Named in honor of William M. Jackson (1936– ) of the Department of Chemistry, University of California at Davis, for his contributions to the study of the chemistry of comets. His laboratory studies of photodissociation processes have been important in understanding the processes in cometary comae and in understanding possible parent molecules. (M 27459) _ _.
Discovered on 11-3-1981 in Siding Spring by Bus, S. J.