Nichole M. Danzl is an American astronomer and biologist who has discovered several trans-Neptunian objects while working with the Spacewatch survey.
Career
Danzl studied biology at the University of Arizona. She is a research scientist, at the Columbia University Medical Center. Between 1995 and 1998, she discovered a total of six minor planets, as part of her work on the Spacewatch program.
List of discovered minor planets
Honors and awards
Asteroid 10720 Danzl, discovered by astronomers with the Spacewatch survey at Kitt Peak Observatory in 1986, was named after her. The official was published by the Minor Planet Center on 9 May 2001 ().