Christopher J. Pritchet (b. 1950- ) is a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Victoria and a leading authority in the field of observational cosmology, supernovae, galaxy formation and evolution.

Orbit type: Main Belt

Reference: MPC 52770

Named by the discoverer in honor of his wife, Blythe Andra Lowe (b. in Toronto), a professional geologist in Calgary.

Orbit type: Main Belt

Reference: MPC 49102

Harry Ewen (1957- ) is a Canadian amateur astronomer who devotes his time to astronomical education for school children around Drumheller, Alberta. This minor planet was one of the 15 found using his 0.40-m telescope.

Orbit type: Main Belt

Reference: MPC 48162

Ann C. Gower, associate professor of astronomy at the University of Victoria, is an outstanding radio astronomer and gifted teacher who takes a special interest in every student in her classes. She is an active member of the University of Victoria Speakers Bureau, sharing with others her knowledge of galaxies and quasars.

Orbit type: Main Belt

Reference: MPC 48162

Designations: 2000 CB81, 1993 RV13, 1998 TJ2.
René Racine (b. 1939) has served as director of the Mt. Mégantic Observatory (1976-1980, 1984-1997) and the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (1980-1984). His research interests cover globular clusters, galaxies, astronomical instruments and adaptive optics. Some of his projects have earned him international renown.

Orbit type: Main Belt

Reference: MPC 57952

James E. Hesser, acting director of the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics and 1997 recipient of the Michael Smith Award for Science Promotion, has contributed to the study of atomic and molecular spectroscopy, rapidly varying degenerate stars, stellar populations and chemical evolution in the Milky Way and nearby galaxies.

Orbit type: Hungaria

Reference: MPC 46112

Jack Newton (1942- ) is a Canadian astrophotographer credited with some of the most famous ground-based photographs ever taken. His work, from the sun to a gravitational lens, has appeared in major news magazines. His wife Alice has long assisted him in every one of his outreach efforts, in both Canada and the U.S.

Orbit type: Main Belt

Reference: MPC 54827

Designations: 1998 FD, 1993 FA26, 1982 BW13
Named in honour of Glenn Gould (b.1932, d.1982), a pianist who remains one of Canada's most important and influential cultural figures. He is probably best known for his idiosyncratic interpretations of Johann Sebastian Bach's keyboard works, but he was also a conductor, composer, provocative author, commentator and producer of radio and TV documentaries.
Additional information kindly provided by Peter Broughton.

Orbit type: Main Belt

Named in honour of John Criswick (b. 1963- ), a University of Victoria alumnus who, as a result of his passion for astronomy, has been an enthusiastic proponent for astronomy education in Canada.

Orbit type: Main Belt

Reference: MPC 45343

Discovered by J Tichá and M. Tichý at Klet'.
Josef Škvorecký (b. 1924) is one of the preeminent Czech writers of the post-World War II generation known for mordant humour and sardonic irony. Together with his wife Zdena Salivarová, he operated The Sixty-Eight Publishers in Toronto, the main Czech exile publishing house.

Orbit type: Main Belt

Reference: MPC 43383