Asteroids named after people called Alvaro

(20657) Alvarez-Candal

Alvaro Alvarez-Candal (b. 1977) is a planetary scientist who works at Paris Observatory. Using spectroscopy, he studies minor planets, transneptunian objects and the relationship between minor planets and comets.Discovered 14 October 1999 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa

(67070) Rinaldi

Alvaro Rinaldi (b. 1926) has been a topographer at the Military Geographic Institute of Florence for 40 years. He is fond of astronomy and sundials. He erected the sundials at the astronomical observatory of Montagna Pistoiese at San Marcello.Discovered 1 January 2000 by Tesi, L., Boattini, A., San Marcello