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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. [2] [3] 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. [1]
The main-belt asteroid 4657 Lopez, discovered by Nikolai Chernykh in 1979, was named in his honor. [3]
A co-discoveries made with: H. Debehogne
(5755) 1992 OP7 | 20 July 1992 | list [A] |
(7880) 1992 OM7 | 19 July 1992 | list [A] |
(8376) 1992 OZ9 | 30 July 1992 | list [A] |
(9195) 1992 OF9 | 26 July 1992 | list [A] |
(10800) 1992 OM8 | 22 July 1992 | list [A] |
(11297) 1992 PP6 | 5 August 1992 | list [A] |
11538 Brunico | 22 July 1992 | list [A] |
(13556) 1992 OY7 | 21 July 1992 | list [A] |
(13558) 1992 PR6 | 5 August 1992 | list [A] |
(13981) 1992 OT9 | 28 July 1992 | list [A] |
(17510) 1992 PD6 | 1 August 1992 | list [A] |
(39559) 1992 OL8 | 22 July 1992 | list [A] |