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Meanings of minor planet names: 2001–3000

April 12, 2024

This is a partial list of meanings of minor-planet names. Also see list of named minor planets (alphabetical) for a condensed version without naming citations.

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]

2001–2100 edit

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
2001 Einstein 1973 EB Albert Einstein (1879–1955), German-born, Swiss–American physicist and Nobelist DMP · 2001
2002 Euler 1973 QQ1 Leonhard Euler (1707–1783), Swiss mathematician and physicists DMP · 2002
2003 Harding 6559 P-L Karl Ludwig Harding (1765–1834), German astronomer DMP · 2003
2004 Lexell 1973 SV2 Anders Johan Lexell (1740–1784), Swedish-Russian astronomer and mathematician DMP · 2004
2005 Hencke 1973 RA Karl Ludwig Hencke (1793–1866), German astronomer DMP · 2005
2006 Polonskaya 1973 SB3 Elena Kazimirtchak-Polonskaïa (1902–1992), Ukrainian astronomer (comets) MPC · 2006
2007 McCuskey 1963 SQ Sidney W. McCuskey (1907–1979), American observatory director MPC · 2007
2008 Konstitutsiya 1973 SV4 1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union MPC · 2008
2009 Voloshina 1968 UL Vera Voloshina (1919–1941), Russian partisan MPC · 2009
2010 Chebyshev 1969 TL4 Pafnuty Chebyshev (1821–1884), Russian mathematician MPC · 2010
2011 Veteraniya 1970 QB1 Russian for "Veterans" (of World War II) MPC · 2011
2012 Guo Shou-Jing 1964 TE2 Guo Shoujing (1231–1316), Chinese astronomer and mathematician MPC · 2012
2013 Tucapel 1971 UH4 Mapuche (Araucanian) chief MPC · 2013
2014 Vasilevskis 1973 JA Stanislaus Vasilevskis (died 1988), Latvian-born American astronomer DMP · 2014
2015 Kachuevskaya 1972 RA3 Natasha Kachuevskaya, Russian soldier during WWII who was killed in the battle of Stalingrad MPC · 2015
2016 Heinemann 1938 SE Karl Heinemann (1898–1970), German astronomer at ARI DMP · 2016
2017 Wesson A903 SC Mary Joan Wesson Bardwell (1924–2021), wife of American astronomer Conrad M. Bardwell (1926–2010), who was a research associate at the Minor Planet Center DMP · 2017
2018 Schuster 1931 UC Hans-Emil Schuster (born 1934), German astronomer and discoverer of minor planets DMP · 2018
2019 van Albada 1935 SX1 Gale Bruno van Albada (1911–1972), Dutch astronomer MPC · 2019
2020 Ukko 1936 FR Ukko, Finnish supreme god MPC · 2020
2021 Poincaré 1936 MA Henri Poincaré (1854–1912), French mathematician MPC · 2021
2022 West 1938 CK Richard Martin West (born 1941), Danish astronomer and discoverer of minor planets DMP · 2022
2023 Asaph 1952 SA Asaph Hall (1829–1907), American astronomer DMP · 2023
2024 McLaughlin 1952 UR Dean Benjamin McLaughlin (1901–1965), American spectroscopist and geologist MPC · 2024
2025 Nortia 1953 LG Nortia, Etruscan goddess of fortune MPC · 2025
2026 Cottrell 1955 FF Frederick Gardner Cottrell (1877–1948), American businessman chemist, inventor and philanthropist MPC · 2026
2027 Shen Guo 1964 VR1 Shen Kuo (1031–1095), astronomer MPC · 2027
2028 Janequeo 1968 OB1 Wife of Mapuche (Araucanian) chief Guepotan MPC · 2028
2029 Binomi 1969 RB Fictional mathematician, jokingly referred to as the inventor of mathematical formula, such as the Binomial theorem MPC · 2029
2030 Belyaev 1969 TA2 Pavel Belyayev (1925–1970), Soviet cosmonaut, officer and fighter pilot MPC · 2030
2031 BAM 1969 TG2 builders of Baikal Amur Mainline (BAM) MPC · 2031
2032 Ethel 1970 OH Ethel Lilian Voynich (1864–1960), British author MPC · 2032
2033 Basilea 1973 CA The city of Basel in Switzerland MPC · 2033
2034 Bernoulli 1973 EE Several mathematicians of the Bernoulli family, in particular Jacob (1654–1705), Johann (1667–1748) and Daniel (1700–1782) MPC · 2034
2035 Stearns 1973 SC Carl Leo Stearns (1892–1972), American astronomer MPC · 2035
2036 Sheragul 1973 SY2 Sheragul, Siberian village in Russia MPC · 2036
2037 Tripaxeptalis 1973 UB 3 times 679 Pax and 7 times 291 Alice MPC · 2037
2038 Bistro 1973 WF Bistro, a type of restaurant MPC · 2038
2039 Payne-Gaposchkin 1974 CA Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900–1979), British-born American astronomer DMP · 2039
2040 Chalonge 1974 HA Daniel Chalonge (1895–1977), French astronomer MPC · 2040
2041 Lancelot 2523 P-L Lancelot, Arthurian knight MPC · 2041
2042 Sitarski 4633 P-L Grzegorz Sitarski, Polish astronomer at the Polish Academy of Sciences, who studied the motion of comets MPC · 2042
2043 Ortutay 1936 TH Gyula Ortutay (1910–1978), Hungarian cultural leader MPC · 2043
2044 Wirt 1950 VE Carl A. Wirtanen (1910–1990), American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets and comets MPC · 2044
2045 Peking 1964 TB1 Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China MPC · 2045
2046 Leningrad 1968 UD1 Leningrad, city in the USSR MPC · 2046
2047 Smetana 1971 UA1 Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884), Czech composer MPC · 2047
2048 Dwornik 1973 QA Stephen E. Dwornik, American planetary geologist DMP · 2048
2049 Grietje 1973 SH G. A. M. Haring-Gehrels, sister-in-law of Dutch-born American astronomer Tom Gehrels † MPC · 2049
2050 Francis 1974 KA Fred and Kay Francis, parents of discoverer DMP · 2050
2051 Chang 1976 UC Zhang Yuzhe (Y.C. Chang), Chinese astronomer, director of the Purple Mountain Observatory MPC · 2051
2052 Tamriko 1976 UN Tamara West, wife of discoverer Richard Martin West MPC · 2052
2053 Nuki 1976 UO Nodari West, son of discoverer Richard Martin West MPC · 2053
2054 Gawain 4097 P-L Gawain, Arthurian knight MPC · 2054
2055 Dvořák 1974 DB Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904), Czech composer MPC · 2055
2056 Nancy A909 TB Nancy Lou Zissell Marsden, wife of Brian G. Marsden DMP · 2056
2057 Rosemary 1934 RQ Rosemary Birky Hoffmann Scholl, first wife of Hans Scholl DMP · 2057
2058 Róka 1938 BH Gedeon Róka (1906–1974), Hungarian science writer †[9] ‡[10] MPC · 2058
2059 Baboquivari 1963 UA Babioquivari, mountain sacred to the Tohono O'odham of northern Mexico and southern Arizona MPC · 2059
2060 Chiron 1977 UB Chiron, a centaur from Greek mythology DMP · 2060
2061 Anza 1960 UA Juan Bautista de Anza (1736–1788), Spanish explorer, military officer, and Governor of the Province of New Mexico under the Spanish Empire MPC · 2061
2062 Aten 1976 AA Aten, Egyptian god MPC · 2062
2063 Bacchus 1977 HB Bacchus (Dionysus), Roman god MPC · 2063
2064 Thomsen 1942 RQ Ivan Leslie Thomsen (1910–1969), New Zealand astronomer MPC · 2064
2065 Spicer 1959 RN Edward H. Spicer (1906–1983), anthropologist MPC · 2065
2066 Palala 1934 LB Palala River, tributary of the Limpopo River, South Africa MPC · 2066
2067 Aksnes 1936 DD Kaare Aksnes, astronomer MPC · 2067
2068 Dangreen 1948 AD Daniel W. E. Green, American observatory worker, involved in the MPC's transition from Cincinnati to Cambridge in 1978 MPC · 2068
2069 Hubble 1955 FT Edwin Hubble (1889–1953), American astronomer MPC · 2069
2070 Humason 1964 TQ Milton L. Humason (1891–1972), American astronomer MPC · 2070
2071 Nadezhda 1971 QS Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya (1869–1939), educator, wife of Vladimir Lenin MPC · 2071
2072 Kosmodemyanskaya 1973 QE2 Lubov' Timofeevna Kosmodemyanskaya (1900–1978), mother of Soviet heroes Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya and Aleksandr Kosmodemyansky MPC · 2072
2073 Janáček 1974 DK Leoš Janáček (1854–1928), Czech composer MPC · 2073
2074 Shoemaker 1974 UA Eugene Shoemaker (1928–1997), American astronomer MPC · 2074
2075 Martinez 1974 VA Hugo Arturo Martinez (1890–1976), Argentinian astronomer at La Plata Observatory MPC · 2075
2076 Levin 1974 WA Boris Yulevich Levin (1912–1989), Russian astronomer and geophysicist MPC · 2076
2077 Kiangsu 1974 YA Jiangsu, province in eastern China MPC · 2077
2078 Nanking 1975 AD Nanjing, Chinese city near the Purple Mountain Observatory MPC · 2078
2079 Jacchia 1976 DB Luigi Giuseppe Jacchia, Italian-born American astronomer MPC · 2079
2080 Jihlava 1976 DG Jihlava, city in the Czech Republic MPC · 2080
2081 Sázava 1976 DH Sázava River, tributary of Vltava River, Czech Republic MPC · 2081
2082 Galahad 7588 P-L Galahad, Arthurian knight MPC · 2082
2083 Smither 1973 WB John C. Smith, American astronomer involved with the Palomar Planet-Crossing Asteroid Survey MPC · 2083
2084 Okayama 1935 CK Okayama, Okayama, Japan MPC · 2084
2085 Henan 1965 YA Henan, province in China MPC · 2085
2086 Newell 1966 BC Homer E. Newell Jr. (1915–1983), American physicist and space scientist MPC · 2086
2087 Kochera 1975 YC Theodor Kocher (1841–1917), Swiss surgeon and Nobel laureate MPC · 2087
2088 Sahlia 1976 DJ Hermann Sahli (1856–1933), Swiss physician and professor of internal medicine at Berne University MPC · 2088
2089 Cetacea 1977 VF Cetacea, clade of aquatic mammals such as whales and dolphins MPC · 2089
2090 Mizuho 1978 EA Daughter of Japanese discoverer Takeshi Urata MPC · 2090
2091 Sampo 1941 HO Sampo, magical artifact from Finnish mythology MPC · 2091
2092 Sumiana 1969 UP Sumy, Ukraine MPC · 2092
2093 Genichesk 1971 HX Henichesk, city in north-eastern Ukraine, birthplace of discoverer Tamara Smirnova MPC · 2093
2094 Magnitka 1971 TC2 Magnitogorsk, Russian industrial city MPC · 2094
2095 Parsifal 6036 P-L Parsifal, Arthurian knight MPC · 2095
2096 Väinö 1939 UC Väinämöinen, from Finnish mythology MPC · 2096
2097 Galle 1953 PV Johann Gottfried Galle (1812–1910), German astronomer MPC · 2097
2098 Zyskin 1972 QE Lev Zyskin (1930–1994), Professor at the Crimean medical institute MPC · 2098
2099 Öpik 1977 VB Ernst Öpik (1893–1985), Estonian astronomer MPC · 2099
2100 Ra-Shalom 1978 RA Egyptian god Ra + Hebrew Shalom, in honour of the Camp David Peace Accords of 1978 MPC · 2100

2101–2200 edit

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2101 Adonis 1936 CA Adonis, Greek mythological youth MPC · 2101
2102 Tantalus 1975 YA Tantalus, Greek mythological figure MPC · 2102
2103 Laverna 1960 FL Laverna, protecting divinity of thieves and imposters MPC · 2103
2104 Toronto 1963 PD University of Toronto, during whose sesquicentennial celebration it was discovered MPC · 2104
2105 Gudy 1976 DA Gudrun Werner, friend of astronomer Hans-Emil Schuster who discovered this minor planet MPC · 2105
2106 Hugo 1936 UF Victor Hugo (1802–1885), French writer DMP · 2106
2107 Ilmari 1941 VA Ilmarinen, Finnish mythology MPC · 2107
2108 Otto Schmidt 1948 TR1 Otto Schmidt (1891–1956), Soviet mathematician, geophysicist, astronomer polar researcher, and author MPC · 2108
2109 Dhôtel 1950 TH2 André Dhôtel (1901–1991), French writer awarded with the Grand Prix de Litterature de l'Academie Francaise. He was a friend of the family of the discoverer, Sylvain Arend. MPC · 2109
2110 Moore-Sitterly 1962 RD Charlotte Moore Sitterly (1898–1990), American astronomer MPC · 2110
2111 Tselina 1969 LG Virgin Lands Campaign, soil development in the USSR MPC · 2111
2112 Ulyanov 1972 NP Aleksandr Ulyanov (1866–1887), Lenin's eldest brother MPC · 2112
2113 Ehrdni 1972 RJ2 Ehrdni Teldzhievich Delikov (1922–1942), Soviet hero of the Great Patriotic War MPC · 2113
2114 Wallenquist 1976 HA Åke Wallenquist (1904–1994), Swedish astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets MPC · 2114
2115 Irakli 1976 UD Irakli West, son of discoverer Richard Martin West MPC · 2115
2116 Mtskheta 1976 UM Mtskheta, city in Georgia (country) MPC · 2116
2117 Danmark 1978 AC Denmark, native country of discoverer Richard Martin West MPC · 2117
2118 Flagstaff 1978 PB Flagstaff, Arizona, home of the Lowell Observatory MPC · 2118
2119 Schwall 1930 QG August Schwall (1877–1947), staff member at Heidelberg Observatory, Germany MPC · 2119
2120 Tyumenia 1967 RM Tyumen Oblast, district of the Russian SFSR (now Russia) MPC · 2120
2121 Sevastopol 1971 ME Sevastopol, city on the Crimean peninsula DMP · 2121
2122 Pyatiletka 1971 XB Five-Year Plans of the USSR, named on the 50th anniversary of its adoption MPC · 2122
2123 Vltava 1973 SL2 Vltava River in the Czech Republic MPC · 2123
2124 Nissen 1974 MK Juan Jose Nissen (1901–1978), Argentinian astronomer and first director of the Felix Aguilar Observatory MPC · 2124
2125 Karl-Ontjes 2005 P-L Karl-Ontjes Groeneveld (born 1935), German physicist and brother of astronomer Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, who co-discovered this minor planet DMP · 2125
2126 Gerasimovich 1970 QZ Boris Petrovich Gerasimovich (1889–1937), Russian astrophysicist and director of the Pulkovo Observatory MPC · 2126
2127 Tanya 1971 KB1 Tanya Savicheva (1930–1944), a young Russian schoolgirl who died in Siege of Leningrad MPC · 2127
2128 Wetherill 1973 SB George Wetherill (1925–2006), American geochemist and planetary geologist MPC · 2128
2129 Cosicosi 1973 SJ Italian characterization of indifference MPC · 2129
2130 Evdokiya 1974 QH1 Evdokiya Efimovna Shchelokova, mother of the discoverer Lyudmila Zhuravleva MPC · 2130
2131 Mayall 1975 RA Nicholas Mayall (1906–1993), American astronomer MPC · 2131
2132 Zhukov 1975 TW3 Georgij Konstantinovich Zhukov (1896–1974), Soviet military commander MPC · 2132
2133 Franceswright 1976 WB Frances Woodworth Wright (1897–1989), American astronomer at Harvard University MPC · 2133
2134 Dennispalm 1976 YB Dennis Palm (1945–1974), amateur astronomer and assistant at Palomar Observatory MPC · 2134
2135 Aristaeus 1977 HA Aristaeus, Greek god MPC · 2135
2136 Jugta 1933 OC Jay U. Gunter (1911–1994), author of Tonight's Asteroids (hence, J.U.G. T.A.) MPC · 2136
2137 Priscilla 1936 QZ Priscilla Fairfield Bok (1896–1975), American astronomer, wife of Dutch-born American astronomer Bart Bok DMP · 2137
2138 Swissair 1968 HB Swissair, was the Swiss national airline MPC · 2138
2139 Makharadze 1970 MC The Georgian city of Ozurgeti (formerly known as Makharadze) is the twin city of Henichesk, Ukraine. It was named to honor the friendship between the two nations DMP · 2139
2140 Kemerovo 1970 PE Kemerovo Oblast, district in southwestern Siberia, Russia DMP · 2140
2141 Simferopol 1970 QC1 Simferopol, city on the Crimean peninsula MPC · 2141
2142 Landau 1972 GA Lev Davidovich Landau (1908–1968), Soviet physicist MPC · 2142
2143 Jimarnold 1973 SA James R. Arnold (1923–2012), professor of chemistry at the University of California at San Diego MPC · 2143
2144 Marietta 1975 BC1 Marietta Shaginyan (1888–1982), Soviet writer MPC · 2144
2145 Blaauw 1976 UF Adriaan Blaauw (1914–2010), Dutch astronomer at Leiden Observatory, director of ESO and president of the IAU MPC · 2145
2146 Stentor 1976 UQ Stentor, Greek warrior MPC · 2146
2147 Kharadze 1976 US Evgeni Kharadze (1907–2001), Georgian astronomer and director of the Abastumani Observatory and vice-president of the IAU from 1976 to 1982 DMP · 2147
2148 Epeios 1976 UW Epeios, Greek soldier and builder of Trojan Horse MPC · 2148
2149 Schwambraniya 1977 FX Fictional land from Lev Kassil's Conduite and Schwambraniya MPC · 2149
2150 Nyctimene 1977 TA Nyctimene, a daughter of Epopeus, King of Lesbos MPC · 2150
2151 Hadwiger 1977 VX Hugo Hadwiger (1908–1981), Swiss mathematician MPC · 2151
2152 Hannibal 1978 WK Hannibal (c. 247–182 BC) MPC · 2152
2153 Akiyama 1978 XD Kaoru Akiyama (1901–1970), Japanese astronomer MPC · 2153
2154 Underhill 2015 P-L Anne B. Underhill, Canadian astrophysicist DMP · 2154
2155 Wodan 6542 P-L Odin ("Wōdan" in Old Saxon), Norse god in Teutonic mythology DMP · 2155
2156 Kate A917 SH Kate, wife of astronomer L. K. Kristensen, who found the identification of this minor planet MPC · 2156
2157 Ashbrook A924 EF Joseph Ashbrook (1918–1980), editor of Sky & Telescope MPC · 2157
2158 Tietjen 1933 OS Friedrich Tietjen (1832–1895), German astronomer MPC · 2158
2159 Kukkamäki 1941 UX Tauno Kukkamäki (1909–1997), Finnish geodesist MPC · 2159
2160 Spitzer 1956 RL Lyman Spitzer (1914–1997), American astrophysicist MPC · 2160
2161 Grissom 1963 UD Gus Grissom (1926–1967), American astronaut MPC · 2161
2162 Anhui 1966 BE Anhui, province in East China MPC · 2162
2163 Korczak 1971 SP1 Janusz Korczak (1878–1942), Polish writer who was murdered at Treblinka MPC · 2163
2164 Lyalya 1972 RM2 Yelena Konstantinova Ubiivovk (1918–1942), astronomy student and Soviet partisan who died in World War II MPC · 2164
2165 Young 1956 RJ Charles Augustus Young (1834–1908), American astronomer MPC · 2165
2166 Handahl 1936 QB Violet Handahl Green, mother of astronomer Daniel W. E. Green, who found the identifications for this planet MPC · 2166
2167 Erin 1971 LA Erin, daughter of astronomer George Punko at Bickley–Perth Observatory MPC · 2167
2168 Swope 1955 RF1 Henrietta Hill Swope (1902–1980), American astronomer MPC · 2168
2169 Taiwan 1964 VP1 Named for the Island of Taiwan (also see Taiwan) MPC · 2169
2170 Byelorussia 1971 SZ Republic of Belarus, a former Soviet Socialist Republic MPC · 2170
2171 Kiev 1973 QD1 City of Kyiv, capital of Ukraine, named on its 1500th anniversary DMP · 2171
2172 Plavsk 1973 QA2 Plavsk, district in Russia DMP · 2172
2173 Maresjev 1974 QG1 Alexei Maresiev (1916–2001), Russian war veteran MPC · 2173
2174 Asmodeus 1975 TA Asmodai, Babylonian god of lust MPC · 2174
2175 Andrea Doria 1977 TY Andrea Doria (1466–1560), Genoese admiral MPC · 2175
2176 Donar 2529 P-L Donar or Thor, Teutonic god of thunderstorms DMP · 2176
2177 Oliver 6551 P-L Bernard M. Oliver (1916–1995), researcher at Hewlett-Packard MPC · 2177
2178 Kazakhstania 1972 RA2 The Republic of Kazakhstan, a former Soviet Socialist Republic MPC · 2178
2179 Platzeck 1965 MA Ricardo Pablo Platzeck, Argentinian astronomer and director of the Cordoba Observatory MPC · 2179
2180 Marjaleena 1940 RJ Finnish Marjaleena Johnsson, daughter of the discoverer Heikki A. Alikoski MPC · 2180
2181 Fogelin 1942 YA Eric S. Fogelin, assistant at the Minor Planet Center MPC · 2181
2182 Semirot 1953 FH1 Pierre Sémirot (1907–1972), French astronomer MPC · 2182
2183 Neufang 1959 OB Neufang, village in Thuringia, Germany, where the Sonneberg Observatory is located MPC · 2183
2184 Fujian 1964 TV2 Fujian, coastal province in southeastern China MPC · 2184
2185 Guangdong 1965 WO Guangdong, coastal province in southern China MPC · 2185
2186 Keldysh 1973 SQ4 Mstislav Keldysh (1911–1978), Soviet physicist and mathematician MPC · 2186
2187 La Silla 1976 UH Mountain in the Atacama desert of Chile, where the La Silla Observatory is located MPC · 2187
2188 Orlenok 1976 UL4 Orlyonok All-Union Young Pioneer camp MPC · 2188
2189 Zaragoza 1975 QK Aldo Zaragoza (1924–1979) staff member at Felix Aguilar Observatory MPC · 2189
2190 Coubertin 1976 GV3 Baron Pierre de Coubertin (1863–1937), French educator and founder of the modern Olympic Games MPC · 2190
2191 Uppsala 1977 PA1 Uppsala, ancient Swedish city and its university MPC · 2191
2192 Pyatigoriya 1972 HP Pyatigorsk, Russian city in the Caucasus MPC · 2192
2193 Jackson 1926 KB Cyril V. Jackson (1903–1988), South African astronomer MPC · 2193
2194 Arpola 1940 GE Discoverer's summer cottage near Turku MPC · 2194
2195 Tengström 1941 SP1 Erik Tengström (1913–1996), Swedish astronomer and geodesist DMP · 2195
2196 Ellicott 1965 BC Andrew Ellicott Douglass (1867–1962), American astronomer MPC · 2196
2197 Shanghai 1965 YN Shanghai, largest city in China (and the world) MPC · 2197
2198 Ceplecha 1975 VF Zdeněk Ceplecha (1929–2009), Czech astronomer MPC · 2198
2199 Kleť 1978 LA Kleť Observatory, standing on Kleť Hill, Czech Republic MPC · 2199
2200 Pasadena 6090 P-L Pasadena, California, suburb of Los Angeles, California, United States MPC · 2200

2201–2300 edit

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2201 Oljato 1947 XC Moonlight Water, Monument Valley, Utah DMP · 2201
2202 Pele 1972 RA Pele, Polynesian fire goddess MPC · 2202
2203 van Rhijn 1935 SQ1 Pieter Johannes van Rhijn (1886–1960), Dutch astronomer MPC · 2203
2204 Lyyli 1943 EQ Lyyli Heinänen, Finnish astronomer and disciple of Yrjö Väisälä MPC · 2204
2205 Glinka 1973 SU4 Mikhail Glinka (1804–1857), Russian composer MPC · 2205
2206 Gabrova 1976 GR3 Gabrovo, Bulgarian town MPC · 2206
2207 Antenor 1977 QH1 Antenor, Trojan hero and sage of Greek mythology JPL · 2207
2208 Pushkin 1977 QL3 Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian poet MPC · 2208
2209 Tianjin 1978 US1 Tianjin, China MPC · 2209
2210 Lois 9597 P-L Lois J. Baldwin, wife of Ralph Belknap Baldwin, American astronomer MPC · 2210
2211 Hanuman 1951 WO2 Hanuman, monkey-god in mythology of India MPC · 2211
2212 Hephaistos 1978 SB Hephaestus, Greek god MPC · 2212
2213 Meeus 1935 SO1 Jean Meeus (born 1928), Belgian amateur astronomer MPC · 2213
2214 Carol 1953 GF Carol D. Valenti, Minor Planet Center staff member DMP · 2214
2215 Sichuan 1964 VX2 Sichuan, China MPC · 2215
2216 Kerch 1971 LF Hero City Kerch, Crimea MPC · 2216
2217 Eltigen 1971 SK2 a place where Soviet troops landed in November 1943 (see Kerch-Eltigen Operation) MPC · 2217
2218 Wotho 1975 AK Wotho Atoll, Marshall Islands MPC · 2218
2219 Mannucci 1975 LU Edgardo Mannucci, observatory mechanic MPC · 2219
2220 Hicks 1975 VB William B. Hicks, businessman MPC · 2220
2221 Chilton 1976 QC Jean Chilton McCrosky, wife of Richard Eugene McCrosky, American astronomer MPC · 2221
2222 Lermontov 1977 ST1 Mikhail Lermontov, Russian poet MPC · 2222
2223 Sarpedon 1977 TL3 Sarpedon, Greek warrior MPC · 2223
2224 Tucson 2528 P-L Tucson, Arizona, USA MPC · 2224
2225 Serkowski 6546 P-L Krzysztof Serkowski (1930–1981), Polish-born American astronomer MPC · 2225
2226 Cunitza 1936 QC1 Lydia Cunitz, discoverer's sister-in-law MPC · 2226
2227 Otto Struve 1955 RX Otto Struve (1897–1963), Russian-born American astronomer MPC · 2227
2228 Soyuz-Apollo 1977 OH The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project joint Soviet-American mission MPC · 2228
2229 Mezzarco 1977 RO Italian for half-arch, half-vault MPC · 2229
2230 Yunnan 1978 UT1 Yunnan, China MPC · 2230
2231 Durrell 1941 SG Lawrence Durrell (1912–1990), British author MPC · 2231
2232 Altaj 1969 RD2 Altai Republic, Russia MPC · 2232
2233 Kuznetsov 1972 XE1 Nikolai Kuznetsov, Soviet partisan and intelligence agent MPC · 2233
2234 Schmadel 1977 HD Lutz D. Schmadel (1942–2016), German astronomer MPC · 2234
2235 Vittore A924 GA Observatory in Bologna, Italy MPC · 2235
2236 Austrasia 1933 FX Austrasia, kingdom of the Merovingian Franks MPC · 2236
2237 Melnikov 1938 TB Oleg Melnikov (1912–1982), Russian astronomer MPC · 2237
2238 Steshenko 1972 RQ1 Nikolai Steshenko, Soviet astronomer MPC · 2238
2239 Paracelsus 1978 RC Paracelsus, physician MPC · 2239
2240 Tsai 1978 YA Tsai Chang-hsien, Chinese astronomer MPC · 2240
2241 Alcathous 1979 WM Alcathous, mythological Greek MPC · 2241
2242 Balaton 1936 TG Lake Balaton, largest lake in Hungary MPC · 2242
2243 Lönnrot 1941 SA1 Elias Lönnrot (1802–1884), Finnish scholar, collector of folk tales and traditions MPC · 2243
2244 Tesla 1952 UW1 Nikola Tesla (1856–1943), Serbian-born electrical engineer and inventor MPC · 2244
2245 Hekatostos 1968 BC Greek for 100th (asteroid discovered by a joint program) MPC · 2245
2246 Bowell 1979 XH Edward L. G. Bowell (born 1943), American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets MPC · 2246
2247 Hiroshima 6512 P-L Hiroshima, Japan MPC · 2247
2248 Kanda 1933 DE Shigeru Kanda (1894–1974), Japanese science writer DMP · 2248
2249 Yamamoto 1942 GA Issei Yamamoto (1889–1959), Japanese astronomer DMP · 2249
2250 Stalingrad 1972 HN now Volgograd, Russia DMP · 2250
2251 Tikhov 1977 SU1 Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov (1875–1960), Russian astronomer MPC · 2251
2252 CERGA 1978 VT CERGA French: Centre d'études et de recherches géodynamiques et astrométriques MPC · 2252
2253 Espinette 1932 PB house in Williams Bay, Wisconsin MPC · 2253
2254 Requiem 1977 QJ1 in memory of discoverer's mother MPC · 2254
2255 Qinghai 1977 VK1 Qinghai, China MPC · 2255
2256 Wiśniewski 4519 P-L Wiesław Z. Wiśniewski (1931–1994), Polish astronomer MPC · 2256
2257 Kaarina 1939 QB Kaarina Soini, daughter of discoverer MPC · 2257
2258 Viipuri 1939 TA now Vyborg, Russia MPC · 2258
2259 Sofievka 1971 OG park in Uman, Ukraine MPC · 2259
2260 Neoptolemus 1975 WM1 Neoptolemus, mythological Greek warrior MPC · 2260
2261 Keeler 1977 HC James Edward Keeler (1857–1900), American astronomer MPC · 2261
2262 Mitidika 1978 RB Gypsy girl from novel by Clemens Brentano MPC · 2262
2263 Shaanxi 1978 UW1 Shaanxi, China MPC · 2263
2264 Sabrina 1979 YK Sabrina, the legendary English princess and daughter of King Locrine, who drowned in the River Severn MPC · 2264
2265 Verbaandert 1950 DB Jean Verbaandert (1901–1974), Belgian geophysicist MPC · 2265
2266 Tchaikovsky 1974 VK Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893), Russian composer DMP · 2266
2267 Agassiz 1977 RF Louis Agassiz (1807–1873), Swiss-born American zoologist and geologist MPC · 2267
2268 Szmytowna 1942 VW Maria Szmytowna, chemist MPC · 2268
2269 Efremiana 1976 JA2 Ivan Yefremov (1908–1972), Soviet paleontologist and author DMP · 2269
2270 Yazhi 1980 ED Navajo for little one MPC · 2270
2271 Kiso 1976 UV5 Kiso Observatory, a station of the Tokyo Observatory MPC · 2271
2272 Montezuma 1972 FA Moctezuma II, 9th emperor of the Aztec empire MPC · 2272
2273 Yarilo 1975 EV1 Iarilo, Slavic sun god DMP · 2273
2274 Ehrsson 1976 EA A friend of discoverer Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist MPC · 2274
2275 Cuitlahuac 1979 MH Cuitláhuac, tenth emperor of the Aztec empire MPC · 2275
2276 Warck 1933 QA Evelyne Warck, granddaughter of discoverer MPC · 2276
2277 Moreau 1950 DS Fernand Moreau (1888–1979), Belgian astronomer MPC · 2277
2278 Götz 1953 GE Paul Götz (1883–1962), German astronomer and discoverer of minor planets. Assistant to Max Wolf at Heidelberg. MPC · 2278
2279 Barto 1968 DL Agniya Barto (1906–1981), Soviet poet DMP · 2279
2280 Kunikov 1971 SL2 Tsezar Kunikov (1909–1943), Soviet commander and war hero whose troops seized Malaya Zemlya in 1943 MPC · 2280
2281 Biela 1971 UQ1 Wilhelm von Biela (1782–1856), Austrian astronomer MPC · 2281
2282 Andrés Bello 1974 FE Andrés Bello (1781–1865), Venezuelan intellectual MPC · 2282
2283 Bunke 1974 SV4 Tamara Bunke (1937–1967), German patriot DMP · 2283
2284 San Juan 1974 TG1 San Juan Province and its university in Argentina MPC · 2284
2285 Ron Helin 1976 QB Ronald P. Helin, husband of Eleanor F. Helin, American astronomer MPC · 2285
2286 Fesenkov 1977 NH Vasily Fesenkov (1889–1972), Soviet astrophysicist MPC · 2286
2287 Kalmykia 1977 QK3 Kalmyk ASSR, Russian SFSR, now Kalmykia, Russia MPC · 2287
2288 Karolinum 1979 UZ The Collegium Carolinum, the main building of the Charles University in Prague MPC · 2288
2289 McMillan 6567 P-L Robert S. McMillan, American astronomer MPC · 2289
2290 Helffrich 1932 CD1 Joseph Helffrich (1890–1971), German astronomer and discoverer of minor planets MPC · 2290
2291 Kevo 1941 FS Field station on the Kevo river, Lappland MPC · 2291
2292 Seili 1942 RM Seili, island near Turku MPC · 2292
2293 Guernica 1977 EH1 Guernica, Spain MPC · 2293
2294 Andronikov 1977 PL1 Irakly Andronikov (1908–1990), Soviet writer MPC · 2294
2295 Matusovskij 1977 QD1 Mikhail Matusovskii (1915–1990), Soviet poet MPC · 2295
2296 Kugultinov 1975 BA1 David Nikitich Kugultinov (1922–2006), poet of Kalmykia and USSR MPC · 2296
2297 Daghestan 1978 RE Dagestan ASSR, Russian SFSR (now Daghestan, Russia) MPC · 2297
2298 Cindijon A915 TA Cynthia and Jonathan, children of Brian G. Marsden DMP · 2298
2299 Hanko 1941 SZ Hanko, Finland MPC · 2299
2300 Stebbins 1953 TG2 Joel Stebbins (1878–1966), American astronomer MPC · 2300

2301–2400 edit

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2301 Whitford 1965 WJ Albert Whitford (1905–2002), American astronomer MPC · 2301
2302 Florya 1972 TL2 Nikolay Florea (1912–1941), Russian astronomer at Sternberg Astronomical Institute MPC · 2302
2303 Retsina 1979 FK Retsina, Greek wine MPC · 2303
2304 Slavia 1979 KB Slavia, sports club in Prague MPC · 2304
2305 King 1980 RJ1 Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968), U.S. civil rights leader MPC · 2305
2306 Bauschinger 1939 PM Julius Bauschinger (1860–1934), German astronomer MPC · 2306
2307 Garuda 1957 HJ Garuda is a son of Kasyapa and Vinata in the mythology of India MPC · 2307
2308 Schilt 1967 JM Jan Schilt (1894–1982), Dutch astronomer MPC · 2308
2309 Mr. Spock 1971 QX1 Discoverer's cat, "Mr. Spock", named after Spock, a fictional character from Star Trek MPC · 2309
2310 Olshaniya 1974 SU4 Konstantin Olshanskij, a Soviet war hero who entered Nazi-occupied Nikolaev in March 1944 DMP · 2310
2311 El Leoncito 1974 TA1 Observing station at Félix Aguilar Observatory MPC · 2311
2312 Duboshin 1976 GU2 Georgii Nikolaevich Duboshin (1904–1986), Soviet astronomer and member of the IAU DMP · 2312
2313 Aruna 1976 TA Represents the red glow of dawn in mythology of India MPC · 2313
2314 Field 1977 VD George B. Field (born 1929), American astronomer DMP · 2314
2315 Czechoslovakia 1980 DZ Czechoslovakia, which split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993 MPC · 2315
2316 Jo-Ann 1980 RH Jo-Ann Bowell, wife of discoverer DMP · 2316
2317 Galya 2524 P-L Galya Lubarsky, friend of Tom Gehrels MPC · 2317
2318 Lubarsky 6521 P-L Kronid Lyubarsky (1934–1996), friend of Tom Gehrels MPC · 2318
2319 Aristides 7631 P-L Aristides (530–468 BC), Athenian politician MPC · 2319
2320 Blarney 1979 QJ Blarney, Ireland MPC · 2320
2321 Lužnice 1980 DB1 Lužnice River, Czech Republic MPC · 2321
2322 Kitt Peak 1954 UQ2 Kitt Peak National Observatory, USA MPC · 2322
2323 Zverev 1976 SF2 Mitrofan Stepanovich Zverev (1903–1991), Russian astrometrist at Pulkovo Observatory DMP · 2323
2324 Janice 1978 VS4 Janice Cline, astronomy supporter MPC · 2324
2325 Chernykh 1979 SP Lyudmila (1935–2017) and Nikolai Chernykh (1931–2004), Russian astronomers and minor-planet discoverers MPC · 2325
2326 Tololo 1965 QC Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, Chile MPC · 2326
2327 Gershberg 1969 TQ4 Roald Evgenevich Gershberg, Russian astronomer MPC · 2327
2328 Robeson 1972 HW Paul Robeson (1898–1976), American singer, actor and activist DMP · 2328
2329 Orthos 1976 WA Orthrus (Orthos), the two-headed dog from Greek mythology MPC · 2329
2330 Ontake 1977 DS3 Mount Ontake, volcano MPC · 2330
2331 Parvulesco 1936 EA Constantin Parvulesco (1890–1945), Romanian astronomer MPC · 2331
2332 Kalm 1940 GH Pehr Kalm (1716–1779), Finnish explorer, botanist, agricultural economist MPC · 2332
2333 Porthan 1943 EP Henrik Gabriel Porthan (1739–1804), Finnish historian MPC · 2333
2334 Cuffey 1962 HD James Cuffey (1911–1999), astronomy supporter MPC · 2334
2335 James 1974 UB James G. Williams, American mathematician and a discoverer of minor planets MPC · 2335
2336 Xinjiang 1975 WL1 Xinjiang, China MPC · 2336
2337 Boubín 1976 UH1 Boubín, mountain in Bohemia, Czech Republic MPC · 2337
2338 Bokhan 1977 QA3 Nadezhda Antonovna Bokhan, staff member at Institute of Theoretical Astronomy (ITA) in Leningrad MPC · 2338
2339 Anacreon 2509 P-L Anacreon (c. 582–485 BC), Greek poet MPC · 2339
2340 Hathor 1976 UA Hathor, Egyptian goddess MPC · 2340
2341 Aoluta 1976 YU1 Astronomical Observatory of Leningrad University DMP · 2341
2342 Lebedev 1968 UQ Nikolai Lebedev [ru], Russian war hero MPC · 2342
2343 Siding Spring 1979 MD4 Siding Spring Observatory, Australia MPC · 2343
2344 Xizang 1979 SC1 Tibet MPC · 2344
2345 Fučik 1974 OS Julius Fučik (1903–1943), Czechoslovak journalist DMP · 2345
2346 Lilio 1934 CB Aloysius Lilius (c. 1510–1576), inventor of the Gregorian Calendar DMP · 2346
2347 Vinata 1936 TK Vinata, in mythology of India, daughter of Prajapati and wife of Kasyapa MPC · 2347
2348 Michkovitch 1939 AA Vojislav V. Michkovitch (1892–1976), Serbian astronomer MPC · 2348
2349 Kurchenko 1970 OG Nadezhda Kurchenko, heroic airline stewardess DMP · 2349
2350 von Lüde 1938 CG Heinz von Lüde (1914–1974), German ARI-astronomer MPC · 2350
2351 O'Higgins 1964 VD Bernardo O'Higgins (1778–1842), Chilean hero MPC · 2351
2352 Kurchatov 1969 RY Igor Kurchatov (1903–1960), Russian physicist DMP · 2352
2353 Alva 1975 UD former girlfriend of discoverer MPC · 2353
2354 Lavrov 1978 PZ3 Svyatoslav Sergeevich Lavrov (born 1923), Russian computer scientist DMP · 2354
2355 Nei Monggol 1978 UV1 Inner Mongolia, China MPC · 2355
2356 Hirons 1979 UJ Charles and Ann Hirons, parents-in-law of discoverer MPC · 2356
2357 Phereclos 1981 AC Phereclos, Trojan craftsman MPC · 2357
2358 Bahner 1929 RE Klaus Bahner (1921–), German staff member at Heidelberg Observatory DMP · 2358
2359 Debehogne 1931 TV Henri Debehogne (1928–2007), Belgian astronomer and discoverer of minor planets MPC · 2359
2360 Volgo-Don 1975 VD3 Volga–Don Canal, a canal that connects the Volga River and the Don River in Russia DMP · 2360
2361 Gogol 1976 GQ1 Nikolai Gogol (1809–1852), Russian-Ukrainian writer DMP · 2361
2362 Mark Twain 1976 SH2 Mark Twain (1835–1910), American writer MPC · 2362
2363 Cebriones 1977 TJ3 Cebriones, Hector's charioteer MPC · 2363
2364 Seillier 1978 GD Mother of discoverer MPC · 2364
2365 Interkosmos 1980 YQ Intercosmos, Russian space exploration organization MPC · 2365
2366 Aaryn 1981 AC1 Aaryn G. Baltutis, grandson of discoverer MPC · 2366
2367 Praha 1981 AK1 Prague, the capital city of the Czech Republic MPC · 2367
2368 Beltrovata 1977 RA Betty Tendering, friend of Swiss poet Gottfried Keller (1819–1890) MPC · 2368
2369 Chekhov 1976 GC8 Anton Chekhov (1860–1904), Russian writer MPC · 2369
2370 van Altena 1965 LA William F. van Altena, Dutch-born American astronomer and astrometrist at the Yale University Observatory MPC · 2370
2371 Dimitrov 1975 VR3 Georgi Dimitrov (1882–1949), Bulgarian politician MPC · 2371
2372 Proskurin 1977 RA8 Vitalij Fedorovich Proskurin (1919–1964), Russian astronomer MPC · 2372
2373 Immo 1929 PC Immo Appenzeller (born 1940), German astronomer and director of the Heidelberg Observatory MPC · 2373
2374 Vladvysotskij 1974 QE1 Vladimir Vysotsky (1938–1980), Russian singer MPC · 2374
2375 Radek 1975 AA Ctirad Kohoutek (1929–2011), Czech composer MPC · 2375
2376 Martynov 1977 QG3 Dmitrij Yakovlevich Martynov, Russian astrophysicist and director of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute MPC · 2376
2377 Shcheglov 1978 QT1 Vladimir Petrovich Shcheglov, Russian astronomer and director of the Astronomical Institute of the Uzbek MPC · 2377
2378 Pannekoek 1935 CY Antonie Pannekoek (1873–1960), Dutch astronomer MPC · 2378
2379 Heiskanen 1941 ST Veikko Aleksanteri Heiskanen (1895–1971), Finnish geodesist MPC · 2379
2380 Heilongjiang 1965 SN Heilongjiang, China MPC · 2380
2381 Landi 1976 AF Jorge Landi Dessy, Argentinian astronomer and a director of the Cordoba Observatory MPC · 2381
2382 Nonie 1977 GA Daughter of Peter Jekabsons, observatory staff MPC · 2382
2383 Bradley 1981 GN Martin and Maud Bradley, friends of discoverer MPC · 2383
2384 Schulhof 1943 EC1 Lipót Schulhof (1847–1921), Hungarian-born astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets MPC · 2384
2385 Mustel 1969 VW Evald Rudolfovich Mustel (1911–1988), Russian astronomer DMP · 2385
2386 Nikonov 1974 SN1 Vladimir Borisovich Nikonov (1905–1987), Soviet astronomer at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory DMP · 2386
2387 Xi'an 1975 FX Xi'an, China MPC · 2387
2388 Gase 1977 EA2 Vera Fedorovna Gaze (1899–1954), Russian astronomer at the Pulkovo Observatory MPC · 2388
2389 Dibaj 1977 QC1 Ernest Apushevich Dibaj (1931–1983), Russian astrophysicist MPC · 2389
2390 Nežárka 1980 PA1 Nežárka River, Czech Republic MPC · 2390
2391 Tomita 1957 AA Kōichirō Tomita (1925–2006), Japanese astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets MPC · 2391
2392 Jonathan Murray 1979 MN1 Jonathan Murray, son of Suzanne and Bruce C. Murray, friends of discoverers MPC · 2392
2393 Suzuki 1955 WB Keishin Suzuki (1905–), Japanese astronomer and professor of astronomy at Tokyo Gakugei University MPC · 2393
2394 Nadeev 1973 SZ2 Lev Nikolaevich Nadeev (1902–1974), Russian astrometrist and geodesist MPC · 2394
2395 Aho 1977 FA Arne J. Aho, a staff member at the Harvard Observatory MPC · 2395
2396 Kochi 1981 CB Kōchi, Japan MPC · 2396
2397 Lappajärvi 1938 DV Lappajärvi, lake in Finland MPC · 2397
2398 Jilin 1965 UD2 Jilin, China MPC · 2398
2399 Terradas 1971 MA Esteban Terradas i Illa (1883–1950), Spanish mathematician MPC · 2399
2400 Derevskaya 1972 KJ Alexandra Avramovna Derevskaya (1902–1959), a celebrated Russian foster mother who raised 48 orphans of different nationalities DMP · 2400

2401–2500 edit

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2401 Aehlita 1975 VM2 Aehlita, fictional character from a novel by Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoi DMP · 2401
2402 Satpaev 1979 OR13 Kanysh Satbayev (1899–1964), Kazakh geologist MPC · 2402
2403 Šumava 1979 SQ Šumava mountains, Czech Republic DMP · 2403
2404 Antarctica 1980 TE Antarctica, in honour of the third Soviet Antarctic Expedition, in which the discoverer participated DMP · 2404
2405 Welch 1963 UF David Welch (born 1960), AURA administrator MPC · 2405
2406 Orelskaya 1966 QG Varvara Ivanovna Orel'skaya, Russian long-time staff member at the Institute for Theoretical Astronomy (ITA) in St. Petersburg DMP · 2406
2407 Haug 1973 DH Ulrich Haug (1929–1992), German astronomer MPC · 2407
2408 Astapovich 1978 QK1 Igor' Stanislavovich Astapovich (1908–1976), Russian meteoricist and professor at Kiev University DMP · 2408
2409 Chapman 1979 UG Clark R. Chapman, American astronomer MPC · 2409
2410 Morrison 1981 AF David Morrison (born 1940), American astronomer MPC · 2410
2411 Zellner 1981 JK Benjamin H. Zellner, American astronomer at the University of Arizona MPC · 2411
2412 Wil 3537 P-L Wil van de Hulst, wife of Dutch astronomer Hendrik C. van de Hulst MPC · 2412
2413 van de Hulst 6816 P-L Hendrik C. van de Hulst (1918–2000), Dutch astronomer MPC · 2413
2414 Vibeke 1931 UG Vibeke Kristensen, daughter of L. K. Kristensen who made the identifications for this asteroid MPC · 2414
2415 Ganesa 1978 UJ In mythology of India, represents call to spiritual power MPC · 2415
2416 Sharonov 1979 OF13 Vsevolod Vasil'evich Sharonov (1901–1964), Russian observatory director DMP · 2416
2417 McVittie 1964 CD George C. McVittie (1904–1988), American astronomer MPC · 2417
2418 Voskovec-Werich 1971 UV George Voskovec (1905–1981) and Jan Werich (1905–1980), Czech actors MPC · 2418
2419 Moldavia 1974 SJ Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic DMP · 2419
2420 Čiurlionis 1975 TN Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875–1911), Lithuanian painter and composer MPC · 2420
2421 Nininger 1979 UD Harvey H. Nininger (1887–1986), American meteoriticist MPC · 2421
2422 Perovskaya 1968 HK1 Sophia Perovskaya (1853–1881), Russian revolutionary DMP · 2422
2423 Ibarruri 1972 NC Rubén Ruiz Ibárruri (1920–1942), Russian soldier DMP · 2423
2424 Tautenburg 1973 UT5 Tautenburg, Germany DMP · 2424
2425 Shenzhen 1975 FW Shenzhen, China MPC · 2425
2426 Simonov 1976 KV Konstantin Mikhailovich Simonov (1915–1979), Russian writer MPC · 2426
2427 Kobzar 1976 YQ7 Taras Shevchenko (penname: Kobzar, 1814–1861), Ukrainian poet and painter DMP · 2427
2428 Kamenyar 1977 RZ6 Ivan Franko (a.k.a. Kamenyar; 1856–1916), Ukrainian writer and scientist DMP · 2428
2429 Schürer 1977 TZ Max Schürer (1910–1997), Swiss astronomer geodestist and mathematician, who initiated the construction of the Zimmerwald Observatory during his term as director of the Astronomical Institute of the University of Bern Src MPC · 2429
2430 Bruce Helin 1977 VC Bruce Helin, son of one of the discoverers MPC · 2430
2431 Skovoroda 1978 PF3 Gregory Skovoroda (1722–1794), Ukrainian philosopher and poet DMP · 2431
2432 Soomana 1981 FA Hopi for star girl DMP · 2432
2433 Sootiyo 1981 GJ Hopi for star boy DMP · 2433
2434 Bateson 1981 KA Frank Bateson (1909–2007), New Zealand astronomer MPC · 2434
2435 Horemheb 4578 P-L Horemheb, Egyptian pharaoh MPC · 2435
2436 Hatshepsut 6066 P-L Hatshepsut, Egyptian queen MPC · 2436
2437 Amnestia 1942 RZ Amnesty International MPC · 2437
2438 Oleshko 1975 VO2 Valentina Iosifovna Oleshko (1924–1943), Russian partisan DMP · 2438
2439 Ulugbek 1977 QX2 Ulugh Beg, Uzbek sultan and astronomer DMP · 2439
2440 Educatio 1978 VQ4 Education DMP · 2440
2441 Hibbs 1979 MN2 Marka and Albert Hibbs, friends of one discoverer MPC · 2441
2442 Corbett 1980 TO Jim Corbett (1875–1955), hunter and writer DMP · 2442
2443 Tomeileen A906 BJ Thomas and Eileen Marsden, parents of Brian G. Marsden DMP · 2443
2444 Lederle 1934 CD Trudpert Lederle (1922–2002), German astronomer DMP · 2444
2445 Blazhko 1935 TC Sergey Blazhko (1870–1956), Russian astronomer DMP · 2445
2446 Lunacharsky 1971 TS2 Anatoly Lunacharsky (1875–1933), Russian statesman and writer DMP · 2446
2447 Kronstadt 1973 QY1 Kronstadt, Russia DMP · 2447
2448 Sholokhov 1975 BU Mikhail Sholokhov (1905–1984), Russian writer MPC · 2448
2449 Kenos 1978 GC First man in mythology of Native Americans of Tierra del Fuego MPC · 2449
2450 Ioannisiani 1978 RP Bagrat Konstantinovich Ioannisiani (1911–1985), Russian telescope designer DMP · 2450
2451 Dollfus 1980 RQ Audouin Dollfus (1924–2010), French astronomer MPC · 2451
2452 Lyot 1981 FE Bernard Lyot (1897–1952), French astronomer MPC · 2452
2453 Wabash A921 SA Bob Warshow (a.k.a. "Wabash"), American computer operator at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics MPC · 2453
2454 Olaus Magnus 1941 SS Olaus Magnus MPC · 2454
2455 Somville 1950 TO4 Oscar Somville (1880–1980), Dutch seismologist at Uccle Observatory MPC · 2455
2456 Palamedes 1966 BA1 Palamedes, Greek commander DMP · 2456
2457 Rublyov 1975 TU2 Andrei Rublev, 14th-century Russian painter MPC · 2457
2458 Veniakaverin 1977 RC7 Veniamin Kaverin (1902–1989), Russian writer MPC · 2458
2459 Spellmann 1980 LB1 Leonard Spellmann, father of discoverer MPC · 2459
2460 Mitlincoln 1980 TX4 MIT and Lincoln Laboratory MPC · 2460
2461 Clavel 1981 EC1 Gustavine Clavel, centenarian MPC · 2461
2462 Nehalennia 6578 P-L Nehalennia, Roman goddess MPC · 2462
2463 Sterpin 1934 FF Julia Sterpin Van Biesbroeck, wife of discoverer MPC · 2463
2464 Nordenskiöld 1939 BF Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832–1901), Finnish-born Swedish explorer MPC · 2464
2465 Wilson 1949 PK Robert Wilson (1927–2002), British astronomer MPC · 2465
2466 Golson 1959 RJ John C. Golson (1927–1984), American staff member at the Kitt Peak National Observatory MPC · 2466
2467 Kollontai 1966 PJ Alexandra Kollontai (1872–1952), Russian ambassador MPC · 2467
2468 Repin 1969 TO1 Ilya Repin (1844–1930), Russian painter MPC · 2468
2469 Tadjikistan 1970 HA Tajikistan DMP · 2469
2470 Agematsu 1976 UW15 Agematsu, Japan MPC · 2470
2471 Ultrajectum 6545 P-L Latin name for the city of Utrecht MPC · 2471
2472 Bradman 1973 DG Donald Bradman (1908–2001), Australian cricketer MPC · 2472
2473 Heyerdahl 1977 RX7 Thor Heyerdahl (1914–2002), explorer MPC · 2473
2474 Ruby 1979 PB Ruby, the discoverer's dog, which lives at the Kleť Observatory DMP · 2474
2475 Semenov 1972 TF2 Pavel Afanes'evich Semenov (1912–1942), Commander of a Russian tank battalion in World War II DMP · 2475
2476 Andersen 1976 JF2 Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875), Danish fabulist MPC · 2476
2477 Biryukov 1977 PY1 Nikolaj Zotovich Biryukov (1912–1966), Russian writer DMP · 2477
2478 Tokai 1981 JC Tōkai, Japan DMP · 2478
2479 Sodankylä 1942 CB Sodankylä, Finland MPC · 2479
2480 Papanov 1976 YS1 Anatoli Papanov (1922–1987), Russian actor MPC · 2480
2481 Bürgi 1977 UQ Jost Bürgi (1552–1632), Swiss clockmaker and maker of scientific instruments, astronomer, and independent inventor of logarithms MPC · 2481
2482 Perkin 1980 CO Richard S. and Gladys T. Perkin of Perkin-Elmer Corp., supporters of astronomy MPC · 2482
2483 Guinevere 1928 QB Guinevere, Arthurian queen MPC · 2483
2484 Parenago 1928 TK Pavel Petrovich Parenago (1906–1960), Russian astronomer MPC · 2484
2485 Scheffler 1932 BH Helmut Scheffler (1928–), German astronomer at Heidelberg Observatory MPC · 2485
2486 Metsähovi 1939 FY Metsähovi Observatory MPC · 2486
2487 Juhani 1940 RL Juhani Alikoski, son of Finnish discoverer Heikki A. Alikoski MPC · 2487
2488 Bryan 1952 UT William Lowe Bryan (1860–1955), university president MPC · 2488
2489 Suvorov 1975 NY Alexander Suvorov (1729–1800), Russian general and military scientist MPC · 2489
2490 Bussolini 1976 AG Juan A. Bussolini, S.J. (1905–1966), Argentine astronomer MPC · 2490
2491 Tvashtri 1977 CB Carpenter in mythology of India MPC · 2491
2492 Kutuzov 1977 NT Mikhail Kutuzov (1745–1813), Russian military leader MPC · 2492
2493 Elmer 1978 XC Charles Elmer (1872–1954), amateur astronomer MPC · 2493
2494 Inge 1981 LF Jay L. Inge, cartographer with the USGS and friend of the discoverer DMP · 2494
2495 Noviomagum 7071 P-L Latin name for the city of Nijmegen MPC · 2495
2496 Fernandus 1953 TC1 Fernandus Payne (1881–1977), American zoologist MPC · 2496
2497 Kulikovskij 1977 PZ1 Petr Grigor'evich Kulikovskii (1910–), Russian astronomer DMP · 2497
2498 Tsesevich 1977 QM3 Vladimir Platonovich Tsesevich (1907–1983), Russian astronomer and director of the Odessa University Observatory DMP · 2498
2499 Brunk 1978 VJ7 William E. Brunk (born 1928), American astronomer MPC · 2499
2500 Alascattalo 1926 GC Alascattalo, mythical beast of Alaska MPC · 2500

2501–2600 edit

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2501 Lohja 1942 GD Lohja, a city in Finland MPC · 2501
2502 Nummela 1943 EO Nummela, an municipality in Finland MPC · 2502
2503 Liaoning 1965 UB1 Liaoning, a province in northeastern China DMP · 2503
2504 Gaviola 1967 JO Enrique Gaviola (1900–1989), Argentinian astrophysicist DMP · 2504
2505 Hebei 1975 UJ Hebei, China MPC · 2505
2506 Pirogov 1976 QG1 Nikolay Pirogov (1810–1881), Russian surgeon and scientist MPC · 2506
2507 Bobone 1976 WB1 Jorge Bobone (1901–1958), Argentinian astronomer MPC · 2507
2508 Alupka 1977 ET1 Alupka, Ukraine MPC · 2508
2509 Chukotka 1977 NG Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia DMP · 2509
2510 Shandong 1979 TH Shandong, China DMP · 2510
2511 Patterson 1980 LM Clair Cameron Patterson (1922–1995), American geochemist MPC · 2511
2512 Tavastia 1940 GG Tavastia Region, Finland MPC · 2512
2513 Baetslé 1950 SH Paul-Louis Baetslé (1909–1983), Belgian professor of astronomy and geodesy at the Royal Military Academy and friend of the discoverer, Sylvain Arend MPC · 2513
2514 Taiyuan 1964 TA1 Taiyuan, Shaanxi, China DMP · 2514
2515 Gansu 1964 TX1 Gansu, China DMP · 2515
2516 Roman 1964 VY Nancy Roman (1925–2018), American astronomer MPC · 2516
2517 Orma 1968 SB Italian for trace; anagram of 1257 Móra MPC · 2517
2518 Rutllant 1974 FG Federico Rutllant Alcina (1904–1971), Spanish-born director of the national observatory in Chile MPC · 2518
2519 Annagerman 1975 VD2 Anna German (1936–1982), Soviet-born Polish singer MPC · 2519
2520 Novorossijsk 1976 QF1 Novorossiysk, Russia DMP · 2520
2521 Heidi 1979 DK Heidi, book by Johanna Spyri MPC · 2521
2522 Triglav 1980 PP Triglav, Slavic god MPC · 2522
2523 Ryba 1980 PV Jakub Jan Ryba (1765–1815), Czech composer MPC · 2523
2524 Budovicium 1981 QB1 Latin for České Budějovice, Czech Republic DMP · 2524
2525 O'Steen 1981 VG Mary Elizabeth O'Steen Skiff, mother of discoverer DMP · 2525
2526 Alisary 1979 KX Alice Benedicta Loethman West and Harry Richard West, parents of Danish astronomer Richard Martin West who discovered this minor planet DMP · 2526
2527 Gregory 1981 RE Bruce Gregory Thomas, youngest son of discoverer, named after James Gregory, Scottish astronomer DMP · 2527
2528 Mohler 1953 TF1 Orren Cuthbert Mohler (1908–1985), American astronomer MPC · 2528
2529 Rockwell Kent 1977 QL2 Rockwell Kent (1882–1971), American artist MPC · 2529
2530 Shipka 1978 NC3 Shipka Pass, battle site from the Russo-Turkish War MPC · 2530
2531 Cambridge 1980 LD Cambridge, England, and Cambridge, Massachusetts DMP · 2531
2532 Sutton 1980 TU5 Robert L. Sutton, American geologist with the USGS MPC · 2532
2533 Fechtig A905 VA Hugo Fechtig (born 1929), German astrophysicist MPC · 2533
2534 Houzeau 1931 VD Jean-Charles Houzeau (1820–1888), Belgian astronomer MPC · 2534
2535 Hämeenlinna 1939 DH Hämeenlinna, Finland MPC · 2535
2536 Kozyrev 1939 PJ Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev (1908–1983), Russian astronomer MPC · 2536
2537 Gilmore 1951 RL Pamela M. Kilmartin and her husband Alan C. Gilmore (born 1944), New Zealand astronomers and minor-planet discoverers MPC · 2537
2538 Vanderlinden 1954 UD Henri Vanderlinden (1892–1983), Belgian astronomer MPC · 2538
2539 Ningxia 1964 TS2 Ningxia, China DMP · 2539
2540 Blok 1971 TH2 Alexander Blok (1880–1921), Russian poet MPC · 2540
2541 Edebono 1973 DE Edward de Bono (1933–2021), Maltese psychologist and philosopher MPC · 2541
2542 Calpurnia 1980 CF Calpurnia, Roman noblewoman and the last wife of Julius Caesar DMP · 2542
2543 Machado 1980 LJ Luiz Eduardo da Silva Machado, Brazilian astronomer and director of the Valongo Observatory MPC · 2543
2544 Gubarev 1980 PS Aleksei Gubarev (1931–2015), Soviet cosmonaut DMP · 2544
2545 Verbiest 1933 BB Ferdinand Verbiest (1623–1688), Belgian missionary and astronomer MPC · 2545
2546 Libitina 1950 FC Libitina, Roman goddess of funerals MPC · 2546
2547 Hubei 1964 TC2 Hubei, China MPC · 2547
2548 Leloir 1975 DA Luis Federico Leloir (1906–1987), Argentinian chemist MPC · 2548
2549 Baker 1976 UB James Gilbert Baker (1914–2005), American astronomer MPC · 2549
2550 Houssay 1976 UP20 Bernardo Houssay (1887–1971), Argentinian physiologist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology in 1947 MPC · 2550
2551 Decabrina 1976 YX1 Decembrists, Russian revolutionaries MPC · 2551
2552 Remek 1978 SP Vladimír Remek (born 1948), Czech cosmonaut DMP · 2552
2553 Viljev 1979 FS2 Mikhail Anatolyevich Vilyev (1893–1919), Russian astronomer DMP · 2553
2554 Skiff 1980 OB Brian A. Skiff, American astronomer at Lowell Observatory and a discoverer of minor planets DMP · 2554
2555 Thomas 1980 OC Norman G. Thomas (born 1930), former Research assistant at Lowell Observatory and a discoverer of minor planets DMP · 2555
2556 Louise 1981 CS Carol Louise Thomas-Baltutis, youngest daughter of discoverer DMP · 2556
2557 Putnam 1981 SL1 Roger Putnam (1893–1972) and his son, Michael C. J. Putnam (born 1933), astronomy supporters MPC · 2557
2558 Viv 1981 SP1 Vivian Russell Thomas, mother of discoverer DMP · 2558
2559 Svoboda 1981 UH Jindřich Svoboda (1884–1941), Czech astronomer MPC · 2559
2560 Siegma 1932 CW Siegfried A. Marx (born 1934), German astronomer and director of the Karl Schwarzschild Observatory MPC · 2560
2561 Margolin 1969 TK2 Mikhail Vladimirovich Margolin (1906–1975), blind inventor DMP · 2561
2562 Chaliapin 1973 FF1 Feodor Chaliapin (1873–1938), Russian singer and actor MPC · 2562
2563 Boyarchuk 1977 FZ Alexandr Boyarchuk (1931–2015), Russian astronomer DMP · 2563
2564 Kayala 1977 QX Kayala, river in The Tale of Igor's Campaign MPC · 2564
2565 Grögler 1977 TB1 Norbert Grögler (1928–1983), mineralogist and planetologist MPC · 2565
2566 Kirghizia 1979 FR2 Kyrgyzstan DMP · 2566
2567 Elba 1979 KA Elba Aguilera de Pizarro, mother of discoverers DMP · 2567
2568 Maksutov 1980 GH Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov (1896–1964), Russian optical engineer, inventor of the Maksutov telescope DMP · 2568
2569 Madeline 1980 MA Heroine of John Keats' poem, "The Eve of St. Agnes" DMP · 2569
2570 Porphyro 1980 PG Hero of John Keats' poem, "The Eve of St. Agnes" DMP · 2570
2571 Geisei 1981 UC Geisei, Japan MPC · 2571
2572 Annschnell 1950 DL Anneliese Schnell (1941–2015), Austrian astronomer MPC · 2572
2573 Hannu Olavi 1953 EN Son of discoverer MPC · 2573
2574 Ladoga 1968 UP Lake Ladoga MPC · 2574
2575 Bulgaria 1970 PL Bulgaria MPC · 2575
2576 Yesenin 1974 QL Sergei Yesenin (1895–1925), a Russian lyric poet DMP · 2576
2577 Litva DMP Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic MPC · 2577
2578 Saint-Exupéry 1975 VW3 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944), French writer MPC · 2578
2579 Spartacus 1977 PA2 Spartacus (c. 111–71 BC), Roman revolutionary MPC · 2579
2580 Smilevskia 1977 QP4 Moisei Vasil'evich Smilevskii (1913–1944), Ukrainian journalist MPC · 2580
2581 Radegast 1980 VX Radegast, Slavic god DMP · 2581
2582 Harimaya-Bashi 1981 SA Harimaya Bridge located in Kōchi, Japan DMP · 2582
2583 Fatyanov 1975 XA3 Aleksej Ivanovich Fat'yanov (1919–1959), Soviet poet and songwriter MPC · 2583
2584 Turkmenia 1979 FG2 Turkmenistan DMP · 2584
2585 Irpedina 1979 OJ15 The Irkutsk Pedagogical Institute in Russia MPC · 2585
2586 Matson 1980 LO Dennis L. Matson, American planetary scientist at JPL MPC · 2586
2587 Gardner 1980 OH Martin Gardner (1914–2010), American mathematician and writer DMP · 2587
2588 Flavia 1981 VQ Flavius, Roman gens; also an asteroid in A Torrent of Faces by James Blish and Norman L. Knight MPC · 2588
2589 Daniel 1979 QU2 Daniel Lagerkvist, son of the discoverer DMP · 2589
2590 Mourão 1980 KJ Ronaldo Rogério de Freitas Mourão (1935–2014), Brazilian astronomer MPC · 2590
2591 Dworetsky 1949 PS Michael M. Dworetsky, British astronomer MPC · 2591
2592 Hunan 1966 BW Hunan, China DMP · 2592
2593 Buryatia 1976 GB8 Republic of Buryatia, Russia DMP · 2593
2594 Acamas 1978 TB Acamas, Thracian warrior and ally of Troy against the Greek during the Trojan War MPC · 2594
2595 Gudiachvili 1979 KL Lado Gudiashvili (1896–1980), Georgian painter DMP · 2595
2596 Vainu Bappu 1979 KN Vainu Bappu (1927–1982), Indian astrophysicist MPC · 2596
2597 Arthur 1980 PN King Arthur, mythological British king DMP · 2597
2598 Merlin 1980 RY Merlin, wizard in Arthurian legend DMP · 2598
2599 Veselí 1980 SO Veselí nad Lužnicí, a town in the Czech Republic DMP · 2599
2600 Lumme 1980 VP Kari Lumme, Finnish astronomer of the University of Helsinki MPC · 2600

2601–2700 edit

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2601 Bologna 1980 XA Bologna, Italy DMP · 2601
2602 Moore 1982 BR Patrick Moore (1923–2012), British amateur astronomer DMP · 2602
2603 Taylor 1982 BW1 Gordon E. Taylor, British amateur astronomer DMP · 2603
2604 Marshak 1972 LD1 Samuil Marshak (1887–1964), Russian poet and writer MPC · 2604
2605 Sahade 1974 QA Jorge Sahade (1915–2012), an Argentine astronomer, director of the La Plata and Cordoba Observatories, and former president of the IAU during 1985–1988 MPC · 2605
2606 Odessa 1976 GX2 Odessa, Ukraine DMP · 2606
2607 Yakutia 1977 NR Sakha Republic (Sakha Yakutia Republic) in Russia DMP · 2607
2608 Seneca 1978 DA Seneca the Younger (c. 4 BC – AD 65), Roman writer DMP · 2608
2609 Kiril-Metodi 1978 PB4 Saints Cyril and Methodius (826–869 and 815–885), brothers, Byzantine Christian theologians and Christian missionaries, as well as inventors of Cyrillic DMP · 2609
2610 Tuva 1978 RO1 Tuva Republic, Russia DMP · 2610
2611 Boyce 1978 VQ5 Joseph M. Boyce, American planetary scientist MPC · 2611
2612 Kathryn 1979 DE Kathryn Gail Thomas-Hazelton, daughter of discoverer MPC · 2612
2613 Plzeň 1979 QE Plzeň (Pilsen), Czech Republic, birthplace of the discoverer DMP · 2613
2614 Torrence 1980 LP Torrence V. Johnson, American planetary scientist MPC · 2614
2615 Saito 1951 RJ Keiji Saito, Japanese astrophysicist MPC · 2615
2616 Lesya 1970 QV Larisa Petrovna Kosach(a.k.a. Lesya Ukrainka), Ukrainian poet MPC · 2616
2617 Jiangxi 1975 WO1 Jiangxi, China DMP · 2617
2618 Coonabarabran 1979 MX2 Coonabarabran, Australia. The Siding Spring Observatory of the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the Australian National University is located close by (40 km distant) DMP · 2618
2619 Skalnaté Pleso 1979 MZ3 Skalnaté Pleso, observatory in Slovakia DMP · 2619
2620 Santana 1980 TN Carlos Santana (born 1947), American musician MPC · 2620
2621 Goto 1981 CA Seizo Goto, businessman MPC · 2621
2622 Bolzano 1981 CM Bernard Bolzano (1781–1848), Bohemian mathematician and theologian DMP · 2622
2623 Zech A919 SA Gert Zech (born 1941), German astronomer, member of the editorial team of Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts MPC · 2623
2624 Samitchell 1962 RE Samuel Alfred Mitchell (1874–1960), American astronomer MPC · 2624
2625 Jack London 1976 JQ2 Jack London (1876–1916), American writer MPC · 2625
2626 Belnika 1978 PP2 Nikolai Belyaev, Russian astronomer MPC · 2626
2627 Churyumov 1978 PP3 Klim Ivanovich Churyumov, Ukrainian astronomer MPC · 2627
2628 Kopal 1979 MS8 Zdeněk Kopal (1914–1993), Czech astronomer DMP · 2628
2629 Rudra 1980 RB1 Rudra, destroyer aspect of the Hindu god Siva MPC · 2629
2630 Hermod 1980 TF3 Hermóðr, hero in Norse mythology MPC · 2630
2631 Zhejiang 1980 TY5 Zhejiang, China DMP · 2631
2632 Guizhou 1980 VJ1 Guizhou, China DMP · 2632
2633 Bishop 1981 WR1 George Bishop (1785–1861), English wine merchant and patron of astronomy MPC · 2633
2634 James Bradley 1982 DL James Bradley (1693–1762), English astronomer and Astronomer Royal MPC · 2634
2635 Huggins 1982 DS William Huggins (1824–1910), English spectroscopist MPC · 2635
2636 Lassell 1982 DZ William Lassell (1799–1880), English merchant and amateur astronomer MPC · 2636
2637 Bobrovnikoff A919 SB Nicholas T. Bobrovnikoff, American astronomer MPC · 2637
2638 Gadolin 1939 SG Jakob Gadolin (1719–1802), Swedish Lutheran bishop and astronomer, as well as Johan Gadolin (1760–1852), the "father of Finnish chemistry" MPC · 2638
2639 Planman 1940 GN Anders Planman (1724–1803), Finnish astronomer MPC · 2639
2640 Hällström 1941 FN Gustaf Gabriel Hällström (1775–1844), Finnish physicist MPC · 2640
2641 Lipschutz 1949 GJ Michael E. Lipschutz, American geochemist MPC · 2641
2642 Vésale 1961 RA Andreas Vesalius (1514–1564), Flemish anatomist MPC · 2642
2643 Bernhard 1973 SD Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1911–2004), Dutch supporter of astronomy MPC · 2643
2644 Victor Jara 1973 SO2 Víctor Jara (1932–1973), Chilean folk singer MPC · 2644
2645 Daphne Plane 1976 QD Daphne Plane, librarian and friend of discoverer DMP · 2645
2646 Abetti 1977 EC1 Antonio Abetti (1846–1928) and Giorgio Abetti (1882–1982), Italian astronomers MPC · 2646
2647 Sova 1980 SP Antonín Sova (1864–1928), Czech poet MPC · 2647
2648 Owa 1980 VJ Hopi for rock DMP · 2648
2649 Oongaq 1980 WA Hopi for from up there DMP · 2649
2650 Elinor 1931 EG Elinor Gates, assistant at the Minor Planet Center MPC · 2650
2651 Karen 1949 QD Karen S. Mayer, sister-in-law of, and Karen S. Franz, friend of F. N. Bowman DMP · 2651
2652 Yabuuti 1953 GM Kiyosi Yabuuti, Japanese astronomer and historian MPC · 2652
2653 Principia 1964 VP Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, Isaac Newton's magnum opus MPC · 2653
2654 Ristenpart 1968 OG Friedrich Wilhelm Ristenpart (1868–1913), German astronomer MPC · 2654
2655 Guangxi 1974 XX Guangxi, China DMP · 2655
2656 Evenkia 1979 HD5 Evenk Autonomous Okrug, Russia DMP · 2656
2657 Bashkiria 1979 SB7 Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia DMP · 2657
2658 Gingerich 1980 CK Owen Gingerich (1930–2023), American astrophysicist and historian of astronomy MPC · 2658
2659 Millis 1981 JX Robert L. Millis, American astronomer DMP · 2659
2660 Wasserman 1982 FG Lawrence H. Wasserman, American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets DMP · 2660
2661 Bydžovský 1982 FC1 Bohumil Bydžovský (1880–1969), Czech mathematician MPC · 2661
2662 Kandinsky 4021 P-L Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944), Russian painter MPC · 2662
2663 Miltiades 6561 P-L Miltiades (c. 550–489 BC), Athenian commander in ancient Greece MPC · 2663
2664 Everhart 1934 RR Edgar Everhart, American astronomer and director of the Chamberlin Observatory MPC · 2664
2665 Schrutka 1938 DW1 Guntram Schrutka (1910–1995), Austrian astronomer and professor of astronomy at Vienna University Src MPC · 2665
2666 Gramme 1951 TA Zénobe Gramme (1826–1901), Belgian electrical engineer and inventor MPC · 2666
2667 Oikawa 1967 UO Okuro Oikawa (1896–1980), Japanese astronomer and discoverer of minor planets MPC · 2667
2668 Tataria 1976 QV Republic of Tatarstan, Russia DMP · 2668
2669 Shostakovich 1976 YQ2 Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975), Russian composer DMP · 2669
2670 Chuvashia 1977 PW1 Chuvash Republic, Russia DMP · 2670
2671 Abkhazia 1977 QR2 Abkhazia, Georgia DMP · 2671
2672 Písek 1979 KC Písek, Czech Republic DMP · 2672
2673 Lossignol 1980 KN Lossignol, family name of friends of discoverer MPC · 2673
2674 Pandarus 1982 BC3 Pandarus, mythological Greek warrior MPC · 2674
2675 Tolkien 1982 GB J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973), British writer DMP · 2675
2676 Aarhus 1933 QV Aarhus, Denmark, seat of the Ole Rømer Observatory of the University of Aarhus DMP · 2676
2677 Joan 1935 FF Joan Jordan, secretary at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics MPC · 2677
2678 Aavasaksa 1938 DF1 Aavasaksa, mountain in Finland (Lapland), one of the sites used by Maupertuis' expedition to determine the length of a degree of the meridian in 1736–1737 MPC · 2678
2679 Kittisvaara 1939 TG Kittisvaara, mountain in Finland (Lapland), one of the sites used by Maupertuis' expedition to determine the length of a degree of the meridian in 1736–1737 MPC · 2679
2680 Mateo 1975 NF José Mateo (1914–1978), Argentinian astronomer MPC · 2680
2681 Ostrovskij 1975 VF2 Nikolai Ostrovsky (1904–1936), Soviet writer MPC · 2681
2682 Soromundi 1979 MF4 From Latin for sisters of the world, after the YWCA DMP · 2682
2683 Brian 1981 AD1 Eldest son of discoverer DMP · 2683
2684 Douglas 1981 AH1 Douglas B. Thomas, American physicist at NIST and brother of astronomer Norman G. Thomas who discovered this minor planet DMP · 2684
2685 Masursky 1981 JN Harold Masursky (1922–1990), American geologist and astronomer DMP · 2685
2686 Linda Susan 1981 JW1 Linda Susan Salazar, discoverer's youngest daughter MPC · 2686
2687 Tortali 1982 HG Tortali, Vanuatun spirit of daytime MPC · 2687
2688 Halley 1982 HG1 Edmond Halley (1656–1742), English astronomer DMP · 2688
2689 Bruxelles 1935 CF Brussels, Belgium MPC · 2689
2690 Ristiina 1938 DG1 Ristiina, Finland MPC · 2690
2691 Sersic 1974 KB José Luis Sérsic (1933–1993), Argentinian astronomer MPC · 2691
2692 Chkalov 1976 YT3 Valery Chkalov (1904–1938), Soviet test pilot DMP · 2692
2693 Yan'an 1977 VM1 Yan'an, Shaanxi, China MPC · 2693
2694 Pino Torinese 1979 QL1 Pino Torinese, Italy, site of Turin Observatory DMP · 2694
2695 Christabel 1979 UE Christabel, poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge DMP · 2695
2696 Magion 1980 HB Magion 1, first Czech artificial satellite launched into orbit in 1978 DMP · 2696
2697 Albina 1969 TC3 Albina Alekseevna Serova, friend of discoverer MPC · 2697
2698 Azerbajdzhan 1971 TZ Azerbaijan DMP · 2698
2699 Kalinin 1976 YX Mikhail Kalinin (1875–1946), Soviet statesman MPC · 2699
2700 Baikonur 1976 YP7 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan DMP · 2700

2701–2800 edit

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2701 Cherson 1978 RT Kherson, Ukraine (not to be confused with Chersonesos, Crimea) MPC · 2701
2702 Batrakov 1978 SZ2 Yury Vasilyevich Batrakov, Russian astronomer and deputy director of the Institute for Theoretical Astronomy (ITA) MPC · 2702
2703 Rodari 1979 FT2 Gianni Rodari (1920–1980), Italian writer MPC · 2703
2704 Julian Loewe 1979 MR4 Julian Loewe, an American journalist and science writer for the Pasadena Star-News DMP · 2704
2705 Wu 1980 TD4 Sherman S. C. Wu, photogrammetrist with the USGS MPC · 2705
2706 Borovský 1980 VW Karel Havlíček Borovský (1821–1856), Czech writer and political journalist MPC · 2706
2707 Ueferji 1981 QS3 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro MPC · 2707
2708 Burns 1981 WT Joseph A. Burns (born 1941), American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets MPC · 2708
2709 Sagan 1982 FH Carl Sagan (1934–1996), American astronomer and author, co-founder of the Planetary Society MPC · 2709
2710 Veverka 1982 FQ Joseph Veverka (born 1941), American astronomer MPC · 2710
2711 Aleksandrov 1978 QB2 Anatoly Alexandrov (1903–1994), Russian physicist MPC · 2711
2712 Keaton 1937 YD Buster Keaton (1895–1966), film comedian MPC · 2712
2713 Luxembourg 1938 EA Luxembourg MPC · 2713
2714 Matti 1938 GC Son of discoverer MPC · 2714
2715 Mielikki 1938 US Mielikki from Finnish mythology MPC · 2715
2716 Tuulikki 1939 TM Tuulikki from Finnish mythology, Goddess of the woods MPC · 2716
2717 Tellervo 1940 WJ Tellervo from Finnish mythology MPC · 2717
2718 Handley 1951 OM Tommy Handley (1892–1949), British radio comedian MPC · 2718
2719 Suzhou 1965 SU Suzhou, Jiangsu, China MPC · 2719
2720 Pyotr Pervyj 1972 RV3 Peter the Great (1672–1725), Russian tsar DMP · 2720
2721 Vsekhsvyatskij 1973 SP2 Sergej Konstantinovich Vsekhsvyatskij, Soviet astronomer and professor at Kiev University MPC · 2721
2722 Abalakin 1976 GM2 Viktor Kuzmich Abalakin, Russian astronomer at the Institute for Theoretical Astronomy (ITA) MPC · 2722
2723 Gorshkov 1978 QL2 Pyotr Mikhaylovich Gorshkov (1883–1975), Russian astronomer and geodesist at Leningrad University MPC · 2723
2724 Orlov 1978 RZ5 Sergej Vladimirovich Orlov (1880–1958), professor at Moscow University, and Aleksandr Yakovlevich Orlov (1880–1954), founder and first director or the Golosseevo Astronomical Observatory MPC · 2724
2725 David Bender 1978 VG3 David F. Bender, American astronomer, latterly of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory MPC · 2725
2726 Kotelnikov 1979 SE9 Vladimir Kotelnikov (1908–2005), Russian radio engineer MPC · 2726
2727 Paton 1979 SO9 Evgeny Paton (1870–1953) and Borys Paton (1918–), Soviet Ukrainian scientists MPC · 2727
2728 Yatskiv 1979 ST9 Stepanovich Yatskiv, Ukrainian astrometrist and geodynamicist MPC · 2728
2729 Urumqi 1979 UA2 Urumqi, Xinjiang, China MPC · 2729
2730 Barks 1981 QH Carl Barks (1901–2000), American writer and illustrator MPC · 2730
2731 Cucula 1982 KJ The cuckoo MPC · 2731
2732 Witt 1926 FG Carl Gustav Witt (1866–1946), German astronomer and discoverer of minor planets MPC · 2732
2733 Hamina 1938 DQ Hamina, Finland MPC · 2733
2734 Hašek 1976 GJ3 Jaroslav Hašek (1883–1923), Czech writer MPC · 2734
2735 Ellen 1977 RB Ellen Howell (born 1961), American planetary scientist, discoverer of minor planets and of comet 88P/Howell. She was married to astronomer Schelte J. Bus. DMP · 2735
2736 Ops 1979 OC Ops, Roman goddess MPC · 2736
2737 Kotka 1938 DU Kotka, Finland MPC · 2737
2738 Viracocha 1940 EC Viracocha, supreme god of the Inca MPC · 2738
2739 Taguacipa 1952 UZ1 Taguacipa, god of the Inca and companion of Viracocha MPC · 2739
2740 Tsoj 1974 SY4 Viktor Tsoi (1962–1990), poet and rock musician MPC · 2740
2741 Valdivia 1975 XG Pedro de Valdivia (1497–1553), Spanish conquistador and first governor of Chile MPC · 2741
2742 Gibson 1981 JG3 James B. Gibson, American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets including 1943 Anteros DMP · 2742
2743 Chengdu 1965 WR Chengdu, Sichuan, China MPC · 2743
2744 Birgitta 1975 RB Anna Birgitta Angelica Lagerkvist, daughter of the discoverer MPC · 2744
2745 San Martín 1976 SR10 José de San Martín (1778–1850), "father of Argentina" MPC · 2745
2746 Hissao 1979 SJ9 Hissar Astronomical Observatory, Dushanbe, Tajikistan MPC · 2746
2747 Český Krumlov 1980 DW Český Krumlov, Czech Republic MPC · 2747
2748 Patrick Gene 1981 JF2 Patrick Gene Shoemaker, son of discoverer MPC · 2748
2749 Walterhorn 1937 TD Walter Horn (1908–1995), founder of the public observatory and amateur astronomical society in Solingen, Germany MPC · 2749
2750 Loviisa 1940 YK Loviisa, Finland MPC · 2750
2751 Campbell 1962 RP William Wallace Campbell (1862–1938), American astronomer MPC · 2751
2752 Wu Chien-Shiung 1965 SP Chien-Shiung Wu (1912–1997), MPC · 2752
2753 Duncan 1966 DH John Charles Duncan (1882–1967), American astronomer MPC · 2753
2754 Efimov 1966 PD Mikhail Efimov (1881–1919), Russian pioneering aviator MPC · 2754
2755 Avicenna 1973 SJ4 Avicenna (c. 980–1037), medieval philosopher and scientist MPC · 2755
2756 Dzhangar 1974 SG1 Epics of the Kalmyk people MPC · 2756
2757 Crisser 1977 VN Cristina, wife of discoverer, and Sergio, discoverer MPC · 2757
2758 Cordelia 1978 RF Cordelia, character in Shakespeare's King Lear MPC · 2758
2759 Idomeneus 1980 GC Idomeneus, Greek warrior MPC · 2759
2760 Kacha 1980 TU6 Kacha, cosmonaut training centre in the Crimea MPC · 2760
2761 Eddington 1981 AE Arthur Eddington (1882–1944), British astrophysicist, on the occasion of the centennial of his birth MPC · 2761
2762 Fowler 1981 AT Ralph H. Fowler (1889–1944), British astrophysicist MPC · 2762
2763 Jeans 1982 OG James Jeans (1877–1946), British physicist, astronomer, and mathematician MPC · 2763
2764 Moeller 1981 CN Sonia Louise Moeller-Thomas, mother of discoverer MPC · 2764
2765 Dinant 1981 EY Dinant, Belgium MPC · 2765
2766 Leeuwenhoek 1982 FE1 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723), Dutch scientist and "Father of Microbiology" MPC · 2766
2767 Takenouchi 1967 UM Tadeo Takenouchi (born 1922), Japanese astronomer MPC · 2767
2768 Gorky 1972 RX3 Maxim Gorky (1868–1936), Russian writer MPC · 2768
2769 Mendeleev 1976 GZ2 Dmitri Mendeleev (1834–1907), Russian chemist MPC · 2769
2770 Tsvet 1977 SM1 Mikhail Tsvet (1872–1919), Russian-Italian physiologist and botanist who invented chromatography MPC · 2770
2771 Polzunov 1978 SP7 Ivan Polzunov (1728–1766), Russian inventor MPC · 2771
2772 Dugan 1979 XE Raymond Smith Dugan (1878–1940), American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets MPC · 2772
2773 Brooks 1981 JZ2 William Robert Brooks (1844–1921), American astronomer MPC · 2773
2774 Tenojoki 1942 TJ Tenojoki, river MPC · 2774
2775 Odishaw 1953 TX2 Hugh Odishaw (1916–1984), American geophysicist MPC · 2775
2776 Baikal 1976 SZ7 Lake Baikal, Russia MPC · 2776
2777 Shukshin 1979 SY11 Vasilii Makarovich Shukshin (1929–1974), Russian writer and actor MPC · 2777
2778 Tangshan 1979 XP Tangshan in China, location of a massive (Magnitude 7.8) earthquake in 1976 MPC · 2778
2779 Mary 1981 CX Maryanna Ruth Thomas, wife of discoverer MPC · 2779
2780 Monnig 1981 DO2 Oscar Monnig (1902–1999), American businessman, meteorite hunter and founder of the collection that bears his name. He donated the collection to Texas Christian University MPC · 2780
2781 Kleczek 1982 QH Josip Kleczek [cz] (1923–2014), Czech astronomer MPC · 2781
2782 Leonidas 2605 P-L Leonidas I (c. 540–480 BC), Spartan king in ancient Greece MPC · 2782
2783 Chernyshevskij 1974 RA2 Nikolay Chernyshevsky (1828–1889), Russian writer and philosopher MPC · 2783
2784 Domeyko 1975 GA Ignacy Domeyko (1802–1889), Polish-born chemist and mineralogist, latterly Rector of the University of Chile MPC · 2784
2785 Sedov 1978 QN2 Leonid I. Sedov (1907–1999), Russian astronomer or Georgy Sedov, Russian polar explorer MPC · 2785
2786 Grinevia 1978 RR5 Alexander Grin (1880–1932), Russian writer MPC · 2786
2787 Tovarishch 1978 RC6 Tovarishch, Russian sailing ship MPC · 2787
2788 Andenne 1981 EL Andenne, Belgium MPC · 2788
2789 Foshan 1956 XA Foshan, Guangdong, China MPC · 2789
2790 Needham 1965 UU1 Joseph Needham (1900–1995), British sinologist MPC · 2790
2791 Paradise 1977 CA Paradise, California MPC · 2791
2792 Ponomarev 1977 EY1 Nikolaj Georgievich Ponomarev (1900–1942), Russian designer of astronomical instruments MPC · 2792
2793 Valdaj 1977 QV Valdai Hills, near Moscow MPC · 2793
2794 Kulik 1978 PS3 Leonid Kulik (1883–1942), Russian mineralogist MPC · 2794
2795 Lepage 1979 YM Théophile Lepage (1901–1991), Belgian mathematician MPC · 2795
2796 Kron 1980 EC Gerald E. Kron, American astronomer at Lick Observatory and Flagstaff Station MPC · 2796
2797 Teucer 1981 LK Teucer, Greek soldier MPC · 2797
2798 Vergilius 2009 P-L Virgil, Roman poet MPC · 2798
2799 Justus 3071 P-L Justus Cramer, descendant of H. G. van de Sande Bakhuyzen, Dutch astronomer MPC · 2799
2800 Ovidius 4585 P-L Ovid, Roman poet MPC · 2800

2801–2900 edit

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2801 Huygens 1935 SU1 Christiaan Huygens (1629–1695), Dutch astronomer who studied Saturn's rings and discovered its moon Titan MPC · 2801
2802 Weisell 1939 BU Weisell Väisälä, father of the discoverer, Yrjö Väisälä (1891–1971) MPC · 2802
2803 Vilho 1940 WG Vilho Väisälä (1889–1969), Finnish meteorologist and physicist, brother of Kalle and Yrjö Väisälä MPC · 2803
2804 Yrjö 1941 HF Yrjö Väisälä (1891–1971), Finnish astronomer and discoverer of minor planets, brother of Vilho and Kalle MPC · 2804
2805 Kalle 1941 UM Kalle Väisälä (1893–1968), Finnish scientist, brother of Vilho and Yrjö MPC · 2805
2806 Graz 1953 GG City of Graz, capital of the Austrian province of Styria MPC · 2806
2807 Karl Marx 1969 TH6 Karl Marx (1818–1883), German philosopher and political economist MPC · 2807
2808 Belgrano 1976 HS Manuel Belgrano (1770–1820), Argentine general MPC · 2808
2809 Vernadskij 1978 QW2 Vladimir Vernadsky (1863–1945), Russian geochemist and mineralogist MPC · 2809
2810 Lev Tolstoj 1978 RU5 Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910), Russian writer MPC · 2810
2811 Střemchoví 1980 JA Střemchoví, a village in the Czech Republic, where the discoverer, Antonín Mrkos, was born MPC · 2811
2812 Scaltriti 1981 FN Franco Scaltriti, Italian astronomer at the Observatory of Turin MPC · 2812
2813 Zappalà 1981 WZ Vincenzo Zappalà (born 1945), Italian astronomer, discoverer of minor planets, and expert in the hierarchical clustering method to determine asteroid families MPC · 2813
2814 Vieira 1982 FA3 Gilson Vieira, Brazilian astronomer at the Valongo Observatory MPC · 2814
2815 Soma 1982 RL The Soma cube, mathematical game MPC · 2815
2816 Pien 1982 SO Armand Pien, Belgian (Flemish) television meteorologist of the Royal Meteorological Institute in Uccle MPC · 2816
2817 Perec 1982 UJ Georges Perec (1936–1982), French novelist, filmmaker and essayist MPC · 2817
2818 Juvenalis 2580 P-L Juvenal, first and second-century Roman satirist MPC · 2818
2819 Ensor 1933 UR James Ensor (1860–1949), Belgian expressionist painter MPC · 2819
2820 Iisalmi 1942 RU Iisalmi, Finland MPC · 2820
2821 Slávka 1978 SQ Sláva Vávrová, the discoverer's mother MPC · 2821
2822 Sacajawea 1980 EG Sacagawea (1788–1812), Shoshone explorer MPC · 2822
2823 van der Laan 2010 P-L Harry van der Laan, Dutch astrophysicist at the Leiden Observatory MPC · 2823
2824 Franke 1934 CZ Ernst K. Franke, American biophysicist at the University of Cincinnati MPC · 2824
2825 Crosby 1938 SD1 Bing Crosby (1903–1977), American singer and actor MPC · 2825
2826 Ahti 1939 UJ Ahti, Finnish sea god MPC · 2826
2827 Vellamo 1942 CC Vellamo, Finnish sea goddess, consort of Ahti MPC · 2827
2828 Iku-Turso 1942 DL Iku-Turso, Finnish sea monster MPC · 2828
2829 Bobhope 1948 PK Bob Hope (1903–2003), American comedian MPC · 2829
2830 Greenwich 1980 GA Royal Greenwich Observatory, London, UK MPC · 2830
2831 Stevin 1930 SZ Simon Stevin (1548–1620), Flemish scientist MPC · 2831
2832 Lada 1975 EC1 Lada, Slavic goddess MPC · 2832
2833 Radishchev 1978 PC4 Alexander Radishchev (1749–1802), Russian author and social critic MPC · 2833
2834 Christy Carol 1980 TB4 Daughter of the discoverer MPC · 2834
2835 Ryoma 1982 WF Sakamoto Ryōma (1836–1867), Japanese samurai DMP · 2835
2836 Sobolev 1978 YQ Viktor Viktorovich Sobolev, Russian astrophysicist MPC · 2836
2837 Griboedov 1971 TJ2 Alexander Griboyedov (1795–1829), Russian playwright MPC · 2837
2838 Takase 1971 UM1 Bunshiro Takase (1924–2015), Japanese astronomer MPC · 2838
2839 Annette 1929 TP Daughter of the discoverer MPC · 2839
2840 Kallavesi 1941 UP Lake Kallavesi, Finland MPC · 2840
2841 Puijo 1943 DM Puijo Hill, Lake Kallavesi, Finland MPC · 2841
2842 Unsöld 1950 OD Albrecht Unsöld (1905–1995), German astronomer MPC · 2842
2843 Yeti 1975 XQ Yeti, cryptozoological Himalayan humanoid MPC · 2843
2844 Hess 1981 JP Frederick Hess, American astronomer MPC · 2844
2845 Franklinken 1981 OF Kenneth Franklin (1923–2007), American astronomer MPC · 2845
2846 Ylppö 1942 CJ Arvo Ylppö (1887–1992), Finnish pediatrician MPC · 2846
2847 Parvati 1959 CC1 Parvati, Hindu goddess, consort of Siva MPC · 2847
2848 ASP 1959 VF Astronomical Society of the Pacific MPC · 2848
2849 Shklovskij 1976 GN3 Iosif Shklovsky (1916–1985), Russian astronomer MPC · 2849
2850 Mozhaiskij 1978 TM7 Alexander Mozhaysky (1825–1890), Russian aviation pioneer MPC · 2850
2851 Harbin 1978 UQ2 Harbin, China MPC · 2851
2852 Declercq 1981 QU2 Maiden name of the discovere'rs wife MPC · 2852
2853 Harvill 1963 RG Richard A. Harvill (1905–1988), astronomical supporter MPC · 2853
2854 Rawson 1964 JE Guillermo Colesbery Rawson (1825–1890), Argentine physician MPC · 2854
2855 Bastian 1931 TB2 Ulrich Bastian (born 1951), German astronomer MPC · 2855
2856 Röser 1933 GB Siegfried Röser (born 1948), German astronomer MPC · 2856
2857 NOT 1942 DA Nordic Optical Telescope MPC · 2857
2858 Carlosporter 1975 XB Carlos Porter (1867–1942), Chilean zoologist MPC · 2858
2859 Paganini 1978 RW1 Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840), Italian violinist MPC · 2859
2860 Pasacentennium 1978 TA The U.S. city of Pasadena in California, on the occasion of its centennial anniversary of its incorporation into Los Angeles County in 1886 MPC · 2860
2861 Lambrecht 1981 VL2 Hermann Lambrecht (1908–1983), German astronomer MPC · 2861
2862 Vavilov 1977 JP Nikolai Vavilov (1887–1943), a Soviet botanist, as well as Sergey Vavilov (1891–1951), Soviet physicist MPC · 2862
2863 Ben Mayer 1981 QG2 Ben Mayer (1925–1999), American astronomer MPC · 2863
2864 Soderblom 1983 AZ Lawrence A. Soderblom, American planetary scientist with the United States Geological Survey MPC · 2864
2865 Laurel 1935 OK Stan Laurel (1890–1965), British comedian MPC · 2865
2866 Hardy 1961 TA Oliver Hardy (1892–1957), American comedian MPC · 2866
2867 Šteins 1969 VC Kārlis Šteins (1911–1983), Latvian astronomer MPC · 2867
2868 Upupa 1972 UA Upupa epops, the hoopoe MPC · 2868
2869 Nepryadva 1980 RM2 Russian victory over Tataro-Mongols in the Battle of Kulikovo near MPC · 2869
2870 Haupt 1981 LD Hermann Haupt (1873–1959), Austrian astronomer MPC · 2870
2871 Schober 1981 QC2 Hans Josef Schober, Austrian astronomer at the University of Graz MPC · 2871
2872 Gentelec 1981 RU GTE Research Laboratories, Waltham, Massachusetts MPC · 2872
2873 Binzel 1982 FR Richard P. Binzel (born 1958), American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets MPC · 2873
2874 Jim Young 1982 TH James Whitney Young (born 1941), American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets MPC · 2874
2875 Lagerkvist 1983 CL Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist (born 1944), Swedish astronomer MPC · 2875
2876 Aeschylus 6558 P-L Aeschylus, Greek playwright MPC · 2876
2877 Likhachev 1969 TR2 Dmitry Likhachov (1906–1999), Soviet philologist MPC · 2877
2878 Panacea 1980 RX Panacea, Roman goddess MPC · 2878
2879 Shimizu 1932 CB1 Shin-ichi Shimizu (1889–) Japanese amateur astronomer MPC · 2879
2880 Nihondaira 1983 CA Nihondaira, Shizuoka, Japan MPC · 2880
2881 Meiden 1983 AA1 Medeina, Lithuanian god MPC · 2881
2882 Tedesco 1981 OG Edward Francis Tedesco (Ed Tedesco), American astronomer and planetary scientist at JPL, PSI and member of the IAU (Src) MPC · 2882
2883 Barabashov 1978 RG6 Nikolai P. Barabashov (1894–1971), Soviet astronomer MPC · 2883
2884 Reddish 1981 ES22 Vincent Cartledge Reddish (1926–2015), British astronomer MPC · 2884
2885 Palva 1939 TC Tauno Pavla, Finnish ear surgeon, son-in-law of astronomer Yrjö Väisälä, who discovered this minor planet MPC · 2885
2886 Tinkaping 1965 YG Tin Ka Ping, Hong Kong industrialist MPC · 2886
2887 Krinov 1977 QD5 Yevgeny Krinov (1906–1984), Soviet meteoriticist MPC · 2887
2888 Hodgson 1982 TO Richard G. Hodgson, American astronomer and professor of physics at Dordt College, Sioux Center, Iowa MPC · 2888
2889 Brno 1981 WT1 Brno, Czech Republic MPC · 2889
2890 Vilyujsk 1978 SY7 Vilyuysk, Yakut ASSR, Russia MPC · 2890
2891 McGetchin 1980 MD Thomas Richard McGetchin (1936–1979), American planetary scientist MPC · 2891
2892 Filipenko 1983 AX2 Aleksandr Grigorevich Filipenko, Chief of Surgery at the hospital in Bakhchisarai on the Crimean peninsula MPC · 2892
2893 Peiroos 1975 QD Peiroos (Peirous), Thracian war leader from the city of Aenus and an ally of King Priam against the Greek during the Trojan War MPC · 2893
2894 Kakhovka 1978 SH5 Kakhovka, Ukraine MPC · 2894
2895 Memnon 1981 AE1 Memnon, Ethiopian king, ally of Troy MPC · 2895
2896 Preiss 1931 RN Gunter Preiss (born 1929), a German lawyer and administrator of the Max Planck Society who supported several astronomical projects such as the construction of the Calar Alto Observatory in Spain MPC · 2896
2897 Ole Römer 1932 CK Ole Rømer (1644–1710), Danish astronomer MPC · 2897
2898 Neuvo 1938 DN Yrjö Neuvo, grandson of Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä, who discovered this minor planet MPC · 2898
2899 Runrun Shaw 1964 TR2 Run Run Shaw (1907–2014), Chinese film producer MPC · 2899
2900 Luboš Perek 1972 AR Luboš Perek (1919–2020), Czech astronomer MPC · 2900

2901–3000 edit

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2901 Bagehot 1973 DP Walter Bagehot (1826–1877), British writer MPC · 2901
2902 Westerlund 1980 FN3 Bengt E. Westerlund, Swedish astronomer and director of the Uppsala Astronomical Observatory MPC · 2902
2903 Zhuhai 1981 UV9 Zhuhai, China MPC · 2903
2904 Millman 1981 YB Peter Millman (1906–1990), Canadian astronomer MPC · 2904
2905 Plaskett 1982 BZ2 John Stanley Plaskett (1865–1941), Canadian astronomer MPC · 2905
2906 Caltech 1983 AE2 California Institute of Technology MPC · 2906
2907 Nekrasov 1975 TT2 Nikolay Nekrasov (1821–1878), Russian poet MPC · 2907
2908 Shimoyama 1981 WA Shimoyama, village in Japan MPC · 2908
2909 Hoshi-no-ie 1983 JA Hoshi-no-ie Observatory, Japan; the name means 'star house' MPC · 2909
2910 Yoshkar-Ola 1980 TK13 Yoshkar-Ola, Russia MPC · 2910
2911 Miahelena 1938 GJ Miahelena, wife of Finnish astronomer Heikki A. Alikoski (1912–1997), who discovered this minor planet MPC · 2911
2912 Lapalma 1942 DM La Palma, the Spanish island, home to many observatories MPC · 2912
2913 Horta 1931 TK Victor Horta (1861–1947), Belgian architect MPC · 2913
2914 Glärnisch 1965 SB Glärnisch mountain, summit of the Swiss Alps MPC · 2914
2915 Moskvina 1977 QY2 Valentina Nikolaevna Moskvina, Russian doctor at the Bakhchisaraj regional hospital on the Crimean peninsula MPC · 2915
2916 Voronveliya 1978 PW2 Boris Vorontsov-Velyaminov (1904–1994), Soviet–Russian astrophysicist and astronomer MPC · 2916
2917 Sawyer Hogg 1980 RR Helen Sawyer Hogg (1905–1993), American-Canadian astronomer MPC · 2917
2918 Salazar 1980 TU4 Frederick Salazar, son-in-law of astronomer Carolyn S. Shoemaker who discovered this minor planet MPC · 2918
2919 Dali 1981 EX18 Salvador Dalí (1904–1989), Catalan-Spanish artist MPC · 2919
2920 Automedon 1981 JR Automedon, mythological Greek soldier MPC · 2920
2921 Sophocles 6525 P-L Sophocles (c. 496–405 BC), Greek dramatist MPC · 2921
2922 Dikanʹka 1976 GY1 Gogol's Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka MPC · 2922
2923 Schuyler 1977 DA Catherine Schuyler, Minor Planet Center administrator MPC · 2923
2924 Mitake-mura 1977 DJ2 Mitake, a former village in Japan MPC · 2924
2925 Beatty 1978 VC5 J. Kelly Beatty, astronomy writer and editor of Sky & Telescope MPC · 2925
2926 Caldeira 1980 KG J.F.C. Caldeira, Brazilian astronomer at the Valongo Observatory and professor at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro MPC · 2926
2927 Alamosa 1981 TM Alamosa, Colorado MPC · 2927
2928 Epstein 1976 GN8 Isadore Epstein (1919–1995), Estonian–American astronomer MPC · 2928
2929 Harris 1982 BK1 Alan W. Harris, American planetary scientist and pioneer in the study of rotational lightcurves of minor planets MPC · 2929
2930 Euripides 6554 P-L Euripides (c. 480–406 BC), Greek dramatist MPC · 2930
2931 Mayakovsky 1969 UC Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930), Russian poet, artist and actor MPC · 2931
2932 Kempchinsky 1980 TK4 Paula Kempchinsky, daughter-in-law of astronomer Carolyn S. Shoemaker who discovered this minor planet MPC · 2932
2933 Amber 1983 HN Amber Marie Baltutis, granddaughter of astronomer Norman G. Thomas who discovered this minor planet MPC · 2933
2934 Aristophanes 4006 P-L Aristophanes (c. 446–386 BC), Greek dramatist MPC · 2934
2935 Naerum 1976 UU Nærum, a suburb north of Copenhagen MPC · 2935
2936 Nechvíle 1979 SF Vincence Nechvíle (1890–1964), Czech astronomer MPC · 2936
2937 Gibbs 1980 LA Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839–1903), American scientist MPC · 2937
2938 Hopi 1980 LB The Hopi, the Native American people MPC · 2938
2939 Coconino 1982 DP Coconino County, Arizona containing the Hopi and Navajo Nation Reservations. The Lowell Observatory is in the county seat, Flagstaff MPC · 2939
2940 Bacon 3042 P-L Francis Bacon (1561–1626), English philosopher, statesman, and essayist MPC · 2940
2941 Alden 1930 YV Alden, son of American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, who discovered this minor planet MPC · 2941
2942 Cordie 1932 BG Cordula "Cordie" Robinson, American planetary geologist MPC · 2942
2943 Heinrich 1933 QU Inge Heinrich (born 1941), German astronomer MPC · 2943
2944 Peyo 1935 QF Peyo, pseudonym of Pierre Culliford, Belgian illustrator MPC · 2944
2945 Zanstra 1935 ST1 Herman Zanstra (1894–1972), Dutch astronomer MPC · 2945
2946 Muchachos 1941 UV Roque de los Muchachos, site in the Canary Islands of several international observatories MPC · 2946
2947 Kippenhahn 1955 QP1 Rudolf Kippenhahn (1926–2020), German astrophysicist and science author MPC · 2947
2948 Amosov 1969 TD2 Nikolai Mikhailovich Amosov, Ukrainian cardiologist MPC · 2948
2949 Kaverznev 1970 PR Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kaverznev (1932–1983), Soviet television journalist MPC · 2949
2950 Rousseau 1974 VQ2 Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778), Swiss philosopher from Geneva MPC · 2950
2951 Perepadin 1977 RB8 Aleksandr Ivanovich Perepadin Soviet agriculturalist and friend of the discoverer, Nikolai Chernykh MPC · 2951
2952 Lilliputia 1979 SF2 Lilliput, fictional land in Gulliver's Travels MPC · 2952
2953 Vysheslavia 1979 SV11 Leonid Nikolaevich Vysheslavskii (Vysheslavsky), Soviet poet and author of "Stellar Sonnets" MPC · 2953
2954 Delsemme 1982 BT1 Armand Hubert Delsemme, a Belgian-born astronomer at the University of Toledo in Ohio. (3218 Delphine was named for his wife.) MPC · 2954
2955 Newburn 1982 BX1 Ray L. Newburn, American astronomer MPC · 2955
2956 Yeomans 1982 HN1 Donald Keith Yeomans, American astronomer and celestial mechanician at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory MPC · 2956
2957 Tatsuo 1934 CB1 Tatsuo Yamada (1923–2009), Japanese astronomer and observer of variable stars. He was the director of the variable star section of the Oriental Astronomical Association. MPC · 2957
2958 Arpetito 1981 DG E. Araya, J. Perez, R. Tighe and A Torrecon, staff personnel at ESO's La Silla Observatory, who prepared the photographic plates for observations of minor planets with the "Grand Prism Objectif" MPC · 2958
2959 Scholl 1983 RE2 Hans Scholl (born 1942), German astronomer and discoverer of minor planets. He worked at the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut in Heidelberg. MPC · 2959
2960 Ohtaki 1977 DK3 Ohtaki, town in Japan MPC · 2960
2961 Katsurahama 1982 XA Katsurahama, seashore resort in Kōchi, home city of the discoverer, Tsutomu Seki MPC · 2961
2962 Otto 1940 YF The discoverer's great-grandfather MPC · 2962
2963 Chen Jiageng 1964 VM1 Tan Kah Kee (Chen Jiageng; 1874–1961), Singaporean businessman, community leader, and philanthropist MPC · 2963
2964 Jaschek 1974 OA1 Carlos Jaschek (1926–1999), German-born Argentinian astronomer MPC · 2964
2965 Surikov 1975 BX Vasily Surikov (1848–1916), Russian painter MPC · 2965
2966 Korsunia 1977 EB2 Korsun, Ukrainian city MPC · 2966
2967 Vladisvyat 1977 SS1 Vladimir Svyatoslavich (c. 958–1015), medieval prince of Kiev MPC · 2967
2968 Iliya 1978 QJ Ilya Muromets, legendary Russian hero MPC · 2968
2969 Mikula 1978 RU1 Mikula Selyaninovich, Russian legendary hero MPC · 2969
2970 Pestalozzi 1978 UC Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746–1827), Swiss educational reformer MPC · 2970
2971 Mohr 1980 YL Josef M. Mohr (1901–1979), Czech astronomer MPC · 2971
2972 Niilo 1939 TB Niilo Anselmi Väisälä, great-grandson of the Finish discoverer, Yrjö Väisälä MPC · 2972
2973 Paola 1951 AJ Her Majesty Queen Paola of Belgium (born 1937; née Ruffo di Calabria) MPC · 2973
2974 Holden 1955 QK Edward S. Holden (1846–1914), American astronomer MPC · 2974
2975 Spahr 1970 AF1 Timothy B. Spahr (born 1970), American astronomer MPC · 2975
2976 Lautaro 1974 HR Lautaro (c. 1534–1557), leader of the Araucanians of Chile MPC · 2976
2977 Chivilikhin 1974 SP Vladimir Alekseevich Chivilikhin (1928–1984), Russian author MPC · 2977
2978 Roudebush 1978 SR Susan Roudebush, astronomical administrator MPC · 2978
2979 Murmansk 1978 TB7 The port city of Murmansk in Russia MPC · 2979
2980 Cameron 1981 EU17 Alastair G. W. Cameron (1925–2005), Canadian astrophysicist MPC · 2980
2981 Chagall 1981 EE20 Marc Chagall (1887–1985), Belarusian artist MPC · 2981
2982 Muriel 1981 JA3 Muriel May Scott Shoemaker, mother-in-law of American astronomer Carolyn S. Shoemaker, who discovered this minor planet MPC · 2982
2983 Poltava 1981 RW2 Poltava, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine) MPC · 2983
2984 Chaucer 1981 YD Geoffrey Chaucer (1343–1400), English poet and author MPC · 2984
2985 Shakespeare 1983 TV1 William Shakespeare (1564–1616), English playwright MPC · 2985
2986 Mrinalini 2525 P-L Mrinalini Sarabhai (1918–2016), classical Indian dancer and choreographer MPC · 2986
2987 Sarabhai 4583 P-L Vikram Sarabhai (1919–1971), Indian space scientist MPC ·
April 12, 2024
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This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names Also see list of named minor planets alphabetical for a condensed version without naming citations 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 Index100K200K300K400K500K600K 1 1000 1 000s 2 000s 3 000s 4 000s 5 000s 6 000s 7 000s 8 000s 9 000s 10 000s2 001 2 101 2 201 2 301 2 401 2 501 2 601 2 701 2 801 2 901 2001 2100 editNamed minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for Ref Catalog2001 Einstein 1973 EB Albert Einstein 1879 1955 German born Swiss American physicist and Nobelist DMP 20012002 Euler 1973 QQ1 Leonhard Euler 1707 1783 Swiss mathematician and physicists DMP 20022003 Harding 6559 P L Karl Ludwig Harding 1765 1834 German astronomer DMP 20032004 Lexell 1973 SV2 Anders Johan Lexell 1740 1784 Swedish Russian astronomer and mathematician DMP 20042005 Hencke 1973 RA Karl Ludwig Hencke 1793 1866 German astronomer DMP 20052006 Polonskaya 1973 SB3 Elena Kazimirtchak Polonskaia 1902 1992 Ukrainian astronomer comets MPC 20062007 McCuskey 1963 SQ Sidney W McCuskey 1907 1979 American observatory director MPC 20072008 Konstitutsiya 1973 SV4 1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union MPC 20082009 Voloshina 1968 UL Vera Voloshina 1919 1941 Russian partisan MPC 20092010 Chebyshev 1969 TL4 Pafnuty Chebyshev 1821 1884 Russian mathematician MPC 20102011 Veteraniya 1970 QB1 Russian for Veterans of World War II MPC 20112012 Guo Shou Jing 1964 TE2 Guo Shoujing 1231 1316 Chinese astronomer and mathematician MPC 20122013 Tucapel 1971 UH4 Mapuche Araucanian chief MPC 20132014 Vasilevskis 1973 JA Stanislaus Vasilevskis died 1988 Latvian born American astronomer DMP 20142015 Kachuevskaya 1972 RA3 Natasha Kachuevskaya Russian soldier during WWII who was killed in the battle of Stalingrad MPC 20152016 Heinemann 1938 SE Karl Heinemann 1898 1970 German astronomer at ARI DMP 20162017 Wesson A903 SC Mary Joan Wesson Bardwell 1924 2021 wife of American astronomer Conrad M Bardwell 1926 2010 who was a research associate at the Minor Planet Center DMP 20172018 Schuster 1931 UC Hans Emil Schuster born 1934 German astronomer and discoverer of minor planets DMP 20182019 van Albada 1935 SX1 Gale Bruno van Albada 1911 1972 Dutch astronomer MPC 20192020 Ukko 1936 FR Ukko Finnish supreme god MPC 20202021 Poincare 1936 MA Henri Poincare 1854 1912 French mathematician MPC 20212022 West 1938 CK Richard Martin West born 1941 Danish astronomer and discoverer of minor planets DMP 20222023 Asaph 1952 SA Asaph Hall 1829 1907 American astronomer DMP 20232024 McLaughlin 1952 UR Dean Benjamin McLaughlin 1901 1965 American spectroscopist and geologist MPC 20242025 Nortia 1953 LG Nortia Etruscan goddess of fortune MPC 20252026 Cottrell 1955 FF Frederick Gardner Cottrell 1877 1948 American businessman chemist inventor and philanthropist MPC 20262027 Shen Guo 1964 VR1 Shen Kuo 1031 1095 astronomer MPC 20272028 Janequeo 1968 OB1 Wife of Mapuche Araucanian chief Guepotan MPC 20282029 Binomi 1969 RB Fictional mathematician jokingly referred to as the inventor of mathematical formula such as the Binomial theorem MPC 20292030 Belyaev 1969 TA2 Pavel Belyayev 1925 1970 Soviet cosmonaut officer and fighter pilot MPC 20302031 BAM 1969 TG2 builders of Baikal Amur Mainline BAM MPC 20312032 Ethel 1970 OH Ethel Lilian Voynich 1864 1960 British author MPC 20322033 Basilea 1973 CA The city of Basel in Switzerland MPC 20332034 Bernoulli 1973 EE Several mathematicians of the Bernoulli family in particular Jacob 1654 1705 Johann 1667 1748 and Daniel 1700 1782 MPC 20342035 Stearns 1973 SC Carl Leo Stearns 1892 1972 American astronomer MPC 20352036 Sheragul 1973 SY2 Sheragul Siberian village in Russia MPC 20362037 Tripaxeptalis 1973 UB 3 times 679 Pax and 7 times 291 Alice MPC 20372038 Bistro 1973 WF Bistro a type of restaurant MPC 20382039 Payne Gaposchkin 1974 CA Cecilia Payne Gaposchkin 1900 1979 British born American astronomer DMP 20392040 Chalonge 1974 HA Daniel Chalonge 1895 1977 French astronomer MPC 20402041 Lancelot 2523 P L Lancelot Arthurian knight MPC 20412042 Sitarski 4633 P L Grzegorz Sitarski Polish astronomer at the Polish Academy of Sciences who studied the motion of comets MPC 20422043 Ortutay 1936 TH Gyula Ortutay 1910 1978 Hungarian cultural leader MPC 20432044 Wirt 1950 VE Carl A Wirtanen 1910 1990 American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets and comets MPC 20442045 Peking 1964 TB1 Beijing capital of the People s Republic of China MPC 20452046 Leningrad 1968 UD1 Leningrad city in the USSR MPC 20462047 Smetana 1971 UA1 Bedrich Smetana 1824 1884 Czech composer MPC 20472048 Dwornik 1973 QA Stephen E Dwornik American planetary geologist DMP 20482049 Grietje 1973 SH G A M Haring Gehrels sister in law of Dutch born American astronomer Tom Gehrels MPC 20492050 Francis 1974 KA Fred and Kay Francis parents of discoverer DMP 20502051 Chang 1976 UC Zhang Yuzhe Y C Chang Chinese astronomer director of the Purple Mountain Observatory MPC 20512052 Tamriko 1976 UN Tamara West wife of discoverer Richard Martin West MPC 20522053 Nuki 1976 UO Nodari West son of discoverer Richard Martin West MPC 20532054 Gawain 4097 P L Gawain Arthurian knight MPC 20542055 Dvorak 1974 DB Antonin Dvorak 1841 1904 Czech composer MPC 20552056 Nancy A909 TB Nancy Lou Zissell Marsden wife of Brian G Marsden DMP 20562057 Rosemary 1934 RQ Rosemary Birky Hoffmann Scholl first wife of Hans Scholl DMP 20572058 Roka 1938 BH Gedeon Roka 1906 1974 Hungarian science writer 9 10 MPC 20582059 Baboquivari 1963 UA Babioquivari mountain sacred to the Tohono O odham of northern Mexico and southern Arizona MPC 20592060 Chiron 1977 UB Chiron a centaur from Greek mythology DMP 20602061 Anza 1960 UA Juan Bautista de Anza 1736 1788 Spanish explorer military officer and Governor of the Province of New Mexico under the Spanish Empire MPC 20612062 Aten 1976 AA Aten Egyptian god MPC 20622063 Bacchus 1977 HB Bacchus Dionysus Roman god MPC 20632064 Thomsen 1942 RQ Ivan Leslie Thomsen 1910 1969 New Zealand astronomer MPC 20642065 Spicer 1959 RN Edward H Spicer 1906 1983 anthropologist MPC 20652066 Palala 1934 LB Palala River tributary of the Limpopo River South Africa MPC 20662067 Aksnes 1936 DD Kaare Aksnes astronomer MPC 20672068 Dangreen 1948 AD Daniel W E Green American observatory worker involved in the MPC s transition from Cincinnati to Cambridge in 1978 MPC 20682069 Hubble 1955 FT Edwin Hubble 1889 1953 American astronomer MPC 20692070 Humason 1964 TQ Milton L Humason 1891 1972 American astronomer MPC 20702071 Nadezhda 1971 QS Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya 1869 1939 educator wife of Vladimir Lenin MPC 20712072 Kosmodemyanskaya 1973 QE2 Lubov Timofeevna Kosmodemyanskaya 1900 1978 mother of Soviet heroes Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya and Aleksandr Kosmodemyansky MPC 20722073 Janacek 1974 DK Leos Janacek 1854 1928 Czech composer MPC 20732074 Shoemaker 1974 UA Eugene Shoemaker 1928 1997 American astronomer MPC 20742075 Martinez 1974 VA Hugo Arturo Martinez 1890 1976 Argentinian astronomer at La Plata Observatory MPC 20752076 Levin 1974 WA Boris Yulevich Levin 1912 1989 Russian astronomer and geophysicist MPC 20762077 Kiangsu 1974 YA Jiangsu province in eastern China MPC 20772078 Nanking 1975 AD Nanjing Chinese city near the Purple Mountain Observatory MPC 20782079 Jacchia 1976 DB Luigi Giuseppe Jacchia Italian born American astronomer MPC 20792080 Jihlava 1976 DG Jihlava city in the Czech Republic MPC 20802081 Sazava 1976 DH Sazava River tributary of Vltava River Czech Republic MPC 20812082 Galahad 7588 P L Galahad Arthurian knight MPC 20822083 Smither 1973 WB John C Smith American astronomer involved with the Palomar Planet Crossing Asteroid Survey MPC 20832084 Okayama 1935 CK Okayama Okayama Japan MPC 20842085 Henan 1965 YA Henan province in China MPC 20852086 Newell 1966 BC Homer E Newell Jr 1915 1983 American physicist and space scientist MPC 20862087 Kochera 1975 YC Theodor Kocher 1841 1917 Swiss surgeon and Nobel laureate MPC 20872088 Sahlia 1976 DJ Hermann Sahli 1856 1933 Swiss physician and professor of internal medicine at Berne University MPC 20882089 Cetacea 1977 VF Cetacea clade of aquatic mammals such as whales and dolphins MPC 20892090 Mizuho 1978 EA Daughter of Japanese discoverer Takeshi Urata MPC 20902091 Sampo 1941 HO Sampo magical artifact from Finnish mythology MPC 20912092 Sumiana 1969 UP Sumy Ukraine MPC 20922093 Genichesk 1971 HX Henichesk city in north eastern Ukraine birthplace of discoverer Tamara Smirnova MPC 20932094 Magnitka 1971 TC2 Magnitogorsk Russian industrial city MPC 20942095 Parsifal 6036 P L Parsifal Arthurian knight MPC 20952096 Vaino 1939 UC Vainamoinen from Finnish mythology MPC 20962097 Galle 1953 PV Johann Gottfried Galle 1812 1910 German astronomer MPC 20972098 Zyskin 1972 QE Lev Zyskin 1930 1994 Professor at the Crimean medical institute MPC 20982099 Opik 1977 VB Ernst Opik 1893 1985 Estonian astronomer MPC 20992100 Ra Shalom 1978 RA Egyptian god Ra Hebrew Shalom in honour of the Camp David Peace Accords of 1978 MPC 21002101 2200 editback to top nbsp Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for Ref Catalog2101 Adonis 1936 CA Adonis Greek mythological youth MPC 21012102 Tantalus 1975 YA Tantalus Greek mythological figure MPC 21022103 Laverna 1960 FL Laverna protecting divinity of thieves and imposters MPC 21032104 Toronto 1963 PD University of Toronto during whose sesquicentennial celebration it was discovered MPC 21042105 Gudy 1976 DA Gudrun Werner friend of astronomer Hans Emil Schuster who discovered this minor planet MPC 21052106 Hugo 1936 UF Victor Hugo 1802 1885 French writer DMP 21062107 Ilmari 1941 VA Ilmarinen Finnish mythology MPC 21072108 Otto Schmidt 1948 TR1 Otto Schmidt 1891 1956 Soviet mathematician geophysicist astronomer polar researcher and author MPC 21082109 Dhotel 1950 TH2 Andre Dhotel 1901 1991 French writer awarded with the Grand Prix de Litterature de l Academie Francaise He was a friend of the family of the discoverer Sylvain Arend MPC 21092110 Moore Sitterly 1962 RD Charlotte Moore Sitterly 1898 1990 American astronomer MPC 21102111 Tselina 1969 LG Virgin Lands Campaign soil development in the USSR MPC 21112112 Ulyanov 1972 NP Aleksandr Ulyanov 1866 1887 Lenin s eldest brother MPC 21122113 Ehrdni 1972 RJ2 Ehrdni Teldzhievich Delikov 1922 1942 Soviet hero of the Great Patriotic War MPC 21132114 Wallenquist 1976 HA Ake Wallenquist 1904 1994 Swedish astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets MPC 21142115 Irakli 1976 UD Irakli West son of discoverer Richard Martin West MPC 21152116 Mtskheta 1976 UM Mtskheta city in Georgia country MPC 21162117 Danmark 1978 AC Denmark native country of discoverer Richard Martin West MPC 21172118 Flagstaff 1978 PB Flagstaff Arizona home of the Lowell Observatory MPC 21182119 Schwall 1930 QG August Schwall 1877 1947 staff member at Heidelberg Observatory Germany MPC 21192120 Tyumenia 1967 RM Tyumen Oblast district of the Russian SFSR now Russia MPC 21202121 Sevastopol 1971 ME Sevastopol city on the Crimean peninsula DMP 21212122 Pyatiletka 1971 XB Five Year Plans of the USSR named on the 50th anniversary of its adoption MPC 21222123 Vltava 1973 SL2 Vltava River in the Czech Republic MPC 21232124 Nissen 1974 MK Juan Jose Nissen 1901 1978 Argentinian astronomer and first director of the Felix Aguilar Observatory MPC 21242125 Karl Ontjes 2005 P L Karl Ontjes Groeneveld born 1935 German physicist and brother of astronomer Ingrid van Houten Groeneveld who co discovered this minor planet DMP 21252126 Gerasimovich 1970 QZ Boris Petrovich Gerasimovich 1889 1937 Russian astrophysicist and director of the Pulkovo Observatory MPC 21262127 Tanya 1971 KB1 Tanya Savicheva 1930 1944 a young Russian schoolgirl who died in Siege of Leningrad MPC 21272128 Wetherill 1973 SB George Wetherill 1925 2006 American geochemist and planetary geologist MPC 21282129 Cosicosi 1973 SJ Italian characterization of indifference MPC 21292130 Evdokiya 1974 QH1 Evdokiya Efimovna Shchelokova mother of the discoverer Lyudmila Zhuravleva MPC 21302131 Mayall 1975 RA Nicholas Mayall 1906 1993 American astronomer MPC 21312132 Zhukov 1975 TW3 Georgij Konstantinovich Zhukov 1896 1974 Soviet military commander MPC 21322133 Franceswright 1976 WB Frances Woodworth Wright 1897 1989 American astronomer at Harvard University MPC 21332134 Dennispalm 1976 YB Dennis Palm 1945 1974 amateur astronomer and assistant at Palomar Observatory MPC 21342135 Aristaeus 1977 HA Aristaeus Greek god MPC 21352136 Jugta 1933 OC Jay U Gunter 1911 1994 author of Tonight s Asteroids hence J U G T A MPC 21362137 Priscilla 1936 QZ Priscilla Fairfield Bok 1896 1975 American astronomer wife of Dutch born American astronomer Bart Bok DMP 21372138 Swissair 1968 HB Swissair was the Swiss national airline MPC 21382139 Makharadze 1970 MC The Georgian city of Ozurgeti formerly known as Makharadze is the twin city of Henichesk Ukraine It was named to honor the friendship between the two nations DMP 21392140 Kemerovo 1970 PE Kemerovo Oblast district in southwestern Siberia Russia DMP 21402141 Simferopol 1970 QC1 Simferopol city on the Crimean peninsula MPC 21412142 Landau 1972 GA Lev Davidovich Landau 1908 1968 Soviet physicist MPC 21422143 Jimarnold 1973 SA James R Arnold 1923 2012 professor of chemistry at the University of California at San Diego MPC 21432144 Marietta 1975 BC1 Marietta Shaginyan 1888 1982 Soviet writer MPC 21442145 Blaauw 1976 UF Adriaan Blaauw 1914 2010 Dutch astronomer at Leiden Observatory director of ESO and president of the IAU MPC 21452146 Stentor 1976 UQ Stentor Greek warrior MPC 21462147 Kharadze 1976 US Evgeni Kharadze 1907 2001 Georgian astronomer and director of the Abastumani Observatory and vice president of the IAU from 1976 to 1982 DMP 21472148 Epeios 1976 UW Epeios Greek soldier and builder of Trojan Horse MPC 21482149 Schwambraniya 1977 FX Fictional land from Lev Kassil s Conduite and Schwambraniya MPC 21492150 Nyctimene 1977 TA Nyctimene a daughter of Epopeus King of Lesbos MPC 21502151 Hadwiger 1977 VX Hugo Hadwiger 1908 1981 Swiss mathematician MPC 21512152 Hannibal 1978 WK Hannibal c 247 182 BC MPC 21522153 Akiyama 1978 XD Kaoru Akiyama 1901 1970 Japanese astronomer MPC 21532154 Underhill 2015 P L Anne B Underhill Canadian astrophysicist DMP 21542155 Wodan 6542 P L Odin Wōdan in Old Saxon Norse god in Teutonic mythology DMP 21552156 Kate A917 SH Kate wife of astronomer L K Kristensen who found the identification of this minor planet MPC 21562157 Ashbrook A924 EF Joseph Ashbrook 1918 1980 editor of Sky amp Telescope MPC 21572158 Tietjen 1933 OS Friedrich Tietjen 1832 1895 German astronomer MPC 21582159 Kukkamaki 1941 UX Tauno Kukkamaki 1909 1997 Finnish geodesist MPC 21592160 Spitzer 1956 RL Lyman Spitzer 1914 1997 American astrophysicist MPC 21602161 Grissom 1963 UD Gus Grissom 1926 1967 American astronaut MPC 21612162 Anhui 1966 BE Anhui province in East China MPC 21622163 Korczak 1971 SP1 Janusz Korczak 1878 1942 Polish writer who was murdered at Treblinka MPC 21632164 Lyalya 1972 RM2 Yelena Konstantinova Ubiivovk 1918 1942 astronomy student and Soviet partisan who died in World War II MPC 21642165 Young 1956 RJ Charles Augustus Young 1834 1908 American astronomer MPC 21652166 Handahl 1936 QB Violet Handahl Green mother of astronomer Daniel W E Green who found the identifications for this planet MPC 21662167 Erin 1971 LA Erin daughter of astronomer George Punko at Bickley Perth Observatory MPC 21672168 Swope 1955 RF1 Henrietta Hill Swope 1902 1980 American astronomer MPC 21682169 Taiwan 1964 VP1 Named for the Island of Taiwan also see Taiwan MPC 21692170 Byelorussia 1971 SZ Republic of Belarus a former Soviet Socialist Republic MPC 21702171 Kiev 1973 QD1 City of Kyiv capital of Ukraine named on its 1500th anniversary DMP 21712172 Plavsk 1973 QA2 Plavsk district in Russia DMP 21722173 Maresjev 1974 QG1 Alexei Maresiev 1916 2001 Russian war veteran MPC 21732174 Asmodeus 1975 TA Asmodai Babylonian god of lust MPC 21742175 Andrea Doria 1977 TY Andrea Doria 1466 1560 Genoese admiral MPC 21752176 Donar 2529 P L Donar or Thor Teutonic god of thunderstorms DMP 21762177 Oliver 6551 P L Bernard M Oliver 1916 1995 researcher at Hewlett Packard MPC 21772178 Kazakhstania 1972 RA2 The Republic of Kazakhstan a former Soviet Socialist Republic MPC 21782179 Platzeck 1965 MA Ricardo Pablo Platzeck Argentinian astronomer and director of the Cordoba Observatory MPC 21792180 Marjaleena 1940 RJ Finnish Marjaleena Johnsson daughter of the discoverer Heikki A Alikoski MPC 21802181 Fogelin 1942 YA Eric S Fogelin assistant at the Minor Planet Center MPC 21812182 Semirot 1953 FH1 Pierre Semirot 1907 1972 French astronomer MPC 21822183 Neufang 1959 OB Neufang village in Thuringia Germany where the Sonneberg Observatory is located MPC 21832184 Fujian 1964 TV2 Fujian coastal province in southeastern China MPC 21842185 Guangdong 1965 WO Guangdong coastal province in southern China MPC 21852186 Keldysh 1973 SQ4 Mstislav Keldysh 1911 1978 Soviet physicist and mathematician MPC 21862187 La Silla 1976 UH Mountain in the Atacama desert of Chile where the La Silla Observatory is located MPC 21872188 Orlenok 1976 UL4 Orlyonok All Union Young Pioneer camp MPC 21882189 Zaragoza 1975 QK Aldo Zaragoza 1924 1979 staff member at Felix Aguilar Observatory MPC 21892190 Coubertin 1976 GV3 Baron Pierre de Coubertin 1863 1937 French educator and founder of the modern Olympic Games MPC 21902191 Uppsala 1977 PA1 Uppsala ancient Swedish city and its university MPC 21912192 Pyatigoriya 1972 HP Pyatigorsk Russian city in the Caucasus MPC 21922193 Jackson 1926 KB Cyril V Jackson 1903 1988 South African astronomer MPC 21932194 Arpola 1940 GE Discoverer s summer cottage near Turku MPC 21942195 Tengstrom 1941 SP1 Erik Tengstrom 1913 1996 Swedish astronomer and geodesist DMP 21952196 Ellicott 1965 BC Andrew Ellicott Douglass 1867 1962 American astronomer MPC 21962197 Shanghai 1965 YN Shanghai largest city in China and the world MPC 21972198 Ceplecha 1975 VF Zdenek Ceplecha 1929 2009 Czech astronomer MPC 21982199 Klet 1978 LA Klet Observatory standing on Klet Hill Czech Republic MPC 21992200 Pasadena 6090 P L Pasadena California suburb of Los Angeles California United States MPC 22002201 2300 editback to top nbsp Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for Ref Catalog2201 Oljato 1947 XC Moonlight Water Monument Valley Utah DMP 22012202 Pele 1972 RA Pele Polynesian fire goddess MPC 22022203 van Rhijn 1935 SQ1 Pieter Johannes van Rhijn 1886 1960 Dutch astronomer MPC 22032204 Lyyli 1943 EQ Lyyli Heinanen Finnish astronomer and disciple of Yrjo Vaisala MPC 22042205 Glinka 1973 SU4 Mikhail Glinka 1804 1857 Russian composer MPC 22052206 Gabrova 1976 GR3 Gabrovo Bulgarian town MPC 22062207 Antenor 1977 QH1 Antenor Trojan hero and sage of Greek mythology JPL 22072208 Pushkin 1977 QL3 Aleksandr Pushkin Russian poet MPC 22082209 Tianjin 1978 US1 Tianjin China MPC 22092210 Lois 9597 P L Lois J Baldwin wife of Ralph Belknap Baldwin American astronomer MPC 22102211 Hanuman 1951 WO2 Hanuman monkey god in mythology of India MPC 22112212 Hephaistos 1978 SB Hephaestus Greek god MPC 22122213 Meeus 1935 SO1 Jean Meeus born 1928 Belgian amateur astronomer MPC 22132214 Carol 1953 GF Carol D Valenti Minor Planet Center staff member DMP 22142215 Sichuan 1964 VX2 Sichuan China MPC 22152216 Kerch 1971 LF Hero City Kerch Crimea MPC 22162217 Eltigen 1971 SK2 a place where Soviet troops landed in November 1943 see Kerch Eltigen Operation MPC 22172218 Wotho 1975 AK Wotho Atoll Marshall Islands MPC 22182219 Mannucci 1975 LU Edgardo Mannucci observatory mechanic MPC 22192220 Hicks 1975 VB William B Hicks businessman MPC 22202221 Chilton 1976 QC Jean Chilton McCrosky wife of Richard Eugene McCrosky American astronomer MPC 22212222 Lermontov 1977 ST1 Mikhail Lermontov Russian poet MPC 22222223 Sarpedon 1977 TL3 Sarpedon Greek warrior MPC 22232224 Tucson 2528 P L Tucson Arizona USA MPC 22242225 Serkowski 6546 P L Krzysztof Serkowski 1930 1981 Polish born American astronomer MPC 22252226 Cunitza 1936 QC1 Lydia Cunitz discoverer s sister in law MPC 22262227 Otto Struve 1955 RX Otto Struve 1897 1963 Russian born American astronomer MPC 22272228 Soyuz Apollo 1977 OH The Apollo Soyuz Test Project joint Soviet American mission MPC 22282229 Mezzarco 1977 RO Italian for half arch half vault MPC 22292230 Yunnan 1978 UT1 Yunnan China MPC 22302231 Durrell 1941 SG Lawrence Durrell 1912 1990 British author MPC 22312232 Altaj 1969 RD2 Altai Republic Russia MPC 22322233 Kuznetsov 1972 XE1 Nikolai Kuznetsov Soviet partisan and intelligence agent MPC 22332234 Schmadel 1977 HD Lutz D Schmadel 1942 2016 German astronomer MPC 22342235 Vittore A924 GA Observatory in Bologna Italy MPC 22352236 Austrasia 1933 FX Austrasia kingdom of the Merovingian Franks MPC 22362237 Melnikov 1938 TB Oleg Melnikov 1912 1982 Russian astronomer MPC 22372238 Steshenko 1972 RQ1 Nikolai Steshenko Soviet astronomer MPC 22382239 Paracelsus 1978 RC Paracelsus physician MPC 22392240 Tsai 1978 YA Tsai Chang hsien Chinese astronomer MPC 22402241 Alcathous 1979 WM Alcathous mythological Greek MPC 22412242 Balaton 1936 TG Lake Balaton largest lake in Hungary MPC 22422243 Lonnrot 1941 SA1 Elias Lonnrot 1802 1884 Finnish scholar collector of folk tales and traditions MPC 22432244 Tesla 1952 UW1 Nikola Tesla 1856 1943 Serbian born electrical engineer and inventor MPC 22442245 Hekatostos 1968 BC Greek for 100th asteroid discovered by a joint program MPC 22452246 Bowell 1979 XH Edward L G Bowell born 1943 American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets MPC 22462247 Hiroshima 6512 P L Hiroshima Japan MPC 22472248 Kanda 1933 DE Shigeru Kanda 1894 1974 Japanese science writer DMP 22482249 Yamamoto 1942 GA Issei Yamamoto 1889 1959 Japanese astronomer DMP 22492250 Stalingrad 1972 HN now Volgograd Russia DMP 22502251 Tikhov 1977 SU1 Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov 1875 1960 Russian astronomer MPC 22512252 CERGA 1978 VT CERGA French Centre d etudes et de recherches geodynamiques et astrometriques MPC 22522253 Espinette 1932 PB house in Williams Bay Wisconsin MPC 22532254 Requiem 1977 QJ1 in memory of discoverer s mother MPC 22542255 Qinghai 1977 VK1 Qinghai China MPC 22552256 Wisniewski 4519 P L Wieslaw Z Wisniewski 1931 1994 Polish astronomer MPC 22562257 Kaarina 1939 QB Kaarina Soini daughter of discoverer MPC 22572258 Viipuri 1939 TA now Vyborg Russia MPC 22582259 Sofievka 1971 OG park in Uman Ukraine MPC 22592260 Neoptolemus 1975 WM1 Neoptolemus mythological Greek warrior MPC 22602261 Keeler 1977 HC James Edward Keeler 1857 1900 American astronomer MPC 22612262 Mitidika 1978 RB Gypsy girl from novel by Clemens Brentano MPC 22622263 Shaanxi 1978 UW1 Shaanxi China MPC 22632264 Sabrina 1979 YK Sabrina the legendary English princess and daughter of King Locrine who drowned in the River Severn MPC 22642265 Verbaandert 1950 DB Jean Verbaandert 1901 1974 Belgian geophysicist MPC 22652266 Tchaikovsky 1974 VK Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1840 1893 Russian composer DMP 22662267 Agassiz 1977 RF Louis Agassiz 1807 1873 Swiss born American zoologist and geologist MPC 22672268 Szmytowna 1942 VW Maria Szmytowna chemist MPC 22682269 Efremiana 1976 JA2 Ivan Yefremov 1908 1972 Soviet paleontologist and author DMP 22692270 Yazhi 1980 ED Navajo for little one MPC 22702271 Kiso 1976 UV5 Kiso Observatory a station of the Tokyo Observatory MPC 22712272 Montezuma 1972 FA Moctezuma II 9th emperor of the Aztec empire MPC 22722273 Yarilo 1975 EV1 Iarilo Slavic sun god DMP 22732274 Ehrsson 1976 EA A friend of discoverer Claes Ingvar Lagerkvist MPC 22742275 Cuitlahuac 1979 MH Cuitlahuac tenth emperor of the Aztec empire MPC 22752276 Warck 1933 QA Evelyne Warck granddaughter of discoverer MPC 22762277 Moreau 1950 DS Fernand Moreau 1888 1979 Belgian astronomer MPC 22772278 Gotz 1953 GE Paul Gotz 1883 1962 German astronomer and discoverer of minor planets Assistant to Max Wolf at Heidelberg MPC 22782279 Barto 1968 DL Agniya Barto 1906 1981 Soviet poet DMP 22792280 Kunikov 1971 SL2 Tsezar Kunikov 1909 1943 Soviet commander and war hero whose troops seized Malaya Zemlya in 1943 MPC 22802281 Biela 1971 UQ1 Wilhelm von Biela 1782 1856 Austrian astronomer MPC 22812282 Andres Bello 1974 FE Andres Bello 1781 1865 Venezuelan intellectual MPC 22822283 Bunke 1974 SV4 Tamara Bunke 1937 1967 German patriot DMP 22832284 San Juan 1974 TG1 San Juan Province and its university in Argentina MPC 22842285 Ron Helin 1976 QB Ronald P Helin husband of Eleanor F Helin American astronomer MPC 22852286 Fesenkov 1977 NH Vasily Fesenkov 1889 1972 Soviet astrophysicist MPC 22862287 Kalmykia 1977 QK3 Kalmyk ASSR Russian SFSR now Kalmykia Russia MPC 22872288 Karolinum 1979 UZ The Collegium Carolinum the main building of the Charles University in Prague MPC 22882289 McMillan 6567 P L Robert S McMillan American astronomer MPC 22892290 Helffrich 1932 CD1 Joseph Helffrich 1890 1971 German astronomer and discoverer of minor planets MPC 22902291 Kevo 1941 FS Field station on the Kevo river Lappland MPC 22912292 Seili 1942 RM Seili island near Turku MPC 22922293 Guernica 1977 EH1 Guernica Spain MPC 22932294 Andronikov 1977 PL1 Irakly Andronikov 1908 1990 Soviet writer MPC 22942295 Matusovskij 1977 QD1 Mikhail Matusovskii 1915 1990 Soviet poet MPC 22952296 Kugultinov 1975 BA1 David Nikitich Kugultinov 1922 2006 poet of Kalmykia and USSR MPC 22962297 Daghestan 1978 RE Dagestan ASSR Russian SFSR now Daghestan Russia MPC 22972298 Cindijon A915 TA Cynthia and Jonathan children of Brian G Marsden DMP 22982299 Hanko 1941 SZ Hanko Finland MPC 22992300 Stebbins 1953 TG2 Joel Stebbins 1878 1966 American astronomer MPC 23002301 2400 editback to top nbsp Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for Ref Catalog2301 Whitford 1965 WJ Albert Whitford 1905 2002 American astronomer MPC 23012302 Florya 1972 TL2 Nikolay Florea 1912 1941 Russian astronomer at Sternberg Astronomical Institute MPC 23022303 Retsina 1979 FK Retsina Greek wine MPC 23032304 Slavia 1979 KB Slavia sports club in Prague MPC 23042305 King 1980 RJ1 Martin Luther King Jr 1929 1968 U S civil rights leader MPC 23052306 Bauschinger 1939 PM Julius Bauschinger 1860 1934 German astronomer MPC 23062307 Garuda 1957 HJ Garuda is a son of Kasyapa and Vinata in the mythology of India MPC 23072308 Schilt 1967 JM Jan Schilt 1894 1982 Dutch astronomer MPC 23082309 Mr Spock 1971 QX1 Discoverer s cat Mr Spock named after Spock a fictional character from Star Trek MPC 23092310 Olshaniya 1974 SU4 Konstantin Olshanskij a Soviet war hero who entered Nazi occupied Nikolaev in March 1944 DMP 23102311 El Leoncito 1974 TA1 Observing station at Felix Aguilar Observatory MPC 23112312 Duboshin 1976 GU2 Georgii Nikolaevich Duboshin 1904 1986 Soviet astronomer and member of the IAU DMP 23122313 Aruna 1976 TA Represents the red glow of dawn in mythology of India MPC 23132314 Field 1977 VD George B Field born 1929 American astronomer DMP 23142315 Czechoslovakia 1980 DZ Czechoslovakia which split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993 MPC 23152316 Jo Ann 1980 RH Jo Ann Bowell wife of discoverer DMP 23162317 Galya 2524 P L Galya Lubarsky friend of Tom Gehrels MPC 23172318 Lubarsky 6521 P L Kronid Lyubarsky 1934 1996 friend of Tom Gehrels MPC 23182319 Aristides 7631 P L Aristides 530 468 BC Athenian politician MPC 23192320 Blarney 1979 QJ Blarney Ireland MPC 23202321 Luznice 1980 DB1 Luznice River Czech Republic MPC 23212322 Kitt Peak 1954 UQ2 Kitt Peak National Observatory USA MPC 23222323 Zverev 1976 SF2 Mitrofan Stepanovich Zverev 1903 1991 Russian astrometrist at Pulkovo Observatory DMP 23232324 Janice 1978 VS4 Janice Cline astronomy supporter MPC 23242325 Chernykh 1979 SP Lyudmila 1935 2017 and Nikolai Chernykh 1931 2004 Russian astronomers and minor planet discoverers MPC 23252326 Tololo 1965 QC Cerro Tololo Inter American Observatory Chile MPC 23262327 Gershberg 1969 TQ4 Roald Evgenevich Gershberg Russian astronomer MPC 23272328 Robeson 1972 HW Paul Robeson 1898 1976 American singer actor and activist DMP 23282329 Orthos 1976 WA Orthrus Orthos the two headed dog from Greek mythology MPC 23292330 Ontake 1977 DS3 Mount Ontake volcano MPC 23302331 Parvulesco 1936 EA Constantin Parvulesco 1890 1945 Romanian astronomer MPC 23312332 Kalm 1940 GH Pehr Kalm 1716 1779 Finnish explorer botanist agricultural economist MPC 23322333 Porthan 1943 EP Henrik Gabriel Porthan 1739 1804 Finnish historian MPC 23332334 Cuffey 1962 HD James Cuffey 1911 1999 astronomy supporter MPC 23342335 James 1974 UB James G Williams American mathematician and a discoverer of minor planets MPC 23352336 Xinjiang 1975 WL1 Xinjiang China MPC 23362337 Boubin 1976 UH1 Boubin mountain in Bohemia Czech Republic MPC 23372338 Bokhan 1977 QA3 Nadezhda Antonovna Bokhan staff member at Institute of Theoretical Astronomy ITA in Leningrad MPC 23382339 Anacreon 2509 P L Anacreon c 582 485 BC Greek poet MPC 23392340 Hathor 1976 UA Hathor Egyptian goddess MPC 23402341 Aoluta 1976 YU1 Astronomical Observatory of Leningrad University DMP 23412342 Lebedev 1968 UQ Nikolai Lebedev ru Russian war hero MPC 23422343 Siding Spring 1979 MD4 Siding Spring Observatory Australia MPC 23432344 Xizang 1979 SC1 Tibet MPC 23442345 Fucik 1974 OS Julius Fucik 1903 1943 Czechoslovak journalist DMP 23452346 Lilio 1934 CB Aloysius Lilius c 1510 1576 inventor of the Gregorian Calendar DMP 23462347 Vinata 1936 TK Vinata in mythology of India daughter of Prajapati and wife of Kasyapa MPC 23472348 Michkovitch 1939 AA Vojislav V Michkovitch 1892 1976 Serbian astronomer MPC 23482349 Kurchenko 1970 OG Nadezhda Kurchenko heroic airline stewardess DMP 23492350 von Lude 1938 CG Heinz von Lude 1914 1974 German ARI astronomer MPC 23502351 O Higgins 1964 VD Bernardo O Higgins 1778 1842 Chilean hero MPC 23512352 Kurchatov 1969 RY Igor Kurchatov 1903 1960 Russian physicist DMP 23522353 Alva 1975 UD former girlfriend of discoverer MPC 23532354 Lavrov 1978 PZ3 Svyatoslav Sergeevich Lavrov born 1923 Russian computer scientist DMP 23542355 Nei Monggol 1978 UV1 Inner Mongolia China MPC 23552356 Hirons 1979 UJ Charles and Ann Hirons parents in law of discoverer MPC 23562357 Phereclos 1981 AC Phereclos Trojan craftsman MPC 23572358 Bahner 1929 RE Klaus Bahner 1921 German staff member at Heidelberg Observatory DMP 23582359 Debehogne 1931 TV Henri Debehogne 1928 2007 Belgian astronomer and discoverer of minor planets MPC 23592360 Volgo Don 1975 VD3 Volga Don Canal a canal that connects the Volga River and the Don River in Russia DMP 23602361 Gogol 1976 GQ1 Nikolai Gogol 1809 1852 Russian Ukrainian writer DMP 23612362 Mark Twain 1976 SH2 Mark Twain 1835 1910 American writer MPC 23622363 Cebriones 1977 TJ3 Cebriones Hector s charioteer MPC 23632364 Seillier 1978 GD Mother of discoverer MPC 23642365 Interkosmos 1980 YQ Intercosmos Russian space exploration organization MPC 23652366 Aaryn 1981 AC1 Aaryn G Baltutis grandson of discoverer MPC 23662367 Praha 1981 AK1 Prague the capital city of the Czech Republic MPC 23672368 Beltrovata 1977 RA Betty Tendering friend of Swiss poet Gottfried Keller 1819 1890 MPC 23682369 Chekhov 1976 GC8 Anton Chekhov 1860 1904 Russian writer MPC 23692370 van Altena 1965 LA William F van Altena Dutch born American astronomer and astrometrist at the Yale University Observatory MPC 23702371 Dimitrov 1975 VR3 Georgi Dimitrov 1882 1949 Bulgarian politician MPC 23712372 Proskurin 1977 RA8 Vitalij Fedorovich Proskurin 1919 1964 Russian astronomer MPC 23722373 Immo 1929 PC Immo Appenzeller born 1940 German astronomer and director of the Heidelberg Observatory MPC 23732374 Vladvysotskij 1974 QE1 Vladimir Vysotsky 1938 1980 Russian singer MPC 23742375 Radek 1975 AA Ctirad Kohoutek 1929 2011 Czech composer MPC 23752376 Martynov 1977 QG3 Dmitrij Yakovlevich Martynov Russian astrophysicist and director of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute MPC 23762377 Shcheglov 1978 QT1 Vladimir Petrovich Shcheglov Russian astronomer and director of the Astronomical Institute of the Uzbek MPC 23772378 Pannekoek 1935 CY Antonie Pannekoek 1873 1960 Dutch astronomer MPC 23782379 Heiskanen 1941 ST Veikko Aleksanteri Heiskanen 1895 1971 Finnish geodesist MPC 23792380 Heilongjiang 1965 SN Heilongjiang China MPC 23802381 Landi 1976 AF Jorge Landi Dessy Argentinian astronomer and a director of the Cordoba Observatory MPC 23812382 Nonie 1977 GA Daughter of Peter Jekabsons observatory staff MPC 23822383 Bradley 1981 GN Martin and Maud Bradley friends of discoverer MPC 23832384 Schulhof 1943 EC1 Lipot Schulhof 1847 1921 Hungarian born astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets MPC 23842385 Mustel 1969 VW Evald Rudolfovich Mustel 1911 1988 Russian astronomer DMP 23852386 Nikonov 1974 SN1 Vladimir Borisovich Nikonov 1905 1987 Soviet astronomer at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory DMP 23862387 Xi an 1975 FX Xi an China MPC 23872388 Gase 1977 EA2 Vera Fedorovna Gaze 1899 1954 Russian astronomer at the Pulkovo Observatory MPC 23882389 Dibaj 1977 QC1 Ernest Apushevich Dibaj 1931 1983 Russian astrophysicist MPC 23892390 Nezarka 1980 PA1 Nezarka River Czech Republic MPC 23902391 Tomita 1957 AA Kōichirō Tomita 1925 2006 Japanese astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets MPC 23912392 Jonathan Murray 1979 MN1 Jonathan Murray son of Suzanne and Bruce C Murray friends of discoverers MPC 23922393 Suzuki 1955 WB Keishin Suzuki 1905 Japanese astronomer and professor of astronomy at Tokyo Gakugei University MPC 23932394 Nadeev 1973 SZ2 Lev Nikolaevich Nadeev 1902 1974 Russian astrometrist and geodesist MPC 23942395 Aho 1977 FA Arne J Aho a staff member at the Harvard Observatory MPC 23952396 Kochi 1981 CB Kōchi Japan MPC 23962397 Lappajarvi 1938 DV Lappajarvi lake in Finland MPC 23972398 Jilin 1965 UD2 Jilin China MPC 23982399 Terradas 1971 MA Esteban Terradas i Illa 1883 1950 Spanish mathematician MPC 23992400 Derevskaya 1972 KJ Alexandra Avramovna Derevskaya 1902 1959 a celebrated Russian foster mother who raised 48 orphans of different nationalities DMP 24002401 2500 editback to top nbsp Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for Ref Catalog2401 Aehlita 1975 VM2 Aehlita fictional character from a novel by Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoi DMP 24012402 Satpaev 1979 OR13 Kanysh Satbayev 1899 1964 Kazakh geologist MPC 24022403 Sumava 1979 SQ Sumava mountains Czech Republic DMP 24032404 Antarctica 1980 TE Antarctica in honour of the third Soviet Antarctic Expedition in which the discoverer participated DMP 24042405 Welch 1963 UF David Welch born 1960 AURA administrator MPC 24052406 Orelskaya 1966 QG Varvara Ivanovna Orel skaya Russian long time staff member at the Institute for Theoretical Astronomy ITA in St Petersburg DMP 24062407 Haug 1973 DH Ulrich Haug 1929 1992 German astronomer MPC 24072408 Astapovich 1978 QK1 Igor Stanislavovich Astapovich 1908 1976 Russian meteoricist and professor at Kiev University DMP 24082409 Chapman 1979 UG Clark R Chapman American astronomer MPC 24092410 Morrison 1981 AF David Morrison born 1940 American astronomer MPC 24102411 Zellner 1981 JK Benjamin H Zellner American astronomer at the University of Arizona MPC 24112412 Wil 3537 P L Wil van de Hulst wife of Dutch astronomer Hendrik C van de Hulst MPC 24122413 van de Hulst 6816 P L Hendrik C van de Hulst 1918 2000 Dutch astronomer MPC 24132414 Vibeke 1931 UG Vibeke Kristensen daughter of L K Kristensen who made the identifications for this asteroid MPC 24142415 Ganesa 1978 UJ In mythology of India represents call to spiritual power MPC 24152416 Sharonov 1979 OF13 Vsevolod Vasil evich Sharonov 1901 1964 Russian observatory director DMP 24162417 McVittie 1964 CD George C McVittie 1904 1988 American astronomer MPC 24172418 Voskovec Werich 1971 UV George Voskovec 1905 1981 and Jan Werich 1905 1980 Czech actors MPC 24182419 Moldavia 1974 SJ Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic DMP 24192420 Ciurlionis 1975 TN Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis 1875 1911 Lithuanian painter and composer MPC 24202421 Nininger 1979 UD Harvey H Nininger 1887 1986 American meteoriticist MPC 24212422 Perovskaya 1968 HK1 Sophia Perovskaya 1853 1881 Russian revolutionary DMP 24222423 Ibarruri 1972 NC Ruben Ruiz Ibarruri 1920 1942 Russian soldier DMP 24232424 Tautenburg 1973 UT5 Tautenburg Germany DMP 24242425 Shenzhen 1975 FW Shenzhen China MPC 24252426 Simonov 1976 KV Konstantin Mikhailovich Simonov 1915 1979 Russian writer MPC 24262427 Kobzar 1976 YQ7 Taras Shevchenko penname Kobzar 1814 1861 Ukrainian poet and painter DMP 24272428 Kamenyar 1977 RZ6 Ivan Franko a k a Kamenyar 1856 1916 Ukrainian writer and scientist DMP 24282429 Schurer 1977 TZ Max Schurer 1910 1997 Swiss astronomer geodestist and mathematician who initiated the construction of the Zimmerwald Observatory during his term as director of the Astronomical Institute of the University of Bern Src MPC 24292430 Bruce Helin 1977 VC Bruce Helin son of one of the discoverers MPC 24302431 Skovoroda 1978 PF3 Gregory Skovoroda 1722 1794 Ukrainian philosopher and poet DMP 24312432 Soomana 1981 FA Hopi for star girl DMP 24322433 Sootiyo 1981 GJ Hopi for star boy DMP 24332434 Bateson 1981 KA Frank Bateson 1909 2007 New Zealand astronomer MPC 24342435 Horemheb 4578 P L Horemheb Egyptian pharaoh MPC 24352436 Hatshepsut 6066 P L Hatshepsut Egyptian queen MPC 24362437 Amnestia 1942 RZ Amnesty International MPC 24372438 Oleshko 1975 VO2 Valentina Iosifovna Oleshko 1924 1943 Russian partisan DMP 24382439 Ulugbek 1977 QX2 Ulugh Beg Uzbek sultan and astronomer DMP 24392440 Educatio 1978 VQ4 Education DMP 24402441 Hibbs 1979 MN2 Marka and Albert Hibbs friends of one discoverer MPC 24412442 Corbett 1980 TO Jim Corbett 1875 1955 hunter and writer DMP 24422443 Tomeileen A906 BJ Thomas and Eileen Marsden parents of Brian G Marsden DMP 24432444 Lederle 1934 CD Trudpert Lederle 1922 2002 German astronomer DMP 24442445 Blazhko 1935 TC Sergey Blazhko 1870 1956 Russian astronomer DMP 24452446 Lunacharsky 1971 TS2 Anatoly Lunacharsky 1875 1933 Russian statesman and writer DMP 24462447 Kronstadt 1973 QY1 Kronstadt Russia DMP 24472448 Sholokhov 1975 BU Mikhail Sholokhov 1905 1984 Russian writer MPC 24482449 Kenos 1978 GC First man in mythology of Native Americans of Tierra del Fuego MPC 24492450 Ioannisiani 1978 RP Bagrat Konstantinovich Ioannisiani 1911 1985 Russian telescope designer DMP 24502451 Dollfus 1980 RQ Audouin Dollfus 1924 2010 French astronomer MPC 24512452 Lyot 1981 FE Bernard Lyot 1897 1952 French astronomer MPC 24522453 Wabash A921 SA Bob Warshow a k a Wabash American computer operator at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics MPC 24532454 Olaus Magnus 1941 SS Olaus Magnus MPC 24542455 Somville 1950 TO4 Oscar Somville 1880 1980 Dutch seismologist at Uccle Observatory MPC 24552456 Palamedes 1966 BA1 Palamedes Greek commander DMP 24562457 Rublyov 1975 TU2 Andrei Rublev 14th century Russian painter MPC 24572458 Veniakaverin 1977 RC7 Veniamin Kaverin 1902 1989 Russian writer MPC 24582459 Spellmann 1980 LB1 Leonard Spellmann father of discoverer MPC 24592460 Mitlincoln 1980 TX4 MIT and Lincoln Laboratory MPC 24602461 Clavel 1981 EC1 Gustavine Clavel centenarian MPC 24612462 Nehalennia 6578 P L Nehalennia Roman goddess MPC 24622463 Sterpin 1934 FF Julia Sterpin Van Biesbroeck wife of discoverer MPC 24632464 Nordenskiold 1939 BF Adolf Erik Nordenskiold 1832 1901 Finnish born Swedish explorer MPC 24642465 Wilson 1949 PK Robert Wilson 1927 2002 British astronomer MPC 24652466 Golson 1959 RJ John C Golson 1927 1984 American staff member at the Kitt Peak National Observatory MPC 24662467 Kollontai 1966 PJ Alexandra Kollontai 1872 1952 Russian ambassador MPC 24672468 Repin 1969 TO1 Ilya Repin 1844 1930 Russian painter MPC 24682469 Tadjikistan 1970 HA Tajikistan DMP 24692470 Agematsu 1976 UW15 Agematsu Japan MPC 24702471 Ultrajectum 6545 P L Latin name for the city of Utrecht MPC 24712472 Bradman 1973 DG Donald Bradman 1908 2001 Australian cricketer MPC 24722473 Heyerdahl 1977 RX7 Thor Heyerdahl 1914 2002 explorer MPC 24732474 Ruby 1979 PB Ruby the discoverer s dog which lives at the Klet Observatory DMP 24742475 Semenov 1972 TF2 Pavel Afanes evich Semenov 1912 1942 Commander of a Russian tank battalion in World War II DMP 24752476 Andersen 1976 JF2 Hans Christian Andersen 1805 1875 Danish fabulist MPC 24762477 Biryukov 1977 PY1 Nikolaj Zotovich Biryukov 1912 1966 Russian writer DMP 24772478 Tokai 1981 JC Tōkai Japan DMP 24782479 Sodankyla 1942 CB Sodankyla Finland MPC 24792480 Papanov 1976 YS1 Anatoli Papanov 1922 1987 Russian actor MPC 24802481 Burgi 1977 UQ Jost Burgi 1552 1632 Swiss clockmaker and maker of scientific instruments astronomer and independent inventor of logarithms MPC 24812482 Perkin 1980 CO Richard S and Gladys T Perkin of Perkin Elmer Corp supporters of astronomy MPC 24822483 Guinevere 1928 QB Guinevere Arthurian queen MPC 24832484 Parenago 1928 TK Pavel Petrovich Parenago 1906 1960 Russian astronomer MPC 24842485 Scheffler 1932 BH Helmut Scheffler 1928 German astronomer at Heidelberg Observatory MPC 24852486 Metsahovi 1939 FY Metsahovi Observatory MPC 24862487 Juhani 1940 RL Juhani Alikoski son of Finnish discoverer Heikki A Alikoski MPC 24872488 Bryan 1952 UT William Lowe Bryan 1860 1955 university president MPC 24882489 Suvorov 1975 NY Alexander Suvorov 1729 1800 Russian general and military scientist MPC 24892490 Bussolini 1976 AG Juan A Bussolini S J 1905 1966 Argentine astronomer MPC 24902491 Tvashtri 1977 CB Carpenter in mythology of India MPC 24912492 Kutuzov 1977 NT Mikhail Kutuzov 1745 1813 Russian military leader MPC 24922493 Elmer 1978 XC Charles Elmer 1872 1954 amateur astronomer MPC 24932494 Inge 1981 LF Jay L Inge cartographer with the USGS and friend of the discoverer DMP 24942495 Noviomagum 7071 P L Latin name for the city of Nijmegen MPC 24952496 Fernandus 1953 TC1 Fernandus Payne 1881 1977 American zoologist MPC 24962497 Kulikovskij 1977 PZ1 Petr Grigor evich Kulikovskii 1910 Russian astronomer DMP 24972498 Tsesevich 1977 QM3 Vladimir Platonovich Tsesevich 1907 1983 Russian astronomer and director of the Odessa University Observatory DMP 24982499 Brunk 1978 VJ7 William E Brunk born 1928 American astronomer MPC 24992500 Alascattalo 1926 GC Alascattalo mythical beast of Alaska MPC 25002501 2600 editback to top nbsp Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for Ref Catalog2501 Lohja 1942 GD Lohja a city in Finland MPC 25012502 Nummela 1943 EO Nummela an municipality in Finland MPC 25022503 Liaoning 1965 UB1 Liaoning a province in northeastern China DMP 25032504 Gaviola 1967 JO Enrique Gaviola 1900 1989 Argentinian astrophysicist DMP 25042505 Hebei 1975 UJ Hebei China MPC 25052506 Pirogov 1976 QG1 Nikolay Pirogov 1810 1881 Russian surgeon and scientist MPC 25062507 Bobone 1976 WB1 Jorge Bobone 1901 1958 Argentinian astronomer MPC 25072508 Alupka 1977 ET1 Alupka Ukraine MPC 25082509 Chukotka 1977 NG Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Russia DMP 25092510 Shandong 1979 TH Shandong China DMP 25102511 Patterson 1980 LM Clair Cameron Patterson 1922 1995 American geochemist MPC 25112512 Tavastia 1940 GG Tavastia Region Finland MPC 25122513 Baetsle 1950 SH Paul Louis Baetsle 1909 1983 Belgian professor of astronomy and geodesy at the Royal Military Academy and friend of the discoverer Sylvain Arend MPC 25132514 Taiyuan 1964 TA1 Taiyuan Shaanxi China DMP 25142515 Gansu 1964 TX1 Gansu China DMP 25152516 Roman 1964 VY Nancy Roman 1925 2018 American astronomer MPC 25162517 Orma 1968 SB Italian for trace anagram of 1257 Mora MPC 25172518 Rutllant 1974 FG Federico Rutllant Alcina 1904 1971 Spanish born director of the national observatory in Chile MPC 25182519 Annagerman 1975 VD2 Anna German 1936 1982 Soviet born Polish singer MPC 25192520 Novorossijsk 1976 QF1 Novorossiysk Russia DMP 25202521 Heidi 1979 DK Heidi book by Johanna Spyri MPC 25212522 Triglav 1980 PP Triglav Slavic god MPC 25222523 Ryba 1980 PV Jakub Jan Ryba 1765 1815 Czech composer MPC 25232524 Budovicium 1981 QB1 Latin for Ceske Budejovice Czech Republic DMP 25242525 O Steen 1981 VG Mary Elizabeth O Steen Skiff mother of discoverer DMP 25252526 Alisary 1979 KX Alice Benedicta Loethman West and Harry Richard West parents of Danish astronomer Richard Martin West who discovered this minor planet DMP 25262527 Gregory 1981 RE Bruce Gregory Thomas youngest son of discoverer named after James Gregory Scottish astronomer DMP 25272528 Mohler 1953 TF1 Orren Cuthbert Mohler 1908 1985 American astronomer MPC 25282529 Rockwell Kent 1977 QL2 Rockwell Kent 1882 1971 American artist MPC 25292530 Shipka 1978 NC3 Shipka Pass battle site from the Russo Turkish War MPC 25302531 Cambridge 1980 LD Cambridge England and Cambridge Massachusetts DMP 25312532 Sutton 1980 TU5 Robert L Sutton American geologist with the USGS MPC 25322533 Fechtig A905 VA Hugo Fechtig born 1929 German astrophysicist MPC 25332534 Houzeau 1931 VD Jean Charles Houzeau 1820 1888 Belgian astronomer MPC 25342535 Hameenlinna 1939 DH Hameenlinna Finland MPC 25352536 Kozyrev 1939 PJ Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev 1908 1983 Russian astronomer MPC 25362537 Gilmore 1951 RL Pamela M Kilmartin and her husband Alan C Gilmore born 1944 New Zealand astronomers and minor planet discoverers MPC 25372538 Vanderlinden 1954 UD Henri Vanderlinden 1892 1983 Belgian astronomer MPC 25382539 Ningxia 1964 TS2 Ningxia China DMP 25392540 Blok 1971 TH2 Alexander Blok 1880 1921 Russian poet MPC 25402541 Edebono 1973 DE Edward de Bono 1933 2021 Maltese psychologist and philosopher MPC 25412542 Calpurnia 1980 CF Calpurnia Roman noblewoman and the last wife of Julius Caesar DMP 25422543 Machado 1980 LJ Luiz Eduardo da Silva Machado Brazilian astronomer and director of the Valongo Observatory MPC 25432544 Gubarev 1980 PS Aleksei Gubarev 1931 2015 Soviet cosmonaut DMP 25442545 Verbiest 1933 BB Ferdinand Verbiest 1623 1688 Belgian missionary and astronomer MPC 25452546 Libitina 1950 FC Libitina Roman goddess of funerals MPC 25462547 Hubei 1964 TC2 Hubei China MPC 25472548 Leloir 1975 DA Luis Federico Leloir 1906 1987 Argentinian chemist MPC 25482549 Baker 1976 UB James Gilbert Baker 1914 2005 American astronomer MPC 25492550 Houssay 1976 UP20 Bernardo Houssay 1887 1971 Argentinian physiologist winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology in 1947 MPC 25502551 Decabrina 1976 YX1 Decembrists Russian revolutionaries MPC 25512552 Remek 1978 SP Vladimir Remek born 1948 Czech cosmonaut DMP 25522553 Viljev 1979 FS2 Mikhail Anatolyevich Vilyev 1893 1919 Russian astronomer DMP 25532554 Skiff 1980 OB Brian A Skiff American astronomer at Lowell Observatory and a discoverer of minor planets DMP 25542555 Thomas 1980 OC Norman G Thomas born 1930 former Research assistant at Lowell Observatory and a discoverer of minor planets DMP 25552556 Louise 1981 CS Carol Louise Thomas Baltutis youngest daughter of discoverer DMP 25562557 Putnam 1981 SL1 Roger Putnam 1893 1972 and his son Michael C J Putnam born 1933 astronomy supporters MPC 25572558 Viv 1981 SP1 Vivian Russell Thomas mother of discoverer DMP 25582559 Svoboda 1981 UH Jindrich Svoboda 1884 1941 Czech astronomer MPC 25592560 Siegma 1932 CW Siegfried A Marx born 1934 German astronomer and director of the Karl Schwarzschild Observatory MPC 25602561 Margolin 1969 TK2 Mikhail Vladimirovich Margolin 1906 1975 blind inventor DMP 25612562 Chaliapin 1973 FF1 Feodor Chaliapin 1873 1938 Russian singer and actor MPC 25622563 Boyarchuk 1977 FZ Alexandr Boyarchuk 1931 2015 Russian astronomer DMP 25632564 Kayala 1977 QX Kayala river in The Tale of Igor s Campaign MPC 25642565 Grogler 1977 TB1 Norbert Grogler 1928 1983 mineralogist and planetologist MPC 25652566 Kirghizia 1979 FR2 Kyrgyzstan DMP 25662567 Elba 1979 KA Elba Aguilera de Pizarro mother of discoverers DMP 25672568 Maksutov 1980 GH Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov 1896 1964 Russian optical engineer inventor of the Maksutov telescope DMP 25682569 Madeline 1980 MA Heroine of John Keats poem The Eve of St Agnes DMP 25692570 Porphyro 1980 PG Hero of John Keats poem The Eve of St Agnes DMP 25702571 Geisei 1981 UC Geisei Japan MPC 25712572 Annschnell 1950 DL Anneliese Schnell 1941 2015 Austrian astronomer MPC 25722573 Hannu Olavi 1953 EN Son of discoverer MPC 25732574 Ladoga 1968 UP Lake Ladoga MPC 25742575 Bulgaria 1970 PL Bulgaria MPC 25752576 Yesenin 1974 QL Sergei Yesenin 1895 1925 a Russian lyric poet DMP 25762577 Litva DMP Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic MPC 25772578 Saint Exupery 1975 VW3 Antoine de Saint Exupery 1900 1944 French writer MPC 25782579 Spartacus 1977 PA2 Spartacus c 111 71 BC Roman revolutionary MPC 25792580 Smilevskia 1977 QP4 Moisei Vasil evich Smilevskii 1913 1944 Ukrainian journalist MPC 25802581 Radegast 1980 VX Radegast Slavic god DMP 25812582 Harimaya Bashi 1981 SA Harimaya Bridge located in Kōchi Japan DMP 25822583 Fatyanov 1975 XA3 Aleksej Ivanovich Fat yanov 1919 1959 Soviet poet and songwriter MPC 25832584 Turkmenia 1979 FG2 Turkmenistan DMP 25842585 Irpedina 1979 OJ15 The Irkutsk Pedagogical Institute in Russia MPC 25852586 Matson 1980 LO Dennis L Matson American planetary scientist at JPL MPC 25862587 Gardner 1980 OH Martin Gardner 1914 2010 American mathematician and writer DMP 25872588 Flavia 1981 VQ Flavius Roman gens also an asteroid in A Torrent of Faces by James Blish and Norman L Knight MPC 25882589 Daniel 1979 QU2 Daniel Lagerkvist son of the discoverer DMP 25892590 Mourao 1980 KJ Ronaldo Rogerio de Freitas Mourao 1935 2014 Brazilian astronomer MPC 25902591 Dworetsky 1949 PS Michael M Dworetsky British astronomer MPC 25912592 Hunan 1966 BW Hunan China DMP 25922593 Buryatia 1976 GB8 Republic of Buryatia Russia DMP 25932594 Acamas 1978 TB Acamas Thracian warrior and ally of Troy against the Greek during the Trojan War MPC 25942595 Gudiachvili 1979 KL Lado Gudiashvili 1896 1980 Georgian painter DMP 25952596 Vainu Bappu 1979 KN Vainu Bappu 1927 1982 Indian astrophysicist MPC 25962597 Arthur 1980 PN King Arthur mythological British king DMP 25972598 Merlin 1980 RY Merlin wizard in Arthurian legend DMP 25982599 Veseli 1980 SO Veseli nad Luznici a town in the Czech Republic DMP 25992600 Lumme 1980 VP Kari Lumme Finnish astronomer of the University of Helsinki MPC 26002601 2700 editback to top nbsp Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for Ref Catalog2601 Bologna 1980 XA Bologna Italy DMP 26012602 Moore 1982 BR Patrick Moore 1923 2012 British amateur astronomer DMP 26022603 Taylor 1982 BW1 Gordon E Taylor British amateur astronomer DMP 26032604 Marshak 1972 LD1 Samuil Marshak 1887 1964 Russian poet and writer MPC 26042605 Sahade 1974 QA Jorge Sahade 1915 2012 an Argentine astronomer director of the La Plata and Cordoba Observatories and former president of the IAU during 1985 1988 MPC 26052606 Odessa 1976 GX2 Odessa Ukraine DMP 26062607 Yakutia 1977 NR Sakha Republic Sakha Yakutia Republic in Russia DMP 26072608 Seneca 1978 DA Seneca the Younger c 4 BC AD 65 Roman writer DMP 26082609 Kiril Metodi 1978 PB4 Saints Cyril and Methodius 826 869 and 815 885 brothers Byzantine Christian theologians and Christian missionaries as well as inventors of Cyrillic DMP 26092610 Tuva 1978 RO1 Tuva Republic Russia DMP 26102611 Boyce 1978 VQ5 Joseph M Boyce American planetary scientist MPC 26112612 Kathryn 1979 DE Kathryn Gail Thomas Hazelton daughter of discoverer MPC 26122613 Plzen 1979 QE Plzen Pilsen Czech Republic birthplace of the discoverer DMP 26132614 Torrence 1980 LP Torrence V Johnson American planetary scientist MPC 26142615 Saito 1951 RJ Keiji Saito Japanese astrophysicist MPC 26152616 Lesya 1970 QV Larisa Petrovna Kosach a k a Lesya Ukrainka Ukrainian poet MPC 26162617 Jiangxi 1975 WO1 Jiangxi China DMP 26172618 Coonabarabran 1979 MX2 Coonabarabran Australia The Siding Spring Observatory of the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the Australian National University is located close by 40 km distant DMP 26182619 Skalnate Pleso 1979 MZ3 Skalnate Pleso observatory in Slovakia DMP 26192620 Santana 1980 TN Carlos Santana born 1947 American musician MPC 26202621 Goto 1981 CA Seizo Goto businessman MPC 26212622 Bolzano 1981 CM Bernard Bolzano 1781 1848 Bohemian mathematician and theologian DMP 26222623 Zech A919 SA Gert Zech born 1941 German astronomer member of the editorial team of Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts MPC 26232624 Samitchell 1962 RE Samuel Alfred Mitchell 1874 1960 American astronomer MPC 26242625 Jack London 1976 JQ2 Jack London 1876 1916 American writer MPC 26252626 Belnika 1978 PP2 Nikolai Belyaev Russian astronomer MPC 26262627 Churyumov 1978 PP3 Klim Ivanovich Churyumov Ukrainian astronomer MPC 26272628 Kopal 1979 MS8 Zdenek Kopal 1914 1993 Czech astronomer DMP 26282629 Rudra 1980 RB1 Rudra destroyer aspect of the Hindu god Siva MPC 26292630 Hermod 1980 TF3 Hermodr hero in Norse mythology MPC 26302631 Zhejiang 1980 TY5 Zhejiang China DMP 26312632 Guizhou 1980 VJ1 Guizhou China DMP 26322633 Bishop 1981 WR1 George Bishop 1785 1861 English wine merchant and patron of astronomy MPC 26332634 James Bradley 1982 DL James Bradley 1693 1762 English astronomer and Astronomer Royal MPC 26342635 Huggins 1982 DS William Huggins 1824 1910 English spectroscopist MPC 26352636 Lassell 1982 DZ William Lassell 1799 1880 English merchant and amateur astronomer MPC 26362637 Bobrovnikoff A919 SB Nicholas T Bobrovnikoff American astronomer MPC 26372638 Gadolin 1939 SG Jakob Gadolin 1719 1802 Swedish Lutheran bishop and astronomer as well as Johan Gadolin 1760 1852 the father of Finnish chemistry MPC 26382639 Planman 1940 GN Anders Planman 1724 1803 Finnish astronomer MPC 26392640 Hallstrom 1941 FN Gustaf Gabriel Hallstrom 1775 1844 Finnish physicist MPC 26402641 Lipschutz 1949 GJ Michael E Lipschutz American geochemist MPC 26412642 Vesale 1961 RA Andreas Vesalius 1514 1564 Flemish anatomist MPC 26422643 Bernhard 1973 SD Prince Bernhard of Lippe Biesterfeld 1911 2004 Dutch supporter of astronomy MPC 26432644 Victor Jara 1973 SO2 Victor Jara 1932 1973 Chilean folk singer MPC 26442645 Daphne Plane 1976 QD Daphne Plane librarian and friend of discoverer DMP 26452646 Abetti 1977 EC1 Antonio Abetti 1846 1928 and Giorgio Abetti 1882 1982 Italian astronomers MPC 26462647 Sova 1980 SP Antonin Sova 1864 1928 Czech poet MPC 26472648 Owa 1980 VJ Hopi for rock DMP 26482649 Oongaq 1980 WA Hopi for from up there DMP 26492650 Elinor 1931 EG Elinor Gates assistant at the Minor Planet Center MPC 26502651 Karen 1949 QD Karen S Mayer sister in law of and Karen S Franz friend of F N Bowman DMP 26512652 Yabuuti 1953 GM Kiyosi Yabuuti Japanese astronomer and historian MPC 26522653 Principia 1964 VP Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica Isaac Newton s magnum opus MPC 26532654 Ristenpart 1968 OG Friedrich Wilhelm Ristenpart 1868 1913 German astronomer MPC 26542655 Guangxi 1974 XX Guangxi China DMP 26552656 Evenkia 1979 HD5 Evenk Autonomous Okrug Russia DMP 26562657 Bashkiria 1979 SB7 Republic of Bashkortostan Russia DMP 26572658 Gingerich 1980 CK Owen Gingerich 1930 2023 American astrophysicist and historian of astronomy MPC 26582659 Millis 1981 JX Robert L Millis American astronomer DMP 26592660 Wasserman 1982 FG Lawrence H Wasserman American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets DMP 26602661 Bydzovsky 1982 FC1 Bohumil Bydzovsky 1880 1969 Czech mathematician MPC 26612662 Kandinsky 4021 P L Wassily Kandinsky 1866 1944 Russian painter MPC 26622663 Miltiades 6561 P L Miltiades c 550 489 BC Athenian commander in ancient Greece MPC 26632664 Everhart 1934 RR Edgar Everhart American astronomer and director of the Chamberlin Observatory MPC 26642665 Schrutka 1938 DW1 Guntram Schrutka 1910 1995 Austrian astronomer and professor of astronomy at Vienna University Src MPC 26652666 Gramme 1951 TA Zenobe Gramme 1826 1901 Belgian electrical engineer and inventor MPC 26662667 Oikawa 1967 UO Okuro Oikawa 1896 1980 Japanese astronomer and discoverer of minor planets MPC 26672668 Tataria 1976 QV Republic of Tatarstan Russia DMP 26682669 Shostakovich 1976 YQ2 Dmitri Shostakovich 1906 1975 Russian composer DMP 26692670 Chuvashia 1977 PW1 Chuvash Republic Russia DMP 26702671 Abkhazia 1977 QR2 Abkhazia Georgia DMP 26712672 Pisek 1979 KC Pisek Czech Republic DMP 26722673 Lossignol 1980 KN Lossignol family name of friends of discoverer MPC 26732674 Pandarus 1982 BC3 Pandarus mythological Greek warrior MPC 26742675 Tolkien 1982 GB J R R Tolkien 1892 1973 British writer DMP 26752676 Aarhus 1933 QV Aarhus Denmark seat of the Ole Romer Observatory of the University of Aarhus DMP 26762677 Joan 1935 FF Joan Jordan secretary at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics MPC 26772678 Aavasaksa 1938 DF1 Aavasaksa mountain in Finland Lapland one of the sites used by Maupertuis expedition to determine the length of a degree of the meridian in 1736 1737 MPC 26782679 Kittisvaara 1939 TG Kittisvaara mountain in Finland Lapland one of the sites used by Maupertuis expedition to determine the length of a degree of the meridian in 1736 1737 MPC 26792680 Mateo 1975 NF Jose Mateo 1914 1978 Argentinian astronomer MPC 26802681 Ostrovskij 1975 VF2 Nikolai Ostrovsky 1904 1936 Soviet writer MPC 26812682 Soromundi 1979 MF4 From Latin for sisters of the world after the YWCA DMP 26822683 Brian 1981 AD1 Eldest son of discoverer DMP 26832684 Douglas 1981 AH1 Douglas B Thomas American physicist at NIST and brother of astronomer Norman G Thomas who discovered this minor planet DMP 26842685 Masursky 1981 JN Harold Masursky 1922 1990 American geologist and astronomer DMP 26852686 Linda Susan 1981 JW1 Linda Susan Salazar discoverer s youngest daughter MPC 26862687 Tortali 1982 HG Tortali Vanuatun spirit of daytime MPC 26872688 Halley 1982 HG1 Edmond Halley 1656 1742 English astronomer DMP 26882689 Bruxelles 1935 CF Brussels Belgium MPC 26892690 Ristiina 1938 DG1 Ristiina Finland MPC 26902691 Sersic 1974 KB Jose Luis Sersic 1933 1993 Argentinian astronomer MPC 26912692 Chkalov 1976 YT3 Valery Chkalov 1904 1938 Soviet test pilot DMP 26922693 Yan an 1977 VM1 Yan an Shaanxi China MPC 26932694 Pino Torinese 1979 QL1 Pino Torinese Italy site of Turin Observatory DMP 26942695 Christabel 1979 UE Christabel poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge DMP 26952696 Magion 1980 HB Magion 1 first Czech artificial satellite launched into orbit in 1978 DMP 26962697 Albina 1969 TC3 Albina Alekseevna Serova friend of discoverer MPC 26972698 Azerbajdzhan 1971 TZ Azerbaijan DMP 26982699 Kalinin 1976 YX Mikhail Kalinin 1875 1946 Soviet statesman MPC 26992700 Baikonur 1976 YP7 Baikonur Cosmodrome Kazakhstan DMP 27002701 2800 editback to top nbsp Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for Ref Catalog2701 Cherson 1978 RT Kherson Ukraine not to be confused with Chersonesos Crimea MPC 27012702 Batrakov 1978 SZ2 Yury Vasilyevich Batrakov Russian astronomer and deputy director of the Institute for Theoretical Astronomy ITA MPC 27022703 Rodari 1979 FT2 Gianni Rodari 1920 1980 Italian writer MPC 27032704 Julian Loewe 1979 MR4 Julian Loewe an American journalist and science writer for the Pasadena Star News DMP 27042705 Wu 1980 TD4 Sherman S C Wu photogrammetrist with the USGS MPC 27052706 Borovsky 1980 VW Karel Havlicek Borovsky 1821 1856 Czech writer and political journalist MPC 27062707 Ueferji 1981 QS3 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro MPC 27072708 Burns 1981 WT Joseph A Burns born 1941 American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets MPC 27082709 Sagan 1982 FH Carl Sagan 1934 1996 American astronomer and author co founder of the Planetary Society MPC 27092710 Veverka 1982 FQ Joseph Veverka born 1941 American astronomer MPC 27102711 Aleksandrov 1978 QB2 Anatoly Alexandrov 1903 1994 Russian physicist MPC 27112712 Keaton 1937 YD Buster Keaton 1895 1966 film comedian MPC 27122713 Luxembourg 1938 EA Luxembourg MPC 27132714 Matti 1938 GC Son of discoverer MPC 27142715 Mielikki 1938 US Mielikki from Finnish mythology MPC 27152716 Tuulikki 1939 TM Tuulikki from Finnish mythology Goddess of the woods MPC 27162717 Tellervo 1940 WJ Tellervo from Finnish mythology MPC 27172718 Handley 1951 OM Tommy Handley 1892 1949 British radio comedian MPC 27182719 Suzhou 1965 SU Suzhou Jiangsu China MPC 27192720 Pyotr Pervyj 1972 RV3 Peter the Great 1672 1725 Russian tsar DMP 27202721 Vsekhsvyatskij 1973 SP2 Sergej Konstantinovich Vsekhsvyatskij Soviet astronomer and professor at Kiev University MPC 27212722 Abalakin 1976 GM2 Viktor Kuzmich Abalakin Russian astronomer at the Institute for Theoretical Astronomy ITA MPC 27222723 Gorshkov 1978 QL2 Pyotr Mikhaylovich Gorshkov 1883 1975 Russian astronomer and geodesist at Leningrad University MPC 27232724 Orlov 1978 RZ5 Sergej Vladimirovich Orlov 1880 1958 professor at Moscow University and Aleksandr Yakovlevich Orlov 1880 1954 founder and first director or the Golosseevo Astronomical Observatory MPC 27242725 David Bender 1978 VG3 David F Bender American astronomer latterly of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory MPC 27252726 Kotelnikov 1979 SE9 Vladimir Kotelnikov 1908 2005 Russian radio engineer MPC 27262727 Paton 1979 SO9 Evgeny Paton 1870 1953 and Borys Paton 1918 Soviet Ukrainian scientists MPC 27272728 Yatskiv 1979 ST9 Stepanovich Yatskiv Ukrainian astrometrist and geodynamicist MPC 27282729 Urumqi 1979 UA2 Urumqi Xinjiang China MPC 27292730 Barks 1981 QH Carl Barks 1901 2000 American writer and illustrator MPC 27302731 Cucula 1982 KJ The cuckoo MPC 27312732 Witt 1926 FG Carl Gustav Witt 1866 1946 German astronomer and discoverer of minor planets MPC 27322733 Hamina 1938 DQ Hamina Finland MPC 27332734 Hasek 1976 GJ3 Jaroslav Hasek 1883 1923 Czech writer MPC 27342735 Ellen 1977 RB Ellen Howell born 1961 American planetary scientist discoverer of minor planets and of comet 88P Howell She was married to astronomer Schelte J Bus DMP 27352736 Ops 1979 OC Ops Roman goddess MPC 27362737 Kotka 1938 DU Kotka Finland MPC 27372738 Viracocha 1940 EC Viracocha supreme god of the Inca MPC 27382739 Taguacipa 1952 UZ1 Taguacipa god of the Inca and companion of Viracocha MPC 27392740 Tsoj 1974 SY4 Viktor Tsoi 1962 1990 poet and rock musician MPC 27402741 Valdivia 1975 XG Pedro de Valdivia 1497 1553 Spanish conquistador and first governor of Chile MPC 27412742 Gibson 1981 JG3 James B Gibson American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets including 1943 Anteros DMP 27422743 Chengdu 1965 WR Chengdu Sichuan China MPC 27432744 Birgitta 1975 RB Anna Birgitta Angelica Lagerkvist daughter of the discoverer MPC 27442745 San Martin 1976 SR10 Jose de San Martin 1778 1850 father of Argentina MPC 27452746 Hissao 1979 SJ9 Hissar Astronomical Observatory Dushanbe Tajikistan MPC 27462747 Cesky Krumlov 1980 DW Cesky Krumlov Czech Republic MPC 27472748 Patrick Gene 1981 JF2 Patrick Gene Shoemaker son of discoverer MPC 27482749 Walterhorn 1937 TD Walter Horn 1908 1995 founder of the public observatory and amateur astronomical society in Solingen Germany MPC 27492750 Loviisa 1940 YK Loviisa Finland MPC 27502751 Campbell 1962 RP William Wallace Campbell 1862 1938 American astronomer MPC 27512752 Wu Chien Shiung 1965 SP Chien Shiung Wu 1912 1997 MPC 27522753 Duncan 1966 DH John Charles Duncan 1882 1967 American astronomer MPC 27532754 Efimov 1966 PD Mikhail Efimov 1881 1919 Russian pioneering aviator MPC 27542755 Avicenna 1973 SJ4 Avicenna c 980 1037 medieval philosopher and scientist MPC 27552756 Dzhangar 1974 SG1 Epics of the Kalmyk people MPC 27562757 Crisser 1977 VN Cristina wife of discoverer and Sergio discoverer MPC 27572758 Cordelia 1978 RF Cordelia character in Shakespeare s King Lear MPC 27582759 Idomeneus 1980 GC Idomeneus Greek warrior MPC 27592760 Kacha 1980 TU6 Kacha cosmonaut training centre in the Crimea MPC 27602761 Eddington 1981 AE Arthur Eddington 1882 1944 British astrophysicist on the occasion of the centennial of his birth MPC 27612762 Fowler 1981 AT Ralph H Fowler 1889 1944 British astrophysicist MPC 27622763 Jeans 1982 OG James Jeans 1877 1946 British physicist astronomer and mathematician MPC 27632764 Moeller 1981 CN Sonia Louise Moeller Thomas mother of discoverer MPC 27642765 Dinant 1981 EY Dinant Belgium MPC 27652766 Leeuwenhoek 1982 FE1 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 1632 1723 Dutch scientist and Father of Microbiology MPC 27662767 Takenouchi 1967 UM Tadeo Takenouchi born 1922 Japanese astronomer MPC 27672768 Gorky 1972 RX3 Maxim Gorky 1868 1936 Russian writer MPC 27682769 Mendeleev 1976 GZ2 Dmitri Mendeleev 1834 1907 Russian chemist MPC 27692770 Tsvet 1977 SM1 Mikhail Tsvet 1872 1919 Russian Italian physiologist and botanist who invented chromatography MPC 27702771 Polzunov 1978 SP7 Ivan Polzunov 1728 1766 Russian inventor MPC 27712772 Dugan 1979 XE Raymond Smith Dugan 1878 1940 American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets MPC 27722773 Brooks 1981 JZ2 William Robert Brooks 1844 1921 American astronomer MPC 27732774 Tenojoki 1942 TJ Tenojoki river MPC 27742775 Odishaw 1953 TX2 Hugh Odishaw 1916 1984 American geophysicist MPC 27752776 Baikal 1976 SZ7 Lake Baikal Russia MPC 27762777 Shukshin 1979 SY11 Vasilii Makarovich Shukshin 1929 1974 Russian writer and actor MPC 27772778 Tangshan 1979 XP Tangshan in China location of a massive Magnitude 7 8 earthquake in 1976 MPC 27782779 Mary 1981 CX Maryanna Ruth Thomas wife of discoverer MPC 27792780 Monnig 1981 DO2 Oscar Monnig 1902 1999 American businessman meteorite hunter and founder of the collection that bears his name He donated the collection to Texas Christian University MPC 27802781 Kleczek 1982 QH Josip Kleczek cz 1923 2014 Czech astronomer MPC 27812782 Leonidas 2605 P L Leonidas I c 540 480 BC Spartan king in ancient Greece MPC 27822783 Chernyshevskij 1974 RA2 Nikolay Chernyshevsky 1828 1889 Russian writer and philosopher MPC 27832784 Domeyko 1975 GA Ignacy Domeyko 1802 1889 Polish born chemist and mineralogist latterly Rector of the University of Chile MPC 27842785 Sedov 1978 QN2 Leonid I Sedov 1907 1999 Russian astronomer or Georgy Sedov Russian polar explorer MPC 27852786 Grinevia 1978 RR5 Alexander Grin 1880 1932 Russian writer MPC 27862787 Tovarishch 1978 RC6 Tovarishch Russian sailing ship MPC 27872788 Andenne 1981 EL Andenne Belgium MPC 27882789 Foshan 1956 XA Foshan Guangdong China MPC 27892790 Needham 1965 UU1 Joseph Needham 1900 1995 British sinologist MPC 27902791 Paradise 1977 CA Paradise California MPC 27912792 Ponomarev 1977 EY1 Nikolaj Georgievich Ponomarev 1900 1942 Russian designer of astronomical instruments MPC 27922793 Valdaj 1977 QV Valdai Hills near Moscow MPC 27932794 Kulik 1978 PS3 Leonid Kulik 1883 1942 Russian mineralogist MPC 27942795 Lepage 1979 YM Theophile Lepage 1901 1991 Belgian mathematician MPC 27952796 Kron 1980 EC Gerald E Kron American astronomer at Lick Observatory and Flagstaff Station MPC 27962797 Teucer 1981 LK Teucer Greek soldier MPC 27972798 Vergilius 2009 P L Virgil Roman poet MPC 27982799 Justus 3071 P L Justus Cramer descendant of H G van de Sande Bakhuyzen Dutch astronomer MPC 27992800 Ovidius 4585 P L Ovid Roman poet MPC 28002801 2900 editback to top nbsp Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for Ref Catalog2801 Huygens 1935 SU1 Christiaan Huygens 1629 1695 Dutch astronomer who studied Saturn s rings and discovered its moon Titan MPC 28012802 Weisell 1939 BU Weisell Vaisala father of the discoverer Yrjo Vaisala 1891 1971 MPC 28022803 Vilho 1940 WG Vilho Vaisala 1889 1969 Finnish meteorologist and physicist brother of Kalle and Yrjo Vaisala MPC 28032804 Yrjo 1941 HF Yrjo Vaisala 1891 1971 Finnish astronomer and discoverer of minor planets brother of Vilho and Kalle MPC 28042805 Kalle 1941 UM Kalle Vaisala 1893 1968 Finnish scientist brother of Vilho and Yrjo MPC 28052806 Graz 1953 GG City of Graz capital of the Austrian province of Styria MPC 28062807 Karl Marx 1969 TH6 Karl Marx 1818 1883 German philosopher and political economist MPC 28072808 Belgrano 1976 HS Manuel Belgrano 1770 1820 Argentine general MPC 28082809 Vernadskij 1978 QW2 Vladimir Vernadsky 1863 1945 Russian geochemist and mineralogist MPC 28092810 Lev Tolstoj 1978 RU5 Leo Tolstoy 1828 1910 Russian writer MPC 28102811 Stremchovi 1980 JA Stremchovi a village in the Czech Republic where the discoverer Antonin Mrkos was born MPC 28112812 Scaltriti 1981 FN Franco Scaltriti Italian astronomer at the Observatory of Turin MPC 28122813 Zappala 1981 WZ Vincenzo Zappala born 1945 Italian astronomer discoverer of minor planets and expert in the hierarchical clustering method to determine asteroid families MPC 28132814 Vieira 1982 FA3 Gilson Vieira Brazilian astronomer at the Valongo Observatory MPC 28142815 Soma 1982 RL The Soma cube mathematical game MPC 28152816 Pien 1982 SO Armand Pien Belgian Flemish television meteorologist of the Royal Meteorological Institute in Uccle MPC 28162817 Perec 1982 UJ Georges Perec 1936 1982 French novelist filmmaker and essayist MPC 28172818 Juvenalis 2580 P L Juvenal first and second century Roman satirist MPC 28182819 Ensor 1933 UR James Ensor 1860 1949 Belgian expressionist painter MPC 28192820 Iisalmi 1942 RU Iisalmi Finland MPC 28202821 Slavka 1978 SQ Slava Vavrova the discoverer s mother MPC 28212822 Sacajawea 1980 EG Sacagawea 1788 1812 Shoshone explorer MPC 28222823 van der Laan 2010 P L Harry van der Laan Dutch astrophysicist at the Leiden Observatory MPC 28232824 Franke 1934 CZ Ernst K Franke American biophysicist at the University of Cincinnati MPC 28242825 Crosby 1938 SD1 Bing Crosby 1903 1977 American singer and actor MPC 28252826 Ahti 1939 UJ Ahti Finnish sea god MPC 28262827 Vellamo 1942 CC Vellamo Finnish sea goddess consort of Ahti MPC 28272828 Iku Turso 1942 DL Iku Turso Finnish sea monster MPC 28282829 Bobhope 1948 PK Bob Hope 1903 2003 American comedian MPC 28292830 Greenwich 1980 GA Royal Greenwich Observatory London UK MPC 28302831 Stevin 1930 SZ Simon Stevin 1548 1620 Flemish scientist MPC 28312832 Lada 1975 EC1 Lada Slavic goddess MPC 28322833 Radishchev 1978 PC4 Alexander Radishchev 1749 1802 Russian author and social critic MPC 28332834 Christy Carol 1980 TB4 Daughter of the discoverer MPC 28342835 Ryoma 1982 WF Sakamoto Ryōma 1836 1867 Japanese samurai DMP 28352836 Sobolev 1978 YQ Viktor Viktorovich Sobolev Russian astrophysicist MPC 28362837 Griboedov 1971 TJ2 Alexander Griboyedov 1795 1829 Russian playwright MPC 28372838 Takase 1971 UM1 Bunshiro Takase 1924 2015 Japanese astronomer MPC 28382839 Annette 1929 TP Daughter of the discoverer MPC 28392840 Kallavesi 1941 UP Lake Kallavesi Finland MPC 28402841 Puijo 1943 DM Puijo Hill Lake Kallavesi Finland MPC 28412842 Unsold 1950 OD Albrecht Unsold 1905 1995 German astronomer MPC 28422843 Yeti 1975 XQ Yeti cryptozoological Himalayan humanoid MPC 28432844 Hess 1981 JP Frederick Hess American astronomer MPC 28442845 Franklinken 1981 OF Kenneth Franklin 1923 2007 American astronomer MPC 28452846 Ylppo 1942 CJ Arvo Ylppo 1887 1992 Finnish pediatrician MPC 28462847 Parvati 1959 CC1 Parvati Hindu goddess consort of Siva MPC 28472848 ASP 1959 VF Astronomical Society of the Pacific MPC 28482849 Shklovskij 1976 GN3 Iosif Shklovsky 1916 1985 Russian astronomer MPC 28492850 Mozhaiskij 1978 TM7 Alexander Mozhaysky 1825 1890 Russian aviation pioneer MPC 28502851 Harbin 1978 UQ2 Harbin China MPC 28512852 Declercq 1981 QU2 Maiden name of the discovere rs wife MPC 28522853 Harvill 1963 RG Richard A Harvill 1905 1988 astronomical supporter MPC 28532854 Rawson 1964 JE Guillermo Colesbery Rawson 1825 1890 Argentine physician MPC 28542855 Bastian 1931 TB2 Ulrich Bastian born 1951 German astronomer MPC 28552856 Roser 1933 GB Siegfried Roser born 1948 German astronomer MPC 28562857 NOT 1942 DA Nordic Optical Telescope MPC 28572858 Carlosporter 1975 XB Carlos Porter 1867 1942 Chilean zoologist MPC 28582859 Paganini 1978 RW1 Niccolo Paganini 1782 1840 Italian violinist MPC 28592860 Pasacentennium 1978 TA The U S city of Pasadena in California on the occasion of its centennial anniversary of its incorporation into Los Angeles County in 1886 MPC 28602861 Lambrecht 1981 VL2 Hermann Lambrecht 1908 1983 German astronomer MPC 28612862 Vavilov 1977 JP Nikolai Vavilov 1887 1943 a Soviet botanist as well as Sergey Vavilov 1891 1951 Soviet physicist MPC 28622863 Ben Mayer 1981 QG2 Ben Mayer 1925 1999 American astronomer MPC 28632864 Soderblom 1983 AZ Lawrence A Soderblom American planetary scientist with the United States Geological Survey MPC 28642865 Laurel 1935 OK Stan Laurel 1890 1965 British comedian MPC 28652866 Hardy 1961 TA Oliver Hardy 1892 1957 American comedian MPC 28662867 Steins 1969 VC Karlis Steins 1911 1983 Latvian astronomer MPC 28672868 Upupa 1972 UA Upupa epops the hoopoe MPC 28682869 Nepryadva 1980 RM2 Russian victory over Tataro Mongols in the Battle of Kulikovo near MPC 28692870 Haupt 1981 LD Hermann Haupt 1873 1959 Austrian astronomer MPC 28702871 Schober 1981 QC2 Hans Josef Schober Austrian astronomer at the University of Graz MPC 28712872 Gentelec 1981 RU GTE Research Laboratories Waltham Massachusetts MPC 28722873 Binzel 1982 FR Richard P Binzel born 1958 American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets MPC 28732874 Jim Young 1982 TH James Whitney Young born 1941 American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets MPC 28742875 Lagerkvist 1983 CL Claes Ingvar Lagerkvist born 1944 Swedish astronomer MPC 28752876 Aeschylus 6558 P L Aeschylus Greek playwright MPC 28762877 Likhachev 1969 TR2 Dmitry Likhachov 1906 1999 Soviet philologist MPC 28772878 Panacea 1980 RX Panacea Roman goddess MPC 28782879 Shimizu 1932 CB1 Shin ichi Shimizu 1889 Japanese amateur astronomer MPC 28792880 Nihondaira 1983 CA Nihondaira Shizuoka Japan MPC 28802881 Meiden 1983 AA1 Medeina Lithuanian god MPC 28812882 Tedesco 1981 OG Edward Francis Tedesco Ed Tedesco American astronomer and planetary scientist at JPL PSI and member of the IAU Src MPC 28822883 Barabashov 1978 RG6 Nikolai P Barabashov 1894 1971 Soviet astronomer MPC 28832884 Reddish 1981 ES22 Vincent Cartledge Reddish 1926 2015 British astronomer MPC 28842885 Palva 1939 TC Tauno Pavla Finnish ear surgeon son in law of astronomer Yrjo Vaisala who discovered this minor planet MPC 28852886 Tinkaping 1965 YG Tin Ka Ping Hong Kong industrialist MPC 28862887 Krinov 1977 QD5 Yevgeny Krinov 1906 1984 Soviet meteoriticist MPC 28872888 Hodgson 1982 TO Richard G Hodgson American astronomer and professor of physics at Dordt College Sioux Center Iowa MPC 28882889 Brno 1981 WT1 Brno Czech Republic MPC 28892890 Vilyujsk 1978 SY7 Vilyuysk Yakut ASSR Russia MPC 28902891 McGetchin 1980 MD Thomas Richard McGetchin 1936 1979 American planetary scientist MPC 28912892 Filipenko 1983 AX2 Aleksandr Grigorevich Filipenko Chief of Surgery at the hospital in Bakhchisarai on the Crimean peninsula MPC 28922893 Peiroos 1975 QD Peiroos Peirous Thracian war leader from the city of Aenus and an ally of King Priam against the Greek during the Trojan War MPC 28932894 Kakhovka 1978 SH5 Kakhovka Ukraine MPC 28942895 Memnon 1981 AE1 Memnon Ethiopian king ally of Troy MPC 28952896 Preiss 1931 RN Gunter Preiss born 1929 a German lawyer and administrator of the Max Planck Society who supported several astronomical projects such as the construction of the Calar Alto Observatory in Spain MPC 28962897 Ole Romer 1932 CK Ole Romer 1644 1710 Danish astronomer MPC 28972898 Neuvo 1938 DN Yrjo Neuvo grandson of Finnish astronomer Yrjo Vaisala who discovered this minor planet MPC 28982899 Runrun Shaw 1964 TR2 Run Run Shaw 1907 2014 Chinese film producer MPC 28992900 Lubos Perek 1972 AR Lubos Perek 1919 2020 Czech astronomer MPC 29002901 3000 editback to top nbsp Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for Ref Catalog2901 Bagehot 1973 DP Walter Bagehot 1826 1877 British writer MPC 29012902 Westerlund 1980 FN3 Bengt E Westerlund Swedish astronomer and director of the Uppsala Astronomical Observatory MPC 29022903 Zhuhai 1981 UV9 Zhuhai China MPC 29032904 Millman 1981 YB Peter Millman 1906 1990 Canadian astronomer MPC 29042905 Plaskett 1982 BZ2 John Stanley Plaskett 1865 1941 Canadian astronomer MPC 29052906 Caltech 1983 AE2 California Institute of Technology MPC 29062907 Nekrasov 1975 TT2 Nikolay Nekrasov 1821 1878 Russian poet MPC 29072908 Shimoyama 1981 WA Shimoyama village in Japan MPC 29082909 Hoshi no ie 1983 JA Hoshi no ie Observatory Japan the name means star house MPC 29092910 Yoshkar Ola 1980 TK13 Yoshkar Ola Russia MPC 29102911 Miahelena 1938 GJ Miahelena wife of Finnish astronomer Heikki A Alikoski 1912 1997 who discovered this minor planet MPC 29112912 Lapalma 1942 DM La Palma the Spanish island home to many observatories MPC 29122913 Horta 1931 TK Victor Horta 1861 1947 Belgian architect MPC 29132914 Glarnisch 1965 SB Glarnisch mountain summit of the Swiss Alps MPC 29142915 Moskvina 1977 QY2 Valentina Nikolaevna Moskvina Russian doctor at the Bakhchisaraj regional hospital on the Crimean peninsula MPC 29152916 Voronveliya 1978 PW2 Boris Vorontsov Velyaminov 1904 1994 Soviet Russian astrophysicist and astronomer MPC 29162917 Sawyer Hogg 1980 RR Helen Sawyer Hogg 1905 1993 American Canadian astronomer MPC 29172918 Salazar 1980 TU4 Frederick Salazar son in law of astronomer Carolyn S Shoemaker who discovered this minor planet MPC 29182919 Dali 1981 EX18 Salvador Dali 1904 1989 Catalan Spanish artist MPC 29192920 Automedon 1981 JR Automedon mythological Greek soldier MPC 29202921 Sophocles 6525 P L Sophocles c 496 405 BC Greek dramatist MPC 29212922 Dikanʹka 1976 GY1 Gogol s Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka MPC 29222923 Schuyler 1977 DA Catherine Schuyler Minor Planet Center administrator MPC 29232924 Mitake mura 1977 DJ2 Mitake a former village in Japan MPC 29242925 Beatty 1978 VC5 J Kelly Beatty astronomy writer and editor of Sky amp Telescope MPC 29252926 Caldeira 1980 KG J F C Caldeira Brazilian astronomer at the Valongo Observatory and professor at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro MPC 29262927 Alamosa 1981 TM Alamosa Colorado MPC 29272928 Epstein 1976 GN8 Isadore Epstein 1919 1995 Estonian American astronomer MPC 29282929 Harris 1982 BK1 Alan W Harris American planetary scientist and pioneer in the study of rotational lightcurves of minor planets MPC 29292930 Euripides 6554 P L Euripides c 480 406 BC Greek dramatist MPC 29302931 Mayakovsky 1969 UC Vladimir Mayakovsky 1893 1930 Russian poet artist and actor MPC 29312932 Kempchinsky 1980 TK4 Paula Kempchinsky daughter in law of astronomer Carolyn S Shoemaker who discovered this minor planet MPC 29322933 Amber 1983 HN Amber Marie Baltutis granddaughter of astronomer Norman G Thomas who discovered this minor planet MPC 29332934 Aristophanes 4006 P L Aristophanes c 446 386 BC Greek dramatist MPC 29342935 Naerum 1976 UU Naerum a suburb north of Copenhagen MPC 29352936 Nechvile 1979 SF Vincence Nechvile 1890 1964 Czech astronomer MPC 29362937 Gibbs 1980 LA Josiah Willard Gibbs 1839 1903 American scientist MPC 29372938 Hopi 1980 LB The Hopi the Native American people MPC 29382939 Coconino 1982 DP Coconino County Arizona containing the Hopi and Navajo Nation Reservations The Lowell Observatory is in the county seat Flagstaff MPC 29392940 Bacon 3042 P L Francis Bacon 1561 1626 English philosopher statesman and essayist MPC 29402941 Alden 1930 YV Alden son of American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh who discovered this minor planet MPC 29412942 Cordie 1932 BG Cordula Cordie Robinson American planetary geologist MPC 29422943 Heinrich 1933 QU Inge Heinrich born 1941 German astronomer MPC 29432944 Peyo 1935 QF Peyo pseudonym of Pierre Culliford Belgian illustrator MPC 29442945 Zanstra 1935 ST1 Herman Zanstra 1894 1972 Dutch astronomer MPC 29452946 Muchachos 1941 UV Roque de los Muchachos site in the Canary Islands of several international observatories MPC 29462947 Kippenhahn 1955 QP1 Rudolf Kippenhahn 1926 2020 German astrophysicist and science author MPC 29472948 Amosov 1969 TD2 Nikolai Mikhailovich Amosov Ukrainian cardiologist MPC 29482949 Kaverznev 1970 PR Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kaverznev 1932 1983 Soviet television journalist MPC 29492950 Rousseau 1974 VQ2 Jean Jacques Rousseau 1712 1778 Swiss philosopher from Geneva MPC 29502951 Perepadin 1977 RB8 Aleksandr Ivanovich Perepadin Soviet agriculturalist and friend of the discoverer Nikolai Chernykh MPC 29512952 Lilliputia 1979 SF2 Lilliput fictional land in Gulliver s Travels MPC 29522953 Vysheslavia 1979 SV11 Leonid Nikolaevich Vysheslavskii Vysheslavsky Soviet poet and author of Stellar Sonnets MPC 29532954 Delsemme 1982 BT1 Armand Hubert Delsemme a Belgian born astronomer at the University of Toledo in Ohio 3218 Delphine was named for his wife MPC 29542955 Newburn 1982 BX1 Ray L Newburn American astronomer MPC 29552956 Yeomans 1982 HN1 Donald Keith Yeomans American astronomer and celestial mechanician at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory MPC 29562957 Tatsuo 1934 CB1 Tatsuo Yamada 1923 2009 Japanese astronomer and observer of variable stars He was the director of the variable star section of the Oriental Astronomical Association MPC 29572958 Arpetito 1981 DG E Araya J Perez R Tighe and A Torrecon staff personnel at ESO s La Silla Observatory who prepared the photographic plates for observations of minor planets with the Grand Prism Objectif MPC 29582959 Scholl 1983 RE2 Hans Scholl born 1942 German astronomer and discoverer of minor planets He worked at the Astronomisches Rechen Institut in Heidelberg MPC 29592960 Ohtaki 1977 DK3 Ohtaki town in Japan MPC 29602961 Katsurahama 1982 XA Katsurahama seashore resort in Kōchi home city of the discoverer Tsutomu Seki MPC 29612962 Otto 1940 YF The discoverer s great grandfather MPC 29622963 Chen Jiageng 1964 VM1 Tan Kah Kee Chen Jiageng 1874 1961 Singaporean businessman community leader and philanthropist MPC 29632964 Jaschek 1974 OA1 Carlos Jaschek 1926 1999 German born Argentinian astronomer MPC 29642965 Surikov 1975 BX Vasily Surikov 1848 1916 Russian painter MPC 29652966 Korsunia 1977 EB2 Korsun Ukrainian city MPC 29662967 Vladisvyat 1977 SS1 Vladimir Svyatoslavich c 958 1015 medieval prince of Kiev MPC 29672968 Iliya 1978 QJ Ilya Muromets legendary Russian hero MPC 29682969 Mikula 1978 RU1 Mikula Selyaninovich Russian legendary hero MPC 29692970 Pestalozzi 1978 UC Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi 1746 1827 Swiss educational reformer MPC 29702971 Mohr 1980 YL Josef M Mohr 1901 1979 Czech astronomer MPC 29712972 Niilo 1939 TB Niilo Anselmi Vaisala great grandson of the Finish discoverer Yrjo Vaisala MPC 29722973 Paola 1951 AJ Her Majesty Queen Paola of Belgium born 1937 nee Ruffo di Calabria MPC 29732974 Holden 1955 QK Edward S Holden 1846 1914 American astronomer MPC 29742975 Spahr 1970 AF1 Timothy B Spahr born 1970 American astronomer MPC 29752976 Lautaro 1974 HR Lautaro c 1534 1557 leader of the Araucanians of Chile MPC 29762977 Chivilikhin 1974 SP Vladimir Alekseevich Chivilikhin 1928 1984 Russian author MPC 29772978 Roudebush 1978 SR Susan Roudebush astronomical administrator MPC 29782979 Murmansk 1978 TB7 The port city of Murmansk in Russia MPC 29792980 Cameron 1981 EU17 Alastair G W Cameron 1925 2005 Canadian astrophysicist MPC 29802981 Chagall 1981 EE20 Marc Chagall 1887 1985 Belarusian artist MPC 29812982 Muriel 1981 JA3 Muriel May Scott Shoemaker mother in law of American astronomer Carolyn S Shoemaker who discovered this minor planet MPC 29822983 Poltava 1981 RW2 Poltava Ukrainian SSR now Ukraine MPC 29832984 Chaucer 1981 YD Geoffrey Chaucer 1343 1400 English poet and author MPC 29842985 Shakespeare 1983 TV1 William Shakespeare 1564 1616 English playwright MPC 29852986 Mrinalini 2525 P L Mrinalini Sarabhai 1918 2016 classical Indian dancer and choreographer MPC 29862987 Sarabhai 4583 P L Vikram Sarabhai 1919 1971 Indian space scientist MPC a 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