Asteroid (12317) Madicampbell

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.

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Asteroid (12272) Geddylee

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.

 

Orbit type: Main Belt Asteroid

Ref: MPC 60298

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Asteroid (12225) Yanfernández

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.

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Asteroid (11955) Russrobb

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.

 

Orbit type: Main Belt Asteroid

Reference: MPC 38201

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Asteroid (10870) Gwendolen

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

 

Orbit type: Main Belt Asteroid

Reference: MPC 41938

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Asteroid (10060) Amymilne

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.

 
Orbit type: Phocaea 

Reference: MPC 46010

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Asteroid (9995) Alouette

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.

Orbit type: Main Belt Asteroid 

Reference: MPC 41571

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Asteroid (9631) Hubertreeves

Named in honour of Hubert Reeves, a professional astronomer at the French CNRS, who has become known worldwide for his popularization of astronomy through his many books and lectures on radio and television.

Orbit type: Main Belt Asteroid 

Reference: MPC 36128

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Asteroid (8785) Boltwood

Named in honour of Paul Boltwood (b. 1943-11-04 in Vancouver, British Columbia), a Canadian specialist in computer systems and outstanding amateur astronomer. Boltwood earned a B.Sc. in Mathematics from the University of British Columbia, won the Chant Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada in 1995, and won the Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific in 2000. He monitored the peculiar object OJ 287 for some two years, and has done large amounts of photometry of other blazars.

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Asteroid (8736) Shigehisa

Designations: 1997 AD7, 1929 TC, 1971 HD, 1980 XL1, 1980 YU, 1991 NM9

Osao Shigehisa (b. 1936) has actively observed variable stars since 1952. An enthusiastic recorder of the activities of Japanese amateur astronomers, he played an important role in compiling a History of Amateur Astronomy in Japan in 1987, as well as a sequel in 1994. He has been a member of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.

Orbit type: Main Belt Asteroid 

Reference: MPC 62353

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