Asteroids named after people called Frances
馃懚 Frances as a baby name馃惗 Frances as a dog name馃惐 Frances as a cat name
(2133) Franceswright
Named in honor of Frances Woodworth Wright, long time staff member of the Harvard College Observatory, known for her research on photographic meteors, extraterrestrial dust and variable stars, and revered for teaching generations of navigators to fare forth and return safely to port.Discovered 20 November 1976 by Harvard Observatory, Harvard
(10020) Bagenal
Frances Bagenal (b. 1954) is a professor at the University of Colorado specializing in the study of space plasmas and planetary magnetospheres. She has been a science team member for the Voyager, Galileo and New Horizons missions.Discovered 24 July 1979 by S. J. Bus, Palomar
(17222) Perlmutter
Named in honor of Frances Perlmutter for mentoring a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Perlmutter is a teacher at the Horace Mann School, Bronx, New York.Discovered 2 February 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro
(21466) Franpelrine
Frances Pelrine mentored a finalist in the 2005 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Notre Dame High School for Boys, Niles, Illinois.Discovered 21 April 1998 by LINEAR, Socorro
(22598) Francespearl
Frances Pearlmutter mentored a finalist in the 2006 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Horace Mann School, Riverdale, New York.Discovered 23 April 1998 by LINEAR, Socorro
(120038) Franlainsher
This minor planet honors Frances Fisher (b. 1944), former wife of the discoverer, and Frances' sister, Elaine Fisher (b. 1946).Discovered 26 January 2003 by J. W. Young, Wrightwood