(4436) Ortizmoreno = 1983 EX
     Discovered 1983 Mar. 9 by E. Barr at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Jos\'e Luis Ortiz Moreno (b. 1967) is a planetary scientist at the IAA
(CSIC) at Granada, Spain.  His contributions include studies on meteoroidal
impacts on the Moon, and observations and physical studies of TNOs, comets
and Centaurs.

(7909) Ziffer = 1975 SK
     Discovered 1975 Sept. 30 by S. J. Bus at Palomar.
     Julie Ziffer (b. 1974) is a professor of physics at the University of
Southern Maine, Portland, ME.  Her research contributions include
spectroscopic studies of primitive carbonaceous minor planets.

(7917) Hammergren = 1981 EG5
     Discovered 1981 Mar. 2 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring in the course
of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.
     Mark Hammergren (b. 1964) is an astronomer at the Adler Planetarium in
Chicago.  His research investigates the shapes, compositions and internal
structures of minor planets.  He directs a summer outreach program for
high-school students interested in astronomy.

(7918) Berrilli = 1981 EJ22
     Discovered 1981 Mar. 2 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring in the course
of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.
     Francesco Berrilli (b. 1958) is a professor in the Physics Department
of the University of Roma ``Tor Vergata'', where he teaches a solar physics
and astrophysics laboratory.  He is Principal Investigator of the ADAHELI
solar satellite project of the Italian Space Agency.

(7985) Nedelcu = 1981 EK10
     Discovered 1981 Mar. 1 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring in the course
of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.
     Dan Alin Nedelcu (b. 1976) is a research scientist at the Astronomical
Institute of the Romanian Academy.  His 2010 Ph.D. at the Paris Observatory
explored high precision astrometric techniques that may be applied to the
detection of small non-gravitational forces, such as the Yarkovsky effect.

(7986) Romania = 1981 EG15
     Discovered 1981 Mar. 1 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring in the course
of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.
     The country of Romania is located in southeast Europe, with Bucharest as
its capital. It has a land area roughly one-third that of France, and contains
the Carpathian mountains, Danube river, and borders the Black Sea.  Its
cultural history spans two millennia and the Romanian language is of Latin
origin.

(7987) Walshkevin = 1981 EV22
     Discovered 1981 Mar. 2 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring in the course
of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.
     Kevin John Walsh (b. 1978) is a scientist at the Southwest Research
Institute of Boulder, CO. His research includes the composition and formation
of minor-planet binaries as well as early solar system dynamical processes
that may have had consequences for shaping the current structure of the
asteroid belt.

(7988) Pucacco = 1981 EX30
     Discovered 1981 Mar. 2 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring in the course
of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.
     Giuseppe Pucacco (b. 1956) is a researcher in the Physics Department 
of the University of Roma ``Tor Vergata'', where he teaches celestial mechanics
and applied acoustics. He is a project manager for the eLISA/NGO experiment
of the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency.

(7989) Pernadavide = 1981 EW41
     Discovered 1981 Mar. 2 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring in the course
of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.
     Davide Perna (b. 1979) is a postdoctoral fellow at the Istituto
Nazionale di Astrofisica Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, Italy.
His research includes studying the spectral properties, rotations, and
internal structures of centaurs and transneptunian objects.

(8063) Cristinathomas = 1977 XP2
     Discovered 1977 Dec. 7 by S. J. Bus at Palomar.
     Cristina A. Thomas (b. 1982) is a postdoctoral research scientist at 
Northern Arizona University.  Her 2009 Ph.D. thesis at MIT investigated the 
compositional links between NEAs and meteorites in conjunction with tracing
their origin to main belt source locations. 

(8068) Vishnureddy = 1981 EQ28
     Discovered 1981 Mar. 6 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring in the course
of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.
     Vishnu Reddy (b. 1978) is a research professor at the University of 
North Dakota and a visiting scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Solar
System Research.  He specializes in the spectroscopic study of minor planets
and is currently analyzing Vesta's composition in support of the Dawn mission.

(8069) Benweiss = 1981 EF30
     Discovered 1981 Mar. 2 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring in the course
of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.
     Benjamin P. Weiss (b. 1973) is a professor of planetary Science at MIT.
He leads a laboratory for measuring magnetic properties of meteorites, where
detection of remnant paleomagnetic fields has implications for the early 
heating, melting, and differentiation histories of minor-planet parent bodies.

(8070) DeMeo = 1981 EM30
     Discovered 1981 Mar. 2 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring in the course
of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.
     Named in honor of Francesca E. DeMeo (b. 1984), a postdoctoral 
researcher at MIT who completed her 2010 Ph.D. thesis at the Paris 
Observatory.  An expert in spectral studies of small bodies, she extended to 
near-infrared wavelengths a taxonomic classification system for minor planets.

(8129) Michaelbusch = 1975 SK1
     Discovered 1975 Sept. 30 by S. J. Bus at Palomar.
     Named in honor of Michael W. Busch (b. 1987), a Jansky Fellow at the
Department of Earth and Space Sciences of the University of California, 
Los Angeles.  Busch is a radar astronomer who studies NEAs, 
with a particular interest in contact binary asteroids.

(8139) Paulabell = 1980 UM1
     Discovered 1980 Oct. 31 by S. J. Bus at Palomar.
     Paul A. Abell (b. 1965) is lead scientist for small bodies in the 
Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Directorate at the NASA
Johnson Space Center.  His research includes characterization of minor-planet
compositions and scientific planning for human exploration of minor planets.

(8140) Hardersen = 1981 EO15
     Discovered 1981 Mar. 1 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring in the course
of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.
     Paul S. Hardersen (b. 1965) is a professor and observatory director
in the Department of Space Studies at the University of North Dakota.
His research includes mineralogical analysis of minor-planet surfaces using
telescopic measurements in the near-infrared.

(8242) Joshemery = 1975 SA1
     Discovered 1975 Sept. 30 by S. J. Bus at Palomar.
     Joshua P. Emery (b. 1973) is a minor-planet spectroscopist in the 
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences of the University of Tennessee.
He specializes in interpreting the thermal infrared fluxes of minor planets,
with a particular interest in Trojans.

(8243) Devonburr = 1975 SF1
     Discovered 1975 Sept. 30 by S. J. Bus at Palomar.
     Devon M. Burr (b. 1966) is a geomorphologist in the Department of
Earth and Planetary Sciences of the University of Tennessee.  She
specializes in interpreting fluvial features on Mars and Titan.

(8245) Molnar = 1977 RC9
     Discovered 1977 Sept. 8 by S. J. Bus at Palomar.
     Lawrence A. Molnar (b. 1959) is a professor of physics and astronomy
and Observatory Director at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI.  He engages
and trains students in the techniques of minor-planet lightcurve photometry,
following through with the publication of new results.

(8247) Cherylhall = 1979 SP14
     Discovered 1979 Sept. 20 by S. J. Bus at Palomar.
     Cheryl L. Hall (b. 1945) served the planetary science community from
1987 to 2012 at Cornell University as a Manuscript Editor for {\it Icarus}, an
international journal of solar system studies.  She facilitated publication
of advances in all areas of planetary science, including minor-planet studies.

(8252) Elkins-Tanton = 1981 EY14
     Discovered 1981 Mar. 1 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring in the course
of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.
     Linda T. Elkins-Tanton (b. 1965) is the Director of the Department of 
Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington. Her studies of
minor-planet formation, heating, and differentiation have implications for
understanding the parent body origins of meteorites.

(8253) Brunetto = 1981 EU15
     Discovered 1981 Mar. 1 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring in the course
of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.
     Rosario Brunetto (b. 1980) is an astronomer at the Institut 
d'Astrophysique Spatiale in Orsay, France, who specializes in laboratory
ionization investigations of space weathering processes on minor-planet
surfaces. 

(8254) Moskovitz = 1981 EF18
     Discovered 1981 Mar. 2 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring in the course
of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.
     Nicholas A. Moskovitz (b. 1981) is a postdoctoral research scientist at 
the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, DC.  His research includes
spectroscopy of differentiated minor planets and their relationships to 
meteorites, with a particular focus on Vesta-like objects and HED
meteorites.

(8255) Masiero = 1981 EZ18
     Discovered 1981 Mar. 2 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring in the course
of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.
     Joseph Masiero (b. 1982) is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Jet Propulsion 
Laboratory in California.  His 2009 Ph.D. thesis at the University of Hawaii 
investigated asteroid polarization.  Currently he is processing and analyzing
minor-planet measurements by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer satellite. 

(8324) Juliadele\'on = 1981 DF2
     Discovered 1981 Feb. 28 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring in the course
of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.
     Named in honor of Julia de Le\'on Cruz (b. 1977), an astronomer at the
Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia--Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Cient{\'\i}ficas, in Granada, Spain.  Her expertise is in the spectroscopic
and mineralogical properties of minor planets.

(8325) Trigo-Rodriguez = 1981 EM26
     Discovered 1981 Mar. 2 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring in the course
of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.
     Josep Maria Trigo-Rodriguez (b. 1970) is a Consejo Superior de
Investigaciones Cient{\'\i}ficas research scientist at the Institute of Space 
Studies of Catalonia.  His investigations include compositions and orbits
of meteoroids and their relationships to minor planets and comets.

(8455) Johnrayner = 1981 ER6
     Discovered 1981 Mar. 6 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring in the course
of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.
     John T. Rayner (b. 1954) is an astronomer at the University of Hawaii's
Institute for Astronomy and Deputy Director of the NASA Infrared Telescope
Facility. He led the effort to design and build SpeX, an instrument that has
played a key role in the spectroscopic studies of minor planets for over a
decade.

(8456) Davegriep = 1981 EJ7
     Discovered 1981 Mar. 1 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring in the course
of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.
     David M. Griep (b. 1957) has been a telescope operator for the NASA
Infrared Telescope Facility on Mauna Kea since 1982.  His expertise and
dedication to observers have helped facilitate observations used in hundreds
of planetary research projects.

(8457) Billgolisch = 1981 EO8
     Discovered 1981 Mar. 1 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring in the course
of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.
     William F. Golisch (b. 1958) has been a telescope operator for the
NASA Infrared Telescope Facility on Mauna Kea since 1984. His expertise and
dedication to observers have helped facilitate observations used in
hundreds of planetary research projects.

(8458) Georgekoenig = 1981 EY9
     Discovered 1981 Mar. 1 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring in the course
of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.
     George Koenig (b. 1945) is the observatory superintendent for the NASA
Infrared Telescope Facility on Mauna Kea, Hawaii.  As a member of the IRTF
summit day crew since 1983, he has worked to ensure that the telescope and
its infrastructure are maintained and operational.

(8459) Larsbergknut = 1981 EQ18
     Discovered 1981 Mar. 2 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring in the course
of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.
     Lars V. Bergknut (b. 1947) is the observatory foreman and instrument
technician for the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility on Mauna Kea, Hawaii.
As part of the IRTF summit day crew since 1986, he prepares and maintains
the instruments used by observers.

(8460) Imainamahoe = 1981 EP19
     Discovered 1981 Mar. 2 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring in the course
of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.
     Imai Namahoe (b. 1954) is an electronics technician for the NASA
Infrared Telescope Facility on Mauna Kea, Hawaii.  As part of the IRTF
summit day crew since 1986, he has worked to ensure that the telescope
and its supporting electrical systems are maintained and operational.

(8461) Sammiepung = 1981 EC21
     Discovered 1981 Mar. 2 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring in the course
of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.
     Sammie J. Pung (b. 1958) is a mechanical technician for the NASA
Infrared Telescope Facility on Mauna Kea, Hawaii.  As part of the IRTF
summit day crew since 1982, he has worked to ensure that the telescope,
dome and supporting mechanical systems are maintained and operational.

(8463) Naomimurdoch = 1981 EM27
     Discovered 1981 Mar. 2 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring in the course
of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.
     Naomi Murdoch (b. 1984) completed her Ph.D. at The Open
University, United Kingdom in 2012.  Using  microgravity flight
experiments and numerical modeling, she investigated the behavior of
granular material under minor-planet-like low-gravity surface conditions.

(8464) Polishook = 1981 EF28
     Discovered 1981 Mar. 2 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring in the course
of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.
     David L. Polishook (b. 1976) is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  His 2010 Ph.D. thesis at Tel Aviv
University explored minor-planet spin evolution and his ongoing investigations
include spectral studies of minor-planet binaries and separated pairs.

(8465) Bancelin = 1981 EQ31
     Discovered 1981 Mar. 2 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring in the course
of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.
     David Bancelin (b. 1978) is an astronomer at the Institut de
Mecanique Celeste et de Calcul des Ephemerides at the Paris Observatory.
His 2011 Ph.D. at the Paris Observatory focused on the dynamical study of 
Earth-crossing minor-planets, particularly the problem of resonant returns.

(8466) Leyrat = 1981 EV34
     Discovered 1981 Mar. 2 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring in the course
of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.
     Cedric Leyrat (b. 1978) is an astronomer at the Paris Observatory in
Meudon whose research focuses on spin and thermal properties of minor planets
and ring particles, particularly using in situ measurements obtained by 
spacecraft.

(8467) Beno{\^\i}tcarry = 1981 ES35
     Discovered 1981 Mar. 2 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring in the course
of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.
     Named in honor of Beno{\^\i}t Carry (b. 1983), a Research Fellow at the 
European Space Astronomy Centre, Spain.  His 2009 University of Paris Ph.D.
research and ongoing investigations specialize in the physical properties of
minor planets as measured from high angular-resolution imaging.

(8468) Rhondastroud = 1981 EA40
     Discovered 1981 Mar. 2 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring in the course
of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.
     Rhonda M. Stroud (b. 1971), a planetary scientist at the Naval Research
Laboratory, has made seminal contributions to our understanding of the
origin and evolution of our solar system through transmission electron
microscopy studies of meteoritic and cometary materials.

(8482) Wayneolm = 1988 RA11
     Discovered 1988 Sept. 14 by S. J. Bus at Cerro Tololo.
     Wayne Olm (b. 1943) is a science educator for the Green
Bay, Wisconsin, public schools and the Wisconsin Space Grant College.  He has
worked to introduce planetary science to all ages, including science
education outreach to the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and Menominee Nation.

(8483) Kinwalaniihsia = 1988 SY1
     Discovered 1988 Sept. 16 by S. J. Bus at Cerro Tololo.
     Daryl Baldwin (b. 1962), whose traditional name Kinwalaniihsia means hawk
in the Myaamia language, is director of the Myaamia Project at Miami University
in Ohio. His efforts to revitalize language and culture in the Miami Tribe of
Oklahoma include introducing earth and planetary science to native communities.

(14701) Aizu = 2000 AO240
     Discovered 2000 Jan. 7 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Aizu is the westernmost third of Fukushima prefecture, Japan. The
Nisshin-kan school of samurai was established there during the Edo period.
The University of Aizu, which has participated in space missions such as
Hayabusa and Kaguya, was founded in 1993.

(15526) Kokura = 1999 XH229
     Discovered 1999 Dec. 8 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Kokura high school is in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Some students are involved in the observation of minor planets, and the school
was selected as one of the Super Science High Schools by the Japanese
government.

(15552) Sandashounkan = 2000 FO26 
     Discovered 2000 Mar. 27 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Sandashounkan high school is in Sanda City, Hyoko Prefecture, Japan.
Some students are involved in the observation of minor planets, and the school
was selected as one of the Super Science High Schools by the Japanese
government.

(15889) Xiaoyuhe = 1997 FD4
     Discovered 1997 Mar. 31 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Xiaoyu He (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent
Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his mathematics
project.  He attends the Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, Acton,
Massachusetts.

(15891) Alissazhang = 1997 GG7
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 2 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Alissa Yuan Zhang (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science
Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for her
chemistry project.  She attends the Saratoga High School, Saratoga, California.

(17030) Sierks = 1999 FC9
     Discovered 1999 Mar. 19 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     German physicist Holger Sierks (b. 1960) has worked on instrumentation
for missions such as SOHO, Ulysses, Rosetta, OSIRIS-REx and Dawn. His research
areas include solar physics and the evolution, structure, and surface
properties of small solar system bodies.

(17697) Evanchen = 1997 EQ41
     Discovered 1997 Mar. 10 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Evan Matthew Chen (b. 1993) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science
Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his
bioengineering project.  He attends the Wayzata High School, Plymouth,
Minnesota.

(17698) Racheldavis = 1997 EW42
     Discovered 1997 Mar. 10 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Rachel Michelle Davis (b. 1993) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science
Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for her
materials science project.  She attends the Smithtown High School East,
St.\ James, New York.

(18561) Fengningding = 1997 EY34
     Discovered 1997 Mar. 4 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Fengning Ding (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent
Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his mathematics
project.  He attends the Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts.

(18563) Danigoldman = 1997 FC3
     Discovered 1997 Mar. 31 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Danielle Goldman (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science
Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for her
behavioral and social-sciences project.  She attends the Bronx High School
of Science, Bronx, New York.

(18564) Caseyo = 1997 GO6
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 2 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Casey O'Connell mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent
Search, a science competition for high-school seniors.  He teaches at the
Henry M. Gunn High School, Palo Alto, California.

(18565) Selg = 1997 GP35
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 6 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Timothy Selg mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent
Search, a science competition for high-school seniors.  He teaches at the 
White Plains High School, White Plains, New York.

(18728) Grammier = 1998 KZ3
     Discovered 1998 May 22 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Richard (``Rick'') S. Grammier (1955-2011) was director of solar system
exploration at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He worked as manager or
project manager on missions such as Cassini, Stardust, Deep Impact and Juno.

(18730) Wingip = 1998 KV7
     Discovered 1998 May 23 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Wing Ip (b. 1947) is Vice Chancellor of the University system of Taiwan.
He works on cometary physics, solar system origin, planet formation,
planetary atmospheres and exospheres, and plasma physics. Wing Ip participated
in the Cassini-Huygens mission.

(19122) Amandabosh = 1985 VF1
     Discovered 1985 Nov. 7 by E. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the
Lowell Observatory.
     Amanda S. Bosh (b. 1965) is a lecturer in the Department of Earth,
Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. An expert in planetary occultations, her research includes the
properties of Saturn's rings and the atmospheres of Triton and Pluto.

(19123) Stephenlevine = 1986 TP1
     Discovered 1986 Oct. 7 by E. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the
Lowell Observatory.
     Stephen E. Levine (b. 1965), an astronomer at Lowell Observatory, is the
Discovery Channel Telescope Commissioning Scientist. His research includes
large astrometric surveys and the numerical simulation of the dynamics of
astrophysical disk systems.

(19354) Fredkoehler = 1997 FS2
     Discovered 1997 Mar. 31 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Frederic Koehler (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent
Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his computer-science
project.  He attends the Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland.

(19355) Merpalehmann = 1997 FU2
     Discovered 1997 Mar. 31 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Meredith Paloma Lehmann (b. 1995) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science
Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for her medicine
and health project.  She attends the La Jolla High School, La  Jolla,
California.

(19470) Wenpingchen = 1998 HE52
     Discovered 1998 Apr. 30 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Wen Ping Chen (b. 1958) leads the National Central University of Taiwan's
participation in the Taiwan-American Occultation Survey (TAOS), the goal of
whcih is to map the distribution of small transneptunian objects.

(19494) Gerbs = 1998 KJ8
     Discovered 1998 May 23 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     James (``Gerbs'') Bauer (b. 1968) studies the physical nature of Centaurs
and other
outer solar system bodies.  For the WISE infrared satellites observatory,
he led the moving-object detection subsystem that was responsible for
detecting near-Earth objects.

(19509) Niigata = 1998 MG38
     Discovered 1998 June 29 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Niigata prefecture is located on the island of Honshu, Japan. The
Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2012 meeting is to be held at Toki Messe in Niigata
city, capital of the prefecture. Niigata is known for high quality rice and
sake.

(19534) Miyagi = 1999 GL47
     Discovered 1999 Apr. 6 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Miyagi is a Japanese prefecture in the Tohoku region of Honshu. Its
coastal area was heavily damaged during the March 2011 tsunami.

(19691) Iwate = 1999 RN214
     Discovered 1999 Sept. 5 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Iwate, the second largest prefecture in Japan, is located in north
Honshu. Its coast was heavily damaged during the March 2011 tsunami. Iwate
has one of the oldest astronomical institutions in Japan (Mizusawa
Observatory), which was established for Earth rotation measurements.

(19701) Aomori = 1999 SH19
     Discovered 1999 Sept. 29 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Aomori prefecture, Japan, is located in northernmost Tohoku Region,
Honshu.  The southeastern coast of Aomori was damaged during the March
2011 tsunami.

(19713) Ibaraki = 1999 TV228
     Discovered 1999 Oct. 3 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     The Japanese prefecture of Ibaraki houses three research centers 
(Tsukuba, Tokai and Kashima) that contain more than 300 research institutes.
The capital city, Mito, is famous for the Kairakuen Garden and its 3000 plum
trees.  The coast was damaged by the March 2011 tsunami.

(19731) Tochigi = 1999 XA151
     Discovered 1999 Dec. 9 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Tochigi is a prefecture north of Tokyo. Its World Heritage site in Nikko
houses shrines and temples associated with the Tokugawa Soguns. Part of
Tochigi was damaged during the March 2011 earthquake.

(19853) Ichinomiya = 2000 TL60
     Discovered 2000 Oct. 2 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Ichinomiya is the name of a high school in Ichinomiya City, Aichi
Prefecture, Japan.  The school was selected as a Super Science High School by
the Japanese government.  Some of its students observe minor planets.

(20205) Sitanchen = 1997 EJ34
     Discovered 1997 Mar. 4 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Sitan Chen (b. 1995) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent
Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his mathematics
project.  He attends the Northview High School, Duluth, Georgia.

(20207) Dyckovsky = 1997 FB4
     Discovered 1997 Mar. 31 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Ari Misha Dyckovsky (b. 1993) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science
Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his physics
and space-science project.  He attends the Loudoun County Academy of Science,
Sterling, Virginia.

(20208) Philiphe = 1997 FC4
     Discovered 1997 Mar. 31 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Philip Cody He (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent
Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his plant-science
project.  He attends the Okemos High School, Okemos, Michigan.

(20211) Joycegates = 1997 GK8
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 2 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Joyce Gates mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search,
a science competition for high-school seniors.  She teaches at the West
Lafayette Junior-Senior High School, West Lafayette, Indiana.

(20212) Ekbaltouma = 1997 GR8
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 3 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Ekbal Touma mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search,
a science competition for high-school seniors.  She teaches at the John Cooper
School, The Woodlands, Texas.

(20213) Saurabhsharan = 1997 GE20
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 5 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Saurabh Sharan (b. 1993) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent
Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his computer-science
project.  He attends the Bellarmine College Preparatory School, San Jose,
California.

(20214) Lorikenny = 1997 GL21
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 6 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Lori Kenny mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search,
a science competition for high-school seniors.  She teaches at the Huntington
High School, Huntington, New York.

(20217) Kathyclemmer = 1997 GK33
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 3 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Kathy Clemmer mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search,
a science competition for high-school seniors.  She teaches at the El Segundo
High School, El Segundo, California.

(20218) Dukewriter = 1997 GT34
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 3 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Duke Writer mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search,
a science competition for high-school seniors.  He teaches at the Loudoun
County Academy of Science, Sterling, Virginia.

(20219) Brianstone = 1997 GP36
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 6 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Brian Stone mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search,
a science competition for high-school seniors.  He teaches at the Northview
High School, Duluth, Georgia.

(20613) Chibaken = 1999 RE240
     Discovered 1999 Sept. 11 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Chiba prefecture is located east of Tokyo. In 2011, some areas were
damaged during the Tohoku earthquake.

(21966) Hamadori = 1999 WJ9
     Discovered 1999 Nov. 27 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Hamadori is a coastal region in Fukushima prefecture, Japan. The area
between Abukuma highland and the Pacific coast was seriously damaged during
the 2011 Tohoku earthquake.

(22477) Julimacoraor = 1997 EU42
     Discovered 1997 Mar. 10 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Juliana Mathea Coraor (b. 1995) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science
Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for her physics
and space-science project.  She attends the Huntington High School,
Huntington, New York.

(22481) Zachlynn = 1997 GM13
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 3 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Zach Lynn mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search,
a science competition for high-school seniors.  He teaches at the Bronx High
School of Science, Bronx, New York.

(22482) Michbertier = 1997 GK16
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 3 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Michelle Bertier mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent
Search, a science competition for high-school seniors.  She teaches at the
La Jolla High School, La Jolla, California.

(22485) Unterman = 1997 GS22
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 6 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Nathan Unterman mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent
Search, a science competition for high-school seniors.  He teaches at the
Glenbrook North High School, Northbrook, Illinois.

(22487) Megphillips = 1997 GP23
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 6 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Megan Phillips mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent
Search, a science competition for high-school seniors.  She teaches at the
International Academy, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

(22488) Martyschwartz = 1997 GP24
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 7 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Martin Schwartz mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent
Search, a science competition for high-school seniors.  He teaches at the
Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, Denton, Texas.

(22492) Mosig = 1997 GN35
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 6 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Thomas Mosig mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search,
a science competition for high-school seniors.  He teaches at the Troy High
School, Fullerton, California.

(22719) Nakadori = 1998 SH25
     Discovered 1998 Sept. 22 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Nakadori is the central part of Fukushima prefecture, Japan, and is
located between the Ou Mountains and Abukuma highland. Nakadori's capital is
Fukushima. The region also contains the important transportation center of
Koriyama.

(22745) Rikuzentakata = 1998 TN34
     Discovered 1998 Oct. 14 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     A city in Iwate, Japan, Rikuzentakata was heavily damaged by the 2011
tsunami. Its nationally designated place of scenic beauty, Takata-matsubara,
was so affected that there remained only one of 70000 palm trees.

(22885) Sakaemura = 1999 RS239
     Discovered 1999 Sept. 8 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Sakaemura is a small mountainside village in Nagano prefecture, Japan.
Adjacent to Niigata prefecture, Sakaemura is renowned for its heavy snowfalls.
The village was heavily damaged during the 2011 earthquake.

(22914) Tsunanmachi = 1999 TU36
     Discovered 1999 Oct. 13 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Tsunanmachi, a town in Niigata prefecture, Japan, is famous for its
Koshihikari rice. The town was heavily damaged during the 2011 earthquake.

(22948) Maidanak = 1999 TR222
     Discovered 1999 Oct. 2 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Maidanak is a mountainous region in SE Uzbekistan. On a spur of the Pamir
Alai mountains, at 2000 m altitude, is Maidanak Observatory, a world-class
astronomical facility.

(22951) Okabekazuko = 1999 TA243
     Discovered 1999 Oct. 4 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Kazuko Okabe (b. 1972), of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, is the
secretary of Junichiro Kawaguchi, project manager for the Hayabusa mission.

(22952) Hommasachi = 1999 TF243
     Discovered 1999 Oct. 5 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Sachiko Homma (b. 1965), of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, is
the secretary of Makoto Yoshikawa, project scientist for the Hayabusa mission.

(23109) Yanagisawa = 1999 YD13
     Discovered 1999 Dec. 30 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Masahisa Yanagisawa (b. 1955), planetary scientist at the University of
Electro-Communications, Tokyo, works on experimental studies of collision
phenomena and makes observations of meteoroid impacts on the Moon.

(23169) Michikami = 2000 GK174
     Discovered 2000 Apr. 5 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Tatsuhiro Michikami (b. 1971) is a planetary scientist at Fukushima
College of Technology, Japan. As a team member of the Hayabusa mission, he
analyzed the surface geology of asteroid Itokawa, especially the distribution
of boulders.

(23173) Hideaki = 2000 HF26
     Discovered 2000 Apr. 24 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Hideaki Miyamoto (b. 1970) is a planetary scientist at the University of
Tokyo. As a member of the Hayabusa mission, he analyzed the surface geology of
asteroid Itokawa, especially regolith transport processes.

(23180) Ryosuke = 2000 KH57
     Discovered 2000 May 28 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Ryosuke Nakamura (b. 1968), of the National Institute of Advanced
Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan, is a remote-sensing
specialist who works on Earth-observing and planetary missions. He analyzed
the surface geology of asteroid Itokawa.

(23241) Yada = 2000 WV131
     Discovered 2000 Nov. 20 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Toru Yada (b. 1971) is a planetary scientist at the Institute of Space
and Astronautical Science at JAXA.  He is one of the principal scientists at
JAXA's planetary material samples curation facility, where samples from
(25143) Itokawa are studied and preserved.

(23245) Fujimura = 2000 WP168
     Discovered 2000 Nov. 25 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Akio Fujimura (b. 1947) is a planetary scientist and former professor at
the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science at JAXA. He was responsible
for JAXA's planetary materials curation facility, where samples from asteroid
Itokawa are studied and preserved.

(23246) Terazono = 2000 WY168
     Discovered 2000 Nov. 25 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Junya Terazono (b.1967) is a planetary scientist and information
technology specialist. He has participated in several Japanese lunar and
planetary missions, including Hayabusa and Kaguya, as well as their education
and public outreach programs.

(23254) Chikatoshi = 2000 YZ15
     Discovered 2000 Dec. 22 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Japanese planetary scientist Chikatoshi Honda (b. 1975) is a member of
the Hayabusa (MUSES-C) and Kaguya (SELENE) mission teams.

(23289) Naruhirata = 2000 YQ126
     Discovered 2000 Dec. 29 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Japanese planetary scientist Naru Hirata (b. 1970) is a member of
the Hayabusa, Hayabusa2, and SELENE mission teams.

(23294) Sunao = 2000 YJ137
     Discovered 2000 Dec. 23 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Sunao Hasegawa (b. 1969) manages the two-stage light-gas guns facility at
the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science at JAXA. The facility is used
to study high-velocity impact processes. Hasegawa contributes asteroid 
observations made by the Japanese infrared satellite AKARI.

(23667) Savinakim = 1997 FM4
     Discovered 1997 Mar. 31 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Savina Dine Kim (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent
Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for her biochemistry
project.  She attends the Commack High School, Commack, New York.

(23668) Eunbekim = 1997 FR4
     Discovered 1997 Mar. 31 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     EunBe Kim (b. 1993) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search,
a science competition for high-school seniors, for her biochemistry project.
She attends the Academy for Medical Science Technology, Hackensack, New Jersey.

(23669) Huihuifan = 1997 FB5
     Discovered 1997 Mar. 31 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Huihui Fan (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent
Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for her plant-science
project.  She attends the Stuyvesant High School, New York, New York.

(23672) Swiggum = 1997 GR21
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 6 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Leslie Swiggum mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent
Search, a science competition for high-school seniors.  She teaches at the
Wayzata High School, Plymouth, Minnesota.

(23673) Neilmehta = 1997 GB23
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 6 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Neil Kamlesh Mehta (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science
Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his
biochemistry project.  He attends the Jericho Senior High School, Jericho,
New York.

(23674) Juliebaker = 1997 GJ23
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 6 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Julie Baker mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search,
a science competition for high-school seniors.  She teaches at the Plano East
Senior High School, Plano, Texas.

(23675) Zabinski = 1997 GU23
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 6 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Urszula Zabinski mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent
Search, a science competition for high-school seniors.  She teaches at the
Bellarmine College Preparatory School, San Jose, California.

(23679) Andrewmoore = 1997 GM33
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 3 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Andrew Moore mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search,
a science competition for high-school seniors.  He teaches at the Okemos High
School, Okemos, Michigan.

(23680) Kerryking = 1997 GL34
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 3 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Kerry King mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search,
a science competition for high-school seniors.  She teaches at the Arcadia
High School, Arcadia, California.

(23681) Prabhu = 1997 GC36
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 6 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Anirudh Prabhu (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent
Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his mathematics
project.  He attends the West Lafayette Junior-Senior High School, West
Lafayette, Indiana.

(23741) Takaaki = 1998 KB4
     Discovered 1998 May 22 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Takaaki Noguchi (b. 1961), a professor at Ibaraki University, Bunkyo,
Japan, has studied a wide variety of meteorites and interplanetary dust
particles. He found monophase iron particles, the first direct evidence of
space weathering, in samples from asteroid Itokawa.

(23742) Okadatatsuaki = 1998 KW4
     Discovered 1998 May 22 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Tatsuaki Okada (b. 1968) is an associate professor at the Institute of
Space and Astronautical Science, JAXA. His work on Japanese asteroid sample
return missions centers on X-ray spectrometry and thermal emission
measurements.

(23743) Toshikasuga = 1998 KT6
     Discovered 1998 May 22 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Toshihiro Kasuga (b. 1977) is an astronomer at the National Astronomical
Observatory of Japan. He works on asteroids, comets, and meteors.

(23744) Ootsubo = 1998 KX6
     Discovered 1998 May 22 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Takafumi Ootsubo (b. 1970) is an associate professor at Tohoku
University. He has studied interplanetary and cometary dust particles using
mid-infrared spectroscopy, and has made a spectroscopic survey of cometary CO2
using AKARI satellite observations.

(23772) Masateru = 1998 MU37
     Discovered 1998 June 24 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Masateru Ishiguro (b. 1971) is an assistant professor at Seoul National
University who works on interplanetary dust particles, and in particular on 
dust grains ejected from comets and asteroids.

(23773) Sarugaku = 1998 MV37
     Discovered 1998 June 24 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Yuki Sarugaku (b. 1978), now at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency,
Tokyo, recently completed his doctoral dissertation at the University of Tokyo
on the dust trails of comets.

(23775) Okudaira = 1998 PE
     Discovered 1998 Aug. 2 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Kyoko Okudaira (b. 1973) is a Japanese planetary scientist. She is a
member of the Stardust PET, Hayabusa, Ikaros-ALADDIN, and TANPOPO mission
teams.

(23819) Tsuyoshi = 1998 QK54
     Discovered 1998 Aug. 27 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Japanese researcher Tsuyoshi Terai (b. 1983), of the National 
Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Subaru Telescope, observes small solar
system bodies such as asteroids, transneptunian objects, and irregular
satellites.

(23879) Demura = 1998 SX4
     Discovered 1998 Sept. 17 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Japanese lunar and planetary scientist Hirohide Demura (b. 1970) works on
Japanese deep-space missions, among them Nozomi (Planet-B) to Mars, Hayabusa
(MUSES-C) to asteroid Itokawa, and Kaguya (SELENE) to the Moon.

(23886) Toshihamane = 1998 SV23
     Discovered 1998 Sept. 17 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Toshihiko Hamane (b. 1963) is curator of the Gunma Astronomical
Observatory. He assisted Yoshihide Kozai, director of GAO from 1997 to 2012,
especially in the field of school education of astronomy and planetary
science. He is also a popularizer of astronomy.

(23887) Shinsukeabe = 1998 SA24
     Discovered 1998 Sept. 17 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Shinsuke Abe (b. 1970) is a pioneer in modern meteoroid and asteroid
research. He has contributed to NASA's 1998-2002 Leonid Multi-Instrument
Aircraft Campaign, the Hayabusa (MUSES-C) mission, and to the discovery of
near-Earth objects by Pan-STARRS.

(23888) Daikinoshita = 1998 SZ24
     Discovered 1998 Sept. 18 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Kinoshita Daisuke (b. 1974), of the Institute of Astronomy at the
National Central University, Taiwan, studies asteroids and comets. He has also
worked on instrumentation and operations at Lulin Observatory, and has
contributed to the development of astronomy in Taiwan.

(23894) Arikahiguchi = 1998 SM56
     Discovered 1998 Sept. 16 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Arika Higuchi (b. 1979) is a Japanese theoretical astronomer who uses
analytical methods to work on small solar system bodies, especially those in
the Oort cloud. She is a member of the local organizing committee for the
Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2012 conference.

(23895) Akikonakamura = 1998 SH58
     Discovered 1998 Sept. 17 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Akiko Nakamura (b. 1964) is a Japanese experimentalist in the field of
planetary science, especially on collision processes in small bodies. She was
a member of the science team of the Hayabusa mission.

(23896) Tatsuaki = 1998 SF59
     Discovered 1998 Sept. 17 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Tatsuaki Hashimoto (b. 1963) works on spacecraft guidance and control at
the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Tokyo. He was engaged in
the attitude and orbit control systems of spacecraft such as the Hayabusa
sample return mission to asteroid Itokawa.

(23897) Daikuroda = 1998 SA60
     Discovered 1998 Sept. 17 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Kuroda Daisuke (b. 1977) is an astronomer at the National Astronomical
Observatory of Japan. He developed an automated reduction system using a
roboticized telescope at Okayama Astrophysical Observatory.

(23900) Urakawa = 1998 SO61
     Discovered 1998 Sept. 17 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Seitaro Urakawa (b. 1975) is an astronomer who works at the Bisei
Spaceguard Center.

(23931) Ibuki = 1998 SV164
     Discovered 1998 Sept. 21 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Ibuki Kawamoto (b. 1979) is an administrative associate at the Center for
Computational Astrophysics, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. She
has organized an observational program for young asteroid families in
Uzbekistan, South Korea, Taiwan and Japan.

(23938) Kurosaki = 1998 TR33
     Discovered 1998 Oct. 14 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Hirohisa Kurosaki (b. 1970), of the Japan Aerospace Explorarion Agency,
works on asteroids, space debris and remote sensing. He has discovered many
asteroids.

(23950) Tsusakamoto = 1998 UM24
     Discovered 1998 Oct. 18 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Tsuyoshi Sakamoto (b. 1975), a researcher at the Japan Spaceguard
Association, has, since 2006, made astrometric observations of many asteroids
at the Bisei Spaceguard Center. He has developed a cluster system for orbit
determination, and a wide-field CCD survey camera.

(23955) Nishikota = 1998 UO44
     Discovered 1998 Oct. 18 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Nishiyama Kota (b. 1965) is an astronomer who works at the Bisei
Spacegaurd Center of Japan.

(24053) Shinichiro = 1999 TS36
     Discovered 1999 Oct. 12 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Shin-ichiro Okumura (b. 1965) is an astronomer at the Bisei Spacegaurd
Center of Japan. He developed the first open-use infrared astronomical
instrument in Japan, and has developed an astronomical data archive system.

(24093) Tomoyamaguchi = 1999 UM38
     Discovered 1999 Oct 29 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Tomohiro Yamaguchi (b. 1984) is a trajectory analyst who has assisted in
the construction of a cluster system for asteroid orbit computation in
Sagamihara city. He studies orbital dynamics for both natural bodies and for
interplanetary spacecraft such as Hayabusa and IKAROS.

(24157) Yanagisawa = 1999 VN192
     Discovered 1999 Nov. 1 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Toshifumi Yanagisawa (b. 1971), a senior reseacher at JAXA, is working on
the development of observational technologies for space debris and near-Earth
objects.

(24158) Kokubo = 1999 VV192
     Discovered 1999 Nov. 1 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Kokubo Eiichiro (b. 1968) is an astronomer at the National Astronomical
Observatory of Japan. He has been studying the origin of planetary systems
theoretically.

(24159) Shigetakahashi = 1999 VY192
     Discovered 1999 Nov. 1 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Shigeru Takahashi (b. 1970) is a Japanese solar system researcher. He
completed his Ph.D at Kobe University.

(24922) Bechtel = 1997 EH33
     Discovered 1997 Mar. 4 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Marian Joan Bechtel (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science
Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for her
engineering project.  She attends the Hempfield High School, Landisville,
Pennsylvania.

(24923) Claralouisa = 1997 EB37
     Discovered 1997 Mar. 5 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Clara Louisa Fannjiang (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science
Talent Search and was also awarded second place in the 2011 Intel International
Science and Engineering Fair, for her physics and space-science project.  She
attends the Davis Senior High School, Davis, California.

(24926) Jinpan = 1997 GB8
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 2 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Jin Pan (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search,
a science competition for high-school seniors, for his bioinformatics and
genomics project.  He attends the Henry M. Gunn High School, Palo Alto,
California.

(24927) Brianpalmer = 1997 GP12
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 3 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Brian Palmer mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search,
a science competition for high-school seniors.  He teaches at the Hanford
High School, Richland, Washington.

(24928) Susanbehel = 1997 GK13
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 3 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Susan Behel mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search,
a science competition for high-school seniors.  She teaches at the Oviedo
High School, Oviedo, Florida.

(24930) Annajamison = 1997 GL17
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 3 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Anna Jamison mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search,
a science competition for high-school seniors.  She teaches at the Port
Huron Northern High School, Port Huron, Michigan.

(24931) Noeth = 1997 GO18
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 3 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     William Noeth mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent
Search, a science competition for high-school seniors.  He teaches at the
Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, Acton, Massachusetts.

(24934) Natecovert = 1997 GK36
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 6 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Nathaniel Covert mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent
Search, a science competition for high-school seniors.  He teaches at the
Shaker High School, Latham, New York.

(26199) Aileenperry = 1997 GP13
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 3 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Aileen Perry mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search,
a science competition for high-school seniors.  She teaches at the Gretchen
Whitney High School, Cerritos, California.

(26200) Van Doren = 1997 GF17
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 3 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Benjamin Mark Van Doren (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science
Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his
animal-sciences project.  He attends the White Plains High School, White
Plains, New York.

(26201) Sayonisaha = 1997 GD24
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 6 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Sayoni Saha (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent
Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for her behavioral and
social-sciences project.  She attends the Gretchen Whitney High School,
Cerritos, California.

(26934) Jordancotler = 1997 EV33
     Discovered 1997 Mar. 4 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Jordan Saul Cotler (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science
Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his physics
and space-science project.  He attends the Glenbrook North High School,
Northbrook, Illinois.

(26938) Jackli = 1997 FW3
     Discovered 1997 Mar. 31 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Jack Zhihao Li (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent
Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his bioengineering
project.  He attends the El Segundo High School, El Segundo, California.

(26939) Jiachengli = 1997 FZ4
     Discovered 1997 Mar. 31 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Jiacheng Li (b. 1993) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent
Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his
computer-science project.  He attends the Arcadia High School, Arcadia,
California.

(26940) Quintero = 1997 GC8
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 2 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Oliver Adolfo Quintero (b. 1993) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science
Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his
chemistry project.  He attends the John Cooper School, The Woodlands, Texas.

(26942) Nealkuhn = 1997 GM12
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 3 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Neal Kuhn mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search,
a science competition for high-school seniors.  He teaches at the Hempfield
High School, Landisville, Pennsylvania.

(26945) Sushko = 1997 GE22
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 6 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Andrey Sushko (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent
Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his engineering
project.  He attends the Hanford High School, Richland, Washington.

(26946) Ziziyu = 1997 GG23
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 6 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Zizi Yu (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search,
a science competition for high-school seniors, for her medicine and health
project.  She attends the Amity Regional High School, Woodbridge, Connecticut.

(26947) Angelawang = 1997 GF36
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 6 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Angela Wang (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent
Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for her
computer-science project.  She attends the Shaker High School, Latham, New
York.

(26948) Annasato = 1997 GD38
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 6 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Anna Sato (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent
Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for her
materials-science project.  She attends the Ward Melville High School, East
Setauket, New York.

(27928) Nithintumma = 1997 EG38
     Discovered 1997 Mar. 5 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Nithin Reddy Tumma (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science
Talent Search, and was awarded first place in the 2011 Intel International
Science and Engineering Fair, for his biochemistry project.  He attends the
Port Huron Northern High School, Port Huron, Michigan.

(27930) Nakamatsu = 1997 GN6
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 2 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Kathy Nakamatsu mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent
Search, a science competition for high-school seniors.  She teaches at the
Saratoga High School, Saratoga, California.

(27931) Zeitlin-Trinkle = 1997 GU7
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 2 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Maria Zeitlin-Trinkle mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science
Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors.  She teaches at
the Smithtown High School East, St. James, New York.

(27932) Leonyao = 1997 GF8
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 2 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Leon Yao (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search,
a science competition for high-school seniors, for his engineering project.
He attends the Troy High School, Fullerton, California.

(29430) Mimiyen = 1997 GG22
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 6 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Mimi Yen (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search,
a science competition for high-school seniors, for her animal-sciences project.
She attends the Stuyvesant High School, New York, New York.

(29432) Williamscott = 1997 GP34
     Discovered 1997 Apr. 3 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     William Scott mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent
Search, a science competition for high-school seniors.  He teaches at the
Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts.

(33011) Kurtiscarsch = 1997 EH36
     Discovered 1997 Mar. 4 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Kurtis Mickel Carsch (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science
Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his
chemistry project.  He attends the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science,
Denton, Texas.

(33014) Kalinich = 1997 FE4
     Discovered 1997 Mar. 31 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid
Research Team at Socorro.
     Adam Orval Kalinich (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science
Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his
mathematics project.  He attends the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy,
Aurora, Illinois.

(73520) Boslough = 2003 MB1
     Discovered 2003 June 22 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object
Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
     Mark Boslough (b. 1955) is a physicist at Sandia National Laboratories.
He has computed the most detailed models to date of atmospheric impact
phenomena, especially the Tunguska event and the much older impact that
produced the Lybian Desert glass found in Egypt.