Named for the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory of the National Research Council of Canada.

Ref: MPC 89388

Orbit Type: Main Belt

Stuart J. Linnell (b.1947) is a noted local musician, poet, song-writer and lifelong friend of the discoverer.

Orbit type: Main Belt

Reference: MPC 85916

John A. Ouellette (b. 1968) is currently an operations manager at the National Research Council of Canada and an authority on blue straggler stars.

Orbit type: Main Belt

Reference: MPC 89087

Glenn Hawley (b. 1951) has demonstrated leadership over decades in Canadian amateur astronomy. He served in many capacities in the Calgary Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) and then on the national RASC Executive, culminating as President (2013–2014).

Orbit type: Main Belt

Reference: MPC 89087

Harriet Tubman (c. 1822-1913) was a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad. After escaping from slavery herself in Maryland, she escorted more than 300 slaves to freedom in Canada, despite numerous risks to her own life.

Orbit type: Hilda

Reference: MPC 89086

Robert J. Weryk (b. 1981) is a researcher at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick, who has performed fundamental work on radar and optical measurements of meteors. In particular, his techniques for automatic real-time video detection of meteors are widely used. Weryk earned a PhD from Western University and spent a few years on the staff of the Pan-STARRS project in Hawaii, where he was the first observer to recognize interstellar object 1I 'Oumuamua in the discovery data on 2017-10-19.

Orbit type: Main Belt Asteroid 

Reference: MPC 89078

Wayne Neil Edwards was born in London, Ontario, on 1977-07-23. He attended Cleardale Public School and H.B. Beal Secondary School, then did an undergraduate degree in Astronomy and Geophysics (Planetary Science) at Western University. He wrote an undergraduate thesis on "Modelling of Lunar Gravity Anomalies" and graduated with Distinction in 2000. Then Edwards went on to the University of Calgary, where he earned a Master of Science degree in Geophysics in 2003.