Kenneth J. Lawrence

Kenneth J. Lawrence (born 1964) is an American astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets.

Credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 32 numbered asteroids between 1989 and 1994, he has also co-discovered 152P/Helin-Lawrence, a periodic comet from the Jupiter family. He was also a participant in the Palomar Planet-Crossing Asteroid Survey.

The main-belt asteroid 4969 Lawrence, discovered by Eleanor Helin in 1986, is named in his honor. Naming citation was published on 14 July 1992 (M.P.C. 20522).