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EspañolMEANINGS OF ASTEROID NAMES (10001-11000)
Asteroids not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
| Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name |
|---|---|---|
| 10001-10100 | ||
| 10001 Palermo | Palermo, Sicily, where 1 Ceres was discovered ★ | |
| 10002 Bagdasarian | Alexandr Sergeevich Bagdasarian, Russian radio and electronics engineer | |
| 10004 Igormakarov | ★ | |
| 10005 Chernega | ★ | |
| 10006 Sessai | ★ | |
| 10007 Malytheatre | Maly Theatre, Moscow (a.k.a. Ostrovsky's house and "The Second Moscow University"), the oldest Russian theater (founded in 1756) | |
| 10008 Raisanyo | ★ | |
| 10009 Hirosetanso | ★ | |
| 10010 Rudruna | ★ | |
| 10011 Avidzba | ★ | |
| 10012 Tmutarakania | ★ | |
| 10013 Stenholm | Björn Stenholm, Swedish astronomer † | |
| 10014 Shaim | ★ | |
| 10015 Valenlebedev | Valentin Vital'evich Lebedev, Russian cosmonaut and author, founder and director of the Scientific Geoinformation Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences | |
| 10016 Yugan | ★ | |
| 10021 Henja | Karin Henja, Swedish crossword compiler † | |
| 10022 Zubov | ★ | |
| 10023 Vladifedorov | ★ | |
| 10024 Marthahazen | 1980 EB | Martha L. Hazen, American AAVSO councilor, president, and secretary † ★ |
| 10025 Rauer | Heike Rauer, German astronomer † | |
| 10027 Perozzi | 1981 FL | ★ |
| 10028 Bonus | Shelley R. Bonus, American astronomer, creator of the "Janet Planet" and "Space E. Tracy" astronomy shows and lectures, assisted in organizing the Palomar Observatory's 1.2-m Schmidt Oschin Telescope plate archive | |
| 10029 Hiramperkins | 1981 QF | Hiram Perkins, Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at Ohio Wesleyan University and founder of the Perkins Observatory ★ |
| 10030 Philkeenan | 1981 QG | Philip Childs Keenan, American astronomer ★ |
| 10031 Vladarnolda | Vladimir Arnold, Russian mathematician † | |
| 10034 Birlan | 1981 YG | Mirel Birlan, Romanian astronomer † |
| 10036 McGaha | 1982 OF | James E. McGaha, American astronomer ★ |
| 10039 Keet Seel | 1984 LK | Keet Seel, an exceptionally well-preserved prehistoric cliff dwelling located in Tsegi Canyon, in what is now the Navajo National Monument in northern Arizona; the name is apparently from a Navajo phrase "kits'iil" or "kin ts'iil" meaning "houses that have been left behind" (1998 Flagstaff Festival of Science asteroid naming contest winner) † |
| 10041 Parkinson | ★ | |
| 10042 Budstewart | 1985 PL | ★ |
| 10043 Janegann | 1985 PN | ★ |
| 10044 Squyres | 1985 RU | Steven W. Squyres, American planetologist ★ |
| 10049 Vorovich | ★ | |
| 10050 Rayman | ★ | |
| 10051 Albee | ★ | |
| 10054 Solomin | ★ | |
| 10055 Silcher | ★ | |
| 10057 L'Obel | Matthias de L'Obel (Matthaeus Lobelius), French botanist and physician to William the Silent, Prince of Orange, and to James I of England ★ | |
| 10060 Amymilne | 1988 GL | Amy Rae Milne, Canadian environmentalist † |
| 10061 Ndolaprata | Ndola de Jesus Veiga Prata, Angolan medical doctor and public health expert and lecturer | |
| 10067 Bertuch | ★ | |
| 10068 Dodoens | Rembert Dodoens, Flemish doctor ★ | |
| 10069 Fontenelle | Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, French author ★ | |
| 10070 Liuzongli | ★ | |
| 10078 Stanthorpe | Stanthorpe, Queensland's wine capital, Australia | |
| 10079 Meunier | ★ | |
| 10088 Digne | ★ | |
| 10089 Turgot | Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune, French economist ★ | |
| 10090 Sikorsky | Igor Sikorsky, Russian/Ukrainian-American helicopter pioneer ★ | |
| 10091 Bandaisan | Mount Bandaisan, Japanese active volcano in Fukusima prefecture | |
| 10092 Sasaki | ★ | |
| 10093 Diesel | Rudolf Diesel, German inventor of the diesel engine ★ | |
| 10094 Eijikato | 1991 DK | ★ |
| 10095 Johannlöwe | Johann Carl Gottfried Löwe, German composer ★ | |
| 10099 Glazebrook | Karl Glazebrook, British astronomer ★ | |
| 10100 Bürgel | Bruno Hans Bürgel, German astronomer ★ | |
| 10101-10200 | ||
| 10101 Fourier | Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, French mathematician ★ | |
| 10102 Digerhuvud | Digerhuvud, region of Gotland island, Sweden † | |
| 10103 Jungfrun | Jungfrun, largest seastack of Gotland island, Sweden † | |
| 10104 Hoburgsgubben | Hoburgsgubben, a seastack on Gotland island, Sweden † | |
| 10105 Holmhällar | Holmhällar region of Gotland island, Sweden † | |
| 10106 Lergrav | Lergrav, a seastack on Gotland island, Sweden † | |
| 10107 Kenny | Kenneth Robert Steel, father of the discoverer | |
| 10108 Tomlinson | 1992 HM | ★ |
| 10111 Fresnel | Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist ★ | |
| 10114 Greifswald | 1992 RZ | Greifswald, Germany ★ |
| 10116 Robertfranz | ★ | |
| 10117 Tanikawa | 1992 TW | ★ |
| 10119 Remarque | Erich Maria Remarque, German writer ★ | |
| 10120 Ypres | Ypres, Belgium ★ | |
| 10122 Fröding | Gustav Fröding, 19th-century Swedish poet and journalist, several of whose poems were set to music by Sibelius | |
| 10123 Fideöja | Fide and Öja, counties of Gotland island, Sweden † | |
| 10124 Hemse | Hemse, Gotland, Sweden | |
| 10125 Stenkyrka | Stenkyrka, coastal parish on Gotland, Sweden | |
| 10126 Lärbro | Lärbro, Gotland, Sweden | |
| 10127 Fröjel | Fröjel, Gotland, Sweden | |
| 10128 Bro | Bro, parish of Gotland, Sweden, where an old cairn from the Bronze Age is found, said to be the burial site of Baldur | |
| 10129 Fole | Fole, parish of Gotland, Sweden, where the well-preserved mediaeval house Vatlings is found | |
| Ardre | Ardre, parish on the eastern side of Gotland, Sweden | |
| 10131 Stånga | Stånga, Gotland, Sweden, where annual summer games have been held since 1924 | |
| 10132 Lummelunda | Lummelunda, Gotland, Sweden, where a 4-km long cave is found | |
| 10136 Gauguin | Paul Gauguin, French painter ★ | |
| 10137 Thucydides | Thucydides, Ancient Greek historian ★ | |
| 10138 Ohtanihiroshi | Ohtani Hiroshi Japanese astronomer ★ | |
| 10139 Ronsard | Pierre de Ronsard, French poet ★ | |
| 10140 Villon | François Villon, French poet ★ | |
| 10141 Gotenba | 1993 VE | ★ |
| 10142 Sakka | ★ | |
| 10143 Kamogawa | ★ | |
| 10146 Mukaitadashi | ★ | |
| 10147 Mizugatsuka | Mizugatsuka Park near Mount Fuji ★ | |
| 10148 Shirase | ★ | |
| 10149 Cavagna | 1994 PA | Marco Cavagna, Italian amateur astronomer † |
| 10151 Rubens | Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter † | |
| 10152 Ukichiro | ★ | |
| 10153 Goldman | 1994 UB | Stuart J. Goldman, Associate Editor, ''Sky & Telescope'' |
| 10154 Tanuki | 1994 UH | ★ |
| 10155 Numaguti | ★ | |
| 10157 Asagiri | ★ | |
| 10158 Taroubou | 1994 XK | ★ |
| 10159 Tokara | The Tokara Archipelago of southern Japan † | |
| 10160 Totoro | ★ | |
| 10161 Nakanoshima | Nakanoshima, largest island in the Tokara Archipelago, Japan, dominated by the picturesque Mount Ontake (Tokara Fuji) † | |
| 10162 Issunboushi | 1995 AL | ★ |
| 10163 Onomichi | ★ | |
| 10164 Akusekijima | Akusekijima, an island in the Tokara Archipelago, Japan, known for its hot spring † | |
| 10166 Takarajima | Takarajima, southernmost inhabited island of the Tokara Archipelago, Japan, famous as the model of Robert Louis Stevenson's ''Treasure Island'' † | |
| 10167 Yoshiwatiso | Yoshikazu Watanabe (Iso was his mother's maiden name), Japanese meteor observer, council member of the Oriental Astronomical Association, and surveyor of historical records of comets and meteors | |
| 10168 Stony Ridge | 1995 CN | Stony Ridge Observatory, an amateur facility in California † |
| 10169 Ogasawara | 1995 DK | ★ |
| 10170 Petrjakeš | Petr Jakeš, Czech geologist and geochemist † | |
| 10172 Humphreys | ★ | |
| 10173 Hanzelkazikmund | 1995 HA | Miroslav Zikmund and Jiří Hanzelka, Czech travelers, photographers and documentarists [1] |
| 10174 Emička | 1995 JD | Ema Moravcová, daughter of the discoverer † |
| 10175 Aenona | ★ | |
| 10176 Gaiavettori | ★ | |
| 10177 Ellison | Mervyn Archdall Ellison, Irish astronomer ★ | |
| 10178 Iriki | 1996 DD | Iriki, an historical town in the Satuma area, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan (now merged into Satsumasendai, Kagoshima) † |
| 10179 Ishigaki | 1996 DE | ★ |
| 10181 Davidacomba | C. David A. Comba, of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada? ★ | |
| 10182 Junkobiwaki | ★ | |
| 10183 Ampère | André-Marie Ampère, French physicist ★ | |
| 10184 Galvani | Luigi Galvani, Italian physicist ★ | |
| 10185 Gaudi | Antoni Gaudí, Catalan architect ★ | |
| 10186 Albéniz | ★ | |
| 10188 Yasuoyoneda | 1996 JY | ★ |
| 10189 Normanrockwell | Norman Rockwell, American artist ★ | |
| 10193 Nishimoto | ★ | |
| 10195 Nebraska | Nebraska, USA ★ | |
| 10197 Senigalliesi | 1996 UO | ★ |
| 10198 Pinelli | ★ | |
| 10199 Chariklo | Chariclo, Greek nymph, wife of Chiron ★ | |
| 10200 Quadri | ★ | |
| 10201-10300 | ||
| 10201 Korado | Korado Korlević, Croatian astronomer | |
| 10203 Flinders | 1997 PQ | ★ |
| 10204 Turing | Alan Turing, British mathematician, logician, cryptographer, and computer scientist ★ | |
| 10205 Pokorný | Zdeněk Pokorný, Czech astronomer † | |
| 10207 Comeniana | 1997 QA | ★ |
| 10209 Izanaki | ★ | |
| 10210 Nathues | ★ | |
| 10211 La Spezia | ★ | |
| 10213 Koukolík | František Koukolík, Czech neuropathologist and popularizer of science † | |
| 10215 Lavilledemirmont | 1997 SQ | Madame Henri de la Ville de Mirmont, or Jean de la Ville de Mirmont, both French writers ★ |
| 10216 Popastro | ★ | |
| 10217 Richardcook | ★ | |
| 10218 Bierstadt | ★ | |
| 10219 Penco | Umberto Penco, Italian physicist at the University of Pisa† | |
| 10220 Pigott | ★ | |
| 10221 Kubrick | Stanley Kubrick, American film director ★ | |
| 10222 Klotz | Alain Klotz, French astronomer ★ | |
| 10223 Zashikiwarashi | ★ | |
| 10226 Seishika | ★ | |
| 10227 Izanami | ★ | |
| 10233 Le Creusot | ★ | |
| 10234 Sixtygarden | 60 Garden Street, address of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics † | |
| 10237 Adzic | ★ | |
| 10239 Hermann | ★ | |
| 10241 Miličević | Don Nikola Miličević, Croatian astronomer and last administrator of Blaca Hermitage (now Pustinja Blaca, "Blaca Desert") on Brač, Croatia | |
| 10242 Wasserkuppe | 2808 P-L | Wasserkuppe, high plateau, the highest peak in the Rhön Mountains, in the German state of Hesse ★ |
| 10243 Hohe Meissner | 3553 P-L | Hohe Meissner ★ |
| 10244 Thüringer Wald | 4668 P-L | Thüringer Wald, Thuringia, Germany ★ |
| 10245 Inselsberg | 6071 P-L | Inselsberg Mountain, Germany ★ |
| 10246 Frankenwald | 6381 P-L | Frankenwald, German mountain range ★ |
| 10247 Amphiaraos | 6629 P-L | ★ |
| 10248 Fichtelgebirge | 7639 P-L | Fichtelgebirge, German mountain range ★ |
| 10249 Harz | 9515 P-L | Harz, German mountain range ★ |
| 10250 Hellahaasse | 1252 T-1 | Hella S. Haasse, Dutch novelist |
| 10251 Mulisch | 3089 T-1 | Harry Mulisch, Dutch writer |
| 10252 Heidigraf | 4164 T-1 | Heidi Graf, former Head of ESTEC Communications Office(1977-2006) at European Space Agency (ESA); "founding mother" of permanent exhibition Space Expo in Noordwijk, Netherlands (since 1990) |
| 10253 Westerwald | 2116 T-2 | Westerwald, German mountain range ★ |
| 10254 Hunsrück | 2314 T-2 | Hunsrück, German mountain range ★ |
| 10255 Taunus | 3398 T-3 | Taunus, German mountain range ★ |
| 10256 Vredevoogd | 4157 T-3 | Loek Vredevoogd, former president of the School of Management of the University of Leiden † |
| 10257 Garecynthia | 4333 T-3 | ★ |
| 10259 Osipovyurij | 1972 HL | ★ |
| 10261 Nikdollezhal' | ★ | |
| 10262 Samoilov | ★ | |
| 10263 Vadimsimona | ★ | |
| 10264 Marov | ★ | |
| 10265 Gunnarsson | Marcus Gunnarsson, Swedish astronomer † | |
| 10266 Vladishukhov | Vladimir Grigor'evich Shukhov, Russian engineer ★ | |
| 10269 Tusi | ★ | |
| 10270 Skoglöv | Erik Skoglöv, Swedish astronomer † | |
| 10283 Cromer | ★ | |
| 10285 Renémichelsen | René Michelsem, Danish astronomer † | |
| 10286 Shnollia | ★ | |
| 10287 Smale | ★ | |
| 10288 Saville | 1983 WN | ★ |
| 10289 Geoffperry | 1984 QS | Geoffrey Perry, physics teacher at Kettering Grammar School ★ |
| 10290 Kettering | 1985 SR | Kettering Group, the satellite tracking group established by Geoffrey Perry at the school at which he taught ★ |
| 10293 Pribina | ★ | |
| 10295 Hippolyta | 1988 GB | Hippolyta, mythological queen of the Amazons ★ |
| 10300 Tanakadate | Aikitsu Tanakadate (also written Aikitu Tanakadate), Japanese geophysicist, founder of the International Latitude Observatory at Mizusawa | |
| 10301-10400 | ||
| 10301 Kataoka | 1989 FH | ★ |
| 10303 Fréret | ★ | |
| 10304 Iwaki | 1989 SY | ★ |
| 10305 Grignard | ★ | |
| 10306 Pagnol | 1990 QY | Marcel Pagnol, French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker ★ |
| 10310 Delacroix | Eugène Delacroix, French painter ★ | |
| 10311 Fantin-Latour | Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter ★ | |
| 10313 Vanessa-Mae | Vanessa-Mae (Vanakorn Nicholson), Singaporean-British violinist ★ | |
| 10315 Brewster | Sir David Brewster, Scottish scientist ★ | |
| 10316 Williamturner | William Turner, British ornithologist and botanist ★ | |
| 10318 Sumaura | 1990 TX | ★ |
| 10319 Toshiharu | ★ | |
| 10320 Reiland | C. Thomas Reiland, long-time member of the Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh, founder of Nicholas E. Wagman Observatory, possibly the first observer to do the Messier Marathon ★ | |
| 10321 Rampo | Rampo Edogawa a.k.a. Hirai Taro, 20th-century Japanese mystery writer | |
| 10322 Mayuminarita | ★ | |
| 10323 Frazer | ★ | |
| 10324 Vladimirov | ★ | |
| 10325 Bexa | ★ | |
| 10326 Kuragano | ★ | |
| 10327 Batens | ★ | |
| 10330 Durkheim | Emil Durkheim, French sociologist ★ | |
| 10331 Peterbluhm | Peter Bluhm, German amateur astronomer † ‡ | |
| 10332 Défi | Défi Corporatif Canderel, Canadian cancer research fundraising event † | |
| 10340 Jostjahn | Jost Jahn, German amateur astronomer † ‡ | |
| 10343 Church | Frederic Edwin Church, American painter † | |
| 10346 Triathlon | Triathlon, sports competition ★ | |
| 10348 Poelchau | Harald Poelchau, German theologian, socialist, humanist, prison chaplain at Tegel in Berlin, surviving member of the Kreisau Circle ★ | |
| 10351 Seiichisato | ★ | |
| 10352 Kawamura | ★ | |
| 10353 Momotaro | ★ | |
| 10354 Guillaumebudé | Guillaume Budé, medieval French scholar ★ | |
| 10355 Kojiroharada | 1993 EQ | ★ |
| 10356 Rudolfsteiner | Rudolf Steiner, Austrian thinker ★ | |
| 10358 Kirchhoff | Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist ★ | |
| 10361 Bunsen | Robert Bunsen, German chemist ★ | |
| 10364 Tainai | ★ | |
| 10365 Kurokawa | ★ | |
| 10366 Shozosato | ★ | |
| 10367 Sayo | ★ | |
| 10368 Kozuki | ★ | |
| 10369 Sinden | ★ | |
| 10370 Hylonome | ★ | |
| 10371 Gigli | Paolo Gigli, co-discoverer of the object and co-founder of the Pian dei Termini Observatory † | |
| 10372 Moran | ★ | |
| 10373 MacRobert | 1996 ER | ★ |
| 10375 Michiokuga | Michio Kuga, mathematician, late of State University of New York at Stony Brook? ★ | |
| 10376 Chiarini | 1996 KW | ★ |
| 10378 Ingmarbergman | Ingmar Bergman, Swedish theatre and film director ★ | |
| 10379 Lake Placid | 1996 OH | Lake Placid, New York ★ |
| 10380 Berwald | Franz Adolf Berwald, Swedish Romantic composer ★ | |
| 10381 Malinsmith | 1996 RB | Konrad Gayelord Malin-Smith, Amateur astronomer and life-member of the Croydon Astronomical Society |
| 10382 Hadamard | Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician after whom the Hadamard transform is named ★ | |
| 10385 Amaterasu | ★ | |
| 10386 Romulus | Romulus ★ | |
| 10387 Bepicolombo | 1996 UQ | Giuseppe 'Bepi' Colombo, Italian astronomer † |
| 10388 Zhuguangya | ★ | |
| 10389 Robmanning | 1997 LD | ★ |
| 10390 Lenka | ★ | |
| 10392 Brace | ★ | |
| 10395 Jirkahorn | ★ | |
| 10399 Nishiharima | ★ | |
| 10400 Hakkaisan | 1997 VX | ★ |
| 10401-10500 | ||
| 10403 Marcelgrün | Marcel Grün, Czech astronomer † | |
| 10404 McCall | Gerald Joseph Home McCall, Australian meteoriticist ★ | |
| 10405 Yoshiaki | ★ | |
| 10412 Tsukuyomi | ★ | |
| 10413 Pansecchi | ★ | |
| 10415 Mali Lošinj | Mali Lošinj, Croatian island and city, known for the nautical school and the Astronomsko Drustvo "Leo Brenner" (Leo Brener Observatory) | |
| 10416 Kottler | ★ | |
| 10421 Dalmatin | Herman Dalmatin (Hermanus Dalmata), 12th-century Croatian translator of astronomical and mathematical Arabic books | |
| 10423 Dajčić | 1999 BB | Mario Dajčić, Croatian amateur astronomer, telescope builder and educator, founder of the Astronomical Society of Pula |
| 10424 Gaillard | ★ | |
| 10425 Landfermann | ★ | |
| 10426 Charlierouse | ★ | |
| 10427 Klinkenberg | 2017 P-L | Dirk Klinkenberg, Dutch mathematician and astronomer, discoverer of several comets † |
| 10428 Wanders | 2073 P-L | Adriaan Wanders, Dutch astronomer and author † |
| 10429 van Woerden | 2546 P-L | Hugo van Woerden, Dutch astronomer † |
| 10430 Martschmidt | 4030 P-L | Maarten Schmidt, Dutch-born American astronomer † |
| 10431 Pottasch | 4042 P-L | Stuart R. Pottasch, Dutch astronomer † |
| 10432 Ullischwarz | 4623 P-L | Ulrich Schwarz, Dutch astronomer † |
| 10433 Ponsen | 4716 P-L | Jaap Ponsen, Dutch astronomer † |
| 10434 Tinbergen | 4722 P-L | Jaap Tinbergen, Dutch astronomer † |
| 10435 Tjeerd | 6064 P-L | Tjeerd van Albada, Dutch astronomer † |
| 10436 Janwillempel | 6073 P-L | Jan Willem Pel, Dutch astronomer † |
| 10437 van der Kruit | 6085 P-L | Pieter van der Kruit, Dutch astronomer † |
| 10438 Ludolph | 6615 P-L | Ludolph van Ceulen, Dutch mathematician who calculated the value of Pi to 35 decimal places † |
| 10439 van Schooten | 6676 P-L | Frans van Schooten, Dutch mathematician † |
| 10440 van Swinden | 7636 P-L | Jean van Swinden, Dutch physicist † |
| 10441 van Rijckevorsel | 9076 P-L | Elie van Rijckevorsel, who collaborated on the first geomagnetic survey in the Netherlands † |
| 10442 Biezenzo | 4062 T-1 | Cornelis Biezenzo, Dutch physicist † |
| 10443 van der Pol | 1045 T-2 | Balthasar van der Pol, Dutch experimental physicist † |
| 10444 de Hevesy | 3290 T-2 | George de Hevesy, Hungarian chemist † |
| 10445 Coster | 4090 T-2 | Dirk Coster, Dutch chemist and co-discoverer of the element Hafnium † |
| 10446 Siegbahn | 3006 T-3 | Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn, Swedish physicist, winner of the 1981 Nobel Prize in physics ★ |
| 10447 Bloembergen | 3357 T-3 | Nicolaas Bloembergen, Dutch physicist, winner of the 1981 Nobel Prize in physics † |
| 10448 Schawlow | 4314 T-3 | Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist, winner of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics ★ |
| 10449 Takuma | 1936 UD | ★ |
| 10452 Zuev | ★ | |
| 10453 Banzan | ★ | |
| 10454 Vallenar | 1978 NY | ★ |
| 10455 Donnison | John Richard Donnison, British astronomer † | |
| 10456 Anechka | ★ | |
| 10457 Suminov | ★ | |
| 10458 Sfranke | Sigbrit Franke, Swedish educator † | |
| 10459 Vladichaika | Vladimir Dmitrievich Chaika, Ukrainian marine architect and doctor of engineering sciences | |
| 10478 Alsabti | 1981 WO | Athem Alsabti, Iraqi astronomer at University of London Observatory ★ |
| 10481 Esipov | ★ | |
| 10482 Dangrieser | Daniel Grieser (1926–1999), American optical engineer at Battelle Memorial Institute and amateur astronomer involved as a volunteer with the Perkins Observatory ★ | |
| 10483 Tomburns | ★ | |
| 10484 Hecht | 1983 WM | ★ |
| 10487 Danpeterson | Daniel William Peterson, American astronomer ★ | |
| 10498 Bobgent | Robert L. Gent, President of the Astronomical League and Vice-President of the Board of the International Dark-Sky Association ★ | |
| 10500 Nishi-koen | 1987 GA | ★ |
| 10501-10600 | ||
| 10501 Ardmacha | 1987 OT | The Irish Gaelic name of the city of Armagh in Northern Ireland † |
| 10502 Armaghobs | Armagh Observatory, Ireland † | |
| 10504 Doga | ★ | |
| 10506 Rydberg | Johannes Rydberg, Swedish mathematician, after whom the Rydberg constant is named ★ | |
| 10509 Heinrichkayser | Heinrich Kayser, German astronomer ★ | |
| 10515 Old Joe | Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower, nicknamed Old Joe, at University of Birmingham ★ | |
| 10516 Sakurajima | 1989 VQ | Mount Sakurajima, a volcano on the southern tip of Kyushu, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan. It is said that it "changes colour seven times a day" † |
| 10523 D'Haveloose | ★ | |
| 10524 Maniewski | ★ | |
| 10529 Giessenburg | Rudolf Charles d'Ablaing van Giessenburg, Dutch writer and freemason † | |
| 10538 Torode | ★ | |
| 10540 Hachigoroh | ★ | |
| 10542 Ruckers | ★ | |
| 10543 Klee | Paul Klee, Swiss artist ★ | |
| 10546 Nakanomakoto | Makoto Nakano, Japanese astronomer ★ | |
| 10547 Yosakoi | 1992 JF | ''Yosakoi'', a popular Japanese folk song about the forbidden love between a monk and a girl |
| 10549 Helsingborg | Helsingborg, Sweden ★ | |
| 10550 Malmö | Malmö, Sweden ★ | |
| 10551 Göteborg | Göteborg, Sweden ★ | |
| 10552 Stockholm | Stockholm, Sweden ★ | |
| 10555 Tagaharue | 1993 HH | ★ |
| 10557 Rowland | Henry Augustus Rowland, American astronomer ★ | |
| 10558 Karlstad | Karlstad, Sweden ★ | |
| 10559 Yukihisa | ★ | |
| 10560 Michinari | 1993 TN | ★ |
| 10561 Shimizumasahiro | ★ | |
| 10563 Izhdubar | 1993 WD | ★ |
| 10566 Zabadak | ★ | |
| 10568 Yoshitanaka | ★ | |
| 10569 Kinoshitamasao | 1994 GQ | ★ |
| 10570 Shibayasuo | 1994 GT | ★ |
| 10573 Piani | Franco Piani, Italian amateur astronomer † | |
| 10577 Jihčesmuzeum | 1995 JC | Jihočeské Muzeum (South Bohemian Museum), České Budějovice, Czech Republic † |
| 10579 Diluca | 1995 OE | Roberto Di Luca, Italian astronomer ★ |
| 10581 Jeníkhollan | Jeník Hollan, Czech astronomer and proponent of dark skies ★ | |
| 10582 Harumi | 1995 TG | ★ |
| 10583 Kanetugu | ★ | |
| 10584 Ferrini | Federico Ferrini, Italian astronomer at the University of Pisa † | |
| 10585 Wabi-Sabi | A Japanese aesthetic of minimalism † | |
| 10587 Strindberg | Arthur Strindberg, 19th-20th-century Swedish playwright and novelist | |
| 10588 Adamcrandall | 1996 OE | ★ |
| 10591 Caverni | ★ | |
| 10596 Stevensimpson | 1996 TS | ★ |
| 10598 Markrees | ★ | |
| 10601-10700 | ||
| 10601 Hiwatashi | 1996 UC | ★ |
| 10604 Susanoo | 1996 VJ | ★ |
| 10605 Guidoni | Umberto Guidoni, Italian astronaut † | |
| 10606 Crocco | Gaetano Arturo Crocco<--- (1877-1967) --->, Italian pioneer of aeronautics and space science † | |
| 10607 Amandahatton | ★ | |
| 10608 Mameta | ★ | |
| 10609 Hirai | ★ | |
| 10613 Kushinadahime | ★ | |
| 10616 Inouetakeshi | ★ | |
| 10617 Takumi | ★ | |
| 10619 Ninigi | ★ | |
| 10626 Zajíc | ★ | |
| 10627 Ookuninushi | ★ | |
| 10628 Feuerbacher | Berndt P. Feuerbacher, German physicist, head of the Institute of Space Simulation at the German Aerospace Center in Cologne since 1981 | |
| 10633 Akimasa | ★ | |
| 10634 Pepibican | Josef "Pepi" Bican, Czech footballer ★ | |
| 10637 Heimlich | ★ | |
| 10638 McGlothlin | ★ | |
| 10639 Gleason | ★ | |
| 10642 Charmaine | Charmaine Wilkerson, American-born writer and broadcaster. Discovered by Andrea Boattini † | |
| 10645 Brač | Brač island, Croatia, home of the Pustinja Blaca Observatory ("Blaca Desert" Observatory) | |
| 10646 Machielalberts | 2077 P-L | Machiel Alberts, one of the first people in the Netherlands to photograph a meteor † |
| 10647 Meesters | 3074 P-L | Piet Meesters, Dutch amateur astronomer † |
| 10648 Plancius | 4089 P-L | Petrus Plancius (Pieter Platevoet), Dutch cartographer and astronomer for the Dutch East India Company † |
| 10649 VOC | 4098 P-L | ''Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie'', Dutch for Dutch East India Company † |
| 10650 Houtman | 4110 P-L | Frederick de Houtman, Dutch navigator who travelled to the East Indies in 1595 as assistant to Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser † |
| 10651 van Linschoten | 4522 P-L | Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, Dutch cartographer and spy for the Dutch East India Company † |
| 10652 Blaeu | 4599 P-L | Willem Janszoon Blaeu, Dutch cartographer and hydrographer for the Dutch East India Company † |
| 10653 Witsen | 6030 P-L | Nicolaas Witsen, Dutch mayor of Amsterdam and member of the board of the Dutch East India Company † |
| 10654 Bontekoe | 6673 P-L | Willem Ysbrants Bontekoe, Dutch East India Company skipper whose ship flew into a hundred thousand pieces on the way to the East Indies † |
| 10655 Pietkeyser | 9535 P-L | Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser, Dutch navigator who travelled to the East Indies in 1595 with Frederik de Houtman as his assistant † |
| 10656 Albrecht | 2213 T-1 | Carl Theodor Albrecht (1843-1915), German astronomer and geodesist, first director of the International Latitude Service. |
| 10657 Wanach | 2251 T-1 | Bernhard Karl Wanach (1867-1928), Latvian-born astronomer and geodesist, second head of the International Latitude Service. |
| 10658 Gretadevries | 2281 T-1 | ★ |
| 10659 Sauerland | 3266 T-1 | Sauerland, German rural hilly area ★ |
| 10660 Felixhormuth | 4348 T-1 | Felix Hormuth, German astronomer |
| 10661 Teutoburgerwald | 1211 T-2 | Teutoburgerwald, the Teutoburg Forest of Germany ★ |
| 10663 Schwarzwald | 4283 T-2 | Schwarzwald, the Black Forest of Germany ★ |
| 10664 Phemios | 5187 T-2 | ★ |
| 10665 Ortigão | 3019 T-3 | ★ |
| 10666 Feldberg | 4171 T-3 | ★ |
| 10669 Herfordia | 1977 FN | ★ |
| 10670 Seminozhenko | ★ | |
| 10671 Mazurova | ★ | |
| 10672 Kostyukova | 1978 QE | ★ |
| 10675 Kharlamov | ★ | |
| 10676 Jamesmcdanell | ★ | |
| 10681 Khture | ★ | |
| 10683 Carter | 1980 LY | ★ |
| 10684 Babkina | ★ | |
| 10685 Kharkivuniver | 1980 VO | V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (В. Н. Каразіна Харківський Національний Університет) of Ukraine |
| 10701-10800 | ||
| 10702 Arizorcas | 1981 QD | ★ |
| 10709 Ottofranz | Otto Gustav Franz, American astronomer ★ | |
| 10711 Pskov | ★ | |
| 10712 Malashchuk | Valentina Mikhailovna Malashchuk, accountant general of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory † | |
| 10713 Limorenko | Leonid Pavlovich Limorenko, assistant director of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory † | |
| 10715 Nagler | Al Nagler, optical designer † | |
| 10716 Olivermorton | 1983 WQ | ★ |
| 10717 Dickwalker | 1983 XC | ★ |
| 10718 Samus' | ★ | |
| 10719 Andamar | 1985 TW | 'An'ne and 'Da'vid 'Mar'ren, long-standing friends of the discoverer |
| 10720 Danzl | 1986 GY | ★ |
| 10721 Tuterov | ★ | |
| 10722 Monari | 1986 TB | ★ |
| 10725 Sukunabikona | 1986 WB | ★ |
| 10727 Akitsushima | 1987 DN | ★ |
| 10729 Tsvetkova | ★ | |
| 10730 White | 1987 SU | Nathaniel Miller White, American 20th-century astronomer |
| 10733 Georgesand | George Sand, French writer ★ | |
| 10734 Wieck | ★ | |
| 10739 Lowman | ★ | |
| 10740 Fallersleben | August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet and philologist who composed the German national anthem, the Deutschlandlied ★ | |
| 10745 Arnstadt | Arnstadt, Germany ★ | |
| 10746 Mühlhausen | Mühlhausen, Germany ★ | |
| 10747 Köthen | Köthen, Germany ★ | |
| 10749 Musäus | Johann Karl August Musäus, German folklorist and literary critic ★ | |
| 10753 van der Velde | Henry Clemens van der Velde, Belgian artist and architect ★ | |
| 10760 Ozeki | ★ | |
| 10761 Lyubimets | Lyubimets, Bulgaria ★ | |
| 10762 von Laue | Max von Laue, German physicist ★ | |
| 10763 Hlawka | Edmund Hlawka, Austrian mathematician ★ | |
| 10764 Rübezahl | ★ | |
| 10767 Toyomasu | ★ | |
| 10768 Sarutahiko | Sarutahiko-no-Oh-Kami, kami (Japanese Shinto deity), guardian of Earth ★ | |
| 10769 Minas Gerais | Minas Gerais, Brazil ★ | |
| 10770 Belo Horizonte | Belo Horizonte, Brazil ★ | |
| 10771 Ouro Prêto | Ouro Preto, ancient capital of Minas Gerais, Brazil ★ | |
| 10774 Eisenach | Eisenach, Germany ★ | |
| 10775 Leipzig | Leipzig, Germany ★ | |
| 10778 Marcks | Gerhard Marcks, German sculptor ★ | |
| 10780 Apollinaire | Guillaume Apollinaire, French poet ★ | |
| 10781 Ritter | ★ | |
| 10782 Hittmair | ★ | |
| 10784 Noailles | Noailles, name of several communes in France ★ | |
| 10785 Dejaiffe | René Dejaiffe, Belgian astronomer ★ | |
| 10786 Robertmayer | Robert Mayer, musical benefactor ★ | |
| 10787 Ottoburkard | Otto Burkard, Austrian geophysicist and "founding father" of space research in Austria ★ | |
| 10789 Mikeread | ★ | |
| 10792 Ecuador | Ecuador ★ | |
| 10793 Quito | Quito, Ecuador ★ | |
| 10797 Guatemala | Guatemala ★ | |
| 10799 Yucatán | Yucatán, Mexico ★ | |
| 10801-10900 | ||
| 10801 Lüneburg | ★ | |
| 10802 Masamifuruya | ★ | |
| 10804 Amenouzume | ★ | |
| 10805 Iwano | ★ | |
| 10806 Mexico | Mexico ★ | |
| 10807 Uggarde | Uggarde Rojr, cairn on Gotland island, Sweden † | |
| 10808 Digerrojr | Digerrojr, cairn on Gotland island, Sweden † | |
| 10809 Majsterrojr | Majsterrojr, cairn on Gotland island, Sweden † | |
| 10810 Lejsturojr | Lejsturojr, cairn on Gotland island, Sweden † | |
| 10811 Lau | Lau parish, southern Gotland island, Sweden ‡ | |
| 10812 Grötlingbo | Grötlingbo parish, Gotland island, Sweden † | |
| 10813 Mästerby | Mästerby parish, Gotland island, Sweden † | |
| 10819 Mahakala | 1993 HG | Mahakala, or "Great Time", is one of the destructive aspects of Shiva in Vedic Hinduism † |
| 10820 Offenbach | Jacques Offenbach, French composer ★ | |
| 10821 Kimuratakeshi | 1993 SZ | ★ |
| 10822 Yasunori | ★ | |
| 10823 Sakaguchi | ★ | |
| 10825 Augusthermann | August Hermann Francke, German Protestant churchman ★ | |
| 10827 Doikazunori | ★ | |
| 10828 Tomjones | Tom Jones, singer ★ | |
| 10830 Desforges | ★ | |
| 10831 Takamagahara | ★ | |
| 10832 Hazamashigetomi | ★ | |
| 10834 Zembsch-Schreve | Guido Zembsch-Schreve, Dutch secret agent working for SOE who was active in occupied France in World War II, and who survived the Buchenwald concentration camp † | |
| 10835 Fröbel | Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel, German educationalist ★ | |
| 10838 Lebon | ★ | |
| 10839 Hufeland | Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland, German physician ★ | |
| 10847 Koch | Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch, German physician and Nobelist ★ | |
| 10850 Denso | ★ | |
| 10856 Bechstein | Carl Bechstein, German piano maker ★ | |
| 10857 Blüthner | Julius Blüthner, German piano maker ★ | |
| 10861 Ciske | Ciske Staring, member of the Dutch resistance in World War II † | |
| 10863 Oye | ★ | |
| 10864 Yamagatashi | ★ | |
| 10865 Thelmaruby | Thelma Ruby, British actress and playwright ★ | |
| 10866 Peru | Peru ★ | |
| 10867 Lima | Lima, Peru ★ | |
| 10870 Gwendolen | Mary Gwendolen Ellery Read Aikman, the discoverer's mother † | |
| 10872 Vaculík | Ludvík Vaculík, Czech writer and journalist † | |
| 10874 Locatelli | Pietro Antonio Locatelli, Italian violinist and composer † | |
| 10875 Veracini | Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian violinist and composer † | |
| 10878 Moriyama | 1996 VV | ★ |
| 10882 Shinonaga | ★ | |
| 10884 Tsuboimasaki | ★ | |
| 10885 Horimasato | ★ | |
| 10886 Mitsuroohba | Mitsuro Ohba, Japanese polar adventurer | |
| 10888 Yamatano-orochi | ★ | |
| 10891 Fink | ★ | |
| 10894 Nakai | R. Carlos Nakai, musician and cultural anthropologist of Navajo-Ute descent † | |
| 10895 Aynrand | Ayn Rand, Russian-born American philosopher and novelist ★ | |
| 10901-11000 | ||
| 10907 Savalle | ★ | |
| 10908 Kallestroetzel | ★ | |
| 10914 Tucker | ★ | |
| 10918 Kodaly | Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer [2] and † | |
| 10921 Romanozen | ★ | |
| 10924 Mariagriffin | Maria Anna Griffin, wife of discoverer Ian P. Griffin ★ | |
| 10925 Ventoux | Mont Ventoux, France ★ | |
| 10927 Vaucluse | Vaucluse, France ★ | |
| 10928 Caprara | ★ | |
| 10929 Chenfangyun | ★ | |
| 10930 Jinyong | Jinyong (pen-name of Louis Cha), Chinese writer | |
| 10931 Ceccano | 1998 DA | ★ |
| 10932 Rebentrost | ★ | |
| 10934 Pauldelvaux | Paul Delvaux, Belgian artist ★ | |
| 10937 Ferris | Timothy Ferris, science writer, or William D. Ferris, American amateur astronomer ★ | |
| 10938 Lorenzalevy | ★ | |
| 10943 Brunier | ★ | |
| 10947 Kaiserstuhl | 2061 P-L | Kaiserstuhl, German hill chain ★ |
| 10948 Odenwald | 2207 P-L | Odenwald, German mountain chain ★ |
| 10949 Königstuhl | 3066 P-L | Königstuhl, Germany ★ |
| 10950 Albertjansen | 4049 P-L | Albert Jansen, Dutch first director of The Hague Planetarium, later South-African amateur astronomer |
| 10951 Spessart | 4050 P-L | Spessart, German hill chain ★ |
| 10952 Vogelsberg | 4152 P-L | Vogelsberg, German mountain chain ★ |
| 10953 Gerdatschira | 4276 P-L | Gerda Tschira, German founder and director of the Carl Bosch museum, Heidelberg |
| 10954 Spiegel | 4545 P-L | Beate Spiegel, German head of the office of the Klaus Tschira Foundation |
| 10955 Harig | 5011 P-L | Ludwig Harig, German writer |
| 10956 Vosges | 5023 P-L | The Vosges, mountain range ★ |
| 10957 Alps | 6068 P-L | The Alps, mountain range ★ |
| 10958 Mont Blanc | 6188 P-L | Mont Blanc, European mountain ★ |
| 10959 Appennino | 6579 P-L | Apennine Mountains of Italy ★ |
| 10960 Gran Sasso | 6580 P-L | Gran Sasso mountain, or the Gran Sasso National Park, Italy ★ |
| 10961 Buysballot | 6809 P-L | C. H. D. Buys Ballot, Dutch meteorologist, founder of the Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute † |
| 10962 Sonnenborgh | 9530 P-L | Sonnenborgh Observatory founded in 1853 at Utrecht and the first home of the Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute † |
| 10963 van der Brugge | 2088 T-1 | Aad van der Brugge, member and board member of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Vereniging voor Weer- en Sterrenkunde (Royal Netherlands Meteorological and Astronomical Society) † |
| 10964 Degraaff | 3216 T-1 | Willem de Graaff, Dutch astronomer and public lecturer |
| 10965 van Leverink | 3297 T-1 | Simon van Leverink, member of the Working Goup on Meteors of the Royal Netherlands Meteorological and Astronomical Society † |
| 10966 van der Hucht | 3308 T-1 | Karel A. van der Hucht, Dutch astronomer, appointed IAU Assistant General Secretary in 2003 |
| 10967 Billallen | 4349 T-1 | William H. Allen, New-Zealand electrical engineer and amateur astronomer |
| 10968 Sterken | 4393 T-1 | Christiaan Leo Sterken, Belgian astronomer, Research Director of the Belgian Fund For Scientific Research, and co-founder of the Journal of Astronomical Data |
| 10969 Perryman | 4827 T-1 | Michael Perryman, Dutch project scientist of the HIPPARCOS and GAIA missions of the European Space Agency |
| 10970 de Zeeuw | 1079 T-2 | Pieter Timotheus (Tim) de Zeeuw, Dutch astrophysicist, director of Sterrewacht Leiden (Leiden Observatory) and of the Netherlands Research School for Astronomy (NOVA) |
| 10971 van Dishoeck | 1179 T-2 | Ewine Fleur van Dishoeck, Dutch astronomer, director of the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Laboratory for Astrophysics at Sterrewacht Leiden (Leiden Observatory), holder of a Dutch Spinoza award |
| 10974 Carolalbert | 2225 T-2 | ★ |
| 10979 Fristephenson | 4171 T-2 | Francis Richard Stephenson, British historian of astronomy ★ |
| 10980 Breimer | 4294 T-2 | Douwe Breimer, Dutch pharmaceutical scientist, Rector Magnificus and President of Leiden University |
| 10981 Fransaris | 1148 T-3 | Frans Saris, Dutch atomic and molecular physicist, Dean of Sciences at Leiden University |
| 10982 Poerink | 2672 T-3 | Urijan Poerink, Dutch meteor researcher |
| 10983 Smolders | 3196 T-3 | Petrus L. L. Smolders, Dutch scientist, writer and journalist, spaceflight and astronomy popularizer |
| 10984 Gispen | 3507 T-3 | Willem Hendrik Gispen, Dutch neuroscientist, rector of Utrecht University 2001–2007, who contributed to the establishment of the Museum Sterrenwacht Sonnenborgh (Sonnenborgh museum and observatory) |
| 10985 Feast | 4017 T-3 | Michael Feast, South African astronomer |
| 10989 Dolios | ★ | |
| 10990 Okunev | German Okunev, Russian composer, 1931-1973 ★ | |
| 10991 Dulov | ★ | |
| 10992 Veryuslaviya | 1974 SF | 'Ver'a Ivanovna Chubenko, Ukrainian redactor for the "Элита" (Elita) gazette, and her sons 'Yu'ry, a journalist, and Vyache'slav' Aleksandrovich Astrov-Chubenko, an astronomer and writer |
| 10997 Gahm | Gösta Gahm, Swedish astronomer † | |
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