Asteroids named after people called Mitchell

(14799) Mitchschulte

Mitchell D. Schulte (b. 1965) is an American Program Scientist in the Planetary Science Division, NASA HQ, Washington, DC. He has experience in the petrography and aqueous alteration history of chondritic meteorites, and he has overseen the science content of the Mars 2020 Rover, the U.S. contribution to ESA鈥檚 ExoMars rover, and the Mars Exploration Rovers.Discovered 25 June 1979 by Helin, E. F., Bus, S. J., Siding Spring

(16248) Fox

Named in honor of Mitchell Fox for mentoring a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Fox is a teacher at the Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, New York.Discovered 28 April 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro

(20787) Mitchfourman

Mitchell Fourman (b. 1986) was awarded second place in the 2004 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his engineering project. He attends the Ward Melville High School, East Setauket, New York, U.S.A.Discovered 2 September 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro

(129196) Mitchbeiser

Mitchell Beiser (b. 1991) worked as a mechanical design engineer on the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission OCAMS camera system. He is passionate about the outdoors and the night sky.Discovered 30 June 2005 by CSS, Catalina

(129968) Mitchwhiteley

Mitchell Whiteley (b. 1972) designed the camera FPGA read-out electronics on the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission OCAMS camera. He also designed the SOFIE Sun Tracker for NASA-AIM and served as the USURF-SDL Digital Imaging Space Camera lead.Discovered 29 October 1999 by CSS, Catalina