Sumner Starrfield (b. 1940) is an American astronomer. Regents' professor at the Arizona State University, Starrfield explained nova outbursts with a thermonuclear runaway model. He is also a leading expert on stellar pulsations. The name was suggested by J. Krautter.
Discovered on 2-9-1992 in Tautenburg by Schmadel, L. D., Borngen, F.