Bonham


Asteroid 13766, Bonham, was discovered on September 26, 1998 Sept. 26 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team (LINEAR) at Socorro, New Mexico. It has a period of 3 years, 164 days.

It was named for Hillsboro, North Dakota teacher Dan Bonham, who mentored a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition.

Dan Bonham


The meaning of asteroid Bonham, according to Henk Middleraad, is: end of a matter.



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