Asteroid (4859) Fraknoi

Named for Andrew Fraknoi on the occasion of his resignation as executive director of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. He was named an Honorary Member of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada on 2011-10-29.

Orbit type: Main Belt Asteroid

Reference: MPC 20522

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Asteroid (191282) Feustel

Andrew J. Feustel (b. 1965), NASA astronaut, served on the crew of STS-125, which successfully extended the Hubble Telescope capabilities, and STS-134, Space Shuttle Endeavour’s final mission, which delivered the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer. He also takes part in public outreach. Dr. Feustel received his PhD in Geological Sciences from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario in 1995.

Orbit type: Main Belt

Reference: MPC 75550

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Asteroid (7327) Crawford

Named in honor of David L. Crawford (b. 1931), astronomer at the Kitt Peak National Observatory recognized for his fundamental contributions to protecting dark skies around observatories from light pollution through good outdoor lighting practices. In 1972 he was instrumental in establishing the first comprehensive lighting code, which regulated outdoor lighting in southern Arizona, and the code has become a model for such regulation throughout the world.

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Asteroid (8833) Acer

Named for Aceraceae, the maple family, with two genera and more than 100 species. One well-known species is Acer saccharum (sugar maple), the sap of which is used for maple syrup and maple sugar.

Orbit type: Main Belt Asteroid

Reference: MPC 34348

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Asteroid (11715) Harperclark

 

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Asteroid (202740) Vicsympho

To bridge music and science for children during IYA 2009, the Victoria Symphony, under music director Tania Miller, created concerts played in several Canadian cities with teacher’s guides combining music and astronomy in an engaging manner.

Orbit type: Main Belt

Reference: MPC 66245

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Asteroid (199763) Davidgregory

David Arthur Gregory (b. 1951) is a physician in St. Thomas, Ontario, who collects, displays and assists scientists in identifying and studying meteorites. The name was suggested by P. Jedicke.

Orbit type: Main Belt

Reference: MPC 65713

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Asteroid (74503) Madola

Christian Marois (b. 1974), René Doyon (b. 1963) and David Lafrenière (b. 1978) developed instruments that allowed seeing an extrasolar planetary system, HR 8799. Doyon was director of the Mt. Mégantic Observatory; Marois and Lafrenière were postdoctoral fellows at the Herzberg Institute and the University of Toronto.

Orbit type: Main Belt

Reference: MPC 65712

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Asteroid (63129) Courtemanche

 

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Asteroid (6921) Janejacobs

Having moved to New York City during the Depression, Jane Jacobs, OC, O. Ont, (b.1916 in Scranton, PA - d.2006 in Toronto) was way ahead of her time in championing the idea that cities are more important than nations in the "real economic world". Cities should not be laboratories for ill-placed expressways and housing projects but left to develop by themselves.

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