1822 Waterman

1822 Waterman is the name of an asteroid which was discovered at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana by the Indiana Asteroid Program. The name honors the memory of Alan Tower Waterman (1892-1967), first director of the U.S. National Science Foundation.[1]

Notes and references

  1. Lutz D. Schmadel, Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, 5th ed., 2003, p. 146, col. 1. ISBN 3-540-00238-3