Richard P. Binzel

male
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, guide dog, planetary science, near-Earth object, H. C. Urey Prize, dwarf planet
Richard (Rick) P. Binzel is a Professor of Planetary Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the inventor of the Torino Scale,...
Andrea Boattini

Andrea Boattini

female, 40 years old
Astronomer, 8925 Boattini, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Aten asteroid, near-Earth object
Andrea Boattini (born 1969) is an Italian astronomer, a prolific discoverer of asteroids. After developing a growing interest in minor planets, he...

John S. Lewis

male
Latter Day Saint academic, Space Frontier Foundation, University of California, San Diego, cosmochemistry, planetary science, near-Earth object
John S. Lewis is a professor of planetary science at the University of Arizona’s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. His interests in the chemistry an...

Jana Tichá

female, 44 years old
Astronomer, 5757 Tichá, Kleť Observatory, Committee on Small Body Nomenclature, IAU, near-Earth object
Jana Tichá is a Czech astronomer. She studied at the University of Economics in Prague and graduated in 1987. In 1992 she was selected for the p...
Anders Johan Lexell

Anders Johan Lexell

male, deceased (1784)
Swedish-speaking Finn, uranus, Finnish, asteroid, Russian, swedish…earth, near-Earth object
Anders Johan Lexell (December 24 1740 - December 11 1784 (Julian calendar: November 30)) was a Finland-Swedish-born Russian astronomer and...
James Whitney Young

James Whitney Young

male, 68 years old
Astronomer, From Portland, Oregon, NASA personnel, near-Earth object, infrared, Century 21 Exposition
James Whitney Young (January 24, 1941) was born in Portland, Oregon, and is currently the resident astronomer of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's...