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Meanings of minor planet names: 11001–12000
As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), and the discoverers can then submit names for them, following the IAU's naming conventions. The list below concerns those minor planets in the specified number-range that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names.
Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are approved and published in a bulletin by IAU's Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN).[1] Before May 2021, citations were published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars for many decades.[2] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).[3] Until his death in 2016, German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel compiled these citations into the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (DMP) and regularly updated the collection.[4][5]
Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,[6] Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: SBDB New namings may only be added to this list below after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned.[7] The WGSBN publishes a comprehensive guideline for the naming rules of non-cometary small Solar System bodies.[8]
11001–11100 edit
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11001 Andrewulff | 1979 MF | André Wulff (born 1958), German amateur astronomer † | MPC · 11001 |
| 11002 Richardlis | 1979 MD1 | Richard J. Lis, M.D. (born 1951), an orthopedist and surgeon with the Orthopedic Institute of Pasadena for over 15 years. | JPL · 11002 |
| 11003 Andronov | 1979 TT2 | Ivan Leonidovich Andronov (born 1960), professor at Odessa National University, is a prominent Ukrainian stellar astrophysicist known for his research on double and symbiotic stars. | JPL · 11003 |
| 11004 Stenmark | 1980 FJ1 | Lars Stenmark (born 1944), a Swedish nanotechnology specialist | MPC · 11004 |
| 11005 Waldtrudering | 1980 PP1 | Waldtrudering, a residential area in Trudering-Riem, borough of Munich, Germany, home of Danish discoverer Richard Martin West | JPL · 11005 |
| 11006 Gilson | 1980 TZ3 | Jewett Castello Gilson (1844–1926), Californian teacher, author and superintendent of schools. | JPL · 11006 |
| 11007 Granahan | 1980 VA3 | James C. Granahan (born 1965) is a scientist at Leidos Inc. whose research includes spectroscopic analysis of asteroids Gaspra and Ida using data from the Galileo spacecraft mission. | JPL · 11007 |
| 11008 Ernst | 1981 EO7 | Carolyn M. Ernst (born 1979) is a planetary scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory specializing in impact physics of asteroids and other solar system objects. | JPL · 11008 |
| 11009 Sigridclose | 1981 ET10 | Sigrid Close (born 1971) is a professor at Stanford University whose research includes meteoroid plasma detection using radar and space weather measurements using spacecraft. | JPL · 11009 |
| 11010 Artemieva | 1981 ET24 | Natalia A. Artemieva (born 1959) is a Russian planetary scientist known for her theoretical work on impacts of interplanetary bodies into planets and planetary satellites. | JPL · 11010 |
| 11011 KIAM | 1981 UK11 | KIAM is the English abbreviation for the Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. | JPL · 11011 |
| 11012 Henning | 1982 JH2 | John Henning (born 1947) assisted with the control software development during the conversion of the Palomar 1.2-m Oschin telescope. | JPL · 11012 |
| 11013 Kullander | 1982 QP1 | Sven Kullander (1936–2014), Swedish physicist | MPC · 11013 |
| 11014 Svätopluk | 1982 QY1 | Svätopluk (d. 894) was a king of the ancient Slavs and prince of Great Moravia from 871 to 894. | JPL · 11014 |
| 11015 Romanenko | 1982 SJ7 | Boris Ivanovich Romanenko (born 1912) is a veteran of the group studying jet propulsion in Moscow in the 1930s. | JPL · 11015 |
| 11016 Borisov | 1982 SG12 | Vladimir Aleksandrovich Borisov (1809–1862), regional ethnographer in the town of Shuya and a member of Russian Geography Society. | JPL · 11016 |
| 11017 Billputnam | 1983 BD | William L. Putnam (1924–2014), the Trustee of the Lowell Observatory. | JPL · 11017 |
| 11019 Hansrott | 1984 HR | Hans Rott (1858–1884), Austrian composer and organist | MPC · 11019 |
| 11020 Orwell | 1984 OG | George Orwell (1903–1950), a British writer best known for his novels Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four | MPC · 11020 |
| 11021 Foderà | 1986 AT2 | Giorgia Foderà (born 1942) teaches history of astronomy at Palermo University. Curator of the Palermo Observatory museum. | JPL · 11021 |
| 11022 Serio | 1986 EJ1 | Salvatore Serio (born 1941) teaches astronomy at Palermo University, specializing in x-ray observations and modeling of solar and stellar coronae. | JPL · 11022 |
| 11026 Greatbotkin | 1986 RE1 | Botkin Hospital in Moscow. | IAU · 11026 |
| 11027 Astafʹev | 1986 RX5 | Victor Petrovich Astafʹev (1924–2001), a prominent Russian writer. | JPL · 11027 |
| 11033 Mazanek | 1988 SH3 | Dan Mazanek (born 1966) is a space systems engineer at NASA Langley Research Center specializing in the development of asteroid mission concepts. | JPL · 11033 |
| 11037 Distler | 1989 CD6 | Hugo Distler (1908–1942), a composer, organist and director of renowned choirs. | JPL · 11037 |
| 11039 Raynal | 1989 GH2 | Guillaume-Thomas Raynal (1713–1796) | JPL · 11039 |
| 11040 Wundt | 1989 RG1 | Wilhelm Wundt (1832–1920), German physiologist and psychologist | JPL · 11040 |
| 11041 Fechner | 1989 SH2 | Gustav Fechner (1801–1887), German experimental psychologist | JPL · 11041 |
| 11042 Ernstweber | 1989 VD1 | Ernst Heinrich Weber (1795–1878), German physiologist and anatomist | JPL · 11042 |
| 11043 Pepping | 1989 YX6 | Ernst Pepping (1901–1981), German composer | JPL · 11043 |
| 11050 Messiaën | 1990 TE7 | Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992), a French organist at Ste. Trinité in Paris. | JPL · 11050 |
| 11051 Racine | 1990 VH12 | Jean-Baptiste Racine (1639–1699), a dramatic poet. | JPL · 11051 |
| 11055 Honduras | 1991 GT2 | Honduras, in the northern part of the Central American isthmus. | JPL · 11055 |
| 11056 Volland | 1991 LE2 | Sophie Volland (1720–1784) | JPL · 11056 |
| 11059 Nulliusinverba | 1991 RS | "Nullius in verba", variously translated as "On the words of no one", "Nothing in words" or "Respect the facts", is the motto of The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge. This minor planet is being named on the occasion of the 350th anniversary of the founding of The Royal Society in 1660. | JPL · 11059 |
| 11061 Lagerlöf | 1991 RS40 | Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940), a Swedish author. | JPL · 11061 |
| 11063 Poynting | 1991 VC6 | John Henry Poynting (1852–1914), an English physicist. | JPL · 11063 |
| 11064 Dogen | 1991 WB | The Japanese priest Dogen Zenji (1200–1253) | JPL · 11064 |
| 11066 Sigurd | 1992 CC1 | Sigurd | JPL · 11066 |
| 11067 Greenancy | 1992 DC3 | Nancy Green (born 1952) | JPL · 11067 |
| 11069 Bellqvist | 1992 EV4 | Sven Bellqvist (1915–2008) was for many years in charge of the workshop at the astronomical observatory in Uppsala. During this time the Schmidt telescopes at Kvistaberg and at Mount Stromlo Observatory were built | JPL · 11069 |
| 11072 Hiraoka | 1992 GP | Hiroyuki Hiraoka (born 1957), an elementary-school teacher and amateur astronomer, active in the Hiroshima Astronomical Society. | JPL · 11072 |
| 11073 Cavell | 1992 RA4 | Edith Cavell (1865–1915) | JPL · 11073 |
| 11074 Kuniwake | 1992 SC1 | Ryoku Kuniwake (born 1957), a longtime member of the Hiroshima Astronomical Society. | JPL · 11074 |
| 11075 Dönhoff | 1992 SP26 | Countess Marion Dönhoff (1909–2002), German journalist and Hitler resistance participant | MPC · 11075 |
| 11079 Mitsunori | 1993 AJ | Mitsunori Kaneko (born 1957) is an elementary-school teacher and was secretary of the Fukuoka Astronomical Society from 1981 to 1989. | JPL · 11079 |
| 11081 Persäve | 1993 FA13 | Per Arvid Säve (1811–1887) was a teacher in Visby who dedicated most of his spare time to research on the dialects and folklore of Gotland. He also founded a museum in Visby, Fornsalen | JPL · 11081 |
| 11082 Spilliaert | 1993 JW | Léon Spilliaert (1881–1946), a Belgian symbolist painter and graphic artist | JPL · 11082 |
| 11083 Caracas | 1993 RZ6 | Caracas, Venezuela | JPL · 11083 |
| 11084 Giò | 1993 SG3 | Giuseppe Schilirò (1991–2000), an Italian student | MPC · 11084 |
| 11085 Isala | 1993 SS6 | Isala Van Diest (1842–1916) | JPL · 11085 |
| 11086 Nagatayuji | 1993 TC1 | Yuji Nagata (born 1953), former director of the Fukuoka Astronomical Society. | JPL · 11086 |
| 11087 Yamasakimakoto | 1993 TK1 | Makoto Yamasaki (born 1953), director of the Fukuoka Astronomical Society from 1977 to 1982. | JPL · 11087 |
| 11090 Popelin | 1994 CT12 | Marie Popelin (1846–1913), a Belgian feminist, who became the first Belgian woman to receive a doctorate in law | JPL · 11090 |
| 11091 Thelonious | 1994 DP | Thelonious Monk (1917–1982), American jazz pianist and composer | JPL · 11091 |
| 11092 Iwakisan | 1994 ED | Mount Iwaki | JPL · 11092 |
| 11094 Cuba | 1994 PG17 | Cuba is an island state in the Caribbean Sea, consisting of one large island and numerous smaller islands, islets and cays. | JPL · 11094 |
| 11095 Havana | 1994 PJ22 | Havana, Cuba | JPL · 11095 |
| 11098 Ginsberg | 1995 GC2 | Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997), an American lyric poet and teacher. | JPL · 11098 |
| 11099 Sonodamasaki | 1995 HL | Masaki Sonoda (born 1954), an associate president of the Saga Astronomical Society since 1989. | JPL · 11099 |
| 11100 Lai | 1995 KC | Luciano Lai (born 1948), Italian observer and discoverer of minor planets at Madonna di Dossobuono Observatory, Italy. | JPL · 11100 |
11101–11200 edit
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11101 Českáfilharmonie | 1995 SH | Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. | JPL · 11101 |
| 11102 Bertorighini | 1995 SZ4 | Alberto Righini (born 1942), a professor of astronomy at the University of Florence and Arcetri Observatory | MPC · 11102 |
| 11103 Miekerouppe | 1995 SX19 | Mieke Rouppe, member of the Dutch resistance in The Hague in World War II † | MPC · 11103 |
| 11104 Airion | 1995 TQ | Evelyn Airion Enyart (born 1952) teaches seminars in healing techniques. She was born in Louisiana, raised in Guatemala and educated at the University of New Mexico, receiving degrees in both Communications and Sign Language. She presents workshops around the world, writes books and produces videos on healing techniques. | JPL · 11104 |
| 11105 Puchnarová | 1995 UR2 | Dana Puchnarová (born 1938), Czech painter and graphic artist | MPC · 11105 |
| 11107 Hakkoda | 1995 UU4 | Hakkōda Mountains a Japanese mountain range in northernmost Honshu. | JPL · 11107 |
| 11108 Hachimantai | 1995 UJ6 | Hachimantai is a beautiful highland. Some 1600 m high, it forms a part of the Ohu-Mountains located in northern Honshu. It is named as one of the 100 most celebrated mountains of Japan. | JPL · 11108 |
| 11109 Iwatesan | 1995 UG8 | Mount Iwate (Iwate-san) is a Japanese volcano with a peak of 2041 m that erupted a few years ago. It is located on the east of Mount Hachimantai. | JPL · 11109 |
| 11111 Repunit | 1995 WL | A repunit ("repeated unity") is a number consisting solely of the digit 1. The term was coined by Albert H. Beiler in his 1964 book Recreations in the Theory of Numbers | JPL · 11111 |
| 11112 Cagnoli | 1995 WM2 | Antonio Cagnoli (1743–1816) an Italian astronomer, who helped establish the Società Italiana ("Italian Society"), a.k.a. the Società dei XL ("Society of the Forty"), ancestor of the Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL ("National Academy of Sciences known as the Forty") | JPL · 11112 |
| 11115 Kariya | 1995 WC7 | Kariya City, located in the center of Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The discoverer, Akimasa Nakamura, had lived there for some time. | JPL · 11115 |
| 11117 Giuseppeolongo | 1996 LP1 | Giuseppe O. Longo (born 1941) an Italian mathematician and engineer at the University of Trieste. He is also the scientific manager of the astronomical society (Circolo Culturale Astronomico di Farra d'Isonzo) at the Farra d'Isonzo Observatory (Src). | IAU · 11117 |
| 11118 Modra | 1996 PK | Astronomické observatórium Modra-Piesok (Astronomical Observatory of Modra-Piesok), near Modra, Slovakia | MPC · 11118 |
| 11119 Taro | 1996 PS9 | Soutaro Ito (born 1925) has contributed much to the popularization of astronomy and established the Nanyo Astronomical Lovers Club in 1983. He was central to the establishment in 1986 of the society's observatory, the Nanyo Civil Astronomical Observatory. | JPL · 11119 |
| 11120 Pancaldi | 1996 QD1 | Enelio Pancaldi (born 1947), an Italian amateur astronomer. | JPL · 11120 |
| 11121 Malpighi | 1996 RD1 | Marcello Malpighi (1628–1694) holds a prominent position in the history of medicine and biology, working in Pisa, Bologna, Messina and Rome. A pioneer in the use of the microscope in anatomy, he made fundamental studies of the lungs. He later made contributions in hematology and embryology. | JPL · 11121 |
| 11122 Eliscolombini | 1996 RQ2 | Elis Colombini (born 1957) is the editor of publications on the local history of his birthplace of Modena and the surrounding province. | JPL · 11122 |
| 11123 Aliciaclaire | 1996 RT24 | Alicia Claire Contrite (born 1966) is an extraordinarily devoted mother, wife and daughter. She is a prosecuting attorney for the city of Santa Monica, California, primarily concerned with the plight of abused women. The citation was prepared by M. Hibbs, Alicia's mother, at the request of E. Helin of the NEAT team. | JPL · 11123 |
| 11124 Mikulášek | 1996 TR9 | Zdeněk Mikulášek (born 1947), Czech astronomer and director of the Nicholas Copernicus Observatory and Planetarium in Brno | MPC · 11124 |
| 11126 Doleček | 1996 TC15 | Josef ("Jožka") Doleček (born 1912) had a principal role in building the public observatory of Valašské Meziříčí and was its first director. His work gave a basis for the observatory's success in astronomy popularization in the Czech Republic. | JPL · 11126 |
| 11127 Hagi | 1996 UH1 | The name Hagi-Lespedeza is derived from the flower in the symbol of Sendai City, Japan. | JPL · 11127 |
| 11128 Ostravia | 1996 VP | Latin name for Ostrava, Czech Republic | MPC · 11128 |
| 11129 Hayachine | 1996 VS5 | Mount Hayachine is located in the Kitakami highlands of Japan | JPL · 11129 |
| 11132 Horne | 1996 WU | Johnny Horne (born 1953), an American amateur astronomer since age 10 from North Carolina | JPL · 11132 |
| 11133 Kumotori | 1996 XY | Mount Kumotori, the highest peak in the Tokyo Metropolis, Japan | JPL · 11133 |
| 11134 České Budějovice | 1996 XO2 | České Budějovice, a city in the Czech Republic | MPC · 11134 |
| 11135 Ryokami | 1996 XF3 | Mount Ryōkami is located at the northern part of the Kanto plain. It is known for its exceptionally unique shape that looks like the blade of a saw. The stunning landscape it outlines in the Kanto mountains makes it one of the 100 most celebrated mountains of Japan. | JPL · 11135 |
| 11136 Shirleymarinus | 1996 XW12 | Shirley Marinus (born 1921) served during a third of a century as secretary in the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory for the Polariscope program, the Imaging Photopolarimeters on Pioneers 10 and 11, the Space Science Series textbooks, and the Spacewatch survey of comets and minor planets. | JPL · 11136 |
| 11137 Yarigatake | 1996 XE19 | Mount Yari (Yari-ga-take) has a characteristic pear-shaped peak. A difficult and challenging 3180-meter climb, it is one of the 100 most celebrated mountains in Japan. | JPL · 11137 |
| 11138 Hotakadake | 1996 XC31 | Mount Hotakadake is the generic name of several mountain peaks, some of them more than 3000 meters high, in central Japan. | JPL · 11138 |
| 11140 Yakedake | 1997 AP1 | Mount Yake volcano, Japan | JPL · 11140 |
| 11141 Jindrawalter | 1997 AX14 | Jindřich Walter (born 1941), Czech physicist | MPC · 11141 |
| 11142 Facchini | 1997 AP17 | Renato Facchini (born 1917), a well-known Italian amateur astronomern. | JPL · 11142 |
| 11144 Radiocommunicata | 1997 CR1 | Radio communication, in honour of the Kleť broadcasting tower staff | MPC · 11144 |
| 11145 Emanuelli | 1997 QH1 | Pio Emanuelli (1888–1946), an Italian astronomer at the Vatican Observatory and teaching astronomy and history of astronomy at Rome University Img | MPC · 11145 |
| 11146 Kirigamine | 1997 WD3 | Mount Kirigamine, one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains | JPL · 11146 |
| 11147 Delmas | 1997 XT5 | Robert Delmas (born 1955), a French aeronautical engineer. | JPL · 11147 |
| 11148 Einhardress | 1997 XO8 | Einhard Ress (born 1936), an engineer and scientist at the German Aerospace Center (DLR). | JPL · 11148 |
| 11149 Tateshina | 1997 XZ9 | Mount Tateshina volcano, one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains | JPL · 11149 |
| 11150 Bragg | 1997 YG1 | Sir William Henry Bragg (1862−1942), British physicist, chemist and mathematician, who received the Nobel prize in physics in 1915. | JPL · 11150 |
| 11151 Oodaigahara | 1997 YZ2 | Mount Ōdaigahara, one of the "100 Famous Japanese Mountains", in the National Park of Yoshino-Kumano and a UNESCO World Heritage Site | JPL · 11151 |
| 11152 Oomine | 1997 YH5 | Mount Ōmine, in the middle of the Kii peninsula, in the National Park of Yoshino-Kumano, one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains, a UNESCO World Heritage Site | JPL · 11152 |
| 11154 Kobushi | 1997 YD10 | Mount Kobushi, one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains, in the Oku-Chichibu area, stretching over the three states of Kōshū, Bushu, and Shinshu | JPL · 11154 |
| 11155 Kinpu | 1997 YW13 | Mount Kinpu, one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains, in the Oku-Chichibu area | JPL · 11155 |
| 11156 Al-Khwarismi | 1997 YP14 | Muhammad ibn Musa Al-Khwarismi (fl. c. 825) was an Arab mathematician and astronomer whose books, translated into Latin, were the main source through which Indian numerals and Arabic algebra came into Western Europe. | JPL · 11156 |
| 11158 Cirou | 1998 AJ6 | Alain Cirou (born 1958) is editor of Ciel et Espace magazine. | JPL · 11158 |
| 11159 Mizugaki | 1998 BH1 | Mount Mizugaki is located at the western end of the Oku-Chichibu mountain chain. It has a particularly strange appearance, composed of large, humped rocks. | JPL · 11159 |
| 11161 Daibosatsu | 1998 BA8 | Daibosatu mountain, which has a 2057-m peak, is located on the northern end of the Koganesawa mountain chain in Japan | JPL · 11161 |
| 11163 Milešovka | 1998 CR | Milešovka, the highest mountain in the Bohemian Highlands (Czech České středohoří), on the occasion of 100 years of observations from the meteorological observatory there | JPL · 11163 |
| 11166 Anatolefrance | 1998 DF34 | Anatole France (1844–1924), French writer | MPC · 11166 |
| 11167 Kunžak | 1998 FD3 | Kunžak is a picturesque village in South Bohemia, Czech Republic | JPL · 11167 |
| 11169 Alkon | 1998 FW33 | Andy L. Alkon (born 1986), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11169 |
| 11170 Bradenmilford | 1998 FY34 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 11170 |
| 11173 Jayanderson | 1998 FA59 | Jay S. Anderson (born 1985), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11173 |
| 11174 Carandrews | 1998 FR67 | Carolyn Marie Andrews (born 1984), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11174 |
| 11176 Batth | 1998 FD68 | Sukhjeet Singh Batth (born 1985), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11176 |
| 11178 Emmajoy | 1998 FR101 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 11178 |
| 11179 Ahmadperez | 1998 FB109 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 11179 |
| 11180 Brentperlman | 1998 FU117 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 11180 |
| 11184 Postma | 1998 HJ9 | Sep Postma (1921–1944), member of the Dutch resistance in World War II † | MPC · 11184 |
| 11187 Richoliver | 1998 KO4 | Richard C. Oliver (born 1948), an electronics specialist at the Lowell Observatory. | JPL · 11187 |
| 11189 Rabeaton | 1998 QQ43 | Rachael Lynn Beaton (born 1985), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11189 |
| 11190 Jennibell | 1998 RM52 | Jennifer Marie Bell (born 1984), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11190 |
| 11191 Paskvić | 1998 XW16 | Ivan Paskvić (1754–1829), Croatian founder and director of the Buda Observatory | JPL · 11191 |
| 11193 Mérida | 1998 XN96 | Mérida, a Venezuelan city, named in 1558 by Juan Rodriguez Suarez, is also known as "the city of the gentlemen" for its hospitality; "the city of the snowing mountains" for the surrounding Andes; and "the university city" for its famous Universidad de Los Andes. | MPC · 11193 |
| 11194 Mirna | 1998 YE | Mirna river, Croatia | JPL · 11194 |
| 11195 Woomera | 1999 AY22 | Woomera, Aboriginal for spear thrower, is a village in the Australian outback founded in 1947 as a rocket rangehead. | JPL · 11195 |
| 11196 Michanikos | 1999 BO9 | Heron of Alexandria, also known as "Michanikos, the machine man" (c. 10–75), invented many automatic contrivances long before the age of the computer. | JPL · 11196 |
| 11197 Beranek | 1999 CY25 | Benjamin Charles Beranek (born 1984), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11197 |
11201–11300 edit
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11201 Talich | 1999 EL5 | Václav Talich (1883–1961), a well-known Czech conductor. | JPL · 11201 |
| 11202 Teddunham | 1999 FA10 | Edward W. Dunham (born 1952), an astronomer at the Lowell Observatory. | JPL · 11202 |
| 11203 Danielbetten | 1999 FV26 | Daniel Price Betten (born 1987), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11203 |
| 11206 Bibee | 1999 FR29 | Kristin Page Bibee (born 1984), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11206 |
| 11207 Black | 1999 FQ58 | Maribeth Joanne Black (born 1984), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11207 |
| 11210 Kevinqian | 1999 GP22 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 11210 |
| 11211 Saxena | 1999 GD24 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 11211 |
| 11212 Tebbutt | 1999 HS | John Tebbutt (1834–1916) was an Australian astronomer whose observations included many comets and the 1874 transit of Venus. His name is particularly associated with the great comets of 1861 and 1881. He was the first president of the New South Wales branch of the British Astronomical Association. | JPL · 11212 |
| 11214 Ruhisayana | 1999 HP8 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 11214 |
| 11216 Billhubbard | 1999 JG1 | William B. Hubbard (born 1940) is a planetary scientist studying interiors and atmospheres at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory of the University of Arizona, where he was also director during 1977–1981. His studies include the structure and evolution of Jupiter, Saturn and extrasolar giant planets | JPL · 11216 |
| 11219 Benbohn | 1999 JN20 | Benjamin Josef Bohn (born 1985), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11219 |
| 11225 Borden | 1999 JD36 | Timothy Calvin Borden (born 1985), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11225 |
| 11227 Ksenborisova | 1999 JR43 | Ksenia V. Borisova (born 1983), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11227 |
| 11228 Botnick | 1999 JW49 | Aaron Michael Botnick (born 1984), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11228 |
| 11229 Brookebowers | 1999 JX52 | Brooke Nacole Bowers (born 1986), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11229 |
| 11230 Deschaffer | 1999 JV57 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 11230 |
| 11231 Schiavo | 1999 JF59 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 11231 |
| 11238 Johanmaurits | 2044 P-L | Count John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (1604–1679), governor of Dutch Brazil (1637–1644), was the founder of the first astronomical observatory and meteorological station by a non-American in the Americas. During his reign he stimulated the arts, science and freedom of religion and created local councils to govern Dutch Brazil. | JPL · 11238 |
| 11239 Marcgraf | 4141 P-L | Georg Marcgrave (1610–1643), German-Dutch astronomer, mathematician and naturalist, made the first serious study of the southern sky during his stay in Dutch Brazil. He is also known for his zoological and cartographic work during the reign of Johan Maurits in Dutch Brazil. Marcgraf died in 1643 in Luanda (then Dutch Angola). | JPL · 11239 |
| 11240 Piso | 4175 P-L | Willem Piso (1610–1678), Dutch doctor of medicine, together with Georg Marcgraf wrote the first book about the flora, fauna and the local customs of the Brazilians. Their book was and is a unique example of Brazilian society during the reign of the Dutch in Brazil. | JPL · 11240 |
| 11241 Eckhout | 6792 P-L | Albert Eckhout (1610–1666), Dutch painter who took part in an expedition to Brazil, made portraits of the people who inhabited Dutch Brazil during the reign of Johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen in the 17th century. | JPL · 11241 |
| 11242 Franspost | 2144 T-1 | Frans Post (1612–1680), a Dutch painter who was one of the first European-trained artists to paint in the Americas. He recorded various aspects of life and the local atmosphere of Dutch Brazil, or Nieuw Holland, in his paintings. | JPL · 11242 |
| 11243 de Graauw | 2157 T-1 | Matthijs W. M. de Graauw (born 1942), a Dutch astronomer who is known for his tireless enthusiasm in pushing Dutch and European infrared and submillimeter astronomy forward, both on the ground and in space. | JPL · 11243 |
| 11244 Andrékuipers | 4314 T-2 | André Kuipers (born 1958), a Dutch physician and ESA astronaut who has had an inspiring role in promoting space among young people. | JPL · 11244 |
| 11245 Hansderijk | 3100 T-3 | Johannes A. F. de Rijk (born 1926) is a gifted Dutch science writer. Better known under the pseudonym Bruno Ernst, he has made contributions to astronomy, mathematics, physics, art and natural science, sundials and the art of M. C. Escher. | JPL · 11245 |
| 11246 Orvillewright | 4250 T-3 | Orville Wright (1871–1948), American aviator, generally credited with the assistance of his brother as being the first pilot of a heavier-than-air flying machine. | JPL · 11246 |
| 11247 Wilburwright | 4280 T-3 | Wilbur Wright (1867–1912), American aviator who participated with his brother in the first successful flights of a heavier-than-air flying machine at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on 17 December 1903. | JPL · 11247 |
| 11248 Blériot | 4354 T-3 | Louis Blériot (1872–1936), French aviator and airplane designer, made the first airplane crossing of the English Channel from France to England on 25 July 1909. | JPL · 11248 |
| 11249 Etna | 1971 FD | Mount Etna is a stratovolcano above the Sicilian city of Catania in Italy. Its height is 3350 meters, and the last eruption was 2003. Etna's eruptions have been known since antiquity. | JPL · 11249 |
| 11251 Icarion | 1973 SN1 | Icarion, from Greek mythology, the son of Ebalus of Sparta. By the nymph Periboea, Icarion was the father of Penelope. | JPL · 11251 |
| 11252 Laërtes | 1973 SA2 | Laërtes, king of Ithaca, was the son of Arcisius, who in turn was a son of Zeus. Laërtes was the husband of Anticleia and father of Odysseus. | JPL · 11252 |
| 11253 Mesyats | 1976 UP2 | Gennadij Andreevich Mesyats (born 1936), a Russian physicist. | JPL · 11253 |
| 11254 Konkohekisui | 1977 DL2 | Konko Hekisui (1909–1989) was a Japanese poet and sometime director of the library in Konko, Okayama prefecture. | JPL · 11254 |
| 11255 Fujiiekio | 1977 DC4 | Fujii Ekio (1910–1990), an amateur astronomer and sometime director of the Okayama Astronomy Museum. | JPL · 11255 |
| 11256 Fuglesang | 1978 RO8 | Christer Fuglesang, the first Swedish astronaut | JPL · 11256 |
| 11257 Rodionta | 1978 TP2 | Tatiana Vladimirovna Rodionova (born 1964) is an engineer in Orenburg, wife of Igor' Victorovich Rodionov, building engineer, and the discoverer's friend. | JPL · 11257 |
| 11258 Aoyama | 1978 VP1 | Aoyama Gakuin, a Christian educational institute founded in 1874, is the discoverer's Alma Mater. | JPL · 11258 |
| 11259 Yingtungchen | 1978 VD3 | Ying-Tung "Charles" Chen (born 1981) is a post-doctoral fellow at the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (Taiwan) where he uses data from large surveys to study outer solar system objects. | JPL · 11259 |
| 11260 Camargo | 1978 VD9 | Julio Ignacio Bueno de Camargo (born 1967) is a researcher at the Observatorio Nacional (Brazil) who specializes in astrometry of solar system bodies and reference frames, particularly in the prediction and observation of stellar occultations. | JPL · 11260 |
| 11261 Krisbecker | 1978 XK | Kris Jay Becker (born 1959), a senior computer scientist at the United States Geological Survey Astrogeology Science Center. | JPL · 11261 |
| 11262 Drube | 1979 MP3 | Line Drube (born 1980) is a postdoctoral researcher at the German Aerospace Center (DLR-Berlin) whose investigations include the thermal properties of asteroids and the properties of Martian airborne dust using data from the Phoenix Lander. | JPL · 11262 |
| 11263 Pesonen | 1979 OA | Lauri Pesonen (born 1944), an emeritus professor of geophysics at the University of Helsinki. | JPL · 11263 |
| 11264 Claudiomaccone | 1979 UC4 | Claudio Maccone (born 1948), Italian scientist at the Alenia Spazio in Turin, participant in the design of several scientific space missions (Src) | MPC · 11264 |
| 11265 Hasselmann | 1981 EU34 | Pedro Henrique Aragão Hasselmann (born 1987) completed his PhD at Observatório Nacional do Rio de Janeiro researching the photometric properties and phase functions of asteroids. | JPL · 11265 |
| 11266 Macke | 1981 ES41 | Robert J. Macke SJ (born 1974) is a research scientist and meteorite curator at the Vatican Observatory, whose fundamental contributions include studying the relationship between shock state and porosity in carbonaceous chondrites. | JPL · 11266 |
| 11267 Donaldkessler | 1981 UE28 | Donald J. Kessler (born 1940), American astrophysicist and founder of the modern field of orbital debris, who was the head of NASA's orbital debris office | JPL · 11267 |
| 11268 Spassky | 1985 UF5 | Igor' Dmitrievich Spassky (born 1926), a specialist on shipbuilding and a great authority on creation of ice-resistant oil-and-gas production platforms and high-speed railway transport. He is an honored citizen of Saint Petersburg. | JPL · 11268 |
| 11269 Knyr | 1987 QG10 | Igor' Ivanovich Knyr (born 1963), an engineer and specialist on the introduction of new techniques in industry and a friend of the discoverer's family. | JPL · 11269 |
| 11274 Castillo-Rogez | 1988 SX2 | Julie Castillo-Rogez (born 1974) is a planetary scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory who has performed extensive thermal and geochemical modeling of Ceres to interpret its interior structure based on Dawn Spacecraft data. | JPL · 11274 |
| 11277 Ballard | 1988 TW2 | Robert Ballard (born 1942), a marine scientist. | JPL · 11277 |
| 11278 Telesio | 1989 SD3 | Bernardino Telesio (1509–1588), an Italian philosopher and natural scientist. | JPL · 11278 |
| 11280 Sakurai | 1989 TY10 | Yukio Sakurai (born 1953), a local government official and an amateur astronomer in Japan. | JPL · 11280 |
| 11282 Hanakusa | 1989 UY2 | Kiyotaka Hanakusa (born 1956), director of the Seiwa Kogen Observatory since 1995, is an astronomy scholar and popularizer of astronomy in Kumamoto Prefecture. | JPL · 11282 |
| 11284 Belenus | 1990 BA | Belenus, husband of Belisana, is the Gaulish god of light, with responsibilities also to sheep and cattle. | JPL · 11284 |
| 11288 Okunohosomichi | 1990 XU | Oku no Hosomichi ("The Narrow Road to the Interior") is a Haikai travel journal written by Matsuo Basho, master Haikai poet, when he traveled the Northern Provinces of Honshu in 1689, accompanied by his apprentice Kawai Sora | JPL · 11288 |
| 11289 Frescobaldi | 1991 PA2 | Girolamo Frescobaldi, Italian composer. | JPL · 11289 |
| 11292 Bunjisuzuki | 1991 RC28 | Bunji Suzuki (born 1955), a high-school teacher and an amateur astrophysicist specializing in comets. | JPL · 11292 |
| 11294 Kazu | 1992 CK | Kazumasa Imai (born 1955) is a Japanese radio astronomer at Kochi National College of Technology. | JPL · 11294 |
| 11295 Gustaflarsson | 1992 EU28 | Carl Gustaf Larsson (1893–1985), born in Norrlanda, Gotland, was originally a carpenter but started to write poems in the local language spoken on Gotland. He is also well known for his photographs describing daily life on Gotland | JPL · 11295 |
| 11296 Denzen | 1992 KA | Aoudou Denzen (1748–1822) was a western-style painter of the Edo period born in Sukagawa in Oshu (now Sukagawa city, Fukushima prefecture). He was the first artist in Japan to perfect elaborate western-style copper plate engraving. The name was suggested by H. Sato. | JPL · 11296 |
| 11298 Gide | 1992 RE6 | André Gide (1869–1951), a French writer, humanist and moralist. | JPL · 11298 |
| 11299 Annafreud | 1992 SA22 | Anna Freud (1895–1982), the youngest daughter of Sigmund Freud, escaped with her father in 1938 Austria and settled in London. In 1936 she published Das Ich und die Abwehrmechanismen. She is considered the founder of child psychoanalysis. | JPL · 11299 |
11301–11400 edit
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11302 Rubicon | 1993 BM5 | The Rubicon (Latin Rubico) was a small river that separated ancient Cisalpine Gaul from Italy. | JPL · 11302 |
| 11304 Cowra | 1993 DJ | Cowra in New South Wales, Australia, is a tourist destination. | JPL · 11304 |
| 11305 Ahlqvist | 1993 FS6 | David Ahlqvist (1900–1988) was an artist, author, musician and for many years a leading personality in the cultural life on Gotland | JPL · 11305 |
| 11306 Åkesson | 1993 FF18 | Sonja Åkesson (1926–1977), born in Buttle on Gotland, was well known for her characteristic poetic style describing the struggles of daily life. She was also a songwriter | JPL · 11306 |
| 11307 Erikolsson | 1993 FA40 | Erik Olsson (1919–2007) was an artist who also worked with restoration of churches. He initiated the foundation of a museum in Kovik that reflects the history of fishing on Gotland | JPL · 11307 |
| 11308 Tofta | 1993 FF76 | Tofta is a parish on Gotland with one of the most popular beaches on the island. It is the site of a 47-m stoneship, the longest to be found on Gotland | JPL · 11308 |
| 11309 Malus | 1993 PC7 | Étienne-Louis Malus (1775–1812), a French physicist. | JPL · 11309 |
| 11311 Peleus | 1993 XN2 | Peleus, king of the Myrmidons in Thessaly, helped Heracles conquer Troy. He was married to the goddess Thetis. | JPL · 11311 |
| 11313 Kügelgen | 1994 GE10 | Gerhard von Kügelgen (1772–1820) and his son Wilhelm von Kügelgen (1802–1867), prominent German painters. | JPL · 11313 |
| 11314 Charcot | 1994 NR1 | Jean-Martin Charcot (1825–1893), one of France's greatest medical clinicians. | JPL · 11314 |
| 11315 Salpêtrière | 1994 NS1 | "Salpêtrière Hospital", a famous neurological clinic. | JPL · 11315 |
| 11316 Fuchitatsuo | 1994 TR3 | Tatsuo Fuchi (born 1952), a computer technology specialist and amateur astronomer. | JPL · 11316 |
| 11317 Hitoshi | 1994 TX12 | Hitoshi Hasegawa (born 1957), a computer programmer and an amateur planetary scientist. | JPL · 11317 |
| 11321 Tosimatumoto | 1995 DE1 | Tosikazu Matumoto (born 1941), a comet hunter in Takefu, Fukui prefecture. | JPL · 11321 |
| 11322 Aquamarine | 1995 QT | Aquamarine is the name of a Japanese duo group, Sachiko (born 1975) and Mimas (born 1971). They sing of stars and the universe. Their COSMOS is the main theme song of the "Star Week" event, produced by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. | JPL · 11322 |
| 11323 Nasu | 1995 QC2 | Eiichi Nasu (born 1955) was chief editor of the newsletter Astro Oita of the Astronomical Society of Oita for more than ten years, beginning in 1979. He is now the director of this society. | JPL · 11323 |
| 11324 Hayamizu | 1995 QQ3 | Tsutomu Hayamizu (born 1962), associate director of the Sendai Space Hall and Observatory since 1997. | JPL · 11324 |
| 11325 Slavický | 1995 SG | Klement Slavický (1910–1999), an outstanding Czech composer. | JPL · 11325 |
| 11326 Ladislavschmied | 1995 SL | Ladislav Schmied (born 1927), a Czech amateur astronomer, known for his systematic observations of the sun. He has made more than 10,000 plots of the solar photosphere during the last 50 years. The name was suggested by P. Spurný. | JPL · 11326 |
| 11328 Mariotozzi | 1995 UL | Mario Tozzi, Italian geologist, author, and president of the Arcipelago Toscano National Park | JPL · 11328 |
| 11332 Jameswatt | 1996 GO20 | James Watt, Scottish mathematician and engineer. | JPL · 11332 |
| 11333 Forman | 1996 HU | Milos Forman (born 1932), a Czech films director. JPL | MPC · 11333 |
| 11334 Rio de Janeiro | 1996 HM18 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. | JPL · 11334 |
| 11335 Santiago | 1996 HW23 | Santiago, Chile. | JPL · 11335 |
| 11336 Piranesi | 1996 NS3 | Giambattista Piranesi, 18th-century Venetian architect and etcher, one of the main inspirers of neoclassicism | JPL · 11336 |
| 11337 Sandro | 1996 PG1 | Sandro Bartolini (born 1974), the elder son of the first discoverer. | JPL · 11337 |
| 11338 Schiele | 1996 TL9 | Egon Schiele, Austrian painter | MPC · 11338 |
| 11339 Orlík | 1996 VM5 | Orlík, castle in South Bohemia, Czech Republic | MPC · 11339 |
| 11341 Babbage | 1996 XE2 | Charles Babbage, a British mathematician. | JPL · 11341 |
| 11348 Allegra | 1997 BG9 | Allegra Noccioli (born 1999) is the daughter of Fabrizio Noccioli, an amateur astronomer in the Montelupo Group. | JPL · 11348 |
| 11349 Witten | 1997 JH16 | Edward Witten (born 1951), a physicist at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and one of the premier theoretical physicists of our time. | JPL · 11349 |
| 11350 Teresa | 1997 QN4 | Teresa Chercoles (born 1951), wife of Rafael Pacheco, passes many nights at home while Pacheco and his colleagues are at the observatory enjoying the minor planets. | JPL · 11350 |
| 11351 Leucus | 1997 TS25 | Leucus, a character in Homer's Iliad, was an Achaean warrior and companion of Odysseus. | JPL · 11351 |
| 11352 Koldewey | 1997 WP22 | Eberhard Koldewey (born 1937), at the DLR Institute of Space Sensor Technology and Planetary Exploration, contributed to the upgrade of the Bochum telescope at the European Southern Observatory, where he participated in many observing campaigns on minor planets. The naming is on the occasion of his retirement. | JPL · 11352 |
| 11353 Guillaume | 1997 XX5 | Guillaume Scholl (born 1987) tested early versions of an automatic code for detecting minor planets developed by his father, astronomer Hans Scholl of the Observatoire de la Côte d´Azur. As a result, recent versions of the code are more user friendly. | JPL · 11353 |
| 11356 Chuckjones | 1997 YA | Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones, American animator, artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films. | JPL · 11356 |
| 11359 Piteglio | 1998 BP24 | Piteglio, a village in Tuscany | MPC · 11359 |
| 11360 Formigine | 1998 DL14 | Formigine, a small Italian town located 10 km south of Modena. | JPL · 11360 |
| 11361 Orbinskij | 1998 DD36 | Artemij Robertovitch Orbinskij (1862–1927) was a Russian astronomer on the staff of the Odessa department of the Pulkovo Observatory. He made important contributions especially in the field of positional astronomy. The name was suggested by E. Kato | JPL · 11361 |
| 11363 Vives | 1998 EB12 | Juan Luis Vives (1492–1540), a Spanish humanist. | JPL · 11363 |
| 11364 Karlštejn | 1998 FB3 | The Gothic castle at Karlstejn was built in 1348 by Charles IV in the Kingdom of Bohemia, 27 km from the capital, Prague, to guard the crown jewels and state charters. The castle has survived well preserved to the present day, and it symbolizes Czech statehood within Europe. | JPL · 11364 |
| 11365 NASA | 1998 FK126 | NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration). | JPL · 11365 |
| 11367 Rachelseevers | 1998 HJ115 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 11367 |
| 11369 Brazelton | 1998 QE33 | Mary Augusta Brazelton (born 1986), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11369 |
| 11370 Nabrown | 1998 QD35 | Nachelle Diane Brown (born 1985), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11370 |
| 11371 Camley | 1998 QO38 | Brian Andrew Camley (born 1985), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11371 |
| 11372 Aditisingh | 1998 QP41 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 11372 |
| 11373 Carbonaro | 1998 QG49 | Nicole Jean Carbonaro (born 1984), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11373 |
| 11374 Briantaylor | 1998 QU60 | Brian W. Taylor (born 1964), a Lowell Observatory instrumentation software specialist, designed the controller for LONEOS and other observatory CCD cameras. | JPL · 11374 |
| 11376 Taizomuta | 1998 SY5 | Taizo Muta (born 1937) is a physicist. His main interest is in the application of quantum field theory to particle physics. He is a discoverer of the MS-bar scheme in quantum chromodynamics. An amateur astronomer, he is currently serving as president of Hiroshima University. | JPL · 11376 |
| 11377 Nye | 1998 SH59 | Ralph A. Nye (born 1945), Lowell Observatory's instrument designer. | JPL · 11377 |
| 11378 Dauria | 1998 SV60 | Florida amateur astronomer Tippy D´Auria (born 1935) is founder of the Winter Star Party. | JPL · 11378 |
| 11379 Flaubert | 1998 SY74 | Gustave Flaubert, French author. | JPL · 11379 |
| 11380 Amolsingh | 1998 SK100 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 11380 |
| 11382 Juliasitu | 1998 SW127 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 11382 |
| 11384 Sartre | 1998 SW143 | Jean-Paul Sartre, French writer and philosopher. | JPL · 11384 |
| 11385 Beauvoir | 1998 SP147 | Simone de Beauvoir, French author, philosopher, and feminist. | JPL · 11385 |
| 11392 Paulpeeters | 1998 WC3 | Paul Peeters, Belgian amateur astronomer. | JPL · 11392 |
| 11395 Iphinous | 1998 XN77 | Iphinous, from Greek mythology. He was killed by Glaukos in hand-to-hand combat. | IAU · 11395 |
| 11400 Raša | 1999 AT21 | Raša river, Croatia | JPL · 11400 |
11401–11500 edit
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11401 Pierralba | 1999 AF25 | Pierre Albanese (born 1992) showed a great interest in the sky, being able to recognize the major planets while he was only four years old. He made drawings inspired by the images obtained by his father, Caussols astronomer Dominique Albanese. | JPL · 11401 |
| 11404 Wittig | 1999 BX4 | Sigmar Wittig (born 1940), chairman of the executive board of the German Aerospace Center during 2002–2007, has been head of the Institute for Thermal Turbomachinery at the University of Karlsruhe, vice president of the German Research Foundation and chair of the European Space Agency Council. | JPL · 11404 |
| 11406 Ucciocontin | 1999 CY14 | Aurelio (Uccio) Contin (1923–2002) was a professional pharmacist, amateur scientist, diver and naturalist. He is well known for his educational and social work. | JPL · 11406 |
| 11407 Madsubramanian | 1999 CV50 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 11407 |
| 11408 Zahradník | 1999 EG3 | Rudolf Zahradník, Czech chemist, co-founder of the Czech school of quantum chemistry, founding father and first president of the Učená společnost České republiky (Learned Society of the Czech Republic), and first president of the Akademie věd České republiky (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic) | JPL · 11408 |
| 11409 Horkheimer | 1999 FD9 | Jack Horkheimer, American popularizer of astronomy † | MPC · 11409 |
| 11413 Catanach | 1999 JG21 | Therese Anne Catanach (born 1985), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11413 |
| 11414 Allanchu | 1999 JU26 | Allan Chu (born 1984), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11414 |
| 11417 Chughtai | 1999 JW117 | Asma Latif Chughtai (born 1986), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11417 |
| 11418 Williamwang | 1999 JN118 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 11418 |
| 11419 Donjohnson | 1999 KS2 | Donald Joe Johnson II (1959–2001) went from the field of aerospace to that of a testing engineer working towards the future. He was best known for his kindness, imagination and creativity in storytelling. In his stories he took friends and comrades to the stars in adventures with a brighter future for humanity. | JPL · 11419 |
| 11420 Zoeweiss | 1999 KR14 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 11420 |
| 11421 Cardano | 1999 LW2 | Gerolamo Cardano (1501–1576), prototypical Renaissance man, physician, mathematician, astrologer, inventor and gambler. | JPL · 11421 |
| 11422 Alilienthal | 1999 LD7 | Alfred Lilienthal (1889–1970) studied in England and was a businessman in Berlin during the 1930s. He spent the 1940s in Shanghai. | JPL · 11422 |
| 11423 Cronin | 1999 LT24 | Kevin Michael Cronin (born 1984), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11423 |
| 11425 Wearydunlop | 1999 MF | Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop, an Australian Army surgeon prisoner-of-war on the Burma railway. | JPL · 11425 |
| 11426 Molster | 2527 P-L | Lucia Glen Molster (26–27 April 2007) was the beloved daughter of Dutch astronomers Frank and Nathalie Molster. | JPL · 11426 |
| 11427 Willemkolff | 2611 P-L | Willem Johan Kolff, Dutch-born American internist, inventor of the kidney dialysis machine | JPL · 11427 |
| 11428 Alcinoös | 4139 P-L | Alcinous, King of Phaiacians and father of Nausicaa in Homer's Odyssey | JPL · 11428 |
| 11429 Demodokus | 4655 P-L | Demodocus, blind minstrel in Homer's Odyssey. | JPL · 11429 |
| 11430 Lodewijkberg | 9560 P-L | Lodewijk van den Berg, Dutch-born American astronaut | JPL · 11430 |
| 11431 Karelbosscha | 4843 T-1 | Karel Albert Rudolf Bosscha (1865–1928), a Dutch tea planter, co-founder of the Lembang Observatory near Bandung in the Dutch East Indies, uncle of Rudolf Albert Kerkhoven. | JPL · 11431 |
| 11432 Kerkhoven | 1052 T-2 | Rudolf Albert Kerkhoven (1879–1940) was a notable Dutch tea planter in Malabar, West Java, who, with his uncle Karel Albert Rudolf Bosscha, greatly contributed to the establishment of the Lembang Observatory. His legacy continues to support astronomical research in Indonesia and Holland. | JPL · 11432 |
| 11433 Gemmafrisius | 3474 T-3 | Gemma Frisius (a.k.a. Gemma Phrysius, Gemma Reyneri), 16th-century Dutch geographer, scientist, and physician, teacher of Mercator | JPL · 11433 |
| 11434 Lohnert | 1931 TC2 | Karl Lohnert (1885–1944) worked from 1905 to 1907 as an assistant of Max Wolf and discovered four now-numbered minor planets. Lohnert studied psychology in Leipzig and earned his doctorate under Wilhelm Wundt, honoring his mentor by the naming of 635 Vundtia. | JPL · 11434 |
| 11437 Cardalda | 1971 SB | Carlos Cardalda (1883–1961), Argentine amateur astronomer, cofounder of the Argentinian Association of Amateur Astronomers and instrumental in founding the Asociación de Aficionados a la Astronomía Uruguay | JPL · 11437 |
| 11438 Zeldovich | 1973 QR1 | Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Soviet physicist. | JPL · 11438 |
| 11440 Massironi | 1975 SC2 | Matteo Massironi (born 1967) is a professor at the University of Padova whose research includes the geology of (21) Lutetia and the surface layering of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko using Rosetta spacecraft data. | JPL · 11440 |
| 11441 Anadiego | 1975 YD | Ana Teresa Diego, an outstanding undergraduate student at La Plata Astronomical. | JPL · 11441 |
| 11442 Seijin-Sanso | 1976 UN14 | Seijin-Sanso, near Kurashiki, Okayama prefecture, is the observing station where famed comet and nova hunter Minoru Honda discovered four of his 12 novae. He was observing there in 1990 on the last night of his life. | JPL · 11442 |
| 11443 Youdale | 1977 CP | Jack Youdale (1932–2017) was a British amateur astronomer, telescope maker and public outreach advocate. He was Honorary President of the Cleveland and Darlington Astronomical Society from 1979 until his death, and he had a monthly astronomy slot on local radio for over 20 years. | IAU · 11443 |
| 11444 Peshekhonov | 1978 QA2 | Vladimir Grigor'evich Peshekhonov (born 1934), director of the Central Scientific Research Institute "Electropribor", St. Petersburg, is a prominent specialist in naval and space navigation. He has developed a number of high-precision inertial navigation systems for sea vessels and mobile gravimeters for use on the sea shelf. | JPL · 11444 |
| 11445 Fedotov | 1978 SC7 | Victor Andreevich Fedotov (1933–2001), the brilliant conductor of performances in Mariinskij Theatre for more than 35 years. | JPL · 11445 |
| 11446 Betankur | 1978 TO8 | Avgustin Avgustinovich Betankur (1758–1824), a civil engineer who built a gun foundry in Kazan, many bridges and several remarkable buildings, in particular a riding-house in Moscow. | JPL · 11446 |
| 11448 Miahajduková | 1979 MB6 | Mária (Mia) Hajduková Jr. (born 1967) is a research scientist at the Slovak Academy of Science investigating meteoroid orbits, particularly the critical analysis of observational errors leading to apparently hyperbolic orbits. | JPL · 11448 |
| 11449 Stephwerner | 1979 QP | Stephanie C. Werner (born 1974), a German geophysicist, has investigated the chronostratigraphy and geologic evolutionary history of Mars. | JPL · 11449 |
| 11450 Shearer | 1979 QJ1 | Andrew Shearer (born 1953) an astrophysicist and professor at NUI Galway in Ireland, leads the group working in the field of high-time-resolution astrophysics and image processing. He was responsible for the measurements of the pulsed optical emission from PSR B0656+14 and Geminga (Src). | JPL · 11450 |
| 11451 Aarongolden | 1979 QR1 | Aaron Golden (born 1969), of the National University of Ireland, Galway, works in the field of high-time resolution astrophysics and image processing. He participated in the discovery of optical pulsations from two pulsars. | JPL · 11451 |
| 11453 Cañada-Assandri | 1981 DS1 | Marcela Cañada-Assandri (born 1976) is an astronomer at the El Leoncito Observatory in San Juan, Argentina, where she has worked on polarimetry of main-belt asteroids and the dynamics of the Hungaria group. | JPL · 11453 |
| 11454 Mariomelita | 1981 DT2 | Mario Daniel Melita (born 1964) is a professor at the Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio (IAFE) of the Universidad de Buenos Aires, specializing in dynamical and physical properties of small solar system bodies. | JPL · 11454 |
| 11455 Richardstarr | 1981 EN4 | Richard Starr (born 1950) of the Catholic University of America is an expert in planetary X-ray, gamma-ray, and neutron spectroscopy, including their application to asteroid missions. | JPL · 11455 |
| 11456 Cotto-Figueroa | 1981 EK9 | Desiree Cotto-Figueroa (born 1984) is a professor at the University of Puerto Rico, Humacao whose research includes shape and spin evolution of near-Earth asteroids in response to re-radiation of solar flux. | JPL · 11456 |
| 11457 Hitomikobayashi | 1981 EF12 | Hitomi Kobayashi (born 1984) is a Japanese researcher who studies formation and evolution of cometary organic volatiles based on observations and laboratory experiments. | JPL · 11457 |
| 11458 Rosemarypike | 1981 EV12 | Rosemary E. Pike (born 1984) is a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica (Taiwan) who studies complex resonances in the Kuiper belt, particularly the stability of the 5:1 resonance with Neptune. | JPL · 11458 |
| 11459 Andráspál | 1981 ET13 | András Pál (born 1981) is a researcher at the Konkoly Observatory in Budapest who develops computer tools for the processing and interpretation of small body visual and infrared observations. | JPL · 11459 |
| 11460 Juliafang | 1981 EZ15 | Julia Fang (born 1987) completed her PhD work at UCLA using observational data and numerical integrations in the dynamical study of multiple asteroid systems, both in the near-Earth and main belt populations. | JPL · 11460 |
| 11461 Wladimirneumann | 1981 EM18 | Wladimir Neumann (born 1981) is a researcher at the German Aerospace Center (DLR-Berlin) who studies water-rock differentiation of icy bodies applicable to interpreting Ceres data from the Dawn mission. | JPL · 11461 |
| 11462 Hsingwenlin | 1981 ES23 | Hsing-Wen "Edward" Lin (born 1982) is a postdoctoral researcher at the National Central University of Taiwan whose research spans from trans-Neptunian objects, to Centaurs, Neptune Trojans and main-belt asteroids. | JPL · 11462 |
| 11463 Petrpokorny | 1981 EN24 | Petr Pokorný (born 1986) is a Czech astrophysicist specializing in numerical models of the solar system dust complex and observational interpretation of meteor radar measurements. | JPL · 11463 |
| 11464 Moser | 1981 EL28 | Danielle Moser (born 1980) is a scientist working for the NASA Meteoroid Environment Office whose research includes meteor shower forecasting and estimating the energies of lunar impactors. | JPL · 11464 |
| 11465 Fulvio | 1981 EP30 | Daniele Fulvio (born 1979) is a professor of physics at the Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro performing laboratory simulation of asteroid space weathering through ion irradiation of meteorite samples. | JPL · 11465 |
| 11466 Katharinaotto | 1981 EL33 | Katharina A. Otto (born 1984) is a scientist at the German Aerospace Center (DLR-Berlin) studying the effects of Coriolis force in shaping surface features on Vesta through analysis of Dawn spacecraft images. | JPL · 11466 |
| 11467 Simonporter | 1981 EA36 | Simon B. Porter (born 1984) is a postdoctoral researcher at Southwest Research Institute (Boulder, Colorado) whose studies include tidal dissipation and stability in trans-Neptunian binary systems. | JPL · 11467 |
| 11468 Shantanunaidu | 1981 EU42 | Shantanu Naidu (born 1985) is a postdoctoral researcher at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory who combines dynamical theory and radar observations for asteroid physical studies, including spin-orbit coupling interactions in binary asteroid systems. | JPL · 11468 |
| 11469 Rozitis | 1981 EZ42 | Benjamin Rozitis (born 1984) is a research fellow at the Open University (UK) studying the physical and dynamical characterization of asteroid surfaces through spacecraft data, modeling, and microgravity experiments. | JPL · 11469 |
| 11470 Davidminton | 1981 EE47 | David Minton (born 1976) is a professor at Purdue University investigating the dynamical history of the main asteroid belt and its connection with terrestrial impacts. | JPL · 11470 |
| 11471 Toshihirabayashi | 1981 EH48 | Masatoshi Hirabayashi (born 1983) is a postdoctoral researcher at Purdue University specializing in modeling structural stresses experienced by rotating asteroids and comet nuclei. | JPL · 11471 |
| 11473 Barbaresco | 1982 SC | Barbaresco is a beautiful little Italian town in the Langhe region of Piedmont. | MPC · 11473 |
| 11475 Velinský | 1982 VL | Jaroslav Velinský (1932–2012), nickname Kapitán Kid, was a Czech science fiction and detective novel writer, publisher, songwriter and musician. He was one of the founders of the Czech folk festival, Porta. | JPL · 11475 |
| 11476 Stefanosimoni | 1984 HH1 | Stefano Simoni (born 1974) is an Italian amateur astronomer. He created and maintains a very popular non-profit Italian blog devoted to the dissemination of astronomy and astrophysics. | JPL · 11476 |
| 11480 Velikij Ustyug | 1986 RW5 | Veliky Ustyug, Russia. | JPL · 11480 |
| 11481 Znannya | 1987 WO1 | Znannya, a scientific society founded in Kyiv in 1948 by Ukrainian astronomer Sergej Konstantinovich Vsekhsvyatskij and other scientists. It propagates knowledge in astronomy, physics, history and other sciences in Ukraine and elsewhere. | JPL · 11481 |
| 11484 Daudet | 1988 DF2 | Alphonse Daudet (1840–1897), a French novelist who is remembered as a writer of sentimental tales, believed that the world was misrepresented by novelists, who concentrated only on its uglier aspects. His Lettres de mon Moulin (1869) can therefore be considered a more joyful interpretation of the mystery of things and of individuals. | JPL · 11484 |
| 11485 Zinzendorf | 1988 RW3 | Nikolaus Ludwig, Graf von Zinzendorf (1700–1760), a counsellor at the court of his native town of Dresden (1721–1727). | JPL · 11485 |
| 11492 Shimose | 1988 VR3 | Nobuo Shimose (born 1944) is well known in Yamaguchi prefecture as a professional cameraman of the first order, as well as an amateur astronomer. He is also the leader of the Yamaguchi Astronomical Society and the Hagi Astronomical Club. | JPL · 11492 |
| 11494 Hibiki | 1988 VM9 | The Sea of Hibiki, an open-sea region between the Fukuoka and Yamaguchi prefectures. The asteroid's name was selected from candidates proposed by children who attended the Fureai Space Festival, held in the city of Kitakyushu on the Japanese Space Day in 2005 (also see citation for 11933 Himuka). | JPL · 11494 |
| 11495 Fukunaga | 1988 XR | Yasutoshi Fukunaga (born 1951) is a well-known amateur astronomer in Yamaguchi prefecture, the site of frequent star parties. He is the head of the astronomy club in his home in the Syunan area. | JPL · 11495 |
| 11496 Grass | 1989 AG7 | Günter Grass (1927–2015), a German writer, sculptor and graphic artist, is a critic of both the immediate postwar years and the present. His passionate writing received only partial recognition in Germany but great acclaim elsewhere. He won the 1999 Nobel Prize for literature. | JPL · 11496 |
| 11498 Julgeerts | 1989 GS4 | Julien Armand Geerts (born 1909) is a well-known commercial artist in Belgium. He was for many years a good friend of the discoverer's parents. | JPL · 11498 |
| 11499 Duras | 1989 RL | Marguerite Duras (1914–1996), was a French novelist who became internationally known for the screenplay of Hiroshima mon amour (1959). Her semi-autobiographical novel L'Amant was nominated for the Prix Goncourt in 1984. | JPL · 11499 |
| 11500 Tomaiyowit | 1989 UR | Tomaiyowit, Earth Mother in the Luiseno creation story; together with Tukmit, she gave birth to the First People | JPL · 11500 |
11501–11600 edit
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11504 Kazo | 1990 BT | Kazo, a Japanese city in Saitama prefecture, near Tokyo | JPL · 11504 |
| 11506 Toulouse-Lautrec | 1990 ES1 | Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901), a French painter | JPL · 11506 |
| 11507 Danpascu | 1990 OF | Dan Pascu (born 1938), astronomer and astrometrist U.S. Naval Observatory, who he rediscovered and co-discovered Janus and Calypso, two moons of Saturn, respectively | JPL · 11507 |
| 11508 Stolte | 1990 TF13 | Dieter Stolte (born 1934) served for 20 years as director general of ZDF, the public German TV net and one of the largest European TV stations. A professor of media research, Stolte initiated international TV channels (ARTE, 3SAT) in a European cooperation. | JPL · 11508 |
| 11509 Thersilochos | 1990 VL6 | Thersilochus, a Trojan warrior from the rich valleys of Paeonia. He showed up, together with Hector, at the battle for the dead body of Patrocles, and was later killed by Achilles. | JPL · 11509 |
| 11510 Borges | 1990 VV8 | Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986), an Argentine poet and short-story writer | JPL · 11510 |
| 11514 Tsunenaga | 1991 CO1 | Hasekura Tsunenaga (1571–1622), who, in 1613, led the first Japanese mission across the Pacific to the Americas (in Mexico), and he continued across the Atlantic to Europe, where he met with king Philip III of Spain and pope Paul V. His portrait was designated a national treasure for the first time in Sendai in June 2001. | JPL · 11514 |
| 11515 Oshijyo | 1991 CR1 | Oshijyo, the symbol of Gyoda Ichi, is located in the central part of that city and dates from the Muromachi period | JPL · 11515 |
| 11516 Arthurpage | 1991 ED | Arthur Page (born 1922), an Australian astronomer and founder of the Astronomical Association of Queensland | JPL · 11516 |
| 11517 Esteracuna | 1991 EA4 | Maria Ester Acuna Castillo (born 1951), a longtime caretaker at the Manuel Foster Observatory in Santiago, Chile | JPL · 11517 |
| 11518 Jung | 1991 GB3 | Carl Gustav Jung (1875–1961), a Swiss psychiatrist | JPL · 11518 |
| 11519 Adler | 1991 GZ4 | Alfred Adler (1870–1937), an Austrian physician and psychiatrist | JPL · 11519 |
| 11520 Fromm | 1991 GE8 | Erich Fromm (1900–1980), a German psychoanalyst | JPL · 11520 |
| 11521 Erikson | 1991 GE9 | Erik H. Erikson (1902–1994), a German-American psychoanalyst. | JPL · 11521 |
| 11524 Pleyel | 1991 PY2 | Ignaz Pleyel (1757–1831), an Austrian-born French composer and piano builder | JPL · 11524 |
| 11528 Mie | 1991 XH | Mie Nagata (born 1963), a lecturer at the Gotoh Planetarium and Astronomical Museum in Tokyo from 1988 to 1994 | JPL · 11528 |
| 11530 d'Indy | 1992 CP2 | Vincent d'Indy (1851–1931), a French composer | JPL · 11530 |
| 11532 Gullin | 1992 ER4 | Lars Gullin (1928–1976), a Swedish jazz musician and composer, known for his style of playing the baritone saxophone | JPL · 11532 |
| 11533 Akebäck | 1992 EG6 | Akebäck, a small socken located on the Swedish island of Gotland | JPL · 11533 |
| 11537 Guericke | 1992 HY6 | Otto von Guericke (1602–1686), a German physicist and inventor of the air pump and centrifuge | JPL · 11537 |
| 11538 Brunico | 1992 OJ8 | Bruneck (Brunico), an Italian town in South Tirol | JPL · 11538 |
| 11542 Solikamsk | 1992 SU21 | Solikamsk, a Russian city in the Perm region near the Ural Mountains | JPL · 11542 |
| 11545 Hashimoto | 1992 UE4 | Kunihiko Hashimoto (born 1951), a Japanese amateur astronomer and member of the Fukuoka Astronomical Society | JPL · 11545 |
| 11546 Miyoshimachi | 1992 UM6 | Miyoshi, a Japanese town located in Saitama Prefecture | JPL · 11546 |
| 11547 Griesser | 1992 UP8 | Markus Griesser (born 1949), a Swiss amateur astronomer at Eschenberg Observatory | MPC · 11547 |
| 11548 Jerrylewis | 1992 WD8 | Jerry Lewis (born 1926), an American comedian | JPL · 11548 |
| 11552 Boucolion | 1993 BD4 | Boucolion a character from Greek mythology. He is the father of the Trojan warriors Pedasos and Aesopos, who both died near the River Scamander. | JPL · 11552 |
| 11553 Scheria | 1993 BD6 | Scheria (Corfu), one of the Greek Ionian islands, which was first mentioned in Homer's Odyssey | JPL · 11553 |
| 11554 Asios | 1993 BZ12 | Asios, a Trojan warrior and one of the leaders in the assault on the Greek wall. He challenged Idomeneos and was killed by him. | JPL · 11554 |
| 11569 Virgilsmith | 1993 KB2 | The design and construction abilities of Virgil Smith (born 1941), of Corona, Arizona, have resulted in the successful completion of the Jarnac Observatory, located at the home of the second discoverer. | JPL · 11569 |
| 11571 Daens | 1993 OR8 | Adolf Daens (1839–1907), a Flemish priest from Aalst, Belgium | JPL · 11571 |
| 11572 Schindler | 1993 RM7 | Oskar Schindler (1905–1974), a German industrialist | JPL · 11572 |
| 11573 Helmholtz | 1993 SK3 | Hermann von Helmholtz (1821–1894), a German doctor, physiologist and physicist. | JPL · 11573 |
| 11574 d'Alviella | 1994 BP3 | Eugène Goblet d'Alviella (1846–1925), a senator of Belgium, lawyer, Professor of the history of religions, and rector of the Universite Libre de Bruxelles | JPL · 11574 |
| 11575 Claudio | 1994 BN4 | Claudio Deponte (born 1960), an Italian amateur astronomer and long-term secretary of the astronomical society at the Farra d'Isonzo Observatory (Circolo Culturale Astronomico di Farra d'Isonzo). | IAU · 11575 |
| 11577 Einasto | 1994 CO17 | Jaan Einasto (born 1929), and Estonian astronomer and one of the discoverers of dark matter | JPL · 11577 |
| 11578 Cimabue | 1994 EB | Cimabue (1240–1302), an Italian painter and designer of mosaics from Florence | JPL · 11578 |
| 11579 Tsujitsuka | 1994 JN | Takashi Tsujitsuka (born 1961), a Japanese elementary school teacher and amateur astronomer. His main interests lie in observing stellar occultations at his private observatory, where he also indulges in his favorite pastime of polishing mirrors for reflecting telescopes. | JPL · 11579 |
| 11580 Bautzen | 1994 JG4 | Bautzen, a German town in eastern Saxony | JPL · 11580 |
| 11581 Philipdejager | 1994 PK9 | Philip de Jager (born 1969), a Belgian percussionist | JPL · 11581 |
| 11582 Bleuler | 1994 PC14 | Eugen Bleuler (1857–1939), Swiss psychiatrist | JPL · 11582 |
| 11583 Breuer | 1994 PZ28 | Jozef Breuer (1842–1925), an Austrian physician | JPL · 11583 |
| 11584 Ferenczi | 1994 PP39 | Sándor Ferenczi (1873–1933), a Hungarian psychoanalyst | MPC · 11584 |
| 11585 Orlandelassus | 1994 RB17 | Orlande de Lassus (1532–1594), a Franco-Flemish composer | JPL · 11585 |
| 11588 Gottfriedkeller | 1994 UZ12 | Gottfried Keller (1819–1890), a Swiss author | JPL · 11588 |
| 11592 Clintkelly | 1995 FA7 | Clint Kelly, senior vice president for Advanced Technology Development at Science Applications International Corporation since 1988. | JPL · 11592 |
| 11593 Uchikawa | 1995 HK | Yoshihisa Uchikawa (born 1947) is one of the leading amateur astronomers from Saga prefecture and the Kyushu district. | JPL · 11593 |
| 11595 Monsummano | 1995 KN | Monsummano Terme, an Italian village in Northern Tuscany | MPC · 11595 |
| 11596 Francetic | 1995 KA1 | Daniel Francetic (1933–2014), American director and space science educator of the Euclid High School Planetarium in Euclid, Ohio. Past president of the Great Lakes Planetarium Association and founding member of the Cleveland Regional Association of Planetariums, his passion for teaching astronomy touched innumerable students | JPL · 11596 |
| 11598 Kubík | 1995 OJ | Jakub Šaroun (born 1974), brother of Czech discoverer Lenka Kotková | JPL · 11598 |
| 11600 Cipolla | 1995 SQ2 | Carlo Cipolla (born 1925), an Italian chemist and amateur astronomer | JPL · 11600 |
11601–11700 edit
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11602 Miryang | 1995 ST54 | Miryang, South Korea, birthplace of the discovery team leader's wife, Chung-hi Koh (Helen) Weber | JPL · 11602 |
| 11604 Novigrad | 1995 UB1 | Novigrad, also known as Novigrad Istarski and Cittanova d'Istria, a town and a municipality in Istria, Croatia. The city is located close to the mouth of the river Mirna, on a small island that was connected with the mainland in the eighteenth century. | JPL · 11604 |
| 11605 Ranfagni | 1995 UP6 | Piero Ranfagni (born 1949) worked for many years as a technician at Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory. He is on the technical staff of the TIRGO Telescope and in the project office of LBT. He has also been very active in the history of astronomy and in popular astronomy. | JPL · 11605 |
| 11606 Almary | 1995 UU6 | Alfred and Mary Tholen, the parents of the discoverer, David Tholen, on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary. | JPL · 11606 |
| 11612 Obu | 1995 YZ1 | The Japanese city of Ōbu, located in the center of Aichi Prefecture, where the discoverer Akimasa Nakamura lived for six and a half years. | JPL · 11612 |
| 11614 Istropolitana | 1996 AD2 | Universitas Istropolitana in Bratislava, was the first university in present-day Slovakia and an ancient predecessor of Comenius University. | JPL · 11614 |
| 11615 Naoya | 1996 AE4 | Naoya Matsumoto (born 1952) is a Japanese amateur astronomer and president of the Nagasaki Astronomical Society. | JPL · 11615 |
| 11620 Susanagordon | 1996 OE2 | Susana Gordon (born 1958) has dedicated most of her adult life as a dialysis caregiver at the Good Samaritan Hospital in New York. She moved to Tucson, Arizona, in the late 1990s, where she is a massage therapist. Her interests include gems and minerals, photography and dancing | JPL · 11620 |
| 11621 Duccio | 1996 PJ5 | Duccio Bartolini (born 1976) is the younger son of the first discoverer. | JPL · 11621 |
| 11622 Samuele | 1996 RD4 | Samuele Marconi (born 1975), an active Italian amateur astronomer at the San Marcello Observatory who spends much of his time giving public lectures on astronomy. at the Pistoia Mountains Astronomical Observatory in San Marcello Pistoiese. | JPL · 11622 |
| 11623 Kagekatu | 1996 TC10 | Kagekatu Uesugi (1555–1623) was a military commander during the Japanese feudal period. He was lord of Echigo Kasugayama castle from 1578, of Mutu Aizu castle from 1598 and of Dewa Yonezawa castle from 1601. | JPL · 11623 |
| 11625 Francelinda | 1996 UL1 | Francesca and Linda Tesi, granddaughters of the co-discoverer Luciano Tesi | MPC · 11625 |
| 11626 Church Stretton | 1996 VW2 | The small town of Church Stretton is set amidst the South Shropshire hills of western England. It is the location of the Church Stretton Observatory, where this minor planet was discovered. | JPL · 11626 |
| 11628 Katuhikoikeda | 1996 VB5 | Katuhiko Ikeda (born 1958) is a Japanese amateur astronomer and professional engineer. As a developer and repairer of electrical devices, he helps maintain the Moriyama Observatory (900). | JPL · 11628 |
| 11636 Pezinok | 1996 YH1 | Pezinok, a small town near Bratislava. | JPL · 11636 |
| 11637 Yangjiachi | 1996 YJ2 | Yang Jiachi (1919–2016), an expert in automatic control and space technology, devoted himself to the development of artificial earth satellites in China. | JPL · 11637 |
| 11652 Johnbrownlee | 1997 CK13 | John W. Brownlee (born 1973) was the system administrator, principal programmer and an observer on the Catalina Sky Survey team during 1998–2000.Src | JPL · 11652 |
| 11656 Lipno | 1997 EL6 | The Lipno dam in South Bohemia, Czech Republic. It was built on the Vltava river in 1959 as the largest Czechoslovak dam. It is important for the water supply, as a source of power and also as a well-known South Bohemian holiday area. | JPL · 11656 |
| 11657 Antonhajduk | 1997 EN7 | Anton Hajduk (born 1933) is a professor of astronomy at the Slovak Academy of Sciences. His research centers on the structure of meteor streams and radio studies of meteor head echoes and the secondary ozone layer. | JPL · 11657 |
| 11664 Kashiwagi | 1997 GX24 | Shuji Kashiwagi (born 1952) is a junior high school teacher and associate president of the Astronomical Society of Oita. | JPL · 11664 |
| 11665 Dirichlet | 1997 GL28 | Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (1805–1859) was the successor of Gauss and the predecessor of Riemann at Göttingen. He made important contributions in both pure and applied mathematics and gave the first rigorous proof of the convergence of Fourier series. | JPL · 11665 |
| 11666 Bracker | 1997 MD8 | Steve Bracker (born 1942) is a renaissance man – particle physicist, harpsichordist, astronomer, naturalist and software guru. The very first programmer with the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, he continued his involvement in astronomy with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. | JPL · 11666 |
| 11667 Testa | 1997 UB1 | Augusto Testa (born 1950), Italian amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets at the Sormano Astronomical Observatory in northern Italy. Over the past few years he has developed a lot of software dedicated to the observation of minor planets, and these are widely used by the Italian community of astrometric observers. | JPL · 11667 |
| 11668 Balios | 1997 VV1 | Balius (in Latin: Balios) was one of the two immortal horses of the Greek hero Achilles who took them to draw his chariot during the Trojan War. | JPL · 11668 |
| 11669 Pascalscholl | 1997 XY8 | Pascal Scholl (born 1994) is the younger son of astronomer Hans Scholl. | JPL · 11669 |
| 11670 Fountain | 1998 AU9 | Glen Harold Fountain (born 1942) is the project manager of the New Horizons Pluto Kuiper Belt mission. | JPL · 11670 |
| 11672 Cuney | 1998 BC15 | Husband and wife team Bruce (born 1947) and Dana (born 1950) Cuney work at Palomar and were responsible for the remodeling of the old 1.2-m Schmidt dome interior. | JPL · 11672 |
| 11673 Baur | 1998 BJ19 | Johann M. Baur (1930–2007), was a German amateur astronomer, discoverer of minor planets and founder of the Chaonis Observatory (567) in northern Italy. | JPL · 11673 |
| 11675 Billboyle | 1998 CP2 | William Boyle (born 1924), co-invented the CCD while at Bell Laboratories in 1969. | JPL · 11675 |
| 11678 Brevard | 1998 DT10 | Brevard County, Florida. | JPL · 11678 |
| 11679 Brucebaker | 1998 DE11 | Bruce Baker (1949-2021), fabricated and installed the mechanical portions of the slip rings and assisted in the fabrication of many small mechanical assemblies needed throughout the upgrade of the 1.2-m Schmidt at Palomar. | JPL · 11679 |
| 11681 Ortner | 1998 EP6 | Johannes Ortner (born 1933) is founder and unique director of the Summer School Alpbach. Held annually since 1975, Alpbach provides in-depth teaching on all aspects of space science and technology for European students, culminating in the design of innovative space-mission proposals. | JPL · 11681 |
| 11682 Shiwaku | 1998 EX6 | Hideaki Shiwaku (born 1963) is one of promoters of the Matsue Astronomical Club, an amateur astronomers group in the Matsue area of Japan, and a good friend of the discoverer, Hiroshi Abe. | JPL · 11682 |
| 11685 Adamcurry | 1998 FW19 | Adam Michael Curry (born 1984), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11685 |
| 11686 Samuelweissman | 1998 FU36 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 11686 |
| 11688 Amandugan | 1998 FG53 | Amanda Dyann Dugan (born 1986), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11688 |
| 11689 Frankxu | 1998 FA56 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 11689 |
| 11690 Carodulaney | 1998 FV60 | Caroline Ann DuLaney (born 1985), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11690 |
| 11691 Easterwood | 1998 FO66 | Jeffrey Michael Easterwood (born 1985), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11691 |
| 11693 Grantelliott | 1998 FE69 | Grant A. Elliott (born 1984), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11693 |
| 11694 Esterhuysen | 1998 FO70 | Stephanus Albertus Esterhuysen (born 1983), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11694 |
| 11695 Mattei | 1998 FA74 | Janet Akyüz Mattei (1943–2004), was a Turkish–American astronomer and promoter of the observation of variable stars by amateurs, and long-time director of the American Association of Variable Star Observers from 1973 to 2004. | JPL · 11695 |
| 11696 Capen | 1998 FD74 | Charles ("Chick") Franklin Capen (1926–1986) was best known for his observations of the planets, particularly Mars. | JPL · 11696 |
| 11697 Estrella | 1998 FX98 | Allan Noriel Estrella (born 1984), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11697 |
| 11698 Fichtelman | 1998 FZ102 | Jon Roger Fichtelman (born 1986), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11698 |
11701–11800 edit
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11701 Madeleineyang | 1998 FY116 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 11701 |
| 11702 Mifischer | 1998 FE117 | Michael Henry Fischer (born 1985), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11702 |
| 11703 Glassman | 1998 FL121 | Elena Leah Glassman (born 1986), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11703 |
| 11704 Gorin | 1998 FZ130 | Michael Adam Gorin (born 1985), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11704 |
| 11706 Rijeka | 1998 HV4 | Rijeka, the principal seaport of Croatia, located on Kvarner Bay, an inlet of the Adriatic Sea. | JPL · 11706 |
| 11707 Grigery | 1998 HW17 | Chelsea Nicole Grigery (born 1986), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11707 |
| 11708 Kathyfries | 1998 HT19 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 11708 |
| 11709 Eudoxos | 1998 HF20 | Eudoxos of Knidos (c. 408-355 B.C.) was the prime mover behind two major developments in Greek mathematical thought: the theory of proportions that overcame the crisis caused by the discovery of irrational numbers, and the method of exhaustion for the calculation of areas and volumest. | JPL · 11709 |
| 11710 Nataliehale | 1998 HS34 | Natalie Adele Hale (born 1986), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11710 |
| 11711 Urquiza | 1998 HV50 | Luis Urquiza del Valle (1906–2000) was the much-loved grandfather of LONEOS observer L. Levy. | JPL · 11711 |
| 11712 Kemcook | 1998 HB51 | Kem H. Cook (born 1949), of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, is a founding member of the Massive Compact Halo Objects (MACHO) Project, which used a refurbished, 120-year-old telescope (The Great Melbourne Telescope) to survey the Magellanic Clouds for gravitational microlensing by baryonic, halo dark matter. | JPL · 11712 |
| 11713 Stubbs | 1998 HG51 | Christopher Stubbs (born 1958), of the University of Washington, has pursued a variety of projects in experimental physics and observational astrophysics, including searching for dark matter, measuring the rate of expansion of the universe with supernovae and testing the equivalence principle. | JPL · 11713 |
| 11714 Mikebrown | 1998 HQ51 | Michael E. Brown (born 1965), assistant professor of astronomy at the California Institute of Technology. | JPL · 11714 |
| 11715 Harperclark | 1998 HA75 | Elizabeth Dee Pauline Harper-Clark (born 1984), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | MPC · 11715 |
| 11716 Amahartman | 1998 HY79 | Amanda Nicole Hartman (born 1987), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11716 |
| 11718 Hayward | 1998 HD95 | Nicholas Mark Edward Alexander Hayward (born 1984), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11718 |
| 11719 Hicklen | 1998 HT98 | Rachel Scarlett Hicklen (born 1984), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11719 |
| 11720 Horodyskyj | 1998 HZ99 | Ulyana N. Horodyskyj (born 1986), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11720 |
| 11721 Shawnlowe | 1998 HE100 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 11721 |
| 11723 Briankennedy | 1998 HT125 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 11723 |
| 11724 Ronaldhsu | 1998 HH146 | Ronald Hsu (born 1985), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11724 |
| 11725 Victoriahsu | 1998 HM146 | Victoria Hsu (born 1987), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11725 |
| 11726 Edgerton | 1998 JA | Harold "Doc" Eugene Edgerton (1903–1990), born in Fremont, Nebraska, was professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology during 1928–1966. | JPL · 11726 |
| 11727 Sweet | 1998 JM1 | During the 1.2-m Schmidt conversion Merle Sweet (born 1942), assistant superintendent at the Palomar Observatory, assisted in overseeing the details in the layout and construction of the slip-ring trolleys. He also worked in the rewiring of the dome. | JPL · 11727 |
| 11728 Einer | 1998 JC2 | Steve Einer (born 1955), a Palomar Observatory technician. | JPL · 11728 |
| 11730 Yanhua | 1998 KO31 | Yan Hua (born 1984), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11730 |
| 11735 Isabellecohen | 1998 KN56 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 11735 |
| 11736 Viktorfischl | 1998 QS1 | Viktor Fischl Avigdor Dagan (born 1912) is a frequently translated Czech-Israeli writer who put ethical values into literature through his stylistic and linguistic mastery, in which he emphasizes responsibility for interpersonal relations, love, tolerance and respect. | JPL · 11736 |
| 11737 Gregneat | 1998 QL24 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 11737 |
| 11739 Baton Rouge | 1998 SG27 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana. | JPL · 11739 |
| 11740 Georgesmith | 1998 UK6 | George Smith (born 1930) co-invented the CCD while at Bell Laboratories in 1969. | JPL · 11740 |
| 11743 Jachowski | 1999 JP130 | Matthew Douglas Apau Jachowski (born 1985), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11743 |
| 11746 Thomjansen | 1999 NG4 | Thomas Scott Jansen (born 1986), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 11746 |
| 11747 Libbykamen | 1999 NQ9 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 11747 |
| 11751 Davidcarroll | 1999 NK37 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 11751 |
| 11752 Masatakesagai | 1999 OU3 | Masatake Sagai (born 1950) became a member of the Nanyo Astronomical Club in 1985 and is an active popularizer of astronomy. | JPL · 11752 |
| 11753 Geoffburbidge | 2064 P-L | Geoffrey Ronald Burbidge, British-American physicist. | JPL · 11753 |
| 11754 Herbig | 2560 P-L | George Herbig (1920–2013), American astronomer and co-discoverer of the Herbig–Haro objects | JPL · 11754 |
| 11755 Paczynski | 2691 P-L | Bohdan Paczyński, Polish astronomer. | JPL · 11755 |
| 11756 Geneparker | 2779 P-L | Eugene Parker (1927–2022), American astronomer. | JPL · 11756 |
| 11757 Salpeter | 2799 P-L | Edwin Ernest Salpeter, Austrian astronomer. | JPL · 11757 |
| 11758 Sargent | 4035 P-L | Wallace Sargent, a British astrophysicist. | JPL · 11758 |
| 11759 Sunyaev | 4075 P-L | Rashid Sunyaev, Uzbek astrophysicist. | JPL · 11759 |
| 11760 Auwers | 4090 P-L | Arthur Auwers (Georg Friedrich Julius Arthur von Auwers), 19th–20th-century German astronomer, director of the Potsdam Observatory from 1881, author of the first reference catalogue of fundamental star positions | JPL · 11760 |
| 11761 Davidgill | 4868 P-L | David Gill, 19th–20th-century British astronomer and instrument designer, director of the Cape Observatory | JPL · 11761 |
| 11762 Vogel | 6044 P-L | Hermann Carl Vogel (1841–1907) was a German astronomer and spectroscopist. He invented an early scheme to classify stellar spectra and confirmed the sun's rotation. He directed the Potsdam Astrophysical Observatory from 1882 to 1907. | JPL · 11762 |
| 11763 Deslandres | 6303 P-L | Henri-Alexandre Deslandres (1853–1948) was a French astrophysicist and observatory director. An independent inventor of the spectroheliograph, he investigated molecular spectra in the laboratory and observed the solar chromosphere. | JPL · 11763 |
| 11764 Benbaillaud | 6531 P-L | Édouard Benjamin Baillaud19th–20th-century French director of the Toulouse (1878–1907) and Paris (1907–1926) observatories, founder of the Observatoire du Pic du Midi, first president of the International Astronomical Union | JPL · 11764 |
| 11765 Alfredfowler | 9057 P-L | Alfred Fowler, 19th–20th-century British astrophysicist, first general secretary of the International Astronomical Union | JPL · 11765 |
| 11766 Fredseares | 9073 P-L | Frederick H. Seares, 19th–20th-century American astronomer, standardizer of the stellar magnitude system | JPL · 11766 |
| 11767 Milne | 3224 T-1 | E. Arthur Milne, 20th-century British mathematician and astrophysicist | JPL · 11767 |
| 11768 Merrill | 4107 T-1 | Paul W. Merrill, 20th-century American spectroscopist, first to detect a short-lived isotope of technetium in the atmospheres of stars, thus confirming stellar nucleosynthesis | JPL · 11768 |
| 11769 Alfredjoy | 2199 T-2 | Alfred H. Joy, 20th-century American astronomer, inventor of the T Tauri classification | JPL · 11769 |
| 11770 Rudominkowski | 3163 T-2 | Rudolph Minkowski, 20th-century German-American astronomer | JPL · 11770 |
| 11771 Maestlin | 4136 T-2 | Michael Maestlin (1550–1631), professor of astronomy at Tübingen. | JPL · 11771 |
| 11772 Jacoblemaire | 4210 T-2 | Jacob Le Maire, Dutch explorer, after whom the Straits of Lemaire are named; he was, along with Schouten, one of the first westerners to visit Tonga † | MPC · 11772 |
| 11773 Schouten | 1021 T-3 | Willem Schouten, Dutch explorer who discovered Cape Horn † | MPC · 11773 |
| 11774 Jerne | 1128 T-3 | Niels Kaj Jerne, British-born (of Danish parentage) immunologist, joint winner of the 1984 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology. | JPL · 11774 |
| 11775 Köhler | 3224 T-3 | Georges J. F. Köhler, German biologist, joint winner of the 1984 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology. | JPL · 11775 |
| 11776 Milstein | 3460 T-3 | César Milstein, Argentinian biochemist, joint winner of the 1984 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology. | JPL · 11776 |
| 11777 Hargrave | 3526 T-3 | Lawrence Hargrave (1850–1915), Australian astronomer and aviation pioneer. | JPL · 11777 |
| 11778 Kingsford Smith | 4102 T-3 | Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith, Australian aviator. | JPL · 11778 |
| 11779 Zernike | 4197 T-3 | Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist, winner of the 1953 Nobel Prize for Physics † | MPC · 11779 |
| 11780 Thunder Bay | 1942 TB | Thunder Bay, located on the shores of Lake Superior, is the most populous municipality in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. Formed in 1970 as the amalgamation of two cities, Thunder Bay is known as "the Lakehead" because it is Canada's westernmost port on the Great Lakes and the end of Great Lakes Navigation. | JPL · 11780 |
| 11781 Alexroberts | 1966 PL | Alexander William Roberts, Scottish-South African astronomer | JPL · 11781 |
| 11782 Nikolajivanov | 1969 TT1 | Nikolaj Mikhajlovich Ivanov (born 1937), a specialist in ballistics, is head of the Russian Ballistic Center, which controls missions of crewed and uncrewed spacecraft in near, middle and deep space. He is the author of many scientific articles, monographs and popular scientific brochures. | JPL · 11782 |
| 11785 Migaic | 1973 AW3 | Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography (formerly Moscow Institute of Geodesy, Air-Photography and Cartography) is the only educational institution in Russia that trains specialists in geodesy, geodynamics, astronomy, cosmic geodesy and the making of optical and electronic devices. | JPL · 11785 |
| 11786 Bakhchivandji | 1977 QW | Grigorij Yakovlevich Bakhchivandji (1909–1943) was a Soviet test pilot and pioneer in rocket flights who in 1942 piloted the first flight on the rocket-propelled experimental aircraft BI-1 of Bolkhovitinov and Isaev. | JPL · 11786 |
| 11787 Baumanka | 1977 QF1 | Bauman Moscow Technical University, founded in 1830, is a well-known higher education and research institution in Russia that trains specialists in many branches of technology and science. | JPL · 11787 |
| 11788 Nauchnyj | 1977 QN2 | Nauchnyj, Crimea, Ukraine, created at the same time as the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in 1945 | JPL · 11788 |
| 11789 Kempowski | 1977 RK | Walter Kempowski (born 1929), one of the most important contemporary German writers. | JPL · 11789 |
| 11790 Goode | 1978 RU | Philip R. Goode (born 1943), a professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and director of Big Bear Solar Observatory. | JPL · 11790 |
| 11791 Sofiyavarzar | 1978 SH7 | Sofiya Mikhajlovna Varzar (1878–1957), an expert on the dynamics of minor planets. | JPL · 11791 |
| 11792 Sidorovsky | 1978 SX7 | Lev Isaevich Sidorovsky (born 1934) is a well-known St. Petersburg journalist whose initiatives on rehabilitation of historical truth and creation of new cultural traditions, in particular the annual celebration of Pushkin's Lyceum Day, have received public recognition. | JPL · 11792 |
| 11793 Chujkovia | 1978 TH7 | Elizaveta Fedorovna Chujkova (1865–1958), mother of twelve children, showed courage in preventing the demolition of a church in her home village of Serebryanye Prudy, not far from Moscow, in the 1930s. Among her descendants are writers and cultural workers. | JPL · 11793 |
| 11794 Yokokebukawa | 1978 VW8 | Yoko Kebukawa (born 1981) is a professor in the Faculty of Engineering of the Yokohama National University who specializes in the cosmochemistry of meteorites. | JPL · 11794 |
| 11795 Fredrikbruhn | 1979 QM1 | Fredrik Bruhn is a specialist in miniaturized multifunctional system architecture for satellites and robotics. | JPL · 11795 |
| 11796 Nirenberg | 1980 DS4 | Louis Nirenberg (1925–2020), a Canadian-American mathematician, is an expert in the theory of differential equations, mathematical physics and functional analysis. | JPL · 11796 |
| 11797 Warell | 1980 FV2 | Johan Warell (born 1970) is well known for his high-resolution imaging and spectroscopy of the planet Mercury with the Swedish solar telescope and the Nordic optical telescope on La Palma. | JPL · 11797 |
| 11798 Davidsson | 1980 FH5 | The Ph.D. work of Björn Davidsson (born 1974) at Uppsala University opened up new insights about the outgassing mechanism and splitting mechanics of cometary nuclei. | JPL · 11798 |
| 11799 Lantz | 1981 DG2 | Cateline Lantz (born 1989) is a postdoctoral researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology whose investigations include the processes of space weathering on carbonaceous asteroids. | JPL · 11799 |
| 11800 Carrozzo | 1981 DN2 | Filippo Giacomo Carrozzo (born 1978) is a researcher at Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali (IAPS-Rome) whose work includes mineralogical mapping of Vesta and Ceres using Dawn spacecraft data. | JPL · 11800 |
11801–11900 edit
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11801 Frigeri | 1981 EL5 | Alessandro Frigeri (born 1973) is a researcher at the Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali (IAPS-Rome) who has created spectral parameter maps of Vesta using data from the Dawn spacecraft mission. | JPL · 11801 |
| 11802 Ivanovski | 1981 EP12 | Stavro Lambrov Ivanovski (born 1977) is a scientist at Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali (IAPS-Rome) whose research includes the dynamics of aspherical dust grains in cometary atmospheres. | JPL · 11802 |
| 11803 Turrini | 1981 ES12 | Diego Turrini (born 1979) is a scientist at the Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali (IAPS-Rome) whose work includes modeling the source of olivine on Vesta as detected by the Dawn spacecraft mission. | JPL · 11803 |
| 11804 Zambon | 1981 EE13 | Francesca Zambon (born 1981) is a researcher at the Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali (IAPS-Rome) who uses Dawn spacecraft spectral data to map the mineralogy of both Vesta and Ceres. | JPL · 11804 |
| 11805 Novaković | 1981 EL13 | Bojan Novaković (born 1976) is a professor at the University of Belgrade who has performed analyses of asteroid collisional families and their association with active asteroids. | JPL · 11805 |
| 11806 Thangjam | 1981 EF14 | Guneshwar Thangjam (born 1985) is a researcher at the Max-Planck Institute (Göttingen) performing spectral analyses of Vesta's compositional heterogeneity using Dawn spacecraft data. | JPL · 11806 |
| 11807 Wannberg | 1981 EH17 | Asta Pellinen-Wannberg (born 1953) is a Swedish geophysicist and astronomer at Umeå University known for radar observation of meteors. She studies interaction of small meteoroids with the atmosphere using high-power large-aperture radars. | JPL · 11807 |
| 11808 Platz | 1981 EM17 | Thomas Platz (born 1975) is a researcher at the Max Planck Institute and member of the Dawn mission framing camera team studying surface ice deposits on Ceres. | JPL · 11808 |
| 11809 Shinnaka | 1981 EG18 | Yoshiharu Shinnaka (born 1986) is a Japanese astronomer studying the physicochemical evolution of the early solar nebula through measurements of isotopic ratios of molecules in comets. | JPL · 11809 |
| 11810 Preusker | 1981 EV18 | Frank Preusker (born 1975) is a geologist at the German Aerospace Center (DLR-Berlin) whose work includes digital terrain models of both Vesta and Ceres using Dawn spacecraft images. | JPL · 11810 |
| 11811 Martinrubin | 1981 EH19 | Martin Rubin (born 1977) is a researcher at the Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bern (Switzerland) who specializes in the detection of molecules in comets and served as a member of the Rosetta mission team. | JPL · 11811 |
| 11812 Dongqiao | 1981 EL20 | Dong Qiao (born 1979) is a professor at the Beijing Institute of Technology whose work includes target selection and trajectory design for the Chang'e-2 flyby mission of (4179) Toutatis. | JPL · 11812 |
| 11813 Ingorichter | 1981 EQ23 | Ingo Richter (born 1964) is a scientist at the Braunschweig University of Technology (Germany) whose research includes detection and analysis of asteroid magnetic fields and comet solar wind interactions using spacecraft measurements. | JPL · 11813 |
| 11814 Schwamb | 1981 EW26 | Megan E. Schwamb (born 1984), a discoverer of minor planets and scientist at the Gemini Observatory in Hilo, Hawaii, whose research includes the search for TNOs. | JPL · 11814 |
| 11815 Viikinkoski | 1981 EG31 | Matti Viikinkoski (born 1976) is a postdoctoral researcher at the Tampere University of Technology (Finland) who develops mathematical methods and algorithms for asteroid shape and spin modeling. | JPL · 11815 |
| 11816 Vasile | 1981 EX32 | Massimiliano Vasile (born 1970) is a professor at the University of Strathclyde (UK) whose work includes design and optimization of space flight trajectories. | JPL · 11816 |
| 11817 Oguri | 1981 EQ34 | Junko Oguri (born 1977) is a librarian at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. She is also a renowned paper cutout artist whose subjects include asteroids and comets. | JPL · 11817 |
| 11818 Ulamec | 1981 EK35 | Stephan Ulamec (born 1966) is a researcher at the German Aerospace Center (DLR-Berlin) who served as the project manager of Philae, the lander carried aboard ESA's Rosetta mission. | JPL · 11818 |
| 11819 Millarca | 1981 ER35 | Millarca Valenzuela (born 1977) is a geologist at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, and a specialist in meteorites, undertaking many search expeditions in the Atacama Desert. | JPL · 11819 |
| 11820 Mikiyasato | 1981 EP38 | Mikiya Sato (born 1967) is a Japanese amateur astronomer who studies dust trails of meteor showers, notably the Phoenicids. | JPL · 11820 |
| 11821 Coleman | 1981 EG44 | Paul Henry Ikaika Coleman (1955–2018) was the first Native Hawaiian to earn a doctorate in astrophysics for his study of distant galaxies. He was a passionate advocate for astronomy and was dedicated to increasing Native Hawaiian participation in the sciences. Me ou mau k\={u}puna e Paul e ho`okele aku ai i n\=a moana h\={o}k\={u} \=akea. | JPL · 11821 |
| 11823 Christen | 1981 VF | Roland W. Christen, an optician and maker of affordable apochromatic refractors at the forefront of mechanical and optical design. | JPL · 11823 |
| 11824 Alpaidze | 1982 SO5 | Galaktion Yeliseyevich Alpaidze, Russian chief of the Plesetsk Cosmodrome (1963–1975) | JPL · 11824 |
| 11826 Yurijgromov | 1982 UR10 | Yurij Iosifovich Gromov, professor of humanities and social sciences at St. Petersburg University. | JPL · 11826 |
| 11827 Wasyuzan | 1982 VD5 | Wasyuzan, a hill commanding a fine view of the Inland Sea, in Kurashiki, Okayama prefecture. | JPL · 11827 |
| 11828 Vargha | 1984 DZ | Magda Vargha (1931–2010), librarian of Konkoly Observatory, Budapest, was the author of several books on the history of astronomy | JPL · 11828 |
| 11829 Tuvikene | 1984 EU1 | Tõnu Tuvikene (1952–2010) was an Estonian astronomer and staff member of Tartu Observatory who studied variable stars | JPL · 11829 |
| 11830 Jessenius | 1984 JE | Jan Jesenius, Czech physician | MPC · 11830 |
| 11831 Chaple | 1984 SF3 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 11831 |
| 11832 Pustylnik | 1984 SC6 | Izold Pustylnik (1938–2008), native of the Ukrainian city of Odessa, was a staff member of Tartu Observatory who authored numerous scientific publications and served as editor of the Central European Journal of Physics | JPL · 11832 |
| 11833 Dixon | 1985 RW | Roger Dixon (born 1947) is a staff physicist at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois, and Project Manager for the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search. He is in charge of and teaches in the Saturday morning physics program for high school students. | JPL · 11833 |
| 11836 Eileen | 1986 CB | Eileen Collins, astronaut, became in Feb. 1995 the first woman to pilot a shuttle mission. | JPL · 11836 |
| 11842 Kap'bos | 1987 BR1 | Kap'bos is a small village, about 20 km east of the city of Antwerp. | JPL · 11842 |
| 11844 Ostwald | 1987 QW2 | Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald, 19th–20th-century Latvian-German chemist, founder of the Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, Nobelist | JPL · 11844 |
| 11846 Verminnen | 1987 SE3 | Johan Verminnen, Flemish artist and songwriter. | JPL · 11846 |
| 11847 Winckelmann | 1988 BY2 | Johann Joachim Winckelmann, the German art historian. | JPL · 11847 |
| 11848 Paullouka | 1988 CW2 | Vital-Paul Delporte (born 1936) alias Paul Louka, is a Wallonian artist who expresses himself in composing, poetry, songs and painting. Following an encounter with Jacques Brel, he spent three years in Paris, where he performed in cabarets and theaters. He was director of the artists' organization Sabam for several years. | JPL · 11848 |
| 11849 Fauvel | 1988 CF7 | Charles Fauvel, a French aviator. | JPL · 11849 |
| 11852 Shoumen | 1988 RD | Shoumen University, successfully to develop education in astronomy, largely as a result of contributions by the first discoverer. | JPL · 11852 |
| 11853 Runge | 1988 RV1 | Philipp Otto Runge, German painter and graphic artist. | JPL · 11853 |
| 11854 Ludwigrichter | 1988 RM3 | Adrian Ludwig Richter, German artist. | JPL · 11854 |
| 11855 Preller | 1988 RS3 | Friedrich Preller the Elder, German painter and etcher. | JPL · 11855 |
| 11856 Nicolabonev | 1988 RM8 | Nicola Bonev (1898–1979) was for 40 years the head of the astronomy department at Sofia University and founder and director of the Institute of Astronomy of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. He was known for his research in celestial mechanics, theoretical astronomy, solar activity, lunar studies and cosmology | JPL · 11856 |
| 11858 Devinpoland | 1988 RC11 | Devin Patrick Poland (born 1986) is the Mission Operations Manager of the Lucy spacecraft. | IAU · 11858 |
| 11859 Danngarcia | 1988 SN1 | Dann Garcia (born 1977) is the deputy lead of L'SPACE, the "Lucy Student Collaboration" for the Lucy mission. | IAU · 11859 |
| 11860 Uedasatoshi | 1988 UP | Satoshi Ueda (born 1954) is the astronomical head of the Kagoshima Municipal Science Hall and is also a well-known amateur astronomer. His main activities include a continuous search for supernovae at his private observatory as well as the organizing of local star parties. | JPL · 11860 |
| 11861 Teruhime | 1988 VY2 | Teruhime (1552–1627), wife and supporter of Kuroda Kanbe, who was instrumental in helping Japan end the Age of Civil Wars. | JPL · 11861 |
| 11868 Kleinrichert | 1989 TY | Michelle Kleinrichert Binzel (born 1959) is an adjunct professor of business at Bentley College who also raises and trains guide dogs for the blind. She is the wife of the discoverer. | JPL · 11868 |
| 11870 Sverige | 1989 TC3 | Sverige (Sweden) is a nation in northern Europe, located on the Scandinavian peninsula together with Norway. | JPL · 11870 |
| 11871 Norge | 1989 TP7 | Norway (Norge) is a nation in northern Europe, well known for its beautiful coast. | JPL · 11871 |
| 11873 Kokuseibi | 1989 WS2 | "Kokuseibi" is another name for The National Museum of Western Art. It opened in 1959 to introduce Western arts to the Japanese public. The core of the collection was the Matsukata Collection of Impressionist-school paintings and Rodin sculptures. | JPL · 11873 |
| 11874 Gringauz | 1989 XD1 | Konstantin Gringauz (1918–1993) became involved in ionospheric studies early in his career. He participated in the launching of Sputnik 1 by constructing the beep-beep transmitter. During 1982–1986 he was responsible for designing and implementing plasma experiments aboard VEGA 1 and 2. | JPL · 11874 |
| 11875 Rhône | 1989 YG5 | The Rhône, a major river in France, has been an important highway for the transportation of merchandise since the time of the Greeks and Romans. Rising in the Swiss Alps, the river flows through Lake Geneva and the cities of Lyon, Valence and Avignon, reaching the Mediterranean Sea at Marseille after 813 km. | JPL · 11875 |
| 11876 Doncarpenter | 1990 EM1 | For the past 42 years, Don Carpenter (born 1938) has been associated with the Stanford research group devoted to passive and active whistler-mode probing of the earth's ionosphere and magnetosphere. In 1966 he discovered the plasmapause in the electron-density distribution of the magnetosphere. | JPL · 11876 |
| 11878 Hanamiyama | 1990 HJ | Hanamiyama, Japanese mountain. | JPL · 11878 |
| 11881 Mirstation | 1990 QO6 | The Russian space station Mir, launched in 1986, remained in service for more than 15 years as a laboratory for a wealth of scientific experiments performed on board by international crews. | JPL · 11881 |
| 11885 Summanus | 1990 SS | Summanus was the Etruscan or Roman deity responsible for nocturnal lightning and thunder, as Jupiter was in daytime. This was the first earth-approacher discovered automatically by software and (lightning-fast) electronic computer; J. V. Scotti used D. L. Rabinowitz's Moving Object Detection Program at the telescope | JPL · 11885 |
| 11886 Kraske | 1990 TT10 | Konrad Kraske (born 1926) served as a member of the supervisory board of the public German TV net ZDF since its foundation in 1962---the last decade as its chairman. Kraske was primarily engaged in the development of highly demanding TV channels. The name was suggested by the first discoverer. | JPL · 11886 |
| 11887 Echemmon | 1990 TV12 | The Trojan hero Echemmon, son of the King Priam, who was killed together with his brother Chromius by Diomedes, king of Argos. | JPL · 11887 |
| 11895 Dehant | 1991 GU3 | Véronique Dehant, head of the section for time, Earth rotation and space geodesy at the Royal Observatory, Uccle. She is currently involved with the NEIGE project, which plans a soft landing of a geodetic instrument on Mars. In 1999 she was awarded the Bomford prize for her work on the earth's nutation. | JPL · 11895 |
| 11896 Camelbeeck | 1991 GP6 | Thierry Camelbeeck (born 1956), a seismologist at the Royal Observatory, Uccle. | JPL · 11896 |
| 11897 Lemaire | 1991 GC7 | Joseph F. Lemaire (born 1939), head of the Fundamental Dynamics section at the Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Uccle. | JPL · 11897 |
| 11898 Dedeyn | 1991 GM9 | Peter Paul De Deyn (born 1957), head of the Laboratory of Neurochemistry and Behavior at the Born-Bunge Foundation of the University of Antwerp. | JPL · 11898 |
| 11899 Weill | 1991 GJ10 | Kurt Weill, German-American composer. | JPL · 11899 |
| 11900 Spinoy | 1991 LV2 | Constant Spinoy (1924–1997) was a famous Belgian artist and engraver who specialised in the design of postage stamps, of which he engraved more than 100. These include Vielsalm, Towers of Ghent and Double astrograph at the Royal Observatory of Uccle. In 1977 he was honored with the Prize of Europe for his Jeugdfilatelie. | JPL · 11900 |
11901–12000 edit
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11905 Giacometti | 1991 VL6 | Alberto Giacometti (1901–1966), a Swiss sculptor whose work is often compared to that of the Existentialists, contrasted with the avant-garde in that it attempted to equal reality so that a sculpture, like Observing Head (1927), would be perceived as if it were alive. Other masterpieces are The Palace at 4 a.m. and 1 + 1 = 3. | JPL · 11905 |
| 11907 Näränen | 1992 ER8 | Jyri Näränen (born 1979) is a Finnish astronomer who works on the surface composition and structure of Mercury and the Moon | JPL · 11907 |
| 11908 Nicaragua | 1992 GC5 | Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American isthmus. | JPL · 11908 |
| 11911 Angel | 1992 LF | Founder and director of Steward Observatory's mirror lab at the University of Arizona, Tucson, Roger Angel (born 1941) has spearheaded the development of telescope mirrors as large as eight meters in diameter by a process called spin-casting. His work and ideas have resulted in an enormous increase in telescope light-gathering power | JPL · 11911 |
| 11912 Piedade | 1992 OP5 | Serra de Piedade in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, east of the capital of Belo Horizonte, is the location of the Piedade Observatory. During the 1970s the discoverer spent many hours there observing variable stars | JPL · 11912 |
| 11913 Svarna | 1992 RD3 | Anneta Svarna (born 1951) is a mathematical logician who works on information theory for the European Union. The author of many publications on mathematical logic, in 1998 she published (with D. Sinachopoulos) an important paper on Greek philosophy: Why Plato was against observational astronomy | JPL · 11913 |
| 11914 Sinachopoulos | 1992 RZ3 | Dimitrios Sinachopoulos (born 1951) is an astrophysicist at the National Observatory of Athens who conducts observational and theoretical work on galactic lenses. In 1991 he wrote (with A. Svarna) The Teachings of Astronomy in Plato's Republic. He has often helped the discoverer with the treatment of CCD frames | JPL · 11914 |
| 11915 Nishiinoue | 1992 SJ1 | Tsuyoshi Nishiinoue (born 1954) studied at the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the Western Australian Museum in 1991. Upon his return to Japan, he became director of Kihoku Observatory, in Kagoshima prefecture, in 1995. He remains a scholar and popularizer of astronomy. | JPL · 11915 |
| 11916 Wiesloch | 1992 ST17 | Wiesloch, a German city in northern Baden-Württemberg. It celebrates the 1200th anniversary of its first documented mention in mid–2001. Situated some 16 km south of the famous Heidelberg-Königstuhl Observatory, it became the home town of the first discoverer more than 30 years ago. | JPL · 11916 |
| 11921 Mitamasahiro | 1992 UN3 | Masahiro Mita (born 1948) is a well-known writer. In 1977 he won the Akutagawa Prize, which is one of the most important prizes in Japan for a novelist | JPL · 11921 |
| 11925 Usubae | 1992 YA1 | Usubae at Cape Ashizuri in western Kochi prefecture is a beautiful beach featuring many strange rock formations. It is a famous spot for fishing and well known as the first place in the Japanese archipelago that the Kuroshio ocean current reaches | JPL · 11925 |
| 11926 Orinoco | 1992 YM2 | The Orinoco, a river in the extreme northern part of South America, has its source in the Parima mountain range on the Venezuelan-Brazilian border. Draining 880~000 km 2 of the Colombian and Venezuelan region, it forms an enormous delta before reaching the Atlantic Ocean near the island of Trinidad | JPL · 11926 |
| 11927 Mount Kent | 1993 BA | Mount Kent Observatory is a facility for astronomical education, research and outreach operated by the University of Southern Queensland. It provides remote and robotic observing, in partnership with the University of Louisville, the University of Queensland and Automated Patrol Telescopes Australia. | JPL · 11927 |
| 11928 Akimotohiro | 1993 BT2 | Hiroyuki Akimoto (born 1967) is editor-in-chief of the Japanese monthly astronomical magazine Gekkan Tenmon Guide. He has edited many books on astronomy | JPL · 11928 |
| 11929 Uchino | 1993 BG3 | Satoshi Uchino (born 1935), for many years the chief secretary of the Kawasaki Astronomical Association, has greatly contributed to the popularization of astronomy | JPL · 11929 |
| 11930 Osamu | 1993 CJ1 | Oshima Osamu (born 1959) is a leading amateur astronomer and science teacher in Gunma prefecture and volunteer science instructor in great favor with children. His interests in astronomy are wide, currently CCD imaging of planetary nebulae | JPL · 11930 |
| 11933 Himuka | 1993 ES | Himuka is an old Japanese name for the Miyazaki prefecture region. The name was selected among other candidates proposed by children who attended the Fureai Space Festival, held in Miyazaki city on the 2004 Space Day in Japan | JPL · 11933 |
| 11934 Lundgren | 1993 FL4 | Kjell Lundgren (b.~1950) who has studied red giants in the LMC and the Fornax dwarf galaxy, is now working as an engineer at Uppsala Astronomical Observatory | JPL · 11934 |
| 11935 Olakarlsson | 1993 FB8 | Ola Karlsson (born 1973) has for several years been studying Jupiter Trojans, both by physical observations and by numerical integrations resulting in his thesis A Study of Jupiter Trojans. | JPL · 11935 |
| 11936 Tremolizzo | 1993 FX9 | Elena Tremolizzo (born 1972) is an attitude and orbit control systems engineer at the European Space Agency, involved in the SMART-1 mission to the Moon and the European global navigation satellite system, Galileo. | JPL · 11936 |
| 11941 Archinal | 1993 KT1 | Brent Archinal, American astronomer [9] | MPC · 11941 |
| 11942 Guettard | 1993 NV | Jean-Étienne Guettard (1715–1786) was a French geologist and mineralogist. From the evidence of fossils found in the volcanic hills of the Puy de Dôme, in south-central France, he concluded correctly that they conflicted with the time scheme of the Old Testament. | JPL · 11942 |
| 11943 Davidhartley | 1993 OF9 | David Hartley (1705–1757) was an English physician and philosopher who attempted to explain how thought processes occur. His major work, Observations on Man, His Frame, His Duty and His Expectations, is important in the history of psychology for suggesting that body and mind function in concert. | JPL · 11943 |
| 11944 Shaftesbury | 1993 OK9 | Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671–1713), an English politician, philosopher and writer | MPC · 11944 |
| 11945 Amsterdam | 1993 PC5 | Amsterdam, the Netherlands | JPL · 11945 |
| 11946 Bayle | 1993 PB7 | Pierre Bayle (1647–1706), a French philosopher who wrote the Historical and Critical Dictionary. Because it deliberately tried to destroy orthodox Christian beliefs, he aroused the ire of many of his colleagues. In 1682 he published some reflections on the comet of 1680, deriding the superstition that comets presage catastrophes. | JPL · 11946 |
| 11947 Kimclijsters | 1993 PK7 | Kim Clijsters, Belgian tennis player | MPC · 11947 |
| 11948 Justinehénin | 1993 QQ4 | Justine Hénin-Hardenne, Belgian tennis player | MPC · 11948 |
| 11949 Kagayayutaka | 1993 SD2 | Yutaka Kagaya (born 1968) is a well-known Japanese space artist who received the gold medal in the American Digital Art Contest in 2000 | JPL · 11949 |
| 11950 Morellet | 1993 SG5 | André Morellet (1727–1819), a French economist, philosopher, and writer, left his Mémoires sur le XVIIIesiècle et la Révolution (1821), a precious document about the eighteenth century. Besides several articles for Diderot's Encyclopédie, he refuted, in 1770, Galiani's Dialogues sur le commerce des blés. | JPL · 11950 |
| 11955 Russrobb | 1994 CA1 | Russell M. Robb (born 1952), astronomer at the University of Victoria, played the leading role in automating the university's 0.5-m telescope and equipping it with a CCD camera. The telescope has been used extensively in the university's observational programs, including astrometric work on comets and minor planets. | JPL · 11955 |
| 11956 Tamarakate | 1994 CL14 | Tamara Kate Peiser (born 2001) is the second daughter of Gillian and Benny Peiser. Her father, an anthropologist at Liverpool John Moores University, is known the world over for the Cambridge Conference network | JPL · 11956 |
| 11958 Galiani | 1994 EJ7 | Abbé Ferdinando Galiani (1728–1787), secretary at the Neapolitan Embassy in Paris from 1759 to 1769, is well known for his witty Dialogues sur le commerce des blés (1768), in which he attacked the doctrine of free market of the physiocrates. He was much esteemed by d´Holbach | JPL · 11958 |
| 11959 Okunokeno | 1994 GG1 | Keno Okuno (born 1932), an amateur astronomer and a member of the Kawasaki Astronomical Association, has greatly contributed to the popularization of astronomy | JPL · 11959 |
| 11963 Ignace | 1994 PO16 | Ignace Van der Gucht (born 1959) is a graduate in electronics and chief of construction at the Royal Observatory at Uccle, where he places his abilities at the disposal of his colleagues, particularly when they have problems with configuring and upgrading their computers | JPL · 11963 |
| 11964 Prigogine | 1994 PY17 | Ilya Prigogine (1917–2003), a Belgian-Russian chemist who was honored with the 1977 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work on non-equilibrium thermodynamics. He was born in Moscow, he moved to Belgium in 1929, where he studied and worked at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, especially on dissipative structures. | JPL · 11964 |
| 11965 Catullus | 1994 PF20 | Catullus (c. 84–54 BCE), a Latin poet of the late Roman Republic, whose work focused on personal life rather than classical heroes. | JPL · 11965 |
| 11966 Plateau | 1994 PJ20 | Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau (1801–1883) was a Belgian physicist who stated the so-called "Plateau-problem". The proof of the existence of a minimal surface (of least area) bounded by a simple closed curve in space was solved in 1930 by means of variational analysis | JPL · 11966 |
| 11967 Boyle | 1994 PW20 | Robert Boyle (1627–1691) was an Anglo-Irish physicist and philosopher well known for his experiments with gases, leading to the discovery that the volume of a gas is inversely proportional to its pressure. In 1661 he developed the concept of primary particles (the critical chymist). | JPL · 11967 |
| 11968 Demariotte | 1994 PR27 | Edmé de Mariotte (1620–1684) was a French physicist who discovered independently of Boyle that the volume of a gas varies inversely with pressure. He proposed the word "barometer" for the instrument measuring the pressure of air and stated that Boyle's law holds only if there is no change in temperature | JPL · 11968 |
| 11969 Gay-Lussac | 1994 PC37 | Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (1778–1850) was a French chemist and physicist, one of the founders of meteorology. In 1802 he showed that all gases expand by the same fraction of their volume with temperature. However, he is primarily known for his law stating that "gases combine in very simple proportions". | JPL · 11969 |
| 11970 Palitzsch | 1994 TD | Johann Georg Palitzsch (1723–1788) was a German farmer by profession and an astronomer by vocation. He recovered comet 1P/Halley on its first predicted return in 1758 and observed further comets, as well as variable stars such as Mira and Algol. The citation was prepared by P. Brosche. | JPL · 11970 |
| 11974 Yasuhidefujita | 1994 YF | Yasuhide Fujita (born 1961) is a Japanese amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets. He is a staff member at the Board of Education in Kuma Town. He worked as a researcher at the Kuma Kogen Astronomical Observatory for eight years (1992–1999) and independently discovered the supernova 1994I. | JPL · 11974 |
| 11976 Josephthurn | 1995 JG | Count Joseph Thurn (1761–1831), an admiral in the Borbonic fleet, was in command of the Austrian emperor's troops. He spent part of his life in Gorizia, where in 1831 was founded the Monte di Pietá and Cassa di Risparmio | JPL · 11976 |
| 11977 Leonrisoldi | 1995 OA | Leon Risoldi (born 2009), the first grandson of one of the discoverers at Santa Lucia observatory. | JPL · 11977 |
| 11978 Makotomasako | 1995 SS4 | Makoto Shima (born 1923) and his wife Masako Shima (born 1930) are both experts in the study of meteorites. Makoto published many books on meteorites and cosmic dust, and Masako's specialties are the chemical composition and origin of meteorites, especially the analysis of cosmic-ray-produced nuclides | JPL · 11978 |
| 11980 Ellis | 1995 SP8 | Kerry Ellis (born 1965) a Canadian physicist, wrote a thesis at the University of Western Ontario in electrical engineering and specialized in meteor burst communication. | JPL · 11980 |
| 11981 Boncompagni | 1995 UY1 | Baldassarre Boncompagni (1821–1894) was an Italian aristocrat, historian of mathematics, and editor of 20 volumes of Bullettino di Bibliografia e Storia delle Scienze Matematiche e fisiche. This monumental work, published in Rome during 1868–1887, was fundamental in the history of the mathematical and physical sciences, with many articles on the history of astronomy. | JPL · 11981 |
| 11984 Manet | 1995 UK45 | Édouard Manet (1832–1883), a French painter who was a pivotal figure in the transition of realism to impressionism. He is well known for his The Luncheon on the Grass (1863), Olympia (1863) and Folies-Bergère (1882) | JPL · 11984 |
| 11987 Yonematsu | 1995 VU1 | Yonematsu Shiono (born 1947) is an investigator of traditional life in Japan and has published many articles and books on it. He also published many books on outdoor life, including astronomical observations | JPL · 11987 |
| 11997 Fassel | 1995 YU9 | Deborah Elizabeth Fassel (born 1950) and Charles Sebastian Fassel (born 1955) are Canadian amateur astronomers who live in St. Catharines, Ontario. | MPC · 11997 |
| 11998 Fermilab | 1996 AG7 | Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, USA | MPC · 11998 |
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