Asteroids named after people called Cheryl

(8247) Cherylhall

Cheryl L. Hall (b. 1945) served the planetary science community from 1987 to 2012 at Cornell University as a Manuscript Editor for Icarus, an international journal of solar system studies. She facilitated publication of advances in all areas of planetary science, including minor-planet studies.Discovered 20 September 1979 by S. J. Bus, Palomar

(215685) Cherylalexander

Cheryl D. Alexander (b. 1968) is an American manager at Marshall Space Flight Center whose service advanced the exploration of the Kuiper Belt as the NASA Mission Manager for NASA's New Horizons mission.Discovered 21 November 2003 by M. W. Buie, Kitt Peak

(411717) Cherylreed

Cheryl Reed (b. 1960) is a Program Director at Northrop Grumman, after a long career spent at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. She has been involved in the program management of numerous space missions, and led the Double Asteroid Redirection Test from its conception to its confirmation as NASA's first planetary defense test mission.Discovered 12 February 2004 by Spacewatch, Kitt Peak