Asteroids named after people called Helen
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(13437) Wellton-Persson
Helen Wellton (b. 1961) and Claes Wellton Persson (b. 1943) are Swedish entrepreneurs whose interest in minor planets and comets has resulted in generous support and sponsorship for the Uppsala-DLR Asteroid Survey. The name was suggested by G. Hahn.Discovered 28 November 1999 by Uppsala-DLR Asteroid Survey, Kvistaberg
(13975) Beatrixpotter
Helen Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) was an English writer, illustrator and natural scientist. Her books for children, e.g. The Tale of Peter Rabbit, that she illustrated with animals, made her famous. She was also highly respected for her studies and watercolors of mushrooms.Discovered 30 January 1992 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(20449) Katiejoy
Katherine (Katie) Helen Joy (b. 1981) is a British geologist and Professor of Lunar and Planetary Sciences at the University of Manchester. She is a world-leader in lunar geology and has played a key role in several space missions. Katie is the science lead for the Lost Meteorites of Antarctica program, which successfully recovered 121 new meteorites.Discovered 13 May 1999 by LINEAR, Socorro
(23011) Petach
Helen Petach mentored a finalist in the 2007 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Fairview High School, Boulder, Colorado.Discovered 14 November 1999 by LINEAR, Socorro
(24422) Helentressa
Helen Tressa D'Couto (b. 1990) was awarded second place in the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her environmental management project. She attends the Clear Lake High School, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.Discovered 2 February 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro
(28137) Helenyao
Helen Yao (b. 1993) was awarded second place in the 2011 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her animal sciences project. She attends the Staten Island Technical High School, Staten Island, New York, U.S.A.Discovered 26 September 1998 by LINEAR, Socorro
(30281) Horstman
Helen Horstman (b. 1936) is a long-time employee of Lowell Observatory, starting in 1964 and retiring in 2007. Helen served as observatory secretary, cataloged images from the Planetary Patrol, and became executive secretary to the director. Since retiring, she has volunteered in the library.Discovered 24 April 2000 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
(32277) Helenliu
Helen Liu (b. 1998) is a finalist in the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search , a science competition for high school seniors, for her medicine and health project. She attends the Amity Regional High School, Woodbridge, Connecticut.Discovered 1 August 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro
(33737) Helenlyons
Helen L. Lyons (b. 2003) is a finalist in the 2017 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for her electrical and mechanical engineering project. She attends the Hunter College High School, New York, New York.Discovered 14 July 1999 by LINEAR, Socorro
(71669) Dodsonprince
Helen Dodson Prince (1905-2002) was an astronomer known for her work on solar flares at the University of Michigan and the McMath-Hulbert Observatory. She was the Observatory's associate director and received the Annie Jump Cannon Award in 1955.Discovered 11 March 2000 by CSS, Catalina
(78432) Helensailer
Helen R. Sailer (b. 1918) learned to fly in 1939, earning her private pilot's license in 1945 after working in the war industry, and ultimately achieving a commercial multi-engine rating. The discoverer's great aunt, she marks 50 years as a life member of the international women's flying organization The Ninety-Nines.Discovered 29 August 2002 by R. Matson, Palomar
(111696) Helenorman
Helen Belton Orman (1938-2004) was a gifted professor and artist, mother of two accomplished sons and friend to all. As Dante wrote in the Inferno, “If from this savage place thou wouldst escape; ... Thou follow me, and I will be thy guide, And lead thee hence through the eternal place.”Discovered 8 February 2002 by Needville, Needville
(123818) Helenzier
Helen Zier (b. 1938) is an amateur astronomer, birder and volunteer in several scientific research programs. Active in the Huachuca Astronomy Club of Southeastern Arizona, she scans the skies with her 10-cm reflector when not engaged in volunteer work.Discovered 31 January 2001 by D. Healy, Junk Bond
(162978) Helenhart
Helen M. Hart (b. 1954), a mission operations analyst at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, served as a Mission Sequencer for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.Discovered 19 August 2001 by M. W. Buie, Cerro Tololo
(433763) Helenkirk
Helen Kirk (b. 1981) is a Canadian Senior Research Officer at the Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Institute of the National Research Council of Canada. Her research interest is local star formation, particularly at sub-millimeter and radio wavelengths. Helen is a former student at the University of Victoria.Discovered 31 October 1995 by D. D. Balam, Saanich
(590464) Helenlawson
Helen Falla née Lawson (1909–2001) was the mother of the discoverer. In the 1930s she worked as the cashier at a fashionable London restaurant frequented by some of the leading politicians and diplomats of the time. From the 1940s onwards she worked as a farm secretary on several large estates including 15 years at Cowdray Park, Sussex, to where she retired.Discovered 23 January 2012 by N. Falla, Mayhill