24898 Alanholmes
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From the JPL Small-Body DataBase:

Alan W. Holmes (b. 1950) is an amateur astronomer in the \gamma -ray bursts field at the Santa Barbara Astronomical Group and optical engineer. He co-founded a small CCD brand that in 1991 developed star tracking equipment, sparking the CCD revolution in the world of amateur astronomy.

The symbol of this minor planet is a monogram of the letters A. W. H. over the astronomer's star-in-circle.

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