Roy A. Tucker
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Roy A. Tucker is an American astronomer.
He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids.
He was one of five researchers awarded a "Gene Shoemaker Near Earth Object Grant" for 2002 by the Planetary Society.
He works in the Imaging Technology Laboratory of the University of Arizona.
He is one of the three co-discoverers of asteroid 2004 MN4 along with David Tholen and Fabrizio Bernardi of the University of Hawaii. This asteroid will closely approach the earth on 13 April 2029 and be as bright as a third magnitude star.Template:Astronomer-stub