Discovered by Edward L. G. Bowell MPC designation 7166 Kennedy Minor planet category Main Belt Discovered 15 October 1985 Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 15 October 1985 Named after Malcolm Kennedy Orbital period 1,383 days Inclination 3.706189° Discoverer Edward L. G. Bowell | |
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Alternative names 1985 TR; 1976 JA10; 1991 HC5; 1992 OZ8 Discovery site Lowell Observatory, Anderson Mesa Station | ||
7166 Kennedy is a main-belt asteroid which was discovered by Edward L. G. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, on 10 October 1985.
Initially designated 1985 TR, it was named on 8 August 1998 in memory of Malcolm Kennedy (1944–1997), Secretary of the Astronomical Society of Glasgow, who died in a road accident in Hungary, 18 November 1997, on a mercy mission carrying aid to eastern Europe. Born and raised in New Zealand, Kennedy became a civil engineer in Scotland. He was an energetic member of the Free Church in Cumbernauld, near Glasgow. As secretary of the ASG, he ensured that meetings ran smoothly, enlivening them with wordplay and puns. He also provided the citation for 5805 Glasgow in Minor Planet Circular 24123.