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Frank B. Zoltowski (born 1957) is an Australian amateur astronomer and prolific discoverer of minor planets who lives in Woomera, South Australia. In 1998, he was awarded a "Gene Shoemaker NEO Grant" for improved near-Earth object searches.

Zoltowski conducts these searches from his home with a charge-coupled device camera. He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids. He authored CCDTRACK, a computer program that auto-guides electronically controlled telescopes by tracking a user-selected celestial object.

He is mentioned in NASA's asteroid tracking database as an observer for asteroid . Astronomers at the Minor Planet Center used Zoltowski's work to work out an estimated approach distance for of 56,500 kilometers, and a closest approach date of Aug 7, 2027. It was thought to potentially crash into Earth.

The main-belt asteroid 18292 Zoltowski, discovered at the George R. Agassiz Station of the Harvard College Observatory in 1977, was named in his honor. The naming citation was published on 9 May 2001 ().

List of discovered minor planets

Frank Zoltowski is credited by the Minor Planet Center for the discovery of 228 numbered minor planets between 1997 and 2003. 8430 Florey 25 December 1997 10203 Flinders 1 August 1997 11150 Bragg 21 December 1997 11195 Woomera 15 January 1999 11212 Tebbutt 18 April 1999 11356 Chuckjones 18 December 1997 12102 Piazzolla 5 May 1998 19 May 1998 18 March 1998 27 April 1998 23 August 1998 1 September 1998 27 November 1998 11 September 1998 23 September 1998 19 October 1998 25 October 1998 12 January 1999 1 August 1997 3 September 1997 15 November 1997 20 September 1998 31 October 1997 11 December 1998 21 September 1997 19 December 1997 24 January 1999 22 December 1997 27 March 1998 12 September 1998 11 February 2000 18 November 1997 18 February 1998 18 March 1998 22 April 1998 5 May 1998 10 April 1999 24 January 1998 18 April 1999 6 January 1998 18 February 1998 24 March 1998 25 April 1998 27 April 1998 16 June 1998 23 May 1999 23 June 1999 5 April 1998 24 May 1998 11 July 1998 10 June 1999 23 June 1999 24 June 1999 30 September 1999 4 April 1998 1 September 1998 23 May 1998 22 June 1998 25 June 1998 16 December 1998 24 January 1999 25 May 1998 23 August 1998 1 September 1998 28 September 1997 8 August 1998 15 August 1998 25 August 1998 11 March 2000 4 April 1998 20 September 1998 16 December 1998 29 October 1997 1 November 1997 29 November 1998 12 January 1999 10 February 1999 20 February 1998 14 April 1999 18 April 1999 27 November 1997 16 January 1999 9 February 1999 10 February 1999 13 March 1999 17 September 1998 13 April 1999 6 May 1999 27 December 1997 27 March 1998 30 March 1998 16 May 1998 17 August 1998 19 April 1999 10 June 1999 24 March 1998 24 March 1998 5 April 1998 5 May 1998 13 April 1999 16 April 1999 17 April 1999 20 January 1998 4 April 1998 4 July 1999 29 September 1999 17 March 1998 15 May 1998 12 August 1998 17 August 1998 1 September 1998 20 March 1998 15 May 1998 25 June 1998 1 September 1998 29 November 1998 25 August 1998 16 September 1998 20 September 1997 26 September 1997 24 December 1997 17 June 1998 14 August 1998 21 August 1998 1 September 1998 12 September 1998 20 October 1998 24 May 2000 29 October 1997 4 November 1997 25 June 1998 14 August 1998 22 January 1999 3 September 1997 20 November 1997 24 January 1998 15 December 1998 26 April 1999 16 May 1999 13 August 1998 12 April 1999 12 April 1999 17 April 1999 18 June 1999 23 June 1999 9 March 2000 4 April 1998 17 July 1998 12 May 1999 21 August 1998 23 September 1998 12 May 1999 22 June 1999 24 June 1999 10 July 1999 13 September 1999 2 October 1999 3 October 1999 27 February 2000 20 March 1998 2 April 1998 22 April 1998 22 June 1998 3 July 1998 11 July 1998 28 August 1998 29 November 1998 1 May 1999 2 February 2000 21 April 2002 16 June 1998 16 June 1998 23 May 1999 2 February 2000 10 December 2002 27 July 1997 14 August 1998 3 September 1998 15 April 1999 22 August 1997 25 April 1998 22 June 1999 9 July 1999 24 June 2000 28 March 1998 10 June 1999 3 January 1998 15 May 1998 8 December 1998 2 June 1999 29 April 2000 7 May 2002 9 December 2002 31 December 2002 12 April 1999 17 August 1998 21 April 1999 10 September 1999 3 February 2000 18 April 1999 23 June 1999 26 September 2000 11 September 1999 1 March 2000 9 March 2000 30 January 2000 27 March 1998 12 May 1999 18 December 1998 5 May 1998 26 June 1998 5 January 2003 26 September 2000 5 June 1999 1 September 1998 11 July 1998 26 August 1998 31 January 2003 16 July 1999 11 March 2000 11 May 2002 10 February 1999 24 June 2000 1 January 2003 4 March 2000 24 September 1998 5 January 2003 14 August 1998 16 September 1999*

See also List of minor planet discoverers

References

External links CCDTrack Software website, Author F. B. Zoltowski