Scott S. Sheppard

Who is Scott S. Sheppard?

Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. He has also discovered the second known leading Neptune trojan, 2004 UP10, and the first known trailing Neptune trojan, 2008 LC18, as well as several Kuiper belt objects, centaurs, and near-Earth asteroids.

Among the named moons in whose discovery he has been involved are:

Themisto, first discovered by Charles Kowal in 1975

Harpalyke

Praxidike

Chaldene

Isonoe

Erinome

Taygete

Kalyke

Megaclite

Iocaste

Euporie

Orthosie

Euanthe

Thyone

Hermippe

Pasithee

Aitne

Eurydome

Autonoe

Sponde

Kale

Arche

Eukelade

Helike

Aoede

Hegemone

Kallichore

Cyllene

Mneme

Thelxinoe

Carpo

Kore

Herse

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S/2003 J 2

S/2003 J 3

S/2003 J 4

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