Asteroids named after people called Roger
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(4312) Knacke
Roger F. Knacke (b. 1941) studies interstellar ice and dust, comets and planetary atmospheres. Notable discoveries include the first direct observation of water in a comet and identification of silicate emission in comets and circumstellar sources. He served as Infrared Discipline specialist for the International Halley Watch.Discovered 29 November 1978 by Bus, S. J., Kowal, C. T., Palomar
(6651) Rogervenable
Roger Venable (b. 1950) is a physician specializing in primary care and emergency medicine. He is Coordinator of Mars Section of Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers, and Vice President of International Occultation Timing Association. Roger has published articles on the atmosphere of Mars.Discovered 10 September 1991 by H. E. Holt, Palomar
(8168) Rogerbourke
Roger D. Bourke (b. 1938) devoted his career to the furtherance of planetary exploration missions. At the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, he worked on mission design for Mariner Mars (1971), Mariner Venus-Mercury (1973), Voyager (1977) Grand Tour of the Outer Planets missions and the Mars Exploration Program.Discovered 18 March 1991 by E. F. Helin, Palomar
(9452) Rogerpeeters
Named in honor of Roger Peeters (b. 1948), head of the mechanical workshop at the Royal Observatory at Uccle and responsible for maintaining all the telescopes. He was always available for keeping the Zeiss measuring instrument in good repair, and this was used in particular for measuring this minor planet.Discovered 27 February 1998 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(10076) Rogerhill
Roger Hill (b. 1955) has been a member of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Hamilton Centre, for decades and served on the Board for most of that time, including as President. He edited the monthly newsletter Orbit for decades and has been involved with a plethora of outreach activities, including a course for new observers in visual astronomy.Discovered 9 August 1989 by E. F. Helin, Palomar
(10231) Penrose
Roger Penrose (b. 1931) is an English mathematician, mathematical physicist, and philosopher of science. In 2020, he received half of the Nobel Prize in Physics “for the discovery that black-hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity”. Penrose’s aperiodic tiling presaged the discovery of quasicrystals by Dan Shechtman.Discovered 29 November 1997 by LINEAR, Socorro
(11833) Dixon
Roger Dixon (b. 1947) is a staff physicist at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois, and Project Manager for the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search. He is in charge of and teaches in the Saturday morning physics program for high school students.Discovered 13 September 1985 by Spacewatch, Kitt Peak
(13441) Janmerlin
Actor Jan Merlin (b. 1925) played cadet Roger Manning in the 1950 TV series Tom Corbett, Space Cadet. He was the astronavigator on the rocket ship's radar deck and was always on the lookout for asteroids and comets.Discovered 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
(13668) Tanner
Roger Tanner (b. 1950) has spent the last eight years at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory designing and building imaging systems for use on the various Mars missions, such as Mars Pathfinder, Beagle II and HiRISE. He is also an avid amateur astronomer who aspires to work at a professional level.Discovered 28 April 1997 by Spacewatch, Kitt Peak
(24858) Diethelm
Roger Diethelm (b. 1948) is a Swiss observer of variable stars and editor of the variable-stars bulletin of the Schweizerische Astronomische Gesellschaft. He founded the R. Szafraniec Observatory in Metzerlen, where the first of the discoverers observed on several occasions.Discovered 21 January 1996 by Wolf, M., Pravec, P., Ondrejov
(25743) Serrato
Roger Serrato (b. 1954) has volunteered at Lowell Observatory since 2012. He has recently been involved in special projects, among them creating a comprehensive file about the Discovery Channel Telescope and indexing/digitizing all of the Observatory's newsletters dating back to 1988.Discovered 7 January 2000 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
(29874) Rogerculver
U.S. astronomer Roger B. Culver (b. 1940) enjoyed a 50-year teaching career at Colorado State University, where he was often feted for excellence in teaching more than 30,000 astronomy students.Discovered 14 April 1999 by R. A. Tucker, Goodricke-Pigott
(41795) Wiens
Roger Wiens (b. 1960) is deeply involved in space missions. He is the Principal Investigator behind ChemCam, a laser spectroscopy instrument onboard the Mars Curiosity Rover. Name and citation provided by S. Le Mouelic.Discovered 22 November 2000 by NEAT, Haleakala
(44360) Ferlet
Roger Ferlet (b. 1948) is a French astrophysicist using UV and visible-light spectroscopy to study interstellar abundances, exoplanets atmospheres, and the β Pic system and its exo-comets. He was involved in the first discovery of a microlensing event. He contributes to public outreach and was President of the Société astronomique de France.Discovered 18 September 1998 by ODAS, Caussols
(46917) Rogercayrel
Roger Cayrel (1925–2021) was a French astronomer internationally recognised as a pioneer in the study of stellar atmospheres. He has provided outstanding contributions in theoretical astrophysics, as well as in the understanding of the oldest stars and chemical evolution of the Milky Way. He was the first director of the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope.Discovered 16 September 1998 by ODAS, Caussols
(47650) Tuthill
Roger W. Tuthill (1919–2000) was a long-time member of Amateur Astronomer's, Inc., Stellafane, the United Astronomy Clubs of New Jersey (USA), and many other astronomy organizations. He was well known for eclipse chasing, having observed at least 18 total solar eclipses and was well known for his innovative astronomical products and thin-film solar filters.Discovered 1 February 2000 by CSS, Catalina
(69312) Rogerbacon
English theologian Roger Bacon (1220?-1292), known as “Doctor Mirabilis” for his universal attainments, was a major proponent of experimental science. He studied mathematics, astronomy, optics and alchemy, and he tried to reform the theological methodology of his time. The name was suggested by the first discoverer.Discovered 24 September 1992 by Borngen, F., Schmadel, L. D., Tautenburg
(128177) Griffioen
Roger Griffioen (b. 1934) served 37 years at Calvin College, including seven years as academic dean and 17 years as physics chair. He built a high-quality physics program, implemented the construction of a college observatory and played a formative role in the lives of many students.Discovered 5 September 2003 by A. Vanden Heuvel, Calvin College
(133528) Ceragioli
Roger Ceragioli (b. 1959) is senior optician at the University of Arizona's Steward Mirror Laboratory. His projects include the “90-Prime” focus corrector for the Bok Telescope and the MODS spectrograph for the Large Binocular Telescope. His Ph.D. dissertation was on “The lore and poetry of the Dog Star in antiquity”.Discovered 4 October 2003 by D. Healy, Junk Bond
(195900) Rogersudbury
Roger Sudbury (b. 1938) provided leadership and expertise in the national security community since joining the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory in 1969. As a key senior leader at the Laboratory, he assisted in initiating the LINEAR Ceres Connection program.Discovered 5 September 2002 by LINEAR, Socorro
(230975) Rogerfederer
Swiss tennis player Roger Federer (b. 1981) won a record 16 Grand Slam singles titles by the start of 2011.Discovered 10 January 2005 by M. Ory, Vicques
(264474) Rogerclark
Roger Clark (b. 1953) made fundamental discoveries about solid surfaces on bodies from Earth to Saturn. He applied imaging spectroscopy to map minerals on these bodies on numerous NASA missions and applied these methods to assess the 9/11 disaster and determine oil leakage from the Gulf spill.Discovered 21 March 2001 by SKADS, Kitt Peak
(301413) Rogerfux
Roger Fux (b. 1968) is a Swiss astrophysicist who is a physics teacher in a secondary school. His 3D computer models of barred galaxies helped understand the observed gas kinematics in the inner region of the Milky Way.Discovered 27 February 2009 by M. Ory, Vicques
(333219) Rogerharrington
Roger S. Harrington (b. 1972) is an American geologist and meteorite thin section lab manager at NASA JSC. He has developed sample section making techniques specifically for asteroid samples from Bennu and Ryugu. He produces high quality sample sections and polished mounts for researchers around the world.Discovered 15 March 2007 by Mt. Lemmon Survey, Mount Lemmon
(375067) Hewins
As a professor at Rutgers University, Roger Hewins (b. 1940) has pioneered the use of experimental petrology to understand chondrule formation. He also studied meteorites from planetary bodies like Vesta and Mars. Hewins received the Leonard Medal of the Meteoritical Society in 2014 in Casablanca, Morocco.Discovered 6 September 2007 by M. Ory, Vicques
(495181) Rogerwaters
Roger Waters (b. 1943) is an English musician, one of the founders of Pink Floyd. His solo albums, including Amused to Death and Is This the Life We Really Want?, highlight the social problems of the modern world. He has been involved in human rights activities and projects to help fight extreme poverty and malaria.Discovered 14 August 2012 by M. Kusiak M. Å»oÅnowski, Tincana
(541288) Rogerhaynes
Roger Haynes (b. 1964) has a distinguished career in astronomical instrumentation that includes technical contributions and managerial leadership at major research institutions including the Anglo-Australian Observatory (IRIS2 instrument), the Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (4MOST instrument), and the Australian National University.Discovered 2 December 2005 by Wasserman, L. H., Millis, R. L., Kitt Peak
(614667) Rogersmith
Roger Smith (b. 1955) is the lead electronics engineer at the Caltech Optical Observatories. He has developed focal-plane electronics and full camera systems, including the 600-million-pixel cryogenic CCD mosaic camera that is the heart of the Zwicky Transient Factory project operating at the Mount Palomar Observatory.Discovered 15 June 2010 by WISE, WISE