Asteroid Naming Citations

(132798) Kürti = 2002 PU₁₆₇
Stefan Kürti (b. 1960) is a Slovakian amateur astronomer with a focus on minor planets. Among his discoveries are two near-earth objects. The name was suggested by M. Langbroek.

(132820) Miskotte = 2002 QX₆₅
Koen Miskotte (b. 1962) is a Dutch confectioner and amateur astronomer whose main interests lie in meteor astronomy. He is a very prolific meteor observer, active within the Dutch Meteor Society. The name was suggested by M. Langbroek.

(142014) Neirinck = 2002 PA₁₆₈
French-born Pierre Neirinck (b. 1926) headed the Satellite Orbits Group at Appleton Laboratory in the U.K. during the 1970s. Now retired, he still coordinates the international amateur satellite observations. The name was suggested by M. Langbroek.

(179678) Rietmeijer = 2002 QS₆₆
Frans J.M. Rietmeijer (b. 1949) is a Dutch-born planetary geologist specializing on interplanetary dust particles. He is a research professor at the University of New Mexico. The name was suggested by M. Langbroek.

(206241) Dubois = 2002 WM₂₈
Dutch anatomist, surgeon and paleontologist Marie Eugène François Thomas Dubois (1858-1940) was the "founding father" of palaeoanthropology. His dedicated search culminated in 1891 with the discovery of the first Homo erectus fossils in a bank of the Solo river near Trinil, Java. The name was suggested by M. Langbroek.

(213629) Binford = 2002 QK₆₇
Lewis R. Binford (b. 1930) is an American archaeologist and anthropologist. He was one of the main figures behind the development of the “New Archaeology” or “Processual Archaeology”, the major theoretical and methodological improvements to archaeology taking place during the 1960s to 1980s.

(215463) Jobse = 2002 QQ₆₆
Klaas Jobse (b. 1955) is a Dutch gardener and amateur astronomer who operates the Cyclops Observatory in Oostkapelle and a fireball all-sky camera. His main focus is on near-earth-asteroid follow-up, meteoric fireballs and video meteor observations. The name was suggested by M. Langbroek.

(551014) Gorman = 2012 UU₁₈₅
Alice Gorman (b. 1964) is an Australian archaeologist and an expert in lithic analysis and Heritage management. She is one of the pioneers in the field of space archaeology, the study of human material culture in space and related material culture on earth.

(555292) Bakels = 2013 UZ₃₂
Corrie Bakels (b. 1942) is a Dutch archaeobotanist, specializing on the (pre-)history of farming and its influence on the landscape. She is the founder of the archaeobotanical laboratory at Leiden University and was the first female member of the Dutch National Academic Council.

(563318) ten Kate = 2016 CD₁₄₄
Inge Loes ten Kate (b. 1976) is a Dutch astrobiologist at Utrecht University. She is a specialist on Martian environments and was involved in developing instruments for the Curiosity Mars rover.

(576466) Scherpenisse = 2012 SM₅₈
Chiara Scherpenisse (1986–2007) was a close friend of the discoverer. She worked with children and persons with intellectual disabilities in the Netherlands, and aspired to be a nurse.

(627520) Corbey = 2008 WH₁₅₄
Raymond Corbey (b. 1954) is a Dutch emeritus professor in the Philosophy of Science and Anthropology at Leiden University, known for his research on human/animal boundary perceptions and the evolution of human cognition, sociality and cultural behavior.

(276389) Winkel = 2002 WV₂₈
Jan Maarten Winkel (b. 1961) is a Dutch amateur astronomer and former treasurer of the Dutch Society of Observers of Occultations and Minor Planets, as well as the editor of its journal Occultus. He is an active observer of lunar and asteroid occultations.

(287432) Bril = 2002 WP₂₈
Henk Bril (b. 1962) is a Dutch amateur astronomer, and former chair of the Dutch Society of Observers of Occultations and Minor Planets, as well as editor of its journal Occultus. He organized many observing expeditions targeting lunar and asteroid occultations.

(287433) de Groot = 2002 WQ₂₈
Henk de Groot (b. 1954) is a Dutch amateur astronomer and secretary of the Dutch Society of Observers of Occultations and Minor Planets. He is an active observer of stellar occultations and asteroid brightness variations.

(298232) Ericlimburg = 2002 UA₇₇
Eric Limburg (b. 1962) is a Dutch amateur astronomer active within the Dutch Society of Observers of Occultations and Minor Planets. He created the Lunar Occultation Workbench, which provides free software for calculating custom Lunar occultation predictions.

(338371) Gerritsen = 2002 XO₁₁₉
Adri Gerritsen (b. 1959) is a Dutch amateur astronomer active within the Dutch Society of Observers of Occultations and Minor Planets. He is known for his calculations of stellar occultation paths, especially those of grazing lunar occultations.

(651370) Kolen = 2013 AZ₅₁
Jan Kolen (b. 1962) is a Dutch Professor in Landscape Archaeology and Cultural Heritage at Leiden University. His research focus is on the transformation of landscapes over time, combining historical, geographical and archaeological approaches to create landscape biographies that can guide heritage management.

(677772) Bettonvil = 2017 DA₂₃
Felix Bettonvil (b. 1966) is a Dutch engineer and project manager of the NOVA Optical IR Group at Leiden Observatory and ASTRON. He is an active meteor observer and board member and former chair of the Dutch Working Group on Meteors. Felix is active in public outreach on astronomy.

(434180) Brosens = 2002 UB₇₇
Jac Brosens (1941–2024) was a Dutch amateur astronomer. He used his knowledge of instrumental optics to upgrade telescopes of public observatories and colleague astronomers. He was an active promoter of observational instrumental astronomy and amateur astrophotography.

(615355) Jacobkuiper = 2002 WW₂₉
Jacob Kuiper (b. 1956) is a Dutch meteorologist, who for 43 years worked at the Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute (KNMI) until his retirement in 2021. He has been providing custom weather predictions and guidance to meteor observers during major meteor campaigns for decades.

(669952) Kootker = 2013 DJ₁₅
Lisette Kootker (b. 1981) is a Dutch geo- and bioarchaeologist and forensic scientist. Her research focus is on the application of radiogenic and stable isotopes in archaeological and forensic research, in order to gain insights into diet and mobility patterns (archaeology) and identify cold-case victims (forensics).

(679552) Efspringer = 2013 UY₂₂ = 2019 OV₅
F. Springer was the pseudonym of the Dutch novelist and diplomat Carel Jan Schneider (1932–2011). Influenced by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Schneider's stories, written in an ironic observant style, are often situated in exotic locations and usually describe the overreach and demise of one of the main characters.