Claim: 3401 Vanphilos was discovered by the Harvard College Observatory at the Oak Ridge Observatory in August 1981 wherein it was named after Vanessa Hall and Philip Osborne.
Evidence: 3401 Vanphilos, provisional designation 1981 PA, is a stony, eccentric asteroid and sizeable Mars-crosser, approximately 7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 1 August 1981, by and at Harvard's Oak Ridge Observatory (Agassiz Station) in Massachusetts, United States. Harvard College Obs. Oak Ridge Obs.
(Agassiz Stn.) 1 August 1981 (3401) Vanphilos Vanessa Hall
Philip Osborne
(friends of G. V. Williams)