Gary Hug Explained

Minor planets discovered: 304 

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Gary Hug is an American amateur astronomer and a prolific discoverer of minor planets, who, along with Graham E. Bell, operates the Farpoint Observatory and Sandlot Observatory in Kansas, United States.

He is the co-discoverer of comet 178P/Hug-Bell and was awarded twice a Gene Shoemaker NEO Grant for improved near-Earth object searches in 2009 and 2018, respectively. Hug also represents the Northeast Kansas Amateur Astronomer's League.

List of discovered minor planets

	18 December 1998
	11 October 1999	 
	2 September 1999	 
	3 September 1999	 
	13 December 1999	 
	26 December 1999	 
	29 December 1999	 
	29 December 1999	 
	29 December 1999	 
	28 December 1999	 
	8 May 1999
	9 July 2000
	19 July 2000
	14 August 1999
	20 October 2001
	22 November 2000
	27 December 1999	 
	17 June 1999	 
	6 September 1999	 
	6 September 1999	 
	12 November 1999	 
	6 October 1999	 
	14 November 1999	 
	13 December 1999	 
	28 December 1999	 

	31 December 1999	 
	19 May 2001
	13 November 1998	 
	11 November 1999	 
	28 December 1999	 
	28 December 1999	 
	27 March 2000
	27 March 2000
	18 April 2001
	9 May 1999
	29 June 2000
	24 June 2001
	3 June 2000
	22 September 2001
	12 October 2001
	7 September 1999	 
	6 December 1999	 
	23 July 2000
	1 October 2000
	23 November 2000
	25 January 2001
	28 September 2001
	30 November 2000
	21 December 2000
	3 March 2001

	15 August 1999
	15 August 1999
	20 August 1999	 
	1 October 1999
	29 October 1999	 
	11 November 1999	 
	12 November 1999	 
	27 December 1999	 
	22 September 2001
	7 March 2000
	28 April 2001
	31 July 2001
	12 August 2001
	12 August 2001
	13 February 1999	 
	2 February 2001
	13 February 2002
	13 September 1999	 
	10 November 1999	 
	1 December 2000
	3 March 2002
	10 July 2000
	16 March 2002
	14 February 1999	 
	5 October 1999	 

	6 October 1999	 
	15 November 1999	 
	29 June 2000
	5 September 2000
	21 November 2000
	24 December 2000
	13 May 2001
	27 August 2001
	28 August 2001
	2 September 2001
	16 February 2002
	8 August 2002
	25 October 2001
	12 March 2002
	9 May 2004
	17 February 1999	 
	5 July 1999	 
	31 December 1999	 
	4 June 2000
	11 January 2002
	16 March 2002
	23 March 2003
	15 January 2004
	13 August 1999
	9 September 2000

	2 February 2001
	12 August 1999
	31 December 1999	 
	10 September 2001
	25 September 2001
	14 October 2002
	14 October 2002
	2 September 2001
	16 January 2000	 
	12 May 2001
	11 February 2001
	19 August 2001
	21 December 2000
	20 March 2001
	18 April 2001
	22 September 2001
	30 December 2003
	5 June 2000
	12 May 2001
	9 November 2001
	28 November 2003
	16 July 2006	 
	9 September 2001
	9 September 1999	 
	20 March 2001

	13 September 1999	 
	24 July 2000
	1 August 2000
	13 February 1999	 
	25 October 2001
	7 December 2001
	16 February 2002
	22 September 2001
	23 November 2000
	25 September 2001
	7 November 2002
	13 September 1999	 
	2 September 2000
	22 November 2000
	11 November 2001
	2 October 2000
	12 August 1999
	7 July 2007
	10 December 1999	 
	4 December 2004
	11 September 2007
	30 September 2008
	16 February 2005
	28 September 2008
	2 October 2008

	21 January 2002
	17 July 2007
	3 August 2007
	7 August 2007
	30 October 2008
	28 September 2005
	22 December 2008
	27 November 2000
	5 November 2001
	7 January 2007
	1 October 2007
	18 July 2009
	10 October 2002
	27 February 2007
	10 March 2007
	3 December 2007
	18 October 2008
	31 July 2009
	22 September 2001
	7 December 2001
	13 October 2002
	27 January 2008
	22 August 2009
	14 June 2008
	1 July 2008

	25 September 2001
	28 November 2002
	17 July 2007
	11 October 2007
	12 August 2001
	10 March 2007
	10 March 2007
	21 August 2009
	21 December 2000
	16 May 2007
	9 July 2007
	22 September 2007
	22 November 2000
	28 September 2001
	9 May 2007
	17 June 2007
	26 July 2007
	11 September 2007
	9 October 2007
	3 December 2007
	25 August 2008
	22 January 2009
	29 June 2009
	16 June 2010
	13 September 2004

	9 November 2007
	17 November 2007
	17 December 2007
	30 January 2008
	1 September 2007
	15 March 2009
	17 March 2009
	20 March 2009
	8 April 2010
	31 December 2002
	3 September 2007
	20 April 2007
	5 November 2007
	3 January 2008
	12 August 2009
	21 August 2009
	25 August 2009
	1 September 2007
	7 November 2007
	30 January 2008
	5 April 2008
	25 August 2008
	24 June 2009
	13 November 1999	 
	27 August 2001

	8 August 2007
	18 September 2008
	22 March 2002
	26 September 2001
	23 March 2003
	3 September 2007
	8 September 2007
	11 September 2007
	13 September 2007
	31 October 2008
	18 January 2009
	18 July 2007
	11 October 2007
	7 November 2007
	30 August 2008
	4 December 2008
	18 January 2009
	1 November 2007
	2 November 2007
	6 November 1999	 
	2 February 2002
	2 November 2007
	29 November 2007
	3 December 2004
	19 September 2006

	21 February 2007
	29 May 2009
	16 March 2002
	3 January 2009
	10 March 2007
	19 August 2010
	11 August 2008
	11 February 2002
	9 July 2007
	3 October 2008
	22 November 2009
	21 December 2000
	30 January 2008
	18 September 2008
	7 October 2010
	3 October 2007
	11 October 2007
	6 November 2005
	18 January 2005
	21 January 2009
	5 April 2010
	2 November 2007
	18 November 2008
	7 April 2010
	7 August 2007

	1 November 2007
	6 November 2007
	1 October 2007
	1 September 2007
	22 August 2009
	11 October 2001
	2 December 2008
	22 November 2008
	21 August 2009
	2 April 2002
	23 November 2009
	21 July 2001
	3 September 2007
	8 September 2007
	9 October 2007
	8 April 2010
	8 January 2007
	19 February 2009
	13 July 2008
	7 November 2007
	13 July 2008
	8 September 2007
	30 June 2008
	17 July 2007
	9 January 2008

	18 July 2009
	14 August 2009
	28 January 2011
	18 October 2009
Co-discovery made with: G. Bell D. Tibbets

External links

• • Tracking Asteroids From A Backyard In Kansas, interview with Gary Hug
• This Amateur Astronomer Built An Observatory In His Backyard, Popular Science, by Sarah Fecht, 21 June 2016