Miguel Hurtado (born 22 April 1978 in Málaga, Spain) is a Spanish astronomer and a software developer.He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids, comets and supernovae.So far (August 2014) Miguel Hurtado has discovered or co-discovered more than 2300 asteroids, 76 of them are NEOs (Near-earth object), including the asteroid 2012 DA14, 5 Comets and 19 Supernovae.He was awarded with the 2010 Shoemaker NEO Grant as La Sagra Sky Survey Team Member.Asteroid 632911 Miguelhurtado was named in his honor.