JC
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Chinese-American astronomer
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Female
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Education:
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
University of Hawaiʻi
Peking University
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Biography
| (15807) 1994 GV9 | April 15, 1994 | |
| (15820) 1994 TB | October 2, 1994 | |
| (15874) 1996 TL66 | October 9, 1996 | |
| (15883) 1997 CR29 | February 3, 1997 | |
| (20108) 1995 QZ9 | August 29, 1995 | |
| (20161) 1996 TR66 | October 8, 1996 | |
| (32929) 1995 QY9 | August 31, 1995 | |
| (33001) 1997 CU29 | February 6, 1997 | |
| 79360 Sila–Nunam | February 3, 1997 | |
| (118228) 1996 TQ66 | October 8, 1996 | |
| with David C. Jewitt with Chad Trujillo with Jane Luu | ||
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Jun Chen is a Chinese American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets.
She obtained her BS at Beijing University in 1990, and obtained her PhD from the University of Hawaii in 1997. Working together with David Jewitt and Jane Luu and other astronomers, she has co-discovered a number of Kuiper belt objects. The Minor Planet Center credits her with the co-discovery of 10 minor planets during 1994–1997.
She is currently working as a software developer in private industry.