Asteroids named after people called Bambang

(12176) Hidayat

Bambang Hidayat (b. 1934) is an active promotor of astronomy in Indonesia. Known for his work on visual binaries and H-emission-line stars, he was director of Bosscha Observatory in Lembang during 1968-1999 and vice-president of the IAU during 1994-2000.Discovered 16 October 1977 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar