Named in honour of Derek Charles Richardson (b. 1968-02-01 in Vancouver, British Columbia), an expert on computational techniques who has made major contributions to the study of rubble piles, particularly their tidal distortion and their collisions. Richardson uses the n-body problem to investigate how asteroids interact, and how comets, planetary rings and planets form. The focus of his work involves combining gravity and collisional dynamics. Richardson did his undergraduate degree at the University of British Columbia and received a Ph.D.

Named in honour of Ivan M. Niven (b. 1915, d. 1999), a Canadian-U.S. mathematician who worked mainly in number theory. In 1943 he completed the proof of Waring's conjecture, a conjecture formulated in 1770 to the effect that every positive integer is the sum of a finite number of n-th powers of integers.

Reference: MPC 38202

Named in honour of Louis Alexander Slotin (b. 1910-12-10 in Winnipeg, Canada, d. 1946-05-30 in Los Alamos, New Mexico), the first undergraduate student at the University of Manitoba to score perfect marks in chemistry and physics. Slotin earned his Ph.D. from King's College in London, United Kingdom, where his work in radiology helped establish radiation therapy as part of the arsenal of modern medicine. In the late 1930s, Slotin continued his work on the physics of the atomic nucleus with Enrico Fermi at the University of Chicago.

Named in honour of Margaret Diane Campbell (b. 1976-03-07 in Montréal, Canada), whose interest in astronomy began when she was a young girl. Campbell did undergraduate studies at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada, and completed her Ph.D. in 2002 at the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada, under Jim Jones. Campbell's research interests include video meteor observations as well as multi-frequency radar observations of meteor trails.

Geddy Lee (Gary Lee Weinrib, b. 1953) is the bassist, vocalist and keyboardist for the Canadian music band Rush. Geddy is the son of Polish concentration-camp survivors. He has become one of the most influential bass guitarists in rock music, and his voice is one of the most distinctive attributes of the band.

Yanga (Yan) Roland Fernández (b. 1971-06-10 in Mississauga, Ontario) grew up in New York City, Minneapolis, Washington, D.C., and went to high school in Ft. Myers, Florida. After undergraduate studies at Caltech, Yan received his Ph.D. at the University of Maryland in 1999. As a student in 1994, he helped maintain one of the first email lists used by astronomers to communicate news about a fast-breaking event, the impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 into Jupiter.

Named in honour of Russell M. Robb (b. 1952-), astronomer at the University of Victoria, who played the leading role in automating the university's 0.5-m telescope and equipping it with a CCD camera. The telescope has been used extensively in the university's observational programs, including astrometric work on comets and minor planets.

Reference: MPC 38201

Named in honour of Mary Gwendolen Ellery Read Aikman (b. 1903, d. 1994), an inspiring educator and mother of the discoverer.

Reference: MPC 41938

Amy Rae Milne (b.1982), a vibrant, energetic, young Canadian woman who has dedicated herself to creating happiness for others, has led her life with spirit. A love of science and its relationship to understanding and preserving our environment has brought her national recognition.

Reference: MPC 46010

Discovered by C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld at Palomar.

Named in honour of the first Canadian satellite. Alouette-1 was launched on 1962-09-29. It was engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere, especially the ionosphere. During its six-year lifespan it returned the first useful data on the ionosphere.

Reference: MPC 41571