Asteroids named after people called Theodore
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(1952) Hesburgh
Named in honor of the Very Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President of the University of Notre Dame since 1952. Father Hesburgh has an extraordinary record of public service in areas ranging from the humanitarian to the technical and scientific. During his 12 years as a member of the National Science Board he played a very important role in the founding of both the Kitt Peak National Observatory and the Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory. His support for CTIO during the 1964 period of inflation in Chile was decisive. Name proposed by F. K. Edmondson.Discovered 3 May 1951 by Indiana University, Brooklyn
(7326) Tedbunch
Theodore E. Bunch (b. 1936) is a meteoriticist at Northern Arizona University. He has used petrologic studies of a broad array of meteorites to understand the metamorphism and differentiation of minor planets and the moon.Discovered 24 October 1981 by S. J. Bus, Palomar
(12773) Lyman
Theodore Lyman (1874-1954) was an American physicist who discovered, in 1906, a group of lines in the spectrum of the hydrogen atom that now bears his name. In 1970, a lunar crater was named after him by the IAU.Discovered 10 August 1994 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(74373) Theodoremonod
Théodore Monod (1902–2000) was a French naturalist, explorer, geologist, and humanist whose pioneering studies of the Sahara transformed knowledge of its geology, biodiversity, and prehistory. He had a lifelong commitment to science conservation and peace and was involved for over 70 years in trying to solve the mystery of the giant Chinguetti meteorite.Discovered 7 December 1998 by ODAS, Caussols
(188693) Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) was the 26th President of the United States and is one of the most admired leaders in American history. Among his many accomplishments he is well known for his conservationism, having established the US Forest Service, five National Parks, 18 National Monuments, and 150 National Forests.Discovered 3 October 2005 by CSS, Catalina
(230728) Tedstryk
Theodore Stryk (b. 1979) is an American philosopher and planetary-image expert at Roane State Community College. He provided expertise and created images that were used by the NASA New Horizons team during its exploration of Pluto and Arrokoth. These images have been widely appreciated by the general public.Discovered 22 October 2003 by M. W. Buie, Kitt Peak