Álvaro López-García
# Álvaro López-García

Minor planets discovered: 12 :

* see § List of discovered minor planets

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. 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.

## Awards and honors

The main-belt asteroid 4657 Lopez, discovered by Nikolai Chernykh in 1979, was named in his honor.

## List of discovered minor planets

$^A$ co-discoveries made with: H. Debehogne

| (5755) 1992 OP7 | 20 July 1992 | list |
| - | - | - |
| (7880) 1992 OM7 | 19 July 1992 | list |
| (8376) 1992 OZ9 | 30 July 1992 | list |
| (9195) 1992 OF9 | 26 July 1992 | list |
| (10800) 1992 OM8 | 22 July 1992 | list |
| (11297) 1992 PP6 | 5 August 1992 | list |
| 11538 Brunico | 22 July 1992 | list |
| (13556) 1992 OY7 | 21 July 1992 | list |
| (13558) 1992 PR6 | 5 August 1992 | list |
| (13981) 1992 OT9 | 28 July 1992 | list |
| (17510) 1992 PD6 | 1 August 1992 | list |
| (39559) 1992 OL8 | 22 July 1992 | list |
