Asteroids named after people called Albert
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(3984) Chacos
Albert Anthony Chacos (b. 1953) helped further the exploration of the planets as a key engineer for NASA's New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission. He also played important roles in other space missions, including the Messenger mission to Mercury.Discovered 21 September 1984 by H. Debehogne, La Silla
(7548) Engstrom
Named in memory of Albert Engström (1869-1940), Swedish artist and writer. Born in Lönneberga in the Swedish province of Småland, he went as a student to Uppsala in 1889, where he studied Greek and Latin before his artistic ambitions made him move to an art school in Gothenburg. Probably Sweden's best painter of caricatures, he is best known for his black and white drawings illustrating very short stories. He was also an outstanding writer, specializing in short stories. Appointed professor of drawing at the Swedish academy of art, in 1922 he became a member of the prestigious Swedish academy.Discovered 16 March 1980 by C.-I. Lagerkvist, La Silla
(7928) Bijaoui
Named after Albert Bijaoui, astronomer at the Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur and long-time supporter of the Schmidt telescope with which this object was discovered. Bijaoui's work has been essential in the introduction of modern image processing techniques in French astronomy. His latest work dealt with multiresolution analysis of astronomical data, and he designed the image processing routines involved in various programs performed on the Schmidt telescope. A corresponding member of the French Academy of Sciences, he teaches at the university. He is also active in the popularization of astronomy, through numerous conferences and through his involvement in local astronomy associations like ASSEM, which he served as president for many years.Discovered 27 November 1986 by CERGA, Caussols
(8022) Scottcrossfield
Test pilot Albert Scott Crossfield (1921-2006) was the first X-15 pilot and made a total of 14 flights. In 1953 Crossfield was the first pilot to exceed Mach 2 in the D-558-II Skyrocket. While an NACA research pilot, he made a total of 87 flights in the rocket-powered X-1 and D-558-II research aircraft.Discovered 10 November 1990 by A. Mrkos, Klet
(9699) Baumhauer
Albert Gillis von Baumhauer (1891-1939) invented the tail rotor for helicopters and built the first Dutch helicopter, which took off on 1925 Dec. 17. He was strongly involved in pioneering gliding in the Netherlands and was killed in the Boeing Stratoliner plane crash in 1939.Discovered 26 March 1971 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
(10218) Bierstadt
Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902), a landscape artist from the Hudson River School, was best known for his panoramic scenes of the American West, including the Rocky Mountains, Yosemite and the Grand Canyon. His work inspired those who followed him westward while forever preserving the power and beauty of the vanishing frontier.Discovered 29 September 1997 by Spacewatch, Kitt Peak
(10950) Albertjansen
Albert Jansen (1940-2004), first director of The Hague Planetarium, was an exceptional teacher and talented experimenter. Living later in South Africa, he built a private observatory for use by advanced amateur astronomers. Shortly before his death he published Star Maps for Southern Africa, the first southern night-sky guide.Discovered 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
(10974) Carolalbert
Carol (Handahl) and Albert O. Grender, are aunt and uncle of and godparents to D. W. E. Green, who made the identifications involving this object. The Grenders, interested in astronomy since their college days, celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary in June 2002.Discovered 29 September 1973 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
(12696) Camus
French novelist and essayist Albert Camus (1913–1960), well known for his novels L'Etranger and La Peste, won the 1957 Nobel prize for literature. He defended truth, moderation and justice, adhering to liberal humanism and rejecting the dogmatic aspects of both Christianity and Marxism.Discovered 26 September 1989 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(13298) Namatjira
Landscape painter Albert Namatjira (1902-1959) was one of Australia's greatest artists. As an aboriginal he could not own land under the archaic laws of the time until public outrage forced the government to grant him full citizenship in 1957. A decade later this led to equal rights for all.Discovered 15 September 1998 by J. Broughton, Reedy Creek
(15619) Albertwu
Named in honor of Albert Y. Wu for achievement as a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. Albert is a student at the Keystone Junior High School, San Antonio, Texas.Discovered 28 April 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro
(16142) Leung
Named in honor of Albert W. Leung for achievement as a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Albert is a student at the Stuyvesant High School, New York, New York.Discovered 6 December 1999 by LINEAR, Socorro
(16418) Lortzing
Albert Lortzing (1801-1851), who was born and died in Berlin, was a singer, an actor and later a conductor in Leipzig, Vienna and Berlin. His romantic-comic operas (Zar und Zimmermann, Der Wildschütz, Undine, Der Waffenschmied) became very popular and are full of humor. He mainly wrote the libretti himself.Discovered 29 September 1987 by F. Borngen, Tautenburg
(16777) Bosma
Albert Bosma (b. 1948) is a Dutch astronomer known for his 1978 thesis “The distribution of neutral hydrogen in spiral galaxies of various morphological types”, in which he suggested that galaxies contain significant dark matter.Discovered 13 November 1996 by Spacewatch, Kitt Peak
(18871) Grauer
Albert D. Grauer (b. 1942) is an American astronomer who has obtained time-series and infrared imaging data at international observatories since 1978. He codiscovered the first pulsating central star of a planetary nebula (K1–16). His current interests include photometry of NEAs to determine their physical characteristics.Discovered 11 November 1999 by C. W. Juels, Fountain Hills
(19718) Albertjarvis
Albert G. Jarvis (1911-1996) invented fasteners for industry and the machines to produce them. In addition to being an inventor he was also a good friend and neighbor, always ready to help repair a neighbor's home or farm machinery, or help a teenager build a science project or rebuild his or her first automobile.Discovered 5 November 1999 by D. S. Dixon, Las Cruces
(21413) Albertsao
Albert Tsao (b. 1987) is a finalist in the 2005 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his materials science project. He attends the Brookline High School, Brookline, Massachusetts.Discovered 20 March 1998 by LINEAR, Socorro
(21623) Albertshieh
Albert David Shieh (b. 1989) was awarded second place in the 2006 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his biochemistry project. He attends the Chaparral High School, Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.A.Discovered 9 June 1999 by LINEAR, Socorro
(22899) Alconrad
Albert R. Conrad (b. 1953) has been a dedicated adaptive-optics (AO) scientist at several U.S. observatories. Using AO, he has co-discovered many satellites of asteroids and made disk-resolved studies of asteroids and planetary satellites for size/shape/pole and topography. He has developed many innovative AO techniques.Discovered 11 October 1999 by Korlevic, K., Juric, M., Visnjan
(26462) Albertcui
Albert Cui (b. 1991) was awarded second place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his electrical- and mechanical-engineering project. He attends the Hillcrest High School, Midvale, Utah, U.S.A.Discovered 5 January 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro
(27758) Michelson
German-American physicist Albert Abraham Michelson (1852-1931), 1907 Nobel Physics Laureate, refuted the supposition of the ether and made an accurate determination of the speed of light. He also measured interferometrically the absolute diameters of several stars and resolved the structure of their spectral lines.Discovered 12 September 1991 by Borngen, F., Schmadel, L. D., Tautenburg
(37678) McClure
Albert Edmund McClure (b. 1938) was an apprentice with Harland and Wolff in 1954 and subsequently an engineer at the Belfast College of Technology. Expert in the historical use of materials, both organic and inorganic, he has restored many astronomical instruments at Armagh Observatory and University College Cork.Discovered 3 February 1995 by D. J. Asher, Siding Spring
(73638) Likhanov
Albert Anatolievich Likhanov (b. 1935) is a famous Russian writer, academician of the Russian Academy of Education, professor at several universities, and founder and head of Russia's largest children's charity fund, Russian Children Foundation.Discovered 8 November 1975 by N. S. Chernykh, Nauchnyj
(211172) Tarantola
Albert Tarantola (1949-2009) was a visionary geophysicist who made seminal contributions to Inverse Problem Theory. He was the first to use inversion methods to image the Earth's interior using seismic waveforms.Discovered 2 May 2002 by Dellinger, J., Sava, P., Needville
(300928) Uderzo
Albert Uderzo (b. 1927) is a French comic artist. In collaboration with René Goscinny, he created the character Asterix, a Gaulish hero fighting the Romans.Discovered 9 February 2008 by B. Christophe, Saint-Sulpice
(338373) Fonoalbert
Albert Fonó (1881-1972) was a Hungarian mechanical engineer. He was one of the early pioneers of turbojet and ramjet propulsion, and in 1928 was the first to patent a ramjet engine. His main specialty was energetics and he had 46 patents in 20 topics of research, including a steam boiler and an air compressor for mines.Discovered 25 December 2002 by K. Sarneczky, Piszkesteto
(543081) Albertducrocq
Albert Ducrocq (1921–2001) was a French cybernetic scientist, journalist and essayist. For several decades he wrote a weekly space column in the magazine Air & Cosmos. Albert was and will remain a model for the discoverer of this asteroid.Discovered 15 August 2013 by M. Ory, Oukaimeden