| 172996 Stooke | Discovered 2006 May 25 by P. A. Wiegert at Mauna Kea. |
| Philip John Stooke (b. 1952), a geographer at the University of Western Ontario, studies the history of planetary exploration and mapping. He has developed cartographic tools for mapping non-spherical worlds. His reference work, International Atlas of Lunar Exploration, was published in 2007. |
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| Reference: 20080618/MPCPages.arc | Last Updated: 2008-06-20 |
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