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'''James Vernon Scotti''' (born 1960) is an [[United States|American]] [[astronomer]]. He was born in [[Bandon, Oregon]] and graduated from [[Woodway Senior High]] in [[Edmonds, Washington]] in 1978. He received his [[B.Sc.]] in [[Astronomy]] from the [[University of Arizona]] in [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]] in 1983. Ever since that time, he has worked on the [[Spacewatch]] project, which is one of a number of projects that look for [[near-Earth asteroid]]s (NEAs). He wrote the first automatic [[asteroid]] detection software for the project in 1984.▼
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{{infobox scientist
|name=James V. Scotti
|birth_name=James Vernon Scotti
|birth_date={{birth year and age|1960}}
|birth_place=[[Bandon, Oregon]], U.S.
|education=[[Edmonds Woodway High School]]<br>[[University of Arizona]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BSc]])
|occupation=Astronomer
}}
▲'''James Vernon Scotti''' (born 1960) is an [[United States|American]] [[astronomer]]. He was born in [[Bandon, Oregon]], and graduated from [[Edmonds Woodway Senior High School]] in [[Edmonds, Washington]] in 1978. He received his [[B.Sc.]] in [[Astronomy]] from the [[University of Arizona]] in [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]] in 1983. Ever since that time, he has worked on the [[Spacewatch]] project, which is one of a number of projects that look for [[near-Earth asteroid]]s (NEAs). He wrote the first automatic [[asteroid]] detection software for the project in 1984.<ref name="MPC-object" />
 
==Discoveries==
 
Scotti is the discoverer (on February 15, 1997) of [[10199 Chariklo]], an asteroid with two rings. This is the only known ringed asteroid and the smallest object yet discovered with a ring system.
 
He has discovered numerous [[near-Earth asteroid]]s, including [[(496816) 1989 UP]] and {{mpl|(35396) 1997 XF|11}} (uncredited), which briefly created a stir in the news media when a preliminary orbit calculation indicated the possibility of [[Earth]] impact in 2028; further observations led to a more accurate orbit, which disproved the impact. In 1991, he discovered [[1991 VG]], a [[Near-Earth object]] with some unusual characteristics. In 2013, he discovered {{mpl|2013 BS|45}}, another NEO that moves in a low [[Orbital eccentricity | eccentricity]] and low [[Orbital inclination | inclination]] orbit.
 
He has also recovered more than 75 [[comet]]s starting in 1985 (since comets are subject to non-gravitational forces due to outgassing and solar wind, it is often a challenge to predict their exact position and rediscover them each time they make a new [[perihelion]] approach). He confirmed the discovery of the well known [[Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9]], which impacted [[Jupiter]] in July 1994. He has also discovered the [[List of periodic comets|periodic comets]] [[202P/Scotti]], [[244P/Scotti]], [[377P/Scotti]], [[P/20032010 L1C1]] (Scotti), [[P/2010 C1H4]] (Scotti), [[P/2010 H4H5]] (Scotti), [[P/20102011 H5A2]] (Scotti), [[P/20112013 A2]] (Scotti), and [[P/2015 Q1]] (Scotti); the later sevensix are not yet numbered as they have only been seen at one perihelion passage. He has also discovered [[List of non-periodic comets|non-periodic comets]] [[C/2010 E5]] (Scotti) and [[C/2010 F3]] (Scotti).
 
Scotti's research interests include the origin of comets, the dynamical evolution of comets and asteroids, the Nearnear-Earth Asteroidsasteroids, and the outer solarSolar systemSystem.
 
Scotti is also an avid space enthusiast and is interested in the history of space exploration and particularly of the [[Apollo Program]]. He has contributed to the [[''Apollo Lunar Surface Journal]]'', which details the Apollo lunar explorations. He is also a space artist and photographer.
 
== Awards and honors==
The asteroid [[3594 Scotti]] is named for him.
Asteroid [[3594 Scotti]], discovered by [[Edward L. G. Bowell|Edward Bowell]] at [[Anderson Mesa Station]] in 1983, was named in his honor.<ref name="MPC-object" /> The official {{MoMP|3594|naming citation}} was published by the [[Minor Planet Center]] on September 7, 1987 ({{small|[[Minor Planet Circulars|M.P.C.]] 12211}}).<ref name="MPC-Circulars-Archive" />
 
==See also==
* [[Lunar and Planetary Laboratory]]
* [[Near-Earth object]]
* [[J002E3]]
* [[2000 SG344]]
 
== References ==
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<ref name="MPC-object">{{cite web
==External links==▼
|title = 3594 Scotti (1983 CN)
*[http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~jscotti Home page]▼
|work = Minor Planet Center
|url = https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=3594
|accessdate = 3 February 2020}}</ref>
 
<ref name="MPC-Circulars-Archive">{{cite web
|title = MPC/MPO/MPS Archive
|work = Minor Planet Center
|url = https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html
|accessdate = 3 February 2020}}</ref>
 
}} <!-- end of reflist -->
 
▲== External links ==
▲* [http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~jscotti Home page]
 
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[[Category:1960 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:20th-century American astronomers]]
[[Category:21st-century American astronomers]]
[[Category:University of Arizona alumni]]
[[Category:American astronomersplanetary scientists]]
[[Category:Planetary scientists]]▼
[[Category:Discoverers of comets]]
[[Category:Discoverers of asteroids]]
[[Category:Discoveries by James V. Scotti|*]]
[[Category:People from Edmonds, Washington]]
[[Category:People from Coos CountyBandon, Oregon]]
▲[[Category:Planetary21st-century American scientists]]
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