(270373) William = 2002 AE3
William Edmonds' (b. 1945) work as a software engineer at NASA was
integral to the Agency's profound impact on humankind's understanding of the
Earth's environment and stands in the greatest tradition of scientific
efforts to better our place in the universe.
A complete set of naming citations of the numbered minor planets is available in the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, edited by Lutz Schmadel.