| 174801 Etscorn | Discovered 2003 Nov. 23 by W. H. Ryan at the Etscorn Campus Observatory of New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. |
| Frank Etscorn (b. 1945), a professor of psychology at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, is the inventor of the nicotine patch. As an avid amateur astronomer, he leveraged the success of this effort into the creation of the university's Etscorn Campus Observatory. |
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| Reference: 20081113/MPCPages.arc | Last Updated: 2008-11-17 |