Asteroids named after people called Wallace

(11758) Sargent

Wallace Sargent (b. 1935), a British astrophysicist at Caltech since 1959, is known for analysis of quasar absorption lines and surveys of active galactic nuclei and remote clusters and superclusters of galaxies. He has determined the relative abundances of several elements in the early universe.Discovered 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar

(41004) Wolner

Catherine “Cat” Wallace Vaccaro Wolner (b. 1986) is an American scientific editor and writer. Wolner handles publications for the OSIRIS-REx and APEX missions to asteroids Bennu and Apophis, respectively, and coauthored the first atlas of an asteroid, Bennu 3-D: Anatomy of an Asteroid.Discovered 29 October 1999 by CSS, Catalina

(101722) Pursell

Wallace Pursell (b. 1929) is a co-founder of the Baton Rouge Astronomical Society and a lifelong amateur astronomer. He is an Eagle Scout and earned his BA in Geology from Ohio Wesleyan University.Discovered 10 March 1999 by W. R. Cooney Jr., Baton Rouge