Susannah Lazar
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Susannah Lazar is a medical physicist and astronomer
. Lazar, who is affiliated with the Highland Road Park Observatory, where she co-discovered asteroid 20430 Stout
with Jr. W. R. Cooney
at age 16. At the time she was a home school senior in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...
. Lazar, who is affiliated with the Highland Road Park Observatory, where she co-discovered asteroid 20430 Stout
20430 Stout
20430 Stout is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 10, 1999 by Jr. W. R. Cooney and Susannah Lazar at Baton Rouge. This body was named for a music professor at Louisiana State University who was fascinated by the mysteries of space being revealed in his time and was always researching new...
with Jr. W. R. Cooney
Walter R. Cooney, Jr.
Walter R. Cooney, Jr. is an American chemical engineer and astronomer. Cooney, who is affiliated with the Highland Road Park Observatory, has discovered more than 60 asteroids, including the 1998 identification of 11739 Baton Rouge, and he is credited with discovering more than 50 variable...
at age 16. At the time she was a home school senior in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.