Named minor planet |
Provisional |
This minor planet was named for... |
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50717 Jimfox | 2000 EN138 | Jim Fox (born 1945) started in astronomy in the 1950s with a "Junior Moon-Watch Team". He is the founder of what became the Minnesota Astronomical Society as well as a past President of the Astronomical League (1990–94). He was awarded the 2014 Leslie C. Peltier Award from the AAVSO. | JPL · 50717 |
50718 Timrobertson | 2000 ED139 | Tim Robertson (born 1956) is a Quality Engineer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, with the GOES and JPSS weather satellite programs. On staff with the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO), he is Coordinator for the ALPO Training Program as well as Producer of the "Observer's Notebook" podcasts. | JPL · 50718 |
50719 Elizabethgriffin | 2000 EG140 | Elizabeth Griffin (born 1942) is a Canadian astronomer specializing in the spectroscopic study of binary stars. She has been a staunch advocate globally for the digitization and preservation of photographic plates and using legacy science data of all kinds. | JPL · 50719 |
50721 Waynebailey | 2000 EU141 | Wayne Bailey (born 1942) worked in the aerospace industry supporting the Space Shuttle Spacelab program. He became the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO) Lunar Coordinator in 2008 and in 2017 was the recipient of the ALPO Peggy Haas Service Award. | JPL · 50721 |
50722 Sherlin | 2000 EW141 | Jerry Sherlin (1944–2018) was a meteorologist for the U.S. Air Force specializing in space weather as a research assistant at Sacramento Peak Solar Observatory. He was also the 22nd President of the Astronomical League and very well known in astronomy, being a member of many professional and amateur organizations. | JPL · 50722 |
50723 Beckley | 2000 EG143 | Elizabeth Beckley (c. 1846–1927) was the first observer with the new photoheliograph at the Kew Observatory, London. In the 1860s, and continued for over a decade, she was using the labor-intensive ‘wet collodion’ process in solar photography for the first time. | IAU · 50723 |
50724 Elizabethbrown | 2000 EK145 | Elizabeth Brown (1830-1899), English astronomer, founding member of the British Astronomical Association and first director of the group's Solar Section | IAU · 50724 |
50725 Margarethuggins | 2000 EH146 | Margaret Lindsay Huggins (1848-1915), pioneered photonic spectrography alongside her husband, William | IAU · 50725 |
50726 Anniemaunder | 2000 EH147 | Annie S. D. Maunder (1868-1947), Irish-English astronomer with the Greenwich Observatory, developed the butterfly diagram for solar cycles alongside husband E. Walter | IAU · 50726 |
50727 Aliceverett | 2000 EO147 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 50727 |
50728 Catherinestevens | 2000 ED148 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 50728 |
50729 Fiammetta | 2000 ET148 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 50729 |
50739 Gracecook | 2000 EY156 | A. Grace Cook (1877-1958), British astronomer and Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. A skilled observer, she viewed the 1914 transit of Mercury from her observatory. | IAU · 50739 |
50753 Maryblagg | 2000 EO177 | Mary Adela Blagg (1858-1944), English astronomer and Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. As a member of the British Astronomical Association, she helped create a standardized nomenclature for lunar formations. | IAU · 50753 |
50768 Ianwessen | 2000 FW2 | Ian Remington Wessen (born 1992) has excelled as an honor student in high school, spent two summers learning the Russian language and six weeks working for the Europa Jupiter System Mission team | JPL · 50768 |