Asteroids named after people called Clark
馃懚 Clark as a baby name馃惗 Clark as a dog name馃惐 Clark as a cat name
(2409) Chapman
Named in honor of Clark R. Chapman, planetary astronomer at the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson. He has made outstanding contributions to our understanding of asteroid compositions and physical processes, particularly surface mineralogical identification, taxonomy and collisional evolution.Discovered 17 October 1979 by E. Bowell, Anderson Mesa
(22132) Merkley
Clark Merkley mentored a finalist in the 2005 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. He teaches at the Springville Junior High School, Springville, Utah.Discovered 24 October 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro
(46920) Suzanedwards
Suzan Edwards (b. 1951) is the L. Clark Seelye Professor of Astronomy at Smith College. Edwards studies and has made significant contributions to the understanding of the formation of stars, the evolution of planet-forming disks, and the role played by disk- and stellar-driven winds during the early phases of stellar evolution.Discovered 23 September 1998 by CSS, Catalina