9619 Terrygilliam

9619 Terrygilliam

9619 Terrygilliam is an asteroid in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter.

Name

Terrygilliam is named after American-born filmmaker and animator Terry Gilliam. The asteroid is one of many main belt asteroids named after famous personalities. It is the third in a series of six asteroids carrying the names of members of the Monty Python comedy troupe:

* 9617 Grahamchapman
* 9618 Johncleese
* 9619 Terrygilliam
* 9620 Ericidle
* 9621 Michaelpalin
* 9622 Terryjones

Discovery

Terrygilliam was discovered on 17 March 1993, at the European Southern Observatory during the Uppsala-ESO Survey of Asteroids and Comets (UESAC). Its initial designation was mp|1993 FS|9.

External links

* [http://www.astro.uu.se/planet/uesac_eng.html Uppsala-ESO Survey of Asteroids and Comets]
* [http://www.asu.cas.cz/~ppravec/neo.htm Ondrejov Asteroid Photometry Project]
* [http://www.eso.org/ European Southern Observatory]


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