4866 Badillo
Encyclopedia
4866 Badillo is Main Belt asteroid discovered on November 10, 1988 by T. Kojima at Chiyoda.
It was named after a Filipino
Jesuit astronomer and former director of the Manila Observatory
, Fr. Victor L. Badillo.
It was named after a Filipino
Filipino people
The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....
Jesuit astronomer and former director of the Manila Observatory
Manila Observatory
The Manila Observatory is a non-profit research institute housed in the campus of the Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City, Philippines.Founded in 1865 by the Jesuits, it has served many purposes over the years including weather...
, Fr. Victor L. Badillo.