Asteroids named after people called Louis
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(6605) Carmontelle
Louis de Carmontelle (1717-1806) was a French painter and architect. Inventor of the magic lantern, he developed a device for showing paintings in motion. He made portraits in pen and watercolor of notable persons he met and created the Folies de Chartres, a landscape garden, in Paris.Discovered 22 September 1990 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(7645) Pons
Named in memory of Jean-Louis Pons (1761-1831), whose name appears on 26 different comets and who claimed to discover as many as 37. Initially hired as the doorkeeper of the Marseilles Observatory, he soon showed his proficiency for both constructing and using telescopes, and at the end of his career he was directing observatories in Tuscany. He discovered comet 2P/Encke in both 1805 and 1818, and although it is named for the person who recognized this and other apparitions of it as being one and the same body, Encke himself always referred to it as “Pons' comet”. Name suggested by J. Ticha, citation prepared by B. G. Marsden.Discovered 4 January 1989 by A. Mrkos, Klet
(8617) Fellous
Jean-Louis Fellous (b. 1947) served as COSPAR Executive Director for over a decade. He was essential to COSPAR’s mission to encourage and facilitate international cooperation in space research, particularly when the organization of COSPAR activities was difficult for either internal or external circumstances.Discovered 6 August 1980 by Z. Vavrova, Klet
(9135) Lacaille
Named in memory of Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (1713-1762), French astronomer known as the “father of southern astronomy” for his naming of southern constellations and his countless astrometric observations of planets and stars. In 1750, the abbé Lacaille went to an expedition to the Cape for trigonometric determinations of the lunar and solar parallax, his observations being partly supported by simultaneous measurements by Lalande in Berlin. Lacaille's observations of the southern heavens resulted in a famous catalogue of 9766 stars, a work that was eventually published in 1847 by Baily. Lacaille is also known as a precise observer of comet 1P/Halley in 1759.Discovered 17 October 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
(9969) Braille
Named in memory of Louis Braille (1809–1852), who invented the Braille language so that those who could not see could obtain knowledge and explore through the ‘written’ word. Likewise, this minor planet provides knowledge about our universe and its origins to the people of the earth who, through Deep Space 1, are also able to explore and discover what previously they could not ‘see’. Name proposed by the discoverers following a suggestion by Kerry Babcock through The Planetary Society's “Name That Asteroid” contest.Discovered 27 May 1992 by Helin, E. F., Lawrence, K. J., Palomar
(10930) Jinyong
Jinyong is a pen-name of Louis Cha (b. 1924), author of 15 chivalrous romances in Chinese and the most widely read novelist in Chinese communities in the world. His novels have sold over 300 million copies in various languages. He has won many international honors and is an honorary professor at five universities.Discovered 6 February 1998 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program, Xinglong
(11248) Bleriot
Louis Blériot (1872-1936), French aviator and airplane designer, made the first airplane crossing of the English Channel from France to England on 1909 July 25.Discovered 16 October 1977 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
(11309) Malus
Étienne-Louis Malus (1775-1812) was a French physicist who discovered the polarization of reflected light. In 1798 he accompanied Napoleon to Egypt as a member of the corps of engineers. In 1809 he published a paper on the discovery of the polarization of light.Discovered 15 August 1993 by E. W. Elst, Caussols
(11796) Nirenberg
American mathematician Louis Merses Nirenberg (b. 1925) is an expert in the theory of differential equations, mathematical physics and functional analysis.Discovered 21 February 1980 by L. G. Karachkina, Nauchnyj
(11969) Gay-Lussac
Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac (1778-1850) was a French chemist and physicist, one of the founders of meteorology. In 1802 he showed that all gases expand by the same fraction of their volume with temperature. However, he is primarily known for his law stating that “gases combine in very simple proportions”.Discovered 10 August 1994 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(12715) Godin
Louis Godin (1704-1760) was a French astronomer who proposed to send expeditions to the equator and the polar sea to measure an arc of one degree, in order to find out the true shape of the Earth. In 1753 he joined Condamine and Bouguer on an expedition to Peru.Discovered 8 April 1991 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(12750) Berthollet
Claude-Louis Berthollet (1748-1822) was a French chemist who analyzed ammonia and prussic acid. However, his greatest contributions to chemistry were his studies on chemical affinity and his discovery of the reversibility of reactions (Essai de statique chimique, 1830).Discovered 18 February 1993 by E. W. Elst, Haute Provence
(12766) Paschen
Louis Paschen (1865-1947) was a German physicist and an outstanding spectroscopist. In 1895, he investigated the spectrum of the helium atom and showed that several lines were identical with lines found in the solar spectrum. He is also know for Paschen's law on the breakdown mechanism in gases.Discovered 9 November 1993 by E. W. Elst, Caussols
(12897) Bougeret
Jean-Louis Bougeret (b. 1945) is Director of the Laboratoire d'Etudes Spatiales et d'Instrumentation en Astrophysique at Paris Observatory. He is an expert in the solar wind and interplanetary medium, and is active in space research. The name was suggested by M. A. Barucci.Discovered 13 September 1998 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
(15149) Loufaix
Louis Faix (1933-2011), an amateur astronomer originally from the Detroit area in Michigan, retired to Saddlebrooke, Arizona. As an engineer he brought that experience into his hobby, inventing devices like the Faix Compensator, featured in an article in the May 1978 Sky & Telescope.Discovered 2 March 2000 by CSS, Catalina
(16249) Cauchy
Augustin-Louis Cauchy (1789-1857) was a French mathematician who made fundamental contributions to the theory of functions of complex variables, the study of determinants and the mathematical theory of elasticity. He introduced a higher level of rigor in mathematical proofs.Discovered 29 April 2000 by P. G. Comba, Prescott
(17024) Costello
Louis Costello (1906–1959) was the funny man of the Abbott and Costello comedy duo. Their relationship created a magical chemistry that would take them from the burlesque stage to radio to Broadway to film and, finally, to television.Discovered 15 March 1999 by J. Broughton, Reedy Creek
(18574) Jeansimon
Jean-Louis Simon (b. 1940) works at the Paris Institut de Mécanique Céleste on analytical planetary theory. He produced the first values of the secular variation of the orbital semimajor axes of the planets.Discovered 28 November 1997 by ODAS, Caussols
(19778) Louisgarcia
Louis Garcia mentored a finalist in the 2003 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge, a middle school science competition. He teaches at the Viewpoint School, Calabasas, California.Discovered 24 August 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro
(24189) Lewasserman
Louis Eric Wasserman (b. 1990) is a finalist in the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his computer science project. He attends the Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland.Discovered 6 December 1999 by LINEAR, Socorro
(29435) Mordell
Louis Joel Mordell (1888-1972) was born in the U.S. but moved to England as a student and spent the rest of his life there, being associated with the University of Manchester and later with Cambridge. His research ranged widely in number theory and algebraic geometry.Discovered 8 May 1997 by P. G. Comba, Prescott
(30440) Larry
Philadelphia-born Larry Fine (Louis Feinberg, 1902-1975) was a longtime member of “The Three Stooges”. The one in the middle with a scared-porcupine hairstyle, Larry was often the recipient of the collateral damage of slaps, pokes and bumps while trying to keep the peace between the other two.Discovered 22 June 2000 by J. Broughton, Reedy Creek
(34239) Louisgolowich
Louis Golowich (b. 2000) is a finalist in the 2018 Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his computer science project. He attends the Lexington High School, Lexington, Massachusetts.Discovered 28 August 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro
(38018) Louisneefs
Louis Neefs (1937-1980) was a well-known Flemish singer who died tragically with his wife in a car accident on Christmas Day 1980. With his special dark and warm voice, Flanders will not forget him for his songs Ach Magrietje and Annelies uit 't Sas van Gent.Discovered 1 June 1998 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(49439) Jeanlouispala
Jean-Louis Pala (b. 1950) was a French mathematics teacher at the Institution Sainte Marie in Cannes. He is the founder of four astronomy clubs in the region of Antibes, in southern France. He created the GAPRA (Groupement d'Astronomie Populaire de la Région d'Antibes) in 1974.Discovered 17 December 1998 by ODAS, Caussols
(55382) Kootinlok
Louis Koo Tin-lok (b. 1970) is a Hong Kong actor and film producer. He started his career in televison and won TVB's Best Actor award in both 1999 and 2001. Koo is one of the most popular and talented actors of the Hong Kong film industry. He is also a low-key donor who had helped build close to 100 schools in China.Discovered 25 September 2001 by W. K. Y. Yeung, Desert Eagle
(66846) Franklederer
Louis Franklin Lederer (1935-2009) was a director of Instrumentation Specialties Co. in Lincoln, Nebraska, and an inventor who was granted patents in 1975 and 1976 for devices measuring flow rates and air and water quality. These devices are now commonly used in the U.S., Canada and Europe.Discovered 6 November 1999 by R. Linderholm, Lime Creek
(100231) Monceau
Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (1700-1782), a French physician, naval engineer and botanist, served three times as president of the French Academy of Sciences. Although chiefly occupying himself with experiments on plant physiology, his most famous written work was the Eléments d´architecture naval 1752--1758.Discovered 12 August 1994 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(188446) Louischevrolet
Louis Chevrolet (1878-1941) was born in the Swiss town of La Chaux-de-Fonds. This racing-car driver is the co-founder of the well-known motor car company.Discovered 17 April 2004 by M. Ory, Nogales
(188894) Gerberlouis
Louis Gerber (1928–2021), a Swiss citizen from Fribourg, was a banker by profession and a fervent amateur astronomer. Until 2005 he was the first treasurer of the Robert A. Naef Foundation, created in 1977, which operates the Observatory Robert A. Naef at Ependes (opened in 1984), where this asteroid was discovered.Discovered 15 December 2006 by P. Kocher, Marly
(360037) Robertson
Louis Robertson (b. 1955) is an American Scientific Instrument Technician. During his 27 years at the Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, he was one of the team members that designed, engineered, machined, tested, installed and maintained the two Pan-STARRS cameras. He was born and raised in Michigan, and has lived in Hawaii since 1987.Discovered 24 September 2011 by Pan-STARRS 1, Haleakala
(442721) Kerouac
Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac, known as Jack Kerouac (1922–1969) was an American writer and poet. His novels, including On the Road and The Subterraneans, established a new writing style of spontaneous prose. Kerouac is considered a pioneer of the 1950s and 1960s Beat Generation.Discovered 18 October 2009 by Mt. Lemmon Survey, Mount Lemmon