Álvaro López-García facts for kids
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Álvaro López-García (1941-2019) was a Spanish astronomer, professor of astronomy at University of Valencia and director of the Valencia University Observatory during the years 1968-2000. He was a specialist in astrometry and the dynamics of minor planets, and had discovered numerous of these bodies since the early 1980s, in collaboration with astronomer Henri Debehogne.
Awards and honors
The main-belt asteroid 4657 Lopez, discovered by Nikolai Chernykh in 1979, was named in his honor.
List of discovered minor planets
co-discoveries made with: H. Debehogne
| (5755) 1992 OP7 | 20 July 1992 | list |
| (7880) 1992 OM7 | 19 July 1992 | list |
| (8376) 1992 OZ9 | 30 July 1992 | list |
| (9195) 1992 OF9 | 26 July 1992 | list |
| (10800) 1992 OM8 | 22 July 1992 | list |
| (11297) 1992 PP6 | 5 August 1992 | list |
| 11538 Brunico | 22 July 1992 | list |
| (13556) 1992 OY7 | 21 July 1992 | list |
| (13558) 1992 PR6 | 5 August 1992 | list |
| (13981) 1992 OT9 | 28 July 1992 | list |
| (17510) 1992 PD6 | 1 August 1992 | list |
| (39559) 1992 OL8 | 22 July 1992 | list |
See also
In Spanish: Álvaro López García para niños
- List of minor planet discoverers § A. Lopez-G.
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