You have full access to this open access chapter, Download reference work entry PDF
6551 P-L. Discovered 1960 Sept. 24 by C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld at Palomar.
Named in honor of Bernard M. Oliver {1916–1995}, retired Vice President for Research and Development of the Hewlett-Packard Company, where he was an innovator in the field of electronic instrumentation. He has made major contributions toward the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, the Monterey Institute for Research in Astronomy, and sky surveying with charge-coupled devices. (M 8541)
Obituary published in Bull. Am. Astron. Soc., Vol. 28, No. 4, p. 1459–1461 (1996).
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2003 Springer-Verlag
About this entry
Cite this entry
(2003). (2177) Oliver. In: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_2178
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_2178
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-540-00238-3
Online ISBN: 978-3-540-29925-7
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive