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
Ash Rees Ash Rees Ashley ("Ash") Rees (born 16 May 1986 in Christchurch) is a New Zealand basketball player who plays point guard for the Canterbury Rams in the New Zealand National Basketball League. He attended St Andrew's College in Christchurch. Rees made his NBL debut on 26 March 2006 netting two points in a victory over the Otago Nuggets. He is currently splitting minutes with Joel Hart as the Rams backup point guard, behind regular starter Jeremy Kench. On 27 May 2006, Rees registered a career high of 5 points in a Rams loss to the Waikato Pistons. He tied this