Asteroids named after people called Rodney
👶 Rodney as a baby name🐶 Rodney as a dog name
(12542) Laver
Rodney Laver (b. 1938) is a tennis player from the discoverer's home state of Queensland and widely regarded as one of the greats of the game. Dubbed the “Rockhampton Rocket”, Laver is the only player to have won the grand slam twice, when in 1962 and 1969 he won all four major tournaments.Discovered 10 August 1998 by J. Broughton, Reedy Creek
(17856) Gomes
Rodney Gomes da Silva (b. 1954) has produced a series of seminal works on the dynamics of minor planets, primordial sculpting of the Kuiper Belt, and the migration of planets in planetesimal disks, as well as on the origin of the late heavy bombardment of the terrestrial planets.Discovered 18 May 1998 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa