Minor planet number 4147 has been named in honor of former
Beatle John Lennon. The citation announcing the naming appeared
on Minor Planet Circular 16247 (issued on 1990 Apr. 10), from
which the following is extracted with permission: (4147) Lennon
= 1983 AY Discovered 1983 Jan. 12 by B. A. Skiff at the Anderson
Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory. Named in memory of John
Lennon (1940-1980), musician and ex-Beatle. With Paul McCartney,
he wrote the early songs that helped make The Beatles the most
popular group of their generation. Perhaps the most famous
Beatles album is Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,
which represents the Lennon-McCartney partnership at its most
fertile and innovative. From his solo recording career, the song
that will probably best be remembered is 'Imagine'. Violently
anti-war, John, and his wife Yoko, also made many public
demonstrations of their desire for a peaceful world. About
(4147) Lennon (4147) Lennon is in a 3.63-year elliptical orbit
around the sun ranging in dista