Asteroids named after people called Conor
馃懚 Conor as a baby name馃惗 Conor as a dog name
(33970) Conorbenson
Conor J. Benson (b. 1993) is an American aerospace engineer who has studied the rotational dynamics of asteroids and defunct artificial satellites. He applied the YORP effect to these bodies in conjunction with gravitational torques and dissipation effects. From his detailed analysis he has found new classes of secular dynamical evolution of small asteroids.Discovered 5 July 2000 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
(129026) Conormcmenamin
Conor Brendan McMenamin (b. 1989) is a student engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology working as the Thermal Engineer guiding the design and stable temperature performance of the student-built Regolith X-ray Imaging Spectrometer aboard the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission.Discovered 15 October 2004 by Mt. Lemmon Survey, Mount Lemmon