Asteroids named after people called Diana
馃懚 Diana as a baby name馃惗 Diana as a dog name馃惐 Diana as a cat name
(12089) Maichin
Diana Marie Maichin (b. 1983) is a finalist in the 2002 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her physics project. She attends the Marlborough High School, Marlborough, Massachusetts, U.S.A.Discovered 20 April 1998 by LINEAR, Socorro
(21520) Dianaeheart
Diana Lynn Eheart (b. 1986) was awarded second place in the 2005 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her medicine and health project. She attends the Hamilton High School, Chandler, Arizona, U.S.A.Discovered 23 May 1998 by LINEAR, Socorro
(27537) Dianaweintraub
Diana Weintraub (b. 1978) is Lowell Observatory's Staff Accountant. She has intricate knowledge of policies that govern the Observatory's finances and is integral to ensuring fiduciary responsibility of our resources. She started by managing the gift shop and has advanced to the business office.Discovered 30 April 2000 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
(28890) Gabaldon
Diana J. Gabaldon (b. 1952) is an American author. After earning a Ph.D. in behavioral ecology and working as a university professor, she became a full time writer and is known for her bestselling Outlander series of novels. Her great-grandfather, Stanley Sykes, built the telescope used to discover Pluto.Discovered 27 May 2000 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
(33034) Dianadamrau
Diana Damrau (b. 1971) is a German soprano, who is a Kammers盲ngerin of the Bavarian State Opera. She has a very broad repertoire, but is the epitomic Queen of the night in Mozart's The Magic Flute.Discovered 3 September 1997 by ODAS, Caussols
(50252) Dianahannikainen
Diana Hannikainen (b. 1967) is a Finnish-American astronomer who received her Ph.D. in high-energy astrophysics concentrating on microquasars and radio astronomy. She joined the Sky Sky and Telescope Telescope staff in 2017 as a science communicator, becoming Editor-in-Chief of the magazine in 2024.Discovered 30 January 2000 by CSS, Catalina
(155270) Dianawheeler
Diana E. Wheeler (b. 1950) made fundamental contributions to understanding the physiological basis of caste determination in social insects. Her research blazed the trail for uncovering the relationship between environmental factors and physiology and the evolution of eusociality which is at the core for gene-environment interactions.Discovered 25 November 2005 by CSS, Catalina
(343743) Kjurkchieva
Diana Kjurkchieva (b. 1952) is a Professor in Astronomy at the University of Shumen, Bulgaria and current President of the Bulgarian Astronomical Union. She works on the observation and modeling of variable stars, exoplanets and is the leading popularizer of astronomy science in Bulgaria. Name suggested by S. Ibryamov.Discovered 5 September 2008 by Spacewatch, Kitt Peak
(743062) Dianabesliu
Diana Be葯liu-Ionescu (b. 1976) is a researcher of the Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy, working on solar physics and space weather. She is a board editor of the Romanian Astronomical Journal, the national representative to the International Space Weather Initiative, and the vice-president of the Romanian National Committee for Astronomy.Discovered 12 March 2008 by EURONEAR, La Silla