Asteroids named after people called Laurence
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Laurence E. Nyquist (b. 1939) is a planetary scientist at NASA's Johnson Space Center. His meticulous work on the chronometry of a wide range of planetary materials has been pivotal in unraveling the time scales for accretion, differentiation and impacts on meteorite parent bodies.Discovered 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus, Siding Spring
Laurence O'Rourke (b. 1970) is a research scientist at the European Space Astronomy Centre in Madrid. He leads a program to use the Herschel Space Observatory to provide supporting physical observations for spacecraft missions to asteroids and comets.Discovered 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus, Siding Spring
Laurence McKinley Gould (1896–1995) was an American geologist, educator and polar explorer. Gould was chief scientist and second-in-command of the 1928-30 Byrd Antarctic expedition. Leading a 1 500-mile sledge journey to the Transantarctic Mountains, he discovered sandstone outcrops, helping to link Antarctica with Gondwana.Discovered 5 December 1999 by CSS, Catalina
Laurence Bentz (b. 1958) is a French medical doctor, specializing in Public Health & Education Sciences. She contributed to tackling the HIV-AIDS epidemic at its onset, through clinical work, epidemiology, and research to enhance patient adherence to complex treatments. She also developed interventions to support the empowerment of chronically-ill people.Discovered 15 October 1998 by ODAS, Caussols
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