Asteroids named after people called Valery

(17402) Valeryshuvalov

Valery Shuvalov (b. 1952) is the laboratory head at the Institute for Dynamics of Geospheres of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow. An expert in the mathematical modeling of impact craters, he contributed to the physical understanding the Chelyabinsk airburst.Discovered 20 October 1985 by E. Bowell, Anderson Mesa

(20473) Lainey

Val茅ry Lainey (b. 1974) is a French astronomer at the Paris Observatory. He is an expert in high-precision astrometry, ephemerides, and dynamical planetology modeling of small bodies. He specializes in the dynamics and tides of celestial bodies, making use of observations from ground and from space, and old observations on photographic plates.Discovered 13 July 1999 by LINEAR, Socorro

(21945) Kleshchonok

Valery Volodymyrovich Kleshchonok (b. 1959), of the Department of Astrometry at the Astronomical Observatory of Kyiv Shevchenko National University, undertakes photometric and spectroscopic research on comets and minor planets.Discovered 13 November 1999 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa

(31363) Shulga

Valery Mikhailovich Shulga (b. 1944) is a Ukrainian radio astronomer who specializes in radio physics, low-temperature physics, and quantum electronics. He initiated millimeter radioastronomy observing in Ukraine, and has developed microwave masers and high-sensitivity radio receivers.Discovered 14 November 1998 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa