Discovered 1999 Jan. 15 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
Stephanie McLaughlin (b. 1961) has worked at the University of Maryland both for the Small Bodies Node of the Planetary Data System and for the Deep Impact project, contributing to ground testing of scientific instruments and preparation of the complete scientific archive.
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