Álvaro López-García

Álvaro López-García (1941-2019) was a Spanish astronomer, professor of astronomy at University of Valencia and director of the Valencia University Observatory during the years 1968-2000. He was a specialist in astrometry and the dynamics of minor planets, and had discovered numerous of these bodies since the early 1980s, in collaboration with astronomer Henri Debehogne.

Awards and honors
The main-belt asteroid 4657 Lopez, discovered by Nikolai Chernykh in 1979, was named in his honor.

List of discovered minor planets
co-discoveries made with: H. Debehogne