Asteroids named after people called Eugene
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(4320) Jarosewich
Eugene Jarosewich (b. 1926), research chemist emeritus at the Smithsonian Institution, has analyzed meteorites for more than 30 years and compiled one of the largest and most important sets of bulk chemical analyses of meteorites. These data are invaluable for deciphering geochemical processing of meteorites.Discovered 1 March 1981 by S. J. Bus, Siding Spring
(8688) Delaunay
Charles-Eugène Delaunay (1816-1872) was a French mathematician and astronomer famous for his Théorie du mouvement de la lune, 1860-1867. Made a member of the Académie des Sciences in 1855, he succeeded Leverrier as director of the Paris Observatory in 1870.Discovered 8 August 1992 by E. W. Elst, Caussols
(11726) Edgerton
Harold “Doc” Eugene Edgerton (1903-1990), born in Fremont, Nebraska, was professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology during 1928-1966. His many inventions included the stroboscope and development of ultra high-speed photographic techniques.Discovered 1 May 1998 by R. Linderholm, Lime Creek
(11756) Geneparker
At the University of Chicago since 1955, Eugene N. Parker (b. 1927) is an authority on solar wind and the effects of magnetic fields in the heliosphere. He proposed models for the solar wind based on observations of comet tails and then saw spacecraft go out and confirm his models.Discovered 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
(12790) Cernan
Eugene Andrew Cernan (b. 1934), U.S. astronaut, was commander of the Apollo 17 mission, which concluded the Apollo Lunar program in 1972.Discovered 24 October 1995 by Klet, Klet
(13178) Catalan
Eugène Charles Catalan (1814–1894) was a French-Belgian mathematician, known in particular for the “Catalan numbers”. His left-wing convictions caused him to be expelled from the École Polytechnique in Paris. In 1865 the University of Liège honored him with the chair of Analysis.Discovered 18 April 1996 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(15363) Ysaye
Eugène Ysaÿe (1858–1931) was a violinist and composer. A student of Vieuxtemps and Wieniawski in Brussels, he was linked with the romantic tradition and his influence predominated in the twentieth century. Each of his Six Sonatas for Solo Violin (1923) is dedicated to a younger musician, from Szigeti to Kreisler.Discovered 18 March 1996 by Spacewatch, Kitt Peak
(15822) Genefahnestock
Eugene G. Fahnestock (b. 1980) has made seminal contributions to the dynamical study of binary asteroids. He was the first to investigate the fully coupled dynamics of a detailed binary asteroid system model using the radar-based shape models of 1999 KW4.Discovered 8 October 1994 by E. F. Helin, Palomar
(32564) Glass
Eugene Glass (b. 1926) is an amateur astronomer and loyal supporter of the Rose-Hulman Oakley Observatory, where this minor planet was discovered. The name was suggested by R. Ditteon.Discovered 20 August 2001 by C. Wolfe, Terre Haute
(34524) Eugenerivera
Eugene Rualizo Rivera (b. 1999) was awarded second place in the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his energy team project. He attended the Camarines Sur National High School, Naga City, Camarines Sur, Philippines.Discovered 24 September 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro
(34838) Lazowski
Eugene Lazowski (1913-2006) was a Polish medical doctor. During the Second World War, he created a fake outbreak of highly contagious epidemic typhus in and around the town of Rozwadów. By doing so, he risked his own life, but saved thousands of Jews from the Holocaust.Discovered 21 September 2001 by W. K. Y. Yeung, Desert Eagle
(55397) Hackman
Eugene Allen Hackman (b. 1930) is an American actor and novelist. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1971 movie The French Connection and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in the 1992 movie Unforgiven. With Daniel Lenihan, he has written three historical fiction novels and also two solo novels.Discovered 22 September 2001 by R. A. Tucker, Goodricke-Pigott
(207319) Eugenemar
Eugene Y. Mar (b. 1956) is a humanitarian, healer, and Physician at Tucson Orthopedic Institute who specializes in the evaluation and treatment of adult spine conditions. He has held both an Internship and Residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Stanford University Medical Center.Discovered 10 April 2005 by Mount Lemmon Survey, Mount Lemmon
(207899) Grinmalia
Eugene Grinishyn (b. 1956), a stonemason, and Sergiy Malinovskiy (b. 1964), a farmer, are neighbors of the Andrushivka Observatory, for which they have carried out construction and repairs. They also help with transportation and meals for the scientific workshops regularly held at the Observatory.Discovered 21 October 2008 by Andrushivka, Andrushivka
(343440) Magnier
Eugene A. Magnier (b. 1967) is an American astronomer who received his PhD from MIT in 1993. He has worked on data analysis systems for several observatories including LONEOS and CFHT. Since 2004, he has led the Pan-STARRS Image Processing Pipeline team as a faculty member of the University of Hawaiʻi.Discovered 16 February 2010 by Pan-STARRS 1, Haleakala