Asteroids named after people called Ye
👶 Ye as a baby name
Ye Peiyu (b. 1950), a 2002 Intel Excellence in Teaching Award finalist, is a teacher at the Northern Secondary School Attached to East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.Discovered 17 August 1998 by LINEAR, Socorro
Ye Qisun (1898–1977) was a Chinese physicist and educator, widely considered one of the founders of modern physics in China. He earned his doctorate at Harvard in 1923, founded the Department of Physics at Tsinghua University in 1926, and later taught at Peking University from 1952. His students include Nobel laureate Tsung-Dao Lee.Discovered 8 April 1996 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program, Xinglong
Ye Minghan (1925–2024) was a Chinese experimental high-energy physicist and particle-detection technology expert, and an Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering. He was a major contributor to the Beijing Electron Positron Collider, the Beijing Spectrometer, and to the development of experimental high-energy physics technology in China.Discovered 2 April 1995 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program, Xinglong
Ye Mao (Shiqing, 1231-1322) was a chief executive of Zibei County (now Wenchang City). His name means “luxuriant leaves” in Chinese. Shizu means “earliest ancestor”, and Ye Mao is now recognized as the earliest ancestor of the discoverer.Discovered 16 August 2002 by Q.-z. Ye, Nanchuan
Ye Nengshun (1894-1952) is a great-grandfather of the discoverer.Discovered 30 August 2002 by Q.-z. Ye, Nanchuan
Ye Peijian (b. 1945), an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, specializes in spacecraft and information processing. As chief designer and adviser, he made pioneering contributions to the development of remote sensing, lunar and space exploration and space science in China.Discovered 11 September 2007 by PMO NEO Survey Program, XuYi
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