23712 Willpatrick was discovered at the George Observatory by W.G. and E.R. Dillon.
The asteroid was discovered on 1 January 1998, by American astronomers Elizabeth and William G. Dillon at George Observatory in Needville, Texas, who later named it after their son William Patrick Dillon. 
W. G. Dillon
E. R. Dillon George Obs. (735) 
