Meanings of minor planet names: 2001–3000

This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. See meanings of minor planet names for a list of all such partial lists.

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center, 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.

Besides the Minor Planet Circulars (in which the citations are published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.^[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative. Meanings marked with an asterisk (*) are guesswork, and should be checked against the mentioned sources to ensure that the identification is correct.

2001–2100

Number–Name	Prov. Designation	Source of Name
2001 Einstein	1973 EB	Albert Einstein, German-born, Swiss–American physicist and Nobelist
2002 Euler	1973 QQ1	Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician and physicist
2003 Harding	6559 P-L	Karl Ludwig Harding, German astronomer
2004 Lexell	1973 SV2	Anders Johan Lexell, Swedish-Russian astronomer and mathematician
2005 Hencke	1973 RA	Karl Ludwig Hencke, German astronomer †[4]
2006 Polonskaya	1973 SB3	Elena Ivanovna Kazimirchak-Polonskaya, Russian astronomer
2007 McCuskey	1963 SQ	Sidney W. McCuskey, American observatory director [S&T, Dec 1982, p. 542]
2008 Konstitutsiya	1973 SV4	Constitution of the Soviet Union
2009 Voloshina	1968 UL	Vera Danilovna Voloshina, Russian partisan
2010 Chebyshev	1969 TL4	Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician
2011 Veteraniya	1970 QB1	Russian for "Veterans" (of World War II) †[5]
2012 Guo Shou-Jing	1964 TE2	Guo Shoujing, Chinese astronomer and mathematician
2013 Tucapel	1971 UH4	Araucanian chief
2014 Vasilevskis	1973 JA	Stanislaus Vasilevskis, Latvian-born American astronomer
2015 Kachuevskaya	1972 RA3	Natasha Kachuevskaya, Russian soldier
2016 Heinemann	1938 SE	Karl Heinemann, German astronomer
2017 Wesson	A903 SC	Mary Joan Wesson Bardwell, wife of American astronomer Conrad M. Bardwell
2018 Schuster	1931 UC	Hans-Emil Schuster, German astronomer
2019 van Albada	1935 SX1	Gale Bruno van Albada, Dutch astronomer †[6] ‡[7]
2020 Ukko	1936 FR	Ukko, Finnish supreme god
2021 Poincaré	1936 MA	Henri Poincaré, French mathematician
2022 West	1938 CK	Richard Martin West, Danish astronomer
2023 Asaph	1952 SA	Asaph Hall, American astronomer [8]
2024 McLaughlin	1952 UR	Dean Benjamin McLaughlin, American spectroscopist and geologist [S&T, Dec 1982, p. 542]
2025 Nortia	1953 LG	Etruscan goddess of fortune
2026 Cottrell	1955 FF	Frederick Gardner Cottrell, businessman
2027 Shen Guo	1964 VR1	Shen Guo, astronomer
2028 Janequeo	1968 OB1	Wife of Araucanian chief Guepotan
2029 Binomi	1969 RB	Fictional mathematician, jokingly referred to as the inventor of mathematical formula, such as the Binomial theorem[9]
2030 Belyaev	1969 TA2	Colonel Pavel Ivanovich Belyaev, Soviet cosmonaut †[10]
2031 BAM	1969 TG2	builders of BAM †[11]
2032 Ethel	1970 OH	Ethel Lilian Voynich, British author †[12]
2033 Basilea	1973 CA	Basel, Switzerland
2034 Bernoulli	1973 EE	Several mathematicians of the Bernoulli family
2035 Stearns	1973 SC	Carl Leo Stearns, American astronomer
2036 Sheragul	1973 SY2	Sheragul, Siberian village †[13]
2037 Tripaxeptalis	1973 UB	3 times 679 Pax and 7 times 291 Alice
2038 Bistro	1973 WF	Bistro, a type of restaurant
2039 Payne-Gaposchkin	1974 CA	Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, British-born American astronomer
2040 Chalonge	1974 HA	Daniel Chalonge, French astronomer
2041 Lancelot	2523 P-L	Lancelot, Arthurian knight
2042 Sitarski	4633 P-L	Grzegorz Sitarski, Polish astronomer
2043 Ortutay	1936 TH	Gyula Ortutay, Hungarian cultural leader †[14] ‡[15]
2044 Wirt	1950 VE	Carl A. Wirtanen, American astronomer †[16]
2045 Peking	1964 TB1	Beijing, China
2046 Leningrad	1968 UD1	Leningrad, USSR †[17]
2047 Smetana	1971 UA1	Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer
2048 Dwornik	1973 QA	Stephen E. Dwornik or E. J. Dwornik, planetary geologists
2049 Grietje	1973 SH	G. A. M. Haring-Gehrels, sister-in-law of Dutch-born American astronomer Tom Gehrels †[6]
2050 Francis	1974 KA	Fred and Kay Francis, parents of discoverer
2051 Chang	1976 UC	Zhang Yuzhe
2052 Tamriko	1976 UN	Tamara West, wife of discoverer
2053 Nuki	1976 UO	Nodari West, son of discoverer
2054 Gawain	4097 P-L	Gawain, Arthurian knight
2055 Dvořák	1974 DB	Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer
2056 Nancy	A909 TB	Nancy Lou Zissell Marsden, wife of Brian G. Marsden
2057 Rosemary	1934 RQ	Rosemary Birky Hoffmann Scholl, first wife of Hans Scholl
2058 Róka	1938 BH	Gedeon Róka, Hungarian science writer †[18] ‡[15]
2059 Baboquivari	1963 UA	Babioquivari, mountain sacred to the Tohono O'odham of northern Mexico and southern Arizona
2060 Chiron	1977 UB	Chiron, Greek centaur
2061 Anza	1960 UA	Captain Juan Bautista de Anza, Spanish explorer
2062 Aten	1976 AA	Aten, Egyptian god
2063 Bacchus	1977 HB	Bacchus, Roman god
2064 Thomsen	1942 RQ	Ivan Leslie Thomsen, New Zealand astronomer
2065 Spicer	1959 RN	Edward H. Spicer, anthropologist
2066 Palala	1934 LB	Palala River, tributary of the Limpopo River, South Africa †[19]
2067 Aksnes	1936 DD	Kaare Aksnes, astronomer
2068 Dangreen	1948 AD	Daniel W. E. Green, American observatory worker
2069 Hubble	1955 FT	Edwin Hubble, American astronomer
2070 Humason	1964 TQ	Milton L. Humason, American astronomer
2071 Nadezhda	1971 QS	Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya, educator, wife of Vladimir Lenin †[20]
2072 Kosmodemyanskaya	1973 QE2	Lubov' Timofeevna Kosmodemyanskaya, mother of Soviet heroes Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya and Alexander Kosmodemyansky †[21]
2073 Janáček	1974 DK	Leoš Janáček, Czech composer
2074 Shoemaker	1974 UA	Eugene Shoemaker, American astronomer
2075 Martinez	1974 VA	Hugo Arturo Martinez, Argentinian astronomer
2076 Levin	1974 WA	Boris Yulevich Levin, Russian astronomer and geophysicist
2077 Kiangsu	1974 YA	Jiangsu, China
2078 Nanking	1975 AD	Nanjing, China
2079 Jacchia	1976 DB	Luigi Giuseppe Jacchia, Italian-born American astronomer
2080 Jihlava	1976 DG	Jihlava, Czech Republic
2081 Sázava	1976 DH	Sázava River, tributary of Vltava River, Czech Republic
2082 Galahad	7588 P-L	Galahad, Arthurian knight
2083 Smither	1973 WB	John C. Smith, astronomer
2084 Okayama	1935 CK	Okayama, Okayama, Japan
2085 Henan	1965 YA	Henan, China
2086 Newell	1966 BC	Homer Edward Newell, American physicist and space scientist
2087 Kochera	1975 YC	Peter Kocher, Swiss amateur astronomer, technical director of a public observatory in Ependes, Switzerland and owner of his own telescope in Tentlingen, Switzerland?*
2088 Sahlia	1976 DJ	Hermann Sahli, physician
2089 Cetacea	1977 VF	Cetacea
2090 Mizuho	1978 EA	Daughter of discoverer
2091 Sampo	1941 HO	Sampo, magical artefact
2092 Sumiana	1969 UP	Sumy, Ukraine
2093 Genichesk	1971 HX	Genichesk, Ukraine
2094 Magnitka	1971 TC2	Magnitogorsk, Russia
2095 Parsifal	6036 P-L	Parsifal, Arthurian knight
2096 Väinö	1939 UC	Väinämöinen, from Finnish mythology
2097 Galle	1953 PV	Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer
2098 Zyskin	1972 QE	Yur'evich Zyskin, Professor at the Crimean medical institute.[22]
2099 Öpik	1977 VB	Ernst Öpik, Estonian astronomer
2100 Ra-Shalom	1978 RA	Egyptian god Ra + Hebrew Shalom (in honour of the Camp David Peace Accords of 1978)

2101–2200

Number–Name	Prov. Designation	Source of Name
2101 Adonis	1936 CA	Adonis, Greek mythological youth
2102 Tantalus	1975 YA	Tantalus, Greek mythological figure
2103 Laverna	1960 FL	Protecting divinity of thieves and imposters
2104 Toronto	1963 PD	University of Toronto, during whose sesquicentennial celebration it was discovered †[23]
2105 Gudy	1976 DA	Gudrun Werner, friend of discoverer
2106 Hugo	1936 UF	Victor Hugo, French writer
2107 Ilmari	1941 VA	Ilmarinen, Finnish mythology
2108 Otto Schmidt	1948 TR1	Otto Yulevich Schmidt, Soviet mathematician, geophysicist, astronomer polar researcher, and author †[24]
2109 Dhotel	1950 TH2	André Dhotel, French writer
2110 Moore-Sitterly	1962 RD	Charlotte Moore Sitterly, American astronomer
2111 Tselina	1969 LG	virgin soil development in the USSR. †[25]
2112 Ulyanov	1972 NP	Aleksandr Ulyanov, brother of Vladimir Lenin †[26]
2113 Ehrdni	1972 RJ2	Ehrdni Teldzhievich Delikov, Soviet Great Patriotic War hero †[27]
2114 Wallenquist	1976 HA	Åke A. E. Wallenquist, Swedish astronomer †[28]
2115 Irakli	1976 UD	Irakli West, son of discoverer
2116 Mtskheta	1976 UM	Mtskheta, Georgia
2117 Danmark	1978 AC	Denmark
2118 Flagstaff	1978 PB	Flagstaff, Arizona, home of the Lowell Observatory
2119 Schwall	1930 QG	August Schwall, observatory staff member
2120 Tyumenia	1967 RM	Tyumen Oblast, Russian SFSR (now Russia) †[29]
2121 Sevastopol	1971 ME	Sevastopol, Crimean peninsula †[30]
2122 Pyatiletka	1971 XB	Five-Year Plans of the USSR †[30]
2123 Vltava	1973 SL2	Vltava River †[31]
2124 Nissen	1974 MK	Juan Jose Nissen, Argentinian astronomer, or Poul Erik Nissen, Danish astronomer*
2125 Karl-Ontjes	2005 P-L	Karl-Ontjes Groeneveld, German physicist †[32] ‡[33]
2126 Gerasimovich	1970 QZ	Boris Petrovich Gerasimovich, Russian astrophysicist †[34] ‡[35]
2127 Tanya	1971 KB1	Tanya Savicheva, a 12-year-old schoolgirl who perished in Siege of Leningrad †[36]
2128 Wetherill	1973 SB	George W. Wetherill, American geochemist and planetary geologist
2129 Cosicosi	1973 SJ	Italian characterization of indifference
2130 Evdokiya	1974 QH1	Evdokiya Efimovna Shchelokova, mother of discoverer †[37]
2131 Mayall	1975 RA	Nicholas U. Mayall, American astronomer
2132 Zhukov	1975 TW3	Georgij Konstantinovich Zhukov, Soviet military commander †[38]
2133 Franceswright	1976 WB	Frances Wright, social reformer
2134 Dennispalm	1976 YB	Dennis Palm, observatory worker
2135 Aristaeus	1977 HA	Aristaeus, Greek god
2136 Jugta	1933 OC	Jay U. Gunter, author of "Tonight's Asteroids" (hence, J.U.G. T.A.) [Astronomy, June 1981, pp. 24–26]
2137 Priscilla	1936 QZ	Priscilla Fairfield Bok, American astronomer, wife of Dutch-born American astronomer Bart Bok
2138 Swissair	1968 HB	Swissair, airline company
2139 Makharadze	1970 MC	Makharadze, Georgia (twin city of Genichesk, Ukraine), named in honor of friendship between Georgian and Ukrainian nations †[38]
2140 Kemerovo	1970 PE	Kemerovo Oblast, Russia †[38]
2141 Simferopol	1970 QC1	Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine) †[39]
2142 Landau	1972 GA	Lev Davidovich Landau, Soviet physicist †[39]
2143 Jimarnold	1973 SA	Jim Arnold, chemist
2144 Marietta	1975 BC1	Marietta Sergeevna Shaginyan, Soviet writer †[40]
2145 Blaauw	1976 UF	Adriaan Blaauw, Dutch astronomer †[6]
2146 Stentor	1976 UQ	Stentor, Greek warrior
2147 Kharadze	1976 US	Evgenii Kirillovich Kharadze, Georgian astronomer, Director of Abastumani Observatory †[40]
2148 Epeios	1976 UW	Epeios, Greek soldier and builder of Trojan Horse
2149 Schwambraniya	1977 FX	Fictional land from Lev Kassil's Conduite and Schwambraniya †[40]
2150 Nyctimene	1977 TA	A daughter of Epopeus, King of Lesbos
2151 Hadwiger	1977 VX	Hugo Hadwiger, Swiss mathematician
2152 Hannibal	1978 WK	Hannibal, Carthaginian general
2153 Akiyama	1978 XD	Kaoru Akiyama, Japanese astronomer
2154 Underhill	2015 P-L	Anne B. Underhill, Canadian astrophysicist †[23]
2155 Wodan	6542 P-L	Odin, Norse god
2156 Kate	A917 SH	Wife of L. K. Kristensen
2157 Ashbrook	A924 EF	Joseph Ashbrook, editor of Sky & Telescope
2158 Tietjen	1933 OS	Friedrich Tietjen, German astronomer
2159 Kukkamäki	1941 UX	T. J. Kukkamäki, Finnish geodesist
2160 Spitzer	1956 RL	Lyman Spitzer, American astrophysicist
2161 Grissom	1963 UD	Gus Grissom, US astronaut
2162 Anhui	1966 BE	Anhui, China
2163 Korczak	1971 SP1	Janusz Korczak, Polish writer who died at Treblinka
2164 Lyalya	1972 RM2	Elena Konstantinova Ubiivovk, astronomy student who died in World War II
2165 Young	1956 RJ	Charles Augustus Young, American astronomer
2166 Handahl	1936 QB	Violet Handahl Green, mother of Daniel W. E. Green of the Minor Planet Center
2167 Erin	1971 LA	Daughter of George Punko, astronomer
2168 Swope	1955 RF1	Henrietta Hill Swope, American astronomer
2169 Taiwan	1964 VP1	Taiwan
2170 Byelorussia	1971 SZ	Belarus
2171 Kiev	1973 QD1	Kiev, Ukraine
2172 Plavsk	1973 QA2	Plavsk, Russia
2173 Maresjev	1974 QG1	Alexei Petrovich Maresiev, Russian war veteran
2174 Asmodeus	1975 TA	Asmodai, god/demon
2175 Andrea Doria	1977 TY	Andrea Doria, Genoese admiral
2176 Donar	2529 P-L	Thor, Teutonic god
2177 Oliver	6551 P-L	Bernard M. Oliver, researcher at Hewlett-Packard
2178 Kazakhstania	1972 RA2	Kazakhstan
2179 Platzeck	1965 MA	Ricardo Pablo Platzeck, Argentinian astronomer
2180 Marjaleena	1940 RJ	Marjaleena Johnsson, daughter of discoverer
2181 Fogelin	1942 YA	Eric S. Fogelin, Minor Planet Center staff
2182 Semirot	1953 FH1	Pierre Sémirot, French astronomer
2183 Neufang	1959 OB	Neufang, Thuringia, Germany
2184 Fujian	1964 TV2	Fujian, China
2185 Guangdong	1965 WO	Guangdong, China
2186 Keldysh	1973 SQ4	Mstislav Vsevolodovich Keldysh, Soviet physicist and mathematician †[41]
2187 La Silla	1976 UH	La Silla Observatory
2188 Orlenok	1976 UL4	Orlyonok All-Union Young Pioneer camp †[42]
2189 Zaragoza	1975 QK	Zaragoza, Spain
2190 Coubertin	1976 GV3	Baron Pierre de Coubertin, French educator and founder of the modern Olympic Games †[43]
2191 Uppsala	1977 PA1	Uppsala, Sweden, and its university †[44]
2192 Pyatigoriya	1972 HP	Pyatigorsk, Russia †[43]
2193 Jackson	1926 KB	Cyril V. Jackson, South African astronomer †[19]
2194 Arpola	1940 GE	Discoverer's summer cottage near Turku
2195 Tengström	1941 SP1	Erik Tengström, Swedish geodesist
2196 Ellicott	1965 BC	Andrew Ellicott Douglass, American astronomer
2197 Shanghai	1965 YN	Shanghai, China
2198 Ceplecha	1975 VF	Zdeněk Ceplecha, Czech astronomer
2199 Kleť	1978 LA	Kleť Observatory, standing on Kleť Hill, Czech Republic †[45]
2200 Pasadena	6090 P-L	Pasadena, California, USA

2201–2300

Number–Name	Prov. Designation	Source of Name
2201 Oljato	1947 XC	Moonlight Water, Monument Valley, Utah
2202 Pele	1972 RA	Pele, Polynesian fire goddess
2203 van Rhijn	1935 SQ1	Pieter Johannes van Rhijn, Dutch astronomer †[6]
2204 Lyyli	1943 EQ	Lyyli Heinänen, amateur astronomer
2205 Glinka	1973 SU4	Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Russian composer †[46]
2206 Gabrova	1976 GR3	Gabrovo, Bulgaria †[47]
2207 Antenor	1977 QH1	Antenor, Trojan mythological hero †[48]
2208 Pushkin	1977 QL3	Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian poet †[49]
2209 Tianjin	1978 US1	Tianjin, China
2210 Lois	9597 P-L	Lois J. Baldwin, wife of Ralph Belknap Baldwin, American astronomer
2211 Hanuman	1951 WO2	Hanuman, monkey-god in mythology of India
2212 Hephaistos	1978 SB	Hephaestus, Greek god †[50]
2213 Meeus	1935 SO1	Jean Meeus, Belgian amateur astronomer
2214 Carol	1953 GF	Carol D. Valenti, Minor Planet Center staff member
2215 Sichuan	1964 VX2	Sichuan, China
2216 Kerch	1971 LF	Hero City Kerch, Crimea †[51]
2217 Eltigen	1971 SK2	a place where Soviet troops landed in November 1943 (see Kerch-Eltigen Operation) †[51]
2218 Wotho	1975 AK	Wotho Atoll, Marshall Islands
2219 Mannucci	1975 LU	Edgardo Mannucci, observatory mechanic
2220 Hicks	1975 VB	William B. Hicks, businessman
2221 Chilton	1976 QC	Jean Chilton McCrosky, wife of Richard Eugene McCrosky, American astronomer
2222 Lermontov	1977 ST1	Mikhail Lermontov, Russian poet †[52]
2223 Sarpedon	1977 TL3	Sarpedon, Greek warrior
2224 Tucson	2528 P-L	Tucson, Arizona, USA
2225 Serkowski	6546 P-L	Krzysztof M. Serkowski, Polish-born American astronomer
2226 Cunitza	1936 QC1	Lydia Cunitz, discoverer's sister-in-law
2227 Otto Struve	1955 RX	Otto Struve, Russian-born American astronomer
2228 Soyuz-Apollo	1977 OH	The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project joint Soviet-American mission [S&T, November 1982] ‡[52]
2229 Mezzarco	1977 RO	Italian for half-arch, half-vault
2230 Yunnan	1978 UT1	Yunnan, China
2231 Durrell	1941 SG	Lawrence Durrell, British author
2232 Altaj	1969 RD2	Altai Republic, Russia †[52]
2233 Kuznetsov	1972 XE1	Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov, Soviet partisan †[52]
2234 Schmadel	1977 HD	Lutz D. Schmadel, German astronomer
2235 Vittore	A924 GA	Observatory in Bologna, Italy
2236 Austrasia	1933 FX	Austrasia, kingdom of the Merovingian Franks
2237 Melnikov	1938 TB	Oleg Aleksandrovich Melnikov, Russian astronomer †[34]
2238 Steshenko	1972 RQ1	Nikolai Vladimirovich Steshenko, Russian (Ukrainian?) astronomer
2239 Paracelsus	1978 RC	Paracelsus, physician
2240 Tsai	1978 YA	Tsai Chang-hsien, Chinese astronomer
2241 Alcathous	1979 WM	Alcathous, mythological Greek
2242 Balaton	1936 TG	Lake Balaton, largest lake in Hungary †[53]
2243 Lönnrot	1941 SA1	Elias Lönnrot, Finnish scholar, collector of folk tales and traditions
2244 Tesla	1952 UW1	Nikola Tesla, Serbian-born electrical engineer and inventor
2245 Hekatostos	1968 BC	Greek for 100th (asteroid discovered by a joint program)
2246 Bowell	1979 XH	Edward L. G. Bowell, American astronomer
2247 Hiroshima	6512 P-L	Hiroshima, Japan
2248 Kanda	1933 DE	Shigeru Kanda, Japanese science writer
2249 Yamamoto	1942 GA	Issei Yamamoto, Japanese astronomer
2250 Stalingrad	1972 HN	now Volgograd, Russia
2251 Tikhov	1977 SU1	Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov, Russian astronomer †[34]
2252 CERGA	1978 VT	Centre d'études et de recherches géodynamiques et astrométriques (CÉRGA)
2253 Espinette	1932 PB	house in Williams Bay, Wisconsin
2254 Requiem	1977 QJ1	in memory of discoverer's mother
2255 Qinghai	1977 VK1	Qinghai, China
2256 Wiśniewski	4519 P-L	Wiesław Z. Wiśniewski, Polish astronomer
2257 Kaarina	1939 QB	Kaarina Soini, daughter of discoverer
2258 Viipuri	1939 TA	now Vyborg, Russia
2259 Sofievka	1971 OG	park in Uman, Ukraine
2260 Neoptolemus	1975 WM1	Neoptolemus, mythological Greek warrior
2261 Keeler	1977 HC	James Edward Keeler, American astronomer
2262 Mitidika	1978 RB	Gypsy girl from novel by Clemens Brentano
2263 Shaanxi	1978 UW1	Shaanxi, China
2264 Sabrina	1979 YK	legendary English princess, daughter of King Locrine, drowned in the River Severn
2265 Verbaandert	1950 DB	Jean Verbaandert, Belgian geophysicist
2266 Tchaikovsky	1974 VK	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer
2267 Agassiz	1977 RF	Louis Agassiz, Swiss-born American zoologist and geologist
2268 Szmytowna	1942 VW	Maria Szmytowna, chemist
2269 Efremiana	1976 JA2	Ivan Antonovich Efremov, Soviet paleontologist and author †[54]
2270 Yazhi	1980 ED	Navajo for little one
2271 Kiso	1976 UV5	station of Tokyo Observatory
2272 Montezuma	1972 FA	Moctezuma II, ninth emperor of the Aztec empire
2273 Yarilo	1975 EV1	Iarilo, Slavic sun god †[54]
2274 Ehrsson	1976 EA	A friend of the discoverer †[55]
2275 Cuitlahuac	1979 MH	Cuitláhuac, tenth emperor of the Aztec empire
2276 Warck	1933 QA	Evelyne Warck, granddaughter of discoverer
2277 Moreau	1950 DS	Fernand Moreau, Belgian astronomer
2278 Götz	1953 GE	Paul Götz, observatory staff
2279 Barto	1968 DL	Agniya Lvovna Barto, Soviet poet †[56]
2280 Kunikov	1971 SL2	Tzezar Lvovich Kunikov, Soviet war hero, commander, whose army seized Malaya Zemlya in 1943 †[56]
2281 Biela	1971 UQ1	Wilhelm von Biela, Austrian astronomer
2282 Andrés Bello	1974 FE	Andrés Bello, Venezuelan intellectual
2283 Bunke	1974 SV4	Tamara Bunke, German patriot †[56]
2284 San Juan	1974 TG1	San Juan Province, Argentina, and San Juan University
2285 Ron Helin	1976 QB	Ronald P. Helin, husband of Eleanor F. Helin, American astronomer
2286 Fesenkov	1977 NH	Vasily Fesenkov, Soviet astrophysicist †[57]
2287 Kalmykia	1977 QK3	Kalmyk ASSR, Russian SFSR (now Kalmykia, Russia)
2288 Karolinum	1979 UZ	The Collegium Carolinum, the main building of the Charles University in Prague †[58]
2289 McMillan	6567 P-L	Robert S. McMillan, American astronomer
2290 Helffrich	1932 CD1	Joseph Helffrich, German astronomer
2291 Kevo	1941 FS	Field station on the Kevo river, Lappland
2292 Seili	1942 RM	Seili, island near Turku
2293 Guernica	1977 EH1	Guernica, Spain †[59]
2294 Andronikov	1977 PL1	Iraklii Luarsabovich Andronikov, Soviet writer †[59]
2295 Matusovskij	1977 QD1	Mikhail Lvovich Matusovskii, Soviet poet †[59]
2296 Kugultinov	1975 BA1	David Nikitich Kugultinov, poet of Kalmykia and USSR †[59]
2297 Daghestan	1978 RE	Dagestan ASSR, Russian SFSR (now Daghestan, Russia) †[59]
2298 Cindijon	A915 TA	Cynthia and Jonathan, children of Brian G. Marsden
2299 Hanko	1941 SZ	Hanko, Finland
2300 Stebbins	1953 TG2	Joel Stebbins, American astronomer

2301–2400

Number–Name	Prov. Designation	Source of Name
2301 Whitford	1965 WJ	Albert E. Whitford, American astronomer
2302 Florya	1972 TL2	Nikolai Fedorovich Florya, Russian astronomer †[59]
2303 Retsina	1979 FK	Retsina, Greek wine
2304 Slavia	1979 KB	Slavia, sports club in Prague †[60]
2305 King	1980 RJ1	Martin Luther King, civil rights leader
2306 Bauschinger	1939 PM	Julius Bauschinger, German astronomer
2307 Garuda	1957 HJ	Garuda is a son of Kasyapa and Vinata in the mythology of India
2308 Schilt	1967 JM	Jan Schilt, Dutch astronomer
2309 Mr. Spock	1971 QX1	Discoverer's cat (who was in turn named after the Star Trek character)
2310 Olshaniya	1974 SU4	Hero of the Soviet Union Konstantin Olshanskij and other Soviet fighters who entered Nazi-occupied Nikolaev in March 1944 †[61]
2311 El Leoncito	1974 TA1	Observing station at Félix Aguilar Observatory
2312 Duboshin	1976 GU2	Georgii Nikolaevich Duboshin, Soviet astronomer †[61]
2313 Aruna	1976 TA	Represents the red glow of dawn in mythology of India
2314 Field	1977 VD	George Brooks Field, American astronomer
2315 Czechoslovakia	1980 DZ	Czechoslovakia, which split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993 †[62]
2316 Jo-Ann	1980 RH	Jo-Ann Bowell, wife of discoverer
2317 Galya	2524 P-L	Galya Lubarsky, friend of Tom Gehrels
2318 Lubarsky	6521 P-L	Cronid Lubarsky, friend of Tom Gehrels
2319 Aristides	7631 P-L	Aristides, Athenian politician
2320 Blarney	1979 QJ	Blarney, Ireland
2321 Lužnice	1980 DB1	Lužnice River, Czech Republic †[63]
2322 Kitt Peak	1954 UQ2	Kitt Peak National Observatory, USA
2323 Zverev	1976 SF2	Mitrofan Stepanovich Zverev, Russian astronomer †[34] ‡[64]
2324 Janice	1978 VS4	Janice Cline, astronomy supporter
2325 Chernykh	1979 SP	Lyudmila and Nikolai Chernykh, Russian astronomers †[65] ‡[64]
2326 Tololo	1965 QC	Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, Chile
2327 Gershberg	1969 TQ4	Roald Evgenevich Gershberg, Russian astronomer
2328 Robeson	1972 HW	Paul Robeson, American singer, actor and activist
2329 Orthos	1976 WA	Orthos, the two-headed dog from Greek mythology †[66]
2330 Ontake	1977 DS3	Mount Ontake, volcano
2331 Parvulesco	1936 EA	Constantin Pârvulescu, Romanian astronomer. †[67]
2332 Kalm	1940 GH	Pehr Kalm (Pietari Kalm), Finnish explorer, botanist, agricultural economist
2333 Porthan	1943 EP	Henrik Gabriel Porthan, Finnish historian
2334 Cuffey	1962 HD	James Cuffey, astronomy supporter
2335 James	1974 UB	James G. Williams, mathematician
2336 Xinjiang	1975 WL1	Xinjiang, China
2337 Boubín	1976 UH1	Boubín, mountain in Bohemia, Czech Republic
2338 Bokhan	1977 QA3	Nadezhda Antonovna Bokhan, staff member at Institute of Theoretical Astronomy in Leningrad Saint Petersburg
2339 Anacreon	2509 P-L	Anacreon, Greek poet
2340 Hathor	1976 UA	Hathor, Egyptian goddess
2341 Aoluta	1976 YU1	Astronomical Observatory of Leningrad University
2342 Lebedev	1968 UQ	Nikolai Aleksandrovich Lebedev, Russian war hero
2343 Siding Spring	1979 MD4	Siding Spring Observatory, Australia
2344 Xizang	1979 SC1	Tibet
2345 Fučik	1974 OS	Julius Fučik, writer
2346 Lilio	1934 CB	Aloysius Lilius, inventor of the Gregorian Calendar
2347 Vinata	1936 TK	In mythology of India, daughter of Prajapati and wife of Kasyapa
2348 Michkovitch	1939 AA	Vojislav V. Michkovitch, Serbian astronomer
2349 Kurchenko	1970 OG	Nadezhda Kurchenko, heroic airline stewardess
2350 von Lüde	1938 CG	Heinz von Lüde, German astronomer
2351 O'Higgins	1964 VD	Bernardo O'Higgins, Chilean hero
2352 Kurchatov	1969 RY	Igor Vasilevich Kurchatov, Russian physicist
2353 Alva	1975 UD	former girlfriend of discoverer
2354 Lavrov	1978 PZ3	Svyatoslav Sergeevich Lavrov, Russian computer scientist
2355 Nei Monggol	1978 UV1	Inner Mongolia, China
2356 Hirons	1979 UJ	Charles and Ann Hirons, parents-in-law of discoverer
2357 Phereclos	1981 AC	Phereclos, Trojan craftsman
2358 Bahner	1929 RE	Klaus Bahner, observatory staff
2359 Debehogne	1931 TV	Henri Debehogne, Belgian astronomer
2360 Volgo-Don	1975 VD3	Volga-Don Canal, Russia
2361 Gogol	1976 GQ1	Nikolai Gogol, Russian writer
2362 Mark Twain	1976 SH2	Mark Twain, American writer
2363 Cebriones	1977 TJ3	Cebriones, Hector's charioteer
2364 Seillier	1978 GD	Mother of discoverer
2365 Interkosmos	1980 YQ	Intercosmos, Russian space exploration organization †[68]
2366 Aaryn	1981 AC1	Aaryn G. Baltutis, grandson of discoverer
2367 Praha	1981 AK1	Prague, the capital city of the Czech Republic †[69]
2368 Beltrovata	1977 RA	Name give by writer Gottfried Keller to his friend Betty Tendering
2369 Chekhov	1976 GC8	Anton Chekhov, Russian writer
2370 van Altena	1965 LA	William Foster van Altena (Willem van Altena), Dutch-born American astronomer[6]
2371 Dimitrov	1975 VR3	Georgi Mikhailovich Dimitrov, Bulgarian politician
2372 Proskurin	1977 RA8	Vitalii Fedorovich Proskurin, Russian astronomer
2373 Immo	1929 PC	Immo Appenzeller, German astronomer
2374 Vladvysotskij	1974 QE1	Vladimir Vysotsky, singer
2375 Radek	1975 AA	Ctirad Kohoutek, Czech composer †[70]
2376 Martynov	1977 QG3	Dmitrii Yakovlevich Martynov, astrophysicist
2377 Shcheglov	1978 QT1	Vladimir Petrovich Shcheglov, Russian astronomer
2378 Pannekoek	1935 CY	Anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer †[6]
2379 Heiskanen	1941 ST	Weikko Aleksanteri Heiskanen, Finnish geodesist
2380 Heilongjiang	1965 SN	Heilongjiang, China
2381 Landi	1976 AF	Jorge Landi Dessy, Argentinian astronomer
2382 Nonie	1977 GA	Daughter of Peter Jekabsons, observatory staff
2383 Bradley	1981 GN	Martin and Maud Bradley, friends of discoverer
2384 Schulhof	1943 EC1	Leopold Schulhof, Hungarian-born (as Lipót Schulhóf) astronomer †[71] ‡[15]
2385 Mustel	1969 VW	Evald Rudolfovich Mustel, Russian astronomer
2386 Nikonov	1974 SN1	Vladimir Borisovich Nikonov, Russian astronomer
2387 Xi'an	1975 FX	Xi'an, China
2388 Gase	1977 EA2	Vera Fedorovna Gaze, part of the Pulkovo Observatory staff †[34]
2389 Dibaj	1977 QC1	Ernest Apushevich Dibai, astrophysicist
2390 Nežárka	1980 PA1	Nežárka River, Czech Republic †[72]
2391 Tomita	1957 AA	Koichiro Tomita, Japanese astronomer
2392 Jonathan Murray	1979 MN1	Jonathan Murray, son of friends of discoverers
2393 Suzuki	1955 WB	Keishin Suzuki, Japanese astronomer
2394 Nadeev	1973 SZ2	Lev Nikolaevich Nadeev, Russian astrometrist
2395 Aho	1977 FA	Arne J. Aho, observatory staff
2396 Kochi	1981 CB	Kōchi, Japan
2397 Lappajärvi	1938 DV	Lappajärvi, lake in Finland
2398 Jilin	1965 UD2	Jilin, China
2399 Terradas	1971 MA	Esteban Terradas e Illa, mathematician
2400 Derevskaya	1972 kJ	Aleksandra Avramovna Derevskaya, foster mother

2401–2500

Number–Name	Prov. Designation	Source of Name
2401 Aehlita	1975 VM2	Martian girl from novel by Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoi
2402 Satpaev	1979 OR13	Kanysh Imantayevich Satpayev, Kazakh geologist
2403 Šumava	1979 SQ	Šumava mountains, Czech Republic †[73]
2404 Antarctica	1980 TE	Antarctica, in honour of the third Soviet Antarctic Expedition, in which the discoverer participated †[74]
2405 Welch	1963 UF	David F. Welch, AURA administrator
2406 Orelskaya	1966 QG	Varvara Ivanovna Orel'skaya, observatory staff
2407 Haug	1973 DH	Ulrich Haug, German astronomer †[75]
2408 Astapovich	1978 QK1	Igor' Stanislavovich Astapovich, Russian astronomer
2409 Chapman	1979 UG	Clark R. Chapman, American astronomer
2410 Morrison	1981 AF	David Morrison, American astronomer
2411 Zellner	1981 JK	Benjamin H. Zellner, American astronomer
2412 Wil	3537 P-L	Wil van de Hulst, wife of Dutch astronomer Hendrik C. van de Hulst †[6]
2413 van de Hulst	6816 P-L	Hendrik C. van de Hulst, Dutch astronomer †[6]
2414 Vibeke	1931 UG	Daughter of L. K. Kristensen
2415 Ganesa	1978 UJ	In mythology of India, represents call to spiritual power
2416 Sharonov	1979 OF13	Vsevolod Vasil'evich Sharonov, Russian observatory director †[34]
2417 McVittie	1964 CD	George C. McVittie, American astronomer
2418 Voskovec-Werich	1971 UV	Jiří Voskovec and Jan Werich, Czech actors †[76]
2419 Moldavia	1974 SJ	Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic †[76]
2420 Čiurlionis	1975 TN	M. K. Čiurlionis, Lithuanian painter and composer
2421 Nininger	1979 UD	Harvey Harlow Nininger, American meteoriticist
2422 Perovskaya	1968 HK1	Sophia Lvovna Perovskaya, Russian revolutionary
2423 Ibarruri	1972 NC	Rubén Ruiz Ibárruri, Russian soldier
2424 Tautenburg	1973 UT5	Tautenburg, Germany
2425 Shenzhen	1975 FW	Shenzhen, China
2426 Simonov	1976 KV	Konstantin Mikhailovich Simonov, Russian writer
2427 Kobzar	1976 YQ7	Taras Shevchenko (a.k.a. Kobzar), Ukrainian poet and painter
2428 Kamenyar	1977 RZ6	Ivan Franko (a.k.a. Kamenyar), Ukrainian writer and scientist
2429 Schürer	1977 TZ	Max Schürer, Swiss astronomer
2430 Bruce Helin	1977 VC	Bruce Helin, son of one of the discoverers
2431 Skovoroda	1978 PF3	Hryhori Skovoroda, Ukrainian philosopher and poet
2432 Soomana	1981 FA	Hopi for star girl
2433 Sootiyo	1981 GJ	Hopi for star boy
2434 Bateson	1981 KA	Frank Maine Bateson, New Zealand astronomer
2435 Horemheb	4578 P-L	Horemheb, Egyptian pharaoh
2436 Hatshepsut	6066 P-L	Hatshepsut, Egyptian queen
2437 Amnestia	1942 RZ	Amnesty International
2438 Oleshko	1975 VO2	Valentina Iosifovna Oleshko, Russian partisan
2439 Ulugbek	1977 QX2	Ulugh Beg, Uzbek sultan and astronomer
2440 Educatio	1978 VQ4	Education
2441 Hibbs	1979 MN2	Al and Marks Hibbs, friends of one discoverer
2442 Corbett	1980 TO	Jim Corbett, hunter and writer †[77]
2443 Tomeileen	A906 BJ	Thomas and Eileen Marsden, parents of Brian G. Marsden
2444 Lederle	1934 CD	Trudpert Lederle, German astronomer
2445 Blazhko	1935 TC	Sergei Nikolaevich Blazhko, Russian astronomer
2446 Lunacharsky	1971 TS2	Anatoli Vasilevich Lunacharsky, Russian statesman and writer
2447 Kronstadt	1973 QY1	Kronstadt, Russia
2448 Sholokhov	1975 BU	Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov, Russian writer
2449 Kenos	1978 GC	First man in mythology of native Americans of Tierra del Fuego
2450 Ioannisiani	1978 RP	Bagrat Konstantinovich Ioannisiani, Russian telescope designer †[34]
2451 Dollfus	1980 RQ	Audouin Dollfus, French astronomer
2452 Lyot	1981 FE	Bernard Lyot, French astronomer
2453 Wabash	A921 SA	Bob Warshow (a.k.a. "Wabash"), computer operator
2454 Olaus Magnus	1941 SS	Olaus Magnus
2455 Somville	1950 TO4	Oscar Somville, seismologist
2456 Palamedes	1966 BA1	Palamedes, Greek commander
2457 Rublyov	1975 TU2	Andrei Rublev, Russian painter
2458 Veniakaverin	1977 RC7	Veniamin Aleksandrovich Kaverin, Russian writer
2459 Spellmann	1980 LB1	Leonard Spellmann, father of discoverer
2460 Mitlincoln	1980 TX4	MIT and Lincoln Laboratory
2461 Clavel	1981 EC1	Gustavine Clavel, centenarian
2462 Nehalennia	6578 P-L	Nehalennia, Roman goddess
2463 Sterpin	1934 FF	Julia Sterpin Van Biesbroeck, wife of discoverer †[78]
2464 Nordenskiöld	1939 BF	Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-born Swedish explorer
2465 Wilson	1949 PK	Sir Robert Wilson, British astronomer
2466 Golson	1959 RJ	John C. Golson, observatory staff
2467 Kollontai	1966 PJ	Alexandra Mikhailovna Kollontai, Russian ambassador
2468 Repin	1969 TO1	Ilya Yefimovich Repin, Russian painter
2469 Tadjikistan	1970 HA	Tajikistan
2470 Agematsu	1976 UW15	Agematsu, Japan
2471 Ultrajectum	6545 P-L	Latin name for the city of Utrecht †[6]
2472 Bradman	1973 DG	Donald Bradman, Australian cricketer*
2473 Heyerdahl	1977 RX7	Thor Heyerdahl, explorer
2474 Ruby	1979 PB	Ruby, the discoverer's dog, which lives at the Kleť Observatory †[79]
2475 Semenov	1972 TF2	Pavel Afanes'evich Semenov, Commander of a Russian tank battalion in World War II †[5]
2476 Andersen	1976 JF2	Hans Christian Andersen, Danish fabulist
2477 Biryukov	1977 PY1	Nikolai Zotovich Biryukov, Russian writer
2478 Tokai	1981 JC	Tōkai, Japan
2479 Sodankylä	1942 CB	Sodankylä, Finland
2480 Papanov	1976 YS1	Anatoli Dmitrievich Papanov, Russian actor
2481 Bürgi	1977 UQ	Jost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker and maker of scientific instruments, astronomer, and independent inventor of logarithms
2482 Perkin	1980 CO	Richard S. and Gladys T. Perkin of Perkin-Elmer Corp., supporters of astronomy [S&T, Dec 1982, p. 542]
2483 Guinevere	1928 QB	Guinevere, Arthurian queen
2484 Parenago	1928 TK	Pavel Petrovich Parenago, Russian astronomer [S&T, Dec 1982, p. 542]
2485 Scheffler	1932 BH	Helmut Scheffler, German astronomer
2486 Metsähovi	1939 FY	Metsähovi Observatory
2487 Juhani	1940 RL	Son of discoverer
2488 Bryan	1952 UT	William Lowe Bryan, university president
2489 Suvorov	1975 NY	Alexandr Vasil'evich Suvorov, Russian military scientist
2490 Bussolini	1976 AG	Juan A. Bussolini, Spanish astronomer †[80]
2491 Tvashtri	1977 CB	Carpenter in mythology of India
2492 Kutuzov	1977 NT	Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, Russian military leader
2493 Elmer	1978 XC	Charles Wesley Elmer, amateur astronomer
2494 Inge	1981 LF	Jay L. Inge, cartographer
2495 Noviomagum	7071 P-L	Latin name for the city of Nijmegen †[6]
2496 Fernandus	1953 TC1	Fernandus Payne, zoologist
2497 Kulikovskij	1977 PZ1	Petr Grigor'evich Kulikovskii, Russian astronomer
2498 Tsesevich	1977 QM3	Vladimir Platonovich Tsesevich, Russian astronomer
2499 Brunk	1978 VJ7	William E. Brunk, American astronomer [81]
2500 Alascattalo	1926 GC	Alascattalo, mythical beast of Alaska

2501–2600

Number–Name	Prov. Designation	Source of Name
2501 Lohja	1942 GD	Lohja, Finland
2502 Nummela	1943 EO	Nummela, Finland
2503 Liaoning	1965 UB1	Liaoning, China
2504 Gaviola	1967 JO	Enrique Gaviola (Ramón Enrique Gaviola), Argentinian astrophysicist †
2505 Hebei	1975 UJ	Hebei, China
2506 Pirogov	1976 QG1	Nikolai Ivanovich Pirogov, Russian surgeon
2507 Bobone	1976 WB1	Jorge Bobone, Argentinian astronomer
2508 Alupka	1977 ET1	Alupka, Ukraine
2509 Chukotka	1977 NG	Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia †
2510 Shandong	1979 TH	Shandong, China
2511 Patterson	1980 LM	Clair C. Patterson, American geochemist [S&T, Dec 1982, p. 542]
2512 Tavastia	1940 GG	Tavastia Region, Finland
2513 Baetslé	1950 SH	Paul-Louis Baetslé, astronomer †
2514 Taiyuan	1964 TA1	Taiyuan, Shaanxi, China
2515 Gansu	1964 TX1	Gansu, China
2516 Roman	1964 VY	Nancy Grace Roman, American astronomer
2517 Orma	1968 SB	Italian for trace; anagram of 1257 Móra
2518 Rutllant	1974 FG	Federico Rutllant Alcina, Spanish-born director of the national observatory in Chile
2519 Annagerman	1975 VD2	Anna German, Polish singer
2520 Novorossijsk	1976 QF1	Novorossiysk, Russia
2521 Heidi	1979 DK	Heidi, book by Johanna Spyri
2522 Triglav	1980 PP	Triglav, Slavic god †
2523 Ryba	1980 PV	Jakub Jan Ryba, Czech composer †
2524 Budovicium	1981 QB1	Latin for České Budějovice, Czech Republic †
2525 O'Steen	1981 VG	Mary Elizabeth O'Steen Skiff, mother of discoverer
2526 Alisary	1979 KX	Alice Benedicta West and Harry Richard West, parents of discoverer
2527 Gregory	1981 RE	Bruce Gregory Thomas, youngest son of discoverer, named after James Gregory, Scottish astronomer
2528 Mohler	1953 TF1	Orren Cuthbert Mohler, American astronomer
2529 Rockwell Kent	1977 QL2	Rockwell Kent, artist
2530 Shipka	1978 NC3	Shipka Pass, battle site from the Russo-Turkish War
2531 Cambridge	1980 LD	Cambridge, England, and Cambridge, Massachusetts
2532 Sutton	1980 TU5	Robert L. Sutton, American geologist [S&T, Dec 1982, p. 542]
2533 Fechtig	A905 VA	Hugo Fechtig, German astrophysicist
2534 Houzeau	1931 VD	Jean-Charles Houzeau, Belgian astronomer [MPC 8800]
2535 Hämeenlinna	1939 DH	Hämeenlinna, Finland
2536 Kozyrev	1939 PJ	Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev, Russian astronomer †
2537 Gilmore	1951 RL	Alan C. and Pamela M. Gilmore, astronomers
2538 Vanderlinden	1954 UD	Henri Vanderlinden, Belgian astronomer
2539 Ningxia	1964 TS2	Ningxia, China
2540 Blok	1971 TH2	Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok, Russian poet
2541 Edebono	1973 DE	Edward de Bono, lateral thinker
2542 Calpurnia	1980 CF	Calpurnia, Roman noblewoman
2543 Machado	1980 LJ	Luiz Eduardo da Silva Machado, Argentinian astronomer*
2544 Gubarev	1980 PS	Aleksei Gubarev, Russian cosmonaut †
2545 Verbiest	1933 BB	Father Ferdinand Verbiest, Belgian missionary and astronomer [MPC 8800]
2546 Libitina	1950 FC	Libitina, Roman goddess of funerals
2547 Hubei	1964 TC2	Hubei, China
2548 Leloir	1975 DA	Luis Federico Leloir, Argentinian chemist
2549 Baker	1976 UB	James G. Baker, American astronomer [MPC 8800]
2550 Houssay	1976 UP20	Bernardo Alberto Houssay, Argentinian physioloist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology in 1947
2551 Decabrina	1976 YX1	Decembrists, Russian revolutionaries
2552 Remek	1978 SP	Vladimír Remek, Czech cosmonaut †
2553 Viljev	1979 FS2	Mikhail Anatolyevich Vilyev, Russian astronomer †
2554 Skiff	1980 OB	Brian A. Skiff, Research assistant at Lowell Observatory
2555 Thomas	1980 OC	Norman G. Thomas, former Research assistant at Lowell Observatory
2556 Louise	1981 CS	Carol Louise Thomas-Baltutis, youngest daughter of discoverer
2557 Putnam	1981 SL1	Roger Lowell Putnam and Michael C. J. Putnam, astronomy supporters
2558 Viv	1981 SP1	Vivian Russell Thomas, father of discoverer
2559 Svoboda	1981 UH	Jindřich Svoboda, Czech astronomer †
2560 Siegma	1932 CW	Siegfried Marx, German astronomer
2561 Margolin	1969 TK2	Mikhail Vladimirovich Margolin, blind inventor
2562 Chaliapin	1973 FF1	Feodor Ivanovich Chaliapin, Russian singer and actor
2563 Boyarchuk	1977 FZ	Alexander Alexeyevich Boyarchuk, Russian astronomer
2564 Kayala	1977 QX	Kayala, river in The Tale of Igor's Campaign
2565 Grögler	1977 TB1	Norbert Grögler, mineralogist and planetologist
2566 Kirghizia	1979 FR2	Kyrgyzstan
2567 Elba	1979 KA	Elba Aguilera de Pizarro, mother of discoverers
2568 Maksutov	1980 GH	Dmitri Dmitrievich Maksutov, Russian optical engineer, inventor of the Maksutov telescope † ‡
2569 Madeline	1980 MA	Heroine of John Keats' poem, "The Eve of St. Agnes"
2570 Porphyro	1980 PG	Hero of John Keats' poem, "The Eve of St. Agnes"
2571 Geisei	1981 UC	Geisei, Japan
2572 Annschnell	1950 DL	Anneliese Schnell, Austrian astronomer
2573 Hannu Olavi	1953 EN	Son of discoverer
2574 Ladoga	1968 UP	Lake Ladoga [MPC 8912]
2575 Bulgaria	1970 PL	Bulgaria [MPC 8912]
2576 Yesenin	1974 QL	Sergei Alexandrovich Esenin (also written Yesenin), poet
2577 Litva	1975 EE3	Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic †
2578 Saint-Exupéry	1975 VW3	Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, writer
2579 Spartacus	1977 PA2	Spartacus, Roman revolutionary
2580 Smilevskia	1977 QP4	Moisei Vasil'evich Smilevskii, Ukrainian journalist
2581 Radegast	1980 VX	Radegast, Slavic god †
2582 Harimaya-Bashi	1981 SA	Harimaya Bridge, Kōchi, Japan
2583 Fatyanov	1975 XA3	Aleksei Ivanovich Fat'yanov, Soviet poet and songwriter
2584 Turkmenia	1979 FG2	Turkmenistan
2585 Irpedina	1979 OJ15	Irkutsk Pedagogical Institute
2586 Matson	1980 LO	Dennis L. Matson, American planetary scientist [S&T, Dec 1982, p. 542]
2587 Gardner	1980 OH	Martin Gardner, American mathematician and writer †
2588 Flavia	1981 VQ	Flavius, Roman gens; also an asteroid in A Torrent of Faces by James Blish and Norman L. Knight
2589 Daniel	1979 QU2	Daniel Lagerkvist, son of the discoverer †
2590 Mourão	1980 kJ	Ronaldo Rogério de Freitas Mourão, Brazilian astronomer
2591 Dworetsky	1949 PS	Michael M. Dworetsky, British astronomer
2592 Hunan	1966 BW	Hunan, China
2593 Buryatia	1976 GB8	Buryat Republic, Russia
2594 Acamas	1978 TB	Acamas, Greek warrior
2595 Gudiachvili	1979 KL	Lado Gudiachvili, Georgian painter
2596 Vainu Bappu	1979 KN	Manali Kallat Vainu Bappu, Indian astrophysicist
2597 Arthur	1980 PN	King Arthur, mythological British king
2598 Merlin	1980 RY	Merlin, wizard in Arthurian legend
2599 Veselí	1980 SO	Veselí nad Lužnicí, Czech Republic †
2600 Lumme	1980 VP	Kari Lumme, Finnish astronomer [S&T, Dec 1982, p. 542]

2601–2700

Number–Name	Prov. Designation	Source of Name
2601 Bologna	1980 XA	Bologna, Italy
2602 Moore	1982 BR	Patrick Moore, British amateur astronomer †
2603 Taylor	1982 BW1	Gordon E. Taylor, British amateur astronomer †
2604 Marshak	1972 LD1	Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak, Russian poet and writer
2605 Sahade	1974 QA	Jorge Sahade, Argentinian astronomer
2606 Odessa	1976 GX2	Odessa, Ukraine
2607 Yakutia	1977 NR	Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Russia
2608 Seneca	1978 DA	Seneca the Younger, Roman writer
2609 Kiril-Metodi	1978 PB4	Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius, inventors of Cyrillic
2610 Tuva	1978 RO1	Tuva Republic, Russia
2611 Boyce	1978 VQ5	Joseph M. Boyce, American planetary scientist [S&T, Dec 1982, p. 542]
2612 Kathryn	1979 DE	Kathryn Gail Thomas-Hazelton, daughter of discoverer
2613 Plzeň	1979 QE	Plzeň (Pilsen), Czech Republic, birthplace of the discoverer †
2614 Torrence	1980 LP	Torrence V. Johnson, American planetary scientist [S&T, Dec 1982, p. 542]
2615 Saito	1951 RJ	Keiji Saito, Japanese astrophysicist
2616 Lesya	1970 QV	Larisa Petrovna Kosach(a.k.a. Lesya Ukrainka), Ukrainian poet [MPC 8912]
2617 Jiangxi	1975 WO1	Jiangxi, China
2618 Coonabarabran	1979 MX2	Coonabarabran, Australia. The Siding Spring Observatory of the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the Australian National University is located close by (40 km distant)
2619 Skalnaté Pleso	1979 MZ3	Skalnaté Pleso, observatory in Slovakia
2620 Santana	1980 TN	Carlos Santana, American musician †
2621 Goto	1981 CA	Seizo Goto, businessman [S&T, Dec 1982, p. 542]
2622 Bolzano	1981 CM	Bernard Bolzano, mathematician †
2623 Zech	A919 SA	Gert Zech, German astronomer, member of the editorial team of Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts
2624 Samitchell	1962 RE	Samuel Alfred Mitchell, American astronomer
2625 Jack London	1976 JQ2	Jack London, writer
2626 Belnika	1978 PP2	Nikolay Alexeyevich Belyayev, Russian astronomer
2627 Churyumov	1978 PP3	Klim Ivanovich Churyumov, Ukrainian astronomer
2628 Kopal	1979 MS8	Zdenek Kopal, Czech-born astronomer
2629 Rudra	1980 RB1	Rudra, destroyer aspect of the Hindu god Siva
2630 Hermod	1980 TF3	Hermóðr, hero in Norse mythology
2631 Zhejiang	1980 TY5	Zhejiang, China
2632 Guizhou	1980 VJ1	Guizhou, China
2633 Bishop	1981 WR1	George Bishop, British wine merchant and patron of astronomy
2634 James Bradley	1982 DL	James Bradley, English astronomer
2635 Huggins	1982 DS	Sir William Huggins, spectroscopist
2636 Lassell	1982 DZ	William Lassell, British amateur astronomer
2637 Bobrovnikoff	A919 SB	Nicholas T. Bobrovnikoff, American astronomer
2638 Gadolin	1939 SG	Jacob Gadolin, Finnish astronomer, and Johan Gadolin, chemist
2639 Planman	1940 GN	Anders Planman, Swedish astronomer
2640 Hällström	1941 FN	Gustav Gabriel Hällström, Finnish physicist
2641 Lipschutz	1949 GJ	Michael E. Lipschutz, American geochemist
2642 Vésale	1961 RA	Andreas Vesalius, Flemish anatomist
2643 Bernhard	1973 SD	Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, astronomical supporter
2644 Victor Jara	1973 SO2	Víctor Jara, folk singer [MPC 8800]
2645 Daphne Plane	1976 QD	Daphne Plane, librarian and friend of discoverer
2646 Abetti	1977 EC1	Antonio Abetti and Giorgio Abetti, Italian astronomers
2647 Sova	1980 SP	Antonín Sova, Czech poet †
2648 Owa	1980 VJ	Hopi for rock
2649 Oongaq	1980 WA	Hopi for from up there
2650 Elinor	1931 EG	Elinor Gates, Minor Planet Center assistant
2651 Karen	1949 QD	Karen S. Mayer, sister-in-law of, and Karen S. Franz, friend of F. N. Bowman
2652 Yabuuti	1953 GM	Kiyosi Yabuuti, Japanese astronomer and historian
2653 Principia	1964 VP	Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, Isaac Newton's magnum opus
2654 Ristenpart	1968 OG	Friedrich Wilhelm Ristenpart, German astronomer
2655 Guangxi	1974 XX	Guangxi, China
2656 Evenkia	1979 HD5	Evenk Autonomous Okrug, Russia
2657 Bashkiria	1979 SB7	Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia
2658 Gingerich	1980 CK	Owen Gingerich, American astrophysicist and historian of astronomy
2659 Millis	1981 JX	Robert Lowell Millis, American astronomer
2660 Wasserman	1982 FG	Lawrence Harvey Wasserman, American astronomer
2661 Bydžovský	1982 FC1	Bohumil Bydžovský, Czech mathematician †
2662 Kandinsky	4021 P-L	Wassily Kandinsky, Russian painter
2663 Miltiades	6561 P-L	Miltiades, Athenian commander
2664 Everhart	1934 RR	Edgar Everhart, American astronomer
2665 Schrutka	1938 DW1	Guntram Schrutka-Rechtenstamm, Austrian astronomer
2666 Gramme	1951 TA	Zénobe Gramme, Belgian electrical engineer and inventor
2667 Oikawa	1967 UO	Okuro Oikawa, Japanese astronomer
2668 Tataria	1976 QV	Republic of Tatarstan, Russia
2669 Shostakovich	1976 YQ2	Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian composer
2670 Chuvashia	1977 PW1	Chuvash Republic, Russia
2671 Abkhazia	1977 QR2	Abkhazia, Georgia
2672 Písek	1979 KC	Písek, Czech Republic †
2673 Lossignol	1980 KN	Lossignol, family name of friends of discoverer
2674 Pandarus	1982 BC3	Pandarus, mythological Greek warrior
2675 Tolkien	1982 GB	J. R. R. Tolkien, British writer
2676 Aarhus	1933 QV	Aarhus, Denmark, seat of the Ole Rømer Observatory of the University of Aarhus
2677 Joan	1935 FF	Joan Jordan, secretary at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
2678 Aavasaksa	1938 DF1	Aavasaksa, mountain in Finland (Lapland), one of the sites used by Maupertuis' expedition to determine the length of a degree of the meridian in 1736–1737
2679 Kittisvaara	1939 TG	Kittisvaara, mountain in Finland (Lapland), one of the sites used by Maupertuis' expedition to determine the length of a degree of the meridian in 1736–1737
2680 Mateo	1975 NF	José Mateo, Argentinian astronomer
2681 Ostrovskij	1975 VF2	Nikolai Ostrovsky, writer
2682 Soromundi	1979 MF4	From Latin for sisters of the world, after the YWCA
2683 Brian	1981 AD1	Eldest son of discoverer
2684 Douglas	1981 AH1	Douglas B. Thomas, brother of discoverer and physicist
2685 Masursky	1981 JN	Harold Masursky, American astronomer
2686 Linda Susan	1981 JW1	Linda Susan Salazar, discoverer's youngest daughter
2687 Tortali	1982 HG	Tortali, Vanuatun spirit of daytime
2688 Halley	1982 HG1	Edmund Halley, English astronomer
2689 Bruxelles	1935 CF	Brussels, Belgium
2690 Ristiina	1938 DG1	Ristiina, Finland
2691 Sersic	1974 KB	José Luis Sersic, Argentinian astronomer
2692 Chkalov	1976 YT3	Valerij Pavlovich Chkalov, pilot
2693 Yan'an	1977 VM1	Yan'an, Shaanxi, China
2694 Pino Torinese	1979 QL1	Pino Torinese, Italy, site of Turin Observatory †
2695 Christabel	1979 UE	Christabel, poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
2696 Magion	1980 HB	Magion, first Czech artificial satellite †
2697 Albina	1969 TC3	Albina Alekseevna Serova, friend of discoverer
2698 Azerbajdzhan	1971 TZ	Azerbaijan
2699 Kalinin	1976 YX	Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin, Russian statesman
2700 Baikonur	1976 YP7	Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

2701–2800

Number–Name	Prov. Designation	Source of Name
2701 Cherson	1978 RT	Kherson, Ukraine (not to be confused with Chersonesos, Crimea)
2702 Batrakov	1978 SZ2	Yury Vasilyevich Batrakov, Russian astronomer
2703 Rodari	1979 FT2	Gianni Rodari, writer
2704 Julian Loewe	1979 MR4	Julian Loewe, journalist
2705 Wu	1980 TD4	Sherman S. C. Wu, photogrammetrist
2706 Borovský	1980 VW	Karel Havlíček Borovský, Czech writer and political journalist †
2707 Ueferji	1981 QS3	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
2708 Burns	1981 WT	Joseph Arthur Burns, American astronomer
2709 Sagan	1982 FH	Carl Sagan, American astronomer and author, co-founder of the Planetary Society †
2710 Veverka	1982 FQ	Joseph Veverka, American astronomer
2711 Aleksandrov	1978 QB2	Anatoly Petrovich Alexandrov, Russian physicist
2712 Keaton	1937 YD	Buster Keaton, film comedian
2713 Luxembourg	1938 EA	Luxembourg
2714 Matti	1938 GC	Son of discoverer
2715 Mielikki	1938 US	Mielikki, Finnish mythology
2716 Tuulikki	1939 TM	Tuulikki, Finnish mythology, Goddess of the woods
2717 Tellervo	1940 WJ	Tellervo, Finnish mythology
2718 Handley	1951 OM	Tommy Handley, British radio comedian
2719 Suzhou	1965 SU	Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
2720 Pyotr Pervyj	1972 RV3	Peter I of Russia
2721 Vsekhsvyatskij	1973 SP2	Sergey Konstantinovich Vsekhsvyatsky, Russian astronomer †
2722 Abalakin	1976 GM2	Viktor Kuzmich Abalakin, Russian astronomer †
2723 Gorshkov	1978 QL2	Pyotr Mikhaylovich Gorshkov, Russian astronomer
2724 Orlov	1978 RZ5	Sergey Vladimirovich Orlov, and Alexander Yakovlevich Orlov, Russian astronomers †
2725 David Bender	1978 VG3	David F. Bender, American astronomer, latterly of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
2726 Kotelnikov	1979 SE9	Vladimir Alexandrovich Kotelnikov, Russian radio engineer
2727 Paton	1979 SO9	Evgeny Oskarovich Paton and Borys Yevhenovych Paton, Soviet Ukrainian scientists
2728 Yatskiv	1979 ST9	Yaroslav Stepanovich Yatskiv, Ukrainian astrometrist
2729 Urumqi	1979 UA2	Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
2730 Barks	1981 QH	Carl Barks, American writer and illustrator
2731 Cucula	1982 kJ	The cuckoo
2732 Witt	1926 FG	Carl Gustav Witt, German astronomer
2733 Hamina	1938 DQ	Hamina, Finland
2734 Hašek	1976 GJ3	Jaroslav Hašek, Czech writer
2735 Ellen	1977 RB	Ellen Howell, American planetary scientist
2736 Ops	1979 OC	Ops, Roman goddess
2737 Kotka	1938 DU	Kotka, Finland
2738 Viracocha	1940 EC	Viracocha, supreme god of the Inca
2739 Taguacipa	1952 UZ1	Taguacipa, god of the Inca and companion of Viracocha
2740 Tsoj	1974 SY4	Victor Robertovich Tsoj, poet and rock musician
2741 Valdivia	1975 XG	Captain Pedro de Valdivia, conqueror of Chile
2742 Gibson	1981 JG3	James B. Gibson (astronomer), astronomer
2743 Chengdu	1965 WR	Chengdu, Sichuan, China
2744 Birgitta	1975 RB	Anna Birgitta Angelica Lagerkvist, daughter of the discoverer [MPC 8800]†
2745 San Martín	1976 SR10	General José de San Martín, "father of Argentina"
2746 Hissao	1979 SJ9	Hissar Astronomical Observatory, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
2747 Český Krumlov	1980 DW	Český Krumlov, Czech Republic †
2748 Patrick Gene	1981 JF2	Patrick Gene Shoemaker, son of discoverer
2749 Walterhorn	1937 TD	Walter Horn, founder of the public observatory and amateur astronomical society in Solingen, Germany † ‡
2750 Loviisa	1940 YK	Loviisa, Finland
2751 Campbell	1962 RP	William Wallace Campbell, American astronomer
2752 Wu Chien-Shiung	1965 SP	Wu Jianxiong
2753 Duncan	1966 DH	John Charles Duncan, American astronomer
2754 Efimov	1966 PD	Mikhail Nikiforovich Efimov, aviator
2755 Avicenna	1973 SJ4	Avicenna, medieval philosopher and scientist
2756 Dzhangar	1974 SG1	Epics of the Kalmyk people [MPC 8912]
2757 Crisser	1977 VN	Cristina, wife of discoverer, and Sergio, discoverer
2758 Cordelia	1978 RF	Cordelia, character in Shakespeare's King Lear
2759 Idomeneus	1980 GC	Idomeneus, Greek warrior
2760 Kacha	1980 TU6	Kacha, cosmonaut training centre in the Crimea [MPC 8913]
2761 Eddington	1981 AE	Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington, British astrophysicist, on the occasion of the centennial of his birth †
2762 Fowler	1981 AT	Ralph Howard Fowler, British astrophysicist
2763 Jeans	1982 OG	Sir James Hopwood Jeans, British physicist, astronomer, and mathematician
2764 Moeller	1981 CN	Sonia Louise Moeller-Thomas, mother of discoverer
2765 Dinant	1981 EY	Dinant, Belgium
2766 Leeuwenhoek	1982 FE1	Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch inventor †
2767 Takenouchi	1967 UM	Tadeo Takenouchi, Japanese astronomer
2768 Gorky	1972 RX3	Maxim Gorky (Alexey Maksimovich Peshkov), Russian writer [MPC 8913]
2769 Mendeleev	1976 GZ2	Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist
2770 Tsvet	1977 SM1	Mikhail Tsvet, Russian physiologist
2771 Polzunov	1978 SP7	Ivan Ivanovich Polzunov, Russian inventor
2772 Dugan	1979 XE	Raymond Smith Dugan, American astronomer
2773 Brooks	1981 JZ2	William R. Brooks, American astronomer
2774 Tenojoki	1942 TJ	Tenojoki, river
2775 Odishaw	1953 TX2	Hugh Odishaw, American geophysicist
2776 Baikal	1976 SZ7	Lake Baikal, Russia
2777 Shukshin	1979 SY11	Vasilii Makarovich Shukshin, Russian writer and actor
2778 Tangshan	1979 XP	Tangshan in China, location of a massive (Magnitude 7.8) earthquake in 1976
2779 Mary	1981 CX	Maryanna Ruth Thomas, wife of discoverer
2780 Monnig	1981 DO2	Oscar Monnig, American businessman, meteorite hunter and founder of the collection that bears his name. He donated the collection to Texas Christian University
2781 Kleczek	1982 QH	Josip Kleczek, Czech astronomer †
2782 Leonidas	2605 P-L	Leonidas I, Spartan king
2783 Chernyshevskij	1974 RA2	Nikolay Gavrilovich Chernyshevsky, Russian writer and philosopher
2784 Domeyko	1975 GA	Ignacio Domeyko, Polish-born chemist and mineralogist, latterly Rector of the University of Chile
2785 Sedov	1978 QN2	Leonid Ivanovich Sedov, Russian astronomer or Georgy Sedov, Russian polar explorer
2786 Grinevia	1978 RR5	Alexander Stepanovich Grinevsky, Russian writer
2787 Tovarishch	1978 RC6	Tovarishch, Russian sailing ship [MPC 8800]
2788 Andenne	1981 EL	Andenne, Belgium
2789 Foshan	1956 XA	Foshan, Guangdong, China
2790 Needham	1965 UU1	Joseph Needham, British sinologist
2791 Paradise	1977 CA	Paradise, California
2792 Ponomarev	1977 EY1	Nikolay Georgiyevich Ponomaryov, Russian designer of astronomical instruments †
2793 Valdaj	1977 QV	Valdai Hills, near Moscow
2794 Kulik	1978 PS3	Leonid Alexeyevich Kulik, Russian mineralogist
2795 Lepage	1979 YM	Théophile Lepage, Belgian mathematician
2796 Kron	1980 EC	Gerald E. Kron, American astronomer [MPC 8800] [82]
2797 Teucer	1981 LK	Teucer, Greek soldier
2798 Vergilius	2009 P-L	Virgil, Roman poet
2799 Justus	3071 P-L	Justus Cramer, descendent of H. G. van de Sande Bakhuyzen, Dutch astronomer
2800 Ovidius	4585 P-L	Ovid, Roman poet

2801–2900

Number–Name	Prov. Designation	Source of Name
2801 Huygens	1935 SU1	Christiaan Huygens, Dutch astronomer
2802 Weisell	1939 BU	The discoverer's father
2803 Vilho	1940 WG	Vilho Väisälä, Finnish meteorologist and physicist, brother of Kalle and Yrjö
2804 Yrjö	1941 HF	Yrjö Väisälä, Finnish astronomer, brother of Vilho and Kalle
2805 Kalle	1941 UM	Kalle Väisälä, Finnish scientist, brother of Vilho and Yrjö
2806 Graz	1953 GG	Graz, Austria
2807 Karl Marx	1969 TH6	Karl Marx, German philosopher and political economist
2808 Belgrano	1976 HS	Manuel Belgrano, Argentine general
2809 Vernadskij	1978 QW2	Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky, Russian geochemist and mineralogist
2810 Lev Tolstoj	1978 RU5	Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer [MPC 8801]
2811 Střemchoví	1980 JA	Střemchoví, Czech Republic, where the discoverer was born †
2812 Scaltriti	1981 FN	Franco Scaltriti, Italian astronomer
2813 Zappalà	1981 WZ	Vincenzo Zappalà, Italian astronomer
2814 Vieira	1982 FA3	Gilson Vieira, Brazilian astronomer
2815 Soma	1982 RL	The Soma cube, mathematical game
2816 Pien	1982 SO	Armand Nicolas Pien, Belgian (Flemish) television meteorologist †
2817 Perec	1982 UJ	Georges Perec, French novelist, filmmaker and essayist
2818 Juvenalis	2580 P-L	Juvenal, Roman satirist
2819 Ensor	1933 UR	James Ensor, Belgian expressionist painter
2820 Iisalmi	1942 RU	Iisalmi, Finland
2821 Slávka	1978 SQ	Sláva Vávrová, the discoverer's mother †
2822 Sacajawea	1980 EG	Sacagawea, Shoshone explorer
2823 van der Laan	2010 P-L	Harry van der Laan, Dutch astrophysicist
2824 Franke	1934 CZ	Ernst H. Franke, American biophysicist
2825 Crosby	1938 SD1	Harry Lillis Bing Crosby, American singer and actor †
2826 Ahti	1939 UJ	Ahti, Finnish sea god
2827 Vellamo	1942 CC	Vellamo, Finnish sea goddess, consort of Ahti
2828 Iku-Turso	1942 DL	Iku-Turso, Finnish sea monster
2829 Bobhope	1948 PK	Bob Hope, American comedian
2830 Greenwich	1980 GA	Royal Greenwich Observatory, London, UK [MPC 8801]
2831 Stevin	1930 SZ	Simon Stevin, Flemish scientist
2832 Lada	1975 EC1	Lada, Slavic goddess
2833 Radishchev	1978 PC4	Alexander Nikolayevich Radishchev, Russian author and social critic [MPC 8913]
2834 Christy Carol	1980 TB4	Daughter of the discoverer
2835 Ryoma	1982 WF	Sakamoto Ryōma, Japanese samurai
2836 Sobolev	1978 YQ	Viktor Viktorovich Sobolev, Russian astrophysicist
2837 Griboedov	1971 TJ2	Aleksandr Sergeevich Griboedov, Russian playwright [MPC 8913]
2838 Takase	1971 UM1	Bunshiro Takase, Japanese astronomer
2839 Annette	1929 TP	Daughter of the discoverer
2840 Kallavesi	1941 UP	Lake Kallavesi, Finland
2841 Puijo	1943 DM	Puijo Hill, Lake Kallavesi, Finland †
2842 Unsöld	1950 OD	Albrecht Unsöld, German astronomer
2843 Yeti	1975 XQ	Yeti, cryptozoological Himalayan humanoid
2844 Hess	1981 JP	Frederick Hess, American astronomer
2845 Franklinken	1981 OF	Kenneth Linn Franklin, American astronomer
2846 Ylppö	1942 CJ	Arvo Ylppö, Finnish pediatrician
2847 Parvati	1959 CC1	Parvati, Hindu goddess, consort of Siva
2848 ASP	1959 VF	Astronomical Society of the Pacific
2849 Shklovskij	1976 GN3	Iosif Samuilovich Shklovsky, Russian astronomer
2850 Mozhaiskij	1978 TM7	Alexander Fyodorovich Mozhaysky, Russian aviation pioneer
2851 Harbin	1978 UQ2	Harbin, China
2852 Declercq	1981 QU2	Maiden name of the discovere'rs wife
2853 Harvill	1963 RG	Richard A. Harvill, astronomical supporter
2854 Rawson	1964 JE	Guillermo Colesbery Rawson, Argentine physician
2855 Bastian	1931 TB2	Ulrich Bastian, German astronomer
2856 Röser	1933 GB	Siegfried Röser, German astronomer
2857 NOT	1942 DA	Nordic Optical Telescope
2858 Carlosporter	1975 XB	Carlos Porter, Chilean zoologist
2859 Paganini	1978 RW1	Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist †
2860 Pasacentennium	1978 TA	The centennial of the city of Pasadena, California
2861 Lambrecht	1981 VL2	Hermann Lambrecht, German astronomer
2862 Vavilov	1977 JP	Nikolai Vavilov, Soviet botanist, Sergey Vavilov, Soviet physicist † ‡
2863 Ben Mayer	1981 QG2	Ben Mayer, American astronomer
2864 Soderblom	1983 AZ	Laurence A. Soderblom, American planetary scientist
2865 Laurel	1935 OK	Stan Laurel, British comedian †
2866 Hardy	1961 TA	Oliver Hardy, American comedian
2867 Šteins	1969 VC	Karlis Augustovich Šteins, Latvian astronomer †
2868 Upupa	1972 UA	Upupa epops, the hoopoe
2869 Nepryadva	1980 RM2	Russian victory over Tataro-Mongols in the Battle of Kulikovo near Nepryadva River †
2870 Haupt	1981 LD	Hermann Haupt, Austrian astronomer
2871 Schober	1981 QC2	Hans Josef Schober, Austrian astronomer
2872 Gentelec	1981 RU	GTE Research Laboratories, Waltham, Massachusetts
2873 Binzel	1982 FR	Richard P. Binzel, American astronomer †
2874 Jim Young	1982 TH	James W. Young, American astronomer †
2875 Lagerkvist	1983 CL	Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist, Swedish astronomer
2876 Aeschylus	6558 P-L	Aeschylus, Greek playwright
2877 Likhachev	1969 TR2	Dmitry Sergeevich Likhachev, Soviet philologist [MPC 8913] † ‡
2878 Panacea	1980 RX	Panacea, Roman goddess
2879 Shimizu	1932 CB1	Shin-ichi Shimizu, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 8801]
2880 Nihondaira	1983 CA	Nihondaira, Shizuoka, Japan
2881 Meiden	1983 AA1	Meiden, Lithuanian god
2882 Tedesco	1981 OG	Edward Francis Tedesco, American astronomer
2883 Barabashov	1978 RG6	Nikolai P. Barabashov, Soviet astronomer †
2884 Reddish	1981 ES22	Vincent Cartledge Reddish, British astronomer
2885 Palva	1939 TC	Tauno Pavla, Finnish ear surgeon, son-in-law of the discoverer
2886 Tinkaping	1965 YG	Tinkaping, Hong Kong industrialist
2887 Krinov	1977 QD5	Yevgeny Leonidovich Krinov, Soviet meteoriticist †
2888 Hodgson	1982 TO	Richard G. Hodgson, American astronomer [MPC 8801]
2889 Brno	1981 WT1	Brno, Czech Republic †
2890 Vilyujsk	1978 SY7	Vilyuysk, Yakut ASSR, Russia [MPC 8913] †
2891 McGetchin	1980 MD	Thomas Richard McGetchin, American planetary scientist
2892 Filipenko	1983 AX2	Aleksandr Grigorievich Filipenko, Chief of Surgery at the Crimean Regional Hospital at Bakhchisarai [MPC 8913]
2893 Peiroos	1975 QD	Peiroos, mythical hero in the Trojan War
2894 Kakhovka	1978 SH5	Kakhovka, Ukraine[MPC 8913]
2895 Memnon	1981 AE1	Memnon, Ethiopian king, ally of Troy
2896 Preiss	1931 RN	Gunter Preiss, astronomical supporter
2897 Ole Römer	1932 CK	Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer
2898 Neuvo	1938 DN	Yrjö Neuvo, the discoverer's grandson
2899 Runrun Shaw	1964 TR2	Sir Run Run Shaw, Chinese film producer
2900 Luboš Perek	1972 AR	Luboš Perek, Czech astronomer

2901–3000

Number–Name	Prov. Designation	Source of Name
2901 Bagehot	1973 DP	Walter Bagehot, British writer
2902 Westerlund	1980 FN3	Bengt E. Westerlund, Swedish astronomer †
2903 Zhuhai	1981 UV9	Zhuhai, China
2904 Millman	1981 YB	Peter Millman, Canadian astronomer †
2905 Plaskett	1982 BZ2	John Stanley Plaskett, Canadian astronomer †
2906 Caltech	1983 AE2	California Institute of Technology
2907 Nekrasov	1975 TT2	Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov, Russian poet [MPC 8913]
2908 Shimoyama	1981 WA	Shimoyama, village in Japan [MPC 8801]
2909 Hoshi-no-ie	1983 JA	Hoshi-no-ie Observatory, Japan; the name means 'star house' [Schmadel]
2910 Yoshkar-Ola	1980 TK13	Yoshkar-Ola, Russia [Schmadel]
2911 Miahelena	1938 GJ	The discoverer's wife [Schmadel]
2912 Lapalma	1942 DM	La Palma, the Spanish island, home to many observatories [Schmadel]
2913 Horta	1931 TK	Victor Horta, Belgian architect [Schmadel]
2914 Glärnisch	1965 SB	Glärnisch mountain, summit of the Swiss Alps [Schmadel]
2915 Moskvina	1977 QY2	Valentina Nikolaevna Moskvina, Russian doctor [Schmadel]
2916 Voronveliya	1978 PW2	Boris Alexandrovich Vorontsov-Velyaminov, Russian astronomer [Schmadel]
2917 Sawyer Hogg	1980 RR	Helen Sawyer Hogg, American-Canadian astronomer [MPC 8801] †
2918 Salazar	1980 TU4	Frederick Salazar, the discoverer's son-in-law [Schmadel]
2919 Dali	1981 EX18	Salvador Dalí, Catalan-Spanish artist [MPC 8802]
2920 Automedon	1981 JR	Automedon, mythological Greek soldier [Schmadel]
2921 Sophocles	6525 P-L	Sophocles, Greek dramatist [Schmadel]
2922 Dikan'ka	1976 GY1	Gogol's Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka [Schmadel]
2923 Schuyler	1977 DA	Catherine Schuyler, Minor Planet Center administrator [Schmadel]
2924 Mitake-mura	1977 DJ2	Mitake-mura, town in Japan [MPC 8914]
2925 Beatty	1978 VC5	J. Kelly Beatty, astronomy writer and editor of Sky and Telescope †
2926 Caldeira	1980 KG	J.F.C. Caldeira, Brazilian astronomer [Schmadel]
2927 Alamosa	1981 TM	Alamosa, Colorado [Schmadel]
2928 Epstein	1976 GN8	Isadore Epstein, American astronomer
2929 Harris	1982 BK1	Alan W. Harris, American astronomer [Schmadel]
2930 Euripides	6554 P-L	Euripides, Greek dramatist [Schmadel]
2931 Mayakovsky	1969 UC	Vladimir Mayakovsky, Russian poet [MPC 8914]
2932 Kempchinsky	1980 TK4	Paula Kempchinsky, daughter-in-law of the discoverer [Schmadel]
2933 Amber	1983 HN	The discoverer's granddaughter [Schmadel]
2934 Aristophanes	4006 P-L	Aristophanes, Greek dramatist [Schmadel]
2935 Naerum	1976 UU	Nærum, a suburb north of Copenhagen [Schmadel]
2936 Nechvíle	1979 SF	Vincence Nechvíle, Czech astronomer † ‡
2937 Gibbs	1980 LA	Josiah Willard Gibbs, American scientist [Schmadel]
2938 Hopi	1980 LB	The Hopi, the Native American people [Schmadel]
2939 Coconino	1982 DP	Coconino County, Arizona containing the Hopi and Navajo Nation Reservations. The Lowell Observatory is in the county seat, Flagstaff [Schmadel]
2940 Bacon	3042 P-L	Francis Bacon, English philosopher, statesman, and essayist [Schmadel]
2941 Alden	1930 YV	Son of Clyde Tombaugh, the discoverer. [Schmadel]
2942 Cordie	1932 BG	Cordula "Cordie" Robinson, American plantary geologist [Schmadel]
2943 Heinrich	1933 QU	Inge Heinrich, German astronomer [Schmadel]
2944 Peyo	1935 QF	Peyo, pseudonym of Pierre Culliford, Belgian illustrator [Schmadel]
2945 Zanstra	1935 ST1	Herman Zanstra, Dutch astronomer [Schmadel]
2946 Muchachos	1941 UV	Roque de los Muchachos, site in the Canary Islands of several international observatories [Schmadel]
2947 Kippenhahn	1955 QP1	Rudolf Kippenhahn, German astronomer [Schmadel]
2948 Amosov	1969 TD2	Nikolai Mikhailovich Amosov, Ukrainian cardiologist
2949 Kaverznev	1970 PR	Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kaverznev, Soviet television journalist [MPC 8914]
2950 Rousseau	1974 VQ2	Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss-French philosopher [Schmadel]
2951 Perepadin	1977 RB8	Aleksandr Ivanovich Perepadin Soviet agriculturalist [Schmadel]
2952 Lilliputia	1979 SF2	Lilliput, fictional land in Gulliver's Travels [Schmadel]
2953 Vysheslavia	1979 SV11	Leonid Nikolaevich Vysheslavskii (Leonid Vysheslavsky), Soviet poet [Schmadel]
2954 Delsemme	1982 BT1	Armand Hubert Delsemme, Belgian astronomer [Schmadel]
2955 Newburn	1982 BX1	Ray L. Newburn, American astronomer [Schmadel]
2956 Yeomans	1982 HN1	Donald Keith Yeomans, American astronomer †
2957 Tatsuo	1934 CB1	Tatsuo Yamada, Japanese astronomer [Schmadel]
2958 Arpetito	1981 DG	Composite name honouring E. Araya, J. Perez, R. Tighe and A Torrecon, workers at Grand Prism Objectif, La Silla [Schmadel]
2959 Scholl	1983 RE2	Hans Scholl, German astronomer [MPC 8802]
2960 Ohtaki	1977 DK3	Ohtaki, town in Japan [MPC 8914]
2961 Katsurahama	1982 XA	Katsurahama, seashore resort in Kōchi, Japan [MPC 8802]
2962 Otto	1940 YF	The discoverer's great-grandfather
2963 Chen Jiageng	1964 VM1	Chen Jiageng (Tan Kah Kee), Singaporean businessman, community leader, and philanthropist [Schmadel]
2964 Jaschek	1974 OA1	Carlos Jaschek (Carlos Oton Rüdiger Jaschek), German-born Argentinian astronomer [Schmadel]
2965 Surikov	1975 BX	Vasily Ivanovich Surikov, Russian painter [Schmadel]
2966 Korsunia	1977 EB2	Korsun, Ukrainian city [Schmadel]
2967 Vladisvyat	1977 SS1	Vladimir Svyatoslavich, medieval prince of Kiev
2968 Iliya	1978 QJ	Ilya Muromets, legendary Russian hero
2969 Mikula	1978 RU1	Mikula Selyaninovich, Russian legendary hero
2970 Pestalozzi	1978 UC	Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss educational reformer [Schmadel]
2971 Mohr	1980 YL	Josef M. Mohr, Czech astronomer † ‡
2972 Niilo	1939 TB	The discoverer's great-grandson
2973 Paola	1951 AJ	Her Majesty Queen Paola of Belgium (née Ruffo di Calabria) †
2974 Holden	1955 QK	Edward Singleton Holden, American astronomer [Schmadel] [82]
2975 Spahr	1970 AF1	Timothy B. Spahr, American astronomer [Schmadel]
2976 Lautaro	1974 HR	Lautaro, leader of the Araucanians of Chile [Schmadel]
2977 Chivilikhin	1974 SP	Vladimir Alekseevich Chivilikhin, Russian author or Anatolii Timofeevich Chivilikhin, Russian poet [Schmadel]
2978 Roudebush	1978 SR	Susan Roudebush, astronomical administrator [Schmadel]
2979 Murmansk	1978 TB7	Murmansk, Russia [MPC 8914]
2980 Cameron	1981 EU17	Alastair G. W. Cameron, American astronomer †
2981 Chagall	1981 EE20	Marc Chagall, Belarusian artist [MPC 8802] †
2982 Muriel	1981 JA3	The discoverer's mother-in-law
2983 Poltava	1981 RW2	Poltava, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine) [Schmadel] †
2984 Chaucer	1981 YD	Geoffrey Chaucer, English author [Schmadel]
2985 Shakespeare	1983 TV1	William Shakespeare, English playwright [Schmadel]
2986 Mrinalini	2525 P-L	Mrinalini Sarabhai, classical Indian dancer and choreographer [Schmadel]
2987 Sarabhai	4583 P-L	Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, Indian space scientist [Schmadel]
2988 Korhonen	1943 EM	Tapio Korhonen, Finnish astronomer [Schmadel]
2989 Imago	1976 UF1	The Latin word for 'image' [Schmadel]
2990 Trimberger	1981 EN27	Stephen Trimberger, American astronomer and computer scientist
2991 Bilbo	1982 HV	Bilbo Baggins, character in The Lord of the Rings [Schmadel]
2992 Vondel	2540 P-L	Joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet and playwright [Schmadel]
2993 Wendy	1970 PA	The discoverer's wife [Schmadel]
2994 Flynn	1975 PA	The discoverer's wife [Schmadel]
2995 Taratuta	1978 QK	Evgeniya Aleksandrovna Taratuta, Soviet writer [Schmadel]
2996 Bowman	1954 RJ	Fred Bowman, American astronomer
2997 Cabrera	1974 MJ	Laurentino Ascencio Cabrera (1917–2003), Argentinian astronomer
2998 Berendeya	1975 TR3	The magical land in The Snow Maiden by Alexander Ostrovsky [Schmadel]
2999 Dante	1981 CY	Dante Alighieri, Florentine (Italian) poet [Schmadel]
3000 Leonardo	1981 EG19	Leonardo da Vinci, Florentine (Italian) genius [Schmadel]

References

Preceded by 1,001–2,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 2,001–3,000

Succeeded by 3,001–4,000