(meteorobs) Two meteor observers honoured with asteroid namings

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Congratulations to these fine observers! Well deserved!!

Mark

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From: Marco Langbroek <marco.langbroek at wanadoo.nl>
> Hi all,
> 
> The latest batch of MPC's from the IAU Minor Planet Center contains the 
> following two new asteroid namings, after two long time meteor observers also 
> active on this list:
> 
> (132820) Miskotte
> 
> (142368) Majden
> 
> Congrats to Koen Miskotte and Ed Majden!
> 
> The text of the naming citations:
> 
> 132820 Miskotte           	Discovered 2002 Aug. 17 by NEAT at Palomar.
> Koen Miskotte (b. 1962) is a Dutch confectioner and amateur astronomer whose
> main interests lie in meteor astronomy. He is a very prolific meteor observer,
> active within the Dutch Meteor Society. The name was suggested by M. Langbroek.
> 
> 142368 Majden           	Discovered 2002 Sept. 14 by R. Matson on NEAT 
> images 
> taken at Palomar.
> Edward (Ed) Majden (b. 1939), co-discoverer of two near-earth asteroids, is an 
> amateur astronomer best known for more than 35 years' work recording meteor 
> spectra. An associate member of the Meteorites and Impacts Advisory Committee, 
> he was awarded the 2006 Chant Medal by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.
> 
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