Asteroids named after people called Andre
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(6207) Bourvil
The popular French entertainer Bourvil (André Raimbourg, 1917-1970) was well known for his humoristic monologues, songs and films. The name was suggested by J. Meeus.Discovered 24 January 1988 by Ueda, S., Kaneda, H., Kushiro
(11001) Andrewulff
German amateur astronomer Andre Wulff (b. 1958) has been involved for many years with observing comets and minor planets. He also serves on the board of directors of the Gesellschaft für Volkstümliche Astronomie, being coeditor of its quarterly journal Der Sternkieker and responsible for running the society's observatory.Discovered 16 June 1979 by H.-E. Schuster, La Silla
(11244) Andrekuipers
Dutch physician André Kuipers (b. 1958) is a European Space Agency astronaut who has had an inspiring role in promoting space among young people.Discovered 29 September 1973 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
(11298) Gide
André Gide (1869-1951), the French writer, humanist and moralist, is well-known for his novel Les Faux-Monnayeurs (1926). Gide's lifelong emphasis was on the self-aware and sincere individual as the touchstone of both collective and individual morality. In 1947 he was awarded the Nobel prize for literature.Discovered 2 September 1992 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(12701) Chenier
André Chénier (1762-1794) was a French poet who died on the scaffold. The son of a Greek mother and an atheist father, he was inspired by Lucretius' De rerum natura, Holbach's Système de la Nature and d´Alembert's Rêve to write his naturalistic poem Hermès.Discovered 15 April 1990 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(13523) Vanhassel
André Vanhassel (b. 1927) studied classical philology at Ghent University and philosophy at the Université libre de Bruxelles. He was the director of the Lyceum in Antwerp from 1980 to 1985.Discovered 6 June 1991 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(16438) Knofel
German meteorologist André Knöfel (b. 1963) is the head of the Fireball Data Center of the International Meteor Organization and an observer of minor planets. He has located precovery observations of many objects in the Digital Sky Survey, among them this minor planet and the transneptunian object (20000) 2000 WR106.Discovered 11 January 1989 by F. Borngen, Tautenburg
(28932) Izidoro
André Izidoro (b. 1984) is a Brazilian scientist at Rice University in Houston, Texas. His research includes the evolution of the early solar system and the key mechanisms responsible for forming the planets and asteroid belt.Discovered 5 September 2000 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
(42733) Andrebaranne
André Baranne (1931–2021) was a French astronomer who founded the Optical Laboratory of the Marseille Observatory. He was the father of modern radial-velocity spectrographs, which allowed the detection of the first exoplanet by Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz in 1995 at the Haute-Provence Observatory.Discovered 15 September 1998 by ODAS, Caussols
(116166) Andremaeder
André Maeder (b. 1942) is a former director of Geneva Observatory. His principal scientific interest is the structure and evolution of stars. He is also renowned for his course on cosmology and as a very good performer on the alpenhorn.Discovered 3 December 2003 by Behrend, R., Gauderon, R., La Silla
(154141) Kertesz
André Kertész (1894-1985) was a photographer known for his ground-breaking contributions to photographic composition and for his efforts in establishing and developing the photo essay. He is recognized today as one of the seminal figures of photojournalism. He lived and worked in Hungary, France and the U.S.Discovered 12 March 2002 by K. Sarneczky, Palomar
(289085) Andreweil
André Weil (1906-1998) was a French mathematician known for his work in number theory and algebraic geometry. He was one of the founders of the Bourbaki Group.Discovered 6 October 2004 by Saint-Sulpice, Saint-Sulpice
(291921) Rott
André Rott (1930–2026) was a French businessman who actively participated in the founding of the Dax observatory (MPC code 958), allowing construction of the first dome and its 0.25-m telescope.Discovered 21 August 2006 by C. Rinner, Dax
(293985) Franquin
Andre Franquin (1924–1997) was a Belgian comics artist. He was the creator of the characters Gaston Lagaffe and Marsupilami. He also produced the Spirou & Fantasio strip between 1947 and 1969.Discovered 13 October 2007 by B. Christophe, Saint-Sulpice