Jenő Wigner (1902-1995) was a Hungarian-American physicist, joint winner, with Jensen and Goeppert Mayer, of the Nobel Prize for physics in 1963. His many contributions to nuclear physics included a formulation of the law of conservation of parity. This minor planet was discovered on the fifth anniversary of his death.
Avastatud: 1-1-2000 Avastamiskoht: Piszkesteto Avastajad: Sarneczky, K., Kiss, L.