Asteroids named after people called Nicole
馃懚 Nicole as a baby name馃惗 Nicole as a dog name
(6335) Nicolerappaport
Nicole Rappaport (b. 1950), a senior research scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is an authority on radio science and the use of spacecraft tracking data to determine the masses and gravity fields for the natural satellites. She has also done important work on the dynamics of Saturn's ring particles.Discovered 5 July 1992 by Helin, E. F., Alu, J., Palomar
(11373) Carbonaro
Nicole Jean Carbonaro (b. 1984) is a finalist in the 2002 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her physics project. She attends the Great Mills High School, Lexington Park, Maryland, U.S.A.Discovered 17 August 1998 by LINEAR, Socorro
(12576) Oresme
Nicole Oresme (c. 1323-1382), bishop of Lisieux, conceived the representation of time-varying quantities by two-dimensional graphs, using the latitude-longitude analogy. He drew a velocity-time graph for a body moving with constant acceleration, anticipating later discoveries in analytic geometry and kinematics.Discovered 5 September 1999 by P. G. Comba, Prescott
(13729) Nicolewen
Nicole J. Wen (b. 1989) is a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her botany and zoology project. She attends the Keystone Junior High School, San Antonio, Texas.Discovered 14 September 1998 by LINEAR, Socorro
(14567) Nicovincenti
Nicole Vincenti mentored a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Fairmont Elementary, Sanger, California.Discovered 19 June 1998 by LINEAR, Socorro
(16167) Oertli
Named in honor of Nicole Anne Oertli for achievement as a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Nicole is a student at the Murphy High School, Mobile, Alabama.Discovered 5 January 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro
(17048) Nicolesegaran
Nicole Lakshmi Segaran (b. 2001) was awarded second place in the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her biomedical and health sciences team project. She attended the Carmel High School, Carmel, Indiana, U.S.A.Discovered 19 March 1999 by LINEAR, Socorro
(19543) Burgoyne
Nicole Burgoyne (b. 1986) was awarded fourth place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her zoology team project. She attends the Edward R. Murrow High School, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.Discovered 10 May 1999 by LINEAR, Socorro
(20042) Mortillaro
Nicole Mortillaro (b. 1972) is a Canadian science journalist and amateur astronomer. She received a journalism degree from Ryerson University in 1996, and has since worked for Global News television network and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. She became editor of the Journal of the RASC in 2015 and shared the Kavli Science Journalism Award in 2021.Discovered 15 February 1993 by Kushida, Y., Muramatsu, O., Yatsugatake
(21415) Nicobrenner
Nicole Rachelle Brenner (b. 1988) was awarded second place in the 2006 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her engineering project. She attends the Lawrence High School, Cedarhurst, New York, U.S.A.Discovered 20 March 1998 by LINEAR, Socorro
(26227) Tan
Nicole Jieyi Tan (b. 1998) is a Singaporean astronomer. Her doctorate thesis examined trans-Neptunian objects in ultraviolet wavelengths. As an undergraduate, she worked on minor-planet-linking software and was the recipient of Wellesley College's Whiting Medal.Discovered 23 April 1998 by LINEAR, Socorro
(28038) Nicoleodzer
Nicole Brooke Odzer (b. 1998) is a finalist in the 2012 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students, for her environmental sciences project. She attends the Highland Oaks Middle School, North Miami Beach, Florida.Discovered 20 March 1998 by LINEAR, Socorro
(28724) Stott
Nicole Stott (b. 1962) is an American retired astronaut, aquanaut, engineer, and artist. She lived in space for 103 days (ISS Expedition 20 and ISS Expedition 21) and spent 18 days on the Aquarius undersea habitat. In 2018, she co-founded the Space for Art Foundation.Discovered 2 April 2000 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
(28848) Nicolemarie
Nicole Marie Biddinger (b. 1995) was awarded first place in the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her animal sciences project. She attends the Bartlesville High School, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, U.S.A.Discovered 9 May 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro
(29127) Karnath
Nicole M. Karnath (b. 1987) is an American astronomer. She has studied the earliest stages of star-formation, including discs and outflows in protostars, at infrared and millimeter wavelengths.Discovered 24 March 1985 by B. A. Skiff, Anderson Mesa
(30275) Eskow
Nicole Eskow (b. 1996) is a finalist in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her medicine and health project. She attends the Academy for the Advancement of Science and Technology, Hackensack, New Jersey.Discovered 29 April 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro
(30363) Dellasantina
Nicole Della Santina mentored a finalist in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Lynbrook High School, San Jose, California.Discovered 6 May 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro
(30388) Nicolejustice
Nicole A. Justice mentored a finalist in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando, Florida.Discovered 28 May 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro
(31282) Nicoleticea
Nicole Sabina Ticea (b. 1998) was awarded second place in the 2014 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her medicine and health sciences project. She attends the York House School, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.Discovered 20 March 1998 by LINEAR, Socorro
(31744) Shimshock
Nicole Shimshock mentored a finalist in the 2015 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. She teaches at the St. Charles School, San Carlos, California.Discovered 13 May 1999 by LINEAR, Socorro
(32563) Nicolezaidi
Nicole Zaidi mentored a finalist in the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Arcadia High School, Arcadia, California.Discovered 16 August 2001 by LINEAR, Socorro
(42618) Bardabelias
Nicole M. Bardabelias (b. 1992) is a science operations engineer on the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and formerly for Mars Exploration Rovers. At the University of Arizona she leads the uplink HiRISE team, supplies memes, and plans Mars image targets for HiRISE. She is a dancer, musician, and baker.Discovered 21 March 1998 by Spacewatch, Kitt Peak
(152336) Nicolecarr
Nicole Carr (b. 1988) is a British astronomer, astrophotographer, and aurora borealis chaser. She is an explorer of the cosmos, a writer, a science communicator and a stargazing guide in Dalby Forest, North Yorkshire.Discovered 23 October 2005 by CSS, Catalina
(168948) Silvestri
Nicole Silvestri (b. 1973) is an American astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, known for establishing a chromospheric activity-age relation for M dwarf stars and work on SDSS close binary systems.Discovered 23 December 2000 by Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Apache Point
(170395) Nicolevogt
Nicole Vogt (b. 1967) is an American astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, known for her galaxy evolution work on rotation curves and mass determinations of distant galaxies.Discovered 26 September 2003 by Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Apache Point
(171624) Nicolemartin
Nicole P. Martin (b. 1973) served as a Pluto flyby sequencer for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.Discovered 5 February 2000 by M. W. Buie, Kitt Peak
(333210) Lunning
Nicole Lunning (b. 1982) is an American geologist, petrologist, planetary scientist and astromaterials sample curator. She investigates planetesimal formation processes by studying meteorites and asteroids, and by performing petrological experiments. She is the OSIRIS-REx sample curator for the asteroid Bennu samples curated by NASA.Discovered 5 January 2006 by CSS, Catalina