Dennis K. Chesney is an American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets born in Clovis, New Mexico, and credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 38 numbered minor planets during 1998–2000. As of 2016, his only named discovery is the outer main-belt asteroid 12583 Buckjean, which he named after his parents. It was they who had gavin him a pair of binoculars for Christmas, that ultimately led to his many asteroid discoveries. Naming citation was published on 20 March 2000 ().
List of discovered minor planets 12583 Buckjean 11 September 1999 10 January 1999 25 January 1999 19 January 1999 19 March 1999 15 February 1999 5 March 2000 15 October 1999 6 October 1999 5 November 1999 13 November 1999 16 November 1998 15 December 1998 16 January 1999 13 February 1999 15 February 1999 19 November 1999 1 October 1999 2 October 1999 18 October 1999 6 October 1999 10 December 1998 8 March 1999 12 March 1999 12 January 2000 27 January 1999 5 April 2000 10 May 1999 17 November 1999 25 January 1999 3 October 1999 6 October 1999 5 November 1999 10 November 1999 6 October 1999 6 November 1999 1 October 1999 1 November 2000
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