Asteroids named after people called Neal
馃懚 Neal as a baby name
Named in honor of Neal D. Hulkower, mathematician, scientist and good friend of the discoverer with a special interest in celestial mechanics. While at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory he developed a method of analyzing accessibility for spacecraft missions to near-Earth asteroids and ranked them by energy requirements for rendezvous. His enthusiasm and expertise have helped in stimulating greater interest in these objects. Named by the discoverer. Name endorsed by R. Staehle and D. Bender.Discovered 11 July 1988 by E. F. Helin, Palomar
Neal Wadhwa (b. 1987) is a finalist in the 2005 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his mathematics project. He attends the Ward Melville High School, East Setauket, New York.Discovered 24 March 1998 by LINEAR, Socorro
Neal Kuhn mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. He teaches at the Hempfield High School, Landisville, Pennsylvania.Discovered 3 April 1997 by LINEAR, Socorro
An accomplished amateur astronomer, Neal Galt has helped popularize astronomy in southeastern Arizona with his Backyard Astronomer column in the local media.Discovered 12 February 2001 by D. Healy, Junk Bond
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