Stephen P. Laurie is a British amateur astronomer.
He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids and comets,[1] although his profession is that of an actuary.
[2] He has also worked on searches for dwarf stars,[3] and discovered supernova SN 1997bq in NGC 3147, on 7 April 1997.
[2][4] Laurie has named five asteroids he discovered from the Church Stretton area — 7603 Salopia (named after Shropshire),[5] 9421 Violilla, 9428 Angelalouise, 10216 Popastro and 11626 Church Stretton[6] — all discovered at observatory 966 Church Stretton and nearby location Ragdon (observatory J17).
Laurie lives and works in the Church Stretton area.