Asteroids named after people called Carlos
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(6380) Gardel
Singer, composer and actor Carlos Gardel (1890-1935) recorded during his lifetime hundreds of songs and composed together with Alfredo Le Pera famous tangos such as Mi Buenos Aires querido, Volver or Por una cabeza. The name was suggested by W. A. Fröger.Discovered 10 February 1988 by Arai, M., Mori, H., Yorii
(9483) Chagas
Named in memory of Carlos Chagas (1879–1934), Brazilian epidemiologist who first described the agent, vectors and clinical signs of a new disease, the American trypanosomiasis. Also known as Chagas' disease, this is an infection produced by the flagellate protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi that is transmitted to humans by bloodsucking insects. It is endemic in most rural areas of Central and South America.Discovered 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
(9640) Lippens
Named in honor of Carlos Lippens (b. 1945), well known for his work on trace substances in the Earth's atmosphere by means of infrared spectroscopy. Working at the Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, he was responsible for the GRILLE spectrometer on board Spacelab 1 (1983) and Atlas 1 (1992). Lippens was also closely involved with the MIRAS instrumentation on board MIR. As a computer specialist he has frequently helped solve data-communication problems in connection with the discoverer's work on minor planets.Discovered 12 August 1994 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(10894) Nakai
R. Carlos Nakai (b. 1946) is a musician and cultural anthropologist of Navajo-Ute descent. Classically trained on trumpet and cornet, he turned to wooden flute in 1972, mastered cedar flute-making and became a virtuoso player, composer and international recording artist. Nakai means “wanderer”, as does planet in Greek.Discovered 30 September 1997 by Spacewatch, Kitt Peak
(11437) Cardalda
Carlos Cardalda (1883-1961) was an enthusiastic amateur astronomer who cofounded the Argentinian Association of Amateur Astronomers in Jan. 1929, since which time it has amassed over ten thousand members. Cardalda was also instrumental in founding a similar association in Uruguay in 1952.Discovered 16 September 1971 by Gibson, J., Cesco, C. U., El Leoncito
(26255) Carmarques
Carlos Marques mentored a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the State University of New York College of Technology at Farmingdale.Discovered 24 August 1998 by LINEAR, Socorro
(33290) Carloszuluaga
Carlos A. Zuluaga (b. 1982) is a Senior Research Support Associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA). His work includes photometry and astrometry of Pluto and other trans-Neptunian bodies, particularly to predict and analyze stellar occultation observations.Discovered 23 May 1998 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
(43722) Carloseduardo
Argentine astronomer Carlos Eduardo López (b. 1953) was in charge of the Asteroid Astrometry Program at El Leoncito for thirty years.Discovered 18 July 1968 by Torres, C., Cofre, S., Cerro El Roble
(72949) Colesanti
Carlos Alberto Colesanti (1945–2024) was a Brazilian amateur astronomer, particularly skilled in CCD photometry of cataclysmic variable stars. From his observatory in the town of Mairinque, he contributed thousands of observations to international variable stars organizations such as the AAVSO and others.Discovered 12 February 2002 by Juels, C. W., Holvorcem, P. R., Fountain Hills
(100050) Carloshernandez
Carlos R. Hernandez (b. 1996) is a nephew of the discoverer.Discovered 6 October 1991 by A. Lowe, Palomar
(118768) Carlosnoriega
Carlos I. Noriega was born in 1959 in Peru and became an astronaut in 1996. He was a mission specialist for both the Space Shuttle Atlantis mission that docked with the Mir Space Station and the Space Shuttle Endeavour mission to deliver and install solar arrays to the International Space Station.Discovered 25 August 2000 by M. W. Buie, Cerro Tololo
(202819) Carlosanchez
Spanish astrophysicist Carlos Sánchez Magro (1944-1985) was a distinguished member of the Instituto Astronómico de Canarias. A pioneer in infrared astronomy, he was a skilled developer of new astronomical instrumentation, including the infrared telescope at Teide Observatory and spaceborne instruments.Discovered 26 September 2008 by J. Lacruz, La Canada
(462078) Carlosbriones
Carlos Briones (b. 1969) is a Spanish scientific researcher, science popularizer and writer. The team he leads at the Centro de Astrobiologa (CSIC-INTA, Madrid, Spain) investigates the origin and early evolution of life, as well as the search for signs of life beyond Earth. He has written several popular science and poetry books.Discovered 18 March 2007 by R. Ferrando, Pla D'Arguines