Meanings of minor planet names: 4001–5000

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]

4001–4100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
4001 Ptolemaeus	1949 PV	Ptolemy (c. AD 100–170), Greek astronomer	MPC · 4001
4002 Shinagawa	1950 JB	Seishi Shinagawa (born 1944), first to use electronic computers for orbit computation in Japan	MPC · 4002
4003 Schumann	1964 ED	Robert Schumann (1810–1856), German composer	MPC · 4003
4004 Listʹev	1971 SN1	Vladislav Listyev (1956–1995), a Russian television journalist who was murdered	MPC · 4004
4005 Dyagilev	1972 TC2	Sergei Diaghilev (1872–1929), Russian impresario	MPC · 4005
4006 Sandler	1972 YR	Grigori Sandler (1912–1994), a Russian musician	MPC · 4006
4007 Euryalos	1973 SR	Euryalos, mythical Greek warrior	MPC · 4007
4008 Corbin	1977 BY	Thomas E. Corbin, American astronomer, and his wife Brenda Corbin, Librarian, both at the US Naval Observatory	MPC · 4008
4009 Drobyshevskij	1977 EN1	Edward Drobyshevski (1936–2012), Russian astro- and plasma physicist at Ioffe Institute in St. Petersburg	MPC · 4009
4010 Nikolʹskij	1977 QJ2	Gennady Nikolsky (1929–1982), Soviet solar astronomer	MPC · 4010
4011 Bakharev	1978 SC6	Anatoly Bakharev (1918–1979), observer and researcher on comets and meteors. He is one of the co-discoverers of near-parabolic comet C/1955 N1 (Bakharev-Macfarlane-Krienke)	MPC · 4011
4012 Geballe	1978 VK9	Tom Geballe (born 1944), American astronomer	MPC · 4012
4013 Ogiria	1979 OM15	Maiya Borisovna Ogir' (1933–1991), Russian solar physicist	MPC · 4013
4014 Heizman	1979 SG10	Leonie and Charles Heizman from San Juan Capistrano, California, who hosted the discoverer Nikolai Chernykh during the conference on Near Earth Asteroids in 1991	MPC · 4014
4015 Wilson-Harrington	1979 VA	American co-discoverers Albert G. Wilson (1918–2012) and Robert G. Harrington (1904–1987)	MPC · 4015
4016 Sambre	1979 XK	The Sambre River, France and Belgium	MPC · 4016
4017 Disneya	1980 DL5	Walt Disney (1901–1966), American animator	MPC · 4017
4018 Bratislava	1980 YM	Bratislava, capital city of Slovakia	MPC · 4018
4019 Klavetter	1981 EK14	James Jay Klavetter (1960–1997), professor of physics at California State University, Sacramento	MPC · 4019
4020 Dominique	1981 ET38	Dominique Bockelée-Morvan (born 1957), researcher at the Paris Observatory, France	MPC · 4020
4021 Dancey	1981 QD2	Roy Dancey and Bruce D. Dancey, father and son, both Canadian designers of telescope mirrors	MPC · 4021
4022 Nonna	1981 TL4	Nonna Mordyukova (1925–2008), Soviet actress	MPC · 4022
4023 Jarník	1981 UN	Vojtěch Jarník (1897–1970), Czech mathematician	MPC · 4023
4024 Ronan	1981 WQ	Colin Ronan (1920–1995), author and writer on astronomy	MPC · 4024
4025 Ridley	1981 WU	Harold B. Ridley, British astrophotographer	MPC · 4025
4026 Beet	1982 BU1	Ernest Agar Beet, teacher and amateur astronomer	MPC · 4026
4027 Mitton	1982 DN	Simon Mitton (born 1946), British astronomer and author	MPC · 4027
4028 Pancratz	1982 DV2	Chris Pancratz (1950–2003), formerly of the National Space Society	MPC · 4028
4029 Bridges	1982 KC1	Patricia M. Bridges, planetary cartographer with the U.S. Geological Survey	MPC · 4029
4030 Archenhold	1984 EO1	Friedrich Simon Archenhold (1861–1939), a German astronomer and the first director the Archenhold Observatory in Berlin, who, in 1896, made it possible to build the world's longest refractor telescope with a focal length of 21 meters. The telescope was originally known as the Great Treptow Refractor.	MPC · 4030
4031 Mueller	1985 CL	Jean Mueller (born 1950), American astronomer and discoverer of comets, minor planets, and supernovae. The first woman to operate the historic Hooker telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory, and was the first woman hired as a telescope operator at Palomar Observatory in 1985.	MPC · 4031
4032 Chaplygin	1985 UT4	Sergey Chaplygin (1869–1942), Russian and Soviet physicist and one of the founders of the aerodynamics	MPC · 4032
4033 Yatsugatake	1986 FA	Mount Yatsugatake, one of Japan's 100 famous mountains	MPC · 4033
4034 Vishnu	1986 PA	Vishnu is the Hindu god of preservation	JPL · 4034
4035 Thestor	1986 WD	Thestor was a grandson of Apollo and the father of Kalchas.	IAU · 4035
4036 Whitehouse	1987 DW5	David Robert Whitehouse (born 1956), British science journalist and BBC Online's Science Editor, recipient of the European Internet Journalist of the Year award in 2002	JPL · 4036
4037 Ikeya	1987 EC	Kaoru Ikeya (born 1943), Japanese amateur astronomer	MPC · 4037
4038 Kristina	1987 QH2	Kristina Leterme, Dutch literature professor and partner of the discoverer	MPC · 4038
4039 Souseki	1987 SH	Natsume Sōseki (1867–1916), Japanese novelist	MPC · 4039
4040 Purcell	1987 SN1	Henry Purcell (1659–1695), English composer	MPC · 4040
4041 Miyamotoyohko	1988 DN1	Yohko Miyamoto (born 1922) wife of Japanese astronomer, Yukio (or Sachio) Miyamoto	MPC · 4041
4042 Okhotsk	1989 AT1	Sea of Okhotsk, between Japan and Russia	MPC · 4042
4043 Perolof	1175 T-3	Per Olof Lindblad, Swedish astronomer, director of the Stockholm Observatory, and son of Bertil Lindblad (1895–1965)	MPC · 4043
4044 Erikhøg	5142 T-3	Erik Høg (born 1932), Danish astronomer at the Copenhagen Observatory	MPC · 4044
4045 Lowengrub	1953 RG	Morton Lowengrub, American mathematician and forerunner of the WIYN Observatory at Kitt Peak, Arizona	MPC · 4045
4046 Swain	1953 TV	Joseph Swain (1857–1927), professor of mathematics at and president of Indiana University	MPC · 4046
4047 Chang'E	1964 TT2	The Chinese moon goddess, Chang'e, and the Chinese lunar probe launched in 2007, initiating the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program	JPL · 4047
4048 Samwestfall	1964 UC	Richard S. Westfall (1924–1996), American historian of science	MPC · 4048
4049 Noragalʹ	1973 QD2	Nora Galʹ (1912–1991), Soviet literary translator	MPC · 4049
4050 Mebailey	1976 SF	Mark Edward Bailey, British astronomer	MPC · 4050
4051 Hatanaka	1978 VP	Takeo Hatanaka (1914–1963), Japanese astronomer	MPC · 4051
4052 Crovisier	1981 DP2	Jacques Crovisier (born 1948), French astronomer	MPC · 4052
4053 Cherkasov	1981 TQ1	Nikolay Cherkasov (1903–1966), Soviet actor	MPC · 4053
4054 Turnov	1983 TL	Turnov, Czech Republic	MPC · 4054
4055 Magellan	1985 DO2	Ferdinand Magellan (c. 1480–1521), Portuguese explorer	MPC · 4055
4056 Timwarner	1985 FZ1	Timothy Warner (1961–1990), chief mission planner for the Diffuse Infrared Background Experiment	MPC · 4056
4057 Demophon	1985 TQ	Demophon, mythical king of Athens	MPC · 4057
4058 Cecilgreen	1986 JV	Cecil Howard Green (1900–2003), British geophysicist, co-founder of Texas Instruments and philanthropist extraordinary	MPC · 4058
4059 Balder	1987 SB5	Balder, Norse god	MPC · 4059
4060 Deipylos	1987 YT1	Deipylos, mythical Greek hero	MPC · 4060
4061 Martelli	1988 FF3	Giuseppe Martelli, Italian architect and engineer	MPC · 4061
4062 Schiaparelli	1989 BF	Giovanni Schiaparelli (1835–1910), Italian astronomer best known for his telescopic observations of Mars	MPC · 4062
4063 Euforbo	1989 CG2	Euphorbus (Euforbo), the Greek hero of the Trojan War, who wounded Patroclus in the breast before being killed by Hektor.	MPC · 4063
4064 Marjorie	2126 P-L	Marjorie Meinel (1922–2008), American astronomer	MPC · 4064
4065 Meinel	2820 P-L	Aden Meinel (1922–2011), American astronomer	MPC · 4065
4066 Haapavesi	1940 RG	Haapavesi, Finland, birthplace of the discoverer's father	MPC · 4066
4067 Mikhelʹson	1966 TP	Nikolaj Mikhelʹson (born 1918), outstanding Soviet scientist and optician of telescopes	MPC · 4067
4068 Menestheus	1973 SW	Menestheus, mythical king of Athens	MPC · 4068
4069 Blakee	1978 VL7	Lawrence E. Blakee, observatory assistant	MPC · 4069
4070 Rozov	1980 RS2	Victor Sergeevich Rozov (born 1913), Russian playwright	MPC · 4070
4071 Rostovdon	1981 RD2	Rostov-on-Don, Russia, the discoverer's birthplace	MPC · 4071
4072 Yayoi	1981 UJ4	Yayoi period in prehistoric Japan from 300 BC–300 AD during the Iron Age	MPC · 4072
4073 Ruianzhongxue	1981 UE10	Ruianzhongxue (Ruian Middle School), Zhejiang, China, 110-year-old school of mathematics	JPL · 4073
4074 Sharkov	1981 UN11	Viktor Sharkov (born 1935), an experimental astrophysicist at Ioffe Institute in St Petersburg, Russia	MPC · 4074
4075 Sviridov	1982 TL1	Georgy Sviridov (1915–1998), Russian composer	MPC · 4075
4076 Dörffel	1982 UF4	Georg Samuel Dörffel (1643–1688), German pastor and astronomer	MPC · 4076
4077 Asuka	1982 XV1	Asuka period, from 6th century to 8th in Japan	MPC · 4077
4078 Polakis	1983 AC	Thomas A. Polakis (born 1961), an American mechanical engineer, friend of the discoverer Brian A. Skiff, and amateur astronomer at the Command Module Observatory (V02) in Arizona (Src, Src).	MPC · 4078
4079 Britten	1983 CS	Benjamin Britten (1913–1976), Baron Britten, British composer	MPC · 4079
4080 Galinskij	1983 PW	Nikolaj Galinskij, Soviet radio engineer	MPC · 4080
4081 Tippett	1983 RC2	Michael Tippett (1905–1998), British composer	MPC · 4081
4082 Swann	1984 SW3	Gordon A. Swann, American geologist, principal investigator for the geological field investigations conducted at the Apollo 14 and 15 lunar landing sites	MPC · 4082
4083 Jody	1985 CV	Joan D. Swann, planetary data librarian with the U.S. Geological Survey	MPC · 4083
4084 Hollis	1985 GM	Andrew J. Hollis, British astronomer	MPC · 4084
4085 Weir	1985 JR	Doris Blackman Weir, geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey	MPC · 4085
4086 Podalirius	1985 VK2	Podalirius, mythical Greek warrior	MPC · 4086
4087 Pärt	1986 EM1	Arvo Pärt (born 1935), Estonian composer	MPC · 4087
4088 Baggesen	1986 GG	Jens Baggesen (1764–1826), Danish poet and satirist	MPC · 4088
4089 Galbraith	1986 JG	John Kenneth Galbraith (1908–2006), Canadian-born, American economist and polemicist	JPL · 4089
4090 Říšehvězd	1986 RH1	Říše hvězd, Czech astronomy journal	MPC · 4090
4091 Lowe	1986 TL2	Andrew Lowe (born 1959), Canadian geophysicist and amateur astronomer	MPC · 4091
4092 Tyr	1986 TJ4	Tyr, Norse god	MPC · 4092
4093 Bennett	1986 VD	Jack C. Bennett, South African amateur astronomer	MPC · 4093
4094 Aoshima	1987 QC	Masaki Aoshima (1947–1987), Japanese amateur astronomer	MPC · 4094
4095 Ishizuchisan	1987 SG	Ishizuchisan, mountain in Ehime, Japan	MPC · 4095
4096 Kushiro	1987 VC	Kushiro, city in Japan	MPC · 4096
4097 Tsurugisan	1987 WW	Tsurugisan, mountain in Tokushima, Japan	MPC · 4097
4098 Thraen	1987 WQ1	Anton Thraen (1843–1902), German amateur astronomer and Catholic priest	MPC · 4098
4099 Wiggins	1988 AB5	Patrick Wiggins (born 1949), American astronomy educator at the Hansen Planetarium (1975–2001) in Salt Lake City, UT. Currently NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador	JPL · 4099
4100 Sumiko	1988 BF	Sumiko Hioki (born 1965), wife Japanese co-discoverer Tsutomu Hioki	MPC · 4100

4101–4200

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
4101 Ruikou	1988 CE	Ruikou Kuroiwa (1862–1920), Japanese writer	MPC · 4101
4102 Gergana	1988 TE3	Gergana Georgieva Gelkova (born 2000) is the adorable grandniece of the discoverer. The name also honors the discoverer's parents, combining their first names Georgy and Ana	JPL · 4102
4103 Chahine	1989 EB	Moustafa Chahine, (1935–2011) Lebanese-American scientist, chief scientist for NASA JPL	MPC · 4103
4104 Alu	1989 ED	Jeff Alu (born 1966), American amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets who participated in the Palomar Planet-Crossing Asteroid Survey. He is a musician and composer.	MPC · 4104
4105 Tsia	1989 EK	Zia sun symbol used by the Zia people in New Mexico	MPC · 4105
4106 Nada	1989 EW	Nada Junior and Senior High School, in Kobe, Japan	MPC · 4106
4107 Rufino	1989 GT	Rufus J. Walker, supporter of the U.S. space program and friend of American discoverer, Eleanor F. Helin	MPC · 4107
4108 Rakos	3439 T-3	Karl D. Rakos (born 1925), Croatian-born Austrian astronomer who was professor of astronomy at the University of Vienna and a director of the Vienna Observatory	MPC · 4108
4109 Anokhin	1969 OW	Sergei Anokhin (1910–1986), Russian test pilot and cosmonaut-select	MPC · 4109
4110 Keats	1977 CZ	John Keats (1795–1821), English romantic poet	MPC · 4110
4111 Lamy	1981 EN12	Philippe Louis Lamy, French-born American astronomer at Laboratoire d'Astronomie Spatiale, Marseilles	MPC · 4111
4112 Hrabal	1981 ST	Bohumil Hrabal (1914–1997), Czech writer	MPC · 4112
4113 Rascana	1982 BQ	Royal Astronomical Society of Canada	MPC · 4113
4114 Jasnorzewska	1982 QB1	Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska (1891–1945), Polish poet	MPC · 4114
4115 Peternorton	1982 QS3	Peter Norton (born 1943), American software engineer	MPC · 4115
4116 Elachi	1982 SU	Charles Elachi (born 1947), Lebanese-American electrical engineering and planetary science at Caltech	MPC · 4116
4117 Wilke	1982 SU3	Alfred Wilke (1893–1972), German optician	MPC · 4117
4118 Sveta	1982 TH3	Svetlana Savitskaya (born 1948), Russian cosmonaut who became the second woman in space in 1982	MPC · 4118
4119 Miles	1983 BE	Howard G. Miles, member of the Order of the British Empire and director of the Artificial Satellite Section of the British Astronomical Association	MPC · 4119
4120 Denoyelle	1985 RS4	Jozef Denoyelle (born 1937), Belgian astronomer	MPC · 4120
4121 Carlin	1986 JH	Carlin Singer-Brewster, daughter of Stephen Singer-Brewster, an American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets	MPC · 4121
4122 Ferrari	1986 OA	Enzo Ferrari (1898–1988), Italian builder of racing cars and sports cars	MPC · 4122
4123 Tarsila	1986 QP1	Tarsila do Amaral (1886–1973), Brazilian modernist painter	JPL · 4123
4124 Herriot	1986 SE	James Herriot (1916–1995), British writer and veterinary surgeon	MPC · 4124
4125 Lew Allen	1987 MO	Lew Allen (1925–2010), American physicist, director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and a United States Air Force four-star general	MPC · 4125
4126 Mashu	1988 BU	Lake Mashū, a crater lake in Akan National Park on the island of Hokkaidō, Japan.	MPC · 4126
4127 Kyogoku	1988 BA2	Kyōgoku, town in Japan	MPC · 4127
4128 UKSTU	1988 BM5	UK Schmidt Telescope Unit at the Royal Observatory Edinburgh and the 1.2-m U.K. Schmidt Telescope at the Siding Spring Observatory in Australia	MPC · 4128
4129 Richelen	1988 DM	Richard A. Keen and Helen C. Duran, friends of the discoverer, Robert H. McNaught	MPC · 4129
4130 Ramanujan	1988 DQ1	Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887–1920), Indian mathematician	MPC · 4130
4131 Stasik	1988 DR4	John S. Stasik, American educator	MPC · 4131
4132 Bartók	1988 EH	Béla Bartók (1881–1945), Austro-Hungarian composer	MPC · 4132
4133 Heureka	1942 DB	Heureka, science center in Vantaa, Finland, north of Helsinki	MPC · 4133
4134 Schütz	1961 CR	Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672), German composer and organist of the 17th century	MPC · 4134
4135 Svetlanov	1966 PG	Yevgeny Svetlanov (1928–2002), Soviet-Russian conductor	MPC · 4135
4136 Artmane	1968 FJ	Vija Artmane (1929–2008), Latvian actress	MPC · 4136
4137 Crabtree	1970 WC	William Crabtree (1610–1644), an astronomer, mathematician, and cloth merchant in Salford, near Manchester, second person to knowingly observe a transit of Venus, in 1639	JPL · 4137
4138 Kalchas	1973 SM	Calchas, mythical person related to Trojan War	MPC · 4138
4139 Ulʹyanin	1975 VE2	Sergej Alekseevich Ulʹyanin (1871–1921), Russian pilot and inventor of new airplane designs	MPC · 4139
4140 Branham	1976 VA	Richard L. Branham Jr (born 1943), American astronomer at U.S. Naval Observatory and director of the Yale-Columbia Southern Station at Leoncito Astronomical Complex	MPC · 4140
4141 Nintanlena	1978 PG3	Nina, Tanya and Elena, wife and daughters of Kyiv astronomer Klim Churyumov (1937–2016)	MPC · 4141
4142 Dersu-Uzala	1981 KE	Dersu Uzala, character in eponymous novel by Vladimir Arsenyev	MPC · 4142
4143 Huziak	1981 QN1	Richard Huziak (born 1957), Canadian amateur astronomer	MPC · 4143
4144 Vladvasilʹev	1981 SW6	Vladimir Vasiliev (born 1940), Russian ballet dancer and choreographer	MPC · 4144
4145 Maximova	1981 SJ7	Ekaterina Maximova (1939–2009), Soviet and Russian ballet dancer	MPC · 4145
4146 Rudolfinum	1982 DD2	The Rudolfinum, important building in Prague	MPC · 4146
4147 Lennon	1983 AY	John Lennon (1940–1980), member of the Beatles	MPC · 4147
4148 McCartney	1983 NT	Paul McCartney (born 1942), member of the Beatles	MPC · 4148
4149 Harrison	1984 EZ	George Harrison (1943–2001), member of the Beatles	MPC · 4149
4150 Starr	1984 QC1	Ringo Starr (born 1940), member of the Beatles	MPC · 4150
4151 Alanhale	1985 HV1	Alan Hale (born 1958), American astronomer who co-discovered Comet Hale–Bopp	MPC · 4151
4152 Weber	1985 JF	Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826), German composer	MPC · 4152
4153 Roburnham	1985 JT1	Robert Burnham Jr. (1931–1993), American astronomer, author, and senior editor of Astronomy magazine. He is a discoverer of minor planets and comets.	MPC · 4153
4154 Rumsey	1985 NE	Norman Rumsey (1922–2007), a New Zealand astronomer and optical designer	MPC · 4154
4155 Watanabe	1987 UB1	Kazuro Watanabe (born 1955), Japanese amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets	MPC · 4155
4156 Okadanoboru	1988 BE	Noboru Okada (1953–2002), Japanese adventurer, photographer, mountain climber and amateur astronomer	JPL · 4156
4157 Izu	1988 XD2	Izu Peninsula, Japan	MPC · 4157
4158 Santini	1989 BE	Giovanni Santini (1786–1877), Italian astronomer and director of the Padua Observatory (533) and author of textbook Elementi di Astronomia	MPC · 4158
4159 Freeman	1989 GK	Ann Freeman, executive secretary of the Seismological Laboratory of the California Institute of Technology, supporter of the Palomar Planet-Crossing Asteroid Survey and friend of discoverer Eleanor F. Helin	MPC · 4159
4160 Sabrina-John	1989 LE	Sabrina M. Gonsalves (1962–1980) and John H. Riggins (1962–1980) in memory of the young couple	MPC · 4160
4161 Amasis	6627 P-L	Amasis II (Amasis), Egyptian pharaoh	MPC · 4161
4162 SAF	1940 WA	Société Astronomique de France, the French Astronomical Society	MPC · 4162
4163 Saaremaa	1941 HC	Saaremaa island, Estonia	MPC · 4163
4164 Shilov	1969 UR	Alexandr Shilov (born 1943), Soviet-Russian painter	MPC · 4164
4165 Didkovskij	1976 GS3	Leonid Vladimirovich Didkovskij (born 1948), astrophysicist and deputy director of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, who developed scientific instrumentation for the Soviet space telescope Astron	JPL · 4165
4166 Pontryagin	1978 SZ6	Lev Pontryagin (1908–1988), Russian mathematician	MPC · 4166
4167 Riemann	1978 TQ7	Bernhard Riemann (1826–1866), German mathematician	MPC · 4167
4168 Millan	1979 EE	Julio Rodolfo Millan (1923–1995), first rector of the National University of San Juan in Argentina, where the old Yale-Columbia Southern Station was located at the time	JPL · 4168
4169 Celsius	1980 FO3	Anders Celsius (1701–1744), Swedish physicist and astronomer, after whom the Celsius temperature scale was named	MPC · 4169
4170 Semmelweis	1980 PT	Ignaz Semmelweis (1818–1865), German-Hungarian physician and an early pioneer of antiseptic procedures	MPC · 4170
4171 Carrasco	1982 FZ1	Juan Carrasco, senior night assistant and operator of the Hale Telescope at the Palomar Observatory in California	MPC · 4171
4172 Rochefort	1982 FC3	The town of Rochefort in Belgium	MPC · 4172
4173 Thicksten	1982 KG1	Robert P. Thicksten, superintendent of Palomar Observatory	MPC · 4173
4174 Pikulia	1982 SB6	Valentin Pikul (1928–1990), Soviet historical novelist	MPC · 4174
4175 Billbaum	1985 GX	William A. Baum (1924–2012), American astronomer	MPC · 4175
4176 Sudek	1987 DS	Josef Sudek (1896–1976), outstanding Czech photographer	JPL · 4176
4177 Kohman	1987 SS1	Truman Paul Kohman (1916–2010), was an emeritus professor of nuclear chemistry at Carnegie-Mellon University, who co-discovered aluminium-26, an isotope that has given important information about meteorites and the early history of the Solar System. Kohman was also an ardent amateur astronomer and teacher. He coined the word "nuclide".	JPL · 4177
4178 Mimeev	1988 EO1	Alexandr Pavlovich Mimeev (born 1951), Russian radio engineer and amateur astronomer	JPL · 4178
4179 Toutatis	1989 AC	Toutatis, Celtic god	MPC · 4179
4180 Anaxagoras	6092 P-L	Anaxagoras (c. 510–428 BC), Greek philosopher	MPC · 4180
4181 Kivi	1938 DK1	Aleksis Kivi (1834–1872), the first Finnish-language dramatist and novelist	MPC · 4181
4182 Mount Locke	1951 JQ	Mount Locke, one of two mountains atop which the McDonald Observatory facilities are located	MPC · 4182
4183 Cuno	1959 LM	Cuno Hoffmeister (1892–1968), German astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets, comets and variable stars, who discovered this Apollo asteroid	MPC · 4183
4184 Berdyayev	1969 TJ1	Nikolai Berdyaev (1874–1948), Russian philosopher	MPC · 4184
4185 Phystech	1975 ED	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (Phystech)	MPC · 4185
4186 Tamashima	1977 DT1	Tamashima, a town of Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan	MPC · 4186
4187 Shulnazaria	1978 GR3	Leonid Markovich Shul'man and Galina Kirillovna Nazarchuk, a couple of astronomers, researchers on comets, and staff members of the Main Ukrainian Astronomical Observatory at Golosseevo, near Kyiv	MPC · 4187
4188 Kitezh	1979 HX4	Kitezh, phantom city of Russian folklore	MPC · 4188
4189 Sayany	1979 SV9	The Sayan Mountains, a mountain chain in southern Siberia, Russia	MPC · 4189
4190 Kvasnica	1980 JH	Jozef Kvasnica (1930–1992), Czech physicist	MPC · 4190
4191 Assesse	1980 KH	The Belgian village of Assesse, birthplace of the father of the discoverer, Henri Debehogne	MPC · 4191
4192 Breysacher	1981 DH	Jacques Breysacher, French astronomer	MPC · 4192
4193 Salanave	1981 SM1	Leon E. Salanave, originally a meteorologist, as first executive officer of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific and first editor of Mercury, he took steps to ensure that amateur astronomers felt a sense of "belonging" to an organization dominated by professionals.	JPL · 4193
4194 Sweitzer	1982 RE	Paul A. Sweitzer (born 1936), American reporter	MPC · 4194
4195 Esambaev	1982 SK8	Makhmud Alisultanovich Esambayev (1924–2000), a Chechen folk dancer	MPC · 4195
4196 Shuya	1982 SA13	The Russian town of Shuya, Ivanovo Oblast	MPC · 4196
4197 Morpheus	1982 TA	Morpheus, the god of dreams who appears in Ovid's "Metamorphoses"	JPL · 4197
4198 Panthera	1983 CK1	Panthera, Latin word for panther	MPC · 4198
4199 Andreev	1983 RX2	Gennadij Andreev (and his family), a professor of celestial mechanics at the University of Tomsk. He has led several expeditions to the site of the Tunguska event	MPC · 4199
4200 Shizukagozen	1983 WA	Shizuka Gozen (1165–1211), Japanese mistress of Minamoto no Yoshitsune	MPC · 4200

4201–4300

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
4201 Orosz	1984 JA1	Elizabeth M. Orosz (born 1970), staff member at the Melton Memorial Observatory and friend of discoverer Brian Skiff	MPC · 4201
4202 Minitti	1985 CB2	Michelle Minitti (born 1973), American areological mineralogist at Arizona State University who studies the mineralogy of Mars. She has identified a new hematite formation mechanism for Mars.	JPL · 4202
4203 Brucato	1985 FD3	Robert Joseph Brucato, American astronomer and assistant director of the Palomar Observatory	MPC · 4203
4204 Barsig	1985 JG1	Walter Barsig, German science teacher and director of the Annual Cultural Festival of the Ries of Nordlingen and a state school board in Bavaria, Germany	MPC · 4204
4205 David Hughes	1985 YP	David Hughes (born 1941), British astronomer and professor of astronomy at the University of Sheffield	MPC · 4205
4206 Verulamium	1986 QL	Verulamium is an ancient British Roman city, now St Albans, Hertfordshire	JPL · 4206
4207 Chernova	1986 RO2	Galina Pavlovna Chernova, a researcher at the Astrophysical Institute of the Tajik Academy of Sciences, Dushanbe	MPC · 4207
4208 Kiselev	1986 RQ2	Nikolaj Nikolaevich Kiselev, department head of the Astrophysical Institute of the Tajik Academy of Sciences, Dushanbe	MPC · 4208
4209 Briggs	1986 TG4	Geoffrey A. Briggs, American space physicist and director of the Solar System Exploration Division at NASA Headquarters during the 1980s	MPC · 4209
4210 Isobelthompson	1987 DY5	Isobel Thompson, British archaeologist and co-author of Alban's Buried Towns: An Assessment of St. Albans' Archaeology up to A.D. 1600	JPL · 4210
4211 Rosniblett	1987 RT	Rosalind Niblett, British archaeologist and co-author of Alban's Buried Towns: An Assessment of St. Albans' Archaeology up to A.D. 1600	JPL · 4211
4212 Sansyu-Asuke	1987 SB2	Japanese town of Asuke, Aichi. The discovering Toyota Observatory (881) is located nearby in Toyota.	MPC · 4212
4213 Njord	1987 ST4	Njord, Norse god of winds, navigation and prosperity	MPC · 4213
4214 Veralynn	1987 UX4	Vera Lynn (born 1917), British singer, famous during World War II	MPC · 4214
4215 Kamo	1987 VE1	Akira Kamo (born 1943), Japanese amateur astronomer who founded the Comet Observers Network (Hoshi no Hiroba) in 1968	MPC · 4215
4216 Neunkirchen	1988 AF5	Neunkirchen, town in Austria	MPC · 4216
4217 Engelhardt	1988 BO2	Wolf von Engelhardt (1910–2008), German meteorite researcher	MPC · 4217
4218 Demottoni	1988 BK3	Glauco de Mottoni y Palacios (1901–1988), an Italian electrotechnical engineer and amateur astronomer	MPC · 4218
4219 Nakamura	1988 DB	Giichi Nakamura, founder of an optical instruments factory, Mitaka Kohki, Japan	MPC · 4219
4220 Flood	1988 DN	Thomas Flood (1919–1988), Scottish amateur astronomer, member of the British Astronomical Association and co-founder of the Dundee Astronomical Society in 1955	MPC · 4220
4221 Picasso	1988 EJ	Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), Spanish artist	MPC · 4221
4222 Nancita	1988 EK1	Nancy Coker Helin, daughter-in-law of the discoverer Eleanor F. Helin	MPC · 4222
4223 Shikoku	1988 JM	Shikoku, Japan	MPC · 4223
4224 Susa	1988 KG	Susan and Sarah Hicks, daughters of Bill and Nancy Hicks enthusiast of space-related research (acquainted with discoverer E. F. Helin)	MPC · 4224
4225 Hobart	1989 BN	Joseph R. Hobart (born 1944) is an electrical engineer, amateur radio operator W7LUX, and minor-planet and variable-star observer. As of March 2011 he has improved the orbits of more than 700 minor planets, many of which were in danger of loss, and discovered 80 minor planets including NEO 2010 RA91	JPL · 4225
4226 Damiaan	1989 RE	Father Damien (1840–1889), Belgian priest	MPC · 4226
4227 Kaali	1942 DC	Kaali crater, Estonia	MPC · 4227
4228 Nemiro	1968 OC1	Andrej Nemiro (1909–1995), Russian astronomer at Pulkovo Observatory	MPC · 4228
4229 Plevitskaya	1971 BK	Nadezhda Plevitskaya (1884–1940), popular female Russian singer (and a Soviet agent)	MPC · 4229
4230 van den Bergh	1973 ST1	Sidney van den Bergh (born 1929), Dutch-born Canadian astronomer	MPC · 4230
4231 Fireman	1976 WD	Edward Fireman (1922–1990), American planetary geologist and physicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, known for his measurements of radioactive isotopes to determine the cosmic-ray exposure ages of freshly fallen meteorites	MPC · 4231
4232 Aparicio	1977 CD	Emiliano Pedro Aparicio (1921–1988), mineralogist and geologist at the National University of Cuyo and the National University of San Juan	MPC · 4232
4233 Palʹchikov	1977 RO7	Nikolaj Borisovich Palʹchikov (1913–1937), a student in the astronomy department at Leningrad University who was killed during one of Stalin's purges	MPC · 4233
4234 Evtushenko	1978 JT1	Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1933–2017), Russian poet	MPC · 4234
4235 Tatishchev	1978 SL5	Vasily Tatishchev (1686–1750), Russian statesman, historian and ethnographer	MPC · 4235
4236 Lidov	1979 FV1	Mikhail Lidov (1926–1993), Soviet–Russian astronomer best known for the Kozai-Lidov mechanism	MPC · 4236
4237 Raushenbakh	1979 SD4	Boris Rauschenbach (1915–2001), Russian space scientist	MPC · 4237
4238 Audrey	1980 GF	Audrey Hepburn (1929–1993), actress, born in Brussels, Belgium, to an English father and Dutch mother (a baroness)	MPC · 4238
4239 Goodman	1980 OE	Neville J. Goodman, a member of the British Astronomical Association	MPC · 4239
4240 Grün	1981 EY20	Eberhard Grün (born 1942), German astronomer	MPC · 4240
4241 Pappalardo	1981 EX46	Neil Pappalardo, pioneer in medical information technology, founder of Meditech and supporter of the Magellan Telescopes	MPC · 4241
4242 Brecher	1981 FQ	Aviva Brecher and Kenneth Brecher, American astronomers and staff members at MIT	MPC · 4242
4243 Nankivell	1981 GF1	Garry Nankivell (born 1929), New Zealand optician who produced the optics of the 1-meter McLellan Telescope at the Mount John University Observatory, New Zealand	MPC · 4243
4244 Zakharchenko	1981 TO3	Vasilij Dmitrievich Zakharchenko (1915–1999), a Russian journalist and writer	MPC · 4244
4245 Nairc	1981 UC10	The Nanjing Astronomical Instrument Research Center (NAIRC) of Chinese Academy of Sciences, founded in 1958.	MPC · 4245
4246 Telemann	1982 SY2	Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767), German composer	MPC · 4246
4247 Grahamsmith	1983 WC	Francis Graham-Smith (born 1923), British astronomer, former Astronomer Royal	MPC · 4247
4248 Ranald	1984 HX	Ranald McIntosh (born 1933), programmer, who maintains the database for the Variable Star Section of the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand	MPC · 4248
4249 Křemže	1984 SC2	Křemže, Czech Republic	MPC · 4249
4250 Perun	1984 UG	Perun, Slavic god of thunder	MPC · 4250
4251 Kavasch	1985 JK1	Julius Kavasch (1920–1978) and son, Wulf-Dietrich Kavasch, both German amateur geologists and popular science writers about the impact crater in the Nördlinger Ries in western Bavaria, Germany	MPC · 4251
4252 Godwin	1985 RG4	Richard Godwin (born 1952), American board member of the Space Frontier Foundation, brother of Robert Godwin, space expert and space-history researcher	JPL · 4252
4253 Märker	1985 TN3	Wolfgang Märker, a German long-time supporter of geological research. His factory is located on the edge of the Ries impact crater, known as Nördlinger Ries. It is one of the world's best-studied impact craters.	MPC · 4253
4254 Kamél	1985 UT3	Lars Kamél (born 1960), Swedish astronomer	MPC · 4254
4255 Spacewatch	1986 GW	The Spacewatch project	MPC · 4255
4256 Kagamigawa	1986 TX	Kagami River, Japan	MPC · 4256
4257 Ubasti	1987 QA	Ubasti Egyptian goddess of feline	MPC · 4257
4258 Ryazanov	1987 RZ2	Eldar Ryazanov (1927–2015), a Soviet movie producer, writer and poet	MPC · 4258
4259 McCoy	1988 SB3	Timothy James McCoy (born 1964), American planetary geologist and curator of the national meteorite collection at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington	MPC · 4259
4260 Yanai	1989 AX	Masayuki Yanai (born 1959), Japanese amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets	MPC · 4260
4261 Gekko	1989 BJ	Gekko Observatory, Japan	MPC · 4261
4262 DeVorkin	1989 CO	David H. DeVorkin (born 1944), Chair of the Historical Astronomy Division of the American Astronomical Society (1997–1999)	JPL · 4262
4263 Abashiri	1989 RL2	Abashiri, Hokkaidō, Japan	MPC · 4263
4264 Karljosephine	1989 TB	Karl Wilhelm Cwach and Josephine Anna-Maria Cwach, parents of the discoverer Karl F. J. Cwach	MPC · 4264
4265 Kani	1989 TX	Kani, Gifu, Japan	MPC · 4265
4266 Waltari	1940 YE	Mika Waltari (1908–1979), Finnish author	MPC · 4266
4267 Basner	1971 QP	Veniamin Basner (1925–1996), Russian composer	MPC · 4267
4268 Grebenikov	1972 TW3	Evgenij Alexandrovich Grebenikov (Eugeniu Grebenicov), Romanian-born Russian mathematician and astronomer	MPC · 4268
4269 Bogado	1974 FN	Manuel D. Bogado (born 1934) is a Paraguayan amateur astronomer, known for his contributions to amateur astronomy in his country and for his work involving astrophotography and variable stars. The name was suggested by W. A. Froger	JPL · 4269
4270 Juanvictoria	1975 TJ6	Juan Victoria (1906–1986), a mining engineer by training, legal representative of the Yale-Columbia Southern Observatory (YCSO) station when it was under construction in the early 1960s, and supervised the construction of the dome and facilities for the U.S. Naval Observatory's station nearby. He also taught and researched in the engineering department of the Cuyo National University	JPL · 4270
4271 Novosibirsk	1976 GQ6	Novosibirsk, Russia	MPC · 4271
4272 Entsuji	1977 EG5	Entsuji, temple of Okayama, Japan	MPC · 4272
4273 Dunhuang	1978 UU1	Dunhuang, China	MPC · 4273
4274 Karamanov	1980 RZ3	Alemdar Karamanov, Ukrainian composer of symphonies, ballets, piano concerti, musicals and cinema films such as the 1965 movie Triumph Over Violence.	MPC · 4274
4275 Bogustafson	1981 EW14	Bo Åke Sture Gustafson (born 1953), Swedish-American astronomer at the University of Florida who studied small particles in the Solar System, their formation, evolution and fate	MPC · 4275
4276 Clifford	1981 XA	Clifford Cunningham (born 1955), Canadian amateur astronomer and writer, known for his book Introduction to Asteroids	MPC · 4276
4277 Holubov	1982 AF	Holubov, Czech Republic	MPC · 4277
4278 Harvey	1982 SF	G. Roger Harvey, American educator and visual observer of minor planets who was instructor in astronomy at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte	MPC · 4278
4279 De Gasparis	1982 WB	Annibale de Gasparis (1819–1892), Italian astronomer and early discoverer of minor planets who was the director of the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte in Naples	MPC · 4279
4280 Simonenko	1985 PF2	Alla Nikolaevna Simonenko (1935–1984), Russian or Ukrainian astronomer who published two books on the study of asteroids and studied study meteoroid fragmentation and the distribution of radiants	MPC · 4280
4281 Pounds	1985 TE1	Kenneth Pounds (born 1934), British astronomer	MPC · 4281
4282 Endate	1987 UQ1	Kin Endate (born 1960), Japanese amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets	MPC · 4282
4283 Stöffler	1988 BZ	Dieter Stöffler, German astronomer and director of the Institute for Planetology at the University of Münster	MPC · 4283
4284 Kaho	1988 FL3	Shigeru Kaho (1909–1981), Japanese astronomer and observer of variable stars at the Tokyo Observatory. He discovered comet C/1936 O1 (Kaho-Kozik-Lis; a.k.a. comet 1936 III), the first Japanese cometary discovery in modern times.	MPC · 4284
4285 Hulkower	1988 NH	Neal D. Hulkower, American mathematician and celestial mechanician	MPC · 4285
4286 Rubtsov	1988 PU4	Nikolay Rubtsov (1936–1971), Russian poet	MPC · 4286
4287 Třísov	1989 RU2	Třísov, Czech Republic	MPC · 4287
4288 Tokyotech	1989 TQ1	Tokyo Institute of Technology, the largest national institution of higher learning in Japan dedicated to science and technology	JPL · 4288
4289 Biwako	1989 UA2	Biwako, largest lake in Japan	MPC · 4289
4290 Heisei	1989 UK3	The Heisei era, Japanese history	MPC · 4290
4291 Kodaihasu	1989 VH	Ancient Lotus, that seed was excavated from Yayoi ruins and germinated in Japan	MPC · 4291
4292 Aoba	1989 VO	Aoba Castle, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan	MPC · 4292
4293 Masumi	1989 VT	Masumi Hurukawa (also Masumi Furukawa; 1917–?), Japanese worked for public outreach of astronomy in Kyushu, and a board member of the International Foundation for Cultural Harmony	MPC · 4293
4294 Horatius	4016 P-L	Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus; 65–8 BC), Roman poet	MPC · 4294
4295 Wisse	6032 P-L	Marijke Wisse-Schouten, staff member at Leiden Observatory and photometrist with the Palomar–Leiden trojan surveys during the 1970s	MPC · 4295
4296 van Woerkom	1935 SA2	Adriaan van Woerkom, Dutch astronomer who worked at Leiden and Yale observatories on the distribution of comets and on celestial mechanics.	MPC · 4296
4297 Eichhorn	1938 HE	Heinrich Karl Eichhorn (born 1927), Austrian-American astronomer, teacher of astronomy and innovator in the field of stellar positions and motions	JPL · 4297
4298 Jorgenúnez	1941 WA	Jorge Núnez (born 1953), physicist, astronomer and member of the Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts of Barcelona, researcher of robotic observatories and the treatment of astronomical CCD images	JPL · 4298
4299 WIYN	1952 QX	The WIYN Consortium of observatories	MPC · 4299
4300 Marg Edmondson	1955 SG1	Margaret Russell Edmondson (1914–1999), daughter of American astronomer Henry Norris Russell and wife of American astronomer Frank K. Edmondson	MPC · 4300

4301–4400

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
4301 Boyden	1966 PM	Uriah A. Boyden (1804–1879), American mechanical engineer, whose bequest allowed the Harvard College Observatory to establish the Boyden Observatory	JPL · 4301
4302 Markeev	1968 HP	Anatolij Pavlovich Markeev, professor at the Moscow Aviation Institute	MPC · 4302
4303 Savitskij	1973 SZ3	Yevgeniy Savitskiy (1910–1990), Russian aviator, father of cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya	MPC · 4303
4304 Geichenko	1973 SW4	Semyon Stepanovich Geichenko, Russian writer and literary scholar	MPC · 4304
4305 Clapton	1976 EC	Eric Clapton (born 1945), British musician	MPC · 4305
4306 Dunaevskij	1976 SZ5	Isaak Dunayevsky (1900–1955), Soviet composer	MPC · 4306
4307 Cherepashchuk	1976 UK2	Anatolii Mikhailovich Cherepashchuk (born 1941), Russian astronomer and director of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute	MPC · 4307
4308 Magarach	1978 PL4	Research Institute of wine-making and viticulture at Magarach, Yalta	MPC · 4308
4309 Marvin	1978 QC	Ursula Marvin (1921–2018), American planetary geologist	MPC · 4309
4310 Strömholm	1978 RJ7	Stig Strömholm (born 1931), Swedish legal scholar and writer	MPC · 4310
4311 Zguridi	1978 SY6	Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Zguridi (1904–1998), Soviet producer	MPC · 4311
4312 Knacke	1978 WW11	Roger Fritz Knacke (born 1941), American astronomer	MPC · 4312
4313 Bouchet	1979 HK1	Patrice Bouchet (born 1953), French astronomer at the European Southern Observatory	MPC · 4313
4314 Dervan	1979 ML3	Peter Dervan, the Bren Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology	JPL · 4314
4315 Pronik	1979 SL11	Iraida and Vladimir Pronik (born 1932), astronomers at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory	MPC · 4315
4316 Babinkova	1979 TZ1	Artur Nikolaevich Babin (born 1936) and his wife Aleksandra Koval', solar astrophysicists at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory	MPC · 4316
4317 Garibaldi	1980 DA1	Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807–1882), Italian nation-builder	MPC · 4317
4318 Baťa	1980 DE1	Tomáš Baťa (1876–1932), Czech businessman	MPC · 4318
4319 Jackierobinson	1981 ER14	Jackie Robinson (1919–1972), American baseball player	JPL · 4319
4320 Jarosewich	1981 EJ17	Eugene Jarosewich (1926–2007), research chemist emeritus at the Smithsonian Institution	JPL · 4320
4321 Zero	1981 EH26	Zero Mostel (1915–1977), an American actor, singer and artist; also chosen because the asteroid's number sounds like a countdown	JPL · 4321
4322 Billjackson	1981 EE37	William M. Jackson (born 1936) of the Department of Chemistry, University of California	MPC · 4322
4323 Hortulus	1981 QN	Hortulus, Latin word for a small, cozy garden	MPC · 4323
4324 Bickel	1981 YA1	Wolf Bickel (born 1942), a German amateur astronomer who started observing minor planets in 1995 at his private observatory, located close to Bergisch Gladbach	JPL · 4324
4325 Guest	1982 HL	John Edward Guest (1938–2012), British volcanologist and planetary scientist (also see other Solar System features named after him) Src	MPC · 4325
4326 McNally	1982 HS1	Derek McNally (1934-2020), British astronomer	MPC · 4326
4327 Ries	1982 KB1	The Nördlinger Ries, a meteorite impact crater in southern Germany, that was formed about 14 million years ago	MPC · 4327
4328 Valina	1982 SQ2	Valentina Arkadievna Andreichenko and daughter Alina Eduardovna, for their collaboration with the discoverer Henri Debehogne in the Tomsk-Observatory-Brussels-Program	MPC · 4328
4329 Miró	1982 SX2	Joan Miró (1893–1983), a famous Spanish Catalan painter, sculptor and ceramicist.	JPL · 4329
4330 Vivaldi	1982 UJ3	Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741), Italian composer	MPC · 4330
4331 Hubbard	1983 HC	Ralph Hubbard (1885–1980), of Medora, North Dakota, involved in promoting and preserving Native American culture	MPC · 4331
4332 Milton	1983 RC	Daniel J. Milton, American astrogeologist	MPC · 4332
4333 Sinton	1983 RO2	William M. Sinton, American astronomer	MPC · 4333
4334 Foo	1983 RO3	Lillian Foo (born 1972), Singaporean consultant at the World Bank	MPC · 4334
4335 Verona	1983 VC7	Verona, city in Italy	MPC · 4335
4336 Jasniewicz	1984 QE1	Gerard Jasniewicz, astronomer at Strasbourg Observatory	MPC · 4336
4337 Arecibo	1985 GB	Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico	MPC · 4337
4338 Velez	1985 PB1	Reinaldo Velez, telescope operator at Arecibo Observatory	MPC · 4338
4339 Almamater	1985 UK	Alma mater, in anticipation of the 650th anniversary of the Charles University in Prague, the oldest university in central Europe	MPC · 4339
4340 Dence	1986 JZ	Michael R. Dence, Canadian geologist and executive director of the Royal Society of Canada	MPC · 4340
4341 Poseidon	1987 KF	Poseidon, Greek god	MPC · 4341
4342 Freud	1987 QO9	Sigmund Freud (1856–1939), Austrian founder of psychoanalysis	MPC · 4342
4343 Tetsuya	1988 AC	Tetsuya Fujii (born 1960), Japanese astronomer	MPC · 4343
4344 Buxtehude	1988 CR1	Dieterich Buxtehude (c. 1637–1707), Danish or German organist and composer	MPC · 4344
4345 Rachmaninoff	1988 CM2	Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943), Russian composer, pianist and conductor	MPC · 4345
4346 Whitney	1988 DS4	Mary Watson Whitney (1847–1921), American astronomer	MPC · 4346
4347 Reger	1988 PK2	Max Reger (1873–1916), German composer	MPC · 4347
4348 Poulydamas	1988 RU	Poulydamas, the closest counselor and strategist of the Trojan prince Hector. Born on the same night, the gods gave Hector the ability to perfectly master his arms, while Poulydamas was given the present of better judgment. It was Poulydamas who urged to lock the gates of Troy against Achilles, but Hector left the city and confronted Achilles nonetheless.	MPC · 4348
4349 Tibúrcio	1989 LX	Julio Cesar dos Santos Tibúrcio, Brazilian amateur astronomer	MPC · 4349
4350 Shibecha	1989 UG1	Shibecha, Hokkaidō, Japan	MPC · 4350
4351 Nobuhisa	1989 UR1	Nobuhisa Kojima (born 1933), Japanese amateur astronomer	MPC · 4351
4352 Kyoto	1989 UW1	Kyoto, city in Japan	MPC · 4352
4353 Onizaki	1989 WK1	Onizaki, town in Tokoname, Aichi, Japan	MPC · 4353
4354 Euclides	2142 P-L	Euclid (fl. 300 BC), Greek mathematician	MPC · 4354
4355 Memphis	3524 P-L	Memphis, former capital of old Egyptian kingdom	MPC · 4355
4356 Marathon	9522 P-L	Marathon, Greece	MPC · 4356
4357 Korinthos	2069 T-2	Korinthos, Greece	MPC · 4357
4358 Lynn	A909 TF	William Thynne Lynn (1835–1911), assistant at Greenwich Observatory	MPC · 4358
4359 Berlage	1935 TG	Hendrik Petrus Berlage (1896–1968), Dutch meteorologist, son of architect Hendrik Petrus Berlage	MPC · 4359
4360 Xuyi	1964 TG2	Xuyi County, China	MPC · 4360
4361 Nezhdanova	1977 TG7	Antonina Nezhdanova (1873–1950), Russian opera singer	MPC · 4361
4362 Carlisle	1978 PR4	Albert John Carlisle (1917–1993), hunter of meteorites on the Nullarbor Plain of Western Australia	MPC · 4362
4363 Sergej	1978 TU7	Sergej Vasil'evich Ezhov (born 1953), surgeon in the district hospital at Bakhchisaraj, Crimea, since the 1970s	MPC · 4363
4364 Shkodrov	1978 VV5	Vladimir Shkodrov (1930–2010), Bulgarian astronomer	MPC · 4364
4365 Ivanova	1978 VH8	Violeta G. Ivanova, Bulgarian astronomer	MPC · 4365
4366 Venikagan	1979 YV8	Veniamin Kagan (1869–1953), Soviet and Russian mathematician	MPC · 4366
4367 Meech	1981 EE43	Karen Jean Meech (born 1959), American astronomer	MPC · 4367
4368 Pillmore	1981 JC2	Charles L. Pillmore, American geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey	MPC · 4368
4369 Seifert	1982 OR	Jaroslav Seifert (1901–1986), Czech poet	MPC · 4369
4370 Dickens	1982 SL	Charles Dickens (1812–1870), English writer	MPC · 4370
4371 Fyodorov	1983 GC2	Svyatoslav Fyodorov (1927–2000), Russian ophthalmologist	MPC · 4371
4372 Quincy	1984 TB	John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), sixth president of the United States	MPC · 4372
4373 Crespo	1985 PB	Antonio Crespo, electrical engineer at Arecibo Observatory	MPC · 4373
4374 Tadamori	1987 BJ	Taira no Tadamori, early samurai	MPC · 4374
4375 Kiyomori	1987 DQ	Taira no Kiyomori, early samurai and Daijō Daijin	MPC · 4375
4376 Shigemori	1987 FA	Taira no Shigemori, early samurai	MPC · 4376
4377 Koremori	1987 GD	Taira no Koremori, early samurai	MPC · 4377
4378 Voigt	1988 JF	Hans-Heinrich Voigt (1921–2017), German astronomer	MPC · 4378
4379 Snelling	1988 PT1	Reginald and Heather Snelling, friends of the discoverers Eugene and Carolyn Shoemaker	MPC · 4379
4380 Geyer	1988 PB2	Edward H. Geyer, German astronomer at the Hoher List Observatory	MPC · 4380
4381 Uenohara	1989 WD1	Uenohara, town in Japan	MPC · 4381
4382 Stravinsky	1989 WQ3	Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971), Russian-American composer	MPC · 4382
4383 Suruga	1989 XP	Suruga Province (ancient name of eastern part of Shizuoka Prefecture), Japan	MPC · 4383
4384 Henrybuhl	1990 AA	Henry Buhl Jr. (1848–1927), a philanthropist who established the Buhl Foundation	JPL · 4384
4385 Elsässer	2534 P-L	Hans F. Elsässer (born 1929), German astronomer, former director of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy	MPC · 4385
4386 Lüst	6829 P-L	Reimar Lüst (born 1923), German astrophysicist	MPC · 4386
4387 Tanaka	4829 T-2	Yasuo Tanaka (1931–2018), Japanese astrophysicist	MPC · 4387
4388 Jürgenstock	1964 VE	Jürgen Stock (born 1923), German-Venezuelan astronomer, developer of observatories, and the director of the CTIO and the Llano del Hato observatories in South America	MPC · 4388
4389 Durbin	1976 GL3	Deanna Durbin (1921–2013), Canadian-American cinema actress	MPC · 4389
4390 Madreteresa	1976 GO8	Mother Teresa (1910–1997), an Albanian-Indian nun and missionary. She is known as Saint Teresa of Calcutta in the Roman Catholic Church.	JPL · 4390
4391 Balodis	1977 QW2	Jānis Balodis, chief of the cosmic geodesy department at the Astronomical Observatory of the Latvian University	MPC · 4391
4392 Agita	1978 RX5	Agita Tarasova, a scientific worker at the Astronomical Observatory of the Latvian University	MPC · 4392
4393 Dawe	1978 VP8	John A. Dawe, British astronomer at the UK Schmidt Telescope	MPC · 4393
4394 Fritzheide	1981 EB19	Fritz Heide (1891–1973), German meteorite researcher	MPC · 4394
4395 Danbritt	1981 EH41	Daniel Britt (born 1950), research professor at the University of Tennessee, who studies the relationships between minor planets and meteorites using reflectance spectroscopy	JPL · 4395
4396 Gressmann	1981 JH	Michael Gressmann, German astro-optician and amateur astronomer	MPC · 4396
4397 Jalopez	1981 JS1	José Augusto Lopez (born 1922), astronomer and long-time director of the Felix Aguilar Observatory in Argentina	MPC · 4397
4398 Chiara	1984 HC2	Chiara Maria Faletti (born 1955), wife of the discoverer Walter Ferreri	MPC · 4398
4399 Ashizuri	1984 UA	Cape Ashizuri, Kochi, Japan	MPC · 4399
4400 Bagryana	1985 QH4	Elisaveta Bagriana (1893–1991), Bulgarian poet	MPC · 4400

4401–4500

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
4401 Aditi	1985 TB	Aditi, Hindu goddess of the sky and air	MPC · 4401
4402 Tsunemori	1987 DP	Taira no Tsunemori (1124–1185), early samurai	MPC · 4402
4403 Kuniharu	1987 EA	Kuniharu Observatory, founded in 1958 in Okazaki, Aichi prefecture, Japan	MPC · 4403
4404 Enirac	1987 GG	Carine Maury, wife of the French astronomer Alain Maury, who discovered this minor planet	MPC · 4404
4405 Otava	1987 QD1	Otava River, Czech Republic	MPC · 4405
4406 Mahler	1987 YD1	Gustav Mahler (1860–1911), Austrian composer	MPC · 4406
4407 Taihaku	1988 TF1	Taihaku-ku, Sendai, the southernmost ward of the city Sendai, Japan	MPC · 4407
4408 Zlatá Koruna	1988 TH2	Zlatá Koruna, a gothic monastery and a village in South Bohemia, Czech Republic	MPC · 4408
4409 Kissling	1989 MD	Warwick M. Kissling (born 1957), New Zealand mathematician	MPC · 4409
4410 Kamuimintara	1989 YA	Daisetsuzan's another name in Ainu mythology - meaning Playground of Kamuys	MPC · 4410
4411 Kochibunkyo	1990 AF	The Kochi Prefecture Cultural and Educational Association, an association of volunteers active in education including the popularization of astronomy. The association was inaugurated in the city of Kochi in April 1948.	MPC · 4411
4412 Chephren	2535 P-L	Khafra (Chephren), pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty of Egypt who built the eponymous pyramid at Giza and the Sphinx	MPC · 4412
4413 Mycerinos	4020 P-L	Menkaura (Mycerinos), pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty of Egypt	MPC · 4413
4414 Sesostris	4153 P-L	Senusret I, Senusret II, and Senusret III (Sesostris I, II and III), three pharaohs of the Twelfth dynasty of Egypt	MPC · 4414
4415 Echnaton	4237 P-L	Akhenaten (Echnaton), pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt	MPC · 4415
4416 Ramses	4530 P-L	Ramesses II, pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt	MPC · 4416
4417 Lecar	1931 GC	Myron Lecar (born 1930), American astrophysicist	MPC · 4417
4418 Fredfranklin	1931 TR1	Fred Aldrich Franklin (born 1932), American astronomer	MPC · 4418
4419 Allancook	1932 HD	Allan F. Cook II (1922–1998), American astrophysicist	MPC · 4419
4420 Alandreev	1936 PB	Aleksandr Fedorovich Andreev (born 1939), vice-president of the Russian Academy of Sciences and director of the P. Kapitsa Institute of Physical Problems in Moscow.	JPL · 4420
4421 Kayor	1942 AC	Kay and Roy Williams, parents of Gareth V. Williams, an astronomer at the Minor Planet Center	MPC · 4421
4422 Jarre	1942 UA	Jean-Michel Jarre (born 1948), a French composer, and his father Maurice Jarre (1924–2009)	MPC · 4422
4423 Golden	1949 GH	William T. Golden (1909–2007), author-editor of books on science policy.	JPL · 4423
4424 Arkhipova	1967 DB	Irina Konstantinovna Arkhipova (born 1925), Russian soloist at the Bolshoi Theatre	MPC · 4424
4425 Bilk	1967 UQ	German city district Düsseldorf-Bilk, where the Düsseldorf-Bilk Observatory (German: Sternwarte Bilk) existed from 1843 to 1943	JPL · 4425
4426 Roerich	1969 TB6	Nicholas Roerich (1874–1947), Russian painter, as well as for Elena Ivanovna Roerich (1879–1955), Russian writer, Yurij Nikolaevich Roerich (1902–1960), Russian scientist, and Svetoslav Roerich (1904–1993), Russian painter	MPC · 4426
4427 Burnashev	1971 QP1	Vladislav Ivanovich Burnashev (born 1943) also Bella Alekseevna Burnasheva (born 1944) (Crimean Astrophysical Observatory)	MPC · 4427
4428 Khotinok	1977 SN	Roman L'vovich Khotinok (1928–2016), Russian meteorite researcher	MPC · 4428
4429 Chinmoy	1978 RJ2	Sri Chinmoy (1931–2007), Indian poet, artist and philosopher	MPC · 4429
4430 Govorukhin	1978 SX6	Stanislav Govorukhin (1936–2018), Russian cinematic producer and playwright	MPC · 4430
4431 Holeungholee	1978 WU14	S. H. Ho, K.-K. Leung, T. Ho and Q.-W. Lee jointly established the Holeungholee Foundation in 1994 to reward high-level Chinese achievements in science and technology and to promote the further development of those achievements	JPL · 4431
4432 McGraw-Hill	1981 ER22	the McGraw-Hill Telescope at the MDM Observatory	MPC · 4432
4433 Goldstone	1981 QP	Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex, California	MPC · 4433
4434 Nikulin	1981 RD5	Yuri Nikulin (1921–1997), a Russian circus artist, clown and film star	MPC · 4434
4435 Holt	1983 AG2	Henry E. Holt (born 1929), a discoverer of minor planets and planetary geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey	MPC · 4435
4436 Ortizmoreno	1983 EX	José Luis Ortiz Moreno (born 1967), a planetary scientist at the IAA (CSIC) at Granada, Spain	JPL · 4436
4437 Yaroshenko	1983 GA2	Nikolai Yaroshenko (1846–1898), Russian/Ukrainian painter	MPC · 4437
4438 Sykes	1983 WR	Mark V. Sykes, American planetary scientist at the Steward Observatory, Arizona	MPC · 4438
4439 Muroto	1984 VA	Muroto, Kōchi, city in Japan	MPC · 4439
4440 Tchantchès	1984 YV	Tchantchès (Walloon dialect for François), the typical Walloon hero of the region of the discoverer. Tchantchès is obstinate but has a great heart	JPL · 4440
4441 Toshie	1985 BB	Toshie Seki, mother of Japanese astronomer Tsutomu Seki, who discovered this minor planet	MPC · 4441
4442 Garcia	1985 RB1	Jerry Garcia (1942–1995), lead guitarist of the Grateful Dead	MPC · 4442
4443 Paulet	1985 RD4	Pedro Paulet (1874–1945), Peruvian scientist and diplomat	JPL · 4443
4444 Escher	1985 SA	M. C. Escher (1898–1972), Dutch graphic artist	JPL · 4444
4445 Jimstratton	1985 TC	James Michael Stratton (born 1976), an American space engineer, helped further the exploration of the planets through his roles as both the propulsion and deputy mission systems engineer on NASA's New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission.	JPL · 4445
4446 Carolyn	1985 TT	Carolyn Shoemaker (1929–2021), comet and asteroid discoverer	MPC · 4446
4447 Kirov	1985 VE1	After Kirov, the city in Russia, or after the Kirov Opera and Ballet Theatre	MPC · 4447
4448 Phildavis	1986 EO	Philip A. Davis, astronomer and planetary geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey	MPC · 4448
4449 Sobinov	1987 RX3	Leonid Sobinov (1872–1934), Russian opera singer	MPC · 4449
4450 Pan	1987 SY	Pan god of Arcady	MPC · 4450
4451 Grieve	1988 JJ	Richard Andrew Francis Grieve, Canadian geologist with the Geological Survey of Canada	MPC · 4451
4452 Ullacharles	1988 RN	Ulla Augustesen (1914–1990) and Charles Augustesen (1909–1987), the parents of Brorfelde observer Karl Augustesen	JPL · 4452
4453 Bornholm	1988 VC	The beautiful and famous Danish rocky island of Bornholm is situated in the southern part of the Baltic Sea	JPL · 4453
4454 Kumiko	1988 VW	Kumiko Kaneda (born 1951), wife of Japanese astronomer Hiroshi Kaneda, who co-discovered this minor planet	MPC · 4454
4455 Ruriko	1988 XA	Ruriko Ueda (born 1957), wife of Japanese astronomer Seiji Ueda, who co-discovered this minor planet	MPC · 4455
4456 Mawson	1989 OG	Sir Douglas Mawson (1882–1958), Antarctic explorer	MPC · 4456
4457 van Gogh	1989 RU	Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890), Dutch painter	MPC · 4457
4458 Oizumi	1990 BY	Ōizumi, Yamanashi, Japan	MPC · 4458
4459 Nusamaibashi	1990 BP2	Nusamai Bridge, located in Kushiro, on the Island of Hokkaidō in northern Japan	MPC · 4459
4460 Bihoro	1990 DS	Bihoro, town in Japan	MPC · 4460
4461 Sayama	1990 EL	Sayama, Saitama, Japan	MPC · 4461
4462 Vaughan	1952 HJ2	Curtis T. Vaughan Jr., a businessman, and community leader of San Antonio, Texas	MPC · 4462
4463 Marschwarzschild	1954 UO2	Martin Schwarzschild (1912–1997), German-American astrophysicist	MPC · 4463
4464 Vulcano	1966 TE	Aeolian Islands, site of the "original" volcano	MPC · 4464
4465 Rodita	1969 TD5	Tat'yana Mikhajlovna Rodina (1914–1989), a Soviet art critic, was the author of Russian Theatre Art at the Beginning of the 19th Century and Blok and Russian Theatre of the Beginning of the 20th Century, as well as of numerous papers in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia and the Theatre Encyclopedia.	JPL · 4465
4466 Abai	1971 SX1	Abai Qunanbaiuli (Abai Kunanbaev) (1845–1904), Kazakh poet and philosopher	MPC · 4466
4467 Kaidanovskij	1975 VN2	Naum L'vovich Kaidanovskii (1907–), Russian astronomer	MPC · 4467
4468 Pogrebetskij	1976 SZ3	Mikhail Pogrebetskiy (1892–1956), Ukrainian mountaineer	MPC · 4468
4469 Utting	1978 PS4	Muriel Utting (1914–), Australian historian of the Perth Observatory	MPC · 4469
4470 Sergeev-Censkij	1978 QP1	Sergey Sergeev-Tsensky (1875–1958), Soviet writer	MPC · 4470
4471 Graculus	1978 VB	Pyrrhocorax graculus is the Alpine species of choughs. In great flocks they are sometimes a bit of a nuisance, but to watch their masterly elegant flight, especially in turbulent air, is a great delight	JPL · 4471
4472 Navashin	1980 TY14	Mikhail Sergeevich Navashin (1896–1973), Russian author of the Teleskop astronoma-lyubitelya (The Amateur Astronomer's Telescope)	MPC · 4472
4473 Sears	1981 DE2	Derek W. G. Sears (born 1948), British meteoriticist	MPC · 4473
4474 Proust	1981 QZ2	Dominique Proust, French astrophysicist	MPC · 4474
4475 Voitkevich	1982 UQ5	Georgii Vitol'dovich Voitkevich (1920–1997), Russian geochemist	MPC · 4475
4476 Bernstein	1983 DE	Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990), American composer, conductor and pianist	MPC · 4476
4477 Kelley	1983 SB	Michael Shawn Kelley (born 1958), a program officer at the Planetary Science Division, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.	JPL · 4477
4478 Blanco	1984 HG1	Carlo Blanco, professor of astronomy at Catania University	MPC · 4478
4479 Charlieparker	1985 CP1	Charlie "Bird" Parker (1920–1955), American saxophonist, principal inventor of bebop	JPL · 4479
4480 Nikitibotania	1985 QM4	Nikitian State Botanical Gardens, founded in 1812, on the Crimean peninsula	MPC · 4480
4481 Herbelin	1985 RR	Claude Herbelin (born 1931), Swiss electrotechnical engineer of Neuchâtel and friend of the family of Edward L. G. Bowell (discoverer)	JPL · 4481
4482 Frèrebasile	1986 RB	Nicolas Dupont, a French professor of mathematics, amateur astronomer and member of the De La Salle Brothers,	MPC · 4482
4483 Petöfi	1986 RC2	Sándor Petőfi (1823–1849), Hungarian poet	MPC · 4483
4484 Sif	1987 DD	Sif, Norse goddess	MPC · 4484
4485 Radonezhskij	1987 QQ11	Sergij Radonezhskij (c. 1321–1391), Russian church official	MPC · 4485
4486 Mithra	1987 SB	Mithra, Indo-Iranian god	MPC · 4486
4487 Pocahontas	1987 UA	Pocahontas, Native American woman	MPC · 4487
4488 Tokitada	1987 UK	Taira no Tokitada (1130–1189), early samurai	MPC · 4488
4489 Dracius	1988 AK	Dracius was one of the commanders of the Epeans who fought to protect the Argive ships from Hektor's attack.	IAU · 4489
4490 Bambery	1988 ND	Raymond Bambery, American chemist and image-processing scientist at JPL	MPC · 4490
4491 Otaru	1988 RP	Otaru, Hokkaidō, Japan	MPC · 4491
4492 Debussy	1988 SH	Claude Debussy (1862–1918), French composer	MPC · 4492
4493 Naitomitsu	1988 TG1	Mitsu Naito (born 1925), mother of the first female Japanese astronaut, Chiaki Mukai	JPL · 4493
4494 Marimo	1988 TK1	Marimo, a rare growth form of green algae that inhabit Lake Akan in Hokkaido, Japan.	MPC · 4494
4495 Dassanowsky	1988 VS	Elfi Dassanowsky (1924–2007), an Austrian-born film pioneer	JPL · 4495
4496 Kamimachi	1988 XM1	Kamimachi, town in Kōchi, Japan. Birthplace of discover	MPC · 4496
4497 Taguchi	1989 AE1	Takeo Taguchi (born 1950), Japanese optical engineer	MPC · 4497
4498 Shinkoyama	1989 AG1	Shin Koyama (born 1927), Japanese astronomer	MPC · 4498
4499 Davidallen	1989 AO3	David Anthony Allen, British astronomer	MPC · 4499
4500 Pascal	1989 CL	Blaise Pascal (1623–1662), French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher	MPC · 4500

4501–4600

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
4501 Eurypylos	1989 CJ3	Eurypylos, mythical king of Thessaly	MPC · 4501
4502 Elizabethann	1989 KG	Elizabeth Ann Holt, daughter of the discoverer Henry E. Holt	MPC · 4502
4503 Cleobulus	1989 WM	Ancient Greek poet Cleobulus, one of the Seven Sages of Greece	MPC · 4503
4504 Jenkinson	1989 YO	Nora Jenkinson, Scottish amateur astronomer and astronomy educator	MPC · 4504
4505 Okamura	1990 DV1	Keiichiro Okamura, Japanese headmaster	MPC · 4505
4506 Hendrie	1990 FJ	Michael J. Hendrie, British amateur astronomer and author, astronomy correspondent for The Times	MPC · 4506
4507 Petercollins	1990 FV	Peter L. Collins, American amateur astronomer	JPL · 4507
4508 Takatsuki	1990 FG1	Yukihiro Takatsuki, contributing editor of Japanese astronomical magazine	MPC · 4508
4509 Gorbatskij	A917 SG	Vitaly Gerasimovich Gorbatskij (born 1920), professor at St. Petersburg University	JPL · 4509
4510 Shawna	1930 XK	Shawna Willoughby, granddaughter of the discoverer Clyde Tombaugh	MPC · 4510
4511 Rembrandt	1935 SP1	Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Dutch painter and engraver	MPC · 4511
4512 Sinuhe	1939 BM	Sinuhe, hero of The Egyptian by Mika Waltari	MPC · 4512
4513 Louvre	1971 QW1	The Louvre, museum	MPC · 4513
4514 Vilen	1972 HX	Vilen Valentinovich Nesterov, Russian astronomer	MPC · 4514
4515 Khrennikov	1973 SD6	Tikhon Nikolayevich Khrennikov, Russian composer	JPL · 4515
4516 Pugovkin	1973 SN6	Mikhail Pugovkin, Russian comic actor	MPC · 4516
4517 Ralpharvey	1975 SV	Ralph Harvey (born 1960), An assistant professor at Case Western University	JPL · 4517
4518 Raikin	1976 GP3	Arkady Raikin, Russian actor	MPC · 4518
4519 Voronezh	1976 YO4	Voronezh, Russia	MPC · 4519
4520 Dovzhenko	1977 QJ3	Alexander Dovzhenko, Ukrainian filmmaker	MPC · 4520
4521 Akimov	1979 FU2	Nikolai Pavlovich Akimov, Ukrainian scenic designer and stage designer	MPC · 4521
4522 Britastra	1980 BM	British Astronomical Association	MPC · 4522
4523 MIT	1981 DM1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	JPL · 4523
4524 Barklajdetolli	1981 RV4	Prince Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Russian field marshal of Scottish descent	MPC · 4524
4525 Johnbauer	1982 JB3	John Bauer, American teacher of astronomy and physics	JPL · 4525
4526 Konko	1982 KN1	Konkō, Okayama, Japan	MPC · 4526
4527 Schoenberg	1982 OK	Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian-American composer	MPC · 4527
4528 Berg	1983 PP	Alban Berg, Austrian composer	MPC · 4528
4529 Webern	1984 ED	Anton Webern, Austrian composer	MPC · 4529
4530 Smoluchowski	1984 EP	Roman Smoluchowski, Polish-born physicist and astrophysicist	MPC · 4530
4531 Asaro	1985 FC	Frank Asaro, American nuclear chemist and colleague of Walter and Louis Alvarez	MPC · 4531
4532 Copland	1985 GM1	Aaron Copland, American composer	MPC · 4532
4533 Orth	1986 EL	Charles J. Orth, American geochemist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico	MPC · 4533
4534 Rimskij-Korsakov	1986 PV4	Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908), Russian composer	MPC · 4534
4535 Adamcarolla	1986 QV2	Adam Carolla, American comedic radio and television personality, former co-host of the syndicated radio program Loveline	JPL · 4535
4536 Drewpinsky	1987 DA6	David Drew Pinsky (Dr. Drew), American doctor who co-hosts the syndicated radio program Loveline	JPL · 4536
4537 Valgrirasp	1987 RR3	Valentin Rasputin, Soviet writer	MPC · 4537
4538 Vishyanand	1988 TP	Viswanathan (Vishy) Anand (born 1969), India's first chess grandmaster	JPL · 4538
4539 Miyagino	1988 VU1	Miyagino-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan	MPC · 4539
4540 Oriani	1988 VY1	Barnaba Oriani (Barnabus Oriani), Italian astronomer	MPC · 4540
4541 Mizuno	1989 AF	Yoshikane Mizuno, Japanese amateur astronomer	MPC · 4541
4542 Mossotti	1989 BO	Ottaviano-Fabrizio Mossotti, Italian physicist and astronomer	MPC · 4542
4543 Phoinix	1989 CQ1	Phoinix, mythical Greek warrior	MPC · 4543
4544 Xanthus	1989 FB	Xanthus (Greek word for "Fair"), was one of Achilles' semi-divine horses (in the Iliad). Also Xanthus (or Xanthos) is the name given to the river God, (known as Scamander or Skamandros to mortals). The official naming citation also mentions that it is an alternative name for the Olympian god Apollo.	MPC · 4544
4545 Primolevi	1989 SB11	Primo Levi (1919–1987), an Italian chemist and writer	JPL · 4545
4546 Franck	1990 EW2	César Franck, Belgian composer	MPC · 4546
4547 Massachusetts	1990 KP	Massachusetts, United States	MPC · 4547
4548 Wielen	2538 P-L	Roland Wielen (born 1938), German astronomer	MPC · 4548
4549 Burkhardt	1276 T-2	Gernot Burkhardt (born 1951), German astronomer, co-editor of Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts	MPC · 4549
4550 Royclarke	1977 HH1	Roy Clarke Jr. (born 1925) served as curator of the U.S. National Meteorite Collection at the Smithsonian Institution for nearly 30 years. Clarke's research interests have focused on the structures of iron meteorites and have included the classification and study of Antarctic iron meteorites	JPL · 4550
4551 Cochran	1979 MC	Anita Light Cochran, American astronomer and William David Cochran, American astronomer	MPC · 4551
4552 Nabelek	1980 JC	Jan Nabelek, Moravian teacher	MPC · 4552
4553 Doncampbell	1982 RH	Donald B. Campbell, Australian-born astronomer and planetary scientist at Cornell University	MPC · 4553
4554 Fanynka	1986 UT	"Fanynka" Burian, friend of the discoverer	MPC · 4554
4555 Josefapérez	1987 QL	María Josefa Pérez (1970–2014), an astronomer at the Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio, Buenos Aires, and at the La Plata Astronomical Observatory	JPL · 4555
4556 Gumilyov	1987 QW10	Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet	MPC · 4556
4557 Mika	1987 XD	Mika Watanabe, wife of one of discovers	MPC · 4557
4558 Janesick	1988 NF	James R. Janesick, American optical engineer	MPC · 4558
4559 Strauss	1989 AP6	Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer	MPC · 4559
4560 Klyuchevskij	1976 YD2	Vasily Klyuchevsky, Russian historian	MPC · 4560
4561 Lemeshev	1978 RY5	Sergey Lemeshev, Russian opera singer	MPC · 4561
4562 Poleungkuk	1979 UD2	This name celebrates the 125th anniversary of the founding of Po Leung Kuk, a famous charity in Hong Kong. With a firm commitment to care and protection for the young and the innocent, Po Leung Kuk serves the local community	JPL · 4562
4563 Kahnia	1980 OG	Franz D. Kahn, professor of astronomy and head of the department of astronomy at the University of Manchester	MPC · 4563
4564 Clayton	1981 ET16	Robert Clayton (born 1930), a professor at the University of Chicago	JPL · 4564
4565 Grossman	1981 EZ17	Lawrence Grossman (born 1946), Canadian-American geophysicist	MPC · 4565
4566 Chaokuangpiu	1981 WM4	Kuang-Piu Chao, consulting professor at Tsinghua University and Zhejiang University. For many years, he made remarkable contributions to the development of Chinese educational and cultural programs	JPL · 4566
4567 Bečvář	1982 SO1	Antonín Bečvář, Slovak astronomer	MPC · 4567
4568 Menkaure	1983 RY3	Pharaoh Menkaure (c. 2530 B.C.), the son of Chephren	MPC · 4568
4569 Baerbel	1985 GV1	Baerbel K. Lucchitta, planetary geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey	MPC · 4569
4570 Runcorn	1985 PR	Keith Runcorn (Stanley Keith Runcorn), British geophysicist	JPL · 4570
4571 Grumiaux	1985 RY3	Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist	MPC · 4571
4572 Brage	1986 RF	Brage, Norse god of poetry and music	MPC · 4572
4573 Piešťany	1986 TP6	Slovak spa town of Piešťany	MPC · 4573
4574 Yoshinaka	1986 YB	Minamoto no Yoshinaka, early samurai	MPC · 4574
4575 Broman	1987 ME1	Brian Roman, American astronomer	MPC · 4575
4576 Yanotoyohiko	1988 CC	Toyohiko Yano (born 1952) is a professor at the Research Laboratory for Nuclear Reactors, Tokyo Institute of Technology. His major work is materials science, particularly in the field of ceramics, and he is also a skillful electron microscopist. In their youth, he and the discoverer climbed mountains together	JPL · 4576
4577 Chikako	1988 WG	Chikako Mitsuhashi (or Mihashi), Japanese astronomical educator	MPC · 4577
4578 Kurashiki	1988 XL1	Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan	MPC · 4578
4579 Puccini	1989 AT6	Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini, Italian operatic composer	MPC · 4579
4580 Child	1989 EF	Jack B. Child, astronomer	MPC · 4580
4581 Asclepius	1989 FC	Asclepius, god of medicine	MPC · 4581
4582 Hank	1989 FW	Henry Reid Holt, son of discoverer of minor planets Henry E. Holt	MPC · 4582
4583 Lugo	1989 RL4	Raymond Lugo (born 1957), American deputy launch services manager on NASA's New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission	JPL · 4583
4584 Akan	1990 FA	Akan National Park, Hokkaidō, Japan	MPC · 4584
4585 Ainonai	1990 KQ	Ainonai, a small Japanese town on Hokkaidō, west of Kitami	MPC · 4585
4586 Gunvor	6047 P-L	Gunvor Ulla Marie Ollongren-Lundgren, wife of Dutch astronomer Alexander Ollongren	MPC · 4586
4587 Rees	3239 T-2	Martin Rees (born 1942), English astrophysicist and longtime Astronomer Royal	MPC · 4587
4588 Wislicenus	1931 EE	Walter F. Wislicenus (1859–1905), a German astronomer	JPL · 4588
4589 McDowell	1933 OB	Jonathan McDowell (born 1960), American astrophysicist	MPC · 4589
4590 Dimashchegolev	1968 OG1	Dmytrij Evgen'evich Shchegolev (1928–1988), a Russian astronomer at the Pulkovo Observatory near Saint Petersburg	MPC · 4590
4591 Bryantsev	1975 VZ	Alexander Bryantsev (1883–1961), Russian theatre director	MPC · 4591
4592 Alkissia	1979 SQ11	Aleksej Alekseevich Kiselev (born 1927), Russian astronomer	MPC · 4592
4593 Reipurth	1980 FV1	Bo Reipurth, Danish astronomer	MPC · 4593
4594 Dashkova	1980 KR1	Ekaterina Romanovna Dashkova, Russian princess	MPC · 4594
4595 Prinz	1981 EZ2	Martin Prinz (born 1931), American curator of meteorites at the American Museum of Natural History	JPL · 4595
4597 Consolmagno	1983 UA1	Guy Consolmagno, American astronomer	JPL · 4597
4598 Coradini	1985 PG1	Marcello Coradini, Italian planetary scientist or Angioletta Coradini, Italian planetary scientist	MPC · 4598
4599 Rowan	1985 RZ2	Michael Rowan-Robinson, British astronomer	JPL · 4599
4600 Meadows	1985 RE4	Jack Meadows, British astronomer	JPL · 4600

4601–4700

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
4601 Ludkewycz	1986 LB	The maiden name of the Ukrainian-born mother of the discoverer, American NASA astronomer, writer, cartoonist, planetary scientist, artist and Hollywood special effects animator Marian Rudnyk	MPC · 4601
4602 Heudier	1986 UD3	Jean Louis Heudier, French astronomer	MPC · 4602
4603 Bertaud	1986 WM3	Charles Bertaud, French astronomer	MPC · 4603
4604 Stekarstrom	1987 SK	Stephen E. and Karen M. Strom, American astronomers and photographers	JPL · 4604
4605 Nikitin	1987 SV17	Afanasy Nikitin, Russian explorer and travel writer	MPC · 4605
4606 Saheki	1987 UM1	Tsuneo Saeki, Japanese astronomer and president of the Toa Astronomical Society	MPC · 4606
4607 Seilandfarm	1987 WR	Seiland Farm, Hokkaidō, Japan	MPC · 4607
4608 Wodehouse	1988 BW3	Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, British comic writer	JPL · 4608
4609 Pizarro	1988 CT3	Guido and Oscar Pizarro, Chilean astronomers	MPC · 4609
4610 Kájov	1989 FO	Village of Kájov, Czech Republic	MPC · 4610
4611 Vulkaneifel	1989 GR6	Volcanic Eifel (German: Vulkaneifel), a landscape in Germany, shaped by its volcanic geological history	MPC · 4611
4612 Greenstein	1989 JG	Jesse L. Greenstein, an expert in stellar spectroscopy	JPL · 4612
4613 Mamoru	1990 OM	Mamoru Mohri, Japanese astronaut	MPC · 4613
4614 Masamura	1990 QN	Kazutada Masamura, Japanese amateur astronomer	MPC · 4614
4615 Zinner	A923 RH	Ernst Zinner, German astronomer and historian of astronomy	MPC · 4615
4616 Batalov	1975 BF	Aleksei Vladimirovich Batalov, Russian actor	MPC · 4616
4617 Zadunaisky	1976 DK	Pedro E. Zadunaisky (1918–), Argentinian astronomer and mathematician	MPC · 4617
4618 Shakhovskoj	1977 RJ3	Nikolaj Mikhailovich Shakhovskoj (born 1930), astrophysicist at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory	MPC · 4618
4619 Polyakhova	1977 RB7	Elena Nikolaevna Palyakhova, assistant professor of astronomy at Saint Petersburg State University, Russia	MPC · 4619
4620 Bickley	1978 OK	Named for the present site (since 1966) of the Perth Observatory. In 1915 the locality, in the Darling Range 23 km east-southeast of the center of the city, was officially named for Samuel Wallace Alexander Walsh Bickley (1810–1876), a pioneer in the area who was also a successful merchant and a nominated member of the Legislative Council of the colony (as it was at that time) of Western Australia	JPL · 4620
4621 Tambov	1979 QE10	Tambov, Russia	MPC · 4621
4622 Solovjova	1979 WE2	Sergey Solovyov (1820–1879), Russian historian, and his son Vladimir Solovyov, philosopher	MPC · 4622
4623 Obraztsova	1981 UT15	Elena Obraztsova, Russian singer	MPC · 4623
4624 Stefani	1982 FV2	J. Stefani Salazar, granddaughter of the first discoverer	MPC · 4624
4625 Shchedrin	1982 UG6	Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin, Russian composer	MPC · 4625
4626 Plisetskaya	1984 YU1	Maya Plisetskaya, Russian ballerina, wife of Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin	MPC · 4626
4627 Pinomogavero	1985 RT2	Giuseppe Mogavero (born 1954), Italian medical doctor in Isnello, Palermo.	JPL · 4627
4628 Laplace	1986 RU4	Pierre-Simon Marquis de Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer	MPC · 4628
4629 Walford	1986 TD7	Roy Walford (1924–2004), professor of pathology at the UCLA School of Medicine in California	MPC · 4629
4630 Chaonis	1987 WA	Italian comune of Chions in northern Italy, location of the Chaonis Observatory (Italian: Osservatorio di Chions)	MPC · 4630
4631 Yabu	1987 WE1	Yasuo Yabu (born 1932), Japanese amateur astronomer	MPC · 4631
4632 Udagawa	1987 YB	Tetsuo Udagawa (born 1947) developer of a laser holographic system for precise measurements	MPC · 4632
4633 Marinbica	1988 AJ5	Marin Dacian Bica (1970–2013), Romanian professor of physics and astronomy	JPL · 4633
4634 Shibuya	1988 BA	Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan	MPC · 4634
4635 Rimbaud	1988 BJ1	Arthur Rimbaud, French poet	MPC · 4635
4636 Chile	1988 CJ5	Chile, South American country and location of the European Southern Observatory	MPC · 4636
4637 Odorico	1989 CT	Odorico Mattiussi (1265–1331), Italian Franciscan friar and missionary	MPC · 4637
4638 Estens	1989 EG	John Locke Estens (born 1919), Australian astronomy educator	MPC · 4638
4639 Minox	1989 EK2	Minox, a miniature camera	MPC · 4639
4640 Hara	1989 GA	Megumi Hara, Japanese amateur astronomer	MPC · 4640
4641 Ayako	1990 QT3	Ayako Endate (b.~1971) is the wife of Japanese astronomer Kin Endate, who co-discovered this minor planet	JPL · 4641
4642 Murchie	1990 QG4	Scott L. Murchie (born 1959), of the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University and contributor to the NEAR Shoemaker mission	MPC · 4642
4643 Cisneros	1990 QD6	Ernest Cisneros (born 1964), one of the unsung heroes of planetary science. Cisneros began his career as a field geologist but has turned his energies to computer system management, software development, networking and data processing. Throughout the flight portion of the NEAR mission, Ernest insured that key hardware and software elements were developed and implemented. During the flybys of (253) Mathilde and (433) Eros (as well as the earth), Ernest worked with the science team delivering calibrated data within minutes of telemetry arrival for both optical navigation and science analysis. Name proposed by J. Veverka and citation written by M. Robinson.	JPL · 4643
4644 Oumu	1990 SR3	Ōmu, Hokkaidō, Japan	MPC · 4644
4645 Tentaikojo	1990 SP4	Astronomical museum at Sapporo, Japan. Meaning "Star Factory"	MPC · 4645
4646 Kwee	4009 P-L	Kiem Keng Kwee (born 1927), a Dutch-Indonesian astronomer at Leiden Observatory, who studies variable stars, using their lightcurves to determine the characteristics of those systems by means of the Wilson-Devinney program. While observing at Palomar in 1963, he co-discovered comet 59P/Kearns–Kwee.	MPC · 4646
4647 Syuji	1931 TU1	Shuji Hayakawa (born 1958), Japanese astronomer	MPC · 4647
4648 Tirion	1931 UE	Wil Tirion (born 1943), Dutch astronomical cartographer	MPC · 4648
4649 Sumoto	1936 YD	Sumoto, Hyōgo, city in Japan	MPC · 4649
4650 Mori	1950 TF	Kiyoshi Mori, Japanese amateur astronomer	MPC · 4650
4651 Wongkwancheng	1957 UK1	Kwan-cheng Wong (1907–1986), a leader in Chinese industrial and commercial circles	JPL · 4651
4652 Iannini	1975 QO	Gualberto Mario Iannini (1917–), Argentinean astronomer who has worked in the field of astrometry for almost 40 years. As a student, Iannini studied the orbit of C/1942 C1 (Whipple-Bernasconi-Kulin). In 1962 he joined the faculty of the School of Mathematics, Astronomy and Physics of the National University of Cordoba and became head of the Department of Astrometry of the Cordoba Observatory, where he finished the reduction of the meridian circle catalogue of the Southern Polar Cap, known as the Cordoba E catalogue.	JPL · 4652
4653 Tommaso	1976 GJ2	Tommaso Campanella (1568–1639), Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, poet and political figure	MPC · 4653
4654 Gorʹkavyj	1977 RJ6	Nikolaj Nikolaevich Gorʹkavyj (born 1959), staff member of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory	MPC · 4654
4655 Marjoriika	1978 RS	Marjo Riika Kuusela (born 1964), scholar in Russian literature	MPC · 4655
4656 Huchra	1978 VZ3	John Huchra (1948–2010), an American astronomer and professor of cosmology at Harvard and known for the discovery of the Great Wall	JPL · 4656
4657 Lopez	1979 SU9	Álvaro López-García (born 1941), professor of astronomy at Valencia University, director of the Valencia University Observatory	MPC · 4657
4658 Gavrilov	1979 SO11	Aleksej Evgenievich Gavrilov, Ukrainian architect of bridges and director of the "Kievinterproekt" Institute of the International Academy of Architecture; friend of the discoverer, Nikolai Chernykh	MPC · 4658
4659 Roddenberry	1981 EP20	Eugene Wesley (Gene) Roddenberry, American creator of Star Trek	MPC · 4659
4660 Nereus	1982 DB	Nereus, a Titan. The name was chosen following a competition organized by the Planetary Society	MPC · 4660
4661 Yebes	1982 WM	Yebes, a Spanish village in the Alcarria region, beautifully described by the Spanish Nobel laureate Camilo José Cela in one of his early books.	JPL · 4661
4662 Runk	1984 HL	Ferdinand Runk (1764–1834), German-Austrian landscape painter	JPL · 4662
4663 Falta	1984 SM1	Josef Falta (1786–1847), an engineer and cartographer of the Schwarzenberg court in Český Krumlov, Czech Republic	JPL · 4663
4664 Hanner	1985 PJ	Martha S. Hanner, American planetary scientist at JPL	MPC · 4664
4665 Muinonen	1985 TZ1	Karri O. Muinonen, Finnish planetary scientist at the Lowell Observatory	MPC · 4665
4666 Dietz	1986 JA1	Robert S. Dietz (1914–1995), American geologist, pioneering researcher discoverer of terrestrial impact craters	MPC · 4666
4667 Robbiesh	1986 VC	Hans-Christian Robert (Robbie) Wade Schmidt-Harms (born 1986), stepson of the discoverer Robert H. McNaught and son of Soo Tan (see 4699 Sootan)	MPC · 4667
4668 Rayjay	1987 DX5	Sri Lankan-born and raised Ray Jayawardhana (born 1971), known as "RayJay", an astronomer at the University of Toronto, and an award-winning science writer	JPL · 4668
4669 Høder	1987 UF1	Høder, Norse god	MPC · 4669
4670 Yoshinogawa	1987 YJ	Yoshino River, Japan	MPC · 4670
4671 Drtikol	1988 AK1	František Drtikol, Czech photographer	MPC · 4671
4672 Takuboku	1988 HB	Takuboku Ishikawa, Japanese poet	MPC · 4672
4673 Bortle	1988 LF	John E. Bortle, American amateur astronomer	MPC · 4673
4674 Pauling	1989 JC	Linus Carl Pauling, American chemist	MPC · 4674
4675 Ohboke	1990 SD	Oboke Gorge, in Japan. The valleys were formed by the Yoshino River, and are famous for their tinted autumn leaves.	MPC · 4675
4676 Uedaseiji	1990 SD4	Seiji Ueda, Japanese amateur astronomer	MPC · 4676
4677 Hiroshi	1990 SQ4	Hiroshi Kaneda, Japanese amateur astronomer	MPC · 4677
4678 Ninian	1990 SS4	Ninian T. McNaught, father of the discoverer Robert H. McNaught	MPC · 4678
4679 Sybil	1990 TR4	Sybil McNaught, mother of the discoverer Robert H. McNaught	MPC · 4679
4680 Lohrmann	1937 QC	Wilhelm Gotthelf Lohrmann, German geodesist and selenographer	MPC · 4680
4681 Ermak	1969 TC2	Yermak Timofeyevich, a Cossack who started the Russian conquest of Siberia	MPC · 4681
4682 Bykov	1973 SO4	Leonid Bykov, Soviet-Ukrainian actor and film director	MPC · 4682
4683 Veratar	1976 GJ1	Vera Petrovna Tarashchuk, an astrophysicist at the Astronomical Observatory of Kyiv University	MPC · 4683
4684 Bendjoya	1978 GJ	Philippe Bendjoya, French astronomer at the Nice Observatory in southeast France	MPC · 4684
4685 Karetnikov	1978 SP6	Valentin Grigor'evich Karetnikov (born 1938), astronomer, professor at Odessa University and director of its observatory	MPC · 4685
4686 Maisica	1979 SX2	Maria Luisa Grima Garcia, founder and curator of a small home museum in Spain	MPC · 4686
4687 Brunsandrej	1979 SJ11	Andrej Vladimirovich Bruns (born 1931), Soviet astronomer and instrument designer at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory	MPC · 4687
4689 Donn	1980 YB	Bertram D. Donn, American astronomer	MPC · 4689
4690 Strasbourg	1983 AJ	Strasbourg, France	MPC · 4690
4691 Toyen	1983 TU	Toyen (Marie Čermínová), Czech photographer	MPC · 4691
4692 SIMBAD	1983 VM7	SIMBAD, the astronomical database at Strasbourg	MPC · 4692
4693 Drummond	1983 WH	Jack D. Drummond, American astronomer at Steward Observatory	MPC · 4693
4694 Festou	1985 PM	Michel C. Festou, French astronomer at Midi-Pyrenees Observatory, Toulouse, France	MPC · 4694
4695 Mediolanum	1985 RU3	Milan, city in northern Italy and capital of Lombardy (Mediolanum is its Latin name)	JPL · 4695
4696 Arpigny	1985 TP	Claude Arpigny, Belgian astronomer and cometary spectroscopist at the University of Liège	MPC · 4696
4697 Novara	1986 QO	Novara, a city in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy	JPL · 4697
4698 Jizera	1986 RO1	Jizera River, Czech Republic	MPC · 4698
4699 Sootan	1986 VE	Soo Hoay Tan (born 1956), high-school science teacher and partner of the discoverer Robert H. McNaught	MPC · 4699
4700 Carusi	1986 VV6	Andrea Carusi, Italian astronomer at the National Institute for Astrophysics (Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale)	MPC · 4700

4701–4800

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
4701 Milani	1986 VW6	Andrea Milani, Italian astronomer	MPC · 4701
4702 Berounka	1987 HW	Berounka River, Czech Republic	MPC · 4702
4703 Kagoshima	1988 BL	Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan	MPC · 4703
4704 Sheena	1988 BE5	Sheena Fleming Phillips (born 1952), sister of the discoverer Robert H. McNaught	MPC · 4704
4705 Secchi	1988 CK	Angelo Secchi, Italian astronomer and spectroscopist	MPC · 4705
4706 Dennisreuter	1988 DR	Dennis C. Reuter (born 1952), of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, co-investigator with NASA's Pluto-Kuiper Belt Mission	MPC · 4706
4707 Khryses	1988 PY	Khryses, priest of Apollo	MPC · 4707
4708 Polydoros	1988 RT	Polydorus, Trojan prince	MPC · 4708
4709 Ennomos	1988 TU2	Ennomos, mythical person related to Trojan War	MPC · 4709
4710 Wade	1989 AX2	Wade Richard Butler (born 1949), a friend of the discoverer Robert H. McNaught	MPC · 4710
4711 Kathy	1989 KD	Kathleen Garnette Moeller, daughter of the discoverer Henry E. Holt	MPC · 4711
4712 Iwaizumi	1989 QE	Iwaizumi, Iwate, Japan	MPC · 4712
4713 Steel	1989 QL	Duncan Steel (born 1955), British astronomer	MPC · 4713
4714 Toyohiro	1989 SH	Toyohiro Akiyama, Japanese cosmonaut	MPC · 4714
4715 Medesicaste	1989 TS1	Medesicaste was a daughter of Priam who was married to Imbrius.	IAU · 4715
4716 Urey	1989 UL5	Harold Urey (1893–1981), American physicist and Nobel laureate	MPC · 4716
4717 Kaneko	1989 WX	Isao Kaneko (1918–), Japanese astronomical educator	MPC · 4717
4718 Araki	1990 VP3	Chikara Araki (born 1946), Japanese astronomical photographer	MPC · 4718
4719 Burnaby	1990 WT2	Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada	MPC · 4719
4720 Tottori	1990 YG	Tottori, city in Japan	MPC · 4720
4721 Atahualpa	4239 T-2	Atahualpa, Inca ruler	MPC · 4721
4722 Agelaos	4271 T-3	Agelaus, mythical person related to Trojan War	MPC · 4722
4723 Wolfgangmattig	1937 TB	Wolfgang Mattig (born 1927), German solar physicist and cosmologist	MPC · 4723
4724 Brocken	1961 BC	Brocken, mountain in Germany	MPC · 4724
4725 Milone	1975 YE	Eugene Milone, American/Canadian astronomer	MPC · 4725
4726 Federer	1976 SV10	Charles A. Federer Jr., founder of Sky & Telescope	MPC · 4726
4727 Ravel	1979 UD1	Joseph-Maurice Ravel, French composer	MPC · 4727
4728 Lyapidevskij	1979 VG	Anatoly Lyapidevsky, Soviet aviator and general	MPC · 4728
4729 Mikhailmilʹ	1980 RO2	Mikhail Mil (1909–1970), Soviet scientist, aerospace engineer and designer of helicopters	MPC · 4729
4730 Xingmingzhou	1980 XZ	Xing-Ming Zhou (1965–2004), Chinese amateur astronomer	MPC · 4730
4731 Monicagrady	1981 EE9	Monica Grady, head of petrology and meteoritics at the Natural History Museum in London	MPC · 4731
4732 Froeschlé	1981 JG	Claude and Christiane Froeschlé, French astronomers at Côte d'Azur Observatory	MPC · 4732
4733 ORO	1982 HB2	Oak Ridge Observatory	MPC · 4733
4734 Rameau	1982 UQ3	Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer	MPC · 4734
4735 Gary	1983 AN	George Gary Shoemaker, manager of Meteor Crater Enterprises, Inc.	MPC · 4735
4736 Johnwood	1983 AF2	John A. Wood, American planetary geologist and mineralogist	MPC · 4736
4737 Kiladze	1985 QO6	Rolan Kiladze (1931–2010), Georgian astronomer	MPC · 4737
4738 Jimihendrix	1985 RZ4	Jimi Hendrix (1942–1970), an American musician	JPL · 4738
4739 Tomahrens	1985 TH1	Thomas J Ahrens, American geophysicist	MPC · 4739
4740 Veniamina	1985 UV4	Veniamin Vasil'evich Somov, brother of the discoverer	MPC · 4740
4741 Leskov	1985 VP3	Nikolay Leskov, Russian short story writer	MPC · 4741
4742 Caliumi	1986 WG	Ferdinando Caliumi (1914–1993), Italian amateur astronomer	MPC · 4742
4743 Kikuchi	1988 DA	Ryoko Kikuchi (born 1964), backup to first Japanese cosmonaut	MPC · 4743
4744 Rovereto	1988 RF5	Rovereto, City of Peace, is an ancient town in Trentino-Alto Adige (Italy), where the local administration is very active in promoting culture and science	JPL · 4744
4745 Nancymarie	1989 NG1	Nancy Marie Martinez, daughter of the discoverer Henry E. Holt	MPC · 4745
4746 Doi	1989 TP1	Takao Doi, backup payload specialist	MPC · 4746
4747 Jujo	1989 WB	Jūjō Paper Industries, Japan	MPC · 4747
4748 Tokiwagozen	1989 WV	Tokiwagozen, mother of Minamoto no Yoshitsune	MPC · 4748
4749 Ledzeppelin	1989 WE1	Led Zeppelin, a band from the UK whose nine albums (1969–1982) made them one of the most influential acts in rock history	JPL · 4749
4750 Mukai	1990 XC1	Chiaki Mukai, backup payload specialist	MPC · 4750
4751 Alicemanning	1991 BG	Alice K. Manning, wife of the discoverer	MPC · 4751
4752 Myron	1309 T-2	Myron of Eleutherae, Ancient Greek (Athenian) sculptor	MPC · 4752
4753 Phidias	4059 T-3	Phidias, Ancient Greek sculptor	MPC · 4753
4754 Panthoos	5010 T-3	Panthoos, mythical person related to Trojan War	MPC · 4754
4755 Nicky	1931 TE4	Nichole Tombaugh, granddaughter of the discoverer Clyde Tombaugh	MPC · 4755
4756 Asaramas	1950 HJ	Asociación Argentina Amigos de la Astronomía, an amateur astronomical association in Argentina	MPC · 4756
4757 Liselotte	1973 ST	Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess of the Palatinate (1652–1722), daughter of Count Palatine Karl Ludwig von der Pfalz	MPC · 4757
4758 Hermitage	1978 SN4	Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg	MPC · 4758
4759 Åretta	1978 VG10	Åretta, the name of a school situated in the Norwegian town of Lillehammer. The school was one of three winners of the Best School Teaching of Astronomy competition held during the 2009 Year of Astronomy in Norway.	JPL · 4759
4760 Jia-xiang	1981 GN1	Zhang Jiaxiang (born 1932), Chinese astronomer at the Purple mountain observatory and a discoverer of minor planets	MPC · 4760
4761 Urrutia	1981 QC	Antonio Urrutia A., Chilean lawyer in Santiago	JPL · 4761
4762 Dobrynya	1982 SC6	Dobrynya Nikitich, Russian epic hero	MPC · 4762
4763 Ride	1983 BM	Sally Ride, American astronaut	JPL · 4763
4764 Joneberhart	1983 CC	Jonathan Eberhart, American science writer for the magazine Science News	MPC · 4764
4765 Wasserburg	1986 JN1	Gerald J. Wasserburg, American geologist and geophysicist	MPC · 4765
4766 Malin	1987 FF1	David F. Malin, British-Australian astronomer and photographer	JPL · 4766
4767 Sutoku	1987 GC	Sutoku (1119–1164), the 75th emperor of Japan	JPL · 4767
4768 Hartley	1988 PH1	Malcolm Hartley (born 1947), British-Australian discoverer of minor planets and comets. He's the deputy astronomer in charge of the UK Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory. Among his discoveries are two Amor asteroids and ten comets, including eight with a short period (Src).	MPC · 4768
4769 Castalia	1989 PB	Castalia, Greek nymph	JPL · 4769
4770 Lane	1989 PC	Arthur Lonne Lane, a physical chemist and planetary scientist, manager of the geology and planetary section at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory	MPC · 4770
4771 Hayashi	1989 RM2	Kohsuke Hayashi, Japanese astronomical educator	MPC · 4771
4772 Frankdrake	1989 VM	Frank Drake (1930–2022) is an American astronomer at the SETI Institute who pioneered the search for extraterrestrial intelligence and conducted the first SETI Search in 1960	JPL · 4772
4773 Hayakawa	1989 WF	Kazuo Hayakawa (1919–), Japanese mineralogist, petrologist and professor of engineering at Hokkaigakuen University in Sapporo	MPC · 4773
4774 Hobetsu	1991 CV1	Hobetsu, town in Japan	MPC · 4774
4775 Hansen	1927 TC	Peter Andreas Hansen (1795–1874), Danish–German theoretical astronomer	MPC · 4775
4776 Luyi	1975 VD	Luyi County, China	MPC · 4776
4777 Aksenov	1976 SM2	Evgenij Petrovich Aksenov (1933–1995), astronomer and director of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute in Moscow	MPC · 4777
4778 Fuss	1978 TV8	Swiss Nicolas Fuss (1755–1825), Swiss mathematician who contributed to the development of mathematical education in Russia, and his son Pavel Fuss (1798–1855)	MPC · 4778
4779 Whitley	1978 XQ	Keith Whitley (1958–1989), American country music singer	MPC · 4779
4780 Polina	1979 HE5	Polina Evgen'evna Zakharova, stellar astronomer and director of the Kourovka Astronomical Observatory of the Ural University	MPC · 4780
4781 Sládkovič	1980 TP	Andrej Sládkovič, Slovak poet	MPC · 4781
4782 Gembloux	1980 TH3	Gembloux, Belgium	MPC · 4782
4783 Wasson	1983 AH1	John T. Wasson, American cosmochemist and professor at the University of California at Los Angeles	MPC · 4783
4784 Samcarin	1984 DF1	Samcarin is the Sanskrit word for wanderer	JPL · 4784
4785 Petrov	1984 YH1	Andrei Pavlovich Petrov, Russian composer	MPC · 4785
4786 Tatianina	1985 PE2	Tatiana Aleksandrovna Somova, friend of the discoverer Nikolai Chernykh	MPC · 4786
4787 Shulʹzhenko	1986 RC7	Klavdiya Shulzhenko, Soviet singer of war and popular songs	MPC · 4787
4788 Simpson	1986 TL1	Robert Simpson (1921–1997), English composer of symphonies and string quartets	MPC · 4788
4789 Sprattia	1987 UU2	Christopher E. Spratt (born 1942), Canadian amateur astronomer and member of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (Src)	MPC · 4789
4790 Petrpravec	1988 PP	Petr Pravec, Czech astronomer	MPC · 4790
4791 Iphidamas	1988 PB1	Iphidamas, mythical person related to Trojan War	MPC · 4791
4792 Lykaon	1988 RK1	Lycaon, son of Priam the king of Troy	MPC · 4792
4793 Slessor	1988 RR4	Mary Slessor (1848–1915), a Scottish missionary to Nigeria	JPL · 4793
4794 Bogard	1988 SO2	Donald Bogard (born 1940), American meteoriticist at NASA's Johnson Space Center	MPC · 4794
4795 Kihara	1989 CB1	Hideo Kihara (1911–1993), was a Japanese amateur astronomer and a founder of the Nayoro Astronomical Club	MPC · 4795
4796 Lewis	1989 LU	Joseph Walter Lewis Jr. and Anne Beech Lewis, friends of the discoverer	MPC · 4796
4797 Ako	1989 SJ	Akō, Hyōgo, Japan	MPC · 4797
4798 Mercator	1989 SU1	Gerardus Mercator (Gerard De Kremer), Flemish cartographer	MPC · 4798
4799 Hirasawa	1989 TC1	Yasuo Hirasawa, Japanese amateur astronomer	MPC · 4799
4800 Veveri	1989 TG17	Veveri is a suburb of the Italian town of Novara. It is a crossroad for a historical man-made irrigation system, one of the most important in northern Italy, consisting of the Cavour, Quinto Sella and Regina Elena channels, with the Roggia Mora connection, that supports rice cultivations covering an extended region.	JPL · 4800

4801–4900

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
4801 Ohře	1989 UR4	Ohře River, Czech Republic	MPC · 4801
4802 Khatchaturian	1989 UA7	Aram Khachaturian (1903–1978), Georgian-Armenian-Russian composer	MPC · 4802
4803 Birkle	1989 XA	Kurt Birkle (1939–2010), German astronomer and discoverer of minor planets	MPC · 4803
4804 Pasteur	1989 XC1	Louis Pasteur (1822–1895), French chemist and microbiologist	MPC · 4804
4805 Asteropaios	1990 VH7	Asteropaios, Trojan hero from Greek mythology	MPC · 4805
4806 Miho	1990 YJ	Miho, a town of Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Japan	MPC · 4806
4807 Noboru	1991 AO	Noboru Yamada (1950–1989), Japanese alpinist	MPC · 4807
4808 Ballaero	1925 BA	Ball Aerospace and Technology Corporation has contributed to the scientific investigation of minor planets and comets through the development of instruments for the Hubble and Spitzer telescopes, the planned Widefield Infrared Survey Explorer and the spacecraft for the Deep Impact mission to comet 9P/Tempel	JPL · 4808
4809 Robertball	1928 RB	Robert Stawell Ball (1840–1913), a British mathematician and astronomer	JPL · 4809
4810 Ruslanova	1972 GL	Lidia Ruslanova (1900–1973), Russian folk singer	MPC · 4810
4811 Semashko	1973 SO3	Nikolai Semashko (1874–1949), father of Soviet medicine	MPC · 4811
4812 Hakuhou	1977 DL3	Hakuhō, Japanese unofficial Era name in lower half of 7th century	MPC · 4812
4813 Terebizh	1977 RR7	Valerij Yuzefovich Terebizh (born 1941), theoretical astrophysicist and observer at the Crimean station of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute	MPC · 4813
4814 Casacci	1978 RW	Claudio Casacci (born 1958), Italian space scientist and discoverer of minor planets	MPC · 4814
4815 Anders	1981 EA28	Edward Anders (born 1926), professor emeritus at the University of Chicago, has made many seminal contributions to the field of meteoritics. His work provided early evidence that meteorites are derived from minor planets rather than a larger fragmented planet and that meteoritic organics are of abiotic origin.	JPL · 4815
4816 Connelly	1981 PK	Robert Connelly (born 1942), American mathematician at Cornell University	MPC · 4816
4817 Gliba	1984 DC1	George Gliba (born 1948), co-founder of the Chagrin Valley Astronomical Society.	JPL · 4817
4818 Elgar	1984 EM	Edward Elgar (1857–1934), British composer	MPC · 4818
4819 Gifford	1985 KC	Charles Gifford (1861–1948) published important papers on the impact origin of lunar craters. He established an observatory at Wellington College, which is now reopening as Gifford Observatory. Mt. Gifford and the Gifford Crack, in Fiordland, are named for his legendary exploits in tramping and photography	JPL · 4819
4820 Fay	1985 RZ	Fay Gillis Wells (1908–2002) an American pioneer aviator, globe-trotting journalist and guiding spirit of the Ninety-Nines, an international organization of women pilots	MPC · 4820
4821 Bianucci	1986 EE5	Piero Bianucci, Italian science writer	MPC · 4821
4822 Karge	1986 TC1	Orville B. Karge (1919–1990), American teacher of physics	JPL · 4822
4823 Libenice	1986 TO3	Libenice, Czech archaeological site	MPC · 4823
4824 Stradonice	1986 WL1	Stradonice, Czech Republic	MPC · 4824
4825 Ventura	1988 CS2	Ventura, California	MPC · 4825
4826 Wilhelms	1988 JO	Don E. Wilhelms, American planetary geologist	MPC · 4826
4827 Dares	1988 QE	Dares, mythical person related to Trojan War	MPC · 4827
4828 Misenus	1988 RV	Misenus, mythical Trojan warrior	MPC · 4828
4829 Sergestus	1988 RM1	Sergestus, mythical Trojan	MPC · 4829
4830 Thomascooley	1988 RG4	Thomas Benton Cooley, an American hematologist and professor of hygiene and medicine at the University of Michigan and Wayne State University	MPC · 4830
4831 Baldwin	1988 RX11	Through his pioneering work on the impact origins of lunar craters, Ralph Baldwin (born 1912) recognized the importance of impacts in the moon's geologic history. Baldwin's contributions to lunar science were published in his books The Face of the Moon (1949) and The Measure of the Moon (1963)	JPL · 4831
4832 Palinurus	1988 TU1	Palinurus, mythical Trojan	MPC · 4832
4833 Meges	1989 AL2	Mégês Phyleïdês, mythical Greek warrior	MPC · 4833
4834 Thoas	1989 AM2	Thoas, mythical person related to Trojan War	MPC · 4834
4835 Asaeus	1989 BQ	Asaeus, from Greek mythology. During the Trojan War, he was the first Greek warrior to be slayed by Hector in the battle at the gates of Troy.	IAU · 4835
4836 Medon	1989 CK1	Medôn, mythical Greek warrior	MPC · 4836
4837 Bickerton	1989 ME	Alexander W. Bickerton (1842–1929), professor of chemistry at Canterbury College, was an inspiring teacher and popularizer of science. Ernest Rutherford was one of his distinguished pupils. Bickerton was known for his "partial impact" theory of novae, which he extended to variable stars and other phenomena.	JPL · 4837
4838 Billmclaughlin	1989 NJ	William I. McLaughlin (born 1935), American astronomer and space scientist formerly of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory	MPC · 4838
4839 Daisetsuzan	1989 QG	Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group, Japan	MPC · 4839
4840 Otaynang	1989 UY	Hanne Otaynang (born 1935), who appealed for the environmental preservation of the earth at the 1992 Earth Summit in Brazil	MPC · 4840
4841 Manjiro	1989 UO3	Nakahama Manjirō (1827–1898), Japanese traveler	MPC · 4841
4842 Atsushi	1989 WK	Atsushi Takahashi (born 1965), Japanese amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets	MPC · 4842
4843 Mégantic	1990 DR4	Mont Mégantic, observatory in Québec	MPC · 4843
4844 Matsuyama	1991 BA2	Masanori Matsuyama (born 1950), Japanese amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets	MPC · 4844
4845 Tsubetsu	1991 EC1	The Japanese town of Tsubetsu on the island of Hokkaidō	MPC · 4845
4846 Tuthmosis	6575 P-L	Thutmose, pharaoh	MPC · 4846
4847 Amenhotep	6787 P-L	Amenhotep IV, pharaoh	MPC · 4847
4848 Tutenchamun	3233 T-2	Tutankhamun, pharaoh	MPC · 4848
4849 Ardenne	1936 QV	Manfred von Ardenne (1907–1997), German inventor and researcher	MPC · 4849
4850 Palestrina	1973 UJ5	Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525–1594), Italian composer	MPC · 4850
4851 Vodopʹyanova	1976 US1	Galina Petrovna Vodopʹyanova (born 1939), a surgeon of the Russian Academy of Sciences Hospital in St Petersburg	MPC · 4851
4852 Pamjones	1977 JD	Pamela Ann Jones of the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, Texas	MPC · 4852
4853 Marielukac	1979 ML	Marie R. Lukac (born 1947), Staff member, US Naval Observatory	MPC · 4853
4854 Edscott	1981 ED27	Edward Scott (born 1947), professor at the University of Hawaii	JPL · 4854
4855 Tenpyou	1982 VM5	Tenpyō, Japanese Era name from 729 through 749	MPC · 4855
4856 Seaborg	1983 LJ	Glenn T. Seaborg (1912–1999), American atomic scientist	MPC · 4856
4857 Altgamia	1984 FM	Andrew L. T. and Angela Maria Chiarappa Green, son and wife of D. W. E. Green, who was involved in taking the discovery films and who found the identifications for this minor planet	MPC · 4857
4858 Vorobjov	1985 UA	Tomáš Vorobjov (born 1984), Slovak amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets	JPL · 4858
4859 Fraknoi	1986 TJ2	Andrew Fraknoi (born 1948), American astronomer and author	MPC · 4859
4860 Gubbio	1987 EP	Gubbio in Italy, site of the iridium anomaly of the K-T extinction boundary	MPC · 4860
4861 Nemirovskij	1987 QU10	Lev Ruful'evich Nemirovskij (born 1937), Russian engineer	MPC · 4861
4862 Loke	1987 SJ5	Loki (Loke), Norse god of mischief	MPC · 4862
4863 Yasutani	1987 VH1	Keiki Yasutani (born 1958), Japanese astronomical photographer	MPC · 4863
4864 Nimoy	1988 RA5	Leonard Nimoy (1931–2015), American actor, film director and poet JPL	MPC · 4864
4865 Sor	1988 UJ	Fernando Sor (1778–1839), Spanish classical guitar composer	MPC · 4865
4866 Badillo	1988 VB3	Victor L. Badillo (born 1930), Filipino Jesuit astronomer, former director of the Manila Observatory, president of the Philippine Astronomical Society from 1972 to 1990, and honorary director of the Astronomical League of the Philippines +	MPC · 4866
4867 Polites	1989 SZ	Polites, prince of Troy and son of king Priam, Greek mythology	MPC · 4867
4868 Knushevia	1989 UN2	Kyiv (Kiev) National Taras Shevchenko University is the Ukrainian national center of higher education, science and progressive thinking. Since its founding in 1834 the university has played a great role for the development of education, science and culture in Ukraine	JPL · 4868
4869 Piotrovsky	1989 UE8	Boris Piotrovsky (1908–1990), Russian orientalist, director of the Hermitage	MPC · 4869
4870 Shcherbanʹ	1989 UK8	Vladimir Onufrievich Shcherbanʹ (born 1938), Russian engineer	MPC · 4870
4871 Riverside	1989 WH1	The city of Riverside, California, to celebrate the 35th anniversary of its affiliation with its "sister city" of Sendai, Japan	MPC · 4871
4872 Grieg	1989 YH7	Edvard Grieg (1843–1907), Norwegian composer	MPC · 4872
4873 Fukaya	1990 EC	Fukaya, Saitama, Japan	MPC · 4873
4874 Burke	1991 AW	James D. Burke (1925–2023), lunar settlement and exploration expert. He is known for being the first program manager of the Ranger Program, and advisor to the Planetary Society	MPC · 4874
4875 Ingalls	1991 DJ	Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867–1957), American author of the "Little House" series, and her family	MPC · 4875
4876 Strabo	1133 T-2	Strabo, Greek historian and geographer	MPC · 4876
4877 Humboldt	5066 T-2	Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), a Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer	MPC · 4877
4878 Gilhutton	1968 OF	Ricardo Gil-Hutton (born 1958), Argentine astronomer and dynamicist, specialist in the collisional evolution of minor planets	JPL · 4878
4879 Zykina	1974 VG	Lyudmila Zykina (1929–2009), Soviet singer of folk songs, the favourite singer of Leonid Brezhnev	MPC · 4879
4880 Tovstonogov	1975 TR4	Georgy Tovstonogov (1915–1989), Russian director, after whom a major theatre in St Petersburg is named	MPC · 4880
4881 Robmackintosh	1975 XJ	Roberto Mackintosh (1971–2012) was the President of the Asociación Argentina Amigos de la Astronomia (2009–2012) and worked to better coordinate amateur and professional activities	JPL · 4881
4882 Divari	1977 QU2	Nikolaj Borisovich Divari (1921–1993), Ukrainian astronomer and professor at the Odessa Polytechnical Institute	MPC · 4882
4883 Korolirina	1978 RJ1	Irina Leonidovna Korol', a friend of the discoverer Nikolai Chernykh	MPC · 4883
4884 Bragaria	1979 OK15	Luka Fedorovich Bragar' (born 1938), a senior lecturer on the staff of Tiraspol Pedagogical Institute (Moldova).	JPL · 4884
4885 Grange	1980 LU	Alice Shoemaker Grange (born 1908), aunt of Eugene Shoemaker	MPC · 4885
4886 Kojima	1981 EZ14	Hideyasu Kojima (born 1951), the curator of the Japanese Antarctic meteorite collection at the National Institute of Polar Research in Tokyo.	JPL · 4886
4887 Takihiroi	1981 EV26	Takahiro (Taki) Hiroi (born 1960), a researcher in the department of geological sciences at Brown University.	JPL · 4887
4888 Doreen	1981 JX1	Doreen Vingness Spellmann, sister-in-law of the discoverer Carolyn Shoemaker	MPC · 4888
4889 Praetorius	1982 UW3	Michael Praetorius (1571–1621), German composer	MPC · 4889
4890 Shikanosima	1982 VE4	Shikanosima, island in Japan	MPC · 4890
4891 Blaga	1984 GR	Blaga Dimitrova, Bulgarian poet, novelist and translator	MPC · 4891
4892 Chrispollas	1985 TV2	Christian Pollas (born 1947), a French astronomer and discoverer of minor planets	MPC · 4892
4893 Seitter	1986 PT4	Waltraut Seitter, German astronomer	MPC · 4893
4894 Ask	1986 RJ	Ask, the first man, in Norse mythology	MPC · 4894
4895 Embla	1986 TK4	Embla, the first woman, in Norse mythology	MPC · 4895
4896 Tomoegozen	1986 YA	Tomoe Gozen (c. 1157–1247), Japanese female samurai	MPC · 4896
4897 Tomhamilton	1987 QD6	Thomas William Hamilton (born 1939) determined radar and fuel requirements for the Apollo Project. Later he wrote shows (in a dozen languages and also for the deaf) for programmable planetaria, taught astronomy for 32 years and trained students to enter the planetarium field (see list of his books).	JPL · 4897
4898 Nishiizumi	1988 FJ	Kunihiko Nishiizumi, Japanese nuclear chemist at the University of California at Berkeley	MPC · 4898
4899 Candace	1988 JU	Candace P. Kohl, American chemist and investigator of ancient solar activity	MPC · 4899
4900 Maymelou	1988 ME	Mayme Lou "Stevey" Stevens Bruce, together with her husband, wrote books about their travels, enthusiastic supporter and spokesperson for solar system research	MPC · 4900

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
4901 Ó Briain	1988 VJ	Dara Ó Briain (born 1972), Irish comedian	JPL · 4901
4902 Thessandrus	1989 AN2	Thessandrus, mythical person related to Trojan War	MPC · 4902
4903 Ichikawa	1989 UD	Kiyotaka (or Seikou) Ichikawa, Japanese amateur astronomer	MPC · 4903
4904 Makio	1989 WZ	Makio Akiyama (born 1950), Japanese astronomer and discoverer of minor planets	MPC · 4904
4905 Hiromi	1991 JM1	Hiromi Takahashi, wife of one of the discoverers	MPC · 4905
4906 Seneferu	2533 P-L	Sneferu (c. 2613–2589 BC), ancient Egyptian king, founder of the 4th dynasty and builder of pyramids	MPC · 4906
4907 Zoser	7618 P-L	Djoser (Zoser) ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the 3rd dynasty (2630 BC – 2611 BC)	MPC · 4907
4908 Ward	1933 SD	Steven Ward, electronics technician at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	MPC · 4908
4909 Couteau	1949 SA1	Paul Couteau, French astronomer and observer of double-stars at Nice Observatory	MPC · 4909
4910 Kawasato	1953 PR	Nobuhiro Kawasato, Japanese amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets	MPC · 4910
4911 Rosenzweig	1953 UD	Jack Rosenzweig (1919–1994) and Marcelle Rosenzweig (1929–) "Pioneers of the Zone" in Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela	MPC · 4911
4912 Emilhaury	1953 VX1	Emil Haury (1904–1992), American archaeologist	MPC · 4912
4913 Wangxuan	1965 SO	Wang Xuan (1937–2006), Chinese computer scientist	JPL · 4913
4914 Pardina	1969 GD	Elsa Gutierrez Rodriguez-Pardina (born 1921), Argentinian astronomer at the La Plata Observatory in Argentina	JPL · 4914
4915 Solzhenitsyn	1969 TJ2	Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008), Russian writer and critic of the Soviet Union and communism	MPC · 4915
4916 Brumberg	1970 PS	Victor A. Brumberg (born 1933), Russian astronomer and former staff member at the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy	MPC · 4916
4917 Yurilvovia	1973 SC6	Yurij Alekseevich L'vov (1932–1994), deputy director of the Institute of Biology and Biophysics at the Tomsk State University	MPC · 4917
4918 Rostropovich	1974 QU1	Mstislav Rostropovich (1927–2007), a Russian cellist and conductor	MPC · 4918
4919 Vishnevskaya	1974 SR1	Galina Vishnevskaya (1926–2012), Russian opera singer, wife of Mstislav Rostropovich (see above)	MPC · 4919
4920 Gromov	1978 PY2	Mikhail Gromov (1899–1985), Russian aviator who set the world record for long-distance flight in 1934	JPL · 4920
4921 Volonté	1980 SJ	Gian Maria Volonté (1933–1994), Italian actor	MPC · 4921
4922 Leshin	1981 EH4	Laurie A. Leshin (born 1965), a planetary geologist and director of Sciences and Exploration at Goddard Space Flight Center	MPC · 4922
4923 Clarke	1981 EO27	Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008), British-Sri Lankan science fiction author	MPC · 4923
4924 Hiltner	1981 EQ40	W. Albert Hiltner (1914–1991), American astronomer	MPC · 4924
4925 Zhoushan	1981 XH2	City of Zhoushan, in east China	MPC · 4925
4926 Smoktunovskij	1982 ST6	Innokenty Smoktunovsky (1925–1994), Russian actor	MPC · 4926
4927 O'Connell	1982 UP2	Daniel O'Connell (1775–1847), Irish politician	MPC · 4927
4928 Vermeer	1982 UG7	Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675), Dutch painter	MPC · 4928
4929 Yamatai	1982 XV	Yamataikoku (Yamatai), region of ancient Japan	MPC · 4929
4930 Rephiltim	1983 AO2	Rebecca Salyards (born 1988), Philip Salyards (born 1991) and Timothy Salyards (born 1995), children of American astronomer Stephen L. Salyards who discovered this minor planet	MPC · 4930
4931 Tomsk	1983 CN3	Siberian city of Tomsk, Russia	MPC · 4931
4932 Texstapa	1984 EA1	Texas Star Party, amateur astronomy gathering	MPC · 4932
4933 Tylerlinder	1984 EN1	Tyler Linder (born 1986), an assiduous observer of minor planets at the Astronomical Research Institute	JPL · 4933
4934 Rhôneranger	1985 JJ	Randall Graham, wine producer	MPC · 4934
4935 Maslachkova	1985 PD2	Iya Mikhailovna Maslachkova (1937–1996), Russian poet and teacher from St. Petersburg	MPC · 4935
4936 Butakov	1985 UY4	Grigory Butakov (1820–1882), Russian admiral	MPC · 4936
4937 Lintott	1986 CL1	Chris Lintott (born 1980), British astronomer and public educator, co-presenter since 2004 of the long-standing BBC monthly television program The Sky at Night	JPL · 4937
4938 Papadopoulos	1986 CQ1	Christos Papadopoulos (1910–1992), a Johannesburg-based South African astrophotographer and star atlas compiler, published his three-volume True Visual Magnitude Photographic Star Atlas in 1979.	JPL · 4938
4939 Scovil	1986 QL1	Charles E. Scovil (born 1928), an amateur astronomer and curator of the Stamford Observatory in Connecticut, United States	JPL · 4939
4940 Polenov	1986 QY4	Vasily Polenov (1844–1927), Russian landscape painter	MPC · 4940
4941 Yahagi	1986 UA	Yahagi River, a river flows through Aichi, hometown of the discoverers	JPL · 4941
4942 Munroe	1987 DU6	Randall Munroe (born 1984) is a former NASA roboticist and the author of xkcd, a popular webcomic various themes including science, mathematics technology and computer science	JPL · 4942
4943 Lac d'Orient	1987 OQ	Man-made lake in the Orient Forest Regional Natural Park (Lac de la Forêt d'Orient) in northe April 10, 2024 Latest articles January 01, 1970 Journey to the Centre of Punk January 01, 1970 Journey Behind the Falls January 01, 1970 Jourdan Serderidis January 01, 1970 Jovan Mikić Spartak January 01, 1970 Jovan Milošević January 01, 1970 Jovan Zdravevski (basketball) January 01, 1970 Jovana Nikolić January 01, 1970 Jowad Jabar January 01, 1970 Jowita Wrzesień January 01, 1970 Jowulu language Most Read January 01, 1970 Bracknell Hornets January 01, 1970 Braak, Schleswig-Holstein January 01, 1970 Braava January 01, 1970 Brabham BT25 January 01, 1970 Braga Cathedral meanings, minor, planet, names, 4001, 5000, this, partial, list, meanings, minor, planet, names, also, list, named, minor, planets, alphabetical, condensed, version, without, naming, citations, minor, planet, discoveries, confirmed, they, given, permanent, num. 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 000s4 001 4 101 4 201 4 301 4 401 4 501 4 601 4 701 4 801 4 901 4001 4100 editNamed minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for Ref Catalog4001 Ptolemaeus 1949 PV Ptolemy c AD 100 170 Greek astronomer MPC 40014002 Shinagawa 1950 JB Seishi Shinagawa born 1944 first to use electronic computers for orbit computation in Japan MPC 40024003 Schumann 1964 ED Robert Schumann 1810 1856 German composer MPC 40034004 Listʹev 1971 SN1 Vladislav Listyev 1956 1995 a Russian television journalist who was murdered MPC 40044005 Dyagilev 1972 TC2 Sergei Diaghilev 1872 1929 Russian impresario MPC 40054006 Sandler 1972 YR Grigori Sandler 1912 1994 a Russian musician MPC 40064007 Euryalos 1973 SR Euryalos mythical Greek warrior MPC 40074008 Corbin 1977 BY Thomas E Corbin American astronomer and his wife Brenda Corbin Librarian both at the US Naval Observatory MPC 40084009 Drobyshevskij 1977 EN1 Edward Drobyshevski 1936 2012 Russian astro and plasma physicist at Ioffe Institute in St Petersburg MPC 40094010 Nikolʹskij 1977 QJ2 Gennady Nikolsky 1929 1982 Soviet solar astronomer MPC 40104011 Bakharev 1978 SC6 Anatoly Bakharev 1918 1979 observer and researcher on comets and meteors He is one of the co discoverers of near parabolic comet C 1955 N1 Bakharev Macfarlane Krienke MPC 40114012 Geballe 1978 VK9 Tom Geballe born 1944 American astronomer MPC 40124013 Ogiria 1979 OM15 Maiya Borisovna Ogir 1933 1991 Russian solar physicist MPC 40134014 Heizman 1979 SG10 Leonie and Charles Heizman from San Juan Capistrano California who hosted the discoverer Nikolai Chernykh during the conference on Near Earth Asteroids in 1991 MPC 40144015 Wilson Harrington 1979 VA American co discoverers Albert G Wilson 1918 2012 and Robert G Harrington 1904 1987 MPC 40154016 Sambre 1979 XK The Sambre River France and Belgium MPC 40164017 Disneya 1980 DL5 Walt Disney 1901 1966 American animator MPC 40174018 Bratislava 1980 YM Bratislava capital city of Slovakia MPC 40184019 Klavetter 1981 EK14 James Jay Klavetter 1960 1997 professor of physics at California State University Sacramento MPC 40194020 Dominique 1981 ET38 Dominique Bockelee Morvan born 1957 researcher at the Paris Observatory France MPC 40204021 Dancey 1981 QD2 Roy Dancey and Bruce D Dancey father and son both Canadian designers of telescope mirrors MPC 40214022 Nonna 1981 TL4 Nonna Mordyukova 1925 2008 Soviet actress MPC 40224023 Jarnik 1981 UN Vojtech Jarnik 1897 1970 Czech mathematician MPC 40234024 Ronan 1981 WQ Colin Ronan 1920 1995 author and writer on astronomy MPC 40244025 Ridley 1981 WU Harold B Ridley British astrophotographer MPC 40254026 Beet 1982 BU1 Ernest Agar Beet teacher and amateur astronomer MPC 40264027 Mitton 1982 DN Simon Mitton born 1946 British astronomer and author MPC 40274028 Pancratz 1982 DV2 Chris Pancratz 1950 2003 formerly of the National Space Society MPC 40284029 Bridges 1982 KC1 Patricia M Bridges planetary cartographer with the U S Geological Survey MPC 40294030 Archenhold 1984 EO1 Friedrich Simon Archenhold 1861 1939 a German astronomer and the first director the Archenhold Observatory in Berlin who in 1896 made it possible to build the world s longest refractor telescope with a focal length of 21 meters The telescope was originally known as the Great Treptow Refractor MPC 40304031 Mueller 1985 CL Jean Mueller born 1950 American astronomer and discoverer of comets minor planets and supernovae The first woman to operate the historic Hooker telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory and was the first woman hired as a telescope operator at Palomar Observatory in 1985 MPC 40314032 Chaplygin 1985 UT4 Sergey Chaplygin 1869 1942 Russian and Soviet physicist and one of the founders of the aerodynamics MPC 40324033 Yatsugatake 1986 FA Mount Yatsugatake one of Japan s 100 famous mountains MPC 40334034 Vishnu 1986 PA Vishnu is the Hindu god of preservation JPL 40344035 Thestor 1986 WD Thestor was a grandson of Apollo and the father of Kalchas IAU 40354036 Whitehouse 1987 DW5 David Robert Whitehouse born 1956 British science journalist and BBC Online s Science Editor recipient of the European Internet Journalist of the Year award in 2002 JPL 40364037 Ikeya 1987 EC Kaoru Ikeya born 1943 Japanese amateur astronomer MPC 40374038 Kristina 1987 QH2 Kristina Leterme Dutch literature professor and partner of the discoverer MPC 40384039 Souseki 1987 SH Natsume Sōseki 1867 1916 Japanese novelist MPC 40394040 Purcell 1987 SN1 Henry Purcell 1659 1695 English composer MPC 40404041 Miyamotoyohko 1988 DN1 Yohko Miyamoto born 1922 wife of Japanese astronomer Yukio or Sachio Miyamoto MPC 40414042 Okhotsk 1989 AT1 Sea of Okhotsk between Japan and Russia MPC 40424043 Perolof 1175 T 3 Per Olof Lindblad Swedish astronomer director of the Stockholm Observatory and son of Bertil Lindblad 1895 1965 MPC 40434044 Erikhog 5142 T 3 Erik Hog born 1932 Danish astronomer at the Copenhagen Observatory MPC 40444045 Lowengrub 1953 RG Morton Lowengrub American mathematician and forerunner of the WIYN Observatory at Kitt Peak Arizona MPC 40454046 Swain 1953 TV Joseph Swain 1857 1927 professor of mathematics at and president of Indiana University MPC 40464047 Chang E 1964 TT2 The Chinese moon goddess Chang e and the Chinese lunar probe launched in 2007 initiating the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program JPL 40474048 Samwestfall 1964 UC Richard S Westfall 1924 1996 American historian of science MPC 40484049 Noragalʹ 1973 QD2 Nora Galʹ 1912 1991 Soviet literary translator MPC 40494050 Mebailey 1976 SF Mark Edward Bailey British astronomer MPC 40504051 Hatanaka 1978 VP Takeo Hatanaka 1914 1963 Japanese astronomer MPC 40514052 Crovisier 1981 DP2 Jacques Crovisier born 1948 French astronomer MPC 40524053 Cherkasov 1981 TQ1 Nikolay Cherkasov 1903 1966 Soviet actor MPC 40534054 Turnov 1983 TL Turnov Czech Republic MPC 40544055 Magellan 1985 DO2 Ferdinand Magellan c 1480 1521 Portuguese explorer MPC 40554056 Timwarner 1985 FZ1 Timothy Warner 1961 1990 chief mission planner for the Diffuse Infrared Background Experiment MPC 40564057 Demophon 1985 TQ Demophon mythical king of Athens MPC 40574058 Cecilgreen 1986 JV Cecil Howard Green 1900 2003 British geophysicist co founder of Texas Instruments and philanthropist extraordinary MPC 40584059 Balder 1987 SB5 Balder Norse god MPC 40594060 Deipylos 1987 YT1 Deipylos mythical Greek hero MPC 40604061 Martelli 1988 FF3 Giuseppe Martelli Italian architect and engineer MPC 40614062 Schiaparelli 1989 BF Giovanni Schiaparelli 1835 1910 Italian astronomer best known for his telescopic observations of Mars MPC 40624063 Euforbo 1989 CG2 Euphorbus Euforbo the Greek hero of the Trojan War who wounded Patroclus in the breast before being killed by Hektor MPC 40634064 Marjorie 2126 P L Marjorie Meinel 1922 2008 American astronomer MPC 40644065 Meinel 2820 P L Aden Meinel 1922 2011 American astronomer MPC 40654066 Haapavesi 1940 RG Haapavesi Finland birthplace of the discoverer s father MPC 40664067 Mikhelʹson 1966 TP Nikolaj Mikhelʹson born 1918 outstanding Soviet scientist and optician of telescopes MPC 40674068 Menestheus 1973 SW Menestheus mythical king of Athens MPC 40684069 Blakee 1978 VL7 Lawrence E Blakee observatory assistant MPC 40694070 Rozov 1980 RS2 Victor Sergeevich Rozov born 1913 Russian playwright MPC 40704071 Rostovdon 1981 RD2 Rostov on Don Russia the discoverer s birthplace MPC 40714072 Yayoi 1981 UJ4 Yayoi period in prehistoric Japan from 300 BC 300 AD during the Iron Age MPC 40724073 Ruianzhongxue 1981 UE10 Ruianzhongxue Ruian Middle School Zhejiang China 110 year old school of mathematics JPL 40734074 Sharkov 1981 UN11 Viktor Sharkov born 1935 an experimental astrophysicist at Ioffe Institute in St Petersburg Russia MPC 40744075 Sviridov 1982 TL1 Georgy Sviridov 1915 1998 Russian composer MPC 40754076 Dorffel 1982 UF4 Georg Samuel Dorffel 1643 1688 German pastor and astronomer MPC 40764077 Asuka 1982 XV1 Asuka period from 6th century to 8th in Japan MPC 40774078 Polakis 1983 AC Thomas A Polakis born 1961 an American mechanical engineer friend of the discoverer Brian A Skiff and amateur astronomer at the Command Module Observatory V02 in Arizona Src Src MPC 40784079 Britten 1983 CS Benjamin Britten 1913 1976 Baron Britten British composer MPC 40794080 Galinskij 1983 PW Nikolaj Galinskij Soviet radio engineer MPC 40804081 Tippett 1983 RC2 Michael Tippett 1905 1998 British composer MPC 40814082 Swann 1984 SW3 Gordon A Swann American geologist principal investigator for the geological field investigations conducted at the Apollo 14 and 15 lunar landing sites MPC 40824083 Jody 1985 CV Joan D Swann planetary data librarian with the U S Geological Survey MPC 40834084 Hollis 1985 GM Andrew J Hollis British astronomer MPC 40844085 Weir 1985 JR Doris Blackman Weir geologist with the U S Geological Survey MPC 40854086 Podalirius 1985 VK2 Podalirius mythical Greek warrior MPC 40864087 Part 1986 EM1 Arvo Part born 1935 Estonian composer MPC 40874088 Baggesen 1986 GG Jens Baggesen 1764 1826 Danish poet and satirist MPC 40884089 Galbraith 1986 JG John Kenneth Galbraith 1908 2006 Canadian born American economist and polemicist JPL 40894090 Risehvezd 1986 RH1 Rise hvezd Czech astronomy journal MPC 40904091 Lowe 1986 TL2 Andrew Lowe born 1959 Canadian geophysicist and amateur astronomer MPC 40914092 Tyr 1986 TJ4 Tyr Norse god MPC 40924093 Bennett 1986 VD Jack C Bennett South African amateur astronomer MPC 40934094 Aoshima 1987 QC Masaki Aoshima 1947 1987 Japanese amateur astronomer MPC 40944095 Ishizuchisan 1987 SG Ishizuchisan mountain in Ehime Japan MPC 40954096 Kushiro 1987 VC Kushiro city in Japan MPC 40964097 Tsurugisan 1987 WW Tsurugisan mountain in Tokushima Japan MPC 40974098 Thraen 1987 WQ1 Anton Thraen 1843 1902 German amateur astronomer and Catholic priest MPC 40984099 Wiggins 1988 AB5 Patrick Wiggins born 1949 American astronomy educator at the Hansen Planetarium 1975 2001 in Salt Lake City UT Currently NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador JPL 40994100 Sumiko 1988 BF Sumiko Hioki born 1965 wife Japanese co discoverer Tsutomu Hioki MPC 41004101 4200 editback to top nbsp Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for Ref Catalog4101 Ruikou 1988 CE Ruikou Kuroiwa 1862 1920 Japanese writer MPC 41014102 Gergana 1988 TE3 Gergana Georgieva Gelkova born 2000 is the adorable grandniece of the discoverer The name also honors the discoverer s parents combining their first names Georgy and Ana JPL 41024103 Chahine 1989 EB Moustafa Chahine 1935 2011 Lebanese American scientist chief scientist for NASA JPL MPC 41034104 Alu 1989 ED Jeff Alu born 1966 American amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets who participated in the Palomar Planet Crossing Asteroid Survey He is a musician and composer MPC 41044105 Tsia 1989 EK Zia sun symbol used by the Zia people in New Mexico MPC 41054106 Nada 1989 EW Nada Junior and Senior High School in Kobe Japan MPC 41064107 Rufino 1989 GT Rufus J Walker supporter of the U S space program and friend of American discoverer Eleanor F Helin MPC 41074108 Rakos 3439 T 3 Karl D Rakos born 1925 Croatian born Austrian astronomer who was professor of astronomy at the University of Vienna and a director of the Vienna Observatory MPC 41084109 Anokhin 1969 OW Sergei Anokhin 1910 1986 Russian test pilot and cosmonaut select MPC 41094110 Keats 1977 CZ John Keats 1795 1821 English romantic poet MPC 41104111 Lamy 1981 EN12 Philippe Louis Lamy French born American astronomer at Laboratoire d Astronomie Spatiale Marseilles MPC 41114112 Hrabal 1981 ST Bohumil Hrabal 1914 1997 Czech writer MPC 41124113 Rascana 1982 BQ Royal Astronomical Society of Canada MPC 41134114 Jasnorzewska 1982 QB1 Maria Pawlikowska Jasnorzewska 1891 1945 Polish poet MPC 41144115 Peternorton 1982 QS3 Peter Norton born 1943 American software engineer MPC 41154116 Elachi 1982 SU Charles Elachi born 1947 Lebanese American electrical engineering and planetary science at Caltech MPC 41164117 Wilke 1982 SU3 Alfred Wilke 1893 1972 German optician MPC 41174118 Sveta 1982 TH3 Svetlana Savitskaya born 1948 Russian cosmonaut who became the second woman in space in 1982 MPC 41184119 Miles 1983 BE Howard G Miles member of the Order of the British Empire and director of the Artificial Satellite Section of the British Astronomical Association MPC 41194120 Denoyelle 1985 RS4 Jozef Denoyelle born 1937 Belgian astronomer MPC 41204121 Carlin 1986 JH Carlin Singer Brewster daughter of Stephen Singer Brewster an American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets MPC 41214122 Ferrari 1986 OA Enzo Ferrari 1898 1988 Italian builder of racing cars and sports cars MPC 41224123 Tarsila 1986 QP1 Tarsila do Amaral 1886 1973 Brazilian modernist painter JPL 41234124 Herriot 1986 SE James Herriot 1916 1995 British writer and veterinary surgeon MPC 41244125 Lew Allen 1987 MO Lew Allen 1925 2010 American physicist director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and a United States Air Force four star general MPC 41254126 Mashu 1988 BU Lake Mashu a crater lake in Akan National Park on the island of Hokkaidō Japan MPC 41264127 Kyogoku 1988 BA2 Kyōgoku town in Japan MPC 41274128 UKSTU 1988 BM5 UK Schmidt Telescope Unit at the Royal Observatory Edinburgh and the 1 2 m U K Schmidt Telescope at the Siding Spring Observatory in Australia MPC 41284129 Richelen 1988 DM Richard A Keen and Helen C Duran friends of the discoverer Robert H McNaught MPC 41294130 Ramanujan 1988 DQ1 Srinivasa Ramanujan 1887 1920 Indian mathematician MPC 41304131 Stasik 1988 DR4 John S Stasik American educator MPC 41314132 Bartok 1988 EH Bela Bartok 1881 1945 Austro Hungarian composer MPC 41324133 Heureka 1942 DB Heureka science center in Vantaa Finland north of Helsinki MPC 41334134 Schutz 1961 CR Heinrich Schutz 1585 1672 German composer and organist of the 17th century MPC 41344135 Svetlanov 1966 PG Yevgeny Svetlanov 1928 2002 Soviet Russian conductor MPC 41354136 Artmane 1968 FJ Vija Artmane 1929 2008 Latvian actress MPC 41364137 Crabtree 1970 WC William Crabtree 1610 1644 an astronomer mathematician and cloth merchant in Salford near Manchester second person to knowingly observe a transit of Venus in 1639 JPL 41374138 Kalchas 1973 SM Calchas mythical person related to Trojan War MPC 41384139 Ulʹyanin 1975 VE2 Sergej Alekseevich Ulʹyanin 1871 1921 Russian pilot and inventor of new airplane designs MPC 41394140 Branham 1976 VA Richard L Branham Jr born 1943 American astronomer at U S Naval Observatory and director of the Yale Columbia Southern Station at Leoncito Astronomical Complex MPC 41404141 Nintanlena 1978 PG3 Nina Tanya and Elena wife and daughters of Kyiv astronomer Klim Churyumov 1937 2016 MPC 41414142 Dersu Uzala 1981 KE Dersu Uzala character in eponymous novel by Vladimir Arsenyev MPC 41424143 Huziak 1981 QN1 Richard Huziak born 1957 Canadian amateur astronomer MPC 41434144 Vladvasilʹev 1981 SW6 Vladimir Vasiliev born 1940 Russian ballet dancer and choreographer MPC 41444145 Maximova 1981 SJ7 Ekaterina Maximova 1939 2009 Soviet and Russian ballet dancer MPC 41454146 Rudolfinum 1982 DD2 The Rudolfinum important building in Prague MPC 41464147 Lennon 1983 AY John Lennon 1940 1980 member of the Beatles MPC 41474148 McCartney 1983 NT Paul McCartney born 1942 member of the Beatles MPC 41484149 Harrison 1984 EZ George Harrison 1943 2001 member of the Beatles MPC 41494150 Starr 1984 QC1 Ringo Starr born 1940 member of the Beatles MPC 41504151 Alanhale 1985 HV1 Alan Hale born 1958 American astronomer who co discovered Comet Hale Bopp MPC 41514152 Weber 1985 JF Carl Maria von Weber 1786 1826 German composer MPC 41524153 Roburnham 1985 JT1 Robert Burnham Jr 1931 1993 American astronomer author and senior editor of Astronomy magazine He is a discoverer of minor planets and comets MPC 41534154 Rumsey 1985 NE Norman Rumsey 1922 2007 a New Zealand astronomer and optical designer MPC 41544155 Watanabe 1987 UB1 Kazuro Watanabe born 1955 Japanese amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets MPC 41554156 Okadanoboru 1988 BE Noboru Okada 1953 2002 Japanese adventurer photographer mountain climber and amateur astronomer JPL 41564157 Izu 1988 XD2 Izu Peninsula Japan MPC 41574158 Santini 1989 BE Giovanni Santini 1786 1877 Italian astronomer and director of the Padua Observatory 533 and author of textbook Elementi di Astronomia MPC 41584159 Freeman 1989 GK Ann Freeman executive secretary of the Seismological Laboratory of the California Institute of Technology supporter of the Palomar Planet Crossing Asteroid Survey and friend of discoverer Eleanor F Helin MPC 41594160 Sabrina John 1989 LE Sabrina M Gonsalves 1962 1980 and John H Riggins 1962 1980 in memory of the young couple MPC 41604161 Amasis 6627 P L Amasis II Amasis Egyptian pharaoh MPC 41614162 SAF 1940 WA Societe Astronomique de France the French Astronomical Society MPC 41624163 Saaremaa 1941 HC Saaremaa island Estonia MPC 41634164 Shilov 1969 UR Alexandr Shilov born 1943 Soviet Russian painter MPC 41644165 Didkovskij 1976 GS3 Leonid Vladimirovich Didkovskij born 1948 astrophysicist and deputy director of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory who developed scientific instrumentation for the Soviet space telescope Astron JPL 41654166 Pontryagin 1978 SZ6 Lev Pontryagin 1908 1988 Russian mathematician MPC 41664167 Riemann 1978 TQ7 Bernhard Riemann 1826 1866 German mathematician MPC 41674168 Millan 1979 EE Julio Rodolfo Millan 1923 1995 first rector of the National University of San Juan in Argentina where the old Yale Columbia Southern Station was located at the time JPL 41684169 Celsius 1980 FO3 Anders Celsius 1701 1744 Swedish physicist and astronomer after whom the Celsius temperature scale was named MPC 41694170 Semmelweis 1980 PT Ignaz Semmelweis 1818 1865 German Hungarian physician and an early pioneer of antiseptic procedures MPC 41704171 Carrasco 1982 FZ1 Juan Carrasco senior night assistant and operator of the Hale Telescope at the Palomar Observatory in California MPC 41714172 Rochefort 1982 FC3 The town of Rochefort in Belgium MPC 41724173 Thicksten 1982 KG1 Robert P Thicksten superintendent of Palomar Observatory MPC 41734174 Pikulia 1982 SB6 Valentin Pikul 1928 1990 Soviet historical novelist MPC 41744175 Billbaum 1985 GX William A Baum 1924 2012 American astronomer Src MPC 41754176 Sudek 1987 DS Josef Sudek 1896 1976 outstanding Czech photographer JPL 41764177 Kohman 1987 SS1 Truman Paul Kohman 1916 2010 was an emeritus professor of nuclear chemistry at Carnegie Mellon University who co discovered aluminium 26 an isotope that has given important information about meteorites and the early history of the Solar System Kohman was also an ardent amateur astronomer and teacher He coined the word nuclide JPL 41774178 Mimeev 1988 EO1 Alexandr Pavlovich Mimeev born 1951 Russian radio engineer and amateur astronomer JPL 41784179 Toutatis 1989 AC Toutatis Celtic god MPC 41794180 Anaxagoras 6092 P L Anaxagoras c 510 428 BC Greek philosopher MPC 41804181 Kivi 1938 DK1 Aleksis Kivi 1834 1872 the first Finnish language dramatist and novelist MPC 41814182 Mount Locke 1951 JQ Mount Locke one of two mountains atop which the McDonald Observatory facilities are located MPC 41824183 Cuno 1959 LM Cuno Hoffmeister 1892 1968 German astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets comets and variable stars who discovered this Apollo asteroid MPC 41834184 Berdyayev 1969 TJ1 Nikolai Berdyaev 1874 1948 Russian philosopher MPC 41844185 Phystech 1975 ED Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Phystech MPC 41854186 Tamashima 1977 DT1 Tamashima a town of Kurashiki Okayama Japan MPC 41864187 Shulnazaria 1978 GR3 Leonid Markovich Shul man and Galina Kirillovna Nazarchuk a couple of astronomers researchers on comets and staff members of the Main Ukrainian Astronomical Observatory at Golosseevo near Kyiv MPC 41874188 Kitezh 1979 HX4 Kitezh phantom city of Russian folklore MPC 41884189 Sayany 1979 SV9 The Sayan Mountains a mountain chain in southern Siberia Russia MPC 41894190 Kvasnica 1980 JH Jozef Kvasnica 1930 1992 Czech physicist MPC 41904191 Assesse 1980 KH The Belgian village of Assesse birthplace of the father of the discoverer Henri Debehogne MPC 41914192 Breysacher 1981 DH Jacques Breysacher French astronomer MPC 41924193 Salanave 1981 SM1 Leon E Salanave originally a meteorologist as first executive officer of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific and first editor of Mercury he took steps to ensure that amateur astronomers felt a sense of belonging to an organization dominated by professionals JPL 41934194 Sweitzer 1982 RE Paul A Sweitzer born 1936 American reporter MPC 41944195 Esambaev 1982 SK8 Makhmud Alisultanovich Esambayev 1924 2000 a Chechen folk dancer MPC 41954196 Shuya 1982 SA13 The Russian town of Shuya Ivanovo Oblast MPC 41964197 Morpheus 1982 TA Morpheus the god of dreams who appears in Ovid s Metamorphoses JPL 41974198 Panthera 1983 CK1 Panthera Latin word for panther MPC 41984199 Andreev 1983 RX2 Gennadij Andreev and his family a professor of celestial mechanics at the University of Tomsk He has led several expeditions to the site of the Tunguska event MPC 41994200 Shizukagozen 1983 WA Shizuka Gozen 1165 1211 Japanese mistress of Minamoto no Yoshitsune MPC 42004201 4300 editback to top nbsp Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for Ref Catalog4201 Orosz 1984 JA1 Elizabeth M Orosz born 1970 staff member at the Melton Memorial Observatory and friend of discoverer Brian Skiff MPC 42014202 Minitti 1985 CB2 Michelle Minitti born 1973 American areological mineralogist at Arizona State University who studies the mineralogy of Mars She has identified a new hematite formation mechanism for Mars JPL 42024203 Brucato 1985 FD3 Robert Joseph Brucato American astronomer and assistant director of the Palomar Observatory MPC 42034204 Barsig 1985 JG1 Walter Barsig German science teacher and director of the Annual Cultural Festival of the Ries of Nordlingen and a state school board in Bavaria Germany MPC 42044205 David Hughes 1985 YP David Hughes born 1941 British astronomer and professor of astronomy at the University of Sheffield MPC 42054206 Verulamium 1986 QL Verulamium is an ancient British Roman city now St Albans Hertfordshire JPL 42064207 Chernova 1986 RO2 Galina Pavlovna Chernova a researcher at the Astrophysical Institute of the Tajik Academy of Sciences Dushanbe MPC 42074208 Kiselev 1986 RQ2 Nikolaj Nikolaevich Kiselev department head of the Astrophysical Institute of the Tajik Academy of Sciences Dushanbe MPC 42084209 Briggs 1986 TG4 Geoffrey A Briggs American space physicist and director of the Solar System Exploration Division at NASA Headquarters during the 1980s MPC 42094210 Isobelthompson 1987 DY5 Isobel Thompson British archaeologist and co author of Alban s Buried Towns An Assessment of St Albans Archaeology up to A D 1600 JPL 42104211 Rosniblett 1987 RT Rosalind Niblett British archaeologist and co author of Alban s Buried Towns An Assessment of St Albans Archaeology up to A D 1600 JPL 42114212 Sansyu Asuke 1987 SB2 Japanese town of Asuke Aichi The discovering Toyota Observatory 881 is located nearby in Toyota MPC 42124213 Njord 1987 ST4 Njord Norse god of winds navigation and prosperity MPC 42134214 Veralynn 1987 UX4 Vera Lynn born 1917 British singer famous during World War II MPC 42144215 Kamo 1987 VE1 Akira Kamo born 1943 Japanese amateur astronomer who founded the Comet Observers Network Hoshi no Hiroba in 1968 MPC 42154216 Neunkirchen 1988 AF5 Neunkirchen town in Austria MPC 42164217 Engelhardt 1988 BO2 Wolf von Engelhardt 1910 2008 German meteorite researcher MPC 42174218 Demottoni 1988 BK3 Glauco de Mottoni y Palacios 1901 1988 an Italian electrotechnical engineer and amateur astronomer MPC 42184219 Nakamura 1988 DB Giichi Nakamura founder of an optical instruments factory Mitaka Kohki Japan MPC 42194220 Flood 1988 DN Thomas Flood 1919 1988 Scottish amateur astronomer member of the British Astronomical Association and co founder of the Dundee Astronomical Society in 1955 MPC 42204221 Picasso 1988 EJ Pablo Picasso 1881 1973 Spanish artist MPC 42214222 Nancita 1988 EK1 Nancy Coker Helin daughter in law of the discoverer Eleanor F Helin MPC 42224223 Shikoku 1988 JM Shikoku Japan MPC 42234224 Susa 1988 KG Susan and Sarah Hicks daughters of Bill and Nancy Hicks enthusiast of space related research acquainted with discoverer E F Helin MPC 42244225 Hobart 1989 BN Joseph R Hobart born 1944 is an electrical engineer amateur radio operator W7LUX and minor planet and variable star observer As of March 2011 he has improved the orbits of more than 700 minor planets many of which were in danger of loss and discovered 80 minor planets including NEO 2010 RA91 JPL 42254226 Damiaan 1989 RE Father Damien 1840 1889 Belgian priest MPC 42264227 Kaali 1942 DC Kaali crater Estonia MPC 42274228 Nemiro 1968 OC1 Andrej Nemiro 1909 1995 Russian astronomer at Pulkovo Observatory MPC 42284229 Plevitskaya 1971 BK Nadezhda Plevitskaya 1884 1940 popular female Russian singer and a Soviet agent MPC 42294230 van den Bergh 1973 ST1 Sidney van den Bergh born 1929 Dutch born Canadian astronomer MPC 42304231 Fireman 1976 WD Edward Fireman 1922 1990 American planetary geologist and physicist at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics known for his measurements of radioactive isotopes to determine the cosmic ray exposure ages of freshly fallen meteorites MPC 42314232 Aparicio 1977 CD Emiliano Pedro Aparicio 1921 1988 mineralogist and geologist at the National University of Cuyo and the National University of San Juan MPC 42324233 Palʹchikov 1977 RO7 Nikolaj Borisovich Palʹchikov 1913 1937 a student in the astronomy department at Leningrad University who was killed during one of Stalin s purges MPC 42334234 Evtushenko 1978 JT1 Yevgeny Yevtushenko 1933 2017 Russian poet MPC 42344235 Tatishchev 1978 SL5 Vasily Tatishchev 1686 1750 Russian statesman historian and ethnographer MPC 42354236 Lidov 1979 FV1 Mikhail Lidov 1926 1993 Soviet Russian astronomer best known for the Kozai Lidov mechanism MPC 42364237 Raushenbakh 1979 SD4 Boris Rauschenbach 1915 2001 Russian space scientist MPC 42374238 Audrey 1980 GF Audrey Hepburn 1929 1993 actress born in Brussels Belgium to an English father and Dutch mother a baroness MPC 42384239 Goodman 1980 OE Neville J Goodman a member of the British Astronomical Association MPC 42394240 Grun 1981 EY20 Eberhard Grun born 1942 German astronomer MPC 42404241 Pappalardo 1981 EX46 Neil Pappalardo pioneer in medical information technology founder of Meditech and supporter of the Magellan Telescopes MPC 42414242 Brecher 1981 FQ Aviva Brecher and Kenneth Brecher American astronomers and staff members at MIT MPC 42424243 Nankivell 1981 GF1 Garry Nankivell born 1929 New Zealand optician who produced the optics of the 1 meter McLellan Telescope at the Mount John University Observatory New Zealand MPC 42434244 Zakharchenko 1981 TO3 Vasilij Dmitrievich Zakharchenko 1915 1999 a Russian journalist and writer MPC 42444245 Nairc 1981 UC10 The Nanjing Astronomical Instrument Research Center NAIRC of Chinese Academy of Sciences founded in 1958 MPC 42454246 Telemann 1982 SY2 Georg Philipp Telemann 1681 1767 German composer MPC 42464247 Grahamsmith 1983 WC Francis Graham Smith born 1923 British astronomer former Astronomer Royal MPC 42474248 Ranald 1984 HX Ranald McIntosh born 1933 programmer who maintains the database for the Variable Star Section of the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand MPC 42484249 Kremze 1984 SC2 Kremze Czech Republic MPC 42494250 Perun 1984 UG Perun Slavic god of thunder MPC 42504251 Kavasch 1985 JK1 Julius Kavasch 1920 1978 and son Wulf Dietrich Kavasch both German amateur geologists and popular science writers about the impact crater in the Nordlinger Ries in western Bavaria Germany MPC 42514252 Godwin 1985 RG4 Richard Godwin born 1952 American board member of the Space Frontier Foundation brother of Robert Godwin space expert and space history researcher JPL 42524253 Marker 1985 TN3 Wolfgang Marker a German long time supporter of geological research His factory is located on the edge of the Ries impact crater known as Nordlinger Ries It is one of the world s best studied impact craters MPC 42534254 Kamel 1985 UT3 Lars Kamel born 1960 Swedish astronomer MPC 42544255 Spacewatch 1986 GW The Spacewatch project MPC 42554256 Kagamigawa 1986 TX Kagami River Japan MPC 42564257 Ubasti 1987 QA Ubasti Egyptian goddess of feline MPC 42574258 Ryazanov 1987 RZ2 Eldar Ryazanov 1927 2015 a Soviet movie producer writer and poet MPC 42584259 McCoy 1988 SB3 Timothy James McCoy born 1964 American planetary geologist and curator of the national meteorite collection at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington MPC 42594260 Yanai 1989 AX Masayuki Yanai born 1959 Japanese amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets MPC 42604261 Gekko 1989 BJ Gekko Observatory Japan MPC 42614262 DeVorkin 1989 CO David H DeVorkin born 1944 Chair of the Historical Astronomy Division of the American Astronomical Society 1997 1999 JPL 42624263 Abashiri 1989 RL2 Abashiri Hokkaidō Japan MPC 42634264 Karljosephine 1989 TB Karl Wilhelm Cwach and Josephine Anna Maria Cwach parents of the discoverer Karl F J Cwach MPC 42644265 Kani 1989 TX Kani Gifu Japan MPC 42654266 Waltari 1940 YE Mika Waltari 1908 1979 Finnish author MPC 42664267 Basner 1971 QP Veniamin Basner 1925 1996 Russian composer MPC 42674268 Grebenikov 1972 TW3 Evgenij Alexandrovich Grebenikov Eugeniu Grebenicov Romanian born Russian mathematician and astronomer MPC 42684269 Bogado 1974 FN Manuel D Bogado born 1934 is a Paraguayan amateur astronomer known for his contributions to amateur astronomy in his country and for his work involving astrophotography and variable stars The name was suggested by W A Froger JPL 42694270 Juanvictoria 1975 TJ6 Juan Victoria 1906 1986 a mining engineer by training legal representative of the Yale Columbia Southern Observatory YCSO station when it was under construction in the early 1960s and supervised the construction of the dome and facilities for the U S Naval Observatory s station nearby He also taught and researched in the engineering department of the Cuyo National University JPL 42704271 Novosibirsk 1976 GQ6 Novosibirsk Russia MPC 42714272 Entsuji 1977 EG5 Entsuji temple of Okayama Japan MPC 42724273 Dunhuang 1978 UU1 Dunhuang China MPC 42734274 Karamanov 1980 RZ3 Alemdar Karamanov Ukrainian composer of symphonies ballets piano concerti musicals and cinema films such as the 1965 movie Triumph Over Violence MPC 42744275 Bogustafson 1981 EW14 Bo Ake Sture Gustafson born 1953 Swedish American astronomer at the University of Florida who studied small particles in the Solar System their formation evolution and fate MPC 42754276 Clifford 1981 XA Clifford Cunningham born 1955 Canadian amateur astronomer and writer known for his book Introduction to Asteroids MPC 42764277 Holubov 1982 AF Holubov Czech Republic MPC 42774278 Harvey 1982 SF G Roger Harvey American educator and visual observer of minor planets who was instructor in astronomy at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte MPC 42784279 De Gasparis 1982 WB Annibale de Gasparis 1819 1892 Italian astronomer and early discoverer of minor planets who was the director of the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte in Naples MPC 42794280 Simonenko 1985 PF2 Alla Nikolaevna Simonenko 1935 1984 Russian or Ukrainian astronomer who published two books on the study of asteroids and studied study meteoroid fragmentation and the distribution of radiants MPC 42804281 Pounds 1985 TE1 Kenneth Pounds born 1934 British astronomer MPC 42814282 Endate 1987 UQ1 Kin Endate born 1960 Japanese amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets MPC 42824283 Stoffler 1988 BZ Dieter Stoffler German astronomer and director of the Institute for Planetology at the University of Munster MPC 42834284 Kaho 1988 FL3 Shigeru Kaho 1909 1981 Japanese astronomer and observer of variable stars at the Tokyo Observatory He discovered comet C 1936 O1 Kaho Kozik Lis a k a comet 1936 III the first Japanese cometary discovery in modern times MPC 42844285 Hulkower 1988 NH Neal D Hulkower American mathematician and celestial mechanician MPC 42854286 Rubtsov 1988 PU4 Nikolay Rubtsov 1936 1971 Russian poet MPC 42864287 Trisov 1989 RU2 Trisov Czech Republic MPC 42874288 Tokyotech 1989 TQ1 Tokyo Institute of Technology the largest national institution of higher learning in Japan dedicated to science and technology JPL 42884289 Biwako 1989 UA2 Biwako largest lake in Japan MPC 42894290 Heisei 1989 UK3 The Heisei era Japanese history MPC 42904291 Kodaihasu 1989 VH Ancient Lotus that seed was excavated from Yayoi ruins and germinated in Japan MPC 42914292 Aoba 1989 VO Aoba Castle Sendai Miyagi Japan MPC 42924293 Masumi 1989 VT Masumi Hurukawa also Masumi Furukawa 1917 Japanese worked for public outreach of astronomy in Kyushu and a board member of the International Foundation for Cultural Harmony MPC 42934294 Horatius 4016 P L Horace Quintus Horatius Flaccus 65 8 BC Roman poet MPC 42944295 Wisse 6032 P L Marijke Wisse Schouten staff member at Leiden Observatory and photometrist with the Palomar Leiden trojan surveys during the 1970s MPC 42954296 van Woerkom 1935 SA2 Adriaan van Woerkom Dutch astronomer who worked at Leiden and Yale observatories on the distribution of comets and on celestial mechanics MPC 42964297 Eichhorn 1938 HE Heinrich Karl Eichhorn born 1927 Austrian American astronomer teacher of astronomy and innovator in the field of stellar positions and motions JPL 42974298 Jorgenunez 1941 WA Jorge Nunez born 1953 physicist astronomer and member of the Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts of Barcelona researcher of robotic observatories and the treatment of astronomical CCD images JPL 42984299 WIYN 1952 QX The WIYN Consortium of observatories MPC 42994300 Marg Edmondson 1955 SG1 Margaret Russell Edmondson 1914 1999 daughter of American astronomer Henry Norris Russell and wife of American astronomer Frank K Edmondson MPC 43004301 4400 editback to top nbsp Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for Ref Catalog4301 Boyden 1966 PM Uriah A Boyden 1804 1879 American mechanical engineer whose bequest allowed the Harvard College Observatory to establish the Boyden Observatory JPL 43014302 Markeev 1968 HP Anatolij Pavlovich Markeev professor at the Moscow Aviation Institute MPC 43024303 Savitskij 1973 SZ3 Yevgeniy Savitskiy 1910 1990 Russian aviator father of cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya MPC 43034304 Geichenko 1973 SW4 Semyon Stepanovich Geichenko Russian writer and literary scholar MPC 43044305 Clapton 1976 EC Eric Clapton born 1945 British musician MPC 43054306 Dunaevskij 1976 SZ5 Isaak Dunayevsky 1900 1955 Soviet composer MPC 43064307 Cherepashchuk 1976 UK2 Anatolii Mikhailovich Cherepashchuk born 1941 Russian astronomer and director of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute MPC 43074308 Magarach 1978 PL4 Research Institute of wine making and viticulture at Magarach Yalta MPC 43084309 Marvin 1978 QC Ursula Marvin 1921 2018 American planetary geologist MPC 43094310 Stromholm 1978 RJ7 Stig Stromholm born 1931 Swedish legal scholar and writer MPC 43104311 Zguridi 1978 SY6 Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Zguridi 1904 1998 Soviet producer MPC 43114312 Knacke 1978 WW11 Roger Fritz Knacke born 1941 American astronomer MPC 43124313 Bouchet 1979 HK1 Patrice Bouchet born 1953 French astronomer at the European Southern Observatory MPC 43134314 Dervan 1979 ML3 Peter Dervan the Bren Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology JPL 43144315 Pronik 1979 SL11 Iraida and Vladimir Pronik born 1932 astronomers at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory MPC 43154316 Babinkova 1979 TZ1 Artur Nikolaevich Babin born 1936 and his wife Aleksandra Koval solar astrophysicists at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory MPC 43164317 Garibaldi 1980 DA1 Giuseppe Garibaldi 1807 1882 Italian nation builder MPC 43174318 Bata 1980 DE1 Tomas Bata 1876 1932 Czech businessman MPC 43184319 Jackierobinson 1981 ER14 Jackie Robinson 1919 1972 American baseball player JPL 43194320 Jarosewich 1981 EJ17 Eugene Jarosewich 1926 2007 research chemist emeritus at the Smithsonian Institution JPL 43204321 Zero 1981 EH26 Zero Mostel 1915 1977 an American actor singer and artist also chosen because the asteroid s number sounds like a countdown JPL 43214322 Billjackson 1981 EE37 William M Jackson born 1936 of the Department of Chemistry University of California MPC 43224323 Hortulus 1981 QN Hortulus Latin word for a small cozy garden MPC 43234324 Bickel 1981 YA1 Wolf Bickel born 1942 a German amateur astronomer who started observing minor planets in 1995 at his private observatory located close to Bergisch Gladbach JPL 43244325 Guest 1982 HL John Edward Guest 1938 2012 British volcanologist and planetary scientist also see other Solar System features named after him Src MPC 43254326 McNally 1982 HS1 Derek McNally 1934 2020 British astronomer MPC 43264327 Ries 1982 KB1 The Nordlinger Ries a meteorite impact crater in southern Germany that was formed about 14 million years ago MPC 43274328 Valina 1982 SQ2 Valentina Arkadievna Andreichenko and daughter Alina Eduardovna for their collaboration with the discoverer Henri Debehogne in the Tomsk Observatory Brussels Program MPC 43284329 Miro 1982 SX2 Joan Miro 1893 1983 a famous Spanish Catalan painter sculptor and ceramicist JPL 43294330 Vivaldi 1982 UJ3 Antonio Vivaldi 1678 1741 Italian composer MPC 43304331 Hubbard 1983 HC Ralph Hubbard 1885 1980 of Medora North Dakota involved in promoting and preserving Native American culture MPC 43314332 Milton 1983 RC Daniel J Milton American astrogeologist MPC 43324333 Sinton 1983 RO2 William M Sinton American astronomer MPC 43334334 Foo 1983 RO3 Lillian Foo born 1972 Singaporean consultant at the World Bank MPC 43344335 Verona 1983 VC7 Verona city in Italy MPC 43354336 Jasniewicz 1984 QE1 Gerard Jasniewicz astronomer at Strasbourg Observatory MPC 43364337 Arecibo 1985 GB Arecibo Observatory Puerto Rico MPC 43374338 Velez 1985 PB1 Reinaldo Velez telescope operator at Arecibo Observatory MPC 43384339 Almamater 1985 UK Alma mater in anticipation of the 650th anniversary of the Charles University in Prague the oldest university in central Europe MPC 43394340 Dence 1986 JZ Michael R Dence Canadian geologist and executive director of the Royal Society of Canada MPC 43404341 Poseidon 1987 KF Poseidon Greek god MPC 43414342 Freud 1987 QO9 Sigmund Freud 1856 1939 Austrian founder of psychoanalysis MPC 43424343 Tetsuya 1988 AC Tetsuya Fujii born 1960 Japanese astronomer MPC 43434344 Buxtehude 1988 CR1 Dieterich Buxtehude c 1637 1707 Danish or German organist and composer MPC 43444345 Rachmaninoff 1988 CM2 Sergei Rachmaninoff 1873 1943 Russian composer pianist and conductor MPC 43454346 Whitney 1988 DS4 Mary Watson Whitney 1847 1921 American astronomer MPC 43464347 Reger 1988 PK2 Max Reger 1873 1916 German composer MPC 43474348 Poulydamas 1988 RU Poulydamas the closest counselor and strategist of the Trojan prince Hector Born on the same night the gods gave Hector the ability to perfectly master his arms while Poulydamas was given the present of better judgment It was Poulydamas who urged to lock the gates of Troy against Achilles but Hector left the city and confronted Achilles nonetheless MPC 43484349 Tiburcio 1989 LX Julio Cesar dos Santos Tiburcio Brazilian amateur astronomer MPC 43494350 Shibecha 1989 UG1 Shibecha Hokkaidō Japan MPC 43504351 Nobuhisa 1989 UR1 Nobuhisa Kojima born 1933 Japanese amateur astronomer MPC 43514352 Kyoto 1989 UW1 Kyoto city in Japan MPC 43524353 Onizaki 1989 WK1 Onizaki town in Tokoname Aichi Japan MPC 43534354 Euclides 2142 P L Euclid fl 300 BC Greek mathematician MPC 43544355 Memphis 3524 P L Memphis former capital of old Egyptian kingdom MPC 43554356 Marathon 9522 P L Marathon Greece MPC 43564357 Korinthos 2069 T 2 Korinthos Greece MPC 43574358 Lynn A909 TF William Thynne Lynn 1835 1911 assistant at Greenwich Observatory MPC 43584359 Berlage 1935 TG Hendrik Petrus Berlage 1896 1968 Dutch meteorologist son of architect Hendrik Petrus Berlage MPC 43594360 Xuyi 1964 TG2 Xuyi County China MPC 43604361 Nezhdanova 1977 TG7 Antonina Nezhdanova 1873 1950 Russian opera singer MPC 43614362 Carlisle 1978 PR4 Albert John Carlisle 1917 1993 hunter of meteorites on the Nullarbor Plain of Western Australia MPC 43624363 Sergej 1978 TU7 Sergej Vasil evich Ezhov born 1953 surgeon in the district hospital at Bakhchisaraj Crimea since the 1970s MPC 43634364 Shkodrov 1978 VV5 Vladimir Shkodrov 1930 2010 Bulgarian astronomer MPC 43644365 Ivanova 1978 VH8 Violeta G Ivanova Bulgarian astronomer MPC 43654366 Venikagan 1979 YV8 Veniamin Kagan 1869 1953 Soviet and Russian mathematician MPC 43664367 Meech 1981 EE43 Karen Jean Meech born 1959 American astronomer MPC 43674368 Pillmore 1981 JC2 Charles L Pillmore American geologist with the U S Geological Survey MPC 43684369 Seifert 1982 OR Jaroslav Seifert 1901 1986 Czech poet MPC 43694370 Dickens 1982 SL Charles Dickens 1812 1870 English writer MPC 43704371 Fyodorov 1983 GC2 Svyatoslav Fyodorov 1927 2000 Russian ophthalmologist MPC 43714372 Quincy 1984 TB John Quincy Adams 1767 1848 sixth president of the United States MPC 43724373 Crespo 1985 PB Antonio Crespo electrical engineer at Arecibo Observatory MPC 43734374 Tadamori 1987 BJ Taira no Tadamori early samurai MPC 43744375 Kiyomori 1987 DQ Taira no Kiyomori early samurai and Daijō Daijin MPC 43754376 Shigemori 1987 FA Taira no Shigemori early samurai MPC 43764377 Koremori 1987 GD Taira no Koremori early samurai MPC 43774378 Voigt 1988 JF Hans Heinrich Voigt 1921 2017 German astronomer MPC 43784379 Snelling 1988 PT1 Reginald and Heather Snelling friends of the discoverers Eugene and Carolyn Shoemaker MPC 43794380 Geyer 1988 PB2 Edward H Geyer German astronomer at the Hoher List Observatory MPC 43804381 Uenohara 1989 WD1 Uenohara town in Japan MPC 43814382 Stravinsky 1989 WQ3 Igor Stravinsky 1882 1971 Russian American composer MPC 43824383 Suruga 1989 XP Suruga Province ancient name of eastern part of Shizuoka Prefecture Japan MPC 43834384 Henrybuhl 1990 AA Henry Buhl Jr 1848 1927 a philanthropist who established the Buhl Foundation JPL 43844385 Elsasser 2534 P L Hans F Elsasser born 1929 German astronomer former director of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy MPC 43854386 Lust 6829 P L Reimar Lust born 1923 German astrophysicist MPC 43864387 Tanaka 4829 T 2 Yasuo Tanaka 1931 2018 Japanese astrophysicist MPC 43874388 Jurgenstock 1964 VE Jurgen Stock born 1923 German Venezuelan astronomer developer of observatories and the director of the CTIO and the Llano del Hato observatories in South America MPC 43884389 Durbin 1976 GL3 Deanna Durbin 1921 2013 Canadian American cinema actress MPC 43894390 Madreteresa 1976 GO8 Mother Teresa 1910 1997 an Albanian Indian nun and missionary She is known as Saint Teresa of Calcutta in the Roman Catholic Church JPL 43904391 Balodis 1977 QW2 Janis Balodis chief of the cosmic geodesy department at the Astronomical Observatory of the Latvian University MPC 43914392 Agita 1978 RX5 Agita Tarasova a scientific worker at the Astronomical Observatory of the Latvian University MPC 43924393 Dawe 1978 VP8 John A Dawe British astronomer at the UK Schmidt Telescope MPC 43934394 Fritzheide 1981 EB19 Fritz Heide 1891 1973 German meteorite researcher MPC 43944395 Danbritt 1981 EH41 Daniel Britt born 1950 research professor at the University of Tennessee who studies the relationships between minor planets and meteorites using reflectance spectroscopy JPL 43954396 Gressmann 1981 JH Michael Gressmann German astro optician and amateur astronomer MPC 43964397 Jalopez 1981 JS1 Jose Augusto Lopez born 1922 astronomer and long time director of the Felix Aguilar Observatory in Argentina MPC 43974398 Chiara 1984 HC2 Chiara Maria Faletti born 1955 wife of the discoverer Walter Ferreri MPC 43984399 Ashizuri 1984 UA Cape Ashizuri Kochi Japan MPC 43994400 Bagryana 1985 QH4 Elisaveta Bagriana 1893 1991 Bulgarian poet MPC 44004401 4500 editback to top nbsp Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for Ref Catalog4401 Aditi 1985 TB Aditi Hindu goddess of the sky and air MPC 44014402 Tsunemori 1987 DP Taira no Tsunemori 1124 1185 early samurai MPC 44024403 Kuniharu 1987 EA Kuniharu Observatory founded in 1958 in Okazaki Aichi prefecture Japan MPC 44034404 Enirac 1987 GG Carine Maury wife of the French astronomer Alain Maury who discovered this minor planet MPC 44044405 Otava 1987 QD1 Otava River Czech Republic MPC 44054406 Mahler 1987 YD1 Gustav Mahler 1860 1911 Austrian composer MPC 44064407 Taihaku 1988 TF1 Taihaku ku Sendai the southernmost ward of the city Sendai Japan MPC 44074408 Zlata Koruna 1988 TH2 Zlata Koruna a gothic monastery and a village in South Bohemia Czech Republic MPC 44084409 Kissling 1989 MD Warwick M Kissling born 1957 New Zealand mathematician MPC 44094410 Kamuimintara 1989 YA Daisetsuzan s another name in Ainu mythology meaning Playground of Kamuys MPC 44104411 Kochibunkyo 1990 AF The Kochi Prefecture Cultural and Educational Association an association of volunteers active in education including the popularization of astronomy The association was inaugurated in the city of Kochi in April 1948 MPC 44114412 Chephren 2535 P L Khafra Chephren pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty of Egypt who built the eponymous pyramid at Giza and the Sphinx MPC 44124413 Mycerinos 4020 P L Menkaura Mycerinos pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty of Egypt MPC 44134414 Sesostris 4153 P L Senusret I Senusret II and Senusret III Sesostris I II and III three pharaohs of the Twelfth dynasty of Egypt MPC 44144415 Echnaton 4237 P L Akhenaten Echnaton pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt MPC 44154416 Ramses 4530 P L Ramesses II pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt MPC 44164417 Lecar 1931 GC Myron Lecar born 1930 American astrophysicist MPC 44174418 Fredfranklin 1931 TR1 Fred Aldrich Franklin born 1932 American astronomer MPC 44184419 Allancook 1932 HD Allan F Cook II 1922 1998 American astrophysicist MPC 44194420 Alandreev 1936 PB Aleksandr Fedorovich Andreev born 1939 vice president of the Russian Academy of Sciences and director of the P Kapitsa Institute of Physical Problems in Moscow JPL 44204421 Kayor 1942 AC Kay and Roy Williams parents of Gareth V Williams an astronomer at the Minor Planet Center MPC 44214422 Jarre 1942 UA Jean Michel Jarre born 1948 a French composer and his father Maurice Jarre 1924 2009 MPC 44224423 Golden 1949 GH William T Golden 1909 2007 author editor of books on science policy JPL 44234424 Arkhipova 1967 DB Irina Konstantinovna Arkhipova born 1925 Russian soloist at the Bolshoi Theatre MPC 44244425 Bilk 1967 UQ German city district Dusseldorf Bilk where the Dusseldorf Bilk Observatory German Sternwarte Bilk existed from 1843 to 1943 JPL 44254426 Roerich 1969 TB6 Nicholas Roerich 1874 1947 Russian painter as well as for Elena Ivanovna Roerich 1879 1955 Russian writer Yurij Nikolaevich Roerich 1902 1960 Russian scientist and Svetoslav Roerich 1904 1993 Russian painter MPC 44264427 Burnashev 1971 QP1 Vladislav Ivanovich Burnashev born 1943 also Bella Alekseevna Burnasheva born 1944 Crimean Astrophysical Observatory MPC 44274428 Khotinok 1977 SN Roman L vovich Khotinok 1928 2016 Russian meteorite researcher MPC 44284429 Chinmoy 1978 RJ2 Sri Chinmoy 1931 2007 Indian poet artist and philosopher MPC 44294430 Govorukhin 1978 SX6 Stanislav Govorukhin 1936 2018 Russian cinematic producer and playwright MPC 44304431 Holeungholee 1978 WU14 S H Ho K K Leung T Ho and Q W Lee jointly established the Holeungholee Foundation in 1994 to reward high level Chinese achievements in science and technology and to promote the further development of those achievements JPL 44314432 McGraw Hill 1981 ER22 the McGraw Hill Telescope at the MDM Observatory MPC 44324433 Goldstone 1981 QP Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex California MPC 44334434 Nikulin 1981 RD5 Yuri Nikulin 1921 1997 a Russian circus artist clown and film star MPC 44344435 Holt 1983 AG2 Henry E Holt born 1929 a discoverer of minor planets and planetary geologist with the U S Geological Survey MPC 44354436 Ortizmoreno 1983 EX Jose Luis Ortiz Moreno born 1967 a planetary scientist at the IAA CSIC at Granada Spain JPL 44364437 Yaroshenko 1983 GA2 Nikolai Yaroshenko 1846 1898 Russian Ukrainian painter MPC 44374438 Sykes 1983 WR Mark V Sykes American planetary scientist at the Steward Observatory Arizona MPC 44384439 Muroto 1984 VA Muroto Kōchi city in Japan MPC 44394440 Tchantches 1984 YV Tchantches Walloon dialect for Francois the typical Walloon hero of the region of the discoverer Tchantches is obstinate but has a great heart JPL 44404441 Toshie 1985 BB Toshie Seki mother of Japanese astronomer Tsutomu Seki who discovered this minor planet MPC 44414442 Garcia 1985 RB1 Jerry Garcia 1942 1995 lead guitarist of the Grateful Dead MPC 44424443 Paulet 1985 RD4 Pedro Paulet 1874 1945 Peruvian scientist and diplomat JPL 44434444 Escher 1985 SA M C Escher 1898 1972 Dutch graphic artist JPL 44444445 Jimstratton 1985 TC James Michael Stratton born 1976 an American space engineer helped further the exploration of the planets through his roles as both the propulsion and deputy mission systems engineer on NASA s New Horizons Pluto Kuiper Belt mission JPL 44454446 Carolyn 1985 TT Carolyn Shoemaker 1929 2021 comet and asteroid discoverer MPC 44464447 Kirov 1985 VE1 After Kirov the city in Russia or after the Kirov Opera and Ballet Theatre MPC 44474448 Phildavis 1986 EO Philip A Davis astronomer and planetary geologist with the U S Geological Survey MPC 44484449 Sobinov 1987 RX3 Leonid Sobinov 1872 1934 Russian opera singer MPC 44494450 Pan 1987 SY Pan god of Arcady MPC 44504451 Grieve 1988 JJ Richard Andrew Francis Grieve Canadian geologist with the Geological Survey of Canada MPC 44514452 Ullacharles 1988 RN Ulla Augustesen 1914 1990 and Charles Augustesen 1909 1987 the parents of Brorfelde observer Karl Augustesen JPL 44524453 Bornholm 1988 VC The beautiful and famous Danish rocky island of Bornholm is situated in the southern part of the Baltic Sea JPL 44534454 Kumiko 1988 VW Kumiko Kaneda born 1951 wife of Japanese astronomer Hiroshi Kaneda who co discovered this minor planet MPC 44544455 Ruriko 1988 XA Ruriko Ueda born 1957 wife of Japanese astronomer Seiji Ueda who co discovered this minor planet MPC 44554456 Mawson 1989 OG Sir Douglas Mawson 1882 1958 Antarctic explorer MPC 44564457 van Gogh 1989 RU Vincent van Gogh 1853 1890 Dutch painter MPC 44574458 Oizumi 1990 BY Ōizumi Yamanashi Japan MPC 44584459 Nusamaibashi 1990 BP2 Nusamai Bridge located in Kushiro on the Island of Hokkaidō in northern Japan MPC 44594460 Bihoro 1990 DS Bihoro town in Japan MPC 44604461 Sayama 1990 EL Sayama Saitama Japan MPC 44614462 Vaughan 1952 HJ2 Curtis T Vaughan Jr a businessman and community leader of San Antonio Texas MPC 44624463 Marschwarzschild 1954 UO2 Martin Schwarzschild 1912 1997 German American astrophysicist MPC 44634464 Vulcano 1966 TE Aeolian Islands site of the original volcano MPC 44644465 Rodita 1969 TD5 Tat yana Mikhajlovna Rodina 1914 1989 a Soviet art critic was the author of Russian Theatre Art at the Beginning of the 19th Century and Blok and Russian Theatre of the Beginning of the 20th Century as well as of numerous papers in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia and the Theatre Encyclopedia JPL 44654466 Abai 1971 SX1 Abai Qunanbaiuli Abai Kunanbaev 1845 1904 Kazakh poet and philosopher MPC 44664467 Kaidanovskij 1975 VN2 Naum L vovich Kaidanovskii 1907 Russian astronomer MPC 44674468 Pogrebetskij 1976 SZ3 Mikhail Pogrebetskiy 1892 1956 Ukrainian mountaineer MPC 44684469 Utting 1978 PS4 Muriel Utting 1914 Australian historian of the Perth Observatory MPC 44694470 Sergeev Censkij 1978 QP1 Sergey Sergeev Tsensky 1875 1958 Soviet writer MPC 44704471 Graculus 1978 VB Pyrrhocorax graculus is the Alpine species of choughs In great flocks they are sometimes a bit of a nuisance but to watch their masterly elegant flight especially in turbulent air is a great delight JPL 44714472 Navashin 1980 TY14 Mikhail Sergeevich Navashin 1896 1973 Russian author of the Teleskop astronoma lyubitelya The Amateur Astronomer s Telescope MPC 44724473 Sears 1981 DE2 Derek W G Sears born 1948 British meteoriticist MPC 44734474 Proust 1981 QZ2 Dominique Proust French astrophysicist MPC 44744475 Voitkevich 1982 UQ5 Georgii Vitol dovich Voitkevich 1920 1997 Russian geochemist MPC 44754476 Bernstein 1983 DE Leonard Bernstein 1918 1990 American composer conductor and pianist MPC 44764477 Kelley 1983 SB Michael Shawn Kelley born 1958 a program officer at the Planetary Science Division NASA Headquarters Washington D C JPL 44774478 Blanco 1984 HG1 Carlo Blanco professor of astronomy at Catania University MPC 44784479 Charlieparker 1985 CP1 Charlie Bird Parker 1920 1955 American saxophonist principal inventor of bebop JPL 44794480 Nikitibotania 1985 QM4 Nikitian State Botanical Gardens founded in 1812 on the Crimean peninsula MPC 44804481 Herbelin 1985 RR Claude Herbelin born 1931 Swiss electrotechnical engineer of Neuchatel and friend of the family of Edward L G Bowell discoverer JPL 44814482 Frerebasile 1986 RB Nicolas Dupont a French professor of mathematics amateur astronomer and member of the De La Salle Brothers MPC 44824483 Petofi 1986 RC2 Sandor Petofi 1823 1849 Hungarian poet MPC 44834484 Sif 1987 DD Sif Norse goddess MPC 44844485 Radonezhskij 1987 QQ11 Sergij Radonezhskij c 1321 1391 Russian church official MPC 44854486 Mithra 1987 SB Mithra Indo Iranian god MPC 44864487 Pocahontas 1987 UA Pocahontas Native American woman MPC 44874488 Tokitada 1987 UK Taira no Tokitada 1130 1189 early samurai MPC 44884489 Dracius 1988 AK Dracius was one of the commanders of the Epeans who fought to protect the Argive ships from Hektor s attack IAU 44894490 Bambery 1988 ND Raymond Bambery American chemist and image processing scientist at JPL MPC 44904491 Otaru 1988 RP Otaru Hokkaidō Japan MPC 44914492 Debussy 1988 SH Claude Debussy 1862 1918 French composer MPC 44924493 Naitomitsu 1988 TG1 Mitsu Naito born 1925 mother of the first female Japanese astronaut Chiaki Mukai JPL 44934494 Marimo 1988 TK1 Marimo a rare growth form of green algae that inhabit Lake Akan in Hokkaido Japan MPC 44944495 Dassanowsky 1988 VS Elfi Dassanowsky 1924 2007 an Austrian born film pioneer JPL 44954496 Kamimachi 1988 XM1 Kamimachi town in Kōchi Japan Birthplace of discover MPC 44964497 Taguchi 1989 AE1 Takeo Taguchi born 1950 Japanese optical engineer MPC 44974498 Shinkoyama 1989 AG1 Shin Koyama born 1927 Japanese astronomer MPC 44984499 Davidallen 1989 AO3 David Anthony Allen British astronomer MPC 44994500 Pascal 1989 CL Blaise Pascal 1623 1662 French mathematician physicist and religious philosopher MPC 45004501 4600 editback to top nbsp Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for Ref Catalog4501 Eurypylos 1989 CJ3 Eurypylos mythical king of Thessaly MPC 45014502 Elizabethann 1989 KG Elizabeth Ann Holt daughter of the discoverer Henry E Holt MPC 45024503 Cleobulus 1989 WM Ancient Greek poet Cleobulus one of the Seven Sages of Greece MPC 45034504 Jenkinson 1989 YO Nora Jenkinson Scottish amateur astronomer and astronomy educator MPC 45044505 Okamura 1990 DV1 Keiichiro Okamura Japanese headmaster MPC 45054506 Hendrie 1990 FJ Michael J Hendrie British amateur astronomer and author astronomy correspondent for The Times MPC 45064507 Petercollins 1990 FV Peter L Collins American amateur astronomer JPL 45074508 Takatsuki 1990 FG1 Yukihiro Takatsuki contributing editor of Japanese astronomical magazine MPC 45084509 Gorbatskij A917 SG Vitaly Gerasimovich Gorbatskij born 1920 professor at St Petersburg University JPL 45094510 Shawna 1930 XK Shawna Willoughby granddaughter of the discoverer Clyde Tombaugh MPC 45104511 Rembrandt 1935 SP1 Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn Dutch painter and engraver MPC 45114512 Sinuhe 1939 BM Sinuhe hero of The Egyptian by Mika Waltari MPC 45124513 Louvre 1971 QW1 The Louvre museum MPC 45134514 Vilen 1972 HX Vilen Valentinovich Nesterov Russian astronomer MPC 45144515 Khrennikov 1973 SD6 Tikhon Nikolayevich Khrennikov Russian composer JPL 45154516 Pugovkin 1973 SN6 Mikhail Pugovkin Russian comic actor MPC 45164517 Ralpharvey 1975 SV Ralph Harvey born 1960 An assistant professor at Case Western University JPL 45174518 Raikin 1976 GP3 Arkady Raikin Russian actor MPC 45184519 Voronezh 1976 YO4 Voronezh Russia MPC 45194520 Dovzhenko 1977 QJ3 Alexander Dovzhenko Ukrainian filmmaker MPC 45204521 Akimov 1979 FU2 Nikolai Pavlovich Akimov Ukrainian scenic designer and stage designer MPC 45214522 Britastra 1980 BM British Astronomical Association MPC 45224523 MIT 1981 DM1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology JPL 45234524 Barklajdetolli 1981 RV4 Prince Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly Russian field marshal of Scottish descent MPC 45244525 Johnbauer 1982 JB3 John Bauer American teacher of astronomy and physics JPL 45254526 Konko 1982 KN1 Konkō Okayama Japan MPC 45264527 Schoenberg 1982 OK Arnold Schoenberg Austrian American composer MPC 45274528 Berg 1983 PP Alban Berg Austrian composer MPC 45284529 Webern 1984 ED Anton Webern Austrian composer MPC 45294530 Smoluchowski 1984 EP Roman Smoluchowski Polish born physicist and astrophysicist MPC 45304531 Asaro 1985 FC Frank Asaro American nuclear chemist and colleague of Walter and Louis Alvarez MPC 45314532 Copland 1985 GM1 Aaron Copland American composer MPC 45324533 Orth 1986 EL Charles J Orth American geochemist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory New Mexico MPC 45334534 Rimskij Korsakov 1986 PV4 Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov 1844 1908 Russian composer MPC 45344535 Adamcarolla 1986 QV2 Adam Carolla American comedic radio and television personality former co host of the syndicated radio program Loveline JPL 45354536 Drewpinsky 1987 DA6 David Drew Pinsky Dr Drew American doctor who co hosts the syndicated radio program Loveline JPL 45364537 Valgrirasp 1987 RR3 Valentin Rasputin Soviet writer MPC 45374538 Vishyanand 1988 TP Viswanathan Vishy Anand born 1969 India s first chess grandmaster JPL 45384539 Miyagino 1988 VU1 Miyagino ku Sendai Miyagi Japan MPC 45394540 Oriani 1988 VY1 Barnaba Oriani Barnabus Oriani Italian astronomer MPC 45404541 Mizuno 1989 AF Yoshikane Mizuno Japanese amateur astronomer MPC 45414542 Mossotti 1989 BO Ottaviano Fabrizio Mossotti Italian physicist and astronomer MPC 45424543 Phoinix 1989 CQ1 Phoinix mythical Greek warrior MPC 45434544 Xanthus 1989 FB Xanthus Greek word for Fair was one of Achilles semi divine horses in the Iliad Also Xanthus or Xanthos is the name given to the river God known as Scamander or Skamandros to mortals The official naming citation also mentions that it is an alternative name for the Olympian god Apollo MPC 45444545 Primolevi 1989 SB11 Primo Levi 1919 1987 an Italian chemist and writer JPL 45454546 Franck 1990 EW2 Cesar Franck Belgian composer MPC 45464547 Massachusetts 1990 KP Massachusetts United States MPC 45474548 Wielen 2538 P L Roland Wielen born 1938 German astronomer MPC 45484549 Burkhardt 1276 T 2 Gernot Burkhardt born 1951 German astronomer co editor of Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts MPC 45494550 Royclarke 1977 HH1 Roy Clarke Jr born 1925 served as curator of the U S National Meteorite Collection at the Smithsonian Institution for nearly 30 years Clarke s research interests have focused on the structures of iron meteorites and have included the classification and study of Antarctic iron meteorites JPL 45504551 Cochran 1979 MC Anita Light Cochran American astronomer and William David Cochran American astronomer MPC 45514552 Nabelek 1980 JC Jan Nabelek Moravian teacher MPC 45524553 Doncampbell 1982 RH Donald B Campbell Australian born astronomer and planetary scientist at Cornell University MPC 45534554 Fanynka 1986 UT Fanynka Burian friend of the discoverer MPC 45544555 Josefaperez 1987 QL Maria Josefa Perez 1970 2014 an astronomer at the Instituto de Astronomia y Fisica del Espacio Buenos Aires and at the La Plata Astronomical Observatory JPL 45554556 Gumilyov 1987 QW10 Nikolay Gumilyov Russian poet MPC 45564557 Mika 1987 XD Mika Watanabe wife of one of discovers MPC 45574558 Janesick 1988 NF James R Janesick American optical engineer MPC 45584559 Strauss 1989 AP6 Johann Strauss II Austrian composer MPC 45594560 Klyuchevskij 1976 YD2 Vasily Klyuchevsky Russian historian MPC 45604561 Lemeshev 1978 RY5 Sergey Lemeshev Russian opera singer MPC 45614562 Poleungkuk 1979 UD2 This name celebrates the 125th anniversary of the founding of Po Leung Kuk a famous charity in Hong Kong With a firm commitment to care and protection for the young and the innocent Po Leung Kuk serves the local community JPL 45624563 Kahnia 1980 OG Franz D Kahn professor of astronomy and head of the department of astronomy at the University of Manchester MPC 45634564 Clayton 1981 ET16 Robert Clayton born 1930 a professor at the University of Chicago JPL 45644565 Grossman 1981 EZ17 Lawrence Grossman born 1946 Canadian American geophysicist MPC 45654566 Chaokuangpiu 1981 WM4 Kuang Piu Chao consulting professor at Tsinghua University and Zhejiang University For many years he made remarkable contributions to the development of Chinese educational and cultural programs JPL 45664567 Becvar 1982 SO1 Antonin Becvar Slovak astronomer MPC 45674568 Menkaure 1983 RY3 Pharaoh Menkaure c 2530 B C the son of Chephren MPC 45684569 Baerbel 1985 GV1 Baerbel K Lucchitta planetary geologist with the U S Geological Survey MPC 45694570 Runcorn 1985 PR Keith Runcorn Stanley Keith Runcorn British geophysicist JPL 45704571 Grumiaux 1985 RY3 Arthur Grumiaux Belgian violinist MPC 45714572 Brage 1986 RF Brage Norse god of poetry and music MPC 45724573 Piestany 1986 TP6 Slovak spa town of Piestany MPC 45734574 Yoshinaka 1986 YB Minamoto no Yoshinaka early samurai MPC 45744575 Broman 1987 ME1 Brian Roman American astronomer MPC 45754576 Yanotoyohiko 1988 CC Toyohiko Yano born 1952 is a professor at the Research Laboratory for Nuclear Reactors Tokyo Institute of Technology His major work is materials science particularly in the field of ceramics and he is also a skillful electron microscopist In their youth he and the discoverer climbed mountains together JPL 45764577 Chikako 1988 WG Chikako Mitsuhashi or Mihashi Japanese astronomical educator MPC 45774578 Kurashiki 1988 XL1 Kurashiki Okayama Japan MPC 45784579 Puccini 1989 AT6 Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini Italian operatic composer MPC 45794580 Child 1989 EF Jack B Child astronomer MPC 45804581 Asclepius 1989 FC Asclepius god of medicine MPC 45814582 Hank 1989 FW Henry Reid Holt son of discoverer of minor planets Henry E Holt MPC 45824583 Lugo 1989 RL4 Raymond Lugo born 1957 American deputy launch services manager on NASA s New Horizons Pluto Kuiper Belt mission JPL 45834584 Akan 1990 FA Akan National Park Hokkaidō Japan MPC 45844585 Ainonai 1990 KQ Ainonai a small Japanese town on Hokkaidō west of Kitami MPC 45854586 Gunvor 6047 P L Gunvor Ulla Marie Ollongren Lundgren wife of Dutch astronomer Alexander Ollongren MPC 45864587 Rees 3239 T 2 Martin Rees born 1942 English astrophysicist and longtime Astronomer Royal MPC 45874588 Wislicenus 1931 EE Walter F Wislicenus 1859 1905 a German astronomer JPL 45884589 McDowell 1933 OB Jonathan McDowell born 1960 American astrophysicist MPC 45894590 Dimashchegolev 1968 OG1 Dmytrij Evgen evich Shchegolev 1928 1988 a Russian astronomer at the Pulkovo Observatory near Saint Petersburg MPC 45904591 Bryantsev 1975 VZ Alexander Bryantsev 1883 1961 Russian theatre director MPC 45914592 Alkissia 1979 SQ11 Aleksej Alekseevich Kiselev born 1927 Russian astronomer MPC 45924593 Reipurth 1980 FV1 Bo Reipurth Danish astronomer MPC 45934594 Dashkova 1980 KR1 Ekaterina Romanovna Dashkova Russian princess MPC 45944595 Prinz 1981 EZ2 Martin Prinz born 1931 American curator of meteorites at the American Museum of Natural History JPL 45954597 Consolmagno 1983 UA1 Guy Consolmagno American astronomer JPL 45974598 Coradini 1985 PG1 Marcello Coradini Italian planetary scientist or Angioletta Coradini Italian planetary scientist MPC 45984599 Rowan 1985 RZ2 Michael Rowan Robinson British astronomer JPL 45994600 Meadows 1985 RE4 Jack Meadows British astronomer JPL 46004601 4700 editback to top nbsp Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for Ref Catalog4601 Ludkewycz 1986 LB The maiden name of the Ukrainian born mother of the discoverer American NASA astronomer writer cartoonist planetary scientist artist and Hollywood special effects animator Marian Rudnyk MPC 46014602 Heudier 1986 UD3 Jean Louis Heudier French astronomer MPC 46024603 Bertaud 1986 WM3 Charles Bertaud French astronomer MPC 46034604 Stekarstrom 1987 SK Stephen E and Karen M Strom American astronomers and photographers JPL 46044605 Nikitin 1987 SV17 Afanasy Nikitin Russian explorer and travel writer MPC 46054606 Saheki 1987 UM1 Tsuneo Saeki Japanese astronomer and president of the Toa Astronomical Society MPC 46064607 Seilandfarm 1987 WR Seiland Farm Hokkaidō Japan MPC 46074608 Wodehouse 1988 BW3 Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse British comic writer JPL 46084609 Pizarro 1988 CT3 Guido and Oscar Pizarro Chilean astronomers MPC 46094610 Kajov 1989 FO Village of Kajov Czech Republic MPC 46104611 Vulkaneifel 1989 GR6 Volcanic Eifel German Vulkaneifel a landscape in Germany shaped by its volcanic geological history MPC 46114612 Greenstein 1989 JG Jesse L Greenstein an expert in stellar spectroscopy JPL 46124613 Mamoru 1990 OM Mamoru Mohri Japanese astronaut MPC 46134614 Masamura 1990 QN Kazutada Masamura Japanese amateur astronomer MPC 46144615 Zinner A923 RH Ernst Zinner German astronomer and historian of astronomy MPC 46154616 Batalov 1975 BF Aleksei Vladimirovich Batalov Russian actor MPC 46164617 Zadunaisky 1976 DK Pedro E Zadunaisky 1918 Argentinian astronomer and mathematician MPC 46174618 Shakhovskoj 1977 RJ3 Nikolaj Mikhailovich Shakhovskoj born 1930 astrophysicist at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory MPC 46184619 Polyakhova 1977 RB7 Elena Nikolaevna Palyakhova assistant professor of astronomy at Saint Petersburg State University Russia MPC 46194620 Bickley 1978 OK Named for the present site since 1966 of the Perth Observatory In 1915 the locality in the Darling Range 23 km east southeast of the center of the city was officially named for Samuel Wallace Alexander Walsh Bickley 1810 1876 a pioneer in the area who was also a successful merchant and a nominated member of the Legislative Council of the colony as it was at that time of Western Australia JPL 46204621 Tambov 1979 QE10 Tambov Russia MPC 46214622 Solovjova 1979 WE2 Sergey Solovyov 1820 1879 Russian historian and his son Vladimir Solovyov philosopher MPC 46224623 Obraztsova 1981 UT15 Elena Obraztsova Russian singer MPC 46234624 Stefani 1982 FV2 J Stefani Salazar granddaughter of the first discoverer MPC 46244625 Shchedrin 1982 UG6 Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin Russian composer MPC 46254626 Plisetskaya 1984 YU1 Maya Plisetskaya Russian ballerina wife of Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin MPC 46264627 Pinomogavero 1985 RT2 Giuseppe Mogavero born 1954 Italian medical doctor in Isnello Palermo JPL 46274628 Laplace 1986 RU4 Pierre Simon Marquis de Laplace French mathematician and astronomer MPC 46284629 Walford 1986 TD7 Roy Walford 1924 2004 professor of pathology at the UCLA School of Medicine in California MPC 46294630 Chaonis 1987 WA Italian comune of Chions in northern Italy location of the Chaonis Observatory Italian Osservatorio di Chions MPC 46304631 Yabu 1987 WE1 Yasuo Yabu born 1932 Japanese amateur astronomer MPC 46314632 Udagawa 1987 YB Tetsuo Udagawa born 1947 developer of a laser holographic system for precise measurements MPC 46324633 Marinbica 1988 AJ5 Marin Dacian Bica 1970 2013 Romanian professor of physics and astronomy JPL 46334634 Shibuya 1988 BA Shibuya Tokyo Japan MPC 46344635 Rimbaud 1988 BJ1 Arthur Rimbaud French poet MPC 46354636 Chile 1988 CJ5 Chile South American country and location of the European Southern Observatory MPC 46364637 Odorico 1989 CT Odorico Mattiussi 1265 1331 Italian Franciscan friar and missionary MPC 46374638 Estens 1989 EG John Locke Estens born 1919 Australian astronomy educator MPC 46384639 Minox 1989 EK2 Minox a miniature camera MPC 46394640 Hara 1989 GA Megumi Hara Japanese amateur astronomer MPC 46404641 Ayako 1990 QT3 Ayako Endate b 1971 is the wife of Japanese astronomer Kin Endate who co discovered this minor planet JPL 46414642 Murchie 1990 QG4 Scott L Murchie born 1959 of the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University and contributor to the NEAR Shoemaker mission MPC 46424643 Cisneros 1990 QD6 Ernest Cisneros born 1964 one of the unsung heroes of planetary science Cisneros began his career as a field geologist but has turned his energies to computer system management software development networking and data processing Throughout the flight portion of the NEAR mission Ernest insured that key hardware and software elements were developed and implemented During the flybys of 253 Mathilde and 433 Eros as well as the earth Ernest worked with the science team delivering calibrated data within minutes of telemetry arrival for both optical navigation and science analysis Name proposed by J Veverka and citation written by M Robinson JPL 46434644 Oumu 1990 SR3 Ōmu Hokkaidō Japan MPC 46444645 Tentaikojo 1990 SP4 Astronomical museum at Sapporo Japan Meaning Star Factory MPC 46454646 Kwee 4009 P L Kiem Keng Kwee born 1927 a Dutch Indonesian astronomer at Leiden Observatory who studies variable stars using their lightcurves to determine the characteristics of those systems by means of the Wilson Devinney program While observing at Palomar in 1963 he co discovered comet 59P Kearns Kwee MPC 46464647 Syuji 1931 TU1 Shuji Hayakawa born 1958 Japanese astronomer MPC 46474648 Tirion 1931 UE Wil Tirion born 1943 Dutch astronomical cartographer MPC 46484649 Sumoto 1936 YD Sumoto Hyōgo city in Japan MPC 46494650 Mori 1950 TF Kiyoshi Mori Japanese amateur astronomer MPC 46504651 Wongkwancheng 1957 UK1 Kwan cheng Wong 1907 1986 a leader in Chinese industrial and commercial circles JPL 46514652 Iannini 1975 QO Gualberto Mario Iannini 1917 Argentinean astronomer who has worked in the field of astrometry for almost 40 years As a student Iannini studied the orbit of C 1942 C1 Whipple Bernasconi Kulin In 1962 he joined the faculty of the School of Mathematics Astronomy and Physics of the National University of Cordoba and became head of the Department of Astrometry of the Cordoba Observatory where he finished the reduction of the meridian circle catalogue of the Southern Polar Cap known as the Cordoba E catalogue JPL 46524653 Tommaso 1976 GJ2 Tommaso Campanella 1568 1639 Italian Dominican friar philosopher poet and political figure MPC 46534654 Gorʹkavyj 1977 RJ6 Nikolaj Nikolaevich Gorʹkavyj born 1959 staff member of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory MPC 46544655 Marjoriika 1978 RS Marjo Riika Kuusela born 1964 scholar in Russian literature MPC 46554656 Huchra 1978 VZ3 John Huchra 1948 2010 an American astronomer and professor of cosmology at Harvard and known for the discovery of the Great Wall JPL 46564657 Lopez 1979 SU9 Alvaro Lopez Garcia born 1941 professor of astronomy at Valencia University director of the Valencia University Observatory MPC 46574658 Gavrilov 1979 SO11 Aleksej Evgenievich Gavrilov Ukrainian architect of bridges and director of the Kievinterproekt Institute of the International Academy of Architecture friend of the discoverer Nikolai Chernykh MPC 46584659 Roddenberry 1981 EP20 Eugene Wesley Gene Roddenberry American creator of Star Trek MPC 46594660 Nereus 1982 DB Nereus a Titan The name was chosen following a competition organized by the Planetary Society MPC 46604661 Yebes 1982 WM Yebes a Spanish village in the Alcarria region beautifully described by the Spanish Nobel laureate Camilo Jose Cela in one of his early books JPL 46614662 Runk 1984 HL Ferdinand Runk 1764 1834 German Austrian landscape painter JPL 46624663 Falta 1984 SM1 Josef Falta 1786 1847 an engineer and cartographer of the Schwarzenberg court in Cesky Krumlov Czech Republic JPL 46634664 Hanner 1985 PJ Martha S Hanner American planetary scientist at JPL MPC 46644665 Muinonen 1985 TZ1 Karri O Muinonen Finnish planetary scientist at the Lowell Observatory MPC 46654666 Dietz 1986 JA1 Robert S Dietz 1914 1995 American geologist pioneering researcher discoverer of terrestrial impact craters MPC 46664667 Robbiesh 1986 VC Hans Christian Robert Robbie Wade Schmidt Harms born 1986 stepson of the discoverer Robert H McNaught and son of Soo Tan see 4699 Sootan MPC 46674668 Rayjay 1987 DX5 Sri Lankan born and raised Ray Jayawardhana born 1971 known as RayJay an astronomer at the University of Toronto and an award winning science writer JPL 46684669 Hoder 1987 UF1 Hoder Norse god MPC 46694670 Yoshinogawa 1987 YJ Yoshino River Japan MPC 46704671 Drtikol 1988 AK1 Frantisek Drtikol Czech photographer MPC 46714672 Takuboku 1988 HB Takuboku Ishikawa Japanese poet MPC 46724673 Bortle 1988 LF John E Bortle American amateur astronomer MPC 46734674 Pauling 1989 JC Linus Carl Pauling American chemist MPC 46744675 Ohboke 1990 SD Oboke Gorge in Japan The valleys were formed by the Yoshino River and are famous for their tinted autumn leaves MPC 46754676 Uedaseiji 1990 SD4 Seiji Ueda Japanese amateur astronomer MPC 46764677 Hiroshi 1990 SQ4 Hiroshi Kaneda Japanese amateur astronomer MPC 46774678 Ninian 1990 SS4 Ninian T McNaught father of the discoverer Robert H McNaught MPC 46784679 Sybil 1990 TR4 Sybil McNaught mother of the discoverer Robert H McNaught MPC 46794680 Lohrmann 1937 QC Wilhelm Gotthelf Lohrmann German geodesist and selenographer MPC 46804681 Ermak 1969 TC2 Yermak Timofeyevich a Cossack who started the Russian conquest of Siberia MPC 46814682 Bykov 1973 SO4 Leonid Bykov Soviet Ukrainian actor and film director MPC 46824683 Veratar 1976 GJ1 Vera Petrovna Tarashchuk an astrophysicist at the Astronomical Observatory of Kyiv University MPC 46834684 Bendjoya 1978 GJ Philippe Bendjoya French astronomer at the Nice Observatory in southeast France MPC 46844685 Karetnikov 1978 SP6 Valentin Grigor evich Karetnikov born 1938 astronomer professor at Odessa University and director of its observatory MPC 46854686 Maisica 1979 SX2 Maria Luisa Grima Garcia founder and curator of a small home museum in Spain MPC 46864687 Brunsandrej 1979 SJ11 Andrej Vladimirovich Bruns born 1931 Soviet astronomer and instrument designer at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory MPC 46874689 Donn 1980 YB Bertram D Donn American astronomer MPC 46894690 Strasbourg 1983 AJ Strasbourg France MPC 46904691 Toyen 1983 TU Toyen Marie Cerminova Czech photographer MPC 46914692 SIMBAD 1983 VM7 SIMBAD the astronomical database at Strasbourg MPC 46924693 Drummond 1983 WH Jack D Drummond American astronomer at Steward Observatory MPC 46934694 Festou 1985 PM Michel C Festou French astronomer at Midi Pyrenees Observatory Toulouse France MPC 46944695 Mediolanum 1985 RU3 Milan city in northern Italy and capital of Lombardy Mediolanum is its Latin name JPL 46954696 Arpigny 1985 TP Claude Arpigny Belgian astronomer and cometary spectroscopist at the University of Liege MPC 46964697 Novara 1986 QO Novara a city in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy JPL 46974698 Jizera 1986 RO1 Jizera River Czech Republic MPC 46984699 Sootan 1986 VE Soo Hoay Tan born 1956 high school science teacher and partner of the discoverer Robert H McNaught MPC 46994700 Carusi 1986 VV6 Andrea Carusi Italian astronomer at the National Institute for Astrophysics Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale MPC 47004701 4800 editback to top nbsp Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for Ref Catalog4701 Milani 1986 VW6 Andrea Milani Italian astronomer MPC 47014702 Berounka 1987 HW Berounka River Czech Republic MPC 47024703 Kagoshima 1988 BL Kagoshima Kagoshima Japan MPC 47034704 Sheena 1988 BE5 Sheena Fleming Phillips born 1952 sister of the discoverer Robert H McNaught MPC 47044705 Secchi 1988 CK Angelo Secchi Italian astronomer and spectroscopist MPC 47054706 Dennisreuter 1988 DR Dennis C Reuter born 1952 of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center co investigator with NASA s Pluto Kuiper Belt Mission MPC 47064707 Khryses 1988 PY Khryses priest of Apollo MPC 47074708 Polydoros 1988 RT Polydorus Trojan prince MPC 47084709 Ennomos 1988 TU2 Ennomos mythical person related to Trojan War MPC 47094710 Wade 1989 AX2 Wade Richard Butler born 1949 a friend of the discoverer Robert H McNaught MPC 47104711 Kathy 1989 KD Kathleen Garnette Moeller daughter of the discoverer Henry E Holt MPC 47114712 Iwaizumi 1989 QE Iwaizumi Iwate Japan MPC 47124713 Steel 1989 QL Duncan Steel born 1955 British astronomer MPC 47134714 Toyohiro 1989 SH Toyohiro Akiyama Japanese cosmonaut MPC 47144715 Medesicaste 1989 TS1 Medesicaste was a daughter of Priam who was married to Imbrius IAU 47154716 Urey 1989 UL5 Harold Urey 1893 1981 American physicist and Nobel laureate MPC 47164717 Kaneko 1989 WX Isao Kaneko 1918 Japanese astronomical educator MPC 47174718 Araki 1990 VP3 Chikara Araki born 1946 Japanese astronomical photographer MPC 47184719 Burnaby 1990 WT2 Burnaby British Columbia Canada MPC 47194720 Tottori 1990 YG Tottori city in Japan MPC 47204721 Atahualpa 4239 T 2 Atahualpa Inca ruler MPC 47214722 Agelaos 4271 T 3 Agelaus mythical person related to Trojan War MPC 47224723 Wolfgangmattig 1937 TB Wolfgang Mattig born 1927 German solar physicist and cosmologist MPC 47234724 Brocken 1961 BC Brocken mountain in Germany MPC 47244725 Milone 1975 YE Eugene Milone American Canadian astronomer MPC 47254726 Federer 1976 SV10 Charles A Federer Jr founder of Sky amp Telescope MPC 47264727 Ravel 1979 UD1 Joseph Maurice Ravel French composer MPC 47274728 Lyapidevskij 1979 VG Anatoly Lyapidevsky Soviet aviator and general MPC 47284729 Mikhailmilʹ 1980 RO2 Mikhail Mil 1909 1970 Soviet scientist aerospace engineer and designer of helicopters MPC 47294730 Xingmingzhou 1980 XZ Xing Ming Zhou 1965 2004 Chinese amateur astronomer MPC 47304731 Monicagrady 1981 EE9 Monica Grady head of petrology and meteoritics at the Natural History Museum in London MPC 47314732 Froeschle 1981 JG Claude and Christiane Froeschle French astronomers at Cote d Azur Observatory MPC 47324733 ORO 1982 HB2 Oak Ridge Observatory MPC 47334734 Rameau 1982 UQ3 Jean Philippe Rameau French composer MPC 47344735 Gary 1983 AN George Gary Shoemaker manager of Meteor Crater Enterprises Inc MPC 47354736 Johnwood 1983 AF2 John A Wood American planetary geologist and mineralogist MPC 47364737 Kiladze 1985 QO6 Rolan Kiladze 1931 2010 Georgian astronomer MPC 47374738 Jimihendrix 1985 RZ4 Jimi Hendrix 1942 1970 an American musician JPL 47384739 Tomahrens 1985 TH1 Thomas J Ahrens American geophysicist MPC 47394740 Veniamina 1985 UV4 Veniamin Vasil evich Somov brother of the discoverer MPC 47404741 Leskov 1985 VP3 Nikolay Leskov Russian short story writer MPC 47414742 Caliumi 1986 WG Ferdinando Caliumi 1914 1993 Italian amateur astronomer MPC 47424743 Kikuchi 1988 DA Ryoko Kikuchi born 1964 backup to first Japanese cosmonaut MPC 47434744 Rovereto 1988 RF5 Rovereto City of Peace is an ancient town in Trentino Alto Adige Italy where the local administration is very active in promoting culture and science JPL 47444745 Nancymarie 1989 NG1 Nancy Marie Martinez daughter of the discoverer Henry E Holt MPC 47454746 Doi 1989 TP1 Takao Doi backup payload specialist MPC 47464747 Jujo 1989 WB Jujō Paper Industries Japan MPC 47474748 Tokiwagozen 1989 WV Tokiwagozen mother of Minamoto no Yoshitsune MPC 47484749 Ledzeppelin 1989 WE1 Led Zeppelin a band from the UK whose nine albums 1969 1982 made them one of the most influential acts in rock history JPL 47494750 Mukai 1990 XC1 Chiaki Mukai backup payload specialist MPC 47504751 Alicemanning 1991 BG Alice K Manning wife of the discoverer MPC 47514752 Myron 1309 T 2 Myron of Eleutherae Ancient Greek Athenian sculptor MPC 47524753 Phidias 4059 T 3 Phidias Ancient Greek sculptor MPC 47534754 Panthoos 5010 T 3 Panthoos mythical person related to Trojan War MPC 47544755 Nicky 1931 TE4 Nichole Tombaugh granddaughter of the discoverer Clyde Tombaugh MPC 47554756 Asaramas 1950 HJ Asociacion Argentina Amigos de la Astronomia an amateur astronomical association in Argentina MPC 47564757 Liselotte 1973 ST Elizabeth Charlotte Princess of the Palatinate 1652 1722 daughter of Count Palatine Karl Ludwig von der Pfalz MPC 47574758 Hermitage 1978 SN4 Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg MPC 47584759 Aretta 1978 VG10 Aretta the name of a school situated in the Norwegian town of Lillehammer The school was one of three winners of the Best School Teaching of Astronomy competition held during the 2009 Year of Astronomy in Norway JPL 47594760 Jia xiang 1981 GN1 Zhang Jiaxiang born 1932 Chinese astronomer at the Purple mountain observatory and a discoverer of minor planets MPC 47604761 Urrutia 1981 QC Antonio Urrutia A Chilean lawyer in Santiago JPL 47614762 Dobrynya 1982 SC6 Dobrynya Nikitich Russian epic hero MPC 47624763 Ride 1983 BM Sally Ride American astronaut JPL 47634764 Joneberhart 1983 CC Jonathan Eberhart American science writer for the magazine Science News MPC 47644765 Wasserburg 1986 JN1 Gerald J Wasserburg American geologist and geophysicist MPC 47654766 Malin 1987 FF1 David F Malin British Australian astronomer and photographer JPL 47664767 Sutoku 1987 GC Sutoku 1119 1164 the 75th emperor of Japan JPL 47674768 Hartley 1988 PH1 Malcolm Hartley born 1947 British Australian discoverer of minor planets and comets He s the deputy astronomer in charge of the UK Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory Among his discoveries are two Amor asteroids and ten comets including eight with a short period Src MPC 47684769 Castalia 1989 PB Castalia Greek nymph JPL 47694770 Lane 1989 PC Arthur Lonne Lane a physical chemist and planetary scientist manager of the geology and planetary section at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory MPC 47704771 Hayashi 1989 RM2 Kohsuke Hayashi Japanese astronomical educator MPC 47714772 Frankdrake 1989 VM Frank Drake 1930 2022 is an American astronomer at the SETI Institute who pioneered the search for extraterrestrial intelligence and conducted the first SETI Search in 1960 JPL 47724773 Hayakawa 1989 WF Kazuo Hayakawa 1919 Japanese mineralogist petrologist and professor of engineering at Hokkaigakuen University in Sapporo MPC 47734774 Hobetsu 1991 CV1 Hobetsu town in Japan MPC 47744775 Hansen 1927 TC Peter Andreas Hansen 1795 1874 Danish German theoretical astronomer MPC 47754776 Luyi 1975 VD Luyi County China MPC 47764777 Aksenov 1976 SM2 Evgenij Petrovich Aksenov 1933 1995 astronomer and director of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute in Moscow MPC 47774778 Fuss 1978 TV8 Swiss Nicolas Fuss 1755 1825 Swiss mathematician who contributed to the development of mathematical education in Russia and his son Pavel Fuss 1798 1855 MPC 47784779 Whitley 1978 XQ Keith Whitley 1958 1989 American country music singer MPC 47794780 Polina 1979 HE5 Polina Evgen evna Zakharova stellar astronomer and director of the Kourovka Astronomical Observatory of the Ural University MPC 47804781 Sladkovic 1980 TP Andrej Sladkovic Slovak poet MPC 47814782 Gembloux 1980 TH3 Gembloux Belgium MPC 47824783 Wasson 1983 AH1 John T Wasson American cosmochemist and professor at the University of California at Los Angeles MPC 47834784 Samcarin 1984 DF1 Samcarin is the Sanskrit word for wanderer JPL 47844785 Petrov 1984 YH1 Andrei Pavlovich Petrov Russian composer MPC 47854786 Tatianina 1985 PE2 Tatiana Aleksandrovna Somova friend of the discoverer Nikolai Chernykh MPC 47864787 Shulʹzhenko 1986 RC7 Klavdiya Shulzhenko Soviet singer of war and popular songs MPC 47874788 Simpson 1986 TL1 Robert Simpson 1921 1997 English composer of symphonies and string quartets MPC 47884789 Sprattia 1987 UU2 Christopher E Spratt born 1942 Canadian amateur astronomer and member of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Src MPC 47894790 Petrpravec 1988 PP Petr Pravec Czech astronomer MPC 47904791 Iphidamas 1988 PB1 Iphidamas mythical person related to Trojan War MPC 47914792 Lykaon 1988 RK1 Lycaon son of Priam the king of Troy MPC 47924793 Slessor 1988 RR4 Mary Slessor 1848 1915 a Scottish missionary to Nigeria JPL 47934794 Bogard 1988 SO2 Donald Bogard born 1940 American meteoriticist at NASA s Johnson Space Center MPC 47944795 Kihara 1989 CB1 Hideo Kihara 1911 1993 was a Japanese amateur astronomer and a founder of the Nayoro Astronomical Club MPC 47954796 Lewis 1989 LU Joseph Walter Lewis Jr and Anne Beech Lewis friends of the discoverer MPC 47964797 Ako 1989 SJ Akō Hyōgo Japan MPC 47974798 Mercator 1989 SU1 Gerardus Mercator Gerard De Kremer Flemish cartographer MPC 47984799 Hirasawa 1989 TC1 Yasuo Hirasawa Japanese amateur astronomer MPC 47994800 Veveri 1989 TG17 Veveri is a suburb of the Italian town of Novara It is a crossroad for a historical man made irrigation system one of the most important in northern Italy consisting of the Cavour Quinto Sella and Regina Elena channels with the Roggia Mora connection that supports rice cultivations covering an extended region JPL 48004801 4900 editback to top nbsp Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for Ref Catalog4801 Ohre 1989 UR4 Ohre River Czech Republic MPC 48014802 Khatchaturian 1989 UA7 Aram Khachaturian 1903 1978 Georgian Armenian Russian composer MPC 48024803 Birkle 1989 XA Kurt Birkle 1939 2010 German astronomer and discoverer of minor planets MPC 48034804 Pasteur 1989 XC1 Louis Pasteur 1822 1895 French chemist and microbiologist MPC 48044805 Asteropaios 1990 VH7 Asteropaios Trojan hero from Greek mythology MPC 48054806 Miho 1990 YJ Miho a town of Shimizu ku Shizuoka Japan MPC 48064807 Noboru 1991 AO Noboru Yamada 1950 1989 Japanese alpinist MPC 48074808 Ballaero 1925 BA Ball Aerospace and Technology Corporation has contributed to the scientific investigation of minor planets and comets through the development of instruments for the Hubble and Spitzer telescopes the planned Widefield Infrared Survey Explorer and the spacecraft for the Deep Impact mission to comet 9P Tempel JPL 48084809 Robertball 1928 RB Robert Stawell Ball 1840 1913 a British mathematician and astronomer JPL 48094810 Ruslanova 1972 GL Lidia Ruslanova 1900 1973 Russian folk singer MPC 48104811 Semashko 1973 SO3 Nikolai Semashko 1874 1949 father of Soviet medicine MPC 48114812 Hakuhou 1977 DL3 Hakuhō Japanese unofficial Era name in lower half of 7th century MPC 48124813 Terebizh 1977 RR7 Valerij Yuzefovich Terebizh born 1941 theoretical astrophysicist and observer at the Crimean station of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute MPC 48134814 Casacci 1978 RW Claudio Casacci born 1958 Italian space scientist and discoverer of minor planets MPC 48144815 Anders 1981 EA28 Edward Anders born 1926 professor emeritus at the University of Chicago has made many seminal contributions to the field of meteoritics His work provided early evidence that meteorites are derived from minor planets rather than a larger fragmented planet and that meteoritic organics are of abiotic origin JPL 48154816 Connelly 1981 PK Robert Connelly born 1942 American mathematician at Cornell University MPC 48164817 Gliba 1984 DC1 George Gliba born 1948 co founder of the Chagrin Valley Astronomical Society JPL 48174818 Elgar 1984 EM Edward Elgar 1857 1934 British composer MPC 48184819 Gifford 1985 KC Charles Gifford 1861 1948 published important papers on the impact origin of lunar craters He established an observatory at Wellington College which is now reopening as Gifford Observatory Mt Gifford and the Gifford Crack in Fiordland are named for his legendary exploits in tramping and photography JPL 48194820 Fay 1985 RZ Fay Gillis Wells 1908 2002 an American pioneer aviator globe trotting journalist and guiding spirit of the Ninety Nines an international organization of women pilots MPC 48204821 Bianucci 1986 EE5 Piero Bianucci Italian science writer MPC 48214822 Karge 1986 TC1 Orville B Karge 1919 1990 American teacher of physics JPL 48224823 Libenice 1986 TO3 Libenice Czech archaeological site MPC 48234824 Stradonice 1986 WL1 Stradonice Czech Republic MPC 48244825 Ventura 1988 CS2 Ventura California MPC 48254826 Wilhelms 1988 JO Don E Wilhelms American planetary geologist MPC 48264827 Dares 1988 QE Dares mythical person related to Trojan War MPC 48274828 Misenus 1988 RV Misenus mythical Trojan warrior MPC 48284829 Sergestus 1988 RM1 Sergestus mythical Trojan MPC 48294830 Thomascooley 1988 RG4 Thomas Benton Cooley an American hematologist and professor of hygiene and medicine at the University of Michigan and Wayne State University MPC 48304831 Baldwin 1988 RX11 Through his pioneering work on the impact origins of lunar craters Ralph Baldwin born 1912 recognized the importance of impacts in the moon s geologic history Baldwin s contributions to lunar science were published in his books The Face of the Moon 1949 and The Measure of the Moon 1963 JPL 48314832 Palinurus 1988 TU1 Palinurus mythical Trojan MPC 48324833 Meges 1989 AL2 Meges Phyleides mythical Greek warrior MPC 48334834 Thoas 1989 AM2 Thoas mythical person related to Trojan War MPC 48344835 Asaeus 1989 BQ Asaeus from Greek mythology During the Trojan War he was the first Greek warrior to be slayed by Hector in the battle at the gates of Troy IAU 48354836 Medon 1989 CK1 Medon mythical Greek warrior MPC 48364837 Bickerton 1989 ME Alexander W Bickerton 1842 1929 professor of chemistry at Canterbury College was an inspiring teacher and popularizer of science Ernest Rutherford was one of his distinguished pupils Bickerton was known for his partial impact theory of novae which he extended to variable stars and other phenomena JPL 48374838 Billmclaughlin 1989 NJ William I McLaughlin born 1935 American astronomer and space scientist formerly of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory MPC 48384839 Daisetsuzan 1989 QG Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group Japan MPC 48394840 Otaynang 1989 UY Hanne Otaynang born 1935 who appealed for the environmental preservation of the earth at the 1992 Earth Summit in Brazil MPC 48404841 Manjiro 1989 UO3 Nakahama Manjirō 1827 1898 Japanese traveler MPC 48414842 Atsushi 1989 WK Atsushi Takahashi born 1965 Japanese amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets MPC 48424843 Megantic 1990 DR4 Mont Megantic observatory in Quebec MPC 48434844 Matsuyama 1991 BA2 Masanori Matsuyama born 1950 Japanese amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets MPC 48444845 Tsubetsu 1991 EC1 The Japanese town of Tsubetsu on the island of Hokkaidō MPC 48454846 Tuthmosis 6575 P L Thutmose pharaoh MPC 48464847 Amenhotep 6787 P L Amenhotep IV pharaoh MPC 48474848 Tutenchamun 3233 T 2 Tutankhamun pharaoh MPC 48484849 Ardenne 1936 QV Manfred von Ardenne 1907 1997 German inventor and researcher MPC 48494850 Palestrina 1973 UJ5 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina c 1525 1594 Italian composer MPC 48504851 Vodopʹyanova 1976 US1 Galina Petrovna Vodopʹyanova born 1939 a surgeon of the Russian Academy of Sciences Hospital in St Petersburg MPC 48514852 Pamjones 1977 JD Pamela Ann Jones of the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston Texas MPC 48524853 Marielukac 1979 ML Marie R Lukac born 1947 Staff member US Naval Observatory MPC 48534854 Edscott 1981 ED27 Edward Scott born 1947 professor at the University of Hawaii JPL 48544855 Tenpyou 1982 VM5 Tenpyō Japanese Era name from 729 through 749 MPC 48554856 Seaborg 1983 LJ Glenn T Seaborg 1912 1999 American atomic scientist MPC 48564857 Altgamia 1984 FM Andrew L T and Angela Maria Chiarappa Green son and wife of D W E Green who was involved in taking the discovery films and who found the identifications for this minor planet MPC 48574858 Vorobjov 1985 UA Tomas Vorobjov born 1984 Slovak amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets JPL 48584859 Fraknoi 1986 TJ2 Andrew Fraknoi born 1948 American astronomer and author MPC 48594860 Gubbio 1987 EP Gubbio in Italy site of the iridium anomaly of the K T extinction boundary MPC 48604861 Nemirovskij 1987 QU10 Lev Ruful evich Nemirovskij born 1937 Russian engineer MPC 48614862 Loke 1987 SJ5 Loki Loke Norse god of mischief MPC 48624863 Yasutani 1987 VH1 Keiki Yasutani born 1958 Japanese astronomical photographer MPC 48634864 Nimoy 1988 RA5 Leonard Nimoy 1931 2015 American actor film director and poet JPL MPC 48644865 Sor 1988 UJ Fernando Sor 1778 1839 Spanish classical guitar composer MPC 48654866 Badillo 1988 VB3 Victor L Badillo born 1930 Filipino Jesuit astronomer former director of the Manila Observatory president of the Philippine Astronomical Society from 1972 to 1990 and honorary director of the Astronomical League of the Philippines MPC 48664867 Polites 1989 SZ Polites prince of Troy and son of king Priam Greek mythology MPC 48674868 Knushevia 1989 UN2 Kyiv Kiev National Taras Shevchenko University is the Ukrainian national center of higher education science and progressive thinking Since its founding in 1834 the university has played a great role for the development of education science and culture in Ukraine JPL 48684869 Piotrovsky 1989 UE8 Boris Piotrovsky 1908 1990 Russian orientalist director of the Hermitage MPC 48694870 Shcherbanʹ 1989 UK8 Vladimir Onufrievich Shcherbanʹ born 1938 Russian engineer MPC 48704871 Riverside 1989 WH1 The city of Riverside California to celebrate the 35th anniversary of its affiliation with its sister city of Sendai Japan MPC 48714872 Grieg 1989 YH7 Edvard Grieg 1843 1907 Norwegian composer MPC 48724873 Fukaya 1990 EC Fukaya Saitama Japan MPC 48734874 Burke 1991 AW James D Burke 1925 2023 lunar settlement and exploration expert He is known for being the first program manager of the Ranger Program and advisor to the Planetary Society MPC 48744875 Ingalls 1991 DJ Laura Ingalls Wilder 1867 1957 American author of the Little House series and her family MPC 48754876 Strabo 1133 T 2 Strabo Greek historian and geographer MPC 48764877 Humboldt 5066 T 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1769 1859 a Prussian geographer naturalist and explorer MPC 48774878 Gilhutton 1968 OF Ricardo Gil Hutton born 1958 Argentine astronomer and dynamicist specialist in the collisional evolution of minor planets JPL 48784879 Zykina 1974 VG Lyudmila Zykina 1929 2009 Soviet singer of folk songs the favourite singer of Leonid Brezhnev MPC 48794880 Tovstonogov 1975 TR4 Georgy Tovstonogov 1915 1989 Russian director after whom a major theatre in St Petersburg is named MPC 48804881 Robmackintosh 1975 XJ Roberto Mackintosh 1971 2012 was the President of the Asociacion Argentina Amigos de la Astronomia 2009 2012 and worked to better coordinate amateur and professional activities JPL 48814882 Divari 1977 QU2 Nikolaj Borisovich Divari 1921 1993 Ukrainian astronomer and professor at the Odessa Polytechnical Institute MPC 48824883 Korolirina 1978 RJ1 Irina Leonidovna Korol a friend of the discoverer Nikolai Chernykh MPC 48834884 Bragaria 1979 OK15 Luka Fedorovich Bragar born 1938 a senior lecturer on the staff of Tiraspol Pedagogical Institute Moldova JPL 48844885 Grange 1980 LU Alice Shoemaker Grange born 1908 aunt of Eugene Shoemaker MPC 48854886 Kojima 1981 EZ14 Hideyasu Kojima born 1951 the curator of the Japanese Antarctic meteorite collection at the National Institute of Polar Research in Tokyo JPL 48864887 Takihiroi 1981 EV26 Takahiro Taki Hiroi born 1960 a researcher in the department of geological sciences at Brown University JPL 48874888 Doreen 1981 JX1 Doreen Vingness Spellmann sister in law of the discoverer Carolyn Shoemaker MPC 48884889 Praetorius 1982 UW3 Michael Praetorius 1571 1621 German composer MPC 48894890 Shikanosima 1982 VE4 Shikanosima island in Japan MPC 48904891 Blaga 1984 GR Blaga Dimitrova Bulgarian poet novelist and translator MPC 48914892 Chrispollas 1985 TV2 Christian Pollas born 1947 a French astronomer and discoverer of minor planets MPC 48924893 Seitter 1986 PT4 Waltraut Seitter German astronomer MPC 48934894 Ask 1986 RJ Ask the first man in Norse mythology MPC 48944895 Embla 1986 TK4 Embla the first woman in Norse mythology MPC 48954896 Tomoegozen 1986 YA Tomoe Gozen c 1157 1247 Japanese female samurai MPC 48964897 Tomhamilton 1987 QD6 Thomas William Hamilton born 1939 determined radar and fuel requirements for the Apollo Project Later he wrote shows in a dozen languages and also for the deaf for programmable planetaria taught astronomy for 32 years and trained students to enter the planetarium field see list of his books JPL 48974898 Nishiizumi 1988 FJ Kunihiko Nishiizumi Japanese nuclear chemist at the University of California at Berkeley MPC 48984899 Candace 1988 JU Candace P Kohl American chemist and investigator of ancient solar activity MPC 48994900 Maymelou 1988 ME Mayme Lou Stevey Stevens Bruce together with her husband wrote books about their travels enthusiastic supporter and spokesperson for solar system research MPC 49004901 5000 editback to top nbsp Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for Ref Catalog4901 o Briain 1988 VJ Dara o Briain born 1972 Irish comedian JPL 49014902 Thessandrus 1989 AN2 Thessandrus mythical person related to Trojan War MPC 49024903 Ichikawa 1989 UD Kiyotaka or Seikou Ichikawa Japanese amateur astronomer MPC 49034904 Makio 1989 WZ Makio Akiyama born 1950 Japanese astronomer and discoverer of minor planets MPC 49044905 Hiromi 1991 JM1 Hiromi Takahashi wife of one of the discoverers MPC 49054906 Seneferu 2533 P L Sneferu c 2613 2589 BC ancient Egyptian king founder of the 4th dynasty and builder of pyramids MPC 49064907 Zoser 7618 P L Djoser Zoser ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the 3rd dynasty 2630 BC 2611 BC MPC 49074908 Ward 1933 SD Steven Ward electronics technician at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics MPC 49084909 Couteau 1949 SA1 Paul Couteau French astronomer and observer of double stars at Nice Observatory MPC 49094910 Kawasato 1953 PR Nobuhiro Kawasato Japanese amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets MPC 49104911 Rosenzweig 1953 UD Jack Rosenzweig 1919 1994 and Marcelle Rosenzweig 1929 Pioneers of the Zone in Puerto Ordaz Venezuela MPC 49114912 Emilhaury 1953 VX1 Emil Haury 1904 1992 American archaeologist MPC 49124913 Wangxuan 1965 SO Wang Xuan 1937 2006 Chinese computer scientist JPL 49134914 Pardina 1969 GD Elsa Gutierrez Rodriguez Pardina born 1921 Argentinian astronomer at the La Plata Observatory in Argentina JPL 49144915 Solzhenitsyn 1969 TJ2 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 1918 2008 Russian writer and critic of the Soviet Union and communism MPC 49154916 Brumberg 1970 PS Victor A Brumberg born 1933 Russian astronomer and former staff member at the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy MPC 49164917 Yurilvovia 1973 SC6 Yurij Alekseevich L vov 1932 1994 deputy director of the Institute of Biology and Biophysics at the Tomsk State University MPC 49174918 Rostropovich 1974 QU1 Mstislav Rostropovich 1927 2007 a Russian cellist and conductor MPC 49184919 Vishnevskaya 1974 SR1 Galina Vishnevskaya 1926 2012 Russian opera singer wife of Mstislav Rostropovich see above MPC 49194920 Gromov 1978 PY2 Mikhail Gromov 1899 1985 Russian aviator who set the world record for long distance flight in 1934 JPL 49204921 Volonte 1980 SJ Gian Maria Volonte 1933 1994 Italian actor MPC 49214922 Leshin 1981 EH4 Laurie A Leshin born 1965 a planetary geologist and director of Sciences and Exploration at Goddard Space Flight Center MPC 49224923 Clarke 1981 EO27 Arthur C Clarke 1917 2008 British Sri Lankan science fiction author MPC 49234924 Hiltner 1981 EQ40 W Albert Hiltner 1914 1991 American astronomer MPC 49244925 Zhoushan 1981 XH2 City of Zhoushan in east China MPC 49254926 Smoktunovskij 1982 ST6 Innokenty Smoktunovsky 1925 1994 Russian actor MPC 49264927 O Connell 1982 UP2 Daniel O Connell 1775 1847 Irish politician MPC 49274928 Vermeer 1982 UG7 Johannes Vermeer 1632 1675 Dutch painter MPC 49284929 Yamatai 1982 XV Yamataikoku Yamatai region of ancient Japan MPC 49294930 Rephiltim 1983 AO2 Rebecca Salyards born 1988 Philip Salyards born 1991 and Timothy Salyards born 1995 children of American astronomer Stephen L Salyards who discovered this minor planet MPC 49304931 Tomsk 1983 CN3 Siberian city of Tomsk Russia MPC 49314932 Texstapa 1984 EA1 Texas Star Party amateur astronomy gathering MPC 49324933 Tylerlinder 1984 EN1 Tyler Linder born 1986 an assiduous observer of minor planets at the Astronomical Research Institute JPL 49334934 Rhoneranger 1985 JJ Randall Graham wine producer MPC 49344935 Maslachkova 1985 PD2 Iya Mikhailovna Maslachkova 1937 1996 Russian poet and teacher from St Petersburg MPC 49354936 Butakov 1985 UY4 Grigory Butakov 1820 1882 Russian admiral MPC 49364937 Lintott 1986 CL1 Chris Lintott born 1980 British astronomer and public educator co presenter since 2004 of the long standing BBC monthly television program The Sky at Night JPL 49374938 Papadopoulos 1986 CQ1 Christos Papadopoulos 1910 1992 a Johannesburg based South African astrophotographer and star atlas compiler published his three volume True Visual Magnitude Photographic Star Atlas in 1979 JPL 49384939 Scovil 1986 QL1 Charles E Scovil born 1928 an amateur astronomer and curator of the Stamford Observatory in Connecticut United States JPL 49394940 Polenov 1986 QY4 Vasily Polenov 1844 1927 Russian landscape painter MPC 49404941 Yahagi 1986 UA Yahagi River a river flows through Aichi hometown of the discoverers JPL 49414942 Munroe 1987 DU6 Randall Munroe born 1984 is a former NASA roboticist and the author of xkcd a popular webcomic various themes including science mathematics technology and computer science JPL 49424943 Lac d Orient 1987 OQ Man made lake in the Orient Forest Regional Natural Park Lac de la Foret d Orient in northe, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library, article , read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games. © Copyright 2021, All Rights Reserved  |   www.wiki3.en-us.nina.az Rss Feed SiteMap Ping DMCA Contact 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