Asteroids named after people called Ernest
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(4643) Cisneros
Named in honor of Ernest Cisneros (b. 1964), one of the unsung heroes of planetary science. Cisneros began his career as a field geologist but has turned his energies to computer system management, software development, networking and data processing. Throughout the flight portion of the NEAR mission, Ernest insured that key hardware and software elements were developed and implemented. During the flybys of (253) Mathilde and (433) Eros (as well as the Earth), Ernest worked with the science team delivering calibrated data within minutes of telemetry arrival for both optical navigation and science analysis. Name proposed by J. Veverka and citation written by M. Robinson.Discovered 23 August 1990 by H. E. Holt, Palomar
(5311) Rutherford
Ernest Rutherford (1871–1937), born and educated in New Zealand, won the 1908 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his work on radioactive disintegration of elements. He was the first to develop radioactive dating of the Earth, established the nuclear atom, and predicted the existence of the neutron.Discovered 3 April 1981 by Gilmore, A. C., Kilmartin, P. M., Lake Tekapo
(6127) Hetherington
Named in honor of Ernest Hetherington, a highly respected authority on Orchids (Orchidaceae). He was a good friend and mentor to Kay Francis, the discoverer's mother, who grew and hybridized many exceptional “new” orchids. “Ernie” is an orchid judge, gifted writer on Orchidaceae and recipient of many honors, awards and special recognition for his role as a grower, educator and popularizer of orchid culture.Discovered 25 April 1989 by E. F. Helin, Palomar
(7349) Ernestmaes
Ernest Maes (b. 1915), a doctor of medicine (dermatology), has long had a great interest in anthropology, history of religion and psychiatry, resulting in several books on the critical evaluation of religious tradition.Discovered 18 August 1993 by E. W. Elst, Caussols
(12878) Erneschiller
Ernest Schiller (b. 1949), a 2002 Intel Excellence in Teaching Award finalist, is a teacher at the Central Lee High School, Donnellson, Iowa, U.S.A.Discovered 17 August 1998 by LINEAR, Socorro
(14339) Knorre
Ernest Khristov Knorre (1759-1810) was the first astronomer at Tartu University. His son Karl Khristov Knorre (1801-1883) was the first director of the naval Nikolaev Observatory. Victor Karlovich Knorre (1840-1919) worked in Nikolaev, Pulkovo and Berlin and discovered (158) Koronis and three other minor planets.Discovered 10 April 1983 by L. I. Chernykh, Nauchnyj
(97631) Kentrobinson
Ernest Kent Robinson (b. 1939), Advisory Board member at Lowell Observatory, enthusiastically spearheaded the capital campaign for a collection center and library to protect, preserve and make available the historic archives of that institution.Discovered 3 March 2000 by L. H. Wasserman, Anderson Mesa
(157271) Gurtovenko
Ernest Andriyovych Gurtovenko (1928-1994) was a Ukrainian astronomer and he was the founder of the Kyiv school of the solar spectrography. He was the designer of a double-pass solar spectrograph with which the scales of oscillator strengths of 2000 lines in the solar spectrum were established.Discovered 13 September 2004 by Kovalchuk, G., Lokot, V., Andrushivka
(289586) Shackleton
Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922) was an Anglo-Irish explorer. During a heroic odyssey in 1914, he tried without success to make the first crossing of the Antarctic continent.Discovered 30 March 2005 by M. Ory, Vicques