John Franklin-Adams (1843 – 1912) was a British astronomer and stellar cartographer. The minor planets

982 Franklina 982 Franklina ( ''prov. designation'': ''or'' ) is a background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 21 May 1922, by South African astronomer Harry Edwin Wood at the Union Observ ...

and

1925 Franklin-Adams 1925 Franklin-Adams ( ''prov. designation'': ) is a stony background asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 9 September 1934, by Dutch astronomer Hendrik van Gent at the Leiden Sou ...

are named after him.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Franklin-Adams, John 19th-century British astronomers 1843 births 1912 deaths People from Peckham