Asteroids named after people called Gordon
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(9728) Videen
Gordon Videen (b. 1964) is a research scientist with the Space Science Institute of Boulder, Colorado. He is a specialist in theoretical modeling and experimental measurement of light scattering by cometary and asteroidal dust particles, as well as by particles in Earth's atmosphere.Discovered 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus, Siding Spring
(10499) Sarty
Gordon Eric Sarty (b. 1960) is an astronomer who has lectured in physics, mathematics, and statistics at the University of Saskatchewan. He developed Magnetic Resonance Imaging for use by astronauts in space, studied high-mass x-ray binaries with the Microvariability and Oscillations of Stars (MOST) space telescope, and contributed to RASC's Saskatoon Centre.Discovered 7 September 1986 by H. Debehogne, La Silla
(12846) Fullerton
C. Gordon Fullerton (b. 1936) is a research pilot at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. With over 15~000 hours of flying time, he has piloted 135 different types of aircraft. He has logged 382 hours in space as a NASA astronaut, during two Space Shuttle missions.Discovered 28 June 1997 by Spacewatch, Kitt Peak
(20298) Gordonsu
Gordon L. Su (b. 1986) is a finalist in the 2004 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his behavioral and social sciences project. He attends the Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland.Discovered 24 March 1998 by LINEAR, Socorro
(45847) Gartrelle
Gordon Gartrelle (b. 1955) received his Ph.D. from the University of North Dakota. His primary studies are of D-type asteroids, their potential parent bodies, and their mineralogy.Discovered 4 September 2000 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
(90579) Gordonnelson
Gordon Nelson (b. 1956) is a well-known amateur paleontologist in southern Arizona. He is co-discoverer of the Sonorasaurus in the desert east of Tucson, Arizona.Discovered 15 April 2004 by CSS, Catalina
(93164) Gordontelepun
Gordon Telepun (b. 1957) is a cosmetic, plastic and reconstructive surgery specialist in Decatur, AL. He graduated from Boston University's School Of Medicine in 1985. He is an experienced amateur astronomer, specializing in solar eclipses.Discovered 29 September 2000 by L. Ball, Emerald Lane
(114725) Gordonwalker
Gordon A. H. Walker (b. 1936), professor emeritus at the University of British Columbia, was a member of the first group to report on the detection of extrasolar planets.Discovered 6 April 2003 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
(120352) Gordonwong
Gordon H. Wong (b. 1969) is a software engineer who has shown great patience and dedicated support to the effort required in the design, build, test, and flight of the student-built Regolith X-ray Imaging Spectrometer aboard the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission.Discovered 13 May 2005 by CSS, Catalina
(166747) Gordonrichards
Gordon Richards (b. 1972) is an American astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, known for his work on the demographics and physics of quasars.Discovered 4 October 2002 by Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Apache Point
(601916) Sting
Gordon M. Sumner (b. 1951), known professionally as “Sting”, is a British music composer and singer. In the 1970s and 1980s he was a co-founder and a member of The Police. He has been nominated for four Academy Awards and has won a Golden Globe, as well as Emmy, Brit and Grammy awards.Discovered 28 November 2013 by M. Å»oÅnowski M. Kusiak, Tincana