Actor Jan Merlin (b. 1925) played cadet Roger Manning in the 1950 TV series “Tom Corbett, Space Cadet”. He was the astronavigator on the rocket ship's radar deck and was always on the lookout for asteroids and comets.
Discovered on 24-9-1960 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.