the optical identification of X-ray sources, and astro-archaeology."[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference MPC-discoverer-list was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Hirshfeld, Alan; Jones, Christine; Forman, William (2021). "William Liller (1927–2021)". Bulletin of the AAS. 53 (2). doi:10.3847/25c2cfeb.97f3253d. S2CID 233526015.