Named in honor of the Reverend Robert O. Evans, Australian amateur astronomer and discoverer of several extragalactic supernovae.  Evans has successfully used a systematic visual search program to examine selected galaxies for supernova activity.  Name proposed by the discoverer following a suggestion by P. L. Dombrowski.  He was named an Honorary Member of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada on 1993-02-06.

Orbit type: Main Belt Asteroid

Reference: MPC 10845

Named for Andrew Fraknoi on the occasion of his resignation as executive director of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. He was named an Honorary Member of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada on 2011-10-29.

Orbit type: Main Belt Asteroid

Reference: MPC 20522

Andrew J. Feustel (b. 1965), NASA astronaut, served on the crew of STS-125, which successfully extended the Hubble Telescope capabilities, and STS-134, Space Shuttle Endeavour’s final mission, which delivered the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer. He also takes part in public outreach. Dr. Feustel received his PhD in Geological Sciences from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario in 1995.

Orbit type: Main Belt

Reference: MPC 75550

Named in honor of David L. Crawford (b. 1931), astronomer at the Kitt Peak National Observatory recognized for his fundamental contributions to protecting dark skies around observatories from light pollution through good outdoor lighting practices. In 1972 he was instrumental in establishing the first comprehensive lighting code, which regulated outdoor lighting in southern Arizona, and the code has become a model for such regulation throughout the world.

Named for Aceraceae, the maple family, with two genera and more than 100 species. One well-known species is Acer saccharum (sugar maple), the sap of which is used for maple syrup and maple sugar.

Orbit type: Main Belt Asteroid

Reference: MPC 34348

Dr. Elizabeth Harper-Clark (married name: Boulianne) (b. 1984) was a finalist in the 2002 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for their Earth and space sciences project. They studied at Presdales School, U.K.; Cambridge University, UK, MIT, Boston, USA and University of Toronto, Canada. Elizabeth received their PhD from the University of Toronto in 2011, working on computer simulations of the disruption of nebulae by the stars within them.

Orbit type: Main Belt Asteroid

Reference: MPC 46104

To bridge music and science for children during IYA 2009, the Victoria Symphony, under music director Tania Miller, created concerts played in several Canadian cities with teacher’s guides combining music and astronomy in an engaging manner.

Orbit type: Main Belt

Reference: MPC 66245

David Arthur Gregory (b. 1951) is a physician in St. Thomas, Ontario, who collects, displays and assists scientists in identifying and studying meteorites. The name was suggested by P. Jedicke.

Orbit type: Main Belt

Reference: MPC 65713

Christian Marois (b. 1974), René Doyon (b. 1963) and David Lafrenière (b. 1978) developed instruments that allowed seeing an extrasolar planetary system, HR 8799. Doyon was director of the Mt. Mégantic Observatory; Marois and Lafrenière were postdoctoral fellows at the Herzberg Institute and the University of Toronto.

Orbit type: Main Belt

Reference: MPC 65712

Michel Courtemanche (b. 1964 in Laval) is an internationally known Canadian comedian and actor. He has drawn hundreds of thousands to his one-man shows in Quebec, France, Belgium and Switzerland. He has starred in Québécois films La Nuit de Noces and Karmina 2, and on the Secret Adventures of Jules Verne television series, playing the role of Passepartout.