Asteroids named after people called Alois
👶 Alois as a baby name
Alois Ortner (b. 1938) is an optician and amateur astronomer, who started studying optics and building cameras as a child. He has an excellent reputation as a fine optician and consultant for optical needs.Discovered 14 April 2009 by R. Gierlinger, Gaisberg
Alois Gatterer, S.J. (1886–1953), an Austrian Jesuit, founded and directed the Specola Vaticana's Astrophysical Laboratory from 1933 to 1953. A spectroscopy expert, he compiled influential spectral atlases and founded the journal Spectrochimica Acta in 1939.Discovered 16 April 2012 by R. P. Boyle K. Äernis, Mount Graham
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