246247 Sheldoncooper Discovered 2007 Sept. 20 by Q.-z. Ye and H.-C. Lin at Lulin. Sheldon Cooper, portrayed by Jim Parsons, is a geeky fictional character on the TV series "The Big Bang Theory". NOTE: some special characters may not display properly (any characters within {} are an attempt to place the proper accent above a character) Reference: 20120703/MPCPages.arc Last Updated: 2012-07-09