3529 Dowling
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3529 Dowling is an asteroid first discovered in March 1981 in the course of the UK Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey, and originally designated as "1981 EQ."
In 1996 the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union <http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/cfa/ps/mpc.html> announced the naming of "3529 Dowling" for Dr. Timothy E. Dowling, assistant professor of Planetary Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The accompanying citation was:
- "Dowling - An expert in the dynamics of the atmospheres of the giant planets, he determined a relationship between potential vorticity and the zonal wind on Jupiter and developed explicit planetary isentropic-coordinate models for Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. He is also a dedicated teacher of planetary science at the undergraduate and graduate levels."
Source: MIT News Office <http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/1996/a&h-0724.html>
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