Asteroids named after people called Mathilde

(31674) Westermann

Mathilde Westermann (b. 1991) is an American science operations and GIS engineer at the University of Arizona, who planned science observations for the OSIRIS-REx mission and develops software to enable spatial registration of microscopic data produced from returned extraterrestrial samples. She is a desert-loving Tucson native with husband, son, and dog.Discovered 7 May 1999 by CSS, Catalina