Richard Martin West
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Asteroids discovered: 39
| 2052 Tamriko | October 24, 1976
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| 2053 Nuki | October 24, 1976
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| 2115 Irakli | October 24, 1976
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| 2116 Mtskheta | October 24, 1976
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| 2117 Danmark | January 9, 1978
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| 2145 Blaauw | October 24, 1976
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| 2146 Stentor | October 24, 1976
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| 2147 Kharadze | October 25, 1976
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| 2148 Epeios | October 24, 1976
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| 2187 La Silla | October 24, 1976
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| 2526 Alisary | May 19, 1979
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| 2595 Gudiachvili | May 19, 1979
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| 2596 Vainu Bappu | May 19, 1979
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| 2935 Naerum | October 24, 1976
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| 3004 Knud | February 27, 1976
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| 3477 Kazbegi | May 19, 1979
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| 3871 Reiz | February 18, 1982
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| 3933 Portugal | March 12, 1986
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| 5270 Kakabadze | May 19, 1979
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| 5890 Carlsberg | May 19, 1979
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| 6362 Tunis | May 19, 1979
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| 8066 Poldimeri | August 6, 1980
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| 8993 Ingstad | October 30, 1980
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| (9272) 1979 KQ | May 19, 1979
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| (10462) 1979 KM | May 19, 1979
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| (10668) 1976 UB1 | October 24, 1976
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| (11005) 1980 PP1 | August 6, 1980
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| (12188) 1978 PE | August 9, 1978
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| (12198) 1980 PJ1 | August 6, 1980
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| (14350) 1985 VA1 | November 1, 1985
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| (15201) 1976 UY | October 31, 1976
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| (15207) 1979 KD | May 19, 1979
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| (20995) 1985 VY | November 1, 1985
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| (22252) 1978 SG | September 27, 1978
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| (26081) 1980 PT1 | August 6, 1980
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| (27667) 1979 KJ | May 19, 1979
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| (34998) 1978 SE | September 27, 1978
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| (65661) 1985 VB1 | November 1, 1985
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| (79086) 1977 RD | September 4, 1977
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Richard Martin West (born 1941) is a Danish astronomer working at the European Southern Observatory (ESO).
He discovered numerous comets, including the spectacular "Comet West" (C/1975 V1) and the periodic comets 76P/West-Kohoutek-Ikemura and 123P/West-Hartley.
He also discovered a number of asteroids, including the Trojan asteroids 2146 Stentor, 2148 Epeios and (20995) 1985 VY.
He co-discovered (with Hans-Emil Schuster) the Phoenix Dwarf galaxy.
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