Ernest Leonard Johnson

Asteroids discovered: 18
1568 Aisleen August 21, 1946
1580 Betulia May 22, 1950
1585 Union September 7, 1947
1607 Mavis September 3, 1950
1609 Brenda July 10, 1951
1618 Dawn July 5, 1948
1623 Vivian August 9, 1948
1731 Smuts August 9, 1948
1760 Sandra April 10, 1950
1819 Laputa August 9, 1948
1885 Herero August 9, 1948
1922 Zulu April 25, 1949
2546 Libitina March 23, 1950
2651 Karen August 28, 1949
2718 Handley July 30, 1951
2829 Bobhope August 9, 1948
3184 Raab August 22, 1949
5038 Overbeek May 31, 1948

Ernest Leonard Johnson (died c. 1977) was a South African astronomer.

He was a former staff member of Union Observatory, retiring in 1956.

He discovered a number of asteroids, and several comets, including periodic comet 48P/Johnson.

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