Asteroids named after people called Esteban
馃懚 Esteban as a baby name馃惗 Esteban as a dog name
(5386) Bajaja
Esteban Bajaja (b. 1931) was in charge of the installation and operation of the first radio telescope in Argentina, thus becoming one of the first radio astronomers in his country. One of his main contributions to the field was the observation of HII regions in the southern hemisphere.Discovered 1 October 1975 by Felix Aguilar Observatory, El Leoncito
(15785) de Villegas
Esteban Manuel de Villegas (1585-1669), a Spanish poet, became famous for his lyrical work Las Er茅oticas (1618), setting with its purely formal poetry a precedent for neoclassism. The naming honors also Jean-Baptiste de Villegas (1721-1806), a member of the Gezelschap van den Heiligen Bloede in Bruges.Discovered 18 August 1993 by E. W. Elst, Caussols
(47891) Garcia-Migani
Esteban Garc铆a-Migani (b. 1983) is a member of the Planetary Science Group of the Universidad Nacional de San Juan (Argentina). He specializes in the study of physical and dynamical properties of comets and active asteroids.Discovered 27 March 2000 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa