Asteroids named after people called Ester

(20058) Bundalian

Ester Inocencio Bundalian (b. 1939) is an experienced Philippine eclipse chaser, having observed the total solar eclipses in 1955 and 1988 in the Philippines and in 2017 and 2024 in the U.S. She is the mother of astronomy journalist, editor and astrophotographer Imelda B. Joson.Discovered 20 July 1993 by E. W. Elst, La Silla

(22744) Esterantonucci

Ester Antonucci (b. 1945) is a solar physicist who has spent most of her career studying the sun using spacecraft. She participated in the Solar Maximum and SOHO missions and, since 2005, has been director of the Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino---the first woman to hold this position.Discovered 14 October 1998 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa