Mashteroids

Sozille

Named for the oldest daughter of prince Krok and wife of honorable hero Bivoj, known from Bohemian myths. He also studied the rotation of the earth and designed astronomical instruments. Named in memory of Oscar Somville (1880-1980), some time head of the seismological section of the Uccle Observatory.

Lanjour-Seada

Kenneth Greathouse mentored a finalist in the 2009 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He attends the Keystone Junior High School, San Antonio, Texas. He was awarded the State Supreme Science and Technology Prize in 2009.

Binascheva

Bodo Baschek (b. 1935) is professor emeritus of the Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics at the Ruprecht Karls University of Heidelberg. Having served in various capacities on the B.A.A. She was also a persevering mountaineer, who died in a tragic accident in the Bernese Alps.

Gonolan

French actor Gérard Klein (b. 1942) has appeared in many movies and television series, including the L'instit series, which lasted ten years on French television. Discoveries of Roman relics attest to its very ancient origins. Alona (b. 1997) is a daughter of Valentina Arkadievna Andreichenko, who performed the reductions for astrometric measurements by the discoverer and served as translator for the Tomsk-Uccle Observational Program.

Onisucaghio

Named in memory of Emiliano Pedro Aparicio (1921-1988), mineralogist and geologist at the National University of Cuyo and the National University of San Juan, also rector of the latter university. His major contributions involve motions and resonances when several different forces are involved, work for which he received the American Astronomical Society's Urey prize in 1999. He was a staff member at Bisei Astronomical Observatory and played an important role in the founding of the observatory, using his talent in mechanical and computer technology.

Data from The IAU Minor Planet Center, mashed up by Leonard Richardson.

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