Asteroids named after people called Jorge
👶 Jorge as a baby name🐶 Jorge as a dog name
(2605) Sahade
Named in honor of Jorge Sahade, current president of the International Astronómical Union, well-known Argentinian astrophysicist who has served as director of the Córdoba and La Plata Observatories and was the first director of the Instituto de Astronómia y Fisica del Espacio. During the 1960s he initiated the process that led to the acquisition of the 2.15-m reflector in the Complejo Astronómica El Leoncito.Discovered 16 August 1974 by Felix Aguilar Observatory, El Leoncito
(10460) Correa-Otto
Jorge Correa-Otto (b. 1981) is an Argentine astronomer at San Juan National University performing dynamical studies of the solar system and planetary systems around binary stars.Discovered 7 November 1978 by Helin, E. F., Bus, S. J., Palomar
(11510) Borges
Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986), Argentine poet and short-story writer, became famous through his poems Fervor de Buenos Aires (1923). In his El libro de los seres imaginarios (1967) the distinction between poetry and prose almost disappears.Discovered 11 November 1990 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(20730) Jorgecarvano
Jorge Carvano (b. 1971) is a planetary scientist working at Rio de Janeiro National Observatory. He studies small bodies and planetary satellites and is an expert on thermal modeling.Discovered 9 December 1999 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
(176610) Nunez
Jorge I. Nunez (b. 1981) is a scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. He served as a LORRI Instrument Data Scientist for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.Discovered 18 March 2002 by M. W. Buie, Kitt Peak
(185579) Jorgejuan
Jorge Juan y Santacilia (1713–1773) was a Spanish sailor who founded the Royal Observatory of Madrid in 1757. He measured the length of the terrestrial meridian and determined that Earth is an oblate spheroid.Discovered 29 January 2008 by OAM, La Sagra
(347940) Jorgezuluaga
Jorge Zuluaga (b. 1975) is a researcher, educator and popularizer of astronomy. He has made significant contributions in the field of exoplanets, has created the first pre-graduate program in astronomy in Colombia, at the University of Antioquia, and has given extensive talks and courses oriented toward the public.Discovered 30 March 2003 by Ferrin, I., Leal, C., Merida