Asteroids named after people called Winston

(16797) Wilkerson

Winston S. Wilkerson, uncle of the first discoverer's wife, is a member of the physics faculty at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York. His interests have concentrated on variable stars, and he has been a member of the American Association of Variable Star Observers for many years.Discovered 7 February 1997 by Boattini, A., Tesi, L., San Marcello

(18851) Winmesser

Winston Harmon Messer (b. 1986) was awarded third place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his medicine and health project. He attends the Presbyterian Christian School, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, U.S.A.Discovered 7 September 1999 by LINEAR, Socorro

(103734) Winstonscott

Winston Elliott Scott (b. 1950) is a former NASA astronaut who has flown two missions into space. Scott completed three spacewalks to retrieve satellites and evaluate the assembly of the International Space Station. He also performed experiments about the effects of zero gravity on the human body.Discovered 5 February 2000 by M. W. Buie, Kitt Peak