Asteroids named after people called Sidney
馃懚 Sidney as a baby name馃惗 Sidney as a dog name馃惐 Sidney as a cat name
(14149) Yakowitz
Sidney Yakowitz (1937-1999), a professor in the systems and industrial engineering department of the University of Arizona from 1966 to 1999, wrote books on adaptive control, simulation and numerical methods. The name was suggested by former and current Hawthorne House planetary science residents.Discovered 17 September 1998 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
(68448) Sidneywolff
Sidney C. Wolff (b. 1941), director of Kitt Peak National Observatory (1984-1987) and the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (1987-2001), was president of the American Astronomical Society (1992-1994) and the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1985-1986) and a founding editor of the Astronomy Education Review.Discovered 18 September 2001 by Juels, C. W., Holvorcem, P. R., Fountain Hills
(116162) Sidneygutierrez
Sidney M. Gutierrez (b. 1951) is a former American astronaut. He was the pilot on the Space Shuttle Columbia in 1991. That mission was the first Spacelab mission dedicated to biological sciences. He was the commander of a Space Shuttle Endeavour mission in 1994 that used radar to study the Earth.Discovered 20 November 2003 by M. W. Buie, Kitt Peak