4587 Rees are credited with the discovery of . This minor planet was named after Martin Rees (born 1942), a much awarded English cosmologist and astrophysicist who has studied the galactic evolution. Rees became Astronomer Royal and President of the Royal Society in 1995 and 2005, respectively. He is also the director of the Institute of Astronomy and a professor of astronomy at the University of Cambridge. The asteroid's name was proposed by Jan Oort, and the was published by the Minor Planet Center on 28 April 1991 (). "Rees" is an assumed, stony S-type asteroid. Other sources published by EARN assume
Melvin Rees had attended the University of Maryland and dated Wanda Tipton, their person of interest in the Margaret Harold investigation. Upon further questioning, Tipton admitting to having a relationship with Rees, but broke it off after Rees claimed to be married. The writer of the anonymous letter personally came forward in 1960 to tell authorities that Rees had contacted him and was currently employed at a music store in West Memphis, Arkansas. Rees was ultimately arrested and after searching his home police found notes describing the Jackson family's murders. The man who witnessed Margaret Harold's killing confirmed that Rees was indeed