Asteroids named after people called Lawrence
馃懚 Lawrence as a baby name馃惗 Lawrence as a dog name
(8245) Molnar
Lawrence A. Molnar (b. 1959) is a professor of physics and astronomy and Observatory Director at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI. He engages and trains students in the techniques of minor-planet lightcurve photometry, following through with the publication of new results.Discovered 8 September 1977 by S. J. Bus, Palomar
(11712) Kemcook
Kem H. Cook (b. 1949), of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, is a founding member of the Massive Compact Halo Objects (MACHO) Project, which used a refurbished, 120-year-old telescope (The Great Melbourne Telescope) to survey the Magellanic Clouds for gravitational microlensing by baryonic, halo dark matter.Discovered 25 April 1998 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
(11777) Hargrave
Lawrence Hargrave (1850-1915), Australian astronomer and aviation pioneer, experimented beginning in the 1880s with exquisitely made planes and kites. His kites flew him over almost 5 meters in 1894.Discovered 16 October 1977 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
(12471) Larryscherr
Lawrence Scherr (b. 1949), an optical engineer and lens designer, designed the optics for the NEAT/Oschin instrument. He has designed, built, tested or analyzed stray light for prototype medical instruments, intraocular lenses, scaterometers, large surveillance telescopes, automated optical test systems and Mars camera lenses.Discovered 6 February 1997 by NEAT, Haleakala
(19694) Dunkelman
Lawrence Dunkelman (b. 1917), of the Naval Research Laboratory and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, measured the solar near-ultraviolet spectral distribution from Mt. Lemmon in 1952 and helped advise the Mercury astronauts on observations of the upper atmosphere and space phenomena from orbit.Discovered 8 September 1999 by CSS, Catalina
(20732) Snedeker
Lawrence G. Snedeker (b. 1966) is an American engineer at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex. He supervises antenna and transmitter operations at DSS-13 and DSS-14 and has provided essential support for numerous Goldstone radar observations of near-Earth asteroids.Discovered 10 December 1999 by LINEAR, Socorro
(25326) Lawrencesun
Lawrence Sun (b. 1996) is a finalist in the 2008 Society for Science and the Public middle school science competition, for his mathematics and computer science project. He attends the Highland Park Middle School, Beaverton, Oregon.Discovered 10 May 1999 by LINEAR, Socorro
(28475) Garrett
Lawrence Garrett (b. 1959) has been the Assistant Coordinator for the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers since 1999. He also has several asteroid discoveries to his credit.Discovered 1 February 2000 by CSS, Catalina
(29987) Lazhang
Lawrence Zhang (b. 1996) was awarded second place in the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his cellular and molecular biology project. He attends the Fairview High School, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.Discovered 7 December 1999 by LINEAR, Socorro
(31442) Stark
Lawrence W. Stark (b. 1926) has been a pioneering researcher in the application of control and information theory to neurological systems and the physiological modeling of human vision. Recently he extended this work into the field of robotic vision.Discovered 7 February 1999 by D. S. Dixon, Las Cruces
(45688) Lawrencestacey
K. Lawrence Stacey (b. 1950) is a long-time amateur astronomer, first as a youth in Southfield, Michigan and later in Asheville, North Carolina. He specializes in the observation of multiple stars.Discovered 3 March 2000 by CSS, Catalina
(47931) Stifler
Lawrence Stifler (b. 1940) is an American philanthropist and founder of the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum. His devotion to teach and enrich the lives of others鈥攅specially children鈥攈as been boundless. The museum features the world's largest repository of Moon material as well as the largest samples from the Moon, Mars and (4) Vesta.Discovered 4 April 2000 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
(154938) Besserman
Lawrence Besserman (b. 1945) is a specialist in medieval and early modern periods of English Literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He relocated to Israel in 1978 with his wife Judith, who frequently edits his writings. He is active in research that connects literature to other disciplines, particularly astronomy.Discovered 4 October 2004 by Jarnac, Vail-Jarnac
(204602) Lawrencebrown
Lawrence E. Brown (b. 1963) is a senior software engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. He served as the Lead Ground Software Engineer for the PEPSSI charged particle spectrometer aboard the NASA New Horizons spacecraft during the Jupiter, Pluto, and Arrokoth flybys, and the exploration of the Kuiper Belt and outer heliosphere.Discovered 11 April 2005 by M. W. Buie, Kitt Peak