Asteroids named after BAA members

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Asteroid NumberAsteroid NameForenamesSurname Note (e.g. maiden name)
339DorotheaDorotheaKlumpke 
366VincentinaVincenzoCerulli 
708RaphaelaRaphael LouisBischoffsheim 
784PickeringiaWilliam and EdwardPickering 
819BarnardianaEdward EmersonBarnard 
872HoldaEdward SingletonHolden 
922SchlutiaHenryTiarks 
992Swasey AmbroseSwasey 
1019StrackeaGustavStracke 
1021FlammarioCamilleFlammarion
1024HaleGeorge ElleryHale
1040KlumpkeaDorotheaKlumpke
1058GrubbaHowardGrubb
1102PepitaJoseComas Sola
1186Turnera Herbert Hall Turner  
1201StrenuaGustavStracke
12271234GustaveStrackeThe initial letters of
asteroids 1227-1234
spell out G Stracke
1241DysonaFrank WatsonDyson
1299MertonaGeraldMerton
1422StromgreniaElisStromgren
1560StrattoniaFrederickStratton
1575WinifredWinifred SawtellCameron
1613SmileyCharles HighSmiley
1616FilipoffLionelFilipoff
1619UetaJohUeta
1636PorterJohn Guy (& Jermaine Gilversleeve)Porter
1637SwingsPolSwings
1645WaterfieldReginald Lawson (& William Francis Herschel)Waterfield
1655Comas SolaJoseComas Sola
1657RoemeraElizabethRoemer
1658InnesRobert Thorburn AytonInnes
1660WoodHarry EdwinWood
1754CunninghamLelandCunningham
1826MillerJohn AnthonyMiller
1827AtkinsonRobert D’EscourtAtkinson
1898CowellPhilipCowell
1899CrommelinAndrew Claude de la CheroisCrommelin
2039Payne-GaposchkinCecilia PayneGaposchkin
2064ThomsenIvanThomsen
2157AshbrookJosephAshbrook
2213MeeusJeanMeeus
2246BowellEdward Leonard GeorgeBowell
2249YamamotoIsseiYamamoto
2261KeelerJamesKeeler
2378PannekoekAntoinePannekoek
2409ChapmanClark RussellChapman
2434BatesonFrank MaineBateson
2465WilsonRobertWilson
2543MachadoLuisMachado
2549BakerJames GBaker
2590MouraoRonaldo FreitasMourao
2602MoorePatrickMoorealso Caldwell-Moore
2603TaylorGordon ErnestTaylor
2635HugginsWilliamHuggins
2664EverhartEdgarEverhart
2773BrooksWilliam RBrooks
2863Ben MayerBenMayer
2884ReddishVincent CartledgeReddish
2974HoldenEdward SingletonHolden
3015CandyMichael PhilipCandy
3032EvansRobertEvans
3070AitkenRobert GrantAitken
3123DunhamDavidDunham
3125HayWilliam Thomson (Will)Hay
3152JonesAlbertJones
3173McNaughtRobMcNaught
3174AlcockGeorge Eric DeaconAlcock
3202GraffGareth (Graff)Vaughan Williams
3220MurayamaSadaoMurayama
3222LillerWilliamLiller
3282Spencer JonesHaroldSpencer Jones
3305CeadamsCharles EdwardAdams
3415DanbyJohn MDanby
3431NakanoSivichiNakano
3434HurlessCarolyn JaneHurless
3487EdgeworthKennethEdgeworth
3521ComrieLeslie johnComrie
3531CruikshankDaleCruikshank
3673LevyDavidLevy
3697GuyhurstGuyHurst
3698ManningBrian George WilliamManning
3699MilbournStanleyMilbourn
3748TatumJeremy BensonTatum
3783MorrisCharles StantonMorris
3795NigelNigelHenbest
3817LencarterLeonardCarter
3819RobinsonLeif JamesRobinson
3853HaasWalterHaas
3869NortonArthur PhilipNorton
3922HeatherHeatherCouper
3931BattenAlan HenryBatten
4024RonanColinRonan
4025RidleyHarold BythamRidley
4026BeetErnest AgarBeet
4027MittonSimon & JacquelineMitton
4030ArchenholdF SArchenhold
4036WhitehouseDavidWhitehouse
4050MebaileyMarkBailey
4084HollisAndrew JohnHollis
4093BennettJohn (Jack) CaisterBennett
4099WigginsPatrickWiggins
4119MilesHowardMiles
4205David HughesDavidHughes
4220FloodThomasFlood
4230van den BerghSydneyvan den Bergh
4239GoodmanNevilleGoodman
4243NankivellGarry RNankivell
4326McNallyDerekMcNally
4351NobuhisaKojimaNobuhisa
4358LynnWilliam ThynneLynn
4393DaweJohn AlanDawe
4473SearsDerekSears
4499DavidallenDavidAllen
4506HendrieMichael JamesHendrie
4522BritastraBritish Astronomical AssociationBAA
4599RowanMichaelRowan
4600MeadowsJackMeadows
4606SahekiTsuneoSaheki
4614MasamuraKazutadaMasamura
4648TirionWilTirion
4788SimpsonRobert Wilfred LSimpson
4809RobertballRobert StawellBall
4819GiffordAlgernon CharlesGifford
4837BickertonAlexander WilliamBickerton
4923ClarkeArthur CClarke
4937LintottChrisLintott
4938PapadopolousChristosPapadopolous
4952KibeshigemaroShigemaroKibe
4985FitzsimmonsAlanFitzsimmons
5035SwiftLewisSwift
5038OverbeekMichiel DanielOverbeek
5068CraggThomasCragg
5136BaggaleyWilliam JackBaggaley
5175AblesHoward DwayneAbles
5392ParkerDonald CParker
5490BurbidgeEleanor MargaretBurbidgenee Peachey
5502BrashearJohn ABrashear
5571LesliegreenLeslieGreen
5574SeagraveFrank EvansSeagrave
5682BeresfordAnthony CharlesBeresford
5691FredwatsonFrederickWatson
5692ShiraoMotomaroShirao
5806ArchieroyArchieRoy
5861GlynjonesGlynJones
5862SakanoueTsutomuSakanoue
5899JedickePeterJedick
6092JohnmasonJohnMason
6137JohnfletcherJohn RFletcher
6156DallHorace Edward StaffordDall
6191EadesGeorgeEades
6271FarmerCrofton BernardFarmer
6287LenhamAlan PennellLenham
6434JewittDavid CJewitt
6640FalorniMarcoFalorni
6707ShigeruShigeruNakano
6726SuthersPaul GSuthers
6743LiuJoseph H CLiu
6809SakumaSeiichiSakuma
6860SimsAlanSims
6884TakeshisatoTakeshiSato
6905MiyazakiIsaoMiyazako
6907HarryfordHarryFord
7040HarwoodMargaretHarwood
7074MuckeaHermannMucke
7102NeilboneNeil MacIntyreBone
7114WeinekLadislausWeinek
7120DavidgavineDavid MylesGavine
7125EitarodateEitaroDate
7170LiveseyRonLivesey
7177MelvyntaylorMelvynTaylor
7239MobberleyMartinMobberley
7526OhtsukaKatsuhitoOhtsuka
7575KimuraseijiSeijiKimura
7648TombolesTomBoles
7684MarioferreroMarioFerrero
7708FennimoreGuy NHFennimore
7781TownsendCharles LarryTownsend
7845McKimRichardMcKim
7848BernasconiAngeloBernasconi
7894RogersJohnRogers
7948WhitakerEwen AdairWhitaker
7955OgiwaraTetsuoOgiwara
7966RichardbaumRichard MyerBaum
8006TacchiniPietroTacchini
8078CarolejordanCaroleJordan
8079BernardlovellBernardLovell
8110HeathAlanHeath
8166BuczynskiDenisBuczynski
8218HostyJohn GrahamHosty
8377ElmerreeseElmer JReese
8515CorvanPatrick GCorvan
8545McGeeHazelMcGee
8734WarnerBrian DWarner
8810JohnmcfarlandJohnMcFarland
8914NickjamesNickJames
9432IbaYasuakiIba
9583ClerkeAgnes MaryClerke
9594GarstangRoy HenryGarstang
9703SussenbachJohnSussenbach
9899GreavesWilliam Michael HerbertGreaves
9929McConnellJohn CMcConnell
10369SindenDavidSinden
10381MalinsmithKonradMalin-Smith
10538TorodeRowland Kirry ErnestTorode
10736MarybruckMaryBruck
10737BruckHermannBruck
10773JamespatonJamesPaton
10967BillallenWilliamAllen
11212TebbuttJohnTebbutt
11378DauriaTippyD’Auria
11516ArthurpageArthurPage
11695MatteiJanet AykuzMattei
11761DavidgillDavidGill
11763DeslandresHenriDeslandres
11765AlfredfowlerAlfredFowler
11767MilneEdward ArthurMilne
11781AlexrobertsAlexander WilliamRoberts
12035RuggieriGuidoRuggieri
12223HoskinMichael AntonyHoskin
12343MartinbeechMartinBeech
12498DragescoJeanDragesco
12628AckworthorrMary AcworthEvershednee Orr
13390BouskaJiriBouska
13500ViscardyJeanViscardy
13551GadsdenMichaelGadsden
13750MattdawsonMatthewDawson
14914MoreuxTheophileMoreux
15385DallolmoUmbertoDall’Olmo
15671SuzannedebarbatSuzanneDebarbat
15967ClairearmstrongClaireArmstrong
16037SheehanWilliamSheehan
16693MoseleyTerryMoseley
17555KenkennedyKenKennedy
18426MaffeiPaoloMaffei
19727AllenClabon WalterAllen
20141MarkkidgerMarkKidger
21782DavemcdonaldDaveMcDonald
24728ScagellRobinScagell
27412TeagueEdward Thomas HenryTeague
28601BentonJulius LanierBenton
28602WestfallJohn EdwardWestfall
30042SchmudeRichard WillisSchmude
30558JamesoconnorJamesO’Connor
31844MattwillMatthewWill
31862GarfinkleRobert AllenGarfinkle
44473RandytatumRandyTatum
45689BrianjonesBrianJones
46441MikepenstonMichael VPenston
47843MaxsonPaulMaxson
48471OrchistonWayneOrchiston
50721WaynebaileyWayneBailey
50724ElizabethbrownElizabethBrown
50725MargarethugginsMargaret LindsayHugginsnee Murray
50726AnnieMaunderAnnie Scott DillMaundernee Russell
50727AliceeverettAliceEverett
50728CatherinestevensCatherine OctaviaStevens
50729FiammettaFiammettaWilsonnee Helen Worthington
50739GracecookAlice GraceCook
50753MaryblaggMary AdelaBlagg
53817GertrudebaconGertrudeBacon
62503TomcaveTomCave
65100BirtwhistlePeterBirtwhistle
68948MikeoatesMichaelOates
71885DenningWilliam FrederickDenning
78393DillonWilliamDillon
78430AndrewpearceAndrewPearce
91428CortesiSergioCortesi
95852LeatherbarrowBillLeatherbarrow
95882LongshawNigelLongshaw
95928TonycookTonyCook
95935GregoPeter TerenceGrego
95980HaroldHillHaroldHill
95982BeishJeffrey DonaldBeish
96623LeaniAchilleLeani
100940MaunderEdward WalterMaunder
102224RaffeolloLenaRaffeoloLena
118945RikhillRikHill
123120PeternewmanPeter RNewman
128562MurdinPaul GeoffreyMurdin
142014NeirinckPierreNeirinck
142368MajdenEdwardMajden
143048MargaretpenstonMargaretPenston
209552IsaacrobertsIsaacRoberts
229255AndrewelliottAndrewElliott
233383AssisnetoVincente Ferreira deAssis Neto
263516AlexescuMateiAlexescu
389293HasubickWernerHasubick
     

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