[meteorite-list] Named minor planets

From: Aubrey Whymark <tinbider_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:07:37 +0100 (BST)
Message-ID: <1309360057.43461.YahooMailClassic_at_web28502.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

12753 Povenmire (1993 HE) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 18, 1993 by C. S. Shoemaker and E. M. Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory (after Hal Povenmire)

--- On Wed, 29/6/11, lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu <lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu> wrote:

> From: lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu <lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Named minor planets
> To: "Dieter Heinlein" <dieter-heinlein at t-online.de>
> Cc: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Date: Wednesday, 29 June, 2011, 15:40
> I am aware of two pairings where a
> husband and wife both have asteroids
> named in their honor. In one case, the wife is on the list
> but the other
> is in astronomy (Richard should have known this):
>
> 118945 Rikhill
> 164215 Doloreshill
>
> and in the other case, the husband and the wife both have
> asteroids but
> due to their science education (the husband is on the
> list):
>
> 3439 Lebofsky
> 5052 Nancyruth
>
> Larry
>
> > There's another asteroid, that should be added to the
> list:
> >
> > (6371)???Heinlein? ? ?
> ???(after Dieter Heinlein)
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Dieter
> > German Firebal Network
> > www.dlr.de/feuerkugelnetz
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Marco Langbroek" <marco.langbroek at wanadoo.nl>
> > To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 11:08 AM
> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Named minor planets
> >
> >
> >>> Any idea how many and who?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Chris Spratt
> >>
> >> To make a small start:
> >>
> >> (163800) Richardnorton? (after O. Richard
> Norton (deceased))
> >> (73491)? Robmatson? ? ? (after
> Rob Matson)
> >> (7392)???Kowalski? ?
> ???(after Richard Kowalski)
> >> (2925)???Beatty? ? ?
> ???(after Kelly Beatty)
> >> (6524)???Baalke? ? ?
> ???(after Ron Baalke)
> >> (4789)???Sprattia? ?
> ???(after Chris Spratt)
> >> (183294) Langbroek? ? ? (after me =
> Marco Langbroek)
> >>
> >> But there must be more.
> >>
> >> - Marco
> >>
> >> ----
> >> Dr Marco (183294) Langbroek
> >>
> >> http://www.marcolangbroek.nl
> >> http://asteroids.marcolangbroek.nl
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