Asteroid 12984, Lowry, was discovered on August 22, 1979 by Claes-Ingmar Lagerkvist at the European Southern Observatory. It has a period of 4 years, 290 days.
It was named for astronomer Stephen C. Lowry (born 1976), a specialist in comets and near-earth asteroids.
Stephen Lowry
The meaning of asteroid Lowry seems to be: denial of danger, irresponsible materialism (Janis Page); toxic, dangerous, vindictive, to plow the ground with salt.