Named in honour of Canadian amateur astronomer Tom Glinos (b. 1960-02-12 in London, Canada), who has contributed observations in several fields for almost a quarter of a century. In 2000, Glinos donated a high-quality equatorial telescope mount to the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, London Centre, a group with which he has been long active and of which he was President in 1983.
Name proposed and official citation prepared by David H. Levy.
Orbit type: Main Belt Asteroid
Reference: MPC 42356
Name:
Glinos
Number:
7124
Designation:
1990 OJ4
Disc. Date:
1990-07-24
Discoverer:
Holt, H.E.
Disc. Place:
Palomar