Asteroids named after people called Truman

(4177) Kohman

Truman Paul Kohman (b. 1916), emeritus professor of nuclear chemistry at Carnegie-Mellon University, is codiscoverer of 26Al, an isotope that has given important information about meteorites and the early history of the solar system. He is also an ardent amateur astronomer and teacher.Discovered 21 September 1987 by E. Bowell, Anderson Mesa