Rafael Pacheco Facts for Kids

Rafael Pacheco Hernández (born 1954 in Madrid) is a Spanish astronomer of Catalan origin and a prolific discoverer of asteroids, credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of numerous minor planets mostly in collaboration with astronomer Álvaro López-García.

The asteroid 25001 Pacheco was named in his honor.

List of discovered minor planets

Rafael Pacheco discovered 57 minor planets.

List of minor planets discovered by Rafael Pacheco

Name	Discovery Date	Listing
9453 Mallorca	19 March 1998	list
11350 Teresa	29 August 1997	list
13424 Margalida	8 November 1999	list
14097 Capdepera	11 August 1997	list
14967 Madrid	6 August 1997	list
16852 Nuredduna	21 December 1997	list
(19506) 1998 MN₄	18 June 1998	list
(19756) 2000 EW₅₀	9 March 2000	list
(21654) 1999 PZ	5 August 1999	list
(22526) 1998 FV₁₅	22 March 1998	list
(23700) 1997 OZ	25 July 1997	list
(25010) 1998 PL₁	14 August 1998	list
(26965) 1997 RW₂	3 September 1997	list
27952 Atapuerca	11 August 1997	list
(29452) 1997 RV₂	3 September 1997	list
(29453) 1997 RU₆	5 September 1997	list
(31102) 1997 NP₂	4 July 1997	list
(31103) 1997 OE₂	29 July 1997	list
(31116) 1997 QM₄	29 August 1997	list
(31651) 1999 HH₂	19 April 1999	list
(31782) 1999 KM₆	21 May 1999	list
35725 Tramuntana	27 March 1999	list
(37777) 1997 GE₃₂	12 April 1997	list
(40039) 1998 KW₂₆	21 May 1998	list
(41058) 1999 VC₂₄	8 November 1999	list
(44906) 1999 VF₂₃	8 November 1999	list
(47096) 1999 AX₂₅	15 January 1999	list
(48860) 1998 HG₂₄	24 April 1998	list
(48961) 1998 QS₂₆	22 August 1998	list

Name	Discovery Date	Listing
(55866) 1997 PV₄	11 August 1997	list
(56216) 1999 HJ₂	19 April 1999	list
(58565) 1997 OC₂	29 July 1997	list
(58720) 1998 DD₁₁	19 February 1998	list
(59495) 1999 JB₆	6 May 1999	list
(66175) 1998 WD₄	20 November 1998	list
(69556) 1997 SA₃₁	27 September 1997	list
(74090) 1998 QU	18 August 1998	list
(74566) 1999 NE₅	10 July 1999	list
(75078) 1999 VG₂₃	8 November 1999	list
(79401) 1997 HT₂	25 April 1997	list
(79425) 1997 OA₁	25 July 1997	list
(100753) 1998 FN₁	19 March 1998	list
(102618) 1999 VJ₂₃	8 November 1999	list
(129586) 1997 TE₁₈	3 October 1997	list
(129649) 1998 MM₄	18 June 1998	list
(137507) 1999 VH₂₃	8 November 1999	list
(147367) 2003 CA₂₀	9 February 2003	list
(152638) 1997 OD₂	29 July 1997	list
(152827) 1999 VA₂₄	8 November 1999	list
(170276) 2003 QH₉₂	30 August 2003	list
(178383) 1997 PD₄	5 August 1997	list
(189422) 1997 OB₂	29 July 1997	list
(200129) 1997 SZ₃₀	27 September 1997	list
(213831) 2003 QG₉₂	30 August 2003	list
(221994) 1997 PT₄	11 August 1997	list
(231764) 1999 VB₂₄	8 November 1999	list
(243580) 1997 PG₁	5 August 1997	list
Co-discovery made with: Á. López-G.

Rafael Pacheco facts for kids

List of discovered minor planets

See also