Asteroids named after people called Ralph
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(9003) Ralphmilliken
Ralph E. Milliken (b. 1978) is a planetary science professor at Brown University. He has developed techniques for deriving the water content of hydrated minerals in meteorites and asteroids using reflectance spectroscopy and has applied them toward interpreting the surface composition of Ceres.Discovered 24 October 1981 by S. J. Bus, Palomar
(9850) Ralphcopeland
English-born Ralph Copeland (1837–1905) became the 3rd Astronomer Royal for Scotland. He made visual spectroscopic observations of comets, discovered planetary nebulae by visual spectroscopy, and nebulae using Lord Rosse's 72″ telescope. He traveled widely in a varied career that included observing two transits of Venus.Discovered 9 October 1990 by R. H. McNaught, Siding Spring
(9881) Sampson
Ralph Allen Sampson (1866–1939) was an Irish-British astronomer with main research areas in the color temperature of stars and the theory of motion of Jupiter's Galilean satellites. He was the 5th Astronomer Royal for Scotland.Discovered 25 September 1994 by R. H. McNaught, Siding Spring
(9902) Kirkpatrick
Named for Ralph Kirkpatrick (1911-1984), eminent American harpsichordist, clavichordist, musicologist and teacher. He traveled extensively in Europe, where he studied seventeenth-century and eighteenth-century performance practices in chamber music. He wrote a biography of Domenico Scarlatti and prepared a facsimile edition of his more than 500 sonatas. He gave many concerts, specializing in the performance of works by Scarlatti and J. S. Bach.Discovered 3 July 1997 by P. G. Comba, Prescott
(10491) Chou
B. Ralph Chou (b. 1951) is Professor of optometry at the University of Waterloo and an authority on solar-eclipse eye safety. In over 50 years as an RASC volunteer, he served three terms as President of the RASC Toronto Centre, and as National Treasurer, Editor of the National Newsletter, Assistant Editor of the Journal of the RASC and a Member of National Council.Discovered 27 August 1986 by H. Debehogne, La Silla
(11377) Nye
Ralph A. Nye (b. 1945), Lowell Observatory's instrument designer, used his considerable technical skills to transform into reality somewhat vague ideas about what LONEOS should look like and how it should function.Discovered 17 September 1998 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
(12956) Ralphwijers
Ralph Wijers (b. 1964) is a Dutch high-energy astrophysicist at the University of Amsterdam. He studies energetic explosions from extreme objects. Ralph chairs the arXiv Editorial Advisory Council.Discovered 29 September 1973 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
(13852) Ford
Named in honor of Ralph Ford for mentoring a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. Ford is a teacher at the Manhattan Beach Middle School, Manhattan Beach, California.Discovered 7 December 1999 by LINEAR, Socorro
(33594) Ralphlawton
Ralph Ignacio Lawton (b. 1998) was awarded second place in the 2016 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his biomedical and health sciences project. He attends the Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School, West Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.Discovered 10 May 1999 by LINEAR, Socorro
(50427) Ralphmerrifield
Ralph Merrifield (1913–1995) was a British archaeologist. Described as “the father of London’s modern archaeology”, he made significant contributions to the study of Roman London and the role of ritual and magic in archaeology. As a museum curator and scholar, Ralph influenced the interpretation of ancient beliefs and everyday practices.Discovered 26 February 2000 by CSS, Catalina
(172191) Ralphmcnutt
Ralph McNutt (b. 1953) is a senior scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. He served as a science team co-investigator and as the Principal Investigator of the PEPSSI instrument aboard the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.Discovered 10 August 2002 by M. W. Buie, Cerro Tololo