Asteroids named after people called Thomas

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(4008) Corbin

Named in honor of Thomas E. Corbin, head of the Meridian Circle Division at the U.S. Naval Observatory, and his wife, Brenda Groves Corbin, since 1973 the Observatory's librarian. Serving early in his career as astronomer-in-charge of the Observatory's southern station in Argentina, Tom Corbin has since been responsible for several important astrometric programs, including the Astrographic Catalogue Reference Stars catalogue. Brenda Corbin is one of the most renowned astronomical librarians in the world, known for her work in the Special Libraries Association, the IAU Commission 5 Working Group on Nomenclature and for her enthusiasm in tracking down copies of rare works.Discovered 22 January 1977 by Felix Aguilar Observatory, El Leoncito

(4739) Tomahrens

Named in honor of Thomas J. Ahrens, professor of geophysics at the California Institute of Technology. Ahrens has built and directed the premier laboratory for experimental impact and shock physics, using light-gas guns. He has used this laboratory to investigate a broad array of problems, including the equations of state of minerals at very high pressure, shock metamorphism and cratering mechanics. He has also addressed problems of impact cratering by computer code calculations and investigated the accumulation and early bombardment of the earth and the evolution of the atmosphere. Citation provided by E. M. Shoemaker at the request of the discoverer.Discovered 15 October 1985 by E. Bowell, Anderson Mesa

(4830) Thomascooley

Thomas Benton Cooley (1871--1945) was an American hematologist and professor of hygiene and medicine at the University of Michigan and Wayne State University. He is remembered for his discovery of a form of childhood anemia that became known as Cooley's anemia, a severe form of thalassemia.Discovered 1 September 1988 by H. Debehogne, La Silla

(4897) Tomhamilton

Thomas William Hamilton (b. 1939) determined radar and fuel requirements for the Apollo Project. Later he wrote shows (in a dozen languages and also for the deaf) for programmable planetaria, taught astronomy for 32 years and trained students to enter the planetarium field.Discovered 22 August 1987 by E. F. Helin, Palomar

(5548) Thosharriot

Thomas Harriot (1560-1621) is recognized as having made the first use of a telescope to record a celestial object with his drawing of the moon from Syon House, near London, on 1609 July 26 (O.S.), several months before Galileo. Better known as a mathematician, Harriot devised the symbols.Discovered 3 October 1980 by Z. Vavrova, Klet

(6019) Telford

Thomas Telford (1757-1834) was a Scottish civil engineer and famed builder of roads, canals, bridges, tunnels and harbors. The Ellesmere and Caledonian canals are amongst his most famous. His recommendations on, and subsequent building of, roads in northern Scotland reversed the declines following the Highland Clearances.Discovered 3 September 1991 by R. H. McNaught, Siding Spring

(6361) Koppel

Thomas Koppel (1944-2006) was a Danish musician who started as a classical pianist and composer. He composed the ballet Triumph of Death, and later founded the rock group Savage Rose, which fused elements of classical music, jazz and blues, and expressed a deep commitment to social justice.Discovered 7 November 1978 by Helin, E. F., Bus, S. J., Palomar

(8236) Gainsborough

Named for Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788), British portrait and landscape painter. He was strongly influenced by the Rococo style and Dutch landscape painting, and his work is characterized by luminous colors. His portraits often feature fine landscapes, and he is notable for painting not only the aristocracy of England but also its farmers.Discovered 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar

(8382) Mann

Named in memory of Heinrich (1871-1950) and Thomas Mann (1875-1955), born in the Hanseatic town of Lübeck, both prominent German writers and social critics. In 1930, Heinrich became director of the section “Art of Creative Writing” of the Prussian Academy of Sciences. Thomas received the 1929 Nobel Prize for literature. After emigrating in 1933, they later settled in the United States.Discovered 23 September 1992 by F. Borngen, Tautenburg

(8793) Thomasmuller

Named in honor of Thomas G. Müller for his contribution to the study of minor planets in the thermal infrared. His observational work includes mid- to far-infrared photometry, spectroscopy and polarimetry with the Infrared Space Observatory. He has developed and applied various thermophysical models and techniques, in order to derive physical properties of minor planets. Because of the great accuracy he achieved, future telescope projects in the infrared will also benefit from these efforts, since minor planets are well suited as calibration targets, Name proposed and citation prepared by J. S. V. Lagerros.Discovered 22 August 1979 by C.-I. Lagerkvist, La Silla

(9460) McGlynn

Named in honor of Thomas A. McGlynn (b. 1956), currently the chief archive scientist for the High Energy Science Archive Research Center at the Goddard Space Flight Center. He has played an instrumental role in developing archives and analysis systems for many satellites. His research efforts include studies of diffuse γ-ray emission and emission from active galactic nuclei, as well as n-body calculations of the effects of interacting systems. He has developed the SkyView virtual observatory and the SkyMorph web site, which allows Internet users to access imagery and object information from the NEAT project database and to search for moving or variable objects therein.Discovered 29 April 1998 by NEAT, Haleakala

(9536) Statler

Thomas S. Statler (b. 1961) is a professor of astronomy at Ohio University whose research contributions are notable in the structure and dynamics of galaxies. Recent work includes a light-curve survey for determining the rotation rates of sub-kilometer near-Earth asteroids.Discovered 24 October 1981 by S. J. Bus, Palomar

(9584) Louchheim

For many years Thomas Louchheim (b. 1957), of Tucson, Arizona, has been a highly regarded counselor for hundreds of Tucson-area families. Active in childhood education, Louchheim's optimistic philosophy has brightened the lives of many young people.Discovered 25 July 1990 by H. E. Holt, Palomar

(9702) Tomvandijk

Thomas van Dijk (b. 1915), versatile Dutch amateur astronomer, specialized in spectroscopic, nuclear and photographic techniques. He wrote 45 papers, including one in Nature on lunar luminescence and one on radioactivity of a meteorite in the 1953 Liège Colloquium proceedings.Discovered 29 September 1973 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar

(9843) Braidwood

Thomas Braidwood (1715-1806) was a Scottish teacher of the deaf, who founded Britain's first ‘Academy for the Deaf and Dumb’ in Edinburgh in 1760. He later moved the school to London and continued this work until his death. He developed his own interactive techniques for teaching.Discovered 4 January 1989 by R. H. McNaught, Siding Spring

(9855) Thomasdick

Thomas Dick (1774–1857) was an influential Scottish astronomy writer and public speaker. His mixture of science, religion and philosophy was widely read. He had a significant impact on education in the United States and promoted the notion of the “plurality of inhabited worlds”.Discovered 7 February 1991 by R. H. McNaught, Siding Spring

(10372) Moran

Landscape artist Thomas Moran (1837-1926) focused his work on the American frontier, from the shores of Lake Superior to the “Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone”. His illustrations of the west appeared in Harper's Weekly and The Aldine, among others. He participated in John Wesley Powell's 1873 expedition to the Grand Canyon.Discovered 26 March 1995 by Spacewatch, Kitt Peak

(10828) Tomjones

Thomas D. Jones (b. 1955) is a planetary scientist who studies minor planets and comets. He flew four Space Shuttle missions as a NASA astronaut between 1994 and 2001. Earth science and extra-vehicular activity were his specialities as an astronaut, with particular interest in EVA around and exploration of near-Earth asteroids.Discovered 8 October 1993 by Spacewatch, Kitt Peak

(10922) Thomaslam

Thomas Lam (b. 2001) was a finalist in the 2019 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his mathematics project. He attended the Syosset High School, Syosset, New York.Discovered 20 January 1998 by LINEAR, Socorro

(10973) Thomasreiter

German test-pilot Thomas Reiter (b. 1958) was the first European astronaut to fly long-duration space missions onboard the Mir Space Station (1984-1985) and the International Space Station (2006). He is a strong advocate for human spaceflight, including that beyond low-earth orbit. The name was suggested by H. Graf.Discovered 29 September 1973 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar

(11039) Raynal

Guillaume-Thomas Raynal (1713-1796) wrote a six-volume history of the European colonies in India and America. His condemnation of the efforts of the colonists resulted in his condemnation by the Catholic church. In the French revolution he was elected to the States general, but he refused to serve, because he opposed violence.Discovered 3 April 1989 by E. W. Elst, La Silla

(11746) Thomjansen

Thomas Scott Jansen (b. 1986) is a finalist in the 2002 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his microbiology project. He attends the Laramie Senior High School, Laramie, Wyoming, U.S.A.Discovered 13 July 1999 by LINEAR, Socorro

(11808) Platz

Thomas Platz (b. 1975) is a researcher at the Max Planck Institute and member of the Dawn mission framing camera team studying surface ice deposits on Ceres.Discovered 1 March 1981 by S. J. Bus, Siding Spring

(12139) Tomcowling

Thomas G. Cowling (1906-1990), British astrophysicist, was the first to compute a stellar model with a convective core and a radiative envelope. He also developed much of the theory of magnetic fields in stars and magnetospheres.Discovered 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar

(12237) Coughlin

Thomas B. Coughlin (b. 1941) served as NEAR project manager throughout the development, launch and mission phases of this Discovery program. As program manager for Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory's Space Department, he accomplished several fast-track SDI programs.Discovered 23 April 1987 by Shoemaker, C. S., Shoemaker, E. M., Palomar

(12919) Tomjohnson

Thomas J. Johnson (b. 1923) developed a technique for creating Schmidt telescope correctors that allowed the mass production of Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes. In 1978 the Optical Society of America awarded him the David Richardson Medal for this work.Discovered 11 November 1998 by CSS, Catalina

(13038) Woolston

Thomas Woolston (1669-1731) was an English deist who advocated the allegorical interpretation of the scripture, denying absolutely the proof from miracles and calling into question the resurrection of Christ. He was therefore sentenced to pay a fine. He couldn't pay, and he died four years later in prison.Discovered 2 March 1990 by E. W. Elst, La Silla

(13824) Kramlik

Thomas Kramlik mentored a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. He teaches at the Penndale Middle School, Lansdale, Pennsylvania.Discovered 5 November 1999 by LINEAR, Socorro

(14330) Tomlehrer

Thomas Andrew Lehrer (1928–2025) was an American musician, singer-songwriter, satirist, and mathematician who taught for 29 years at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Generations of scientists have been inspired by his musical works, including “Lobachevsky”, “Wernher von Braun”, and especially “The Elements”.Discovered 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus, Siding Spring

(14395) Tommorgan

U.S. planetary scientist Thomas H. Morgan (b. 1945) is also Near-Earth Objects and Minor Planets Program Scientist at NASA Headquarters. In the latter capacity he has been very supportive of the efforts to discover and track near-Earth objects.Discovered 15 October 1990 by E. F. Helin, Palomar

(16878) Tombickler

Thomas C. Bickler (b. 1950) is responsible for the NEAT camera electronics. He has experience with imaging instruments and has worked with CCD camera electronics systems extensively. During his 21 years at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory he helped develop and deliver flight hardware for Galileo, Cassini and Space Telescope.Discovered 24 January 1998 by NEAT, Haleakala

(17045) Markert

Thomas H. Markert (1948-1996) made some of the first x-ray observations of binary star systems, supernova remnants, suspected black holes and local group galaxies. He helped develop much of the instrumentation used on major x-ray observatories, including Einstein's FPCS and Chandra's HETG spectrometers.Discovered 22 March 1999 by D. J. Tholen, Mauna Kea

(18858) Tecleveland

Thomas Edgar Cleveland (b. 1985) was awarded third place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his microbiology project. He attends the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts, Natchitoches, Louisiana, U.S.A.Discovered 9 September 1999 by LINEAR, Socorro

(18961) Hampfreeman

Thomas Hampton Freeman (b. 1986) was awarded fourth place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his botany project. He attends the Spring Valley High School, Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.A.Discovered 31 August 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro

(20010) Tomfrench

Thomas W. French (b. 1950), a biologist and former assistant director of MassWildlife’s Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program, led the successful reintroduction of peregrine falcons and bald eagles in Massachusetts after their native populations were wiped out due to extensive use of the insecticide DDT from the 1940s to 1972.Discovered 2 August 1991 by E. W. Elst, La Silla

(20090) Albin

Thomas Albin (b. 1990) is a German astronomer at the Institute of Space Systems, University of Stuttgart. He has worked on cosmic dust dynamics for space missions by improving dust models for the Rosetta Philae Lander and Cassini’s Cosmic Dust Analyzer. His works have also improved detection algorithms for Near-Earth Objects during his time at ESTEC.Discovered 10 August 1994 by E. W. Elst, La Silla

(20192) Thomasback

Thomas Michael Back (1957–2007) was an American optician and amateur astronomer who revolutionized apochromatic refractor telescopes. He designed apochromatic triplet objectives with exceptionally low chromatic aberration and the Super Monocentric eyepieces, which became highly regarded among lunar and planetary visual observers.Discovered 31 January 1997 by Spacewatch, Kitt Peak

(20312) Danahy

Thomas Danahy mentored a finalist in the 2004 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Nanuet High School, Nanuet, New York.Discovered 31 March 1998 by LINEAR, Socorro

(20606) Widemann

Thomas Widemann (b. 1961) is a planetary scientist at Paris Observatory and an associate professor at Versailles University. He is an expert in the field of stellar occultations and ground-based spectroscopy of planetary atmospheres.Discovered 5 September 1999 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa

(21753) Trudel

Thomas Andrew Trudel (b. 1987) was awarded second place in the 2005 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his engineering project. He attends the Muhlenberg High School, Laureldale, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.Discovered 9 September 1999 by LINEAR, Socorro

(22312) Kelly

Thomas J. Kelly (1929-2002) was the chief engineer of the Apollo Lunar Module. Considered the “Father of the LM”, he and his Grumman Aerospace engineering team oversaw the design, construction and testing of each of the spacecraft that safely landed twelve men on the moon.Discovered 14 April 1991 by Shoemaker, C. S., Levy, D. H., Palomar

(22492) Mosig

Thomas Mosig mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. He teaches at the Troy High School, Fullerton, California.Discovered 6 April 1997 by LINEAR, Socorro

(22613) Callander

Thomas Callander Price Zimmermann (b. 1934) has been professor of renaissance history at Reed College (Oregon) and Davidson College (North Carolina). He is a past president of the American Alpine Club, where he helped organize Club policy on access to mountain recreation areas.Discovered 22 May 1998 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa

(23019) Thomgregory

Thomas Gregory mentored a finalist in the 2007 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the J. M. Atherton High School, Louisville, Kentucky.Discovered 3 November 1999 by LINEAR, Socorro

(23054) Thomaslynch

Thomas Lynch mentored a finalist in the 2007 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Oyster Bay High School, Oyster Bay, New York.Discovered 7 December 1999 by LINEAR, Socorro

(24074) Thomasjohnson

Thomas Johnson mentored a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. He teaches at the Macomb Junior High School, Macomb, Illinois.Discovered 12 October 1999 by LINEAR, Socorro

(24328) Thomasburr

Thomas McLean Burr (b. 1991) was awarded second place in the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his behavioral and social sciences project. He attends the South Fork High School, Stuart, Florida, U.S.A.Discovered 4 January 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro

(24994) Prettyman

Thomas H. Prettyman (b. 1964), a senior scientist with the Planetary Science Institute, led the gamma ray and neutron detector investigation on the Dawn mission to Vesta, revealing in situ a composition consistent with the HED meteorite class as well as an unexpected presence of hydrogen.Discovered 23 June 1998 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa

(25139) Roatsch

Thomas Roatsch (b. 1958) is a cartographer of planetary satellite and asteroid surfaces working at the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) in Berlin. He developed a mosaic atlas of Vesta as one of the key data products from the Dawn mission.Discovered 22 September 1998 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa

(25153) Tomhockey

Thomas Arnold Hockey (b. 1959) is a professor of astronomy at the University of Northern Iowa. He headed the large team that produced the Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomy. For this he was awarded the AAS Historical Astronomy Division's Donald E. Osterbrock Book Prize in 2017.Discovered 16 September 1998 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa

(25176) Thomasaunins

Thomas Rudolf Aunins (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2008 Society for Science and the Public middle school science competition, for his physical sciences project. He attends the Lenape Middle School, Doylestown, Pennsylvania.Discovered 26 September 1998 by LINEAR, Socorro

(25190) Thomasgoodin

Thomas J. T. Goodin (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2008 Society for Science and the Public middle school science competition, for his engineering project. He attends the Mid-Pacific Institute, Honolulu, Hawaii.Discovered 26 September 1998 by LINEAR, Socorro

(25617) Thomasnesch

Thomas Nesch (b. 1989) was awarded first place in the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his electrical and mechanical engineering project. He attends the Technische Oberschule Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.Discovered 3 January 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro

(26430) Thomwilkason

Thomas Frederick Wilkason (b. 1993) was awarded second place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his computer-science project. He attends the Mount de Sales Academy, Macon, Georgia, U.S.A.Discovered 10 December 1999 by LINEAR, Socorro

(26604) Ensign

Thomas Ensign (b. 1941) is a long-time member of the Lowell Advisory Board. Tom is a member of the Executive Committee and the Chair of the Marketing and Public Relations Committee. He supports Lowell's mission and Lowell's science camp for kids.Discovered 27 March 2000 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa

(26679) Thomassilver

Thomas Scott Silver (b. 1993) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his microbiology project. He attends the Bergen Academy for Medical Science and Technology, Hackensack, New Jersey, U.S.A.Discovered 18 March 2001 by LINEAR, Socorro

(26702) Naber

Thomas Naber (b. 1957) is a member of Lowell Observatory's Advisory Board. Tom supports Lowell Observatory as a member of Lowell Observatory's Investment Committee.Discovered 23 March 2001 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa

(27412) Teague

Thomas Teague (b. 1954) is a barrister in London and a well known amateur astronomer in the U.K. His major fields of study are solar and double star measurement from his home in Chester.Discovered 10 March 2000 by CSS, Mount Bigelow

(30443) Stieltjes

Thomas Jan Stieltjes (1856-1894) was a professor at the University of Groningen. He published widely in mathematical analysis and the theory of continued fractions. He defined the “Stieltjes integral”, a generalization of the Riemann integral with wide applications to physics.Discovered 3 July 2000 by P. G. Comba, Prescott

(30488) Steinlechner

Thomas Gunther Steinlechner (b. 1993) was awarded second place in the 2014 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his materials and bioengineering team project. He attends the HTBLuVA Modling, Modling, Austria.Discovered 24 August 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro

(30882) Tomhenning

Thomas Henning (b. 1956), managing director of the Heidelberg Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy, is a leading expert in the fields of the formation of stars and planets, as well as in laboratory astrophysics. The name was suggested by the first discoverer.Discovered 21 September 1992 by Schmadel, L. D., Borngen, F., Tautenburg

(30928) Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), the third president of the United States (1801-1809), will be always remembered as the principal author of the 1776 Declaration of Independence. A man of the Enlightenment and of great intellectual power, he is also honored for the Virginian Statute for Religious Freedom (1779).Discovered 9 October 1993 by E. W. Elst, La Silla

(32014) Bida

Thomas A. Bida (b. 1959) is an instrument scientist at Lowell Observatory. He has developed instruments for Lowell's Discovery Channel Telescope and for Lowell's telescopes at Anderson Mesa. He also actively pursues a program of research on Mercury's atmosphere.Discovered 26 April 2000 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa

(32214) Colburn

Thomas William Colburn (b. 1998) is a finalist in the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search , a science competition for high school seniors, for his chemistry project. He attends the Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.Discovered 23 July 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro

(33201) Thomasartiss

Thomas Artiss mentored a finalist in the 2016 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. He teaches at the Harker School, San Jose, California.Discovered 20 March 1998 by LINEAR, Socorro

(33466) Thomaslarson

Thomas G. Larson mentored a finalist in the 2017 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Virginia.Discovered 19 March 1999 by LINEAR, Socorro

(34441) Thomaslee

Thomas Lee mentored a finalist in the 2018 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students. He teaches at the Altamont Elementary School, Mountain House, California.Discovered 24 September 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro

(35769) Tombauer

Thomas J. Bauer (b. 1955) is a retired physics instructor at Wellesley College, where he taught from 1986 to 2014. He developed instrumentation to use in both introductory and advanced laboratory classes, and developed software to control data collection from spectrometers to oscilloscopes.Discovered 8 May 1999 by CSS, Catalina

(37630) Thomasmore

Thomas More (1478-1535) was a philosopher, statesman and a noted Renaissance humanist. He wrote Utopia (1516), a treatise on the political system of an imaginary island. He was beheaded after refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy, affirming Henry VIII's position as head of the Church of England.Discovered 9 October 1993 by E. W. Elst, La Silla

(58441) Thomastestoni

Thomas Testoni (b. 1984) is a tourist services technician and a computer store manager. He is the son-in-law of one of the co-discoverers of this minor planet.Discovered 19 April 1996 by Osservatorio San Vittore, Bologna

(60614) Tomshea

Thomas William Shea (1931-1982) was an American ragtime composer best known for his “prairie ragtime” style and the more than 20 “rags” he composed. He was active in ragtime and jazz in the Detroit, Michigan area throughout the 1960s and 1970s.Discovered 1 March 2000 by CSS, Catalina

(62503) Tomcave

Thomas Roland Cave III (1923-2003) was a persistent observer with a special interest in Mars. His planetary observations covered more than half a century. He shared his observatory in California willingly and helped numerous astronomy enthusiasts in the building of their own telescopes.Discovered 30 September 2000 by Collins, M., White, M., Anza

(69848) Thomaspetit

Thomas Petit (b. 1981) is a French amateur astronomer living in Czechia. He is a founding member of APO_Team, which remotely operates a telescope in the Atacama desert in Chile, and also 2SPOT, an amateur association specializing in spectroscopy. Thomas is the webmaster of a website which offers useful and practical information about planetary nebulae.Discovered 22 September 1998 by ODAS, Caussols

(73687) Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas (1225?-1274), Italian Tommaso d´Aquino, surnamed ‘Doctor Angelicus’, is one of the foremost medieval theologians and philosophers. He wrote several major books, including (Summa theologiae and Summa contra gentiles), and he tried to reconcile faith with reason. The name was suggested by the first discoverer.Discovered 10 October 1990 by Borngen, F., Schmadel, L. D., Tautenburg

(75969) Backhouse

Thomas William Backhouse (1842–1920) had an observatory on the roof of his house in Sunderland, England. He observed meteors, variable stars, novae, aurorae, Zodiacal Light, Green Flash, Gegenschein, comets and eclipses (including four total solar). In 1858 he began his “astronomical journal” diary, which ran for 36 volumes.Discovered 7 February 2000 by CSS, Catalina

(95824) Elger

Thomas Gwyn Empy Elger (1836-1897) was a British selenographer who was the first Director of the Lunar Section of the British Astronomical Association. His book The Moon (1895) is considered a classic lunar observing guide for the amateur astronomers of that time.Discovered 28 March 2003 by CSS, Catalina

(96268) Tomcarr

Thomas D. Carr (b. 1917), a contributor to the U.S. efforts in applied science during World War II and a creator of the astronomy program at the University of Florida, is here honored especially for his pioneering work on the radio properties of Jupiter.Discovered 20 September 1995 by T. B. Spahr, Catalina Station

(97336) Thomasafleming

Thomas Anthony Fleming (b. 1960) is an American x-ray astronomer and educator at the University of Arizona's Steward Observatory. He discovered that DA-type white dwarfs were not copious x-ray sources, and he is known for creating and expanding interactive computer-based astronomy education.Discovered 16 December 1999 by J. McGaha, Grasslands

(113219) Thomasmazzi

Thomas Mazzi (b. 1974) is an Italian amateur astronomer. He has contributed significantly to radio astronomy, to the study of the Renazzo meteorite of 1824, and to scientific outreach to youth.Discovered 7 September 2002 by CINEOS, Campo Imperatore

(117386) Thomasschlapkohl

Thomas Schlapkohl (b. 1987) is a guidance, navigation and control engineer at Lockheed Martin for the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission.Discovered 18 December 2004 by Mt. Lemmon Survey, Mount Lemmon

(120191) Tombagg

Thomas C. Bagg III (b. 1952) is the Risk Manager for the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission. Prior to this role, he supported the GSFC SBIR program, the HST SM4, NOAA-N and NOAA-N Prime missions. He helped develop the GSFC Systems Engineering Education Development Program.Discovered 15 February 2004 by CSS, Catalina

(124114) Bergersen

Thomas Jacob Bergersen (b. 1980) is a prolific composer, having scored over one thousand movie soundtracks and film trailers. His music typically has an epic quality.Discovered 21 April 2001 by R. A. Tucker, Goodricke-Pigott

(126888) Tspitzer

Thomas J. Spitzer (b. 1957) was the Electrical Power Systems Engineer on more than a dozen Goddard missions, including the highly successful Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter that re-mapped the moon, as well as the NASA OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission.Discovered 5 March 2002 by CSS, Catalina

(129307) Tomconnors

Thomas Connors (b. 1959) served as a lead mechanical engineer on the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission OCAMS camera. He also worked as systems engineer on the LBTI and Kepler Technology Demonstration projects, as well as future telescope architecture studies. He is the proud grandfather of Mills and Ellie.Discovered 29 September 2005 by CSS, Catalina

(132329) Tomandert

Thomas P. Andert (b. 1973) is a German planetary scientist from the University of Bundeswehr Munich in Germany. He served as a Science Team Collaborator for radio science for the NASA New Horizons Mission to Pluto, contributing significantly to gravity and radiometry measurements at Pluto and Arrokoth.Discovered 7 April 2002 by M. W. Buie, Cerro Tololo

(133716) Tomtourville

Thomas Tourville (b. 1940) is a consulting member of the mechanical design team on the OTES instrument on the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission. He was the lead mechanical designer at Santa Barbara Research Center for both the TES and MiniTES.Discovered 26 October 2003 by CSS, Catalina

(152319) Pynchon

Thomas R. Pynchon, Jr. (b. 1937) is an American novelist. He was the winner of the 1974 U.S. National Book Award for Fiction for his most celebrated novel, Gravity's Rainbow.Discovered 29 October 2005 by E. Guido, Mayhill

(163639) Tomnash

Thomas Nash (b. 1943) is an American physicist and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, best known for leading development of the first parallel “clusters” of computers to enable analysis of large physics and astronomy data sets, and subsequently in commercial systems.Discovered 29 October 2002 by Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Apache Point

(239126) Tommygreathouse

Thomas K. Greathouse (b. 1975) is an American planetary scientist and a member of the Alice UV spectrograph instrument team on the NASA New Horizons mission.Discovered 27 April 2006 by M. W. Buie, Cerro Tololo

(245158) Thomasandrews

Thomas Andrews (1873–1912) was the architect primarily responsible for the design of the RMS Titanic, the largest artificial moving object in the world when, on 1912 April 15, it sank in the North Atlantic Ocean after colliding with an iceberg while sailing from Southampton to New York.Discovered 13 October 2004 by Glinos, T., Levy, D. H., Vail-Jarnac

(279397) Dombeck

Thomas W. Dombeck (1945-2016) received his Physics PhD from Northwestern University. He displayed his creative genius as professor, research scientist, project director for Pan-STARRS, husband and father.Discovered 16 February 2010 by Pan-STARRS 1, Haleakala

(289116) Zurbuchen

Thomas Hansueli Zurbuchen (b. 1968) is a Swiss-American space scientist. He is a member of multiple space mission teams, and has been the NASA Associate Administrator for its Science Mission Directorate since 2016.Discovered 11 October 2004 by M. W. Buie, Kitt Peak

(290181) Sigut

Thomas Allan Aaron Sigut (b. 1966) is a Canadian astronomer who completed his PhD at the University of Toronto on infrared Rydberg transitions in B stars in 1995. He is known for his research on circumstellar disks around hot stars, classical Be stars, Herbig Ae/Be stars and non-LTE radiative transfer as applied to precise stellar abundance determinations.Discovered 3 September 2005 by P. A. Wiegert, Mauna Kea

(328432) Thomasposch

Thomas Posch (1974-2019), astronomer of the University of Vienna, contributed significantly to the study of circumstellar dust properties, natural philosophy, and the history of astronomy. His work for the protection of the night sky and the promotion of astronomy made him well known in Austria and abroad.Discovered 7 October 2008 by W. Ries, Altschwendt

(330420) Tomroman

Thomas A. Roman (b. 1952) is a professor at Central Connecticut State University with interests in General Relativity and Quantum Field Theory. He has published on vacuum fluctuations, quantum stress tensors and wormholes.Discovered 11 February 2007 by D. R. Skillman, Front Royal

(343412) de Boer

Thomas J. L. de Boer (b. 1983) is a Dutch astronomer at the University of Hawaiʻi working for the Pan-STARRS survey on improving image reduction and analysis, as well as managing science operations. He is also involved in the study of Milky Way stellar streams and uncovering the formation history of nearby dwarf galaxies and clusters.Discovered 13 February 2010 by Pan-STARRS 1, Haleakala

(374354) Pesquet

Thomas Pesquet (b. 1978) is a French aerospace engineer, pilot and European Space Agency astronaut. From November 2016 to June 2017, Pesquet was part of Expedition 50 and Expedition 51 as a flight engineer aboard the International Space Station.Discovered 30 October 2005 by J.-C. Merlin, Nogales

(551390) Thomaskessler

Tax consultant Thomas Keßler (b. 1953) is an amateur astronomer and a good friend of the discoverer. He was the treasurer of the Vereinigung der Sternfreunde, the largest German amateur astronomer organization, from 1997 to 2017. His main interests in observing are asteroids.Discovered 6 February 2013 by J. Jahn, iTelescope

(682761) Mittermaiertom

Thomas Mittermaier (1967–2023), a German farmer and entrepreneur, was the founder of the Oberreith Wildlife Park and co-founder of the solar-powered observatory in Oberreith/Germany. His calling was to help people and awaken enthusiasm for nature.Discovered 15 January 2007 by Gierlinger R.,, Gaisberg

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