Pamela M. Kilmartin

Pamela M. Kilmartin is a New Zealand astronomer and a co-discoverer of minor planets and comets.[2]

Minor planets discovered: 41 [1]
see § List of discovered minor planets

She is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 41 asteroids, all in collaboration with her husband, the astronomer Alan C. Gilmore.[1] Both astronomers are also active comet-hunters. She is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand (RASNZ) and co-director of its "Comets and Minor Planets" section.[2][3] Kilmartin is one of eleven voting members of the International Astronomical Union's working group on Small Bodies Nomenclature, which is responsible for naming asteroids.[4]

The minor planet 3907 Kilmartin, discovered by Max Wolf in 1904, was named in her honour.[2] Naming citation was published on 21 April 1989 (M.P.C. 14482).[5] In 1983, the Eunomia asteroid 2537 Gilmore was already named after both, Alan and Pamela Gilmore.[6]

In May 2019 Kilmartin and her husband were honored by New Zealand Post with a stamp in its New Zealand Space Pioneers series.[7]

List of discovered minor planets
2434 Bateson [A]27 May 1981
3087 Beatrice Tinsley [A]30 August 1981
3152 Jones [A]7 June 1983
3305 Ceadams [A]21 May 1985
3400 Aotearoa [A]2 April 1981
3521 Comrie [A]26 June 1982
3563 Canterbury [A]23 March 1985
3810 Aoraki [A]20 February 1985
4154 Rumsey [A]10 July 1985
4243 Nankivell [A]4 April 1981
4248 Ranald [A]23 April 1984
4409 Kissling [A]30 June 1989
4819 Gifford [A]24 May 1985
4837 Bickerton [A]30 June 1989
5207 Hearnshaw [A]15 April 1988
5251 Bradwood [A]18 May 1985
5311 Rutherford [A]3 April 1981
5718 Roykerr [A]4 August 1983
(5763) 1982 MA [A]23 June 1982
(5818) 1989 RC1 [A]5 September 1989
(5898) 1985 KE [A]23 May 1985
(5906) 1989 SN5 [A]24 September 1989
(6034) 1987 JA [A]5 May 1987
(6142) 1993 FP [A]23 March 1993
(7432) 1993 HL5 [A]23 April 1993
(8481) 1988 LH [A]14 June 1988
(8884) 1994 CM2 [A]12 February 1994
(9018) 1987 JG [A]5 May 1987
(9750) 1989 NE1 [A]8 July 1989
(11080) 1993 FO [A]23 March 1993
(13510) 1989 OL [A]29 July 1989
(13511) 1989 RD1 [A]5 September 1989
(13552) 1992 GA [A]4 April 1992
(15712) 1989 RN2 [A]1 September 1989
(18340) 1989 OM [A]29 July 1989
(21130) 1993 FN [A]23 March 1993
(30945) 1994 GW9 [A]14 April 1994
(48501) 1993 FM [A]23 March 1993
(58158) 1989 RA [A]1 September 1989
(65718) 1993 FL [A]23 March 1993
(422979) 2003 PX10 [A]4 August 2003
A co-discovered with Alan C. Gilmore

References
  1. "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  2. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(3907) Kilmartin". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (3907) Kilmartin. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 332. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_3896. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
  3. "Abstracts". Southern Stars. 42 (3): 5. September 2003. Archived from the original on 14 January 2015.
  4. "WG Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN)". International Astronomical Union. Archived from the original on 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  5. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  6. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(2537) Gilmore". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (2537) Gilmore. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 207. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_2538. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
  7. "New Zealand Post". New Zealand Space Pioneers. Retrieved 3 June 2019.


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