Meanings of minor planet names: 3001–4000

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. Public Domain 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]

3001–3100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
3001 Michelangelo1982 BC1Michelangelo (1475–1564), Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High RenaissanceMPC · 3001
3002 Delasalle1982 FB3Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (1651–1719), French priest, educational reformer, and founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian SchoolsMPC · 3002
3003 Konček1983 YHMikuláš Konček (1900–1982), Slovak meteorologist who founded of the Meteorological Institute in BratislavaMPC · 3003
3004 Knud1976 DDKnud Rasmussen (1879–1933), Greenlandic/Danish polar explorer and anthropologist, who has been called the "father of Eskimology"MPC · 3004
3005 Pervictoralex1979 QK2Per Victor Alexander Lagerkvist, son of Swedish discoverer Claes-Ingvar LagerkvistMPC · 3005
3006 Livadia1979 SF11Livadiya, a suburb of Yalta on the coast of the Crimean PeninsulaMPC · 3006
3007 Reaves1979 UCGibson Reaves, American astronomer, historian and educator at the University of Southern CaliforniaMPC · 3007
3008 Nojiri1938 WAHōei Nojiri (1885–1977) Japanese essayist, author and astronomerMPC · 3008
3009 Coventry1973 SM2Coventry, England, sister city of VolgogradMPC · 3009
3010 Ushakov1978 SB5Fyodor Ushakov (1745–1817), Russian admiralMPC · 3010
3011 Chongqing1978 WM14Chongqing, ChinaMPC · 3011
3012 Minsk1979 QU9Minsk, Byelorussian SSRMPC · 3012
3013 Dobrovoleva1979 SD7Oleg Vasilyevich Dobrovolsky, Soviet astronomer known for his cometary studies. He was the head of the Cometary Astronomy Department of the Institute of Astrophysics of the Tadjik S.S.R. Academy of Sciences in Dushanbe.MPC · 3013
3014 Huangsushu1979 TMSu-Shu Huang (1915–1977), Chinese-American astrophysicist known for his studies on circumstellar habitable zones and prerequisites of extraterrestrial lifeMPC · 3014
3015 Candy1980 VNMichael P. Candy (1928–1994), British astrometrist and discoverer of minor planets and comets. Director of the Royal Greenwich Observatory and Perth Observatory. President of IAU Commission VI.MPC · 3015
3016 Meuse1981 EKThe Meuse River (Dutch Maas), which rises in France and flows through Belgium and the NetherlandsMPC · 3016
3017 Petrovič1981 ULŠtefan Petrovič (1906–?), Slovak climatologistMPC · 3017
3018 Godiva1982 KMLady Godiva (died ca. 1076), medieval Anglo-Saxon noblewoman and church patron, wife of Leofric, Earl of MerciaMPC · 3018
3019 Kulin1940 ACGyörgy Kulin (1905–1989), Hungarian astronomerMPC · 3019
3020 Naudts1949 PRIgnace Naudts (1949–1992), Belgian amateur astronomerMPC · 3020
3021 Lucubratio1967 CBLatin for "nocturnal study, night work" (from lucubrum, candle)MPC · 3021
3022 Dobermann1980 SHKarl Friedrich Louis Dobermann (1834–1894), German zoologist and amateur astronomer known for breeding the DobermannMPC · 3022
3023 Heard1981 JSJohn Frederick Heard (1907–1976), Canadian astronomer, professor of astronomy at the University of Toronto and fourth director of the David Dunlap ObservatoryMPC · 3023
3024 Hainan1981 UW9Hainan ProvinceMPC · 3024
3025 Higson1982 QRRoger Higson, American night assistant for the 1.2-meter Samuel Oschin telescope at Palomar Observatory in California. His supportive work has been appreciated by observers of comets and minor planets.MPC · 3025
3026 Sarastro1977 TA1Sarastro, high priest of the Temple of Wisdom in Mozart's The Magic FluteMPC · 3026
3027 Shavarsh1978 PQ2Shavarsh Karapetyan (born 1953), Soviet–Armenian champion and world-record finswimmer, who saved 20 lives from drowning when a trolleybus fell into the Yerevan Lake.MPC · 3027
3028 Zhangguoxi1978 TA2Zhang Guoxi, Chinese industrialist and philanthropistMPC · 3028
3029 Sanders1981 EA8Jeffrey D. Sanders, American astronomer who participated in the Palomar Planet-Crossing Asteroid Survey as an undergraduate studentMPC · 3029
3030 Vehrenberg1981 EH16Hans Vehrenberg, German amateur astronomer from Düsseldorf. He is the author of the Atlas of Deep-Sky Splendors (German: Mein Messier-Buch). For researchers on minor planets and comets, he published the "Falkauer Atlas" and "Atlas Stellarum".MPC · 3030
3031 Houston1984 CXWalter Scott Houston (1912–1993), American amateur astronomer well known for his column Deep Sky Wonders in Sky & TelescopeMPC · 3031
3032 Evans1984 CA1Reverend Robert O. Evans, Australian amateur astronomer, discoverer of several extragalactic supernovaeMPC · 3032
3033 Holbaek1984 EJHolbæk, Denmark, town nearest to the discovery site (Brorfelde Observatoriet) on the occasion of the former's 700th anniversary in 1986MPC · 3033
3034 ClimenhagaA917 SEJohn L. Climenhaga (1916–2008), Canadian astronomer and father of journalist David Climenhaga (Src/Src)MPC · 3034
3035 ChambersA924 EJJohn Eric Chambers (born 1969), then British predoctoral fellow at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for AstrophysicsMPC · 3035
3036 Krat1937 TOVladimir Krat (1911–1983), Russian astronomerMPC · 3036
3037 Alku1944 BAFinnish for "Beginning", the discoverer's boyhood boat, built by his fatherMPC · 3037
3038 Bernes1978 QB3Mark Bernes (1911–1969), Soviet film actor and singerMPC · 3038
3039 Yangel1978 SP2Mikhail Yangel (1911–1971), leading Soviet rocket and missile designerMPC · 3039
3040 Kozai1979 BAYoshihide Kozai (1928–2018), Japanese astronomer and celestial mechanician, discoverer of the Kozai mechanismMPC · 3040
3041 Webb1980 GDRev. Thomas William Webb (1807–1885), British astronomer, author of Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes and discoverer of S OrionisMPC · 3041
3042 Zelinsky1981 EF10David S. Zelinsky, American mathematician at Brown University, formerly active participant in the Palomar Planet-Crossing Asteroid Survey while an undergraduate student at CaltechMPC · 3042
3043 San Diego1982 SASan Diego, California, in recognition of its efforts to curb light pollutionMPC · 3043
3044 Saltykov1983 RE3Nikita Saltykov (1893–1946), Russian farmer and grandfather of Natal'ja Vital'evna Metlova who co-discovered this minor planetMPC · 3044
3045 Alois1984 AWAlois T. Stuczynski, grandfather of American astronomer Joe Wagner who discovered this minor planetMPC · 3045
3046 Molière4120 P-LMolière (1622–1673), French playwrightMPC · 3046
3047 Goethe6091 P-LJohann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832), German poet and playwrightMPC · 3047
3048 Guangzhou1964 TH1Guangzhou, Guangdong, ChinaMPC · 3048
3049 Kuzbass1968 FHThe coal mining Kuznets Basin, located in the Kemerovo Region of Siberia, one of the richest coal deposits in the worldMPC · 3049
3050 Carrera1972 NWThe four brothers of the Carrera family: Javiera (1781–1862), Juan José (1782–1818), José Miguel (1785–1821), and Luis (1791–1818), key figures of the Chilean War of IndependenceMPC · 3050
3051 Nantong1974 YPNantong, Jiangsu, ChinaMPC · 3051
3052 Herzen1976 YJ3Alexander Herzen (1812–1870), Russian revolutionary, writer, and philosopher, "father of Russian socialism" and founder of the free Russian press abroadMPC · 3052
3053 Dresden1977 QSThe German city of DresdenMPC · 3053
3054 Strugatskia1977 RE7The brothers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (1925–1991, 1933–2012) Russian science fiction writersMPC · 3054
3055 Annapavlova1978 TR3Anna Pavlova (1881–1931), Russian prima ballerina best known for her performance of The Dying SwanMPC · 3055
3056 INAG1978 VD1The French National Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (French: Institut national d'astronomie et de géophysique; INAG), which built the discovery telescopeMPC · 3056
3057 Mälaren1981 EGLake Mälaren, SwedenMPC · 3057
3058 Delmary1981 EO17Delmary Rose Schanz (born 1938), American artistMPC · 3058
3059 Pryor1981 EF23Carlton P. Pryor, American astronomer who participated in the Palomar Planet-Crossing Asteroid Survey while an undergraduate student at CaltechMPC · 3059
3060 Delcano1982 RD1Juan Sebastián Elcano or del Caño (1476–1526), Spanish navigator, lieutenant of Magellan, first to continuously circumnavigate the globeMPC · 3060
3061 Cook1982 UB1James Cook (1728–1779), British explorer and navigatorMPC · 3061
3062 Wren1982 XCSir Christopher Wren (1632–1723), British architect and astronomerMPC · 3062
3063 Makhaon1983 PVMakhaon, mythical physician to Greeks during the Trojan WarMPC · 3063
3064 Zimmer1984 BB1Louis Zimmer (1888–1970), Belgian amateur astronomer and clockmaker to the King of BelgiumMPC · 3064
3065 Sarahill1984 CVSarah J. Hill, professor of astronomy and chairman of the astronomy department at Wellesley CollegeMPC · 3065
3066 McFadden1984 EOLucy-Ann McFadden (born 1953), American astronomer and planetary scientistMPC · 3066
3067 Akhmatova1982 TE2Anna Akhmatova (1889–1966), Soviet poetMPC · 3067
3068 Khanina1982 YJ1Frida Borisovna Khanina, Soviet orbit computer and long-time member of the Institute for Theoretical AstronomyMPC · 3068
3069 Heyrovský1982 UG2Jaroslav Heyrovský (1890–1967), Czech physical chemistMPC · 3069
3070 Aitken1949 GKRobert Grant Aitken (1864–1951), American astronomer, fourth director of the Lick Observatory, and author of the "New General Catalogue of Double Stars within 12° of the North Pole" (1932)MPC · 3070
3071 Nesterov1973 FT1Pyotr Nesterov (1887–1914), Russian pioneer airmanMPC · 3071
3072 Vilnius1978 RS1Vilnius, LithuaniaMPC · 3072
3073 Kursk1979 SW11Kursk, RussiaMPC · 3073
3074 Popov1979 YE9Alexander Stepanovich Popov (1859–1906), Russian radio inventorMPC · 3074
3075 Bornmann1981 EY15Patricia L. Bornmann, American solar astronomer who participated in the Palomar Planet-Crossing Asteroid Survey while an undergraduate student at CaltechMPC · 3075
3076 Garber1982 RB1Paul E. Garber (1899–1992), American historian and first head of the National Air Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, in Washington, D.CMPC · 3076
3077 Henderson1982 SKThomas Henderson (1798–1844), Scottish astronomer, mathematician, and first Astronomer Royal for Scotland. In 1839 he was the first person to measure the distance Alpha CentauriMPC · 3077
3078 Horrocks1984 FGJeremiah Horrocks (1619–1641), also known as Jeremiah Horrox, English astronomer and mathematician who predicted and was the first to observe the transit of Venus in 1639. He also demonstrated that the Moon moved around the Earth in an elliptical orbit.MPC · 3078
3079 Schiller2578 P-LFriedrich Schiller (1759–1805), German playwrightMPC · 3079
3080 Moisseiev1935 TENikolay Moiseyev (1902–1955), Soviet astronomer and an expert in celestial mechanicsMPC · 3080
3081 Martinůboh1971 UPBohuslav Martinů (1890–1959), Czech composer of modern classical musicMPC · 3081
3082 Dzhalil1972 KEMusa Cälil (Musa Mustafovich Dzhalil'; 1906–1944), Tatar Soviet poet and resistance fighterMPC · 3082
3083 OAFA1974 MHFélix Aguilar Observatory in ArgentinaMPC · 3083
3084 Kondratyuk1977 QB1Yuri Kondratyuk (1897–1942), Soviet engineer, mathematician and pioneer of astronautics and spaceflightMPC · 3084
3085 Donna1980 DADonna Marie Thompson, American administrative assistant for the Minor Planet Center and the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams, secretary for the Planetary Sciences division of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for AstrophysicsMPC · 3085
3086 Kalbaugh1980 XECarroll Kalbaugh Liller, father of Chilean astronomer William LillerMPC · 3086
3087 Beatrice Tinsley1981 QJ1Beatrice Tinsley (1941–1981), British-born New Zealand astronomer and cosmologistMPC · 3087
3088 Jinxiuzhonghua1981 UX9"Splendid China", park at Shenzhen, the largest miniature scenic spot in the worldMPC · 3088
3089 Oujianquan1981 XK2Ou Jianquan, Chinese entrepreneur, for his notable contributions developing township enterprisesMPC · 3089
3090 Tjossem1982 ANThe Tjossem family of central Washington State, four generations of whose members have been friends of the discoverer and his family (in particular Peter Tjossem, 19th–20th-century amateur entomologist and paleobotanist)MPC · 3090
3091 van den Heuvel6081 P-LEd van den Heuvel (born 1940), Dutch astronomer, and his niece Julia Edith van den HeuvelMPC · 3091
3092 Herodotus6550 P-LHerodotus (c. 484 BC – c. 425 BC), Greek historian, "Father of Historiography"MPC · 3092
3093 Bergholz1971 MGOlga Bergholz (1910–1975), Soviet poetMPC · 3093
3094 Chukokkala1979 FE2Korney Chukovsky (1882–1969), pen name of Nikolaj Kornejchukov, one of the most popular children's poets in the Russian languageMPC · 3094
3095 Omarkhayyam1980 RT2Omar Khayyam (1048–1131), Persian astronomer, mathematician and philosopherMPC · 3095
3096 Bezruč1981 QC1Petr Bezruč (1867–1958), Czech poetMPC · 3096
3097 Tacitus2011 P-LTacitus (c. 56–120), Roman historianMPC · 3097
3098 van Sprang4579 P-LBert van Sprang (1944–2015), Dutch meteor specialistMPC · 3098
3099 Hergenrother1940 GFCarl W. Hergenrother (born 1973), American astronomer and discoverer of minor planetsMPC · 3099
3100 Zimmerman1977 EQ1Nikolaj Vladimirovich Zimmerman (1890–1942), Russian astronomer at Pulkovo Observatory and professor at Leningrad University, known for his astrometric observations and his compilations of star catalogsMPC · 3100

3101–3200

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
3101 Goldberger1978 GBMarvin Leonard Goldberger (1922–2014), American physicist, teacher and humanitarian, president of the California Institute of Technology, to commemorate his birthday, October 22MPC · 3101
3102 Krok1981 QAKrok (Libuše), mythical Slavonic princeMPC · 3102
3103 Eger1982 BBEger a small town NE of Budapest, at one time the sixth largest town in Hungary, known for its medieval streets, castle, and red wine (Bull's Blood)MPC · 3103
3104 Dürer1982 BB1Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528), German master painter, woodcutter, engraver, and scholarMPC · 3104
3105 StumpffA907 PBKarl Stumpff (1895–1970), German celestial mechanician and professor of astronomy, pioneer of Fast Fourier Analysis, author of the three-volume HimmelsmechanikMPC · 3105
3106 Morabito1981 EELinda A. Morabito (born 1953), Education Programs Manager at the Planetary SocietyMPC · 3106
3107 Weaver1981 JG2Kenneth Weaver (1915–2010), American senior assistant editor for science of the National Geographic magazineMPC · 3107
3108 Lyubov1972 QMLyubov Orlova (1902–1975), actress and star of Soviet cinemaMPC · 3108
3109 Machin1974 DCArnold Machin (1911–1999), British sculptorMPC · 3109
3110 Wagman1975 SCNicholas E. Wagman (1905–1980), American astronomer and astrometristMPC · 3110
3111 Misuzu1977 DX8Nickname of Shinano Province, now Nagano Prefecture, Japan, the discovery siteMPC · 3111
3112 Velimir1977 QC5Velimir (Viktor Vladimirovitch) Khlebnikov, 19th–20th-century Russian poetMPC · 3112
3113 Chizhevskij1978 ROAleksandr Leonidovich Chizhevskij, 20th-century Soviet biologist, one of the founders of heliobiologyMPC · 3113
3114 Ercilla1980 FB12Don Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, 16th-century Spanish poet and soldier, who distinguished himself in the campaign in Chile against the Araucanians, inspiration for the epic poem La AraucanaMPC · 3114
3115 Baily1981 PLFrancis Baily, 18th–19th-century English astronomer, one of the founders of the Royal Astronomical Society, and namesake of Baily's beadsMPC · 3115
3116 Goodricke1983 CFJohn Goodricke, 18th-century Dutch-English deaf-mute astronomer, who identified Algol as an eclipsing variable and discovered δ CepheiMPC · 3116
3117 Niepce1983 CM1Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, 18th–19th-century French photography pioneerMPC · 3117
3118 Claytonsmith1974 ODClayton Albert Smith (1934–1993), American astrometrist, director of the Yale-Columbia Southern Observatory and later the United States Naval Observatory's astrometry departmentMPC · 3118
3119 Dobronravin1972 YXPetr Pavlovich Dobronravin, Russian astrophysicist and spectroscopist, deputy director of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory 1952–1969MPC · 3119
3120 Dangrania1979 RZDaniil Aleksandrovich Granin, 20th-century Russian writerMPC · 3120
3121 Tamines1981 EVTamines, Belgium, now called (Sambreville)MPC · 3121
3122 Florence1981 ET3Florence Nightingale, English nurse and hospital reformerMPC · 3122
3123 Dunham1981 QF2David W. Dunham, American astronomer, organizer of the International Occultation Timing AssociationMPC · 3123
3124 Kansas1981 VBKansas, United States, the discoverer's home state, and also the University of Kansas, the discoverer's alma mater, to commemorate the centennial of observational astronomy there, which began with the purchase of an Alvan Clark 6-inch refractor in 1885MPC · 3124
3125 Hay1982 BJ1William Thompson Hay (1888–1949), British music-hall comedian, film star of the 1930s and early 1940s, and amateur astronomer, (re)discoverer of Saturn's Great White Spot in 1933MPC · 3125
3126 Davydov1969 TP1Denis Vasil'evich Davydov (1784–1839), Russian officer, writer and poet, hero of the Patriotic War of 1812MPC · 3126
3127 Bagration1973 ST4Petr Ivanovich Bagration, 18th–19th-century Russian (of Georgian descent) general, hero of the Patriotic War of 1812 who died at the Battle of BorodinoMPC · 3127
3128 Obruchev1979 FJ2Vladimir Afanasjevich Obruchev, 19th–20th-century Russian geologist, geographer, and author of popular books on science and science-fiction novelsMPC · 3128
3129 Bonestell1979 MK2Chesley Bonestell, American space artist. Named following a competition organized by the Planetary SocietyMPC · 3129
3130 Hillary1981 YOSir Edmund Hillary, British mountaineerMPC · 3130
3131 Mason-Dixon1982 BM1Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, 18th-century British astronomers who observed the 1761 transit of Venus from the Cape of Good Hope, and later (1763–1767) surveyed the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland, the Mason–Dixon lineMPC · 3131
3132 Landgraf1940 WLWerner Landgraf, German astronomer, who established the orbit (and whose initials appear in the provisional designation)MPC · 3132
3133 SendaiA907 TCSendai, Japan, the "Heidelberg of the East" (this object was discovered from Heidelberg) and the Sendai Municipal Astronomical ObservatoryMPC · 3133
3134 KostinskyA921 VASergej Konstantinovich Kostinsky (1867–1936), Russian astronomer, after whom the "Kostinsky effect" is namedMPC · 3134
3135 Lauer1981 EC9Tod R. Lauer, American astronomer, who participated in the Palomar Planet-Crossing Asteroid Survey while an undergraduate student at CaltechMPC · 3135
3136 Anshan1981 WD4Anshan, Liaoning, ChinaMPC · 3136
3137 Horky1982 SM1Czech hill, site of Antonín Mrkos' first telescopeMPC · 3137
3138 Ciney1980 KLCiney, Belgium, chief town of the Condroz, where the discoverer maintains a residenceMPC · 3138
3139 Shantou1980 VL1Shantou, Guangdong, ChinaMPC · 3139
3140 Stellafane1983 AOStellafane, the annual Vermont star party organized by the "Springfield Telescope Makers"MPC · 3140
3141 Buchar1984 RHEmil Buchar (1901–1979), Czech discoverer of minor planets and pioneer of satellite geodesyMPC · 3141
3142 Kilopi1937 ACKilopi, or 1000 × π, which rounds off to 3142, the number assigned to this minor planetMPC · 3142
3143 Genecampbell1980 UAI. Gene Campbell, American systems programmer in the central computing facility at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for AstrophysicsMPC · 3143
3144 Brosche1931 TY1Peter Brosche (born 1936), German astronomerMPC · 3144
3145 Walter Adams1955 RYWalter Sydney Adams, 19th–20th-century American astronomer, director of the Mount Wilson Observatory (1923–1946), whose spectroscopic studies led to the discovery, with Ernst Arnold Kohlschütter, of the spectroscopic method for determining parallax, and who identified Sirius B as the first white-dwarf star knownMPC · 3145
3146 Dato1972 KGDato Kratsashvili (1963–1980), young Georgian painterMPC · 3146
3147 Samantha1976 YU3Samantha Reed Smith, 20th-century American schoolgirl who became "America's Youngest Ambassador"MPC · 3147
3148 Grechko1979 SA12Georgii Mikhailovich Grechko, Soviet cosmonaut and scientistMPC · 3148
3149 Okudzhava1981 SHBulat Okudzhava, Russian (of Georgian descent) writer, poet and songwriterMPC · 3149
3150 Tosa1983 CBTosa Province (Ancient name of Kōchi Prefecture), Japan, the discoverer's place of residenceMPC · 3150
3151 Talbot1983 HFHenry Fox Talbot (1800–1877), British inventor and pioneer of photographyMPC · 3151
3152 Jones1983 LFAlbert F. A. L. Jones (1920–2013), New Zealand amateur astronomerMPC · 3152
3153 Lincoln1984 SH3Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), 16th American President of the United StatesMPC · 3153
3154 Grant1984 SO3Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885), 18th American President of the United StatesMPC · 3154
3155 Lee1984 SP3Robert E. Lee (1807–1870), American general and commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil WarMPC · 3155
3156 Ellington1953 EEDuke Ellington (1899–1974), American musicianMPC · 3156
3157 Novikov1973 SX3Alexei Ivanovich Novikov (1916–1986), Soviet aviator and poetMPC · 3157
3158 Anga1976 SU2Siberian village, birthplace of Russian ethnographers Ivan Evseevich Venyaminov and Afanasij Prokopevich ShchapovMPC · 3158
3159 Prokofʹev1976 US2Vladimir Prokofiev (1898–1993), Russian spectroscopistMPC · 3159
3160 Angerhofer1980 LEPhillip Edward Angerhofer (1950–1986), American astronomer and astrophysicist at USNOMPC · 3160
3161 Beadell1980 TB5Len Beadell (1923–1995), Australian surveyorMPC · 3161
3162 Nostalgia1980 YHNostalgia, a sentimentality for the pastMPC · 3162
3163 Randi1981 QMJames Randi (1928–2020), Canadian-American magician and science skeptic, who debunked numerous paranormal and pseudoscientific claimsMPC · 3163
3164 Prast6562 P-LMartin Prast, American citizen and war veteranMPC · 3164
3165 Mikawa1984 QEMikawa Province (Ancient name of eastern half of Aichi Prefecture), JapanMPC · 3165
3166 Klondike1940 FGThe brothers Karl F. Joutsen and Anton F. Johnson, who made a fortune in the Klondike Gold RushMPC · 3166
3167 Babcock1955 RSHorace W. Babcock (1912–2003) and his father Harold D. Babcock (1882–1968), American astronomersMPC · 3167
3168 Lomnický Štít1980 XMLomnický Štít, Czech meteorological and solar observatoryMPC · 3168
3169 Ostro1981 LASteven Jeffrey Ostro (1946–2008), American radar astronomerMPC · 3169
3170 Dzhanibekov1979 SS11Vladimir Dzhanibekov (born 1942), Soviet cosmonautMPC · 3170
3171 Wangshouguan1979 WOShou-Guan Wang (Wang Shouguan), Chinese astronomer and honorary president of the Chinese Astronomical SocietyMPC · 3171
3172 Hirst1981 WWWilliam Parkinson Hirst, South African astronomer and orbit computerMPC · 3172
3173 McNaught1981 WYRobert McNaught (born 1956), British astronomer and discoverer of minor planetsMPC · 3173
3174 Alcock1984 UVGeorge Alcock (1912–2000), British comet and nova hunterMPC · 3174
3175 Netto1979 YPEdgar Rangel Netto, Brazilian astronomerMPC · 3175
3176 Paolicchi1980 VR1Paolo Paolicchi, Italian astrophysicist and professor at University of PisaMPC · 3176
3177 Chillicothe1934 AKCity of Chillicothe, OhioMPC · 3177
3178 Yoshitsune1984 WAMinamoto no Yoshitsune (1159–1189), nobleman and military commander, and one of the best known samuraisMPC · 3178
3179 Beruti1962 FAArturo Berutti (1862–1938), Argentinian composer of classical music, known for his operas Pampa, Kryse, Evangelina and Taras BulbaMPC · 3179
3180 Morgan1962 ROWilliam Wilson Morgan (1906–1994), American astronomerMPC · 3180
3181 Ahnert1964 ECPaul Oswald Ahnert (1897–1989), German astronomer and author of the annual Kalender fur SternfreundeMPC · 3181
3182 Shimanto1984 WCShimanto River, longest river of the discoverer's home prefecture of Kochi, JapanMPC · 3182
3183 Franzkaiser1949 PPFranz Kaiser (1891–1962), German astronomerMPC · 3183
3184 Raab1949 QCHerbert Raab (born 1969), Austrian software engineer and amateur astronomer, author of Astrometrica softwareMPC · 3184
3185 Clintford1953 VY1Clinton B. Ford (1913–1992), American investor and amateur astronomer, secretary of the AAVSO, co-founder of the Ford Observatory, and recipient of ASP's Amateur Achievement AwardMPC · 3185
3186 Manuilova1973 SD3Olga Maksimilianovna Manuilova (1893–1984), Soviet sculptorMPC · 3186
3187 Dalian1977 TO3Dalian, Liaoning, ChinaMPC · 3187
3188 Jekabsons1978 OMPeter Jekabsons (1943–1990), Australian amateur astronomer and astronomical painter, whose paintings adorn the walls of the discovering Perth ObservatoryMPC · 3188
3189 Penza1978 RF6Penza, Russian cityMPC · 3189
3190 Aposhanskij1978 SR6Vladimir Mikhailovich Aposhanskij (1910–1943), Soviet poet and journalistMPC · 3190
3191 Svanetia1979 SX9Svanetia, a mountainous district in GeorgiaMPC · 3191
3192 A'Hearn1982 BY1Michael A'Hearn (1940–2017), American astronomerMPC · 3192
3193 Elliot1982 DJJames L. Elliot (1943–2011), American professor of physics and astronomy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and co-discoverer of the Uranian ringsMPC · 3193
3194 Dorsey1982 KD1Dorsey Taylor Shoemaker Jr., American businessman and uncle of Eugene Shoemaker (formerly credited 2nd discoverer)MPC · 3194
3195 Fedchenko1978 PT2The Russian Fedchenko family: Alexei Pavlovich Fedchenko (1844–1873), naturalist and explorer, his wife Olga Fedchenko (1845–1921), botanist and plant collector, and their son Boris Fedtschenko (1872–1947), botanist, geographer and writer.MPC · 3195
3196 Maklaj1978 RYNicholas Miklouho-Maclay (1846–1888), Russian ethnologist and anthropologist who studied the Papuans in New GuineaMPC · 3196
3197 Weissman1981 ADPaul Robert Weissman, American cometary physicistMPC · 3197
3198 Wallonia1981 YH1Wallonia (Walloon Region), one of the three federal regions of Belgium, the discoverer's birthplace and location of the Institut d'astrophysique (the discovery site operator)MPC · 3198
3199 Nefertiti1982 RANefertiti (c.1370 – c.1330 BC), Egyptian queenMPC · 3199
3200 Phaethon1983 TBPhaethon from Greek mythology. Son of Helios, he operated the solar chariot for a day, lost control of it and almost set fire to the Earth (the object, associated with the Geminid meteor stream, had then the smallest known perihelion distance)MPC · 3200

3201–3300

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
3201 Sijthoff6560 P-LAlbert Georg Sijthoff, Dutch publisher whose family backed the construction of the Sijthoff Planetarium in The Hague in 1934.MPC · 3201
3202 GraffA908 AAGareth V. Williams (born 1965), British astronomer at the Minor Planet CenterMPC · 3202
3203 Huth1938 SLHans Huth (1925–1988), German astronomerMPC · 3203
3204 Lindgren1978 RHAstrid Lindgren (1907–2002), Swedish writerMPC · 3204
3205 Boksenberg1979 MO6Alexander Boksenberg (born 1936), British astronomerMPC · 3205
3206 Wuhan1980 VN1Wuhan, the largest city in central ChinaMPC · 3206
3207 Spinrad1981 EY25Hyron Spinrad (1934–2015), American astronomerMPC · 3207
3208 Lunn1981 JMBorge Lunn, Danish civil engineer and metallurgistMPC · 3208
3209 Buchwald1982 BL1Vagn Fabritius Buchwald, Danish meteoriticistMPC · 3209
3210 Lupishko1983 WH1Dmitrij Fedorovich Lupishko, Ukrainian astronomerMPC · 3210
3211 Louispharailda1931 CELouis Pierre Van Biesbroeck, and Pharailda de Colpaert Van Biesbroeck, parents of the discovererMPC · 3211
3212 Agricola1938 DH2Georgius Agricola (1494–1555), German scientist, "father of mineralogy"MPC · 3212
3213 Smolensk1977 NQSmolensk, Russian cityMPC · 3213
3214 Makarenko1978 TZ6Anton Makarenko (1888–1939), Soviet teacher and writerMPC · 3214
3215 Lapko1980 BQKonstantin Kuz'mich Lapko, Soviet surgeonMPC · 3215
3216 Harrington1980 RBRobert Sutton Harrington (1942–1993), American astronomerMPC · 3216
3217 Seidelmann1980 RKPaul Kenneth Seidelmann, American astronomerMPC · 3217
3218 Delphine6611 P-LDelphine Jehoulet Delsemme, wife of Armand Delsemme, a Belgian-born astronomer at the University of Toledo in Ohio (see (2954))MPC · 3218
3219 Komaki1934 CXKōjirō Komaki, Japanese amateur astronomerMPC · 3219
3220 Murayama1951 WFSadao Murayama, Japanese astronomerMPC · 3220
3221 Changshi1981 XF2Changshu, Jiangsu, ChinaMPC · 3221
3222 Liller1983 NJWilliam Liller, American astronomer MPC · 3222
3223 Forsius1942 RNSigfrid Aronus Forsius (Siegfried Aronsen; c. 1550–1624), Finnish-born Professor of Astronomy in Uppsala, Sweden. His 1611 manuscript propounding his theory of colours was discovered in the Royal Library in Stockholm in 1969MPC · 3223
3224 Irkutsk1977 RL6Irkutsk, RussiaMPC · 3224
3225 Hoag1982 QQArthur Hoag (1921–1999), American astronomerMPC · 3225
3226 Plinius6565 P-LPliny the Younger (62–114)MPC · 3226
3227 Hasegawa1928 DFIchirō Hasegawa, Japanese astronomerMPC · 3227
3228 Pire1935 CLGeorges Pire (Father Dominique), Belgian monk (Dominican Order), winner of the 1958 Nobel Prize for PeaceMPC · 3228
3229 SolnhofenA916 PCSolnhofen, south (SSE) of Nuremberg in Germany and known for its limestone and fossilsMPC · 3229
3230 Vampilov1972 LEAlexander Vampilov (1937–1972), Soviet playwrightMPC · 3230
3231 Mila1972 RU2Lyudmila Pakhomova (1946–1986), Soviet ice dancerMPC · 3231
3232 Brest1974 SLBrest, a city in BelarusMPC · 3232
3233 Krišbarons1977 RA6Krišjānis Barons (1835–1923), Latvian folkloristMPC · 3233
3234 Hergiani1978 QO2Mikhail Vissarionovich Hergiani (1932–1969), famous Soviet mountaineerMPC · 3234
3235 Melchior1981 EL1Paul Jacques Léon Melchior, Belgian geophysicistMPC · 3235
3236 Strand1982 BH1Kaj Aage Gunnar Strand (1907–2000), Danish and American astronomerMPC · 3236
3237 Victorplatt1984 SA5Victor D. Platt, father of astronomer John Platt who discovered this minor planetMPC · 3237
3238 Timresovia1975 VB9Nikolay Timofeev-Ressovsky (1900–1981), Soviet biologistMPC · 3238
3239 Meizhou1978 UJ2Meizhou, Guangdong, ChinaMPC · 3239
3240 Laocoon1978 VG6Laocoön, Trojan priest of PoseidonMPC · 3240
3241 Yeshuhua1978 WH14Ye Shuhua (born 1927), Chinese astronomerMPC · 3241
3242 Bakhchisaraj1979 SG9Bakhchisaray, a town in Crimea, the center of the same district where Crimean Astrophysical Observatory was createdMPC · 3242
3243 Skytel1980 DCnamed after Sky and Telescope magazine for its 50th anniversaryMPC · 3243
3244 Petronius4008 P-LPetronius (c. 27–66 AD), Roman writerMPC · 3244
3245 Jensch1973 UL5Alfred Jensch, German astronomerMPC · 3245
3246 Bidstrup1976 GQ3Herluf Bidstrup (1912–1988), Danish caricaturistMPC · 3246
3247 Di Martino1981 YEMario Di Martino (born 1947), Italian astronomer and discoverer of minor planets at the Turin Observatory. He has been a prolific photometrist of rotational light-curves of minor planets, specialized in determining their shape and pole.MPC · 3247
3248 Farinella1982 FKPaolo Farinella (1953–2000), Italian astronomerMPC · 3248
3249 Musashino1977 DT4Musashino, a suburb of Tokyo, JapanMPC · 3249
3250 Martebo1979 EBMartebo, on Gotland island in SwedenMPC · 3250
3251 Eratosthenes6536 P-LEratosthenes (c. 276–194 BC), Ancient Greek scientistMPC · 3251
3252 Johnny1981 EM4Johnny Carson (1925–2005), American TV host and comedian, and amateur astronomerMPC · 3252
3253 Gradie1982 HQ1Jonathan Carey Gradie, American astronomerMPC · 3253
3254 Bus1982 UMSchelte J. Bus (born 1956), American astronomer and discoverer of minor planetsMPC · 3254
3255 Tholen1980 RADavid J. Tholen (born 1955), American astronomer and discoverer of minor planetsMPC · 3255
3256 Daguerre1981 SJ1Louis Daguerre (1787–1851), French chemist and artist, pioneer of photography (the Daguerreotype process)MPC · 3256
3257 Hanzlík1982 GGStanislav Hanzlík (1878–1956), Czech meteorologist and climatologistMPC · 3257
3258 Somnium1983 RJKepler's Somnium, sive opus posthumum de astronomia lunaris (The Dream, or Posthumous Work on Lunar Astronomy), which combined a serious study of lunar astronomy and the fictional account of a journey to the MoonMPC · 3258
3259 Brownlee1984 SZ4Donald E. Brownlee (born 1943), American astronomerMPC · 3259
3260 Vizbor1974 SO2Yuri Vizbor (1934–1984), Russian actor, poet, writer, composer and playwrightMPC · 3260
3261 Tvardovskij1979 SF9Aleksandr Tvardovsky (1910–1971), Soviet poetMPC · 3261
3262 Miune1983 WBMiune, mountain in Kōchi, JapanMPC · 3262
3263 Bligh1932 CNWilliam Bligh (1754–1817), captain of the BountyMPC · 3263
3264 Bounty1934 AFHMS Bounty, shipMPC · 3264
3265 Fletcher1953 VN2Fletcher Christian (1764–1793), Bounty mutineerMPC · 3265
3266 Bernardus1978 PAAndres Bernardus Muller, Dutch astronomerMPC · 3266
3267 Glo1981 AAEleanor F. Helin (1932–2009), American astronomer, comet hunter, discoverer of minor planets and advisor to the Planetary Society. Glo is her nickname.MPC · 3267
3268 De Sanctis1981 DDGiovanni de Sanctis (born 1949), Italian astronomer and a discoverer of minor planetsMPC · 3268
3269 Vibert-Douglas1981 EX16Vibert Douglas (1894–1988), Canadian astronomerMPC · 3269
3270 Dudley1982 DAH. Dudley Wright, engineer, inventor, entrepreneur and benefactor of science, education and the arts in California and in Geneva, Switzerland.MPC · 3270
3271 Ul1982 RBUl, a lunar deity in the mythology of VanuatuMPC · 3271
3272 Tillandz1938 DB1Elias Tillandz (1640–1693), Swedish physician and botanistMPC · 3272
3273 Drukar1975 TS2Ivan Fyodorov (1525–1583), one of the first printers of books in Russia and Ukraine. The word Drukar means ‘printer' in Ukrainian and old Russian.MPC · 3273
3274 Maillen1981 QO2Maillen, BelgiumMPC · 3274
3275 Oberndorfer1982 HE1Hans Oberndorfer (1925–2006), German amateur astronomer, author and director of the Bavarian Public Observatory (Volkssternwarte München)MPC · 3275
3276 Porta Coeli1982 RZ1Porta Coeli ("Gateway to Heaven") convent in Tišnov, Czech RepublicMPC · 3276
3277 Aaronson1984 AF1Marc Aaronson (1950–1987), American astronomerMPC · 3277
3278 Běhounek1984 BTFrantišek Běhounek (1898–1973), Czech physicistMPC · 3278
3279 Solon9103 P-LSolon (c. 630–560 BC), Greek lawmakerMPC · 3279
3280 Grétry1933 SJAndré Grétry (1741–1813), Belgian composer from WalloniaMPC · 3280
3281 Maupertuis1938 DZPierre Louis Maupertuis (1698–1759), French mathematician and astronomerMPC · 3281
3282 Spencer Jones1949 DAHarold Spencer Jones (1890–1960), British astronomer, former Astronomer RoyalMPC · 3282
3283 Skorina1979 QA10Francysk Skaryna (died 1552), first doctor of medicine in Belarus, printer and publisherMPC · 3283
3284 Niebuhr1953 NBReinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971), American theologianMPC · 3284
3285 Ruth Wolfe1983 VW1Ruth Fanton Wolfe, American geologist, colleague of Gene and Carolyn Shoemaker at the United States Geological SurveyMPC · 3285
3286 Anatoliya1980 BVAnatoly V. Karachkin (1947–1984), brother-in-law of astronomer Lyudmila Karachkina who discovered this minor planetMPC · 3286
3287 Olmstead1981 DK1C. Michelle Olmstead (born 1969), American astronomer and discoverer of minor planetsMPC · 3287
3288 Seleucus1982 DVSeleucus I Nicator (c. 358–281 BC), one of the generals of Alexander the Great and heir to the largest part of his empireMPC · 3288
3289 Mitani1934 RPTetsuyasu Mitani (1927–2004), Japanese astronomer and discoverer of 1619 UetaMPC · 3289
3290 Azabu1973 SZ1Azabu, a district of Tokyo, JapanMPC · 3290
3291 Dunlap1982 VX3Larry Dunlap, American astronomerMPC · 3291
3292 Sather2631 P-LBob Sather, research assistant Lunar and Planetary LaboratoryMPC · 3292
3293 Rontaylor4650 P-LRonald C. Taylor, American astronomerMPC · 3293
3294 Carlvesely6563 P-LCarl D. Vesely, American astronomerMPC · 3294
3295 Murakami1950 DHTadayoshi Murakami (1907–1985), Japanese astronomerMPC · 3295
3296 Bosque Alegre1975 SFThe astrophysical station of Córdoba Observatory in ArgentinaMPC · 3296
3297 Hong Kong1978 WN14Hong Kong, Chinese island and cityMPC · 3297
3298 Massandra1979 OB15Massandra, town on the Crimean peninsulaMPC · 3298
3299 Hall1980 TX5John Scoville Hall, American astronomer and director of the Lowell Observatory from 1958 to 1977MPC · 3299
3300 McGlasson1928 NAScottish Surname of a small clan located in the highlands of Scotland.MPC · 3300

3301–3400

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
3301 Jansje1978 CTJansje Verveer, mother of Dutch astronomer Arie VerveerMPC · 3301
3302 Schliemann1977 RS6Heinrich Schliemann (1822–1890), German archaeologistMPC · 3302
3303 Merta1967 UNFrantišek Merta (1872–1953), teacher and journalist. Grandfather of the discoverer.MPC · 3303
3304 Pearce1981 EQ21Joseph Algernon Pearce (1893–1988), Canadian astronomerMPC · 3304
3305 Ceadams1985 KBCharles Edward Adams (1870–1945), New Zealand astronomerMPC · 3305
3306 Byron1979 SM11Lord Byron (1788–1824), British poetMPC · 3306
3307 Athabasca1981 DE1The Athabascans, ancient people of North AmericaMPC · 3307
3308 Ferreri1981 EPWalter Ferreri (born 1948), Italian astronomer and discoverer of minor planetsMPC · 3308
3309 Brorfelde1982 BHBrorfelde Observatory in DenmarkMPC · 3309
3310 Patsy1931 TS2Patricia Tombaugh (1912–2012), wife of discoverer Clyde TombaughMPC · 3310
3311 Podobed1976 QM1Vladimir Vladimirovich Podobed, Soviet astronomerMPC · 3311
3312 Pedersen1984 SNHolger Pedersen (born 1946), Danish astronomerMPC · 3312
3313 Mendel1980 DGGregor Mendel (1822–1884), Czech-Austrian father of geneticsMPC · 3313
3314 Beals1981 FHCarlyle Smith Beals (1899–1979), Canadian astronomerMPC · 3314
3315 Chant1984 CZClarence Chant (1865–1956), Canadian astronomerMPC · 3315
3316 Herzberg1984 CN1Gerhard Herzberg (1904–1999), German-born Canadian chemist and astronomerMPC · 3316
3317 Paris1984 KFParis, Trojan princeMPC · 3317
3318 Blixen1985 HBKaren Blixen (1885–1962), Danish writerMPC · 3318
3319 Kibi1977 EJ5Kibi Province (ancient name of Okayama Prefecture and eastern half of Hiroshima Prefecture), JapanMPC · 3319
3320 Namba1982 VZ4Naniwa, traditional name of Osaka, JapanMPC · 3320
3321 Dasha1975 TZ2Dasha from Sevastopol (1836–1892), Russian sister of charityMPC · 3321
3322 Lidiya1975 XY1Lydia Zvereva (1890–1916), the first Russian female aviatorMPC · 3322
3323 Turgenev1979 SY9Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883), Russian writerMPC · 3323
3324 Avsyuk1983 CW1Yurii Nikolaevich Avsyuk, Russian geophysicist (specialist in gravimetry and geodynamics)MPC · 3324
3325 TARDIS1984 JZThe TARDIS, time machine in Doctor WhoMPC · 3325
3326 Agafonikov1985 FLAskol'd M. Agafonikov, Russian geophysicist and navigator of the third Russian Antarctic expeditionMPC · 3326
3327 Campins1985 PWHumberto Campins (Humberto Campins Camejo), Venezuelan-born American astronomerMPC · 3327
3328 Interposita1985 QD1The discovery film was exposed hastily between two satellite laser ranging sessions in the adjacent dome.MPC · 3328
3329 Golay1985 RT1Marcel Golay (1927–2015), Swiss astronomer at Geneva ObservatoryMPC · 3329
3330 Gantrisch1985 RU1Gantrisch, a mountain south of Bern in SwitzerlandMPC · 3330
3331 Kvistaberg1979 QSKvistaberg, site of Uppsala Observatory, SwedenMPC · 3331
3332 Raksha1978 NT1Yurij Mikhajlovich Raksha (1937–1980), Russian artistMPC · 3332
3333 Schaber1980 TG5Gerald Gene Schaber, American planetary geologist with the USGSMPC · 3333
3334 Somov1981 YRMikhail Somov (1908–1973), Soviet Antarctic explorerMPC · 3334
3335 Quanzhou1966 AAQuanzhou, Fujian, ChinaMPC · 3335
3336 Grygar1971 UXJiří Grygar (born 1936), Czech astronomerMPC · 3336
3337 Miloš1971 UG1Miloš Tichý (born 1966), Czech astronomer and discoverer of minor planetsMPC · 3337
3338 Richter1973 UX5Nikolaus B. Richter (1910–1980), first director of the Tautenburg Observatory (1960–1975)MPC · 3338
3339 Treshnikov1978 LBAlexey Tryoshnikov (1914–1991), Soviet Antarctic explorerMPC · 3339
3340 Yinhai1979 TKYinhai, Guangxi, ChinaMPC · 3340
3341 Hartmann1980 ODWilliam Kenneth Hartmann (born 1939), American planetary scientist, writer, and painterMPC · 3341
3342 Fivesparks1982 BD3In honor of Newton and Margaret Mayall (1902–1995), American astronomer. The name refers to their residence in Cambridge, MassachusettsMPC · 3342
3343 Nedzel1982 HSV. Alexander Nedzel, American supporter of the supporter of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research, which discovered this asteroidMPC · 3343
3344 Modena1982 JAModena, city in ItalyMPC · 3344
3345 Tarkovskij1982 YC1Andrei Tarkovsky (1932–1986), Soviet film producerMPC · 3345
3346 Gerla1951 SDGertrude Lawrence (1898–1952), English actressMPC · 3346
3347 Konstantin1975 VN1Konstantin Kalinin (1889–1938), Soviet aviatorMPC · 3347
3348 Pokryshkin1978 EA3Alexander Pokryshkin (1913–1985), Soviet pilotMPC · 3348
3349 Manas1979 FH2Manas, a Kyrgyz epic poemMPC · 3349
3350 Scobee1980 PJDick Scobee (1939–1986), STS-51-L crew memberMPC · 3350
3351 Smith1980 RN1Michael J. Smith (1945–1986), STS-51-L crew memberMPC · 3351
3352 McAuliffe1981 CWChrista McAuliffe (1948–1986), STS-51-L crew memberMPC · 3352
3353 Jarvis1981 YCGregory Jarvis (1944–1986), STS-51-L crew memberMPC · 3353
3354 McNair1984 CWRonald McNair (1950–1986), STS-51-L crew memberMPC · 3354
3355 Onizuka1984 CC1Ellison Onizuka (1946–1986), STS-51-L crew memberMPC · 3355
3356 Resnik1984 EUJudith Resnik (1949–1986), STS-51-L crew memberMPC · 3356
3357 Tolstikov1984 FTYevgeny Tolstikov (1913–1987), Russian meteorologist and Polar explorer who lead the third Soviet Antarctic expeditionMPC · 3357
3358 Anikushin1978 RXMikhail Anikushin (1917–1997), Russian sculptorMPC · 3358
3359 Purcari1978 RA6Moldavian wine producerMPC · 3359
3360 Syrinx1981 VASyrinx, a nymphMPC · 3360
3361 Orpheus1982 HROrpheus, mythological Greek musicianMPC · 3361
3362 Khufu1984 QAKhufu, Egyptian pharaohMPC · 3362
3363 Bowen1960 EEIra Sprague Bowen (1898–1973) was an American astronomer and director of the Mount Wilson and Palomar observatoriesMPC · 3363
3364 Zdenka1984 GFZdeňka Vávrová (born 1945), Czech astronomerMPC · 3364
3365 Recogne1985 CG2Recogne in the Ardennes, BelgiumMPC · 3365
3366 Gödel1985 SD1Kurt Gödel (1906–1978), Austro-Hungarian logicianMPC · 3366
3367 Alex1983 CA3Alex R. Baltutis, grandson of the discovererMPC · 3367
3368 Duncombe1985 QTRaynor Lockwood Duncombe, American astronomerMPC · 3368
3369 Freuchen1985 UZPeter Freuchen (1886–1957), Danish polar explorer and authorMPC · 3369
3370 Kohsai1934 CUHiroki Kosai (born 1933), Japanese astronomerMPC · 3370
3371 Giacconi1955 RZRiccardo Giacconi (1931–2018), Italian-born American astrophysicist and winner (with Raymond Davis and Masatoshi Koshiba) of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2002MPC · 3371
3372 Bratijchuk1976 SP4Matrena Vasil'evna Bratijchuk, Ukrainian astronomerMPC · 3372
3373 Koktebelia1978 QQ2Koktebel, a resort on the Black Sea in CrimeaMPC · 3373
3374 Namur1980 KONamur, capital of the region of Wallonia in BelgiumMPC · 3374
3375 Amy1981 JY1Amy Shoemaker Prescott, relative of the discovererMPC · 3375
3376 Armandhammer1982 UJ8Armand Hammer (1898–1990), American industrialist and art collectorMPC · 3376
3377 Lodewijk4122 P-LLodewijk Woltjer (born 1930), Dutch astronomerMPC · 3377
3378 SusanvictoriaA922 WBSusan Titus and Victoria Van Biesbroeck Streeter, granddaughters of the discovererMPC · 3378
3379 Oishi1931 TJ1Hideo Oishi, Japanese amateur astronomer and orbit computerMPC · 3379
3380 Awaji1940 EFAwaji Island, JapanMPC · 3380
3381 Mikkola1941 UGSeppo Mikkola (born 1947), Finnish astronomerMPC · 3381
3382 Cassidy1948 RDWilliam A. Cassidy (born 1928), American meteoriticistMPC · 3382
3383 Koyama1951 ABHisako Koyama, Japanese amateur astronomerMPC · 3383
3384 Daliya1974 SB1Vladimir Dal (1801–1872), Russian lexicologist and ethnographerMPC · 3384
3385 Bronnina1979 SK11Nina Mikhailovna Bronnikova, Russian astronomer at Pulkovo ObservatoryMPC · 3385
3386 Klementinum1980 FAThe Clementinum, college in PragueMPC · 3386
3387 Greenberg1981 WERichard J. Greenberg, American planetary scientist at the University of ArizonaMPC · 3387
3388 Tsanghinchi1981 YR1Hin-Chi Tsang, Chinese industrialistMPC · 3388
3389 Sinzot1984 DUFamily name of the discoverer's grandmotherMPC · 3389
3390 Demanet1984 ES1The family name of the discoverer's paternal grandmotherMPC · 3390
3391 Sinon1977 DD3Sinon, mythical Greek warriorMPC · 3391
3392 Setouchi1979 YBSetouchi Region, JapanMPC · 3392
3393 Štúr1984 WY1Ľudovít Štúr (1815–1856), Slovak leader and writerMPC · 3393
3394 Banno1986 DBYoshiaki Banno (1952–1991), Japanese engineer and a discoverer of minor planetsMPC · 3394
3395 Jitka1985 UNJitka Beneš, Czech assistant at Klet ObservatoryMPC · 3395
3396 MuazzezA915 TEMuazzez K. Lohmiller, staff member of the Smithsonian Astrophysical ObservatoryMPC · 3396
3397 Leyla1964 XANancy Leyla Lohmiller (born 1985), daughter of Muazzez LohmillerMPC · 3397
3398 Stättmayer1978 PCPeter Stättmayer, German amateur astronomer, director of the Munich Public ObservatoryMPC · 3398
3399 Kobzon1979 SZ9Joseph Kobzon (1937–2018), Soviet singerMPC · 3399
3400 Aotearoa1981 GXMāori name for New ZealandMPC · 3400

3401–3500

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
3401 Vanphilos1981 PAVanessa Hall and Philip Osborne, on the occasion of their marriage. The name was given by Gareth V. Williams, astronomer at the Minor Planet Center and a friend of the couple.MPC · 3401
3402 Wisdom1981 PBJack Wisdom, American astronomer at MITMPC · 3402
3403 Tammy1981 SWTammy Irelan, wife of R. L. Irelan staff member at Lincoln Laboratory's Experimental Test SiteMPC · 3403
3404 Hinderer1934 CYFritz Hinderer (1912–1991), German astronomer at Babelsberg ObservatoryMPC · 3404
3405 Daiwensai1964 UQWen-Sai Dai (1911–1979), Chinese astronomerMPC · 3405
3406 Omsk1969 DAOmsk, RussiaMPC · 3406
3407 Jimmysimms1973 DTJames A. C. Simms III (born 1957), American system administratorMPC · 3407
3408 Shalamov1977 QG4Varlam Shalamov (1907–1982), Soviet writerMPC · 3408
3409 Abramov1977 RE6Fyodor Abramov (1920–1983), Soviet writerMPC · 3409
3410 Vereshchagin1978 SZ7Vasily Vereshchagin (1842–1904), Russian painterMPC · 3410
3411 Debetencourt1980 LKThe family name of the mother of astronomer Georges Roland, who co-discovered Comet Arend–RolandMPC · 3411
3412 Kafka1983 AU2Franz Kafka (1883–1924), German-Czech writerMPC · 3412
3413 Andriana1983 CB3Andriana Marie Hazelton, granddaughter of the discoverer Norman G. ThomasMPC · 3413
3414 Champollion1983 DJJean-François Champollion (1790–1832), French linguistMPC · 3414
3415 Danby1928 SLMichael Anthony Danby, British-born mathematician formerly of North Carolina State UniversityMPC · 3415
3416 Dorrit1931 VPDorrit Hoffleit (1907–2007), American astronomerMPC · 3416
3417 Tamblyn1937 GGPeter Tamblyn, American astronomerMPC · 3417
3418 Izvekov1973 QZ1Vladimir Andreevich Izvekov, Soviet astronomerMPC · 3418
3419 Guth1981 JZVladimír Guth (1905–1980), Slovak astronomerMPC · 3419
3420 Standish1984 EBE. Myles Standish Jr, American astronomer, Caltech/JPLMPC · 3420
3421 Yangchenning1975 WK1Yang Chen-Ning (born 1922), Chinese-American physicistMPC · 3421
3422 Reid1978 OJRuth and Gordon Reid (1923–1989), professor of politics at the University of Western AustraliaMPC · 3422
3423 Slouka1981 CKHubert Slouka (1903–1973), Czech astronomerMPC · 3423
3424 Nušl1982 CDFrantišek Nušl (1867–1951), Czech astronomer and mathematicianMPC · 3424
3425 Hurukawa1929 BDKiichirō Furukawa (Hurukawa, 1929–2016), Japanese astronomer and discoverer of minor planetsMPC · 3425
3426 Seki1932 CQTsutomu Seki (born 1930), Japanese astronomer and discoverer of minor planetsMPC · 3426
3427 Szentmártoni1938 ADBéla Szentmártoni (1931–1988), Hungarian amateur astronomerMPC · 3427
3428 Roberts1952 JHWalter Orr Roberts (1915–1990), American astronomer and atmospheric physicistMPC · 3428
3429 Chuvaev1974 SU1Konstantin Konstantinovich Chuvaev (1917–1994), Soviet astronomerMPC · 3429
3430 Bradfield1980 TF4William A. Bradfield (1927–2014), Australian amateur astronomerMPC · 3430
3431 Nakano1984 QCShuichi Nakano (born 1947), Japanese astronomerMPC · 3431
3432 Kobuchizawa1986 EEKobuchizawa Observatory in Japan which contributes asteroid (Near Earth Objects) observations to the Minor Planet CenterMPC · 3432
3433 Fehrenbach1963 TJ1Charles Fehrenbach (1914–2008), French astronomerMPC · 3433
3434 Hurless1981 VOCarolyn Hurless (1934–1987), American amateur astronomerMPC · 3434
3435 Boury1981 XC2Arsène Boury (1934–1982), Belgian astronomerMPC · 3435
3436 Ibadinov1976 SS3Hursandkul Ibadinov, Tajik astronomerMPC · 3436
3437 Kapitsa1982 UZ5Pyotr Kapitsa (1894–1984), Russian physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1978MPC · 3437
3438 Inarradas1974 SD5Argentine Institute of Radio Astronomy Spanish: Instituto Argentino de RadioastronomiaMPC · 3438
3439 Lebofsky1983 RL2Larry A. Lebofsky, American astronomerMPC · 3439
3440 Stampfer1950 DDSimon von Stampfer (1792–1864), Austrian geodesist and astronomer, pioneer of cinematographyMPC · 3440
3441 Pochaina1969 TS1Pochaina, a tributary of the Dnieper in the UkraineMPC · 3441
3442 Yashin1978 TO7Lev Yashin (1929–1990), Soviet goalkeeperMPC · 3442
3443 Leetsungdao1979 SB1Tsung-Dao Lee (born 1926), Chinese American physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize for PhysicsMPC · 3443
3444 Stepanian1980 RJ2Natalia Nikolaevna Stepanian (astrophysicist) and Arnol'd Artashesovich Stepanian (head of the gamma-ray laboratory) both astronomers at the Crimean Astrophysical ObservatoryMPC · 3444
3445 Pinson1983 FCWilliam H. Pinson (1919–), American geochemistMPC · 3445
3446 Combes1942 EBMichel-Alain Combes (born 1942), French astronomerMPC · 3446
3447 Burckhalter1956 SCCharles Burckhalter (1849–1923), American astronomerMPC · 3447
3448 Narbut1977 QA5Heorhiy Narbut (1886–1920), Ukrainian graphic designerMPC · 3448
3449 Abell1978 VR9George O. Abell (1927–1983), American astronomerMPC · 3449
3450 Dommanget1983 QJJean Dommanget, Belgian astronomerMPC · 3450
3451 Mentor1984 HA1Mentor, mythological Greek king, son of Imbrus at Pedaseus, father of Imbrius, ally of the TrojansMPC · 3451
3452 Hawke1980 OABernard Ray Hawke, American planetary geologist at the University of HawaiiMPC · 3452
3453 Dostoevsky1981 SS5Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821–1881), Russian writerMPC · 3453
3454 Lieske1981 WB1Jay Henry Lieske, American astronomerMPC · 3454
3455 Kristensen1985 QCLeif Kahl Kristensen, Danish astronomerMPC · 3455
3456 Etiennemarey1985 RS2Étienne-Jules Marey (1830–1904), French surgeon, physiologist, inventor of the chronophotograph, pioneer of cinematography, contemporary of Eadweard MuybridgeMPC · 3456
3457 Arnenordheim1985 RA3Arne Nordheim (1931–2010), Norwegian composerMPC · 3457
3458 Boduognat1985 RT3Boduognaty or Boduognatus, leader of the Nervii in Gaul who, with the Atrebates and Viromandui, fought Julius Caesar in 57 BCMPC · 3458
3459 Bodil1986 GBBodil Jensen, wife of the discoverer Poul JensenMPC · 3459
3460 Ashkova1973 QB2Nataliya Vladimirovna Ashkova, Soviet astronomer at the Institute for Theoretical AstronomyMPC · 3460
3461 Mandelshtam1977 SA1Osip Mandelstam (1891–1938), Soviet poetMPC · 3461
3462 Zhouguangzhao1981 UA10Zhou Guangzhao (born 1929), Chinese physicistMPC · 3462
3463 Kaokuen1981 XJ2Charles K. Kao (1933–2018), Chinese physicistMPC · 3463
3464 Owensby1983 BAPamela D. Owensby, planetary astronomer at the University of HawaiiMPC · 3464
3465 Trevires1984 SQ5Ancient Belgian tribe, mentioned in Julius Caesar's Gallic WarsMPC · 3465
3466 Ritina1975 EA6discoverer's daughter Margarita, who was also an astronomer at Crimean Astrophysical ObservatoryMPC · 3466
3467 Bernheim1981 SF2Robert Burnham Jr. (1931–1993), American astronomer and discoverer of minor planetsMPC · 3467
3468 Urgenta1975 AMType of potatoMPC · 3468
3469 Bulgakov1982 UL7Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940), Russian writerMPC · 3469
3470 Yaronika1975 ESdiscoverer's son Yaroslav, who also works at CrAOMPC · 3470
3471 Amelin1977 QK2Valentin Mikhailovich Amelin (1930–1989), Soviet geodesistMPC · 3471
3472 Upgren1981 EJ10Arthur Reinhold Upgren, American astronomerMPC · 3472
3473 SapporoA924 EGSapporo, Hokkaido, JapanMPC · 3473
3474 Linsley1962 HEEarl Garfield Linsley (1882–1969), professor of geography at Mills College, CaliforniaMPC · 3474
3475 Fichte1972 TDHubert Fichte (1935–1986), German writerMPC · 3475
3476 Dongguan1978 UF2Dongguan, Guangdong, ChinaMPC · 3476
3477 Kazbegi1979 KHMount Kazbek, on the border between Georgia and RussiaMPC · 3477
3478 Fanale1979 XGFraser Partington Fanale, American planetary geologistMPC · 3478
3479 Malaparte1980 TQCurzio Malaparte (1898–1957), Italian writerMPC · 3479
3480 Abante1981 GBRobert Hamilton Brown, planetary astronomer at the Jet Propulsion LaboratoryMPC · 3480
3481 Xianglupeak1982 DS6Xianglu Peak ("Incense Burner Peak", 557 m), highest point of the Fragrant Hill Park, northwest of Beijing, ChinaJPL · 3481
3482 Lesnaya1975 VY4village Lesnaya, near which Swedes were defeated by the Russian army in the Battle of LesnayaMPC · 3482
3483 Svetlov1976 YP2Mikhail Svetlov (1903–1964), Soviet poetMPC · 3483
3484 Neugebauer1978 NEThe Neugebauers, American family of physicists and mathematicians: Otto Neugebauer, historian of astronomy, Marcia Neugebauer and Gerald Neugebauer, both astronomersMPC · 3484
3485 Barucci1983 NUMaria A. Barucci, Italian astronomer and discoverer of minor planetsMPC · 3485
3486 Fulchignoni1984 CRMarcello Fulchignoni, Italian astronomerMPC · 3486
3487 Edgeworth1978 UFKenneth Edgeworth (1880–1972), Irish engineerMPC · 3487
3488 Brahic1980 PMAndré Brahic (1942–2016), French astronomerMPC · 3488
3489 Lottie1983 AT2Lottie Soll-Herkenhoff, wife of co-discoverer Kenneth E. HerkenhoffMPC · 3489
3490 Šolc1984 SVIvan Šolc, Czech inventorMPC · 3490
3491 Fridolin1984 SM4Fridolin of Säckingen, an Irish missionary, is the patron saint of the Swiss valley of GlarusMPC · 3491
3492 Petra-Pepi1985 DQDaughter of the discovererMPC · 3492
3493 Stepanov1976 GR6Vladimir Yevgenyevich Stepanov (1913–1986), Soviet physicistMPC · 3493
3494 Purple Mountain1980 XWPurple Mountain Observatory, Jiangsu, ChinaMPC · 3494
3495 Colchagua1981 NUColchagua Province, ChileMPC · 3495
3496 Arieso1977 RCname consists of acronyms of Astronomisches Rechen-Institut and the European Southern ObservatoryMPC · 3496
3497 Innanen1941 HJKimmo Innanen (1937–2011), Finnish-Canadian astronomerMPC · 3497
3498 Belton1981 EG14Michael J. Belton (1934–2018), American astronomerMPC · 3498
3499 Hoppe1981 VW1Johannes Hoppe (1907–?), German professor of astronomy at the University of JenaMPC · 3499
3500 KobayashiA919 SDTakao Kobayashi (born 1961), astronomerMPC · 3500

3501–3600

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3501 Olegiya1971 QUOleg Nikolaevich Korotsev (born 1922), Russian astronomerMPC · 3501
3502 Huangpu1964 TR1Huangpu District, ShanghaiMPC · 3502
3503 Brandt1981 EF17John Conrad Brandt, American astronomer and authorMPC · 3503
3504 Kholshevnikov1981 RV3Konstantin Vladislavovich Kholshevnikov, Russian astronomer and professor at Leningrad UniversityMPC · 3504
3505 Byrd1983 AMDeborah Byrd (born 1951), producer of the Earth & Sky radio seriesMPC · 3505
3506 French1984 CO1Linda M. French (born 1951), American Astronomer, Professor of Physics, Illinois Wesleyan UniversityMPC · 3506
3507 Vilas1982 UXFaith Vilas (born 1952), American planetary scientist and Director of the MMT Observatory in ArizonaMPC · 3507
3508 Pasternak1980 DO5Boris Pasternak (1890–1960), Russian writerMPC · 3508
3509 Sanshui1978 UH2Sanshui, Chinese city in the Sanshui DistrictMPC · 3509
3510 Veeder1982 TPGlenn John Veeder, American astronomerMPC · 3510
3511 Tsvetaeva1982 TC2Marina Tsvetaeva (1892–1941), Soviet poetMPC · 3511
3512 Eriepa1984 AC1Erie, PennsylvaniaMPC · 3512
3513 Quqinyue1965 UZQu Qinyue (born 1935), Chinese astronomerMPC · 3513
3514 Hooke1971 UJRobert Hooke (1635–1703), English scientistMPC · 3514
3515 Jindra1982 UH2Lumír Jindra (born 1936), Czech pharmacologist and friend of the discovererMPC · 3515
3516 Rusheva1982 UH7Nadya Rusheva (1952–1969), Russian painterMPC · 3516
3517 Tatianicheva1976 SE1Lyudmila Tatianicheva (1915–1980), Soviet poetMPC · 3517
3518 Florena1977 QC4Pavel Florensky (1882–1943), Russian religious philosopher, physicist and mathematician and hisson, Kirill Florensky (1915–1982), geochemist and mineralogistMPC · 3518
3519 Ambiorix1984 DOAmbiorix, leader of Belgian tribe in the time of the RomansMPC · 3519
3520 Klopsteg1952 SGPaul E. Klopsteg (1889–1991), American physicistMPC · 3520
3521 Comrie1982 MHLeslie Comrie (1893–1950), New Zealand-born astronomer and pioneer in mathematical computationMPC · 3521
3522 Becker1941 SWReinhold von Becker (1788–1858), Finnish author and academicMPC · 3522
3523 Arina1975 TV2Arina Rodionovna Yakoleva (1758–1828), the nurse of Russian poet Alexander PushkinMPC · 3523
3524 Schulz1981 EE27Charles M. Schulz (1922–2000), cartoonist and creator of the comic strip Peanuts (Charlie Brown; Charlie Brown).MPC · 3524
3525 Paul1983 CX2Paul J. Baltutis, son-in-law of the discoverer Norman G. ThomasMPC · 3525
3526 Jeffbell1984 CNSpace scientist/writer Jeffrey F. BellMPC · 3526
3527 McCord1985 GE1Thomas Bard McCord, American astronomer (planetary geologist)MPC · 3527
3528 Counselman1981 EW3Charles Claude Counselman III (born 1943), American planetary scientistMPC · 3528
3529 Dowling1981 EQ19Timothy Edward Dowling, American planetary scientist and professor at MITMPC · 3529
3530 Hammel1981 EC20Heidi Hammel (born 1960), American planetary scientistMPC · 3530
3531 Cruikshank1981 FBDale Cruikshank, NASA space scientistMPC · 3531
3532 Tracie1983 AS2Tracie Lynn Ojakangas, wife of co-discoverer Gregory Wayne OjakangasMPC · 3532
3533 Toyota1986 UEToyota, Aichi, JapanMPC · 3533
3534 Sax1936 XAAdolphe Sax (1814–1894), Belgian musical instrument designer, best known for inventing the saxophoneMPC · 3534
3535 Ditte1979 SN11The main character of Ditte, a human child novel by Martin Andersen NexøMPC · 3535
3536 Schleicher1981 EV20David Glenn Schleicher, American astronomer at Lowell ObservatoryMPC · 3536
3537 Jürgen1982 VTJürgen Rahe (1939–1997), Director of NASA's Solar System Exploration DivisionMPC · 3537
3538 Nelsonia6548 P-LElisabeth Nelson, secretary at Heidelberg Observatory and Max Planck Institute for Astronomy and took care of the investigators of the Palomar–Leiden SurveyMPC · 3538
3539 Weimar1967 GF1Weimar, GermanyMPC · 3539
3540 Protesilaos1973 UF5Protesilaos, mythical person related to Trojan WarMPC · 3540
3541 Graham1984 MLLloyd Wilson Graham (1940- ), executive director of the department of state services, who supported the Perth ObservatoryMPC · 3541
3542 Tanjiazhen1964 TN2Tan Jiazhen (1909–2008), Chinese geneticistMPC · 3542
3543 Ningbo1964 VA3Ningbo Chinese cityMPC · 3543
3544 Borodino1977 RD4Village in Russia, where the Battle of Borodino took place in 1812MPC · 3544
3545 Gaffey1981 WK2Michael James Gaffey (born 1945), American planetary geologistMPC · 3545
3546 Atanasoff1983 SCJohn Vincent Atanasoff (1903–1995), American (of Bulgarian descent) mathematician and physicist, inventor of the Atanasoff–Berry ComputerMPC · 3546
3547 Serov1978 TM6Valentin Serov (1865–1911), Russian painterMPC · 3547
3548 Eurybates1973 SOEurybates, mythological Greek soldierMPC · 3548
3549 Hapke1981 YHBruce Hapke (born 1931), American planetary scientistMPC · 3549
3550 Link1981 YSFrantišek Link (1906–1984), Czech astronomerMPC · 3550
3551 Verenia1983 RDFirst vestal virgin consecrated by the legendary Roman king Numa PompiliusMPC · 3551
3552 Don Quixote1983 SADon Quixote, eponymous hero of the novel by CervantesMPC · 3552
3553 Mera1985 JAMaera, a daughter of PraetusMPC · 3553
3554 Amun1986 EBAmun, Egyptian godMPC · 3554
3555 Miyasaka1931 TC1Seidai Miyasaka (born 1955), Japanese astronomer and discoverer of minor planetsMPC · 3555
3556 Lixiaohua1964 UOLi Xiaohua, Chinese industrialist from BeijingMPC · 3556
3557 Sokolsky1977 QE1Andrej Georgievich Sokolskij, Soviet astronomer at ITAMPC · 3557
3558 Shishkin1978 SQ2Ivan Shishkin (1832–1898), Russian painterMPC · 3558
3559 Violaumayer1980 PHMartin Mayer, German amateur astronomer, operating from the Violau Public ObservatoryMPC · 3559
3560 Chenqian1980 RZ2Chen Qian, director of the History Museum of Chinese Astronomy, helped to popularize astronomy in China.MPC · 3560
3561 Devine1983 HOJohn Devine Hazelton, son-in-law of the discoverer Norman G. ThomasMPC · 3561
3562 Ignatius1984 AZIgnatius of Loyola (1491–1556), founder of the Jesuit OrderMPC · 3562
3563 Canterbury1985 FECanterbury, New ZealandMPC · 3563
3564 Talthybius1985 TC1Talthybius, mythological Greek soldierMPC · 3564
3565 Ojima1986 YDOjima, Gunma, Japan, where the discoverers' observatory was situatedMPC · 3565
3566 Levitan1979 YA9Isaac Levitan (1860–1900), Russian painterMPC · 3566
3567 Alvema1930 VDThe three great-granddaughters of the discoverer Eugène Joseph Delporte, Aline De Middelaer, and Véronique and Martine WarckMPC · 3567
3568 ASCII1936 UBASCII Corporation, JapanMPC · 3568
3569 Kumon1938 DN1Toru Kumon (1914–1995), Japanese educatorMPC · 3569
3570 Wuyeesun1979 XOWu Yee-sun (1900–2005), Chinese bonsai artistMPC · 3570
3571 Milanštefánik1982 EJMilan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak-French astronomer, meteorologist, general, one of the founders of CzechoslovakiaMPC · 3571
3572 Leogoldberg1954 UJ2Leo Goldberg (1913–1987), American astronomerMPC · 3572
3573 Holmberg1982 QO1Erik Holmberg (1908–2000), Swedish astronomerMPC · 3573
3574 Rudaux1982 TQLucien Rudaux (1874–1947), French astronomerMPC · 3574
3575 Anyuta1984 DU2Anna Aleksandrovna Shishmareva, Soviet parachutistMPC · 3575
3576 Galina1984 DB3Galina Bogdanovna Pyasetskaya, Soviet parachutistMPC · 3576
3577 Putilin1969 TKIvan Ivanovich Putilin (1893–1954), Soviet minor planet researcherMPC · 3577
3578 Carestia1977 CCReinaldo Augusto Carestia (1932–1993) researcher at the Felix Aguilar Observatory in ArgentinaMPC · 3578
3579 Rockholt1977 YARonald Rockholt (born 1928), scientistMPC · 3579
3580 Avery1983 CS2Avery Jordan Thomas (born 1994), grandson of the discovererMPC · 3580
3581 Alvarez1985 HCLuis Walter Alvarez (1911–1988) and his son Walter Alvarez (born 1940), discoverers of the Iridium layer associated with the meteor impact which killed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.MPC · 3581
3582 Cyrano1986 TT5Cyrano de Bergerac (1619–1655), French dramatistMPC · 3582
3583 Burdett1929 TQBurdett, Kansas, hometown of discoverer Clyde TombaughMPC · 3583
3584 Aisha1981 TWAisha Renee Thomas (born 1991), granddaughter of the discoverer Norman G. ThomasMPC · 3584
3585 Goshirakawa1987 BEEmperor Go-Shirakawa (1127–1192), JapanMPC · 3585
3586 Vasnetsov1978 SW6Viktor Vasnetsov (1848–1926) and Apollinary Vasnetsov (1856–1933), Russian paintersMPC · 3586
3587 Descartes1981 RK5René Descartes (1596–1650), French philosopherMPC · 3587
3588 Kirik1981 TH4Kirik the Novgorodian (c. 1110–1158), Novgorodian monk of the Antoniev MonasteryMPC · 3588
3589 Loyola1984 AB1Loyola, a Spanish town and birthplace of Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuit OrderMPC · 3589
3590 Holst1984 CQGustav Holst (1874–1934), English composerMPC · 3590
3591 Vladimirskij1978 QJ2Boris Mikhajlovich Vladimirskij, astronomer at the Crimean Astrophysical ObservatoryMPC · 3591
3592 Nedbal1980 CTOskar Nedbal (1874–1930), Czech composerMPC · 3592
3593 Osip1981 EB20David J. Osip, researcher at Lowell ObservatoryMPC · 3593
3594 Scotti1983 CNJames V. Scotti (born 1960), astronomer (member of Spacewatch team)MPC · 3594
3595 Gallagher1985 TF1John S. Gallagher III, director of the Lowell ObservatoryMPC · 3595
3596 Meriones1985 VOMeriones, mythical Greek warriorMPC · 3596
3597 Kakkuri1941 ULJuhani Kakkuri, Finnish geodesistMPC · 3597
3598 Saucier1977 KK1Agnes Saucier, grandmother of the American astronomer Ellen Howell, who discovered this minor planetMPC · 3598
3599 Basov1978 PB3Nikolay Basov (1922–2001), Soviet physicist and Nobel Prize LaureateMPC · 3599
3600 Archimedes1978 SL7Archimedes (c. 287–212 BC), ancient Greek scientistMPC · 3600

3601–3700

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3601 Velikhov1979 SP9Evgenij Pavlovich Velikhov, Russian physicist and member of the Russian Academy of SciencesMPC · 3601
3602 Lazzaro1981 DQ2Daniela Lazzaro (born 1956), Brazilian astronomerMPC · 3602
3603 Gajdušek1981 RMVilém Gajdušek (1895–1977), Czech telescope makerMPC · 3603
3604 Berkhuijsen5550 P-LE. M. Berkhuijsen, Dutch astronomer of the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in GermanyMPC · 3604
3605 Davy1932 WBNamed for Davy De Winter, son of the former administrator of the Royal Observatory of BelgiumMPC · 3605
3606 Pohjola1939 SFPohjola, location in Finnish mythologyMPC · 3606
3607 Naniwa1977 DO4Naniwa, traditional name of Osaka, JapanMPC · 3607
3608 Kataev1978 SD1Valentin Petrovich Kataev (1897–1986), Soviet writerMPC · 3608
3609 Liloketai1980 VM1Loke-Tai Li, Chinese educatorMPC · 3609
3610 Decampos1981 EA1José Adolfo Snajdauf de Campos, Brazilian astronomer at Valongo ObservatoryMPC · 3610
3611 Dabu1981 YY1Dabu County, Guangdong, ChinaMPC · 3611
3612 Peale1982 TWStanton J. Peale (1937–2015), American astrophysicist and planetary astronomerMPC · 3612
3613 Kunlun1982 VJ11Kunlun, mountain range in northwest ChinaMPC · 3613
3614 Tumilty1983 AE1Jodi Anne Tumilty Thomas, daughter-in-law of the discoverer Norman G. ThomasMPC · 3614
3615 Safronov1983 WZViktor Safronov (1917–1999), Soviet astronomerMPC · 3615
3616 Glazunov1984 JJ2Ilya Glazunov (1930–2017), Russian painterMPC · 3616
3617 Eicher1984 LJDavid J. Eicher (born 1961), American writer popularizer of astronomy and former editor-in-chief of AstronomyMPC · 3617
3618 Kuprin1979 QP8Aleksandr Kuprin (1870–1938), Russian writerMPC · 3618
3619 Nash1981 EU35Douglas B. Nash, American planetary scientistMPC · 3619
3620 Platonov1981 RU2Andrei Platonov (1899–1951), Russian writerMPC · 3620
3621 Curtis1981 SQ1Curtis R. Carbutt (1911–1976), teacher of the discoverer Norman G. ThomasMPC · 3621
3622 Ilinsky1981 SX7Igor Ilyinsky (1901–1987), Soviet actorMPC · 3622
3623 Chaplin1981 TG2Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977), English comedy actorMPC · 3623
3624 Mironov1982 TH2Andrei Mironov (1941–1987), Soviet actor and producerMPC · 3624
3625 Fracastoro1984 HZ1Mario Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian astronomer and former director of the Catania and the Pino Torinese observatoriesMPC · 3625
3626 Ohsaki1929 PAShoji Osaki (1912–), Japanese astronomical historianMPC · 3626
3627 Sayers1973 DSDorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957), British authorMPC · 3627
3628 Božněmcová1979 WDBožena Němcová (1820–1862), Czech writerMPC · 3628
3629 Lebedinskij1982 WKAleksandr Ignatevich Lebedinski (1913–1967), Soviet astronomerMPC · 3629
3630 Lubomír1984 QNLubomír is a Slavic first name common in the South Bohemian RegionMPC · 3630
3631 Sigyn1987 BV1Daughter of the discovererMPC · 3631
3632 Grachevka1976 SJ4Grachevka, a Russian village in Tambov Oblast (now Lipetsk Oblast), the birthplace of the discoverer's parents Stepan Chernykh and Melaniya ChernykhMPC · 3632
3633 Mira1980 EE2Hugo Mira (1937–1994), researcher at Felix Aguilar Observatory, ArgentinaMPC · 3633
3634 Iwan1980 FVIwan P. Williams, British astronomerMPC · 3634
3635 Kreutz1981 WO1Heinrich Kreutz (1854–1907), German astronomerMPC · 3635
3636 Pajdušáková1982 UJ2Ľudmila Pajdušáková (1916–1979), Slovak astronomerMPC · 3636
3637 O'Meara1984 UQStephen James O'Meara, American astronomer, astronomy writer and author and contributing editor to Sky and TelescopeMPC · 3637
3638 Davis1984 WXDonald R. Davis, senior scientist at the Planetary Science Institute in TucsonMPC · 3638
3639 Weidenschilling1985 TXStuart J. Weidenschilling, American planetary scientistMPC · 3639
3640 Gostin1985 TR3Victor Gostin (born 1940), an Australian geologist and researcher of Australian impact cratersMPC · 3640
3641 Williams BayA922 WCWilliams Bay, Wisconsin, home of Yerkes ObservatoryMPC · 3641
3642 Frieden1953 XL1German for "peace"MPC · 3642
3643 Tienchanglin1978 UN2Chang-Lin Tien (1935–2002), former Chancellor of the University of California at BerkeleyMPC · 3643
3644 Kojitaku1931 TWTakuo Kojima (born 1955), Japanese astronomer and discoverer of minor planetsMPC · 3644
3645 Fabini1981 QZTatiana Fabini (1943–1989), Slovak astronomy writerMPC · 3645
3646 Aduatiques1985 RK4Aduatiques (Aduatuci), an ancient tribe from Namur, BelgiumMPC · 3646
3647 Dermott1986 AD1Stanley Dermott, British-American astronomerMPC · 3647
3648 Raffinetti1957 HKVirgilio Raffinetti (1869–1946), Argentine astronomer and a director of La Plata ObservatoryMPC · 3648
3649 Guillermina1976 HQMaria Guillermina Martin de Cesco (born 1915), widow and mother of Argentine astronomers Carlos Cesco and Mario R. Cesco, respectivelyMPC · 3649
3650 Kunming1978 UO2Kunming, Yunnan, ChinaMPC · 3650
3651 Friedman1978 VB5Louis Friedman (born 1941), co-founder of the Planetary Society, and his wife, ConnieMPC · 3651
3652 Soros1981 TC3George Soros (born 1930), Hungarian-born American businessman and philosopherMPC · 3652
3653 Klimishin1979 HF5Ivan Antonovich Klimishin, Ukrainian astronomerMPC · 3653
3654 AAS1949 QH1American Astronomical SocietyMPC · 3654
3655 Eupraksia1978 SA3wife of prince Fyodor of Ryazan, who lived in the 13th century, she preferred to kill herself to being taken prisoner by Mongol-TatarsMPC · 3655
3656 Hemingway1978 QXErnest Hemingway (1899–1961), US writerMPC · 3656
3657 Ermolova1978 ST6Maria Yermolova (1853–1928), Russian actressMPC · 3657
3658 Feldman1982 TRPaul D. Feldman, American astronomer, and Paul A. Feldman, Canadian radioastronomerMPC · 3658
3659 Bellingshausen1969 TE2Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen (1778–1852), Antarctic explorer, who in 1819–1821 lead the first Russian Antarctic expeditionMPC · 3659
3660 Lazarev1978 QX2Mikhail Lazarev (1788–1851), Russian admiralMPC · 3660
3661 Dolmatovskij1979 UY3Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky (1915–1994), Soviet poetMPC · 3661
3662 Dezhnev1980 RU2Semyon Dezhnev (c. 1605–1673), Russian explorerMPC · 3662
3663 Tisserand1985 GK1Félix Tisserand (1845–1896), French astronomerMPC · 3663
3664 Anneres4260 P-LAnna Theresia ("Anneres") Schmadel, wife of German astronomer Lutz D. SchmadelMPC · 3664
3665 Fitzgerald1979 FEElla Fitzgerald, American jazz singerMPC · 3665
3666 Holman1979 HPMatthew J. Holman, American astronomerMPC · 3666
3667 Anne-Marie1981 EFAnne-Marie Malotki, a friend of the discoverer Edward L. G. BowellMPC · 3667
3668 Ilfpetrov1982 UM7Ilf and Petrov, Soviet writersMPC · 3668
3669 Vertinskij1982 UO7Alexander Vertinsky (1889–1957), Russian actor, poet and composerMPC · 3669
3670 Northcott1983 BNRuth J. Northcott (1913–1969), Canadian astronomerMPC · 3670
3671 Dionysus1984 KDDionysus, Greek god of wineMPC · 3671
3672 Stevedberg1985 QQStephen J. Edberg (born 1952), American astronomerMPC · 3672
3673 Levy1985 QSDavid H. Levy (born 1948), Canadian astronomer and authorMPC · 3673
3674 Erbisbühl1963 RHMountain in Germany and location of the Sonneberg ObservatoryMPC · 3674
3675 Kemstach1982 YP1Russian Marfa Vladimirovna Kemstach (1888–1971) and Semen Stepanovich Kemstach (1880–1938), grandparents of the discoverer Lyudmila KarachkinaMPC · 3675
3676 Hahn1984 GAGerhard Hahn, planetary astronomer at Uppsala ObservatoryMPC · 3676
3677 Magnusson1984 QJ1Per Magnusson, planetary astronomer at the Swedish Uppsala ObservatoryMPC · 3677
3678 Mongmanwai1966 BOMong Man Wai (1927–2010), Chinese businessmanMPC · 3678
3679 Condruses1984 DTCondruzes or Condruses, ancient inhabitants of what is now the Condroz, BelgiumMPC · 3679
3680 Sasha1987 MYAlexandra Rachel Druyen Sagan (born 1982), daughter of Carl Sagan and Ann DruyanMPC · 3680
3681 Boyan1974 QO2Boyan, an 11th-century Russian bard at the court of Yaroslav the WiseMPC · 3681
3682 WeltherA923 NBBarbara Welther (born 1938), historian of science at the Harvard–Smithsonian Center for AstrophysicsMPC · 3682
3683 Baumann1987 MAPaul Baumann (1901–1976) and his wife Helene (1899–1986), German amateur astronomersMPC · 3683
3684 Berry1983 AKRichard Berry, editor-in-chief of AstronomyMPC · 3684
3685 Derdenye1981 EH14Derald and Denise Nye, amateur astronomers in Tucson, ArizonaMPC · 3685
3686 Antoku1987 EBEmperor Antoku (1178–1185), JapanMPC · 3686
3687 DzusA908 TCPaul K. Dzus, assistant and volunteer at the Minor Planet Center in the 1980sMPC · 3687
3688 Navajo1981 FDNavajo, Native American people in Arizona, New Mexico and UtahMPC · 3688
3689 Yeates1981 JJ2Anthony N. Yeates, Australian geologistMPC · 3689
3690 Larson1981 PMStephen M. Larson, planetary scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory and a discoverer of minor planetsMPC · 3690
3691 Bede1982 FTThe Venerable Bede (673–735), English monk and historianMPC · 3691
3692 Rickman1982 HF1Hans Rickman (born 1949), planetary astronomer at Uppsala ObservatoryMPC · 3692
3693 Barringer1982 RUDaniel Barringer (1860–1929), and pioneer investigator of terrestrial meteorite craters and after whom the Barringer Crater is namedMPC · 3693
3694 Sharon1984 SH5Sharon Rachel Vinick, friend of the discoverer Arie William GrossmanMPC · 3694
3695 Fiala1973 UU4Alan D. Fiala (born 1942), American staff astronomer with the USNO who became Chief of the U.S. Nautical Almanac Office in 1992MPC · 3695
3696 Herald1980 OFDavid R. Herald, Australian amateur astronomerMPC · 3696
3697 Guyhurst1984 EVGuy Hurst, British amateur astronomer from Basingstoke, south central England, who has been observing comets since 1970 SrcMPC · 3697
3698 Manning1984 UA2Brian G. W. Manning (1926–2011), British amateur cometary astrometristMPC · 3698
3699 Milbourn1984 UC2Stanley William Milbourn, editor of the circulars of the British Astronomical AssociationMPC · 3699
3700 Geowilliams1984 UL2George E. Williams, an Australian geologist, who discovered the Acraman crater, a meteorite impact crater in South AustraliaMPC · 3700

3701–3800

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3701 Purkyně1985 DWJan Evangelista Purkyně (1787–1869), Czech anatomist, patriot, and physiologistMPC · 3701
3702 Trubetskaya1970 NBEkaterina Ivanovna Trubetskaya (1800–1854), Russian princess, wife of a DecembristMPC · 3702
3703 Volkonskaya1978 PU3Mariya Nikolayevna Volkonskaya (1805–1863), Russian princess, wife of a DecembristMPC · 3703
3704 Gaoshiqi1981 YX1Gao Shi-Qi (1905–1988), the founder of science popularization in ChinaMPC · 3704
3705 Hotellasilla1984 ET1Erich Schumann", long-time manager of the Hotel La Silla" at La Silla Observatory in ChileMPC · 3705
3706 Sinnott1984 SE3Roger W. Sinnott, associate editor of Sky & TelescopeMPC · 3706
3707 Schröter1934 CCJohann Hieronymus Schröter (1745–1816), German astronomer and selenographerMPC · 3707
3708 Socus1974 FV1Socus, defending his brother, wounded Odysseus with a spear throw that would have been fatal had not the goddess Athena deflected it. Odysseus then speared Socus in the back and taunted him as he perished.IAU · 3708
3709 Polypoites1985 TL3Polypoites, mythical Greek warriorMPC · 3709
3710 Bogoslovskij1978 RD6Nikita Bogoslovsky (1913–2004), Russian composer and writerMPC · 3710
3711 Ellensburg1983 QDCity of Ellensburg, Washington, United StatesMPC · 3711
3712 Kraft1984 YCRobert Kraft (1927–2015), American professor of astronomy and astrophysics and chairman of the IAUMPC · 3712
3713 Pieters1985 FA2Carle M. Pieters (born 1943), American geologist and planetary scientistMPC · 3713
3714 Kenrussell1983 TT1Kenneth S. Russell, Australian astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets and comets. He has been working with the UK Schmidt Telescope for many years.MPC · 3714
3715 Štohl1980 DSJán Štohl (1932–1993), Slovak astronomerMPC · 3715
3716 Petzval1980 TGJózsef Miska Petzval (1807–1891), Hungarian engineer and mathematicianMPC · 3716
3717 Thorenia1964 CGVictor Eugene Thoren (1935–1991), historian of astronomy at Indiana UniversityMPC · 3717
3718 Dunbar1978 VS10R. Scott Dunbar, American physicist, planetary scientist and discoverer of minor planetsMPC · 3718
3719 Karamzin1976 YO1Nikolay Karamzin (1766–1826), Russian historianMPC · 3719
3720 Hokkaido1987 UR1Hokkaidō, JapanMPC · 3720
3721 Widorn1982 TUThomas Widorn, Austrian astronomerMPC · 3721
3722 Urata1927 UETakeshi Urata (1947–2012), Japanese astronomer and discoverer of minor planetsMPC · 3722
3723 Voznesenskij1976 GK2Andrei Voznesensky (1933–2010), Russian poetMPC · 3723
3724 Annenskij1979 YN8Innokenty Annensky (1855–1909), Russian poet and writerMPC · 3724
3725 Valsecchi1981 EA11Giovanni B. Valsecchi, Italian astronomer at the National Institute for AstrophysicsMPC · 3725
3726 Johnadams1981 LJJohn Adams (1735–1826), American presidentMPC · 3726
3727 Maxhell1981 PQMaximilian Hell (1720–1792), Hungarian astronomer and Jesuit priestMPC · 3727
3728 IRAS1983 QFIRAS, the Infrared Astronomical SatelliteMPC · 3728
3729 Yangzhou1983 VP7Yangzhou, Jiangsu, ChinaMPC · 3729
3730 Hurban1983 XM1Jozef Miloslav Hurban (1817–1888), Slovak poet, writer, journalist, editor, criticMPC · 3730
3731 Hancock1984 DH1John Hancock (1737–1793), American politicianMPC · 3731
3732 Vávra1984 SR1Anton Alfred Vávra, father of the discovererMPC · 3732
3733 Yoshitomo1985 AFMinamoto no Yoshitomo (1123–1160), early Japanese samuraiMPC · 3733
3734 Waland9527 P-LRobert L. Waland, Scottish optician who developed new techniques for making the optics of Schmidt telescopesMPC · 3734
3735 Třeboň1983 XSTřeboň, Czech RepublicMPC · 3735
3736 Rokoske1987 SY3Thomas Leo Rokoske, professor of physics and astronomy at the Appalachian State University in North CarolinaMPC · 3736
3737 Beckman1983 PAArnold O. Beckman (1900–2004), American chemist and inventor of the pH meterMPC · 3737
3738 Ots1977 QA1Georg Ots (1920–1975), Estonian opera singerMPC · 3738
3739 Rem1977 RE2Rem Viktorovich Khokhlov (1926–1977), Soviet physicist and co-founder of nonlinear opticsMPC · 3739
3740 Menge1981 EMSergio Menge de Freitas, vice-director of the Valongo Observatory, BrazilMPC · 3740
3741 Rogerburns1981 EL19Roger Burns (1937–1994), New Zealand mineralogistMPC · 3741
3742 Sunshine1981 EQ27Jessica M. Sunshine, visiting scientist at MITMPC · 3742
3743 Pauljaniczek1983 EWPaul Janiczek (born 1937), American astronomerMPC · 3743
3744 Horn-d'Arturo1983 VEGuido Horn d'Arturo (1879–1967), Italian astronomerMPC · 3744
3745 Petaev1949 SFMichail Ivanovich Petaev, visiting planetary geologist at Harvard–Smithsonian Center for AstrophysicsMPC · 3745
3746 Heyuan1964 TC1Heyuan, Guangdong, ChinaMPC · 3746
3747 Belinskij1975 VY5Vissarion Belinsky (1811–1848), Russian literary criticMPC · 3747
3748 Tatum1981 JQJeremy B. Tatum, Canadian astronomerMPC · 3748
3749 Balam1982 BG1David D. Balam, Canadian astronomer and discoverer of minor planetsMPC · 3749
3750 Ilizarov1982 TD1Gavriil Ilizarov (1921–1992), Soviet orthopedic surgeonMPC · 3750
3751 Kiang1983 NKTao Kiang, astronomer at Dunsink Observatory, near DublinMPC · 3751
3752 Camillo1985 PACamillo, son of the early Roman King TurnoMPC · 3752
3753 Cruithne1986 TOCruithne, ancient British tribeMPC · 3753
3754 Kathleen1931 FMKathleen Willoughby Clifford, granddaughter of discoverer Clyde TombaughMPC · 3754
3755 Lecointe1950 SJGeorges Lecointe (1869–1929), Belgian astronomer and explorerMPC · 3755
3756 Ruscannon1979 MV6Russell David Cannon, British astronomerMPC · 3756
3757 Anagolay1982 XBAnagolay is the goddess of lost things in ancient Philippine Tagalog mythology. Name suggested by the SGAC Name An Asteroid CampaignJPL · 3757
3758 Karttunen1983 WPHannu Karttunen, Finnish astronomerMPC · 3758
3759 Piironen1984 APJukka Piironen, Finnish astronomer at the Finnish Meteorological Institute in HelsinkiMPC · 3759
3760 Poutanen1984 AQMarkku Poutanen, Finnish astronomer and geodesistMPC · 3760
3761 Romanskaya1936 OHSofia Romanskaya (1886–1969), Russian astronomerMPC · 3761
3762 Amaravella1976 QN1Amaravella group of Russian painters, they represented Russian cosmism styleMPC · 3762
3763 Qianxuesen1980 TA6Qian Xuesen (1911–2009), Chinese aerodynamicist and cyberneticistMPC · 3763
3764 Holmesacourt1980 TL15Robert Holmes a Court (1937–1990), Australian lawyer, businessman and collectorMPC · 3764
3765 Texereau1982 SU1Jean Texereau, optical engineer in the optical laboratory at Paris Observatory and author of the classic How to Make a TelescopeMPC · 3765
3766 Junepatterson1983 BFJune C. Patterson (1923–1988) amateur astronomer of Sierra Vista, ArizonaMPC · 3766
3767 DiMaggio1986 LCJoe DiMaggio (1914–1999), American baseball playerMPC · 3767
3768 Monroe1937 RBMarilyn Monroe (1926–1962), American actressMPC · 3768
3769 Arthurmiller1967 UVArthur Miller (1915–2005), American playwright, essayist, and authorMPC · 3769
3770 Nizami1974 QT1Nizami Ganjavi (1141–1209), Persian poetMPC · 3770
3771 Alexejtolstoj1974 SB3Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1883–1945), Russian writerMPC · 3771
3772 Piaf1982 UR7Édith Piaf (1915–1963), French singerMPC · 3772
3773 Smithsonian1984 YYSmithsonian Institution, American museumMPC · 3773
3774 Megumi1987 YCMegumi, wife of Japanese astronomer Takuo Kojima who discovered this minor planetMPC · 3774
3775 Ellenbeth1931 TC4Ellen Elizabeth Willoughby, granddaughter of the discoverer Clyde TombaughMPC · 3775
3776 Vartiovuori1938 GGHill in Turku, Finland on which the first observatory was built by ArgelanderMPC · 3776
3777 McCauley1981 JD2Francis McCauley, geologist with the USGSMPC · 3777
3778 Regge1984 HK1Tullio Regge (1931–2014), Italian theoretical physicist at Turin UniversityMPC · 3778
3779 Kieffer1985 JV1Hugh H. Kieffer, American geophysicist with the USGSMPC · 3779
3780 Maury1985 RLAlain Maury (born 1958), French astronomer and discoverer of minor planetsMPC · 3780
3781 Dufek1986 RG1George J. Dufek (1903–1977), American Antarctic explorer and Rear AdmiralMPC · 3781
3782 Celle1986 TEGerman town of Celle in Lower SaxonyMPC · 3782
3783 Morris1986 TW1Charles S. Morris, observer of comets (presumed: Charles S. Morris Observatory)MPC · 3783
3784 Chopin1986 UL1Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849), Polish composerMPC · 3784
3785 Kitami1986 WMKitami, JapanMPC · 3785
3786 Yamada1988 AESakao Yamada, Japanese engineerMPC · 3786
3787 Aivazovskij1977 RG7Ivan Aivazovsky (1817–1900), Russian painterMPC · 3787
3788 Steyaert1986 QM3Christian Steyaert (born 1955), Belgian amateur astronomer, president of the Belgian (Flemish) astronomical society Vereniging voor Sterrenkunde from 1988 to 2004MPC · 3788
3789 Zhongguo1928 UFChinese name for ChinaMPC · 3789
3790 Raywilson1937 UERaymond Wilson (1928–2018), astronomical optician and pioneer of active opticsMPC · 3790
3791 Marci1981 WV1Jan Marek Marci (1595–1667), Czech physician, physicist, astronomer, and natural philosopherMPC · 3791
3792 Preston1985 FARichard Preston (born 1954), American author of the astronomy book First LightMPC · 3792
3793 Leonteus1985 TE3Leonteus, mythical person related to Trojan WarMPC · 3793
3794 Sthenelos1985 TF3Sthenelos, mythical person related to Trojan WarMPC · 3794
3795 Nigel1986 GV1Nigel Henbest (born 1951), British author, co-founder of Pioneer TV ProductionsJPL · 3795
3796 Lene1986 XJLene Augustesen, daughter of Danish astronomer Karl Augustesen, college of discoverer Poul Jensen at Brorfelde ObservatoryMPC · 3796
3797 Ching-Sung Yu1987 YLChing-Sung Yu, Chinese astronomerMPC · 3797
3798 de Jager2402 T-3Cornelis de Jager (1921–), Dutch astronomerMPC · 3798
3799 Novgorod1979 SL9Novgorod, RussiaMPC · 3799
3800 Karayusuf1984 ABAlford S. Karayusuf, supporter of near-Earth asteroid research projects at JPLMPC · 3800

3801–3900

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
3801 Thrasymedes1985 VSThrasymedes, mythical person related to Trojan WarMPC · 3801
3802 Dornburg1986 PJ4Dornburg, a German town near the discovering Tautenburg ObservatoryMPC · 3802
3803 Tuchkova1981 TP1Margarita Mikhailovna Tuchkova (1781–1852), Russian, founder of Spaso-Borodinsky monasteryMPC · 3803
3804 Drunina1969 TB2Yulia Drunina (1924–1991), Soviet poetMPC · 3804
3805 Goldreich1981 DK3Peter Goldreich (born 1939), an American astrophysicistMPC · 3805
3806 Tremaine1981 EW32Scott D. Tremaine (born 1950), Canadian astrophysicistMPC · 3806
3807 Pagels1981 SE1Heinz Pagels (1939–1988), an American physicistMPC · 3807
3808 Tempel1982 FQ2Wilhelm Tempel (1821–1889), German astronomerMPC · 3808
3809 Amici1984 FAGiovanni Battista Amici (1786–1863), Italian astronomerMPC · 3809
3810 Aoraki1985 DXAoraki / Mount Cook is the highest mountain in New ZealandMPC · 3810
3811 Karma1953 THKarma, Hindu philosophyMPC · 3811
3812 Lidaksum1965 AK1Li Dak-sum, (1920–) Chinese entrepreneur and philanthropistMPC · 3812
3813 Fortov1970 QA1Vladimir Fortov (born 1946), a Russian physicist and expert in thermal physics, shock waves, and plasma physicsMPC · 3813
3814 Hoshi-no-mura1981 JAJob training school for disabled persons. "Hoshi no mura" is meaning "Star village" in JapaneseMPC · 3814
3815 König1959 GGArthur König (1895–1969), German astronomer and discoverer of this minor planet. It was named by the other two discoverers, Gerhard Jackisch and Wolfgang WenzelMPC · 3815
3816 Chugainov1975 VG9Pavel Fedorovich Chugainov (1933–1992), long-time astronomer at the Crimean Astrophysical ObservatoryMPC · 3816
3817 Lencarter1979 MK1Leonard J. Carter, of the British Interplanetary SocietyMPC · 3817
3818 Gorlitsa1979 QL8Mariya Avksent'evna Rudenko, a village schoolmistress in the Mohyliv-Podilskyi Raion of UkraineMPC · 3818
3819 Robinson1983 ARLeif J. Robinson, editor of the monthly American magazine Sky & TelescopeMPC · 3819
3820 Sauval1984 DVHenri Sauval (1623–1676), French historianMPC · 3820
3821 Sonet1985 RC3Jean Sonet (1908–1987), a Belgian JesuitMPC · 3821
3822 Segovia1988 DP1Andrés Segovia (1893–1987), guitaristMPC · 3822
3823 Yorii1988 EC1Yorii, a Japanese town in the Saitama PrefectureMPC · 3823
3824 Brendalee1929 TKBrenda Willoughby Anderson, granddaughter of the American discoverer Clyde TombaughMPC · 3824
3825 Nürnberg1967 URNuremberg, a city in GermanyMPC · 3825
3826 Handel1973 UV5George Frideric Handel (1685–1759), German baroque composerMPC · 3826
3827 Zdeněkhorský1986 VUZdeněk Horský (1929–1988), Czech historian-astronomerMPC · 3827
3828 Hoshino1986 WCJiro Hoshino, Japanese amateur astronomerMPC · 3828
3829 Gunma1988 EMGunma, a prefecture of JapanMPC · 3829
3830 Trelleborg1986 RLTrelleborg, southernmost Swedish city and nearby located Brorfelde ObservatoryMPC · 3830
3831 Pettengill1986 TP2Gordon Pettengill (1926–2021), an American radio astronomer and planetary physicist at MITMPC · 3831
3832 Shapiro1981 QJIrwin I. Shapiro (born 1926), an American astrophysicist and professor at Harvard UniversityMPC · 3832
3833 Calingasta1971 SCCalingasta, department in San Juan, Argentina, where the discovering Leoncito Astronomical Complex is locatedMPC · 3833
3834 Zappafrank1980 JEFrank Zappa (1940–1993), American musicianMPC · 3834
3835 Korolenko1977 SD3Vladimir Korolenko (1853–1921), Russian writerMPC · 3835
3836 Lem1979 SR9Stanisław Lem (1921–2006), Polish writerMPC · 3836
3837 Carr1981 JU2Michael Harold Carr, planetary geologist with the USGSMPC · 3837
3838 Epona1986 WAEpona, Gallo-Roman goddess of horses, ponies, donkeys and mulesMPC · 3838
3839 Bogaevskij1971 OUKonstantin Bogaevsky (1872–1943), Russian painterMPC · 3839
3840 Mimistrobell1980 TN4Mary E. Strobell, geologist with the USGSMPC · 3840
3841 Dicicco1983 VG7Dennis DiCicco, editor of Sky & TelescopeMPC · 3841
3842 Harlansmith1985 FC1Harlan Smith (1924–1991), American astronomerMPC · 3842
3843 OISCA1987 DMThe Organization for Industrial, Spiritual and Cultural Advancement (OISCA),MPC · 3843
3844 Lujiaxi1966 BZLu Jiaxi (1915–2001), Chinese physical chemistMPC · 3844
3845 Neyachenko1979 SA10Ilya Isaakovich Neyachenko, Russian journalist and amateur astronomerMPC · 3845
3846 Hazel1980 TK5Hazel Arthur Spellmann (1896–1968), mother of the discoverer Carolyn ShoemakerMPC · 3846
3847 Šindel1982 DY1Jan Šindel (c. 1375 – c. 1456), medieval Czech astronomer, mathematician, physician, and professorMPC · 3847
3848 Analucia1982 FH3Ana Lucia Martins, friend of Belgian discoverer Henri DebehogneMPC · 3848
3849 Incidentia1984 FCRoger W. Martin, graduate of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at UC and expert in asteroid scienceMPC · 3849
3850 Peltier1986 TK2Leslie Peltier (1900–1980), American amateur astronomerMPC · 3850
3851 Alhambra1986 UZAlhambra palace in SpainMPC · 3851
3852 Glennford1987 DR6Glenn Ford (1916–2006), a Canadian actor during Hollywood's Golden AgeMPC · 3852
3853 Haas1981 WG1Walter H. Haas (1917–2015), an American amateur astronomer and founder of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO)MPC · 3853
3854 George1983 EAGeorge Estel Shoemaker (1904–1960), father-in-law of American discoverer Carolyn ShoemakerMPC · 3854
3855 Pasasymphonia1986 NF1The Pasadena Symphony and Pops, an American orchestra based in Pasadena, CaliforniaMPC · 3855
3856 Lutskij1976 QXValery Konstantinovich Lutsky, Russian astronomer and scientific commentator on astronomyMPC · 3856
3857 Cellino1984 CD1Alberto Cellino, Italian astronomer at the Observatory of Turin (Pino Torinese)MPC · 3857
3858 Dorchester1986 TGDorchester, a county town of Dorset in South West EnglandMPC · 3858
3859 Börngen1987 EWFreimut Börngen (1930–2021), German astronomerMPC · 3859
3860 Plovdiv1986 PM4Plovdiv, BulgariaMPC · 3860
3861 LorenzA910 FAKonrad Lorenz (1903–1989), Austrian ethologist and 1973 Nobel Prize laureateMPC · 3861
3862 Agekian1972 KMTateos Agekian, Russian astrophysicistMPC · 3862
3863 Gilyarovskij1978 SJ3Vladimir Gilyarovsky (1853–1935), a Russian writer and newspaper journalistMPC · 3863
3864 Søren1986 XFSoren Augustesen, son of Danish discoverer Poul JensenMPC · 3864
3865 Lindbloom1988 AY4George G. Lindbloom (1934–1989), artist, designer, writer, cartoonist, teacher, photographer and humoristMPC · 3865
3866 Langley1988 BH4Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834–1906), an American astronomer, physicist, inventor of the bolometer and pioneer of aviationMPC · 3866
3867 Shiretoko1988 HGShiretoko Peninsula, JapanMPC · 3867
3868 Mendoza4575 P-LEugenio E. Mendoza V. (born 1928) astronomer and an expert on photometry and spectroscopyMPC · 3868
3869 Norton1981 JEArthur Philip Norton (1876–1955), British amateur astronomer (Norton's Star Atlas)MPC · 3869
3870 Mayré1988 CG3Mayré Elst, daughter of Belgian discoverer Eric Walter ElstMPC · 3870
3871 Reiz1982 DR2Anders Reiz (1915–2000), a Danish astronomer MPC · 3871
3872 Akirafujii1983 AVAkira Fujii (born 1941), Japanese astronomerMPC · 3872
3873 Roddy1984 WBDavid J. Roddy (1932–2002), American astrogeologist, researcher of terrestrial impact cratersMPC · 3873
3874 Stuart1986 TJ1Stuart E. Jones, astronomer and photographic specialist at the Lowell ObservatoryMPC · 3874
3875 Staehle1988 KERobert L. Staehle, astronautical engineer at JPLMPC · 3875
3876 Quaide1988 KJWilliam L. Quaide, expert in Solar System exploration at NASAMPC · 3876
3877 Braes3108 P-LLucien Lucas Eduard Braes (born 1936), Belgian astronomer at Leiden ObservatoryMPC · 3877
3878 Jyoumon1982 VR4Jōmon period, prehistoric JapanMPC · 3878
3879 Machar1983 QAJosef Svatopluk Machar (1864–1942), Czech writer and poetMPC · 3879
3880 Kaiserman1984 WKMichael Kaiserman, American aeronautical engineerMPC · 3880
3881 Doumergua1925 VFGaston Doumergue (1863–1937), thirteenth president of France during 1924–1931, and his wifeMPC · 3881
3882 Johncox1962 RNJohn P. Cox (1926–1984), American astronomer, researcher into variable starsMPC · 3882
3883 Verbano1972 RQLake Maggiore or Lago Verbàno, located in Italy and Switzerland on the south side of the AlpsMPC · 3883
3884 Alferov1977 EM1Zhores Alferov (born 1930), Russian physicistMPC · 3884
3885 Bogorodskij1979 HG5Aleksandr Fyodorovich Bogorodskij (1907–1984), Soviet astrophysicistMPC · 3885
3886 Shcherbakovia1981 RU3Sergej Vasil'evich Shcherbakov (1856–1931), founder of the Nizhegorodskij circle of amateur physicists and astronomersMPC · 3886
3887 Gerstner1985 QXFrantišek Josef Gerstner (1756–1832) and his son František Antonín Gerstner (1795–1840), Czech physicist and railway engineersMPC · 3887
3888 Hoyt1984 FOWilliam Graves Hoyt (1921–1985), American journalist and historianMPC · 3888
3889 Menshikov1972 RT3Alexander Danilovich Menshikov (1673–1729), Russian statesman and military leaderMPC · 3889
3890 Bunin1976 YU5Ivan Bunin (1870–1953) first Russian writer to win the Nobel Prize for LiteratureMPC · 3890
3891 Werner1981 EY31Robert A. Werner, aerospace engineer at the University of Texas at AustinMPC · 3891
3892 Dezsö1941 HDLóránt Dezső, Hungarian astronomer, founder and director of the Observatory for Solar Physics in Debrecen, HungaryMPC · 3892
3893 DeLaeter1980 FG12John DeLaeter, retired professor at Curtin University, Western AustraliaMPC · 3893
3894 Williamcooke1980 PQ2William Ernest Cooke (1863–1947), an Australian astronomerMPC · 3894
3895 Earhart1987 DEAmelia Earhart (1897–1937; disappeared), an American aviation pioneerMPC · 3895
3896 Pordenone1987 WBIl Pordenone, one of the Italian 16th century masters of paintingMPC · 3896
3897 Louhi1942 RTLouhi, the wicked queen of the land known as Pohjola in FinnishMPC · 3897
3898 Curlewis1981 SF9Harold Curlewis (1875–1968), Australian government astronomer and director of the Perth ObservatoryJPL · 3898
3899 Wichterle1982 SN1Otto Wichterle (1913–1998), Czech chemist and inventor of the contact lensMPC · 3899
3900 Knežević1985 RKZoran Knežević (born 1949), an astronomer at the Astronomical Observatory of BelgradeMPC · 3900

3901–4000

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3901 Nanjingdaxue1958 GQNanjing UniversityJPL · 3901
3902 Yoritomo1986 ALMinamoto no Yoritomo (1147–1199), founder of the Kamakura shogunate, JapanMPC · 3902
3903 Kliment Ohridski1987 SV2Kliment Ohridski (840–916), one of the first Bulgarian philosophersMPC · 3903
3904 Honda1988 DQMinoru Honda (1913–1990), Japanese astronomerMPC · 3904
3905 Doppler1984 QOChristian Doppler (1803–1853), Austrian mathematician and physicistJPL · 3905
3906 Chao1987 KE1Edward C. T. Chao (1919–2008), American geologistMPC · 3906
3907 KilmartinA904 PCPamela M. Kilmartin, New Zealand astronomer and discoverer of minor planetsMPC · 3907
3908 Nyx1980 PANyx, Greek goddessJPL · 3908
3909 Gladys1988 JD1Gladys Marie Zeigler (1921–1988), mother of discoverer Kenneth W. ZeiglerMPC · 3909
3910 Liszt1988 SFFranz Liszt (1811–1886), Hungarian pianist and composerMPC · 3910
3911 Otomo1940 QBSatoru Otomo (born 1957), Japanese amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planetsMPC · 3911
3912 Troja1988 SGTroy, ancient legendary cityMPC · 3912
3913 Chemin1986 XO2Henriette and Robert Chemin, librarian, engineer at Paris Observatory, and discoverer of minor planetsMPC · 3913
3914 Kotogahama1987 SEKotogahama, beach in Geisei near Geisei Observatory, JapanMPC · 3914
3915 Fukushima1988 PA1Hisao Fukushima (1911–), amateur astronomer and professor at Hokkaido University, JapanMPC · 3915
3916 Maeva1981 QA3Maeva d'Alloy d'Hocquincourt Vitry (1985–1982), niece of ESO astronomer Patrice Bouchet VitryMPC · 3916
3917 Franz Schubert1961 CXFranz Schubert (1797–1828), composerMPC · 3917
3918 Brel1988 PE1Jacques Brel (1929–1978), Belgian songwriter and performerMPC · 3918
3919 Maryanning1984 DSMary Anning (1799–1847), English fossil hunterMPC · 3919
3920 Aubignan1948 WFAubignan, village in southeastern FranceMPC · 3920
3921 Klementʹev1971 OHZahar Ivanovich Klementyev (1903–1994), Russian mathematicianMPC · 3921
3922 Heather1971 SP3Heather Couper (1949–2020), British astronomer, writer and broadcasterMPC · 3922
3923 Radzievskij1976 SN3Vladimir Vyacheslavovich Radzievskii, Russian astronomerMPC · 3923
3924 Birch1977 CUPeter V. Birch, astronomer at Perth ObservatoryMPC · 3924
3925 Tretʹyakov1977 SS2Pavel Tretyakov (1832–1898) and his brother Sergei Mikhailovich Tretyakov (1834–1892), Russian art collectorsMPC · 3925
3926 Ramirez1978 VQ3Abel R. Ramirez, manager and host of the Athenaeum at CaltechMPC · 3926
3927 Feliciaplatt1981 JA2Felicia Platt, mother of John Platt, a computer scientist and discoverer of minor planetsMPC · 3927
3928 Randa1981 PGRanda small village near Zermatt in the Swiss AlpsMPC · 3928
3929 Carmelmaria1981 WG9Carmel Maria Borg, secretary at the Perth Observatory and administrative assistantMPC · 3929
3930 Vasilev1982 UV10Konstantin Vasilyev (1942–1976), Russian painterMPC · 3930
3931 Batten1984 ENAlan H. Batten, Canadian astronomer at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Victoria, British ColumbiaMPC · 3931
3932 Edshay1984 SC5Edwin L. Shay (1938–1998), educator in Worthington, Ohio, and Syracuse, New YorkMPC · 3932
3933 Portugal1986 EN4PortugalMPC · 3933
3934 Tove1987 DF1Tove Augustesen, wife of Danish discoverer Karl AugustesenMPC · 3934
3935 Toatenmongakkai1987 PBThe Oriental Astronomical Association (Toatenmongakkai) was founded by Issei Yamamoto in 1920MPC · 3935
3936 Elst2321 T-3Eric Walter Elst (born 1936), Belgian astronomer and discoverer of minor planetsMPC · 3936
3937 Bretagnon1932 EOPierre Bretagnon, astronomer at the Bureau des Longitudes in FranceMPC · 3937
3938 Chapront1949 PLJean Chapront and Michelle Chapront-Touzé, astronomers at the Bureau des Longitudes in FranceMPC · 3938
3939 Huruhata1953 GOMasaaki Huruhata (1912–1988), astronomer at Tokyo Astronomical Observatory, JapanMPC · 3939
3940 Larion1973 FE1Larisa Ivanovna Golubkina, Russian actressMPC · 3940
3941 Haydn1973 UU5Joseph Haydn (1732–1809), Austrian composerMPC · 3941
3942 Churivannia1977 RH7Ivan Ivanovich Churyumov (1907–1942) Soviet soldier, and Ivan Ivanovich Churyumov (1929–1988), Soviet philosopher and poetMPC · 3942
3943 Silbermann1981 RG1Gottfried Silbermann (1683–1753), a German builder of keyboard instrumentsMPC · 3943
3944 Halliday1981 WP1Ian Halliday, Canadian astronomerMPC · 3944
3945 Gerasimenko1982 PLSvetlana Gerasimenko (born 1945) Soviet comets researcherMPC · 3945
3946 Shor1983 EL2Viktor Abramovich Shor, Soviet minor planet researcherMPC · 3946
3947 Swedenborg1983 XDEmanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772), Swedish scientist, philosopher, poet and theologianMPC · 3947
3948 Bohr1985 RFNiels Henrik David Bohr (1885–1962), Danish physicistMPC · 3948
3949 Mach1985 ULErnst Mach (1838–1916), Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopherMPC · 3949
3950 Yoshida1986 CHTougo Yoshida (1864–1918), Japanese toponymistMPC · 3950
3951 Zichichi1986 CK1Antonino Zichichi (born 1929), Italian astrophysicist and protagonist of CERNMPC · 3951
3952 Russellmark1986 EM2Russell Mark Group has assisted Minor Planet Center with editing asteroid citationsMPC · 3952
3953 Perth1986 VB6Perth Observatory in AustraliaMPC · 3953
3954 Mendelssohn1987 HUFelix Mendelssohn (1809–1847), German composerMPC · 3954
3955 Bruckner1988 RF3Anton Bruckner (1824–1896), Austrian composerMPC · 3955
3956 Caspar1988 VL1Caspar Karstensen, grandson of the discoverer Poul JensenMPC · 3956
3957 Sugie1933 ODAtsushi Sugie, Japanese astronomerMPC · 3957
3958 Komendantov1953 TCNikolaj Vasil'evich Komendantov (1895–1937), Russian astronomerMPC · 3958
3959 Irwin1954 UN2John B. Irwin, professor of astronomy at Indiana University and protagonist of the Kitt Peak National Observatory site selectionMPC · 3959
3960 Chaliubieju1955 BGCha Liubieju, a friend of the discovererMPC · 3960
3961 Arthurcox1962 OBArthur N. Cox, early member of the Indiana Asteroid ProgramMPC · 3961
3962 Valyaev1967 CCValerij Ivanovich Valyaev (born 1944), Soviet astronomer at the Institute for Theoretical Astronomy (ITA)MPC · 3962
3963 Paradzhanov1969 TP2Sergei Paradzhanov (1924–1990), Soviet film producerMPC · 3963
3964 Danilevskij1974 RG1Grigory Danilevsky (1829–1890), Russian and Ukrainian writerMPC · 3964
3965 Konopleva1975 VA9Valentina Petrovna Konopleva, astronomer at Main Ukrainian Astronomical Observatory (part of NAN Ukraine)MPC · 3965
3966 Cherednichenko1976 SD3Vladimir Ivanovich Cherednichenko, cometary researcher at Kiev Polytechnic InstituteMPC · 3966
3967 Shekhtelia1976 YW2Fyodor Osipovich Shekhtel' (1859–1926), Russian architectMPC · 3967
3968 Koptelov1978 TU5Afanasij Lazarevich Koptelov, Soviet writerMPC · 3968
3969 Rossi1978 TQ8Carlo Rossi (1775–1849), Italian-Russian architectMPC · 3969
3970 Herran1979 ME9Jose Antonio Ruiz de la Herran Villagomez (born 1925), technical advisor of the Museum Universum in Mexico CityMPC · 3970
3971 Voronikhin1979 YM8Andrej Nikiforovich Voronikhin (1759–1814), Russian architectMPC · 3971
3972 Richard1981 JD3Richard Arthur Spellmann, brother of discoverer Carolyn Shoemaker, chemist and mayor of El Cerrito, CaliforniaMPC · 3972
3973 Ogilvie1981 UC1Robert E. Ogilvie (1923–), professor of metallurgy at MIT and a researcher at the Boston Museum of Fine ArtsMPC · 3973
3974 Verveer1982 FSArie J. B. Verveer, Dutch-born astronomer, Director of Perth Observatory in Western AustraliaMPC · 3974
3975 Verdi1982 UR3Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composerMPC · 3975
3976 Lise1983 JMLise Melinda Breakey Thomas, daughter-in-law of discoverer Norman G. ThomasMPC · 3976
3977 Maxine1983 LMMaxine Shoemaker Heath, American entomologist, sister of Eugene ShoemakerMPC · 3977
3978 Klepešta1983 VP1Josef Klepešta (1895–1976), Czech astronomerMPC · 3978
3979 Brorsen1983 VV1Theodor Brorsen (1819–1895), Danish astronomerMPC · 3979
3980 Hviezdoslav1983 XUPavol Országh Hviezdoslav (1849–1921), Slovak poetMPC · 3980
3981 Stodola1984 BLAurel Stodola (1859–1942), Slovak engineer, physicist, and inventorMPC · 3981
3982 Kastelʹ1984 JP1Galina Richardovna Kastel, Soviet comets researcher and discoverer of minor planetsMPC · 3982
3983 Sakiko1984 SXSakiko Nakano, sister of Japanese astronomer Syuichi NakanoMPC · 3983
3984 Chacos1984 SB6Albert Anthony Chacos (born 1953), an American space engineer, helped further the exploration of the planets as a key engineer for NASA's New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission. He also played important roles in other space missions, including the Messenger mission to MercuryJPL · 3984
3985 Raybatson1985 CXRaymond M. Batson, American planetary geologist and cartographer with the United States Geological SurveyMPC · 3985
3986 Rozhkovskij1985 SF2Dmitrij Aleksandrovich Rozhkovskij (1915–1991), Soviet astronomerMPC · 3986
3987 Wujek1986 EL1Joseph H. Wujek, American scientistMPC · 3987
3988 Huma1986 LAThe Huma bird in Iranian mythology and Sufi poetry is a bird of fortune since its touch, or even sight of its shadow, is said to be auspicious.JPL · 3988
3989 Odin1986 RMOdin, Norse godMPC · 3989
3990 Heimdal1987 SO3Heimdall, Norse godMPC · 3990
3991 Basilevsky1987 SW3Alexandr T. Basilevsky, Soviet planetary geologistMPC · 3991
3992 Wagner1987 SA7Richard Wagner (1813–1883), German composerMPC · 3992
3993 Šorm1988 VV5František Šorm (1913–1980), a Czech chemist, president of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences during the International Geophysical Year, and founder of the Institute for Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry in PragueMPC · 3993
3994 Ayashi1988 XFAyashi, a district of the city of Sendai, JapanMPC · 3994
3995 Sakaino1988 XMTeruo Sakaino (born 1917), glass and ceramics chemistMPC · 3995
3996 Fugaku1988 XG1One of ancient names for Mount Fuji in JapanMPC · 3996
3997 Taga1988 XP1Taga, Shiga, JapanMPC · 3997
3998 Tezuka1989 ABOsamu Tezuka (1928–1989), Japanese manga artistMPC · 3998
3999 Aristarchus1989 ALAristarchus of Samos, Ancient Greek astronomer and mathematicianMPC · 3999
4000 Hipparchus1989 AVHipparchus, Ancient Greek scientistMPC · 4000

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