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==Discovery and name== | ==Discovery and name== | ||
Mount Aldaz was surveyed by United States Geological Survey on the [[ | Mount Aldaz was surveyed by United States Geological Survey on the [[McHenry Range]] traverse of 1959. It was named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names in honor of Luis Aldaz, a Meteorologist and Scientific Leader at [[Byrd Station]] in 1960. | ||
Not only does Aldaz have a mountain named in association with him, but he also has a main-belt minor planet named in his honor: 13004 Aldaz (provisional designation: 1982 RR), discovered by Edward L. G. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station in Coconino County, Arizona, on 15 September 1982. | Not only does Aldaz have a mountain named in association with him, but he also has a main-belt minor planet named in his honor: 13004 Aldaz (provisional designation: 1982 RR), discovered by Edward L. G. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station in Coconino County, Arizona, on 15 September 1982. | ||