Asteroids named after people called Balfour
(128593) Balfourwhitney
Balfour S. Whitney (1903–1993) was an American astronomer who spent his long life teaching astronomy and studying variable stars. He specialized in photographic photometry, taking over 72 000 plates for the study of eclipsing variables. Many of his students became professional astronomers.Discovered 20 August 2004 by R. A. Tucker, Goodricke-Pigott