Asteroids named after people called Herbert
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(6973) Karajan
Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989), born in Salzburg, was one of the best-known conductors of the twentieth century. He was music director of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for thirty-five years and realized many famous recordings with that orchestra.Discovered 27 April 1992 by Ueda, S., Kaneda, H., Kushiro
(7378) Herbertpalme
Herbert Palme (b. 1943) is a professor at the Institute of Mineralogy and Geochemistry, University of Cologne. He is a geochemist interested in all aspects of meteoritics and planetary science, with an emphasis on understanding the origin of components in chondritic meteorites.Discovered 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus, Siding Spring
(9931) Herbhauptman
Renowned mathematician Herbert A. Hauptman (b. 1917), since 1986 president of the Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute in Buffalo, New York, shared the 1985 Nobel prize in chemistry for his development of a mathematical model to determine the crystal structure of complex molecules from x-ray diffraction.Discovered 18 April 1985 by A. Mrkos, Klet
(17278) Viggh
Herbert E. M. Viggh (b. 1963), of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory, was responsible for software development, computer systems and data analysis of the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) program, the world's most prolific discovery program for minor planets to date.Discovered 6 June 2000 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
(17460) Mang
Herbert Mang (b. 1942) is professor of material sciences at the Vienna University of Technology. He is a well-known expert in computational mechanics and a friend of astronomy. Mang currently serves as president of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna. The name was suggested by the first discoverer.Discovered 10 October 1990 by Schmadel, L. D., Borngen, F., Tautenburg
(20156) Herbwindolf
Herbert Windolf of Prescott, Arizona, is a very dear and generous friend who was particularly helpful and supportive during the long terminal illness of the discoverer's wife. Windolf is widely interested in scientific matters and a great enthusiast for space exploration.Discovered 13 October 1996 by P. G. Comba, Prescott
(20282) Hedberg
Herbert Mason Hedberg (b. 1986) is a finalist in the 2004 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his biochemistry project. He attends the North Attleboro High School, North Attleboro, Massachusetts.Discovered 20 March 1998 by LINEAR, Socorro
(24751) Kroemer
German-born Herbert Kroemer (b. 1928), who has lived in the United States since 1954, is one of the pioneers of semiconductor heterostructures, used in computers for the transmission of information. He shared the 2000 Nobel Prize for physics with Zh. Alferov and J. Kilby.Discovered 21 September 1992 by F. Borngen, Tautenburg
(26842) Hefele
Herbert Hefele (b. 1942) is a retired staff astronomer at the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut. He served for decades as an editor of the renowned bibliography Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts and also as an excellent librarian of the ARI. The name was suggested by the first discoverer.Discovered 2 October 1991 by Schmadel, L. D., Borngen, F., Tautenburg
(28967) Gerhardter
Herbert Gerhardter (b. 1993) was awarded second place in the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his energy and transportation team project. He attends the HTBLA Eisenstadt, Eisenstadt, Burgenland, Austria.Discovered 27 April 2001 by LINEAR, Socorro
(295471) Herbertnitsch
Herbert Nitsch (b. 1970) is an Austrian freediver who holds a men's world records in no-limits apnea at 214 m.Discovered 27 August 2008 by , Vallemare Borbona 115895 Casulli, V. S.
(583418) Herbertgush
Herbert Gush (1929–2025) was a Canadian astrophysicist at the University of British Columbia. He pioneered the techniques of radio interferometry, but is best known for his definitive evidence that the cosmic microwave background has a precise thermal spectrum. This demonstrated that the universe was in good thermal equilibrium when it was only 10 days old.Discovered 24 July 2007 by K. M. Perrett D. D. Balam, Maunakea
(606875) Bertgrice
Herbert Grice (1909–1991), the discoverer's father-in-law, was born in London's East End and from an early age developed a love of wildlife. In later life he moved to suburban London where he kept racing pigeons, other animals and also cultivated a large vegetable garden. His legacy is the skill and knowledge that he passed on to his family.Discovered 13 December 2012 by N. Falla, Mayhill
(634981) Herbertgrice
Herbert Grice (1929–2020) was the brother-in-law of the discoverer. He worked for many years at a distillery located in Mitcham. This town and the surrounding farmland was the center of peppermint oil production in England for centuries.Discovered 14 October 2012 by N. Falla, Mayhill
(678300) Herbertcouriol
Herbert Couriol (b. 1941) is a French amateur astronomer. He was very active in the construction of the Belesta observatory, especially that of the dome and mechanical parts of the 0.82-m telescope.Discovered 29 August 2017 by M.Ory, Oukaimeden