Asteroids named after people called Bennet
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(8842) Bennetmcinnes
Bennet McInnes (b. 1929) was Secretary of the Royal Observatory Edinburgh (1973–1987) and the RGO (1987–1989). Initially involved in optical satellite tracking, he later directed the Northern Hemisphere Observatory Site-testing Project. This resulted in the establishment of the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes on La Palma.Discovered 20 May 1990 by R. H. McNaught, Siding Spring