Asteroids named after people called Milton
👶 Milton as a baby name🐶 Milton as a dog name
(17305) Caniff
Milton Caniff (1907-1988) was a U.S. master cartoonist who created the comic strips Terry and the Pirates and Steve Canyon. His attention to detail gained him the title “the Rembrandt of Comics”. The name was suggested by F. N. Bowman, who found the identification involving this minor planet.Discovered 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar