Asteroids named after people called Cyril
馃懚 Cyril as a baby name馃惗 Cyril as a dog name
(2193) Jackson
Named in honor of Cyril Jackson, whose 67 discoveries of numbered minor planets constitute a record for the southern hemisphere. After working at the former Union Observatory in Johannesburg he was subsequently associated with the Yale-Columbia Southern Station at its successive locations. Name proposed by C. M. Bardwell and B. G. Marsden.Discovered 18 May 1926 by H. E. Wood, Johannesburg
(9305) Hazard
British radio astronomer Cyril Hazard (b. 1928) held positions in the U.K., U.S. and Australia. His work includes the first detection of radio waves from an extragalactic source, the use of lunar occultations for source position determination and the first detection of quasars having z > 3.Discovered 7 October 1986 by E. Bowell, Anderson Mesa
(9811) Cavadore
Cyril Cavadore (b. 1969) is a professional CCD specialist at the European Southern Observatory and astronomical software programmer. He was one of the writers of the computer package used by many French amateur astronomers to discover minor planets.Discovered 16 September 1998 by ODAS, Caussols
(10692) Opeil
Cyril P. Opeil SJ (b. 1960) is a professor at Boston College studying the thermal properties of meteorites to improve understanding of orbital and rotational changes caused by the re-radiation of solar flux.Discovered 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus, Siding Spring