Walter Tape (b. 1941) is an Alaskan mathematician. With his book Atmospheric halos he made an outstanding contribution to the popularization of these beautiful phenomena. The name was suggested by G. P. Können and M. Drummen.
Discovered on 29-9-1973 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.