Named in honor of John L. Africano, astronomer with the Air Force Maui Optical Station (AMOS), who has played a central role in the JPL/AMOS program on minor planets. Previously he was involved with numerous photometric projects, ranging from analyses of cool stars to the timing of occultations, as a staff observer at Kitt Peak National Observatory, and before that at the Cloudcroft Observatory. (M 26931) _ _.