Asteroids named after people called Ming
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(4730) Xingmingzhou
Xing-Ming Zhou (1965–2004), a meteorologist and comet hunter from Xinjiang province, detected 64 near-Sun comets in SOHO's LASCO images and one in SOHO's SWAN images. He also independently discovered two other comets. A tireless and precise observer, he chronicled his observations on the Silk Road Astronomy website.Discovered 7 December 1980 by Purple Mountain Observatory, Nanking
(28242) Mingantu
Ming Antu (1692-1765?) was a Chinese astronomer and mathematician of the Qing Dynasty. During the decades of his service in the Imperial Observatory, he participated in compiling and editing three very important astronomical works.Discovered 6 January 1999 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program, Xinglong
(31907) Wongsumming
Wong Sum Ming Simon (b. 1997) was awarded second place in the 2015 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his materials science team project. He attends the Church of Christ in China Tam Lee Lai Fun Memorial Secondary School, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong, China.Discovered 5 April 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro
(199953) Mingnaiben
Ming Naiben (b. 1935), a professor at Nanjing University and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, introduced the quasi-crystal structure in dielectric super-lattice, established the multiple quasi-phase-matching theory and realized frequency doubling and direct frequency tripling of light efficiently.Discovered 18 April 2007 by PMO NEO Survey Program, XuYi