Asteroids named after people called Sonia
馃懚 Sonia as a baby name馃惗 Sonia as a dog name
(13248) Fornasier
Sonia Fornasier (b. 1972), of Padua Observatory, works on the physical properties of cisjovian and transneptunian objects. She is involved in the development of the Rosetta mission imaging system. The name was suggested by M. A. Barucci and E. Dotto.Discovered 24 June 1998 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
(21710) Nijhawan
Sonia Nijhawan (b. 1988) was awarded second place in the 2005 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her computer science project. She attends the duPont Manual Magnet High School, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A.Discovered 7 September 1999 by LINEAR, Socorro