Asteroids named after people called Markku
(783963) Verkkoniemi
Markku Verkkoniemi (1962–2004) was a Finnish software engineer who worked as a system manager at the Nordic Optical Telescope from 2001 to 2004. On 19 October 2004 he tragically lost his life in a road accident, while driving in adverse weather conditions towards his job at Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory, located atop La Palma island.Discovered 22 September 2014 by EURONEAR, La Palma