Asteroids named after people called George
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(2167) Erin
Named in honor of the daughter of George Punko, member of the astrometric team at the Perth Observatory.Discovered 1 June 1971 by Perth Observatory, Bickley
(3865) Lindbloom
George G. Lindbloom (1934-1989), artist, designer, writer, cartoonist, teacher, photographer and humorist, designed the Nicholas E. Wagman Observatory for the Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh and served as AAAP president from 1969 to 1971. He contributed more than 10~000 observations to the AAVSO.Discovered 13 January 1988 by H. Debehogne, La Silla
(4149) Harrison
Named in honor of George Harrison (1943– ), the quiet Beatle. Although overshadowed by John and Paul as composers while in The Beatles, George wrote several songs for the group, including “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” and “Something”. Since The Beatles disbanded, George has undertaken many projects in addition to his solo recording career; notably his film company, HandMade Films. In 1971 he organized a star-studded charity concert for the relief of famine in Bangladesh, and many of his songs have reflected his concern for the environment.Discovered 9 March 1984 by B. A. Skiff, Anderson Mesa
(4817) Gliba
George Gliba (b. 1948) is co-founder of the Chagrin Valley Astronomical Society. He has worked at the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center since 1979 on projects such as IUE, GRO and the Hubble Space Telescope. He is a life-long meteor observer, telescope maker and has seen over 100 comets visually.Discovered 27 February 1984 by H. Debehogne, La Silla
(6400) Georgealexander
Named in honor of George Alexander, soon to retire from the Jet propulsion Laboratory as public-affairs manager. He has spent almost 40 years communicating science and space exploration to the public. After seven years as a reporter for Aviation Week magazine, he went to Newsweek in 1967, writing all the cover stories about the Apollo moon program. Alexander left Newsweek to become science writer for The Los Angeles Times, and he won several major awards for excellence in science writing. He became very well acquainted with JPL through his coverage of the Viking, Voyager and other missions, and he joined the staff in 1988. He was president of both the National Association of Science Writers and the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing in the 1970s and 1980s.Discovered 10 April 1991 by E. F. Helin, Palomar
(6552) Higginson
George Higginson (1999-2009), of Lancaster, England, killed tragically in a road accident, was a promising student and budding astronomer. The name was suggested by M. A. Thompson.Discovered 5 April 1989 by E. F. Helin, Palomar
(6824) Mallory
George Herbert Leigh Mallory (1886-1924) was a British mountain climber whose 1924 expedition to conquer Everest culminated in a bold and possibly successful drive with Irvine toward the summit. Just 75 years later Mallory's body was recovered 600 meters below the summit after what had been a precipitous fall.Discovered 8 September 1988 by A. Mrkos, Klet
(6854) Georgewest
George West is a small town in South Texas. It is the home of George West High School, and the George West Mobile Observatory, from which physics teacher Kenneth Zeigler and a group of George West High School students have used CCD photometry to determine the rotational periods of many asteroids.Discovered 20 October 1987 by K. W. Zeigler, Anderson Mesa
(7042) Carver
Named in memory of George Washington Carver (1860-1943), credited by many as the first black American scientist. Born into slavery, he was largely self-educated, but he earned a master's degree in science in 1896 and devoted the remainder of his life to agricultural research, especially the development of food and household products from peanuts, soybeans and sweet potatoes. His scientific stature earned him election to the Royal Society in 1916, but Carver was also an outstanding teacher, artist and humanitarian. He is perhaps best remembered for his most enduring and beloved invention, peanut butter. Name suggested and citation prepared by G. C. L. Aikman.Discovered 24 March 1933 by K. Reinmuth, Heidelberg
(7307) Takei
George Takei (b. 1937) is an actor best known for his role as Mr. Sulu in the original Star Trek television series. He also has a lengthy record of public service through his involvement with organizations such as the Japanese American Citizens League and the Human Rights Campaign. The name was suggested by T. H. Burbine.Discovered 13 April 1994 by Shimizu, Y., Urata, T., Nachi-Katsuura
(7932) Plimpton
George Plimpton (1927-2003) was an American author, editor, actor and all-round Renaissance man. As the founding editor of the Paris Review, he fostered the careers of many now-famous writers. A giant in the world of participatory journalism, he chronicled his exploits as an amateur in many fields, especially professional sports.Discovered 7 April 1989 by E. F. Helin, Palomar
(8249) Gershwin
American composer George Gershwin (1898-1937) was also an accomplished pianist. In his compositions the techniques and forms of art music are blended in varying degrees with the stylistic nuances and techniques of popular music and jazz. The name was suggested by J. Ticha and M. Tichy.Discovered 13 April 1980 by A. Mrkos, Klet
(8335) Sarton
Belgian-born mathematician George Alfred Leon Sarton (1884-1956) moved to the U.S. in 1915. Founder of the magazines Isis and Osiris, author of influential books and a professor at Harvard University, he is credited with introducing the history of science as an important field of study in the U.S.Discovered 28 February 1984 by H. Debehogne, La Silla
(8458) Georgekoenig
George Koenig (b. 1945) is the observatory superintendent for the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. As a member of the IRTF summit day crew since 1983, he has worked to ensure that the telescope and its infrastructure are maintained and operational.Discovered 1 March 1981 by S. J. Bus, Siding Spring
(9493) Enescu
Romanian composer George Enescu (1881-1955), a student of Massenet and Fauré, achieved a synthesis between the music of the Romanian people and the great European musical traditions. His rhapsodies and symphonies are known and interpreted worldwide. The name was suggested by M. Stavinschi.Discovered 26 March 1971 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
(9704) Georgebeekman
George W. E. Beekman (b. 1944) is one of the Netherlands' best science writers in the field of astronomy, known for his weekly contributions in the daily paper NRC-Handelsblad. He has been editor-in-chief of the journal Zenit and is still a member of the editorial board of that monthly. The name was suggested by C. de Jager.Discovered 30 September 1973 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
(10444) de Hevesy
Hungarian-Swedish physicist George de Hevesy (1885-1966) was awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1943 for his work on the use of isotopes as tracers in the study of chemical processes. Working with Dirk Coster in Copenhagen in 1923, he discovered the element hafnium. The name was proposed by W. A. Fröger.Discovered 30 September 1973 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
(11020) Orwell
British writer George Orwell (Eric Blair, 1903-1950) was renowned for his novels Animal Farm and 1984, the latter a brilliant examination of the dangers of totalitarian rule. The name was suggested by J. Ticha and endorsed by B. G. Marsden, who made the identification involving this aptly designated object.Discovered 31 July 1984 by A. Mrkos, Klet
(11740) Georgesmith
George Smith (b. 1930) co-invented the CCD while at Bell Laboratories in 1969. This device has revolutionized both amateur and professional astronomy. This minor planet was automatically detected by a CCD during a professional survey.Discovered 22 October 1998 by ODAS, Caussols
(11754) Herbig
U.S. astronomer George Herbig (b. 1920), co-discoverer of Herbig-Haro objects, is a spectroscopist who has investigated young stars, star formation and the interstellar medium. At the Lick Observatory from 1948 to 1988, he now works at the University of Hawaii.Discovered 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
(12016) Green
George Green (1793-1841), a self-taught miller's son of Nottingham, was instrumental (along with Gauss) in making the theories of electricity and magnetism a part of mathematical physics. His name is associated with the “Green's function” used in the solution of partial differential equations.Discovered 1 December 1996 by P. G. Comba, Prescott
(12257) Lassine
George Lassine (1953-2003) was a member of the Belgian astronomical club Astronomie Centre Ardenne-Neufchâteau. His observations of sunspots have been sent regularly to the Sunspot Index Data Center. A brilliant observer, he was esteemed for his great heart and sense of humor.Discovered 3 April 1989 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(13208) Fraschetti
George Fraschetti (b. 1941) is a technical advisor and contributor to the NEAT instruments. During his 33 years at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, he has worked on many flagship projects, notably the Voyager and Galileo imaging systems and the Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Planetary Cameras.Discovered 5 April 1997 by NEAT, Haleakala
(14429) Coyne
George Coyne (b. 1933), S.J., has been an astronomer at the Vatican Observatory since 1969 and its director since 1978. He has helped with the completion of the large Vatican telescope on Mt. Graham, Arizona. His polarimetric studies have centered on cataclysmic variables, among other subjects.Discovered 3 December 1991 by Shoemaker, C. S., Levy, D. H., Palomar
(14960) Yule
George Udny Yule (1871-1951), statistician, lecturer at University College, London, and fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, worked on regression and correlation, time series and epidemiology. His book A Statistical Study of Literary Style (1944) was a pioneering endeavor at a quantitative analysis of literary style.Discovered 21 May 1996 by P. G. Comba, Prescott
(15896) Birkhoff
George David Birkhoff (1884-1944) was one of the foremost American mathematicians of the early twentieth century. He made important contributions to ergodic theory, the topological theory of dynamical systems, ordinary differential equations and difference equations.Discovered 13 June 1997 by P. G. Comba, Prescott
(15957) Gemoore
George Edward Moore (1873-1958) was a philosopher at Cambridge University who helped establish twentieth-century analytic philosophy. In Principia Ethica, Moore concluded that goodness is a simple, undefinable, non-natural property. The name was suggested by R. Jedicke and P. Jedicke.Discovered 22 January 1998 by Spacewatch, Kitt Peak
(16074) Georgekaplan
George H. Kaplan mentored a finalist in the 2003 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the School Without Walls, Washington, District of Columbia.Discovered 9 September 1999 by LINEAR, Socorro
(16225) Georgebaldo
Named in honor of George J. Baldo for mentoring a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Baldo is a teacher at the Ward Melville High School, East Setauket, New York.Discovered 29 February 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro
(17734) Boole
George Boole (1815-1864) was a self-taught Englishman. His works The Mathematical Analysis of Logic (1847) and Investigation of the Laws of Thought (1854) stressed that logic should be associated with mathematics (rather than metaphysics), both disciplines being formal systems of symbols, axioms and rules of inference.Discovered 22 January 1998 by P. G. Comba, Prescott
(18174) Khachatryan
George Alexander Khachatryan (b. 1984) was awarded second place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his mathematics project. He attends the Kinkaid School, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.Discovered 24 August 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro
(20169) Ritchey
George Willis Ritchey (1864–1945) was an American optician, telescope maker, and astronomer. He was in charge of making the mirrors for the 60-inch and 100-inch Mount Wilson telescopes and co-invented the Ritchey-Chrétien telescope, a design now used by many of the world’s leading ground- and space-based telescopes.Discovered 4 November 1996 by Spacewatch, Kitt Peak
(20350) Georgebrydon
George Frederick Brydon (b. 1992) is a British scientist at the University of Glasgow. His research concentrates on spaceborne imaging and cameras. For his Ph.D. at University College London’s Mullard Space Science Laboratory, he performed design work for the Comet Interceptor mission’s EnVisS camera.Discovered 23 April 1998 by LINEAR, Socorro
(21437) Georgechen
George Chen (b. 1988) was awarded first place in the 2006 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his computer science team project. He also received the MILSET Expo-Science Award. He attends the Monta Vista High School, Cupertino, California, U.S.A.Discovered 31 March 1998 by LINEAR, Socorro
(21472) Stimson
George Stimson mentored a finalist in the 2005 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the San Dieguito High School Academy, Encinitas, California.Discovered 21 April 1998 by LINEAR, Socorro
(22299) Georgesteiner
George Steiner (b. 1929), a French-American author, essayist and literary critic, ranks among the great minds in today's literary world. He has lectured on literature and poetry at the universities of Geneva, London and Harvard. His best-known book is After Babel (1975), an influential contribution to translation studies.Discovered 15 April 1990 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(22903) Georgeclooney
George Clooney (b. 1961) is an American actor of international fame, winner of two Academy Awards and four Golden Globes. Among the films in which he starred are two set in space: Solaris (2002) and Gravity (2013). Clooney has been a Messenger of Peace of the United Nations since 2008.Discovered 14 October 1999 by S. Donati, Monte Agliale
(23151) Georgehotz
George Francis Hotz (b. 1989) was awarded first place and Best in Category in the 2007 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his electrical and mechanical engineering project. He also received the Seaborg SIYSS. He attends the Bergen County Academies, Glen Rock, New Jersey, U.S.A.Discovered 30 January 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro
(25869) Jacoby
George Jacoby (b. 1948) is currently Deputy DIrector for Technology at Lowell Observatory, responsible for the oversight of Lowell's observing facilities as well as the instrument, engineering, and IT groups. Previously he was director of WIYN and program head of the NOAO Office of Science.Discovered 1 May 2000 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
(26821) Baehr
George Baehr (1666-1738) was a famous architect of the Baroque period. His masterpiece, the Frauenkirche in Dresden (1726-1734), is a centrally planned monumental Protestant church provided with a massive stone dome. This city landmark was destroyed in 1945 and is now being rebuilt.Discovered 17 March 1988 by F. Borngen, Tautenburg
(28600) Georgelucas
George Lucas (b. 1944) is best known as the director of the films American Graffiti and Star Wars. The success of these led him to form Lucasfilm Ltd. The original and subsequent Star Wars films led to a surge in patronage at planetaria and interest in astronomy in general, capturing the imagination of a whole generation.Discovered 2 March 2000 by CSS, Catalina
(29646) Polya
George Polya (1887-1985), a Hungarian-American mathematician, was a prolific researcher in probability, complex analysis and number theory. A great teacher, he pioneered the study of heuristics in his books How to Solve It, Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning and Patterns of Plausible Inference.Discovered 16 November 1998 by P. G. Comba, Prescott
(29700) Salmon
George Salmon (1819-1904) was a fellow in mathematics at Trinity College, Dublin, and later a professor of divinity. Besides doing research on algebraic curves and surfaces, he wrote a series of outstanding textbooks on geometry and higher algebra that were translated into many European languages.Discovered 19 December 1998 by P. G. Comba, Prescott
(29728) Averbeck
George Averbeck (b. 1954) is a renowned American ceramic artist, owner of a glass blowing studio, and longtime community leader in Flagstaff, Arizona. Among his popular artistic creations are glass ornaments depicting planets and dark skies.Discovered 14 January 1999 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
(30087) Georgeputnam
George Putnam, III (b. 1951) is a trustee of the Lowell Observatory Foundation. He is also a current director of the Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute and Harvard's Class ACT organization and a past trustee or director of several organizations including the Marine Biological Laboratory and the Massachusetts Audubon Society.Discovered 11 March 2000 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
(30566) Stokes
George Gabriel Stokes (1819-1903) was a British physicist and mathematician noted for his studies of the behavior of viscous fluids and for a fundamental theorem in vector analysis.Discovered 29 July 2001 by P. G. Comba, Prescott
(32233) Georgehou
George Hou (b. 1998) is a finalist in the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search , a science competition for high school seniors, for his mathematics project. He attends the Arcadia High School, Arcadia, California.Discovered 30 July 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro
(53468) Varros
George Varros (b. 1959) is an amateur astronomer who helped NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office popularize lunar-meteoroid-impact monitoring by amateur astronomers, for the purpose of assessing the dangers to future astronauts during prolonged visits to the lunar surface.Discovered 2 January 2000 by S. Sposetti, Gnosca
(54411) Bobestelle
George Robert Stetson has been an amateur astronomer since the 1930s. Bob and Estelle Marie Ives were married on 1945 July 1 and have been happily married since. They raised three sons, one electronic engineer and two Ph.D.s in science, and they have eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.Discovered 3 June 2000 by Stetson, P. B., Balam, D. D., Mauna Kea
(70446) Pugh
U.S. physicist George Pugh (b. 1926) was the first to propose, in 1959, a test of general relativity's frame dragging, via a combination telescope/gyroscope in a drag-free satellite. In 2004, after more than 40 years of very innovative developments, a Stanford-led team began such a space experiment: Gravity Probe B.Discovered 10 October 1999 by S. Sposetti, Gnosca
(80810) Georgewinters
George Winters (b. 1950) is the former Secretary of the Association of Paleontological Suppliers (AAPS) and recipient of the prestigious Sternberg Medal from the AAPS in 2018.Discovered 1 February 2000 by CSS, Catalina
(119890) Zamka
George D. Zamka (b. 1962) is a retired American astronaut. Zamka piloted the Space Shuttle Discovery in its October 2007 mission to the International Space Station. He was the commander of the Space Shuttle mission in February 2010, an International Space Station assembly mission.Discovered 6 February 2002 by M. W. Buie, Kitt Peak
(121719) Georgeshaw
George B. Shaw (b. 1966) contributed to the NASA OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission as Laser Systems Lead. Prior to serving in this role, he was Laser Transmitter Lead Engineer for the LOLA instrument on the NASA LRO Mission.Discovered 7 December 1999 by CSS, Catalina
(144633) Georgecarroll
George Carroll (1902-1983) was a builder of precision instruments, heliostats, refractor and reflector telescopes from the mid-1950s through the 1970s. The discovery of (144633) was made using his largest telescope, the 0.76-m Cassegrain/Newtonian reflector at Stony Ridge Observatory in California.Discovered 21 March 2004 by Stony Ridge, Stony Ridge
(159902) Gladstone
George Randall Gladstone (b. 1956) is a Program Director for Research and Development at the Southwest Research Institute, and served as a Co-Investigator and Atmospheres Team Lead for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.Discovered 11 October 2004 by M. W. Buie, Kitt Peak
(232259) Georgelawrence
George B. Lawrence (b. 1976) is an American flight controller for NASA's New Horizons mission, providing oversight in a leading role for the entire flight controller team. Duties have included real-time support for the New Horizons launch, Jupiter Gravity Assist, Pluto System Flyby, Arrokoth Flyby, and continuation into the Kuiper Belt.Discovered 10 August 2002 by M. W. Buie, Cerro Tololo
(244888) Bunton
George W. Bunton, Jr. (1910–1995) was an American astronomer. Known for his work in public education at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles and the Morrison Planetarium in San Francisco, he was manager of the Bishop Museum Planetarium in Honolulu from 1962 until his retirement in 1980. George educated and inspired thousands of all ages.Discovered 19 November 2003 by J. Bedient J. Pittichová, Maunakea
(264119) Georgeorton
George Washington Orton (1873–1958) was a middle- and long-distance runner. In 1900, he became the first Canadian to win a medal at an Olympic Games.Discovered 13 October 2009 by A. Lowe, Mayhill
(364166) Trebek
George Alexander Trebek (1940–2020) was a Canadian-American television personality and game show host, who hosted the game show Jeopardy! for over 36 years. He was awarded seven Outstanding Game Show Host Emmy Awards between 1989 and 2020. He also was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999.Discovered 1 May 2006 by J. W. Young, Wrightwood
(656841) Uza
Dan-George Uza (b. 1984) is a Romanian amateur astronomer, author, translator and editor. Interested in history, he produced the first photographic catalogue of Romanian sundials. Dan-George has authored several calendars, as well as articles and books on traditional Romanian folk astronomy.Discovered 4 August 2014 by EURONEAR, La Palma