Asteroids named after people called Monica
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(4731) Monicagrady
Monica Grady (b. 1958), curator of the meteorite collection at the Natural History Museum in London, studies carbon isotopes in a wide range of meteorites with a focus on understanding the geologic processes leading to their formation. She is also actively involved in meteorite recovery efforts around the world.Discovered 1 March 1981 by S. J. Bus, Siding Spring
(7512) Monicalazzarin
Named in honor of Monica Lazzarin (b. 1963), Italian planetary scientist at Padova Observatory. Lazzarin is an expert in the spectroscopic observation of comets and minor planets and has obtained interesting results on the relationship between these objects. She has studied aqueous alteration in C-class minor planets and has helped understand the compositions of the Centaurs. Lazzarin is involved in planning the Rosetta mission. Name suggested and citation prepared by M. A. Barucci and M. Fulchignoni.Discovered 15 February 1983 by E. Bowell, Anderson Mesa
(7782) Mony
Named in memory of Monica De Magistris (1977-1998), a student of physics at Perugia University and a great lover of astronomy who sometimes visited the Santa Lucia observatory. She organized an astronomy exposition as part of Italy's “Scientific and Technological Culture Week” in 1995, giving lectures on the subject to visitors. In her struggle with illness, she was an example of strength, intelligence and passion throughout her short life.Discovered 7 February 1994 by Stroncone, Stroncone
(13292) Hernandezmon
Monica Hernandez mentored a finalist in the 2019 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students. She teaches at the Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory School, Santa Cruz, California.Discovered 28 August 1998 by LINEAR, Socorro
(627030) Ciobanu
Monica Zoe Ciobanu (b. 1934) is a retired astronomer who worked in the Time service of the Romanian Astronomical Institute. She gave a rigorous solution to Euler-Poinsot equations and published papers about the Earth's rotation axis, being also involved in public outreach and editing the first celestial maps for the Romanian Astronomical Yearbook.Discovered 11 March 2008 by EURONEAR, La Silla