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