17233 Stanshapiro | Discovered 2000 Feb. 29 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team at Socorro. |
Named in honor of Stan Shapiro for mentoring a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Shapiro is a teacher at the Midwood High School at Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York. |
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Reference: 20020227/MPCPages.arc | Last Updated: 2003-10-02 |
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