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(meteorobs) Minor planets named after Hans Betlem and Peter Jenniskens

Dear Hans and Peter,

It is my pleasure to announce you both the following news: According to my
arrangements with the discoverer Petr Pravec from Ondrejov Observatory
two minor planets were named after you. Originally, this idea arose during
dinner at the ACM in Berlin when I spoke with Peter Jenniskens. (During
this occasion I realized, that Peter is the second very very suitable 
candidate).
I think that it can symbolize our very fruitful five year cooperation in 
Leonids.
I never forget that Peter was the man who invited me to participate in 
expedition
to China in 1998 with my FE all-sky photographic cameras. It was at 
Skalnate Pleso
Observatory in High Tatras mountains, where I just installed new FE camera
during conference Meteoroids 1998. By the way, according my personal feeling,
the 1998 fireball show was the best from all five events I could observe.
I very appreciate your big organizational and scientific effort during this 
fantastic
period. I am very happy that I (and also Jiri and other people from Ondrejov
including my wife Anina) could be involved in these activities during all 
important
Leonid events and that we obtained so much fantastic results and discoveries.

Thank you very much both of you.

All the best,
Pavel


 >
 > Hello Pavel,
 >
 > here are the citations about two new minor planets published in MPC 
47170 from 20.11.2002.
 >
 > Regards,   Petr Pravec
 >
 > (42924) Betlem = 1999 TJ2
 >      Discovered 1999 Oct. 2 at Ond\v{r}ejov.
 >      Hans Betlem (b. 1954), Dutch amateur meteor astronomer and
 > founder of the Dutch Meteor Society, is well known for his
 > photographic observations of major meteor streams and has published
 > many precise trajectories and orbits of meteors.  He has organized
 > several successful Leonid expeditions.
 >
 > (42981) Jenniskens = 1999 TY224
 >      Discovered 1999 Oct. 2 at Ond\v{r}ejov.
 >      Peter Jenniskens (b. 1962), meteor astronomer of NASA Ames,
 > organized several successful airborne missions (Leonid
 > multi-instrument aircraft campaigns) to observe the Leonid returns
 > from 1998 to 2002.  He has substantially improved our knowledge of
 > the behavior of meteor streams.

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