In 2009, asteroid 52266 was named in honor of Van Flandern because of his prediction and analysis of lunar occultations at the U.S. Naval Observatory and publications of papers on the dynamics of binary minor planets.
Asteroid 52266 was named in honor of Van Flandern because of his prediction and analysis of lunar occultations at the U.S. Naval Observatory. This was in 2009. Asteroid 52266 was named in honor of Van Flandern because of his prediction and analysis of publications of papers on the dynamics of binary minor planets. This was in 2009.