Named in honor of Terry Cole, chief technologist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and senior faculty associate in the Caltech Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. In addition to his numerous technical contributions to JPL and Caltech, Cole played a central role in the development of the Caltech/JPL Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) {see planet  (5181)} program through his vision while chairing the SURF Fellowship Executive Committee. (M 32788) _ _.