Named in honor of Kenneth A. Pounds, professor of physics at Leicester University, where he has directed X-ray astronomy, in which he is a pioneer, for 25 years. Pounds leads the British participation on ROSAT, which has produced the first X-ray and XUV photographs of the Moon. An active supporter of amateur initiatives through many talks to societies, he is strongly in favour of publicising astronomy in the most general way. Pounds is currently president of the Royal Astronomical Society and was awarded the Commander of the British Empire for services to astronomy. (M 17030) _ _.