Named in honor of Joseph Ashbrook, Editor of “Sky and Telescope”, co-discoverer of periodic comet Ashbrook-Jackson. His extensive professional background in astronomy, together with his encyclopedic knowledge of intriguing and obscure astronomical facts and fancies, have secured for “Sky and Telescope” a unique position as a vital source of information, not only for professional astronomers and historians of science, but also for amateur astronomers of all levels of expertise. Name proposed by N. Sperling; endorsed by C. M. Bardwell and B. G. Marsden.