Named in honor of Myron Lecar (1930– ), astrophysicist in the Planetary Sciences division of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Lecar’s research covers the dynamics of both solar system and stellar bodies, and the large-scale structure of the universe. (M 22502) _ _.
Discovered on 8-4-1931 in Heidelberg by Reinmuth, K.