4593 Reipurth, (
asteroid 4593), was discovered
March 16,
1980 by
Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist[?]. It was named in honor of
Bo Reipurth[?], then a staff astronomer at the
European Southern Observatory in charge of the Schmidt telescope. He was unaware of the asteroid's name until years later, when he found himself on an intercontinental flight with nothing to read except a list of minor planet names.