Asteroids named after people called Helena
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(15295) Tante Riek
Helena T. Kuipers-Rietberg (“Tante Riek”, 1893-1944) was one of the founders of the Dutch resistance organization “Landelijke organisatie voor hulp aan Onderduikers”, which helped to hide Jews and escaped prisoners of war during World War II. She was betrayed and died in the concentration camp Ravensbrück.Discovered 4 November 1991 by Spacewatch, Kitt Peak
(16186) Helenajiang
Helena Jiang (b. 2002) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her chemistry project. She attended the F. W. Buchholz High School, Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A.Discovered 5 January 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro
(16710) Kluyver
Dutch astronomer Helena A. Kluyver (1909-2001) worked on the orbits of comets but was also known for her research on stellar motions in the Hyades cluster. She was also for many years an assistant at the General Secretary Office of the I.A.U.Discovered 18 September 1995 by Spacewatch, Kitt Peak
(28994) Helenabates
Helena Bates (b. 1993) is a British researcher at the Natural History Museum, London who specializes in understanding the aqueous and thermal alteration of primitive asteroids through analyses of carbonaceous chondrite meteorites.Discovered 17 July 2001 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa