Asteroids named after people called Oscar
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(9246) Niemeyer
In 1957, Oscar Niemeyer (b. 1907) became the chief architect of Brazil's new capital (Brasilia), designing most of the important buildings. Initially influenced by Le Corbusier, he gradually acquired his own style characterized by harmony, grace and elegance. His cathedral in Brasilia is especially well known.Discovered 25 April 1998 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(12258) Oscarwilde
The great Anglo-Irish playwright Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) will always be remembered for this line “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars”, uttered by Lord Darlington and questioned by Mr. Dumby in the third act of Wilde's play Lady Windermere's Fan (1892).Discovered 3 April 1989 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(13703) Romero
Oscar Romero (1917-1980) was an archbishop in El Salvador. During his mission he actively denounced violations of the human rights of the most vulnerable populations and promoted opposition to all forms of violence.Discovered 26 July 1998 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(33972) Fuentesmunoz
Oscar Fuentes Muñoz (b. 1995) is a Spanish planetary scientist who has studied the long-term dynamics of NEAs using a semi-analytical method that he developed. He has modeled how NEAs in the inner solar system evolve as ergodic dynamical systems, allowing for the application of alternate methods of probability computation to their global evolution.Discovered 5 July 2000 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
(105222) Oscarsaa
Oscar Miguel Saa Martinez (1942-2013) managed telescope operations at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory from 1982 to 2010, and kindly mentored generations of observatory staff and astronomers.Discovered 31 July 2000 by M. W. Buie, Cerro Tololo
(547779) Pogo
A. Oscar Pogo (1927–2014) was a prominent Argentinian-American medical researcher and hematologist at the New York Blood Center. Working within the Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute, his pioneering molecular biology work reshaped the scientific understanding of blood group antigens, malaria resistance, and HIV transmission pathways.Discovered 21 December 2006 by M. W. Buie L. H. Wasserman, Kitt Peak