Asteroids named after people called Jon
馃懚 Jon as a baby name馃惗 Jon as a dog name
(6446) Lomberg
Named in honor of Jon Lomberg (b. 1948), graphic arts virtuoso, who has excelled in his renditions of space and astronomical subjects. One of the world's leading astronomical artists, he worked with Carl Sagan and on many television documentaries about space science, including the Cosmos series. He was also the design director for the Voyager Interstellar Record. His works can be found in museums and science centers all over the world. His technical research, artistic interpretation and precision in the planning of each painting is characteristic of this dedicated, accomplished artist in portraying space as it is, to the extent we know it.Discovered 18 August 1990 by E. F. Helin, Palomar
(6775) Giorgini
Named in honor of Jon D. Giorgini, who has contributed significantly to radar astrometry of minor planets through the development of an On-Site Orbit Determination software system. This allows radar astrometric measurements to be used immediately to improve a target's orbit, and hence yields ephemerides for pointing, time delay and doppler frequency. Since the system became operational at Goldstone in 1993, there has been an order-of-magnitude improvement in the efficiency with which radar observations can progress. In particular, Giorgini's software was key to the success of the radar imaging of (1620) Geographos in Aug. 1994 and (6489) Golevka in June 1995. Citation prepared by D. K. Yeomans and S. J. Ostro.Discovered 5 April 1989 by E. F. Helin, Palomar
(11698) Fichtelman
Jon Roger Fichtelman (b. 1986) is a finalist in the 2002 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his physics project. He attends the Freshman Learning Center Vero Beach High School, Vero Beach, Florida, U.S.A.Discovered 31 March 1998 by LINEAR, Socorro
(12204) Jonpineau
Jon Paul Pineau (b. 1978) supported NASA's Lucy Trojan asteroid mission as Aerospace Engineer and Lead Science Operations Center (SOC) Systems Engineer. He contributed to the design, development, and test of the SOC systems, the SOC interfaces, and mission concept of operations.Discovered 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus, Siding Spring
(24214) Jonchristo
Jon Christopher mentored a finalist in the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Lassiter High School, Marietta, Georgia.Discovered 7 December 1999 by LINEAR, Socorro
(24297) Jonbach
Jon Bach mentored a finalist in the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the West High School, Iowa City, Iowa.Discovered 14 December 1999 by LINEAR, Socorro
(63788) Jonlarsen
Jon Larsen (b. 1959) is a Norwegian gypsy jazz guitarist and amateur science researcher. In the spring of 2009, spotting a tiny black speck landing on his newly laid white table cloth on a balcony table, his curiosity led him to a six-year journey to discover micrometeorites in cities full of contamination.Discovered 11 September 2001 by W. K. Y. Yeung, Desert Eagle
(156990) Claerbout
Jon Claerbout (b. 1938) is a prolific contributor to the theory and art of exploration seismology. He was the first to demonstrate a practical method for imaging the Earth's interior using wavefields modeled in a computer. He also pioneered seismic interferometry, a method now used to probe the sun.Discovered 28 May 2003 by J. Dellinger, Needville
(218570) Jonvandegriff
Jon D. Vandegriff (b. 1969) is an American senior software engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. He developed software tools for planning and analysis of PEPSSI charged particle spectrometer measurements for the NASA New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt.Discovered 10 April 2005 by M. W. Buie, Kitt Peak
(231379) Jonhandiboe
Jon D. Handiboe (b. 1970) is an American IT facilities and security specialist. He served as the Chief of Information Technology and Security for the Space Exploration Sector of Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory during the NASA New Horizons mission.Discovered 26 April 2006 by M. W. Buie, Cerro Tololo
(292159) Jongoldstein
Jon Goldstein (b. 1981) is an American research engineer, specializing in computer simulations of social systems such as economies. He currently works at BAE Systems and is a PhD student at George Mason University.Discovered 14 September 2006 by J. Masiero, Mauna Kea