Named in honour of Bruce A. McIntosh (b. 1929) worked at the National Research Council of Canada. The radar meteor survey work he carried out with Peter Millman remains a benchmark. The Czech Academy of Science awarded him a special gold medal for fostering cooperative research on meteors.
Orbit type: Main Belt Asteroid
Reference: MPC 43189
Name:
McIntosh
Number:
5061
Designation:
1988 DJ
Disc. Date:
1988-02-22
Discoverer:
McNaught, R.H.
Disc. Place:
Siding Spring