Asteroids named after people called Kathrin
(20448) Kathrinaltwegg
Kathrin Altwegg (b. 1951) is a Swiss planetary scientist and professor emerita at the University of Bern, renowned for leading the ROSINA instrument on ESA鈥檚 Rosetta mission. Her pioneering work on comet 67P transformed our understanding of the chemical complexity of pristine Solar System matter, inspiring a new generation of scientists.Discovered 12 May 1999 by LINEAR, Socorro