Asteroids named after people called Gero

(6079) Gerokurat

Gero Kurat (b. 1938), of the Natural History Museum in Vienna, is curator of the Vienna meteorite collection and president of the Meteoritical Society. His provocative ideas on the origin of meteorites have caused scientists to question basic paradigms about the origin of our solar system.Discovered 28 February 1981 by S. J. Bus, Siding Spring

(13932) Rupprecht

Gero Rupprecht (b. 1954) was a German astronomer at the European Southern Observatory from 1988 until 2019. He has been an integral part of astronomical instrumentation projects (FORS, HARPS and MUSE) that enabled the community to make numerous astronomical discoveries.Discovered 18 September 1988 by European Southern Observatory, La Silla