Asteroids named after people called Lewis
👶 Lewis as a baby name🐶 Lewis as a dog name🐱 Lewis as a cat name
(6042) Cheshirecat
Named for a cat appearing in Lewis Carroll's famous fairy tale Alice in Wonderland . Its unique characteristic is its laughing voice that lingers after the cat fades away. Name and citation proposed by T. Urata.Discovered 23 November 1990 by Natori, A., Urata, T., Yakiimo
(6916) Lewispearce
Named in memory of Lewis Percival Pearce, infant son of amateur astronomer and comet observer Andrew Pearce. Born in Nedlands, Western Australia, on 1999 Jan. 23, Lewis suffered oxygen deprivation during delivery and never gained consciousness. Before his death twelve days later, he shared some experiences with his parents, including “observing the stars” with his dad.Discovered 27 July 1992 by R. H. McNaught, Siding Spring
(8889) Mockturtle
The Mock Turtle, which appears in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, has a turtle's shell and front flippers, but a cow's head and a cow's back legs and tail. Once he was a Real Turtle. The Mock Turtle has “large eyes full of tears”. In a voice choked with sobs, he sings a song to Alice about soup.Discovered 31 July 1994 by Shimizu, Y., Urata, T., Nachi-Katsuura
(9387) Tweedledee
Tweedledee was of the twins in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There. When Alice meets him, he is standing under a tree with his arm round the neck of his brother Tweedledum. The name was suggested by T. Urata.Discovered 2 February 1994 by Shiozawa, H., Urata, T., Fujieda
(17472) Dinah
Dinah is Alice's cat in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The cat never appears in the story, but Alice thinks about her and talks about her to the creatures she meets in Wonderland, frightening some of them by telling how good Dinah is at catching mice and small birds.Discovered 17 March 1991 by Niijima, T., Urata, T., Ojima
(17681) Tweedledum
Tweedledum was one of the twins in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There. When Alice meets him, he is standing under a tree with his arm round his brother's neck. Like his twin Tweedledee, he gives his name to a minor planet of Hungaria type. The citation was prepared by D. J. Asher.Discovered 6 January 1997 by T. Urata, Oohira
(17942) Whiterabbit
The White Rabbit appears in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. When Alice hears the Rabbit (who, of course, has pink eyes) talking to itself, she follows it down a huge rabbit-hole under a hedge, and her adventures begin. The name was suggested by T. Urata, and the citation was prepared by R. E. Asher.Discovered 11 May 1999 by Shimizu, Y., Urata, T., Nachi-Katsuura
(37609) LaVelle
Lewis LaVelle McCoy (b. 1946), civic-minded entrepreneur, is a member of the Arizona Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Initiative Committee. He has worked tirelessly to establish the Flagstaff Family YMCA and the Challenger Learning Center of Arizona.Discovered 25 November 1992 by Shoemaker, E. M., Shoemaker, C. S., Palomar
(81790) Lewislove
Lewis E. Love (b. 1928), beloved physics teacher at Great Neck North High School from 1959 to 1997, inspired his students (including the discoverer) with his joy of teaching and love of physics. Although formally retired, he is now teaching elementary-school teachers how to teach science.Discovered 2 May 2000 by L. H. Wasserman, Anderson Mesa
(213629) Binford
Lewis R. Binford (b. 1930) is an American archaeologist and anthropologist. He was one of the main figures behind the development of the “New Archaeology” or “Processual Archaeology”, the major theoretical and methodological improvements to archaeology taking place during the 1960s to 1980s.Discovered 26 August 2002 by NEAT, Palomar
(270553) Loureed
Lewis Allan (Lou) Reed (1942-2013) was an American musician, singer and songwriter. After his time with the Velvet Underground in the 1960s, he started a solo career in 1972. Reed's characteristic dry voice, his poetic lyrics and variable style were reflected in more than 20 studio albums.Discovered 12 April 2002 by M. Meyer, Palomar
(399979) Lewseaman
Lewis T. Seaman (b. 1923) was an engineer for many years at GE Aerospace. Great-grandson of a ship's carpenter from the age of sail, programs he managed built spacecraft including the first Landsat remote sensing satellite, ERTS-1, the first Yuri broadcast satellite, BSE-1, and missions of his beloved Nimbus meteorological series.Discovered 30 January 2006 by CSS, Catalina
(508440) Lewishamilton
Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton (b. 1985) is a British-Grenadian Formula One driver and seven-time world champion. Beyond racing, he is a prominent advocate for diversity in motorsport, campaigns against racism, and supports children's rights through his long-standing partnership with the United Nations Children's Fund.Discovered 10 November 2013 by Mt. Lemmon Survey, Mount Lemmon
(741821) Lewisknee
Lewis Knee (b. 1961) is a Canadian Senior Research Officer and Team Leader of the Millimetre Instrumentation Group, Astronomy Technology, at the National Research Council of Canada's Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Centre. His scientific interests include radio and sub-millimeter observational studies of star formation.Discovered 11 October 2006 by D. D. Balam, Maunakea