Asteroids named after people called Leif
馃懚 Leif as a baby name馃惗 Leif as a dog name
(7983) Festin
Named in honor of Leif Festin (b. 1967) to celebrate the completion of his Ph.D. thesis on the faint end of the luminosity function. He assisted with photometric observations of minor planets while he was working at the Nordic Optical Telescope on La Palma. He is co-author of several publications on lightcurves of minor planets.Discovered 16 March 1980 by C.-I. Lagerkvist, La Silla
(9223) Leifandersson
Leif Erland Andersson (1943-1979) observed that most satellites of the outer planets rotate synchronously about their parent planets, helped determine Pluto's pole position and albedo map, and determined that Pluto and its satellite Charon would display mutual transits and eclipses. He also made a catalogue of lunar craters.Discovered 18 December 1995 by Spacewatch, Kitt Peak
(333054) Bloomquist
Leif Bloomquist (b. 1973) is a Canadian engineer who worked on the OSIRIS-REx mission as part of the OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter (OLA) Instrument Engineer team. He also worked on the Meteorological Station (MET) instrument for the Phoenix Mars Lander and the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM) on the International Space Station.Discovered 6 May 2006 by Mt. Lemmon Survey, Mount Lemmon