MEANINGS OF ASTEROID NAMES (2501-3000)


Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
2501-2600
2501 Lohja 1942 GD Lohja, Finland
2502 Nummela 1943 EO Nummela, Finland
2503 Liaoning Liaoning, China
2504 Gaviola 1967 JO Enrique Gaviola (Ramón Enrique Gaviola), Argentinian astrophysicist †
2505 Hebei 1975 UJ Hebei, China
2506 Pirogov Nikolai Ivanovich Pirogov, Russian surgeon
2507 Bobone Jorge Bobone, Argentinian astronomer
2508 Alupka 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 Taiyuan, Shaanxi, China
2515 Gansu Gansu, China
2516 Roman 1964 VY Nancy Grace Roman, American astronomer
2517 Orma 1968 SB Italian for ''trace''; anagram of 1257 Mora
2518 Rutllant 1974 FG Federico Rutllant Alcina, Spanish-born director of the national observatory in Chile
2519 Annagerman Anna German, Polish singer
2520 Novorossijsk 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 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 Orren Cuthbert Mohler, American astronomer
2529 Rockwell Kent Rockwell Kent, artist
2530 Shipka Shipka, battle site from the Russo-Turkish War
2531 Cambridge 1980 LD Cambridge, England, and Cambridge, Massachusetts
2532 Sutton 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 Ningxia, China
2540 Blok 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
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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 Hubei, China
2548 Leloir 1975 DA Luis Federico Leloir, Argentinian chemist
2549 Baker 1976 UB James G. Baker, American astronomer [MPC 8800]
2550 Houssay Bernardo Alberto Houssay, Argentinian physioloist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology in 1947
2551 Decabrina ''Decembrists'', Russian revolutionaries
2552 Remek 1978 SP Vladimír Remek, Czech cosmonaut †
2553 Viljev 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 Roger Lowell Putnam and Michael C.J. Putnam, astronomy supporters
2558 Viv Vivian Russell Thomas, father of discoverer
2559 Svoboda 1981 UH Jindřich Svoboda, Czech astronomer †
2560 Siegma 1932 CW Siegfried Marx, German astronomer
2561 Margolin Mikhail Vladimirovich Margolin, blind inventor
2562 Chaliapin 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 Norbert Grögler, mineralogist and planetologist
2566 Kirghizia Kyrgyzstan
2567 Elba 1979 KA Elba Aguilera de Pizarro, mother of discoverers
2568 Maksutov 1980 GH Dmitry Dmitriyevich 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 Lithuania
2578 Saint-Exupéry Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, writer
2579 Spartacus Spartacus, Roman revolutionary
2580 Smilevskia Moisei Vasil'evich Smilevskii, Ukrainian journalist
2581 Radegast 1980 VX Radegast, Slavic god †
2582 Harimaya-Bashi 1981 SA Harimaya Bridge, Kochi, Japan
2583 Fatyanov Aleksei Ivanovich Fat'yanov, Soviet poet and songwriter
2584 Turkmenia Turkmenistan
2585 Irpedina 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 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 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, Czech Republic †
2600 Lumme 1980 VP Kari Lumme, Finnish astronomer [S&T, Dec 1982, p. 542]
2601-2700
2601 Bologna 1980 XA Bologna, Italy
2602 Moore 1982 BR Patrick Moore, British amateur astronomer †
2603 Taylor Gordon E. Taylor, British amateur astronomer †
2604 Marshak Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak, Russian poet and writer
2605 Sahade 1974 QA Jorge Sahade, Argentinian astronomer
2606 Odessa Odessa, Ukraine
2607 Yakutia 1977 NR Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Russia
2608 Seneca 1978 DA Seneca the Younger, Roman writer
2609 Kiril-Metodi Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius, inventors of the Cyrillic alphabet
2610 Tuva Tuva Republic, Russia
2611 Boyce 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 Jiangxi, China
2618 Coonabarabran Coonabarabran, Australia. The Siding Spring Observatory of the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the Australian National University is located close by (40km distant)
2619 Skalnaté Pleso 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, or, Julius August Christoph Zech, German astronomer
2624 Samitchell 1962 RE Samuel Alfred Mitchell, American astronomer
2625 Jack London Jack London, writer
2626 Belnika Nikolay Alexeyevich Belyayev, Russian astronomer
2627 Churyumov Klim Ivanovich Churyumov, Ukrainian astronomer
2628 Kopal Zdenek Kopal, Czech-born astronomer
2629 Rudra Rudra, destroyer aspect of the Hindu god Siva
2630 Hermod Hermóðr, hero in Norse mythology
2631 Zhejiang Zhejiang, China
2632 Guizhou Guizhou, China
2633 Bishop 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 Victor Jara, folk singer [MPC 8800]
2645 Daphne Plane 1976 QD Daphne Plane, librarian and friend of discoverer
2646 Abetti 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 Evenk Autonomous Okrug, Russia
2657 Bashkiria 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 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 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 Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian composer
2670 Chuvashia Chuvash Republic, Russia
2671 Abkhazia Abkhazia, Georgia
2672 Písek 1979 KC Písek, Czech Republic †
2673 Lossignol 1980 KN Lossignol, family name of friends of discoverer
2674 Pandarus 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 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 Nikolai Ostrovsky, writer
2682 Soromundi From Latin for ''sisters of the world'', after the YWCA
2683 Brian Eldest son of discoverer
2684 Douglas Douglas B. Thomas, brother of discoverer and physicist
2685 Masursky 1981 JN Harold Masursky, American astronomer
2686 Linda Susan Linda Susan Salazar, discoverer's youngest daughter
2687 Tortali 1982 HG Tortali, Vanuatun spirit of daytime
2688 Halley Edmund Halley, English astronomer
2689 Bruxelles 1935 CF Brussels, Belgium
2690 Ristiina Ristiina, Finland
2691 Sersic 1974 KB José Luis Sersic, Argentinian astronomer
2692 Chkalov Valerij Pavlovich Chkalov, pilot
2693 Yan'an Yan'an, Shaanxi, China
2694 Pino Torinese 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 Albina Alekseevna Serova, friend of discoverer
2698 Azerbajdzhan 1971 TZ Azerbaijan
2699 Kalinin 1976 YX Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin, Russian statesman
2700 Baikonur Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
2701-2800
2701 Cherson 1978 RT Chersonesos, Crimea, Ukraine
2702 Batrakov Yury Vasilyevich Batrakov, Russian astronomer
2703 Rodari Gianni Rodari, writer
2704 Julian Loewe Julian Loewe, journalist
2705 Wu Sherman S. C. Wu, photogrammetrist
2706 Borovský 1980 VW Karel HavlíÄek Borovský, Czech writer and political journalist †
2707 Ueferji 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 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 Peter I of Russia
2721 Vsekhsvyatskij Sergey Konstantinovich Vsekhsvyatsky, Russian astronomer †
2722 Abalakin Viktor Kuzmich Abalakin, Russian astronomer †
2723 Gorshkov Pyotr Mikhaylovich Gorshkov, Russian astronomer
2724 Orlov Sergey Vladimirovich Orlov, and Alexander Yakovlevich Orlov, Russian astronomers †
2725 David Bender David F. Bender, American astronomer, latterly of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
2726 Kotelnikov Vladimir Alexandrovich Kotelnikov, Russian radio engineer
2727 Paton Evgeny Oskarovich Paton and Borys Yevhenovych Paton, Soviet Ukrainian scientists
2728 Yatskiv Yaroslav Stepanovich Yatskiv, Ukrainian astrometrist
2729 Urumqi 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 Jaroslav Hašek, Czech writer
2735 Ellen 1977 RB Wife of discoverer
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 Taguacipa, god of the Inca and companion of Viracocha
2740 Tsoj Victor Robertovich Tsoj, poet and rock musician
2741 Valdivia 1975 XG Captain Pedro de Valdivia, conqueror of Chile
2742 Gibson James B. Gibson, astronomer
2743 Chengdu 1965 WR Chengdu, Sichuan, China
2744 Birgitta 1975 RB Anna Birgitta Angelica Lagerkvist, daughter of the discoverer [MPC 8800]†
2745 San Martin General José de San Martin, "father of Argentina"
2746 Hissao Hissar Astronomical Observatory, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
2747 Český Krumlov 1980 DW Český Krumlov, Czech Republic †
2748 Patrick Gene 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 Avicenna, medieval philosopher and scientist
2756 Dzhangar Epics of the Kalmyk people [MPC 8912]
2757 Crisser 1977 VN 'Cris'tina, wife of discoverer, and 'Ser'gio, discoverer
2758 Cordelia 1978 RF Cordelia, character in Shakespeare's ''King Lear''
2759 Idomeneus 1980 GC Idomeneus, Greek warrior
2760 Kacha 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 Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch inventor †
2767 Takenouchi 1967 UM Tadeo Takenouchi, Japanese astronomer
2768 Gorky Maxim Gorky (Alexey Maksimovich Peshkov), Russian writer [MPC 8913]
2769 Mendeleev Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist
2770 Tsvet Mikhail Tsvet, Russian physiologist
2771 Polzunov Ivan Ivanovich Polzunov, Russian inventor
2772 Dugan 1979 XE Raymond Smith Dugan, American astronomer
2773 Brooks William R. Brooks, American astronomer
2774 Tenojoki 1942 TJ Tenojoki, river
2775 Odishaw Hugh Odishaw, American geophysicist
2776 Baikal Lake Baikal, Russia
2777 Shukshin 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 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 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 Leonid Ivanovich Sedov, Russian astronomer or Georgy Sedov, Russian polar explorer
2786 Grinevia Alexander Stepanovich Grinevsky, Russian writer
2787 Tovarishch Tovarishch, Russian sailing ship [MPC 8800]
2788 Andenne 1981 EL Andenne, Belgium
2789 Foshan 1956 XA Foshan, Guangdong, China
2790 Needham Joseph Needham, British sinologist
2791 Paradise 1977 CA Paradise, California
2792 Ponomarev Nikolay Georgiyevich Ponomaryov, Russian designer of astronomical instruments †
2793 Valdaj 1977 QV Valdai Hills, near Moscow
2794 Kulik Leonid Alexeyevich Kulik, Russian mineralogist
2795 Lepage 1979 YM Théophile Lepage, Belgian mathematician
2796 Kron 1980 EC Gerald E. Kron, American astronomer [MPC 8800]
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
2801 Huygens 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 Karl Marx, German philosopher and political economist
2808 Belgrano 1976 HS Manuel Belgrano, Argentine general
2809 Vernadskij Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky, Russian geochemist and mineralogist
2810 Lev Tolstoj 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 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 Ersnt H. Franke, American biophysicist
2825 Crosby 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 Lada, Slavic goddess
2833 Radishchev Alexander Nikolayevich Radishchev, Russian author and social critic [MPC 8913]
2834 Christy Carol Daughter of the discoverer
2835 Ryoma 1982 WF Ryoma Sakamoto, Japanese samurai
2836 Sobolev 1978 YQ Viktor Viktorovich Sobolev, Russian astrophysicist
2837 Griboedov Aleksandr Sergeevich Griboedov, Russian playwright [MPC 8913]
2838 Takase 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 Parvati, Hindu goddess, consort of Siva
2848 ASP 1959 VF Astronomical Society of the Pacific
2849 Shklovskij Iosif Samuilovich Shklovsky, Russian astronomer
2850 Mozhaiskij Alexander Fyodorovich Mozhaysky, Russian aviation pioneer
2851 Harbin Harbin, China
2852 Declercq 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 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 Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist
2860 Pasacentennium 1978 TA The centennial of the city of Pasadena, California
2861 Lambrecht Hermann Lambrecht, German astronomer
2862 Vavilov 1977 JP Nikolai Vavilov, Soviet botanist, Sergey Vavilov, Soviet physicist †
2863 Ben Mayer 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 Nepryadva River, site of the Battle of Kulikovo
2870 Haupt 1981 LD Hermann Haupt, Austrian astronomer
2871 Schober 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 Dmitry Sergeevich Likhachev, Russian philologist [MPC 8913] †
2878 Panacea 1980 RX Panacea, Roman goddess
2879 Shimizu Shin-ichi Shimizu, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 8801]
2880 Nihondaira 1983 CA Nihondaira, Shizuoka, Japan
2881 Meiden Meiden, Lithuanian god
2882 Tedesco 1981 OG Edward Francis Tedesco, American astronomer
2883 Barabashov Nikolai Pavlovich Barabashov, Russian astronomer
2884 Reddish 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 Yevgeny Leonidovich Krinov, Russian meteoriticist
2888 Hodgson 1982 TO Richard G. Hodgson, American astronomer [MPC 8801]
2889 Brno Brno, Czech Republic †
2890 Vilyujsk Vilyuysk, Yakut ASSR, Russia [MPC 8913]
2891 McGetchin 1980 MD Thomas Richard McGetchin, American planetary scientist
2892 Filipenko 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 Kakhovka, Ukraine[MPC 8913]
2895 Memnon 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 Sir Run Run Shaw, Chinese film producer
2900 Luboš Perek 1972 AR Luboš Perek, Czech astronomer
2901-3000
2901 Bagehot 1973 DP Walter Bagehot, British writer
2902 Westerlund Bengt E. Westerlund, Swedish astronomer †
2903 Zhuhai Zhuhai, China
2904 Millman 1981 YB Peter MacKenzie Millman, Canadian astronomer †
2905 Plaskett John Stanley Plaskett, Canadian astronomer †
2906 Caltech California Institute of Technology
2907 Nekrasov 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 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 Valentina Nikolaevna Moskvina, Russian doctor [Schmadel]
2916 Voronveliya Boris Alexandrovich Vorontsov-Velyaminov, Russian astronomer [Schmadel]
2917 Sawyer Hogg 1980 RR Helen Sawyer Hogg, American-Canadian astronomer [MPC 8801] †
2918 Salazar Frederick Salazar, the discoverer's son-in-law [Schmadel]
2919 Dali 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 Gogol's ''Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka'' [Schmadel]
2923 Schuyler 1977 DA Catherine Schuyler, Minor Planet Center administrator [Schmadel]
2924 Mitake-mura Mitake-mura, town in Japan [MPC 8914]
2925 Beatty 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 Isadore Epstein, American astronomer
2929 Harris 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 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 Heinreich, German astronomer [Schmadel]
2944 Peyo 1935 QF Peyo, pseudonym of Pierre Culliford, Belgian illustrator [Schmadel]
2945 Zanstra 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 Rudolf Kippenhahn, German astronomer [Schmadel]
2948 Amosov Nikolai Mikhailovich Amosov, Ukrainian cardiologist
2949 Kaverznev 1970 PR Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kaverznev, Soviet television journalist [MPC 8914]
2950 Rousseau Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss-French philosopher [Schmadel]
2951 Perepadin Aleksandr Ivanovich Perepadin Soviet agriculturalist [Schmadel]
2952 Lilliputia Lilliput, fictional land in ''Gulliver's Travels'' [Schmadel]
2953 Vysheslavia Leonid Nikolaivich Vysheslavski, Soviet poet [Schmadel]
2954 Delsemme Armand Hubert Delsemme, Belgian astronomer [Schmadel]
2955 Newburn Ray L. Newburn, American astronomer [Schmadel]
2956 Yeomans Donald Keith Yeomans, American astronomer †
2957 Tatsuo 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 Hans Scholl, German astronomer [MPC 8802]
2960 Ohtaki Ohtaki, town in Japan [MPC 8914]
2961 Katsurahama 1982 XA Katsurahama, seashore resort in Kochi, Japan [MPC 8802]
2962 Otto 1940 YF The discoverer's great-grandfather
2963 Chen Jiageng Chen Jiageng (Tan Kah Kee), Singaporean businessman, community leader, and philanthropist [Schmadel]
2964 Jaschek Carlos Jaschek (Carlos Oton Rüdiger Jaschek), German-born Argentinian astronomer [Schmadel]
2965 Surikov 1975 BX Vasili Ivanovich Surikov, Russian painter [Schmadel]
2966 Korsunia Korsun, Ukrainian city [Schmadel]
2967 Vladisvyat Vladimir Svyatoslavich, medieval prince of Kiev
2968 Iliya 1978 QJ Ilya Muromets, legendary Russian hero
2969 Mikula 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]
2975 Spahr 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 Murmansk, Russia [MPC 8914]
2980 Cameron Alastair G. W. Cameron, American astronomer †
2981 Chagall Marc Chagall, Belarusian artist [MPC 8802] †
2982 Muriel The discoverer's mother-in-law
2983 Poltava Poltava, Ukraine [Schmadel]
2984 Chaucer 1981 YD Geoffrey Chaucer, English author [Schmadel]
2985 Shakespeare 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 The Latin word for 'image' [Schmadel]
2990 Trimberger Stephen M. 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 Evegeniya Aleksandrovna Taratuta, Soviet writer [Schmadel]
2996 Bowman 1954 RJ Fred Bowman, American astronomer
2997 Cabrera 1974 MJ Larentino Ascencion Cabreba, Argentinian astronomer
2998 Berendeya The magical land in ''The Snow Maiden'' by Alexandr Ostrovsky [Schmadel]
2999 Dante 1981 CY Dante Alighieri, Florentine (Italian) poet [Schmadel]
3000 Leonardo Leonardo da Vinci, Florentine (Italian) genius [Schmadel]


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