On 2026 July 9 the IAU Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN) published a list of new, officially named minor planets (asteroids).
Discovery: 1993-06-13 / H. E. Holt / Palomar Mountain / 675
"Luca Conversi (b. 1979) is an Italian astrophysicist at the European Space Agency. He has served as Instrument Scientist for ESA’s Herschel and Euclid missions. In 2019 he was appointed Manager of the Near-Earth Object Coordination Centre, he is currently the Study Lead for NEOMIR, an infrared mission concept dedicated to detecting and characterizing NEOs." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 8]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (7477) Conversiluca = 1993 LC
(13107) Rudolfdvorak = 1993 FE59
Discovery: 1993-03-19 / UESAC / La Silla / 809
"Rudolf Dvorak (b. 1946) is an Austrian professor at University of Vienna. His pioneering work in computational astrodynamics laid the foundation for numerical-stability analyses of gravitational multi-body systems. Rudolf has made important contributions in the studies of near-Earth objects, Trojans, and dynamical families, and transport of water to Earth." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 8]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (13107) Rudolfdvorak = 1993 FE59
(20087) Abbiedonaldson = 1994 PC7
Discovery: 1994-08-10 / E. W. Elst / La Silla / 809
"Abbie Louise Donaldson (b. 1996) is a Northern Irish astronomer at the University of Edinburgh who works on comets. Her Ph.D. thesis was on determining the shapes of cometary nuclei from lightcurves, and she now works on comet observations with the Vera C. Rubin observatory and supports the ESA Comet Interceptor mission." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 8]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20087) Abbiedonaldson = 1994 PC7
(20088) Adambattle = 1994 PQ10
Discovery: 1994-08-10 / E. W. Elst / La Silla / 809
"Adam McShane Battle (b. 1993) is an American planetary astronomer who received his doctorate from the University of Arizona’s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory in 2024. His area of expertise is focused on reflectance spectra and photometry of near-Earth asteroids." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 8]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20088) Adambattle = 1994 PQ10
(20089) Áineobrien = 1994 PA14
Discovery: 1994-08-10 / E. W. Elst / La Silla / 809
"Áine Clare O’Brien (b. 1991) is a British planetary scientist at the University of Glasgow, investigating organic compounds in meteorites, and a member of the UK Fireball Alliance team that found the Winchcombe meteorite in 2021. She is a passionate science communicator and advocate for a more inclusive diverse planetary science community." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 8]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20089) Áineobrien = 1994 PA14
Discovery: 1994-08-10 / E. W. Elst / La Silla / 809
"Thomas Albin (b. 1990) is a German astronomer at the Institute of Space Systems, University of Stuttgart. He has worked on cosmic dust dynamics for space missions by improving dust models for the Rosetta Philae Lander and Cassini’s Cosmic Dust Analyzer. His works have also improved detection algorithms for Near-Earth Objects during his time at ESTEC." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 9]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20090) Albin = 1994 PN16
(20091) Alfredoescalante = 1994 PK20
Discovery: 1994-08-12 / E. W. Elst / La Silla / 809
"Alfredo Escalante López (b. 1995) is a Spanish researcher at the European Space Astronomy Centre in Madrid. He supports geometry data navigation for Hera and all ESA planetary missions, focusing on optical navigation for small-body missions, using deep learning on comet and asteroid images from Rosetta and OSIRIS-REX." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 9]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20091) Alfredoescalante = 1994 PK20
(20092) Allisonmcgraw = 1994 PL22
Discovery: 1994-08-12 / E. W. Elst / La Silla / 809
"Allison McGraw (b. 1989) is an American planetary scientist working at the Lunar and Planetary Institute/USRA. She has contributed significantly to ground-based observations for determining linkages between asteroid families and ordinary chondrite meteorites. Allison also dedicates a strong effort towards planetary science communication." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 9]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20092) Allisonmcgraw = 1994 PL22
(20093) Andrewalberini = 1994 PN22
Discovery: 1994-08-12 / E. W. Elst / La Silla / 809
"Andrew Alberini (b. 1993) is an Italian scientist. He conducted laboratory experiments supporting NASA’s Mars 2020 mission, identifying magnesium sulfates as photoprotective minerals for the preservation of organic matter on Mars. Andrew is developing Phobos simulants and matching orbital datasets with laboratory measurements for JAXA’s MMX mission." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 9]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20093) Andrewalberini = 1994 PN22
(20094) Andrewcoates = 1994 PS26
Discovery: 1994-08-12 / E. W. Elst / La Silla / 809
"Andrew Coates (b. 1957) is a British professor of planetary physics at University College London’s Mullard Space Science Laboratory. His research has included groundbreaking studies of ion pickup at comets using Giotto mission data, plasma interactions with other unmagnetized bodies, planetary magnetospheres, and planetary surface studies." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 9]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20094) Andrewcoates = 1994 PS26
(20095) Andylopezoquendo = 1994 PG35
Discovery: 1994-08-10 / E. W. Elst / La Silla / 809
"Andy J. Lopez-Oquendo (b. 1997) is a Puerto Rican astronomer who received his Ph.D. from Northern Arizona University in 2024. He studies the compositions and physical properties of asteroids using ground-based observations from the optical to the radio. Andy also uses spacecraft measurements, laboratory techniques, and novel instrumentation." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 9]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20095) Andylopezoquendo = 1994 PG35
Discovery: 1996-08-08 / E. W. Elst / La Silla / 809
"Àngel Jorba Monte (1963–2025) was a Spanish mathematics professor at the University of Barcelona. He was a leading researcher in dynamical systems and celestial mechanics, with notable contributions that helped to better understand the dynamics of minor bodies. As an amateur astronomer, Àngel promoted astronomy and mathematics among the general public." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 10]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20137) Àngeljorba = 1996 PX8
(20160) Annałosiak = 1996 TH42
Discovery: 1996-10-08 / E. W. Elst / La Silla / 809
"Anna Łosiak (b. 1982) is a Polish planetary geologist at the Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences. Her research focuses on impact craters on Earth and other planetary bodies. Anna is also an active public engagement advocate for the Meteorite Morasko crater field in Poland." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 10]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20160) Annałosiak = 1996 TH42
(20206) Annewellbrock = 1997 FA4
Discovery: 1997-03-31 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Anne Wellbrock (b. 1983) is a German-British planetary scientist working at University College London’s Mullard Space Science Laboratory. Her research has included studies of comets’ interactions with the solar wind and solar energetic particles, and the upper atmosphere of Saturn’s moon Titan." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 10]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20206) Annewellbrock = 1997 FA4
(20210) Athanasopoulos = 1997 GQ7
Discovery: 1997-04-02 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Dimitrios Athanasopoulos (b. 1995) is a Greek astronomer specializing in astronomical observations and the rotational properties of small Solar System bodies. His work has significantly advanced the understanding of ancient asteroids, contributing to studies of their evolution and long-term physical behavior." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 10]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20210) Athanasopoulos = 1997 GQ7
Discovery: 1997-04-07 / E. W. Elst / La Silla / 809
"Wilson Beebe (b. 1993) is an American researcher at the University of Washington, where he develops software for discovering faint trans-Neptunian objects with novel shift-and-stack techniques in large astronomical survey image data, especially the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 10]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20220) Beebe = 1997 GA40
Discovery: 1997-04-30 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Dino Bektešević (b. 1991) is a Croatian astronomer working at the DiRAC Institute and the University of Washington on developing advanced shift-and-stack techniques to discover faint trans-Neptunian objects in the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Washington in 2025." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 10]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20221) Bektešević = 1997 HV8
(20222) Benseguane = 1997 HP11
Discovery: 1997-04-30 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Selma Benseguane (b. 1994) is an Algerian astronomer, working on the link between cometary activity and surface morphology, showing that pits at the surface of comets cannot be formed on their current orbit but might result from processing in the giant planet region when they were Centaurs." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 11]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20222) Benseguane = 1997 HP11
(20227) Bernardinelli = 1997 WS35
Discovery: 1997-11-29 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Pedro H. Bernardinelli (b. 1994) is a Brazilian astronomer at the University of São Paulo who studies distant objects in the outer Solar System: trans-Neptunian objects, comets, and interstellar objects. He co-discovered the largest then-known comet C/2014 UN along with dozens of trans-Neptunian objects using the Dark Energy Survey." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 11]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20227) Bernardinelli = 1997 WS35
Discovery: 1998-03-01 / E. W. Elst / La Silla / 809
"Bin Cheng (b. 1995) is a Chinese planetary scientist studying the surface mechanical and geological properties of small Solar System bodies, contributing to space missions. He has developed 3D simulations of granular dynamics that improved understanding of groove formation and other geophysical processes and interactions in low-gravity regoliths." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 11]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20249) Bincheng = 1998 EM10
Discovery: 1998-03-01 / E. W. Elst / La Silla / 809
"Artem Burdanov (b. 1988) is a native of Russia working as a research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. By employing synthetic tracking techniques to both ground-based and JWST data, he investigates the size-frequency distribution of small asteroids, all the way down to decameter sizes detectable in JWST images." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 11]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20250) Burdanov = 1998 EP11
(20251) Carminegiordano = 1998 EA12
Discovery: 1998-03-01 / E. W. Elst / La Silla / 809
"Carmine Giordano (b. 1992) is an Italian professor with expertise in astrodynamics in small Solar System body environments. He has contributed to the Hera mission to asteroid Didymos as Mission Analyst of the Milani Cubesat." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 11]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20251) Carminegiordano = 1998 EA12
(20267) Carrieholt = 1998 FU27
Discovery: 1998-03-20 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Carrie Holt (b. 1992) is an American astronomer at the Las Cumbres Observatory who received her Ph.D. in 2023 from the University of Maryland. She has investigated the physical properties of comets and asteroids, with particular emphasis on understanding the evolution of distant activity in comets arriving from the Oort cloud." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 11]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20267) Carrieholt = 1998 FU27
(20269) Cecilysunday = 1998 FF28
Discovery: 1998-03-20 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Cecily Sunday (b. 1989) is a French-American scientist who completed her Ph.D. at ISAE-SUPAERO (Toulouse, France) in 2022. She specializes in spacecraft-surface interactions with a particular focus on granular mechanics in low-gravity and dust entrainment in lander plumes. Her work is particular relevant for small body exploration." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 11]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20269) Cecilysunday = 1998 FF28
(20273) Charlottebays = 1998 FO37
Discovery: 1998-03-20 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Charlotte Bays (b. 1992) is a British cosmochemist who studies the evolution of extraterrestrial organic matter and volatiles in astromaterials under experimental conditions to infer information about the primitive solar system environment and composition. Her notable contributions include work on JAXA Hayabusa2 samples and the Winchcombe meteorite." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 12]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20273) Charlottebays = 1998 FO37
(20275) Chrishamann = 1998 FR41
Discovery: 1998-03-20 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Christopher Hamann (b. 1983) is a German scientist at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin. He studies impact processes in meteorites, asteroids and on Earth, with an emphasis on mineralogical evidence of impact-generated shock and melting conditions." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 12]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20275) Chrishamann = 1998 FR41
(20276) Chrystianpereira = 1998 FO42
Discovery: 1998-03-20 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Chrystian Luciano Pereira (b. 1992) is a Brazilian researcher, specializing in observation and analysis of stellar occultations. He focuses mainly on the discovery and analysis of rings around small bodies, such as the rings of (50000) Quaoar and (2060) Chiron." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 12]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20276) Chrystianpereira = 1998 FO42
(20277) Clementlee = 1998 FL44
Discovery: 1998-03-20 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Clement G. Lee (b. 1977) is an American engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. A senior member of the Planetary Radar and Radio Science Group, he specializes in radar signal processing and receiver design, and supports operations of the Goldstone Solar System Radar." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 12]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20277) Clementlee = 1998 FL44
Discovery: 1998-03-20 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Milagros Rita Colazo (b. 1996) is an Argentinian planetary scientist. She earned her Ph.D. in 2023 from the National University of Córdoba and is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland. Her work focuses on asteroid phase curves, photometry, and large surveys, including the LSST." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 12]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20280) Colazo = 1998 FQ49
Discovery: 1998-03-24 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Alexandre Corgne (b. 1977) is a French-Chilean petrologist and geochemist with a Ph.D. from the University of Bristol, England. He published several articles on planetary differentiation and meteorites. Alexandre is the co-founder and head of the Pelom Kura meteorite repository, the only one in Chile recognized by the Meteoritical Society." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 12]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20295) Corgne = 1998 FF75
(20297) Cristianomat = 1998 FQ76
Discovery: 1998-03-24 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Cristian Omat (b. 1977) is a Romanian astronomer at the Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy. His studies include observations and data analysis of artificial satellites and near-Earth asteroids in programs related to planetary defense." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 12]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20297) Cristianomat = 1998 FQ76
(20299) Danielkelley = 1998 FH78
Discovery: 1998-03-24 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Daniel T. Kelley (b. 1959) is an American engineer recognized for his contributions to klystron design and operations within NASA’s Deep Space Network. He provides support for the transmitter systems at Goldstone and Canberra DSN stations." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 13]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20299) Danielkelley = 1998 FH78
Discovery: 1998-03-31 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Daohai Li (b. 1988) is a Chinese astronomer working at Beijing Normal University. He is a dynamicist who has made important contributions in the dynamics of asteroidal and TNO populations and their interplay with white-dwarf populations. Daohai has also done work on prograde and retrograde irregular Jovian satellites." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 13]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20308) Daohaili = 1998 FP109
(20310) Donggooroh = 1998 FD117
Discovery: 1998-03-31 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Dong-Goo Roh (b. 1976) is a Korean researcher at the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute. He participated in the Near Space Optical Survey to discover potentially hazardous asteroids in the Southern Hemisphere. Dong-Goo also led a monitoring system for meteors, known as MONET (Korea Meteor Monitoring and Observation Network)." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 13]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20310) Donggooroh = 1998 FD117
Discovery: 1998-03-22 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Jessie Dotson (b. 1969) is an American astrophysicist at NASA Ames Research Center. She is known for her expertise on developing telescope instrumentation, serving as the project scientist for NASA’s Kepler/K2 Space Telescope, and her work on NASA’s Asteroid Threat Assessment Project, an interdisciplinary effort to quantify the risk of asteroid impacts." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 13]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20315) Dotson = 1998 FD130
Discovery: 1998-04-02 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Eloy Peña-Asensio (b. 1991) is a Spanish planetary scientist and aerospace engineer. He specializes in near-Earth objects, fireballs, and meteoroids. Eloy is a science team member of ESA’s LUMIO mission to observe meteoroid impacts on the far side of the Moon. He co-authored the first Spanish book on planetary defense from an interdisciplinary viewpoint." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 13]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20320) Eloypeña = 1998 GH8
(20322) Emilwilawer = 1998 HZ20
Discovery: 1998-04-20 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Emil Wilawer (b. 1993) is a Polish astronomer working on physical properties of asteroids. He is a specialist in asteroid phase curve determinations using dense lightcurves and sparse data from surveys including the Gaia mission." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 13]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20322) Emilwilawer = 1998 HZ20
Discovery: 1998-04-20 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Stéphane Erard (b. 1961) is a French astronomer at the Paris Observatory who has worked on the surface mineralogy of Mars, the Moon and asteroids. He was a co-investigator of instruments on Mars-Express, Venus-Express, Rosetta and BepiColombo. Stéphane is involved in including Solar System data in the Virtual Observatory." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 13]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20326) Erard = 1998 HG37
(20327) Fernandotinaut = 1998 HQ39
Discovery: 1998-04-20 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Fernando Tinaut Ruano (b. 1996) is a Spanish researcher at the Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur (Nice, France). His research focuses in the compositional characterization of the primitive asteroids and the moons of the giant planets, using both ground and space-based telescopes, in particular ESA’s Gaia mission." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 14]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20327) Fernandotinaut = 1998 HQ39
(20344) Filippotusberti = 1998 HF103
Discovery: 1998-04-25 / E. W. Elst / La Silla / 809
"Filippo Tusberti (b. 1992) is an Italian planetologist at the Astronomical Observatory of Padua. His research focuses on planetary surface geology, lithological analysis, geological mapping, and evolutionary processes. Filippo contributes to international space missions such as DART, LICIACube, OSIRIS-REx, Hera, and LUMIO." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 14]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20344) Filippotusberti = 1998 HF103
Discovery: 1998-04-23 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Daniel Firre (b. 1976) is a Belgian astronomer and ground operations engineer who has worked at the European Space Agency for over two decades. He is a “spacecraft whisperer” as his work consists in communicating and receiving the data from the spacecraft, from launch to mission end. Missions Daniel has been proudly part of are DART, Hera and Ramses." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 14]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20346) Firre = 1998 HZ114
Discovery: 1998-04-23 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Iosto Fodde (b. 1995) is a Dutch-Italian professor with expertise in nonlinear dynamical systems. His main research interests are in the modeling of the dynamics of small celestial bodies. Iosto has contributed to the Hera mission as part of the Milani NavCam team." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 14]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20348) Fodde = 1998 HK122
(20349) Gabrielpinto = 1998 HU123
Discovery: 1998-04-23 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Gabriel Pinto Morales (b. 1992) is a Chilean geologist at UCN, Chile, with a Ph.D. from the University of Lorraine, France and the Universidad de Atacama, Chile. His studies include dust formation in the early Solar System, weathering and distribution of meteorites in the Atacama Desert, and bio-weathering and microorganism colonization in chondrites." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 14]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20349) Gabrielpinto = 1998 HU123
(20350) Georgebrydon = 1998 HV125
Discovery: 1998-04-23 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"George Frederick Brydon (b. 1992) is a British scientist at the University of Glasgow. His research concentrates on spaceborne imaging and cameras. For his Ph.D. at University College London’s Mullard Space Science Laboratory, he performed design work for the Comet Interceptor mission’s EnVisS camera." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 14]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20350) Georgebrydon = 1998 HV125
Discovery: 1998-04-19 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Francesco Gianotto (b. 1994) is an Italian aerospace engineer working at ESA’s Planetary Defence Office. His work focuses on orbit determination and impact monitoring of near-Earth asteroids, and he is a developer of ESA’s Meerkat software for detecting imminent impactors." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 15]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20353) Gianotto = 1998 HD129
(20356) Giopoggiali = 1998 HG147
Discovery: 1998-04-23 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Giovanni Poggiali (b. 1991) is an Italian planetary scientist at INAF–Astrophysical Observatory of Arcetri working on infrared spectroscopy of asteroids and planetary surfaces. He combines laboratory measurements, analogue material preparation, and remote-sensing data to support space-mission observations, such as OSIRIS-REx and Hera." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 15]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20356) Giopoggiali = 1998 HG147
Discovery: 1998-05-22 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Giulio Baù (b. 1982) is an Italian mathematician working at the University of Pisa. He has made significant contributions in the fields of orbit determination of asteroids and orbit propagation." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 15]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20369) Giuliobaù = 1998 KE16
Discovery: 1998-05-22 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Anastasios Gkotsinas (b. 1987) is a Greek researcher. He is working on the thermal processing of comet populations due to their orbital evolution during the phase of giant-planet instability." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 15]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20370) Gkotsinas = 1998 KR29
(20374) Gomesjunior = 1998 KD38
Discovery: 1998-05-22 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Altair Ramos Gomes Junior (b. 1990) is a Brazilian adjunct professor at the Federal University of Uberlândia (Brazil), specializing in astrometry, orbital dynamics, and stellar occultations. He is the main developer of a Python library called SORA, which has become fundamental for the efficient and detailed analysis of stellar occultations." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 15]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20374) Gomesjunior = 1998 KD38
(20378) Graykowski = 1998 KZ46
Discovery: 1998-05-22 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Ariel Graykowski (b. 1993) is an American planetary astronomer and post-doctoral fellow at the SETI institute. She is studying small bodies and leading a citizen-scientist project on monitoring cometary activity with small telescopes." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 15]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20378) Graykowski = 1998 KZ46
(20380) Grégoirehenry = 1998 KW47
Discovery: 1998-05-22 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Grégoire Henry (b. 1997) is a French astrophysicist at the Royal Observatory of Belgium. His Ph.D. work focuses on the thermophysical modeling of binary asteroids in support of planetary defense missions such as DART, Hera and RAMSES, and on the operations and data processing of thermal imagers." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 15]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20380) Grégoirehenry = 1998 KW47
(20381) Hikaruyabuta = 1998 KX47
Discovery: 1998-05-22 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Hikaru Yabuta (b. 1974) is a Japanese organic cosmochemist who led the analysis of macromolecular organic solids in asteroid Ryugu samples. She also contributed to Hayabusa2’s multi-scale observations of Ryugu, from the asteroid scale with optical cameras and the pebble scale with landers to the atomic scale through sample analysis." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 16]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20381) Hikaruyabuta = 1998 KX47
(20382) Hiroshinaraoka = 1998 KW49
Discovery: 1998-05-23 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Hiroshi Naraoka (b. 1960) is a Japanese cosmochemist who led the analyses of organic molecules in asteroid Ryugu samples. His team identified over 20,000 organic molecules from Ryugu, including more than twenty amino acids, nucleobases, and interstellar PAHs. These findings demonstrated that C-type asteroids could serve as factories of prebiotic molecules." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 16]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20382) Hiroshinaraoka = 1998 KW49
(20383) Hirotakasawada = 1998 KU51
Discovery: 1998-05-23 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Hirotaka Sawada (b. 1976) is a Japanese space robotics engineer who led the development of Hayabusa2’s sampling system, which successfully returned about 5 g of material from the C-type asteroid Ryugu. He also developed the deployable camera system (DCAM3), which observed Hayabusa2’s artificial impact cratering experiment." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 16]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20383) Hirotakasawada = 1998 KU51
(20384) Hongsuhyim = 1998 KW51
Discovery: 1998-05-23 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Hong-Suh Yim (b. 1969) is a Korean researcher at the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute. He participated in the Near Space Optical Survey to discover potentially-hazardous asteroids from the southern hemisphere, and also led the NEOPAT and OWL-Net projects, which use a global network of automated telescopes." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 16]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20384) Hongsuhyim = 1998 KW51
Discovery: 1998-05-23 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Shinji Horiuchi (b. 1964) is a Japanese–Australian radio astronomer affiliated with NASA’s Canberra DSN Complex and CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science. He is the lead scientist for the Southern Hemisphere Asteroid Radar Program, and has led bistatic radar efforts from the southern hemisphere, leveraging VLBI and radio-astronomy expertise." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 16]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20385) Horiuchi = 1998 KS53
(20386) Ianfranchi = 1998 KK54
Discovery: 1998-05-23 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Ian Alan Franchi (b. 1961) is a British cosmochemist and emeritus professor at The Open University. He has forty years experience studying the origin and evolution of the early Solar System using advanced analytical techniques, and in particular, high-precision oxygen isotope measurements, on extraterrestrial materials." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 16]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20386) Ianfranchi = 1998 KK54
(20387) Iharkacsillik = 1998 KP54
Discovery: 1998-05-23 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Iharka Magdolna Csillik (b. 1975) is a Romanian astronomer at the Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy, Cluj-Napoca branch. Her studies include dynamics of asteroids by numerical integration over long periods and computation of ephemerides." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 16]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20387) Iharkacsillik = 1998 KP54
(20388) Ihorkyrylenko = 1998 KZ54
Discovery: 1998-05-23 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Ihor Kyrylenko (b. 1994) is a Ukrainian astronomer at the Institute of Astronomy, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. His research has advanced the understanding of dynamical relationships among Solar System small bodies and improved methods for analyzing their long-term evolution." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 17]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20388) Ihorkyrylenko = 1998 KZ54
(20389) Imkedepater = 1998 KA55
Discovery: 1998-05-23 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Imke de Pater (b. 1952) is a Dutch professor at the University of California in Berkeley. She led a worldwide campaign observing Jupiter’s radio emissions during the impact of comet D/1993 F2 (Shoemaker-Levy) with Jupiter in 1994 and has published several studies on the continuum emission of comets and radar aperture synthesis of asteroids." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 17]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20389) Imkedepater = 1998 KA55
(20390) Isabelherreros = 1998 KK55
Discovery: 1998-05-23 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Maria Isabel Herreros Cid (b. 1975) is a Spanish physicist specializing in the mechanics of fluids and solids and asteroids physics. She is an official member of the DART mission, which investigated the Didymos system. Maria studies craters formation and asteroid surface dynamics." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 17]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20390) Isabelherreros = 1998 KK55
Discovery: 1998-05-23 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Anatoliy Ivantsov (b. 1974) is a Ukrainian astronomer at the Royal Observatory of Belgium, specializing in high precision astrometry and orbital mechanics of asteroids. His contributions include precovery, mass determination, ephemeris generation and coordination of astrometry campaigns for solar system objects with meter-class telescopes." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 17]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20391) Ivantsov = 1998 KT55
Discovery: 1998-06-24 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Emmanuel Jacquet (b. 1986) is a French cosmochemist, and part of the meteorite collection curatorial team at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris. He is a specialist on the high-temperature components of chondrites, in particular the chondrules, which he investigates with both cosmochemical and astrophysical (transport modeling) means." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 17]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20395) Jacquet = 1998 MY29
(20396) Jaemannkyeong = 1998 MF32
Discovery: 1998-06-24 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Jaemann Kyeong (b. 1966) is a Korean researcher at the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute. He participated in the Near Space Optical Survey to discover potentially-hazardous asteroids from the southern hemisphere, and is also involved in the OWL-Net project, which uses a global network of automated telescopes." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 17]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20396) Jaemannkyeong = 1998 MF32
(20397) Jamierobinson = 1998 MR35
Discovery: 1998-06-24 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"James (Jamie) Robinson (b. 1993) is a Northern Irish astronomer at the University of Edinburgh and an expert in asteroid observations in large surveys, who has worked with the ATLAS and Vera C. Rubin LSST surveys. His interests include formation processes for outer Solar System objects and apparition effects in asteroid phase curves." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 18]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20397) Jamierobinson = 1998 MR35
(20401) Janghyunpark = 1998 OX5
Discovery: 1998-07-21 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Jang-Hyun Park (b. 1963) is a Korean astronomer and the ninth president of the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute in South Korea. He established a monitoring system for meteors, known as MONET (Korea Meteor Monitoring and Observation Network), and was the principal investigator of the OWL-Net wide-field survey project." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 18]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20401) Janghyunpark = 1998 OX5
(20404) Javiersuarez = 1998 OB14
Discovery: 1998-07-26 / E. W. Elst / La Silla / 809
"Javier Suarez (b. 1995) is a Colombian geologist whose Ph.D. is in planetary geology. He has experience working with the geological analysis and mapping of planetary surfaces, mainly on the Moon, Mars, and Pluto. Javier is also one of the founders of the “Red Latinoamericana de Ciencias Planetarias y Exploración Espacial”." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 18]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20404) Javiersuarez = 1998 OB14
(20406) Jekanthanga = 1998 QJ13
Discovery: 1998-08-17 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Jekan Thanga (b. 1978) is an American-Canadian engineer who leads the SpaceTREX laboratory, focusing on novel approaches to planetary exploration. For four years he led the NASA-sponsored ASTEROIDS undergraduate research and education program training students from diverse backgrounds each year in asteroid and lunar science, and small-mission engineering." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 18]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20406) Jekanthanga = 1998 QJ13
(20407) Jessicaagarwal = 1998 QM20
Discovery: 1998-08-17 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Jessica Agarwal (b. 1977) is a German astronomer and planetary scientist at the Technische Universität Braunschweig. Her research focuses on the activity of comets and asteroids and their emitted dust." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 18]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20407) Jessicaagarwal = 1998 QM20
(20408) Jinbeniyama = 1998 QW31
Discovery: 1998-08-17 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Jin Beniyama (b. 1996) is a Japanese astronomer who has contributed to observations and characterization studies of near-Earth asteroids, improving our understanding of their properties." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 18]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20408) Jinbeniyama = 1998 QW31
(20409) Joeychatelain = 1998 QP43
Discovery: 1998-08-17 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Joseph Chatelain (b. 1986) is an American astronomer and software engineer at Las Cumbres Observatory. He specializes in the study of color distributions of Jupiter Trojans and the characterization of Near-Earth Objects. He leads the development of open-source software tools for astronomical research programs that benefit a global user community." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 18]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20409) Joeychatelain = 1998 QP43
(20410) Joosangyou = 1998 QM51
Discovery: 1998-08-17 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Joosang You (1978–2024) was a Korean amateur astronomer and director of the Hwacheon Chou Kyong Chol Observatory. He dedicated his life to science outreach, volunteering through lectures and projects for under-served youth, and led efforts to build a follow-up network for observations of minor bodies with the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 19]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20410) Joosangyou = 1998 QM51
(20411) Jooyeongeem = 1998 QJ69
Discovery: 1998-08-24 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Jooyeon Geem (b. 1993) is a Korean researcher at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden. Her research focuses on the physical properties of asteroids, particularly their hydration and dehydration processes and spectro-polarimetric behavior. She also contributes to the development of ground-based observational instrumentation." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 19]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20411) Jooyeongeem = 1998 QJ69
(20412) Josémaríamadiedo = 1998 QG73
Discovery: 1998-08-24 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"José María Madiedo (b. 1969) is a Spanish researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía. His main areas of research include meteors and lunar impacts. He is the principal investigator of the Spectroscopy of Meteoroids in the Atmosphere by means of Robotic Technologies and the Moon Impact Flashes Detection Software projects." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 19]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20412) Josémaríamadiedo = 1998 QG73
(20413) Josephdemartini = 1998 QY91
Discovery: 1998-08-28 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Joseph DeMartini (b. 1996) is an American scientist who completed his Ph.D. at the University of Maryland in 2025. His work focuses on simulating the behavior of asteroid surfaces and interiors, especially under tidal stresses such as the close encounter of Apophis with Earth in 2029. He won the Schweickart Prize for planetary defense in 2024." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 19]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20413) Josephdemartini = 1998 QY91
Discovery: 1998-09-21 / E. W. Elst / La Silla / 809
"Joseph S. Jao (b. 1960) is an American engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He develops radar imaging and radio-science systems for studies of asteroids, planets, and the Moon, and supports operations of the Goldstone Solar System Radar." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 19]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20418) Josephjao = 1998 SH71
(20419) Josephlazio = 1998 SE117
Discovery: 1998-09-26 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"T. Joseph W. Lazio (b. 1967) is an American radio astronomer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Chief Scientist for the Interplanetary Network Directorate. He provides leadership and advocacy for planetary radar activities at Goldstone and he helped establish the Southern Hemisphere Asteroid Radar Program at Canberra." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 19]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20419) Josephlazio = 1998 SE117
(20421) Joshelliott = 1998 TG3
Discovery: 1998-10-14 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Joshua P. Elliott (b. 1980) is an American software engineer in JPL’s Solar System Dynamics Group whose work supports accurate orbits, ephemerides, and impact-hazard assessments for small bodies. He also worked for the University of Colorado’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics on the science data processing of missions such as MAVEN and Juno." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 20]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20421) Joshelliott = 1998 TG3
(20423) Juanluisrizos = 1998 VN7
Discovery: 1998-11-10 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Juan Luis Rizos Garcia (b. 1986) is a Spanish researcher at the Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia. His contributions include compositional characterization of TNOs and asteroids, in particular targets of NASA and ESA space missions like Bennu (OSIRIS- REx), Ceres (Dawn), and Didymos-Dimorphos (Hera)." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 20]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20423) Juanluisrizos = 1998 VN7
(20435) Juliendewit = 1999 FU28
Discovery: 1999-03-19 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Julien de Wit (b. 1988) is a Belgian planetary scientist and associate professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. By taking advantage of long-stare JWST images, he used serendipitous discovery and tracking of decameter-sized asteroids to model asteroid collisional processes at sub-kilometer scales." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 20]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20435) Juliendewit = 1999 FU28
(20436) Julienserrecourt = 1999 GA33
Discovery: 1999-04-12 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Julien Serrecourt (b. 1980) is a French public-relations officer at the CNRS Lagrange Laboratory, Côte d’Azur Observatory, France. He actively promotes public outreach in asteroid science and planetary defense, bridging the gap between research and the public." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 20]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20436) Julienserrecourt = 1999 GA33
(20438) Julievermersch = 1999 JP22
Discovery: 1999-05-10 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Julie Vermersch (b. 1998) is a French dynamicist who studies internal structures of small bodies, in particular main-belt asteroids (MBA). She derived various MBA geophysical parameters like friction angle, stress angle and strength to explain non-hydrostatic shapes. Her work helps determine the limit between dwarf planets and small bodies." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 20]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20438) Julievermersch = 1999 JP22
(20439) Junghyunjo = 1999 JM28
Discovery: 1999-05-10 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Jung Hyun Jo (b. 1964) is a Korean researcher at the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute. He participated in the Near Space Optical Survey to discover potentially-hazardous asteroids from the southern hemisphere, and he is also involved in the OWL-Net (Optical Wide-field Patrol Network) project, which uses a global network of automated telescopes." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 20]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20439) Junghyunjo = 1999 JM28
(20442) Kaiwünnemann = 1999 JK52
Discovery: 1999-05-10 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Kai Wünnemann (b. 1969) is a German professor at Freie Universität Berlin and the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. He studies impact processes in the Solar System, is involved with the NASA DART mission, and co-chairs the impact physics working group for the ESA Hera mission. Kai was a winner of the Barringer Award in 2022." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 21]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20442) Kaiwünnemann = 1999 JK52
(20445) Kanakosakamoto = 1999 JN77
Discovery: 1999-05-12 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Kanako Sakamoto (b. 1983) is a Japanese curator at JAXA. She played a key role in developing Hayabusa2’s sampling system and the successful return of the first C-type asteroid samples. She contributed greatly to capsule recovery, container opening, and initial analysis as a liaison among engineers, scientists, the mission team, and the research community." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 21]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20445) Kanakosakamoto = 1999 JN77
(20446) Karolinadziadura = 1999 JB80
Discovery: 1999-05-14 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Karolina Jadwiga Dziadura (b. 1995) is a Polish astronomer who earned her Ph.D. (2024) in planetary astronomy from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. Her research focuses on the Yarkovsky effect, asteroid densities, and the determination of sizes, spin states, and shape models of minor planets from stellar occultations and photometric data." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 21]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20446) Karolinadziadura = 1999 JB80
(20447) Kateminker = 1999 JR85
Discovery: 1999-05-15 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Kate Minker (b. 1999) is an American planetary scientist, working on asteroid binary systems. Based on her expertise in high-angular resolution direct imaging of these systems, she has resurrected the use of speckle interferometry to study the properties of small bodies." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 21]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20447) Kateminker = 1999 JR85
(20448) Kathrinaltwegg = 1999 JM96
Discovery: 1999-05-12 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Kathrin Altwegg (b. 1951) is a Swiss planetary scientist and professor emerita at the University of Bern, renowned for leading the ROSINA instrument on ESA’s Rosetta mission. Her pioneering work on comet 67P transformed our understanding of the chemical complexity of pristine Solar System matter, inspiring a new generation of scientists." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 21]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20448) Kathrinaltwegg = 1999 JM96
Discovery: 1999-05-13 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Katherine (Katie) Helen Joy (b. 1981) is a British geologist and Professor of Lunar and Planetary Sciences at the University of Manchester. She is a world-leader in lunar geology and has played a key role in several space missions. Katie is the science lead for the Lost Meteorites of Antarctica program, which successfully recovered 121 new meteorites." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 21]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20449) Katiejoy = 1999 JM108
Discovery: 1999-05-20 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Imene Kerraouch (b. 1992) is an Algerian postdoctoral fellow at the NASA Johnson Space Center and Lunar and Planetary Institute specializing in the study of chondritic material to reconstruct the evolution of rocky bodies. She studies rare chondritic xenoliths and Ryugu samples to understand the diversity of primitive assemblages in the early Solar System." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 22]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20452) Kerraouch = 1999 KG4
(20453) Kimberleylim = 1999 KL6
Discovery: 1999-05-24 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Kimberley Lim (b. 1990, née Birkett) is a British scientist and engineer. For her Ph.D. at University College London’s Mullard Space Science Laboratory, she furthered the understanding of comets’ neutral sodium tails through image analysis and simulation studies." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 22]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20453) Kimberleylim = 1999 KL6
Discovery: 1999-06-09 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Mykola Koshkin (b. 1954) is a Ukrainian astronomer at the Astronomical Observatory of Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University. He has contributed to the photometric and dynamical study of near-Earth objects." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 22]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20458) Koshkin = 1999 LZ21
(20459) Krzysztoflangner = 1999 LO26
Discovery: 1999-06-09 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Krzysztof Langner (b. 1989) is a Polish astronomer working on the dynamics of asteroids. His recent research concentrates on the Didymos-Dimorphos binary asteroid system and DART and Hera missions." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 22]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20459) Krzysztoflangner = 1999 LO26
Discovery: 1999-07-13 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Jeremy Kubica (b. 1979) is an American researcher at the McWilliams Center for Cosmology and Astrophysics at Carnegie Mellon University, where he leads the LSST Interdisciplinary Network for Collaboration and Computing Frameworks team that is developing advanced shift-and-stack techniques to discover faint outer solar system objects." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 22]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20470) Kubica = 1999 NZ5
Discovery: 1999-07-13 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Jay Kueny (b. 1993) is an American astronomer at the University of Arizona’s Wyant College of Optics and Steward Observatory. Jay earned his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona in 2025. Jay studies novel adaptive-optics techniques and active asteroids." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 22]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20471) Kueny = 1999 NK6
Discovery: 1999-07-13 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Valéry 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." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 22]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20473) Lainey = 1999 NS8
(20475) Lauraparro = 1999 NU11
Discovery: 1999-07-13 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Laura Martínez Parro (b. 1991) is a Spanish geologist at the Universidad de Alicante, specializing in geophysical and geochemical processes of terrestrial planets, dwarf planets, natural satellites and small bodies. She is also a very active scientific communicator promoting solar-system science and exploration to the new generations and society in general." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 23]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20475) Lauraparro = 1999 NU11
(20485) Léaferellec = 1999 NJ54
Discovery: 1999-07-12 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Léa Ferellec (b. 1997) is a French astronomer who gained a Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh in 2025. She works on understanding the composition of comets and interstellar objects using optical spectroscopy." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 23]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20485) Léaferellec = 1999 NJ54
Discovery: 1999-07-12 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Pablo Lemos (b. 1990) is a Uruguayan astronomer whose research focuses on minor bodies. He has made contributions to the dynamics of cometary comae, the orbital dynamics of minor bodies, and the evolution of planetesimals in planetary formation scenarios." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 23]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20486) Lemos = 1999 NU56
Discovery: 1999-07-13 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Christoph Lhotka (b. 1978) is an Austrian professor at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. His work in celestial mechanics and computer-assisted perturbation theory covers analytical stability estimates for Trojan asteroids as well as rotational and orbital dynamics of celestial objects and interplanetary dust." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 23]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20487) Lhotka = 1999 NJ62
Discovery: 1999-07-22 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Jack J. Lissauer (b. 1957) is an American scientist at the Ames Research Center. His dynamical studies include how galactic tides influence the delivery of comets and how the asteroid belt influences planetary stability. As a textbook author, he has introduced a new generation of students to planetary science, including asteroids, comets, and meteors." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 23]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20489) Lissauer = 1999 OJ2
Discovery: 1999-07-22 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Andrea Longobardo (b. 1984) is an Italian planetary scientist at the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica. He is an expert on small-body photometry, cometary dust, surface spectroscopy and dust-sensor development. Andrea is a member of the Dawn, Rosetta, Hayabusa 2, Hera, Comet Interceptor and Tianwen-2 missions." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 23]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20490) Longobardo = 1999 OW2
(20492) Luanaliberato = 1999 OC5
Discovery: 1999-07-16 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Luana Liberato (b. 1994) is a Brazilian expert in solar-system dynamics. During her postdoc at the Cote d’Azur observatory, she established the first extensive list of candidate asteroid satellites by astrometry, exploiting data by the Gaia mission. She also chases stellar occultations, analyzes asteroid light curves, and is a passionate popularizer." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 23]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20492) Luanaliberato = 1999 OC5
Discovery: 1999-07-16 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Lutz J. Hecht (b. 1962) is a German mineralogist at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin engaged in impact and micrometeorite studies. He led and coordinated a search for the Ribbeck meteorite near Berlin, an observed fall in January 2024." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 24]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20493) Lutzhecht = 1999 OD5
(20501) Luxiaoping = 1999 RD10
Discovery: 1999-09-07 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Lu Xiao-Ping (b. 1982) is a Chinese professor at Macau University of Science and Technology. He specializes in engineering, computer science, and AI techniques, with important applications to the modeling of asteroids from remote-sensing spectro-photometric data." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 24]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20501) Luxiaoping = 1999 RD10
Discovery: 1999-09-07 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Gustavo Madeira (b. 1994) is a Brazilian planetary scientist at the National Observatory of Brazil. His research focuses on planetary rings, satellite formation, and the dynamic evolution of Solar System bodies. He has contributed to the NASA/DART and ESA’s Hera missions through studies of binary-asteroid system formation." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 24]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20502) Madeira = 1999 RG11
Discovery: 1999-09-07 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Mark Jesus Mendoza Magbanua (b. 1971) is a Filipino-American research scientist at the University of California, San Francisco, where he pioneers circulating tumor cell detection. Mark contributes to the identification of comets and active asteroids via the Ruben Comet Catchers project, including observing with the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 24]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20504) Magbanua = 1999 RH15
Discovery: 1999-09-07 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Rahil Rajankumar Makadia (b. 2000) is an American-Indian planetary scientist at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Rahil has worked on Kinetic Impactor based planetary defense efforts and confirmed the heliocentric orbit deflection of the binary asteroid (65803) Didymos caused by the NASA Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART)." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 24]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20505) Makadia = 1999 RE16
Discovery: 1999-09-07 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Luis Mammana (b. 1962) is an Argentinian vice-director of the El Leoncito Astronomical Complex, which runs astronomical facilities in the province of San Juan, Argentina. He does observational research on minor bodies of the Solar System and other branches of astronomy. Luis is an active collaborator in the network of observers of stellar occultations." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 24]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20506) Mammana = 1999 RO17
(20507) Marclaessens = 1999 RU19
Discovery: 1999-09-07 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Marline Claessens (b. 1977) is a Belgian aerospace engineer at the European Space Agency who contributed to multiple scientific instruments and missions like Comet Interceptor, ExoMars, JUICE, and EnVision. She also supported the unfunded Don Quijote space mission, designing a satellite mission for asteroid deflection." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 25]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20507) Marclaessens = 1999 RU19
(20508) Marekhusárik = 1999 RL25
Discovery: 1999-09-07 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Marek Husárik (b. 1976) is a Slovak astronomer working at the Astronomical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. He focuses on photometric studies of asteroids and comets. Marek also observes and coordinates observations of these objects at Skalnaté Pleso Observatory." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 25]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20508) Marekhusárik = 1999 RL25
(20509) Mariavarela = 1999 RL26
Discovery: 1999-09-07 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"María Varela (b. 1961) is an Argentinean geologist and cosmochemist. Author of the book Meteoritos, restos rocosos del Sistema Solar primitivo, her studies include the physicochemical conditions of chondrule formation, and the relationship between iron meteorites and achondrites. María is a leading expert in meteorite classification in Latin America." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 25]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20509) Mariavarela = 1999 RL26
(20510) Marjoriegalinier = 1999 RQ26
Discovery: 1999-09-07 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Marjorie Galinier (b. 1997) is a French scientist who contributed to the ESA Gaia mission, improving spectroscopic characterization of asteroids and advancing our knowledge of their composition." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 25]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20510) Marjoriegalinier = 1999 RQ26
(20538) Masakifujimoto = 1999 RN84
Discovery: 1999-09-07 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Masaki Fujimoto (b. 1964) is a Japanese researcher and the Director General of JAXA/ISAS, the science institute of the Japanese space agency. He coordinated multiple international collaborations for asteroid space missions. Masaki is one of the founding fathers of MMX, the JAXA mission to return samples from the Martian moon Phobos." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 25]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20538) Masakifujimoto = 1999 RN84
(20541) Matthewhopkins = 1999 RN93
Discovery: 1999-09-07 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Matthew Hopkins (b. 1999) is a British astronomer who received his Ph.D. from the University of Oxford in 2025 for his thesis Interstellar Objects in a Galactic Context. This well-timed thesis, completed just before the arrival of 3I/ATLAS, predicts the properties of ISOs based on the history of star formation in the Milky Way." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 25]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20541) Matthewhopkins = 1999 RN93
Discovery: 1999-09-07 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Max West (b. 1996) is an American researcher at the University of Washington. She works on AI-assisted shift-and-stack discovery of faint trans-Neptunian objects in astronomical surveys, including the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 25]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20542) Maxwest = 1999 RD94
(20543) Michaelfauerbach = 1999 RZ98
Discovery: 1999-09-07 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Michael Fauerbach (b. 1965) is a German-American Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Florida Gulf Coast University. Originally a nuclear astrophysicist, he has spent the past two decades focusing on asteroid photometry and shape modeling." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 26]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20543) Michaelfauerbach = 1999 RZ98
(20546) Michaelfrühauf = 1999 RA105
Discovery: 1999-09-08 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Michael Frühauf (b. 1988) is a German physicist who has worked on determining the flux density of small asteroids coming close to Earth. He also coded the first version of the short-term asteroid impact warning system “Meerkat” for the European Space Agency." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 26]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20546) Michaelfrühauf = 1999 RA105
(20547) Michimani = 1999 RD105
Discovery: 1999-09-08 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Jonatan Michimani Garcia (b. 1989) is a Brazilian planetary scientist presently working at the Observátorio Nacional in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). He specializes in deriving physical properties of small solar-system bodies from photometric and spectroscopic observations." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 26]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20547) Michimani = 1999 RD105
Discovery: 1999-09-08 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Dave Gerald Milewski (b. 1987) is an American astronomer who worked on active small bodies in the solar system using ground and WISE/NEOWISE observations. He is actively engaged in outreach events for astronomy." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 26]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20548) Milewski = 1999 RM107
(20549) Mirelatrelia = 1999 RH110
Discovery: 1999-09-08 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Mirela Madalina Trelia (b. 1994) is a Romanian astronomer at the Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy. Her studies include astrometric and photometric observations of artificial satellites and space debris and rotational properties of satellites and asteroids." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 26]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20549) Mirelatrelia = 1999 RH110
(20550) Molnar-Bufanda = 1999 RX110
Discovery: 1999-09-08 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Erica Molnar-Bufanda (b. 1992) is an American astronomer based at the University of Edinburgh. Erica’s work focuses on combining sublimation models and observations to study and understand the long-term activity of comets." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 26]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20550) Molnar-Bufanda = 1999 RX110
(20551) Monikakamińska = 1999 RE112
Discovery: 1999-09-09 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Monika Kamińska (b. 1982) is a Polish astronomer working at the Astronomical Observatory Institute of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. For many years, she has been involved in asteroid observations and is currently responsible in particular for observations with the Roman Baranowski Telescope/Poznań Spectroscopic Telescope 2 telescope at the Winer Observatory in Arizona, USA." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 26]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20551) Monikakamińska = 1999 RE112
Discovery: 1999-09-09 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Frederic Moynier (b. 1978) is a French cosmochemist who is an expert on volatile element abundances in meteorites and returned samples from asteroids and the Moon. His research has shed light on the processes and timing of volatile-element delivery on Earth." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 27]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20552) Moynier = 1999 RU112
Discovery: 1999-09-09 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"My E. I. Riebe (b. 1986) is a Swedish cosmochemist working in Switzerland. She studies the evolution of volatile elements and organics in the Solar System through isotopic analyses of meteorites and cosmic dust." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 27]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20554) Myriebe = 1999 RW114
(20558) Natashaalmeida = 1999 RN117
Discovery: 1999-09-09 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Natasha Vasiliki Almeida (b. 1986) is a Greek-British Senior Curator of Meteorites at the Natural History Museum, London. She is responsible for the management, organization and conservation of over 5000 specimens in the meteorite collection, and is an expert in the non-destructive analyses of meteorites using micro-computed tomography." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 27]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20558) Natashaalmeida = 1999 RN117
Discovery: 1999-09-09 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Rok Nežič (b. 1991) is a Slovenian scientist working at Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, Northern Ireland. He studies cometary dust with polarimetric techniques, which he began researching for his Ph.D. at Armagh Observatory and University College London. Rok is also a keen science communicator." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 27]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20560) Nežič = 1999 RX118
Discovery: 1999-09-09 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Benoît Noyelles (b. 1978) is a French dynamicist. He took part in the determination of the origin of N-rich comets, and of the Centaur Echeclus. Benoît is associated with the Classical and Large-a Solar System survey and works on the preparation of the scientific cases for binary TNOs to be observed by the MICADO instrument at the ELT." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 27]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20561) Noyelles = 1999 RE120
Discovery: 1999-09-09 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Drew Oldag (b. 1983) is an American research software engineer with the LSST Interdisciplinary Network for Collaboration and Computing at the University of Washington. He develops machine-learning infrastructure and methods for analyzing large astronomical datasets, including analytic approaches to parallax correction for small-body discovery." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 27]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20562) Oldag = 1999 RV120
(20563) Oliverprice = 1999 RG121
Discovery: 1999-09-09 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Oliver Price (b. 1993) is a British scientist who researched the large-scale structure of comets’ dust tails for his Ph.D. at University College London’s Mullard Space Science Laboratory. He employed innovative image-mapping techniques to capture for the first time the formation of dust tail striae." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 27]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20563) Oliverprice = 1999 RG121
(20565) Oliviermousis = 1999 RR123
Discovery: 1999-09-09 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Olivier Mousis (b. 1973) is a French astrophysicist who was a professor at Aix– Marseille Université before becoming a program director at the Southwest Research Institute. His research focuses on the origin and evolution of volatile-rich small bodies and giant planet systems. Olivier also plays a key role in developing outer Solar System mission concepts." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 28]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20565) Oliviermousis = 1999 RR123
(20569) Óscarrodríguez = 1999 RP132
Discovery: 1999-09-09 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Óscar Rodríguez del Río (b. 1993) is a Catalan mathematician. His research focuses on dynamical systems and their application to celestial mechanics and orbital determination. Óscar has contributed to the identification of many new asteroids in the Isolated Tracklet File, including several near-Earth asteroids." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 28]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20569) Óscarrodríguez = 1999 RP132
(20575) Panicucci = 1999 RL142
Discovery: 1999-09-09 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Paolo Panicucci (b. 1992) is an Italian space engineer and professor with expertise in small-body autonomous satellite exploration and celestial body characterization. From Italian, French, and USA institutions he has contributed to the DART, LUMIO and Hera space missions." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 28]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20575) Panicucci = 1999 RL142
(20577) Paolomartino = 1999 RM148
Discovery: 1999-09-09 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Paolo Martino (b. 1985) is an Italian engineer at the European Space Agency (ESA) who was the spacecraft manager of the ESA Hera planetary defense mission to the asteroid Didymos and the program manager of the ESA RAMSES mission to the asteroid Apophis." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 28]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20577) Paolomartino = 1999 RM148
Discovery: 1999-09-09 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Jérôme Parisot (b. 1970) is a French research engineer specializing in assembly, integration and tests activities for space instruments for over 30 years. He started working on OMEGA/Mars Express, and then on instruments on multiple missions, including VIRTIS on Rosetta." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 28]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20578) Parisot = 1999 RH149
(20579) Pavelzigo = 1999 RX149
Discovery: 1999-09-09 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Pavel Zigo (b. 1960) is a Slovak electrotechnical engineer and astronomer of the Astronomical and Geophysical Observatory in Modra, Comenius University Bratislava. His research focuses on forward-scatter observations of meteors and the radar observability functions. He is coauthor of the All-sky Meteor Orbit System." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 28]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20579) Pavelzigo = 1999 RX149
(20588) Pavolmatlovič = 1999 RM166
Discovery: 1999-09-09 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Pavol Matlovič (b. 1991) is a Slovak astronomer at Comenius University Bratislava. His research focuses on meteor spectroscopy and physical properties of meteoroids. He has led research projects investigating the presence of hydrogen in meteoroids and meteorite ablation experiments to improve meteor composition diagnostics." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 28]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20588) Pavolmatlovič = 1999 RM166
Discovery: 1999-09-09 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Matthew J. Payne (b. 1978) is an English planetary scientist. He has worked at the Minor Planet Center since 2017 and became Director in 2021. Matthew earned his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge. His research spans Solar System and exoplanet dynamics, planetary defense, and the processing of large survey datasets from TESS, Pan- STARRS, and LSST." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 29]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20592) Payne = 1999 RV177
Discovery: 1999-09-09 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Pierre-Etienne Martin (b. 1993) is a French planetary scientist at the University of Bern, investigating micron- to submicron-sized inclusions in Martian and carbonaceous meteorites (CMs). During his Ph.D., he studied refractory inclusions to assess aqueous alteration in CMs and joined the Hayabusa2 returned-samples analysis team." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 29]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20594) Pemartin = 1999 RP183
Discovery: 1999-09-09 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Susanne Pfalzner (b. 1963) is a German astrophysicist at Forschungszentrum Jülich, specializing in numerical studies of stellar dynamics. Her main interests are star, planet, and solar system formation. She has made major contributions on the influence of stellar clusters on the dynamics of asteroids, comets, and interstellar objects." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 29]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20596) Pfalzner = 1999 RX188
(20597) Pickersgill = 1999 RA192
Discovery: 1999-09-11 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Annemarie Pickersgill (b. 1987) is a Canadian planetary scientist at the Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, investigating the effects of hypervelocity impact cratering processes. They provided a revised age for the Chicxulub “dinosaur killing” impact crater showing hydrothermal systems were much longer lived than previously thought." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 29]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20597) Pickersgill = 1999 RA192
(20598) Pilat-Lohinger = 1999 RO194
Discovery: 1999-09-07 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Elke Pilat-Lohinger (b. 1965) is an Austrian planetary scientist at the University of Vienna and TU Graz. Her research focuses on the long-term dynamical evolution, chaos, and habitability with significant contributions to the study of near-Earth objects, trans- Neptunian populations, and Oort-cloud comets using advanced computational techniques." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 29]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20598) Pilat-Lohinger = 1999 RO194
(20599) Pisarčíková = 1999 RD196
Discovery: 1999-09-08 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Adriana Pisarčíková (b. 1996) is a Slovak planetary scientist at the Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences. Her main research focuses on the analysis of meteor spectra and improving methods of meteor spectroscopy." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 29]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20599) Pisarčíková = 1999 RD196
(20601) Qasimafghan = 1999 RD197
Discovery: 1999-09-08 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Qasim Afghan (b. 1996) is a British scientist who studied cometary dust tails at University College London’s Mullard Space Science Laboratory in pursuit of his Ph.D. He researched dust grains’ size distributions, and discovered gaps in some comets’ dust tails linked to reduced activity levels." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 30]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20601) Qasimafghan = 1999 RD197
(20602) Qichengzhang = 1999 RC198
Discovery: 1999-09-08 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Qicheng Zhang (b. 1994) is a Chinese-American astronomer working at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff who earned his Ph.D. from Caltech in 2023. He studies a wide variety of phenomena related to small solar-system bodies, with particular emphasis on understanding their behavior at small heliocentric distances." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 30]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20602) Qichengzhang = 1999 RC198
(20603) Rafaelribeiro = 1999 RT199
Discovery: 1999-09-08 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Rafael Ribeiro (b. 1990) is a Brazilian Assistant Professor at São Paulo State University. He has made contributions to dynamical astronomy on topics including the dynamical evidence for an early giant planet instability, the dynamical origin of the dwarf planet Ceres, and the theory of surface-mass ablation showing that asteroids were born bigger." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 30]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20603) Rafaelribeiro = 1999 RT199
Discovery: 1999-09-08 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Nicolas Rambaux (b. 1976) is a French dynamicist working on the internal structure, the rotation and tidal evolution of many solar system objects: the Moon, the Martian satellites Phobos and Deimos, main-belt asteroids, trans-Neptunian objects (Pluto, Haumea, Quaoar), among others. Nicolas is also part of a working group for the ESA mission Hera." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 30]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20605) Rambaux = 1999 RX209
Discovery: 1999-09-24 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Stéfan Renner (b. 1976) is a French astronomer and associate professor at the University of Lille and Paris Observatory. His main research interests are resonant dynamics, applied primarily to Saturn’s small moons and Neptune’s ring arcs, and to rings around small bodies. Stéfan has also taken part in stellar occultations observational campaigns by TNOs." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 30]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20614) Renner = 1999 SN3
(20617) Richardgreenwood = 1999 SA7
Discovery: 1999-09-29 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Richard Greenwood (b. 1957) is an English senior research fellow at The Open University who specializes in using oxygen isotopic analyses of extraterrestrial material to understand the origin and early evolution of the Solar System. He has also written a book on meteorites that was geared towards a general audience." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 30]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20617) Richardgreenwood = 1999 SA7
(20626) Rider-Stokes = 1999 TH21
Discovery: 1999-10-04 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Ben Gabriel Rider-Stokes (b. 1997) is an English post-doctoral researcher at The Open University specializing in understanding the timing of magmatic differentiation and volatile accretion of achondrites. He evaluates the spectral characteristics of meteorites in the ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared to identify meteoritic analogs for asteroids." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 31]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20626) Rider-Stokes = 1999 TH21
Discovery: 1999-10-02 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Vincent Robert (b. 1982) is a French professor at IPSA and researcher at Paris observatory. A specialist in high precision astrometry and the dynamics of small bodies, he is an expert in the digitization of old photographic glass-plates, and leader of the NAROO program for the new astrometric reduction of old photographic observations." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 31]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20629) Robert = 1999 TB90
(20633) Robertluther = 1999 TU93
Discovery: 1999-10-02 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Robert Luther (b. 1987) is a German scientist at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin. He is a member of the DART and Hera Science Teams and is engaged in planetology and planetary defense by modeling impactor deflection and impact events on Earth and other bodies." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 31]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20633) Robertluther = 1999 TU93
(20635) Robinandrews = 1999 TV96
Discovery: 1999-10-02 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Robin George Andrews (b. 1988) is a British science journalist, who obtained his Ph.D. in the study of volcanology. He has written popular articles and a book on the history of planetary defense and the application of planetary science toward asteroid mitigation strategies." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 31]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20635) Robinandrews = 1999 TV96
(20636) Romanhirsch = 1999 TC97
Discovery: 1999-10-02 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Roman Hirsch (b. 1975) is a Polish astronomer working at the Astronomical Observatory Institute of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. For many years, he has been involved in asteroid observations carried out at Borowiec Observatory and is currently involved in observations at the Nordic Optical Telescope, La Palma." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 31]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20636) Romanhirsch = 1999 TC97
(20637) Rosemarydorsey = 1999 TX103
Discovery: 1999-10-03 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Rosemary C. Dorsey (b. 1996) is a New Zealand astronomer and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki in Finland. She specializes in survey simulations with a focus on asteroids, Centaurs, and interstellar objects." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 31]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20637) Rosemarydorsey = 1999 TX103
(20645) Ryderstrauss = 1999 TH149
Discovery: 1999-10-07 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Ryder H. Strauss (b. 1998) is an American astronomer who received his Ph.D. from Northern Arizona University in 2025. His work to date has focused on the interpretation of lightcurves of small Solar System bodies as well as the Earth, and on big data projects that use computational approaches." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 31]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20645) Ryderstrauss = 1999 TH149
(20647) Ryujiokazaki = 1999 TQ155
Discovery: 1999-10-07 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Ryuji Okazaki (b. 1971) is a Japanese noble gas cosmochemist who contributed to instrument development, curation, and analysis for JAXA’s Hayabusa and Hayabusa2 missions. He led the development of the air-tight Hayabusa2 sample container, which preserved solar-wind helium from asteroid Ryugu, and led studies of volatiles in the returned samples." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 32]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20647) Ryujiokazaki = 1999 TQ155
(20648) Ryukihyodo = 1999 TF166
Discovery: 1999-10-10 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Ryuki Hyodo (b. 1988) is a Japanese planetary scientist specializing in giant impacts simulation, the formation of small bodies and the origin of planetary rings in the Solar System. He has worked at the Tokyo Institute of Technology and the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA)." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 32]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20648) Ryukihyodo = 1999 TF166
(20650) Saillenfest = 1999 TG173
Discovery: 1999-10-10 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Melaine Saillenfest (b. 1990) is a French researcher at the Paris Observatory. He is an expert in the long-term dynamics of solar system bodies. He has made important contributions to the study of the stability of distant trans-Neptunian objects and Oort cloud comets." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 32]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20650) Saillenfest = 1999 TG173
(20656) Samuelgrant = 1999 TX258
Discovery: 1999-10-09 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Samuel Grant (b. 1998) is a British scientist based at the Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki. His Ph.D. research at University College London’s Mullard Space Science Laboratory included predicting crossings of comets’ ion tails by spacecraft, and studying dust trails’ interactions with the solar wind." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 32]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20656) Samuelgrant = 1999 TX258
(20685) Sánchez-Cano = 1999 VX48
Discovery: 1999-11-03 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Beatriz Sánchez-Cano (b. 1986) is a Spanish-British planetary scientist at the University of Leicester (UK). She specializes in planetary ionospheres, solar wind interactions, and heliophysics, with research also covering comet-planet dynamics and space weather at minor bodies." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 32]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20685) Sánchez-Cano = 1999 VX48
(20688) Sandroricardo = 1999 VR62
Discovery: 1999-11-04 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Sandro Ricardo de Souza (b. 1974) is a Brazilian high-school teacher in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. He worked on the effects of planetary migration to explain the orbit of Mercury and to trigger the formation of the Moon." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 32]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20688) Sandroricardo = 1999 VR62
(20695) Santiagoiglesias = 1999 VM92
Discovery: 1999-11-09 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Santiago Iglesias Alvarez (b. 1998) is a Spanish researcher at the Institute of Space Sciences and Technologies of Asturias at the University of Oviedo, Spain. His expertise ranges from the study of the rotational properties of NEAs to the detection of exoplanets using advanced mathematical methods." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 32]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20695) Santiagoiglesias = 1999 VM92
(20700) Saraheanderson = 1999 VG145
Discovery: 1999-11-08 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Sarah E. Anderson (b. 1995) is a French-American planetary scientist currently at the Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille. Her research combines simulations and compositional data from small bodies to determine the timeline of solar system formation. Sarah is also active in recovering and analyzing historical data from early comet observations." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 33]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20700) Saraheanderson = 1999 VG145
(20701) Sébastiencharnoz = 1999 VL179
Discovery: 1999-11-06 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Sébastien Charnoz (b. 1974) is a French planetary scientist specializing in the formation of small bodies and the origin of moons and rings in the Solar System. He has been a member of the Cassini Imaging Team to Saturn, the Hera mission to Didymos, and the MMX mission to Phobos." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 33]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20701) Sébastiencharnoz = 1999 VL179
(20711) Seijisugita = 1999 XF12
Discovery: 1999-12-05 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Seiji Sugita (b. 1967) is a Japanese planetary scientist who led remote-sensing studies of asteroid Ryugu with optical cameras on JAXA’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft. His expertise in impact experiments enabled key contributions to NASA’s Deep Impact mission through observations of the impact event. Seiji also contributes to ESA’s Hera mission." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 33]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20711) Seijisugita = 1999 XF12
(20712) Shashiganesh = 1999 XF13
Discovery: 1999-12-05 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Shashikiran Ganesh (b. 1970) is an Indian astronomer. He has been a scientist in the Astronomy & Astrophysics Division of the Physical Research Laboratory since 1997. Shashikiran has made extensive contributions to the polarimetric and spectroscopic studies of minor bodies using Indian facilities, some of which he helped establish." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 33]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20712) Shashiganesh = 1999 XF13
Discovery: 1999-12-06 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Daniel Sheward (b. 1995) is a British planetary scientist whose work focuses on the detection of fresh impact craters on the Moon. His use of the Moon as a natural space laboratory enables the linking of meteoroids to their resulting craters, advancing our understanding of impact-scaling laws and contributing to fundamental impact physics and space safety." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 33]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20713) Sheward = 1999 XA32
(20715) Shijianchun = 1999 XB44
Discovery: 1999-12-07 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Shi Jianchun (b. 1978) is a Chinese astronomer at the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is a specialist in the telescopic observation of asteroids, comets, and other small solar system bodies." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 33]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20715) Shijianchun = 1999 XB44
(20717) Shogotachibana = 1999 XG93
Discovery: 1999-12-07 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Shogo Tachibana (b. 1973) is a Japanese cosmochemist conducting laboratory experiments on chemical reactions in space. He contributed to JAXA’s Hayabusa2 mission through setting up the science goals, developing the sampling system, and leading the analysis of samples returned from asteroid Ryugu. Shogo is also a co-investigator of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 34]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20717) Shogotachibana = 1999 XG93
Discovery: 1999-12-07 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Jiří Šilha (b. 1983) is a Slovak astronomer at the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia. He works on optical observations of space debris and small Solar System bodies, conducts space-safety surveys with ground-based telescopes, and studies meteoroids, satellites, and orbital debris." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 34]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20718) Šilha = 1999 XZ97
Discovery: 1999-12-11 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Lauri Siltala (b. 1990) is a Finnish astronomer whose Ph.D. research developed novel methods for asteroid mass and density estimation using Gaia astrometry and close encounters. He now contributes to the High Frontiers space mission, advancing deep-space regolith excavation and planetary defense." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 34]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20723) Siltala = 1999 XH113
Discovery: 1999-12-10 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Lawrence G. Snedeker (b. 1966) is an American engineer at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex. He supervises antenna and transmitter operations at DSS-13 and DSS-14 and has provided essential support for numerous Goldstone radar observations of near-Earth asteroids." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 34]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20732) Snedeker = 1999 XB167
(20733) Sophiejacquinod = 1999 XE168
Discovery: 1999-12-10 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Sophie Jacquinod (b. 1981) is a French research engineer at the Paris Observatory, specializing in scientific computing and data processing pipelines. Her core expertise is orbitography, reconstructing the precise geometric context for planetary science data. She supports the analysis of small-body observations for missions, including Rosetta and MMX." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 34]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20733) Sophiejacquinod = 1999 XE168
(20734) Sriramsaran = 1999 XA169
Discovery: 1999-12-10 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Sriram Saran Bhiravarasu (b. 1984) is an Indian planetary scientist at the Indian Space Research Organisation. While his current work focuses on the radar measurements of the Moon, he specializes generally in understanding the properties of regolith on lunar and asteroid surfaces using radar measurements." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 34]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20734) Sriramsaran = 1999 XA169
Discovery: 1999-12-10 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Steven G. Stetzler (b. 1996) is an American astronomer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, working on asteroid photometry, data pipelines, and software development as part of the Solar System Dynamics group." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 35]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20735) Stetzler = 1999 XU169
Discovery: 1999-12-10 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Robin Sultana (b. 1995) is a French planetary scientist at the LIRA-Paris Observatory. He specializes in interpreting the composition, and the thermal and emissivity properties of small bodies and planetary satellites, through thermophysical modeling and laboratory experiments on planetary analogues." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 35]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20736) Sultana = 1999 XV170
(20737) Sungkicho = 1999 XJ189
Discovery: 1999-12-12 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Sungki Cho (b. 1967) is a Korean researcher at the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute. He is the principal investigator of the Near Space Optical Survey to discover potentially-hazardous asteroids from the southern hemisphere, and is also involved in the OWL-Net project, which uses a global network of automated telescopes." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 35]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20737) Sungkicho = 1999 XJ189
Discovery: 2000-01-02 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Sunho Jin (b. 1995) is a Korean researcher at the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, South Korea. His work includes investigating the physical properties of asteroids and comets using both telescopic and spacecraft remote-sensing data. Sunho also contributes to the instrumentation of ground-based observations." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 35]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20743) Sunhojin = 2000 AR6
(20744) Susannewampfler = 2000 AO151
Discovery: 2000-01-08 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Susanne Wampfler (b. 1981) is a Swiss astronomer. She is an expert in astrochemistry, working on the compositional and isotopic links between star-forming environments and primitive solar system matter. Susanne contributed to the detection of ammonium salts and the determination of the isotopic and molecular inventories of comet 67P." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 35]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20744) Susannewampfler = 2000 AO151
(20745) Sylvainlodiot = 2000 AS185
Discovery: 2000-01-08 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Sylvain Lodiot (b. 1975) is a French engineer at the European Space Agency. He was the operations manager of the Rosetta spacecraft that successfully visited the comet 67P and supervises the operation of other small-body missions at ESA, in particular the Hera planetary defense mission." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 35]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20745) Sylvainlodiot = 2000 AS185
Discovery: 2000-01-08 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Tadashi Yokoyama (b. 1949) is a Brazilian researcher who worked at São Paulo State University-Brazil, where he supervised many postgraduate students, as well as postdoctoral researchers. He has experience in the field of dynamical astronomy, working mainly on satellite dynamics, orbital evolution, resonance, and perturbative methods." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 35]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20746) Tadashi = 2000 AL186
(20747) Tanialepivert = 2000 AM186
Discovery: 2000-01-08 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Tania LePivert-Jolivet (b. 1997) is a French researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (Spain), specializing in the composition of primitive asteroids. Her research includes the study of visible and infrared spectra obtained with ground- and space-based telescopes, and laboratory analysis of asteroid samples from space missions." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 36]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20747) Tanialepivert = 2000 AM186
(20748) Thamirissantana = 2000 AP186
Discovery: 2000-01-08 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Thamiris de Santana (b. 1991) is a Brazilian researcher at São Paulo State University and an expert in Solar System dynamics. Her research focuses on orbital resonances among natural satellites and the long-term dynamical evolution of small bodies." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 36]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20748) Thamirissantana = 2000 AP186
(20749) Tiscareno = 2000 AD199
Discovery: 2000-01-09 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Matthew S. Tiscareno (b. 1976) is an American planetary scientist at the SETI Institute. A member of the Cassini Imaging Team, he led the discovery of “propeller” moons and impact clouds in Saturn’s rings and has conducted extensive research on ring dynamics and small moons." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 36]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20749) Tiscareno = 2000 AD199
(20750) Tomášpaulech = 2000 AF199
Discovery: 2000-01-09 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Tomáš Paulech (b. 1975) is a Slovak astronomer and director of the Astronomical and Geophysical Observatory in Modra, Comenius University Bratislava. His research focuses on comets and meteors, as Chief Technical Officer in project AMOS, the All-sky Meteor Orbit System. In 1998 Tomáš observed the remarkable Leonid meteor shower outburst with J. Tóth." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 36]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20750) Tomášpaulech = 2000 AF199
(20751) Tomnordheim = 2000 AA200
Discovery: 2000-01-09 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Tom Nordheim (b. 1986) is a Norwegian planetary scientist based at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, USA. Research he carried out for his Ph.D. at University College London’s Mullard Space Science Laboratory included the charging of comet nucleus surfaces and electrostatic dust levitation." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 36]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20751) Tomnordheim = 2000 AA200
Discovery: 2000-01-09 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Francesco Topputo (b. 1978) is an Italian professor at Politecnico di Milano. His main research activities are in the field of navigation and autonomy of cubesats in deep space. Francesco has contributed to small-body exploration as part of the Rosetta mission and as the Guidance, Navigation, and Control lead of the Milani Cubesat on Hera." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 36]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20752) Topputo = 2000 AP200
Discovery: 2000-01-08 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Marián Urbaník (b. 1970) is a Slovak amateur astronomer, astrophotographer and active NEOCP astrometric observer at Kysuce Observatory (Kysucké Nové Mesto, Slovakia). His work includes follow-up astrometry and photometry of near-Earth objects and small Solar System bodies." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 36]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20754) Urbaník = 2000 AD244
(20755) Valériegodard = 2000 BX6
Discovery: 2000-01-27 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Valérie Godard (b. 1966) is a French thin-section producer (litholamelist) at Le Laboratoire Géosciences Paris-Saclay. For 40 years, she has been producing thin sections of various rocks and meteorites to study the Solar System." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 37]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20755) Valériegodard = 2000 BX6
(20757) Veerlesterken = 2000 CV52
Discovery: 2000-02-02 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Veerle Sterken (b. 1980) is a Belgian space scientist and expert on the topic of interstellar dust within our Solar System. She uses computer simulations and spacecraft missions to explore dust and how it interacts with the heliosphere." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 37]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20757) Veerlesterken = 2000 CV52
Discovery: 2000-02-08 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Dimitri Veras (b. 1979) is an American-British theoretical astrophysicist based in the UK. Renowned for pioneering studies of asteroid, comet, and meteor dynamics beyond the Solar System, he has also excelled as a science communicator, inspiring a new generation of astronomers to pursue exoplanet research." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 37]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20758) Veras = 2000 CS94
Discovery: 2000-02-06 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Alain Vienne (b. 1963) is a French professor at Lille University. He is a specialist in the long-term dynamics of small bodies, in particular natural satellites. Alain is also involved in the astrometric observations of small bodies." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 37]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20759) Vienne = 2000 CX96
Discovery: 2000-03-04 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Antonin Wargnier (b. 2000) is a French planetary scientist who works at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. His research focuses on studying the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos, on laboratory measurements of meteorites, minerals, and planetary analogues, and on photometric modeling of planetary surfaces." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 37]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20762) Wargnier = 2000 EE36
Discovery: 2000-03-29 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Olivier Witasse (b. 1972) is a French scientist working at ESA in the Netherlands. He has served as Project Scientist for several planetary missions. Olivier’s research spans planetary science topics such as meteoritic layers in planetary atmospheres, ground-based observations of asteroid, and the study of space environments around comets." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 37]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20764) Witasse = 2000 FE38
Discovery: 2000-05-07 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Yifei Jiao (b. 1998) is a Chinese planetary scientist currently at University of California at Santa Cruz. He works on impact physics and asteroid dynamics. He showed that the near-Earth asteroid (469219) Kamoʻoalewa was likely a spallation fragment originally ejected from the young Giordano Bruno impact crater on the Moon." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 37]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20765) Yifeijiao = 2000 JC40
(20766) Yoonsoobach = 2000 PK11
Discovery: 2000-08-01 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Yoonsoo P. Bach (b. 1993) is a Korean researcher at the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, South Korea. His work focuses on the physical properties of airless Solar System bodies, especially the thermal behavior of asteroids, and their light scattering, as well as data-reduction pipelines for ground and space telescopes." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 38]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20766) Yoonsoobach = 2000 PK11
(20767) Younkiljung = 2000 PN24
Discovery: 2000-08-02 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Youn Kil Jung (b. 1978) is a Korean researcher at the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute. He participated in the Near Space Optical Survey to discover potentially-hazardous asteroids from the southern hemisphere, and is also involved in the OWL-Net project, which uses a global network of automated telescopes." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 38]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20767) Younkiljung = 2000 PN24
(20769) Yücelkiliç = 2000 QM65
Discovery: 2000-08-28 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Yücel Kiliç (b. 1988) is a Turkish astronomer who is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Andalucia Institute of Astrophysics (Spain). He specializes in stellar occultations and the development of sophisticated computational systems for astronomy, such as the Occultation Portal." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 38]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20769) Yücelkiliç = 2000 QM65
Discovery: 2000-08-25 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Koki Yumoto (b. 1996) is a Japanese planetary scientist at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. He is an expert on laboratory measurement of planetary analogues, meteorites and returned asteroid samples, on remote sensing of planetary surfaces, and on the development and calibration of optical instruments." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 38]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20770) Yumoto = 2000 QT123
Discovery: 2000-08-25 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Hisayoshi Yurimoto (b. 1962) is a Japanese cosmochemist who has made innovative developments in isotope microscopes. His oxygen isotope analysis showed that Itokawa particles are ordinary chondrite-like, and his strong leadership ensured the successful curation and chemical and isotopic analysis of samples from Ryugu from the Hayabusa2 spacecraft." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 38]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20771) Yurimoto = 2000 QY150
Discovery: 2000-09-01 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Joe Zender (b. 1963) is a German planetary scientist based at the European Space Agency in the Netherlands. He is Project Scientist for ESA’s PROBA-3 mission, which uses formation flying to simulate a solar eclipse. Joe’s research focuses on meteor showers and meteor spectral analysis through ground and airborne campaigns." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 38]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20774) Zender = 2000 RP3
Discovery: 2000-09-01 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Zhao Haibin (b. 1975) is a Chinese astronomer at the Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His main research areas include telescopic observation of asteroids, and discovery and monitoring of NEOs." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 38]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20775) Zhaohaibin = 2000 RU9
(20777) Zhouwenhan = 2000 RX10
Discovery: 2000-09-01 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Wen-Han Zhou (b. 1998) is a Chinese scientist who completed his Ph.D. at Côte d’Azur Observatory in 2024 (Nice, France). His work focuses on the rotational evolution of asteroids and contributed to advances in our understanding of the YORP and Yarkovsky effects." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 39]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20777) Zhouwenhan = 2000 RX10
Discovery: 2000-09-05 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Miroslav Znášik (b. 1956) is a Slovak scientist and former director of the Regional Observatory in Žilina (1986–2012). A graduate of Comenius University’s Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, he specialized in meteoroid and interplanetary-body observations, positional astronomy and occultations, and was active in education and public outreach." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 39]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20781) Znášik = 2000 RX38
Discovery: 2000-09-03 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
"Zuri Gray (b. 1997) is a Spanish-Irish postdoctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki whose Ph.D. research was undertaken at Armagh Observatory and Planetarium. She specializes in polarimetric observations of small bodies, including asteroid (65803) Didymos, comet 67P, and the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 39]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (20783) Zurigray = 2000 RK55
(121339) Otabekburkhonov = 1999 TO15
Discovery: 1999-10-13 / P. Kušnirák, P. Pravec / Ondřejov / 557
"Otabek Burkhonov (b. 1975) is an Uzbek astronomer who joined the Ulugh Beg Astronomical Institute in 2000 and received his Ph.D. in 2005. His research concerns optical photometry, with contributions to asteroid light curves, variable stars, lensed quasar and follow-up observations of γ-ray bursts at Maidanak Observatory." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 39]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (121339) Otabekburkhonov = 1999 TO15
(131358) Kamolergashev = 2001 KA2
Discovery: 2001-05-19 / P. Pravec, P. Kušnirák / Ondřejov / 557
"Kamoliddin Ergashev (b. 1988) is an Uzbek astronomer at the Ulugh Beg Astronomical Institute. He joined the Asteroid Group in 2007 and earned his Ph.D. in 2024. His research concerns asteroid photometry, including light-curve analysis and physical characterization, and he contributed to observational studies of asteroid pairs, clusters, and binaries. Standard Acronyms & Abbreviations The standard acronyms that may be used in citations without needing to be expanded are listed at: https://www.wgsbn-iau.org/documentation/AcronymsAndAbbreviations.html. Statistics & Links There are currently 26382 named minor planets/dwarf planets and 43 named satellites of minor planets/dwarf planets. Discoverers of minor planets may submit name proposals via the WGSBN voting website at: https://www.wgsbn-iau.org/cgi-bin/submission.py Registration is required to access this site. Requests for access should be made to contact@wgsbn-iau.org. The form for IAU members to express interest in being a Rotating Member of the WGSBN in future years is available at: https://www.wgsbn-iau.org/rotating_members.html Archival copies of the Bulletin, as well as machine-readable datafiles of new names, citations and corrigenda from each issue, are available on the WGSBN website: https://www.wgsbn-iau.org/ The Bulletin is also available from the Publications section of the IAU website: https://www.iau.org/publications/iau/wgsbn-bulletins/ Please note that the IAU Bulletin link is currently non-functional, due to the IAU site’s redesign. The email address for the WGSBN is contact@wgsbn-iau.org WGSBN Members There are 15 members of the WGSBN, 11 of whom are voting members. The other four members, who are ex-officio, are the President and General Secretary of the IAU, and representatives for the IAU WG Planetary System Nomenclature and the IAU Minor Planet Center. The current members of the WGSBN are listed below: • Jana Tichá, Chair • Keith Noll, Vice-Chair • Gareth Williams, Secretary • Yuliya Chernetenko • Julio Fernández • Daniel Green • Pam Kilmartin • Carolin Liefke (Rotating Member) • Syuichi Nakano • Carrie Nugent • Ye Quanzhi (Rotating Member) • Willy Benz, ex-officio (IAU President) • Diana Mary Worrall, ex-officio (IAU General Secretary) • Rita Schulz, ex-officio (WGPSN) • Matthew Payne, ex-officio (MPC) The WGSBN is a functional Working Group of the IAU, under the Executive Committee." [Ref: WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 39]
The Minor Planet Center -- Orbits/Observations Database: (131358) Kamolergashev = 2001 KA2
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