MEANINGS OF ASTEROID NAMES (3001-3500)
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| Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name |
|---|---|---|
| 3001-3100 | ||
| 3001 Michelangelo | Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian painter and sculptor | |
| 3002 Delasalle | ★ | |
| 3003 KonÄek | 1983 YH | Mikuláš KonÄek, Slovak meteorologist †|
| 3004 Knud | 1976 DD | ★ |
| 3005 Pervictoralex | Per Victor Alexander Lagerkvist, son of the discoverer †| |
| 3006 Livadia | Livadiya Palace, where the Yalta Conference took place | |
| 3007 Reaves | 1979 UC | Gibson Reaves, American astronomer ★ |
| 3008 Nojiri | 1938 WA | Houei Nojiri, Japanese essayist and astronomer |
| 3009 Coventry | Coventry, England ★ | |
| 3010 Ushakov | Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov, Russian naval commander †| |
| 3011 Chongqing | Probably, large Chinese "provincial-level municipality" of Chongqing ★ | |
| 3012 Minsk | Minsk, Belarus | |
| 3013 Dobrovoleva | ★ | |
| 3014 Huangsushu | 1979 TM | ★ |
| 3015 Candy | 1980 VN | ★ |
| 3016 Meuse | 1981 EK | The Meuse River (Dutch ''Maas''), which rises in France and flows through Belgium and the Netherlands †|
| 3017 PetroviÄ | 1981 UL | Å tefan PetroviÄ, Slovak climatologist †|
| 3018 Godiva | 1982 KM | Lady Godiva, legendary Anglo-Saxon woman |
| 3019 Kulin | 1940 AC | György Kulin, Hungarian astronomer †‡ |
| 3020 Naudts | 1949 PR | Ignace Naudts, Belgian amateur astronomer [MPC 21955] |
| 3021 Lucubratio | 1967 CB | Latin for nocturnal study, night work |
| 3022 Dobermann | 1980 SH | Karl Friedrich Louis Dobermann, German amateur astronomer and dog breeder †‡ + |
| 3023 Heard | 1981 JS | John Frederick Heard, Canadian astronomer †|
| 3024 Hainan | ★ | |
| 3025 Higson | 1982 QR | ★ |
| 3026 Sarastro | Sarastro, the wise priest, in Mozart's ''The Magic Flute'' | |
| 3027 Shavarsh | Shavarsh Karapetyan, Soviet Armenian finswimmer | |
| 3028 Zhangguoxi | ★ | |
| 3029 Sanders | ★ | |
| 3030 Vehrenberg | Hans Vehrenberg, German amateur astronomer, author of the ''Atlas of Deep-Sky Splendors'' (''Mein Messier-Buch'') †‡ | |
| 3031 Houston | 1984 CX | Houston, Texas |
| 3032 Evans | David Stanley Evans, British-born astronomer ★ | |
| 3033 Holbaek | 1984 EJ | ★ |
| 3034 Climenhaga | A917 SE | John L. Climenhaga, Canadian astronomer †|
| 3035 Chambers | A924 EJ | ★ |
| 3036 Krat | 1937 TO | Vladimir Alekseevich Krat, Russian astronomer †|
| 3037 Alku | 1944 BA | Discoverer's boat |
| 3038 Bernes | Mark Bernes, Russian singer ★ | |
| 3039 Yangel | Mikhail Kuz'mich Yangel', Russian rocket and missile designer †| |
| 3040 Kozai | 1979 BA | Yoshihide Kozai, Japanese astronomer ★ |
| 3041 Webb | 1980 GD | Rev. Thomas William Webb, British amateur astronomer, author of ''Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes'' ★ |
| 3042 Zelinsky | David Zelinsky, American mathematician | |
| 3043 San Diego | 1982 SA | San Diego, California, in recognition of its efforts to curb light pollution |
| 3044 Saltykov | Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian satirist | |
| 3045 Alois | 1984 AW | ★ |
| 3046 Molière | 4120 P-L | Molière, French playwright |
| 3047 Goethe | 6091 P-L | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer |
| 3048 Guangzhou | probably Guangzhou, large Chinese city ★ | |
| 3049 Kuzbass | 1968 FH | Kuznets Basin, an industrial region (Kemerovo Region) of Siberia, known for its coalmining |
| 3050 Carrera | 1972 NW | ★ |
| 3051 Nantong | 1974 YP | ★ |
| 3052 Herzen | Alexander Herzen, Russian writer and "father of Russian socialism" | |
| 3053 Dresden | 1977 QS | Dresden, Germany ★ |
| 3054 Strugatskia | Boris and Arkady Strugatsky, Russian science fiction writers †| |
| 3055 Annapavlova | Anna Pavlova, Russian ballet dancer †| |
| 3056 INAG | Institut national d'astronomie et de géophysique ★ | |
| 3057 Mälaren | 1981 EG | Lake Mälaren, Sweden ★ |
| 3058 Delmary | ★ | |
| 3059 Pryor | Tad Pryor, American Astronomer | |
| 3060 Delcano | Juan Sebastian delCaño, Explorer,Captain of the ship Victoria, sailed with Magellan ★ | |
| 3061 Cook | ★ | |
| 3062 Wren | 1982 XC | Sir Christopher Wren, English architect ★ |
| 3063 Makhaon | 1983 PV | Makhaon, mythical person related to Trojan War ★ |
| 3064 Zimmer | Louis Zimmer, Belgian (Flemish) clockmaker and amateur astronomer †| |
| 3065 Sarahill | 1984 CV | ★ |
| 3066 McFadden | 1984 EO | Lucy-Ann McFadden, American astronomer †|
| 3067 Akhmatova | Anna Akhmatova, Russian poet | |
| 3068 Khanina | ★ | |
| 3069 Heyrovský | Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech physical chemist †| |
| 3070 Aitken | 1949 GK | Robert Grant Aitken, American astronomer |
| 3071 Nesterov | see Nesterov ★ | |
| 3072 Vilnius | Vilnius, Lithuania | |
| 3073 Kursk | Kursk, Russia | |
| 3074 Popov | ★ | |
| 3075 Bornmann | Patricia Bormann, American solar astronomer | |
| 3076 Garber | ★ | |
| 3077 Henderson | 1982 SK | Thomas Henderson, Scottish astronomer, first Astronomer Royal for Scotland ★ |
| 3078 Horrocks | 1984 FG | Jeremiah Horrocks, English astronomer and mathematician ★ |
| 3079 Schiller | 2578 P-L | Friedrich Schiller, German playwright |
| 3080 Moisseiev | 1935 TE | Igor Aleksandrovich Moiseev, Russian dancer and choreographer or Vladimir Moiseyev, Russian conductor ★ |
| 3081 Martinůboh | 1971 UP | Bohuslav Martinů, Czech composer |
| 3082 Dzhalil | 1972 KE | Musa Calil, Tatar poet |
| 3083 OAFA | 1974 MH | Observatorio Astronómico Félix Aguilar ★ |
| 3084 Kondratyuk | ★ | |
| 3085 Donna | 1980 DA | ★ |
| 3086 Kalbaugh | 1980 XE | ★ |
| 3087 Beatrice Tinsley | Beatrice Tinsley, British-born New Zealand astronomer | |
| 3088 Jinxiuzhonghua | ★ | |
| 3089 Oujianquan | ★ | |
| 3090 Tjossem | 1982 AN | ★ |
| 3091 van den Heuvel | 6081 P-L | Edward Peter Jacobus van den Heuvel, Dutch astronomer †|
| 3092 Herodotus | 6550 P-L | Herodotus, Ancient Greek historian |
| 3093 Bergholz | 1971 MG | Olga Bergholz, Russian poetess †|
| 3094 Chukokkala | Title of a work by the Russian author Kornei Chukovsky | |
| 3095 Omarkhayyam | Omar Khayyám, Persian poet | |
| 3096 BezruÄ | Petr BezruÄ, Czech poet †| |
| 3097 Tacitus | 2011 P-L | Tacitus, Roman historian |
| 3098 van Sprang | 4579 P-L | Bert van Sprang, Dutch meteor specialist †|
| 3099 Hergenrother | 1940 GF | Carl W. Hergenrother, American astronomer ★ |
| 3100 Zimmerman | Nikolaj Vladimirovich Zimmerman, Russian astronomer †| |
| 3101-3200 | ||
| 3101 Goldberger | 1978 GB | ★ |
| 3102 Krok | 1981 QA | Krok, mythical Slavonic prince †|
| 3103 Eger | 1982 BB | Eger a small town NE of Budapest, at one time the sixth largest town in Hungary, known for its medieval streets, castle, and red wine (Bull's Blood) †|
| 3104 Dürer | Albrecht Dürer, artist ★ | |
| 3105 Stumpff | A907 PB | Karl Stumpff, German astronomer ★ |
| 3106 Morabito | 1981 EE | Linda Morabito (afterwards Linda Kelly), Education Programs Manager at the Planetary Society †|
| 3107 Weaver | Harold Anthony Weaver, American astronomer, or Harold Francis Weaver, American astronomer, or William Bruce Weaver, American astronomer, or several other candidates ★ | |
| 3108 Lyubov | 1972 QM | ★ |
| 3109 Machin | 1974 DC | Arnold Machin, British sculptor [MPC 34618] |
| 3110 Wagman | 1975 SC | ★ |
| 3111 Misuzu | ★ | |
| 3112 Velimir | ★ | |
| 3113 Chizhevskij | 1978 RO | ★ |
| 3114 Ercilla | ★ | |
| 3115 Baily | 1981 PL | Francis Baily, English astronomer ★ |
| 3116 Goodricke | 1983 CF | John Goodricke, English (of Dutch descent) astronomer †|
| 3117 Niepce | Nicéphore Niépce, French photography pioneer ★ | |
| 3118 Claytonsmith | 1974 OD | Clayton Smith of the United States Naval Observatory †|
| 3119 Dobronravin | 1972 YX | Petr Pavlovich Dobronravin, Russian astrophysicist †|
| 3120 Dangrania | 1979 RZ | Daniil Aleksandrovich Granin, Russian writer †|
| 3121 Tamines | 1981 EV | Tamines, Belgium ★ |
| 3122 Florence | Florence Nightingale, English nurse and hospital reformer [MPC 21955] | |
| 3123 Dunham | David Waring Dunham, American astronomer ★ | |
| 3124 Kansas | 1981 VB | Kansas, United States ★ |
| 3125 Hay | ★ | |
| 3126 Davydov | ★ | |
| 3127 Bagration | Pyotr Bagration, Russian (of Georgian descent) general who died at the Battle of Borodino in 1812 ★ | |
| 3128 Obruchev | Vladimir Obruchev, Russian geologist and fiction author ★ | |
| 3129 Bonestell | Chesley Bonestell, American space artist. Named following a competition organized by the Planetary Society †| |
| 3130 Hillary | 1981 YO | Sir Edmund Hillary, British mountaineer †|
| 3131 Mason-Dixon | The Mason-Dixon line, USA ★ | |
| 3132 Landgraf | 1940 WL | Werner Landgraf, German astronomer, who established the orbit (and whose initials appear in the provisional designation) †|
| 3133 Sendai | A907 TC | Sendai, Japan |
| 3134 Kostinsky | A921 VA | Sergej Konstantinovich Kostinskij, Russian astronomer, after whom the Kostinsky effect is named †|
| 3135 Lauer | Tod R. Lauer, American astronomer | |
| 3136 Anshan | Anshan, China ★ | |
| 3137 Horky | Czech hill, site of AntonÃn Mrkos' first telescope †| |
| 3138 Ciney | 1980 KL | Ciney, Belgium ★ |
| 3139 Shantou | ★ | |
| 3140 Stellafane | 1983 AO | Stellafane, the annual starparty organized by the Springfield Telescope Makers |
| 3141 Buchar | 1984 RH | Emil Buchar, Czech astronomer †|
| 3142 Kilopi | 1937 AC | kilo pi (1000 ★ Ï€, rounds off to 3142) |
| 3143 Genecampbell | 1980 UA | Gene Campbell? ★ |
| 3144 Brosche | Peter Brosche, German astronomer ★ | |
| 3145 Walter Adams | 1955 RY | Walter Sydney Adams, American astronomer ★ |
| 3146 Dato | 1972 KG | ★ |
| 3147 Samantha | Samantha Smith, American peace activist | |
| 3148 Grechko | Georgii Mikhailovich Grechko, Russian astronaut, head of the laboratories of the Institute of Physics of the Atmosphere of the Russian Academy of Sciences from 1985 to 1992 ★ | |
| 3149 Okudzhava | 1981 SH | Bulat Okudzhava, Russian (of Georgian descent) poet and songwriter †‡ |
| 3150 Tosa | 1983 CB | Ancient name of Kochi, Japan |
| 3151 Talbot | 1983 HF | William Henry Fox Talbot, British pioneer of photography ★ |
| 3152 Jones | 1983 LF | ★ |
| 3153 Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln, American president ★ | |
| 3154 Grant | Ulysses S. Grant, American president ★ | |
| 3155 Lee | Robert E. Lee, American general ★ | |
| 3156 Ellington | 1953 EE | Duke Ellington, American musician ★ |
| 3157 Novikov | Igor Dmitrievich Novikov, Russian astrophysicist ★ | |
| 3158 Anga | ★ | |
| 3159 Prokof'ev | Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer | |
| 3160 Angerhofer | 1980 LE | Phillip Edward Angerhofer, American astronomer and astrophysicist ★ |
| 3161 Beadell | ★ | |
| 3162 Nostalgia | 1980 YH | ★ |
| 3163 Randi | 1981 QM | James Randi, magician †|
| 3164 Prast | 6562 P-L | ★ |
| 3165 Mikawa | 1984 QE | ★ |
| 3166 Klondike | 1940 FG | The brothers Karl F. Joutsen and Anton F. Johnson, who made a fortune in the Klondike Gold Rush †|
| 3167 Babcock | 1955 RS | Horace Babcock, American astronomer ★ |
| 3168 Lomnický Å tÃt | 1980 XM | Lomnický Å tÃt, Czech meteorological and solar observatory †|
| 3169 Ostro | 1981 LA | Steven Jeffrey Ostro, American astronomer |
| 3170 Dzhanibekov | Vladimir Dzhanibekov, Russian cosmonaut ★ | |
| 3171 Wangshouguan | 1979 WO | ★ |
| 3172 Hirst | 1981 WW | William Parkinson Hirst, South African astronomer |
| 3173 McNaught | 1981 WY | Robert McNaught, British astronomer ★ |
| 3174 Alcock | 1984 UV | George Alcock, British comet and nova hunter |
| 3175 Netto | 1979 YP | Edgar Rangel Netto, Brazilian astronomer ★ |
| 3176 Paolicchi | Paolo Paolicchi, Italian astrophysicist | |
| 3177 Chillicothe | 1934 AK | One of the places named Chillicothe in Ohio, Missouri, or Illinois? ★ |
| 3178 Yoshitsune | 1984 WA | ★ |
| 3179 Beruti | 1962 FA | Colonel Antonio Luis Beruti, Argentinian military officer and patriotic leader in the struggles for independence from Spanish rule |
| 3180 Morgan | 1962 RO | William Wilson Morgan, American astronomer ★ |
| 3181 Ahnert | 1964 EC | Paul Oswald Ahnert, German astronomer |
| 3182 Shimanto | 1984 WC | Shimanto River, Japan |
| 3183 Franzkaiser | 1949 PP | Franz Kaiser German astronomer †|
| 3184 Raab | 1949 QC | Herbert Raab, Austrian software engineer and amateur astronomer, author of Astrometrica software †‡ |
| 3185 Clintford | Clinton B. Ford, American amateur astronomer, at one time Secretary of the American Association of Variable Star Observers ★ | |
| 3186 Manuilova | ★ | |
| 3187 Dalian | Dalian, China | |
| 3188 Jekabsons | 1978 OM | ★ |
| 3189 Penza | Penza, Russia | |
| 3190 Aposhanskij | ★ | |
| 3191 Svanetia | Svanetia, a mountainous district in Georgia | |
| 3192 A'Hearn | Michael Francis A'Hearn, American astronomer †‡ | |
| 3193 Elliot | 1982 DJ | ★ |
| 3194 Dorsey | ★ | |
| 3195 Fedchenko | Alexei Pavlovich Fedchenko, Russian explorer ★ | |
| 3196 Maklaj | 1978 RY | Nicholai Miklukho-Maklai, Russian ethnologist †|
| 3197 Weissman | 1981 AD | Paul Robert Weissman, American astronomer ★ |
| 3198 Wallonia | Wallonia (Walloon Region), one of the three federal regions of Belgium ★ | |
| 3199 Nefertiti | 1982 RA | Nefertiti, Egyptian queen ★ |
| 3200 Phaethon | 1983 TB | Phaëton, mythological Greek |
| 3201-3300 | ||
| 3201 Sijthoff | 6560 P-L | Albert Willem Sijthoff, Dutch publisher, who funded the construction of the Sijthoff Planetarium in the Hague in 1934. When that burned down in 1975, A. G. Sijthoff funded the construction of its replacement, the ''Omniversum'' †|
| 3202 Graff | A908 AA | Kasimir Romuald Graff, German astronomer ★ |
| 3203 Huth | 1938 SL | Hans Huth, German astronomer ★ |
| 3204 Lindgren | 1978 RH | Mats Lindgren, Swedish astronomer (comet and minor planet researcher), or, Carlton Jay Lindgren, American astronomer, or Harri Lindgren, Swedish astronomer, or Bo Lindgren, Swedish astrophysicist |
| 3205 Boksenberg | Alec Boksenberg, British astronomer ★ | |
| 3206 Wuhan | Wuhan, China | |
| 3207 Spinrad | Hyron Spinrad, American astronomer ★ | |
| 3208 Lunn | 1981 JM | ★ |
| 3209 Buchwald | Vagn Fabritius Buchwald, Danish meteoriticist ★ | |
| 3210 Lupishko | Dmitrii Lupishko, Ukrainian astronomer ★ | |
| 3211 Louispharailda | 1931 CE | Louis Pharailda? ★ |
| 3212 Agricola | Georg Agricola, German scientist, "father of mineralogy" ★ | |
| 3213 Smolensk | 1977 NQ | Smolensk, Russia |
| 3214 Makarenko | E. N. Makarenko, Ukrainian astronomer ★ | |
| 3215 Lapko | 1980 BQ | ★ |
| 3216 Harrington | 1980 RB | Robert Sutton Harrington, American astronomer †|
| 3217 Seidelmann | 1980 RK | Paul Kenneth Seidelmann, American astronomer ★ |
| 3218 Delphine | 6611 P-L | ★ |
| 3219 Komaki | 1934 CX | ★ |
| 3220 Murayama | 1951 WF | ★ |
| 3221 Changshi | ★ | |
| 3222 Liller | 1983 NJ | William Liller, American astronomer †|
| 3223 Forsius | 1942 RN | Aron Sigfrid Forsius (also known as Siegfried Aronsen), Finnish-born Professor of Astronomy in Uppsala, Sweden. His 1611 manuscript propounding his theory of colours was discovered in the Royal Library in Stockholm in 1969 ★ |
| 3224 Irkutsk | Irkutsk, Russia | |
| 3225 Hoag | 1982 QQ | Arthur Allen Hoag, American astronomer ★ |
| 3226 Plinius | 6565 P-L | Pliny the Elder (or Pliny the Younger) ★ |
| 3227 Hasegawa | 1928 DF | Sunao Hasegawa, Japanese astronomer ★ |
| 3228 Pire | 1935 CL | Georges Pire (Father Dominique), Belgian monk (Dominican Order), winner of the 1958 Nobel Prize for Peace ★ |
| 3229 Solnhofen | A916 PC | Solnhofen, south (SSE) of Nuremberg in Germany and known for its limestone and fossils ★ |
| 3230 Vampilov | 1972 LE | Aleksandr Valentinovich Vampilov, Russian playwright ★ |
| 3231 Mila | ★ | |
| 3232 Brest | 1974 SL | Brest, Brittany, French port and resort (though there is a lesser-known place of that name, a city and province in Belarus) ★ |
| 3233 KriÅ¡barons | KriÅ¡ Barons, Lithuanian folklorist ★ | |
| 3234 Hergiani | Mikhail Hergiani (Mihail Hergiani) "Misha", famous Georgian mountaineer ★ | |
| 3235 Melchior | Paul Jacques Léon Melchior, Belgian geophysicist ★ | |
| 3236 Strand | ★ | |
| 3237 Victorplatt | Victor Platt, British actor ★ | |
| 3238 Timresovia | ★ | |
| 3239 Meizhou | Meizhou, China | |
| 3240 Laocoon | Laocoön, Trojan priest of Poseidon | |
| 3241 Yeshuhua | Shuhua Ye (or correct Chinese style: Ye Shuhua), Chinese astronomer ★ | |
| 3242 Bakhchisaraj | Bakhchisaray, city and former capital of the Khanate (15th-18th centuries) of the Crimea, Ukraine | |
| 3243 Skytel | 1980 DC | ★ |
| 3244 Petronius | 4008 P-L | Petronius, Roman writer |
| 3245 Jensch | Alfred Jensch, German astronomer ★ | |
| 3246 Bidstrup | Philip Bidstrup, Danish astronomer (asteroid researcher) ★ | |
| 3247 Di Martino | 1981 YE | Mario di Martino, Italian astronomer ★ |
| 3248 Farinella | 1982 FK | Paolo Farinella, Italian astronomer ★ |
| 3249 Musashino | Musashino, a suburb of Tokyo, Japan ★ | |
| 3250 Martebo | 1979 EB | Martebo, Gotland island, Sweden †|
| 3251 Eratosthenes | 6536 P-L | Eratosthenes, Ancient Greek scientist |
| 3252 Johnny | ★ | |
| 3253 Gradie | Jonathan Carey Gradie, American astronomer | |
| 3254 Bus | 1982 UM | Schelte John Bus, American astronomer |
| 3255 Tholen | 1980 RA | David James Tholen, American astronomer |
| 3256 Daguerre | Louis Daguerre, French chemist and artist, pioneer of photography (the Daguerreotype process) | |
| 3257 HanzlÃk | 1982 GG | Stanislav HanzlÃk, Czech meteorologist and climatologist †|
| 3258 Somnium | 1983 RJ | Kepler's ''Somnium, sive opus posthumum de astronomia lunaris'' (The Dream, or Posthumous Work on Lunar Astronomy), which combined a serious study of lunar astronomy and the fictional account of a journey to the Moon |
| 3259 Brownlee | Donald Eugene Brownlee, American astronomer ★ | |
| 3260 Vizbor | Yurii Iosifovich Vizbor, Russian actor, poet, writer, composer and playwright ★ | |
| 3261 Tvardovskij | Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Russian poet ★ | |
| 3262 Miune | 1983 WB | Miune, mountain in Kochi, Japan |
| 3263 Bligh | 1932 CN | William Bligh, captain of the ''Bounty'' |
| 3264 Bounty | 1934 AF | HMAS ''Bounty'', ship |
| 3265 Fletcher | Fletcher Christian, ''Bounty'' mutineer | |
| 3266 Bernardus | 1978 PA | Andres Bernardus Muller, Dutch astronomer †|
| 3267 Glo | 1981 AA | Nickname of Eleanor F. Helin, American astronomer, comet hunter, and advisor to the Planetary Society †|
| 3268 De Sanctis | 1981 DD | Giovanni de Sanctis, Italian astronomer ★ |
| 3269 Vibert-Douglas | Alice Vibert Douglas, Canadian astronomer †| |
| 3270 Dudley | 1982 DA | Dudley Observatory, in Albany, N.Y. and later Schenectady, N.Y.. Originally noted for its work in astrometry and latterly (1956-1976) in the study of micrometeoroids. It now functions as an educational foundation ★ |
| 3271 Ul | 1982 RB | ★ |
| 3272 Tillandz | Elias Erici Tillandz (Elias Tillander), Swedish physician and botanist ★ | |
| 3273 Drukar | ★ | |
| 3274 Maillen | Maillen, Belgium ★ | |
| 3275 Oberndorfer | Hans Oberndorfer, German amateur astronomer, director of the Volkssternwarte München (Munich Public Observatory) †‡ | |
| 3276 Porta Coeli | Porta Coeli ("Gateway to Heaven") convent in Tišnov, Czech Republic †| |
| 3277 Aaronson | Marc Aaronson, American astronomer | |
| 3278 Běhounek | 1984 BT | František Běhounek, Czech physicist †|
| 3279 Solon | 9103 P-L | Solon, Greek lawmaker ★ |
| 3280 Grétry | 1933 SJ | André Ernest Modeste Grétry, Belgian (Walloon) composer |
| 3281 Maupertuis | 1938 DZ | Pierre Louis Maupertuis, French mathematician and astronomer |
| 3282 Spencer Jones | 1949 DA | Sir Harold Spencer Jones, British astronomer, former Astronomer Royal |
| 3283 Skorina | Frantsisk Skorina, first doctor of medicine in Belarus, printer and publisher ★ | |
| 3284 Niebuhr | 1953 NB | Reinhold Niebuhr, American theologian ★ |
| 3285 Ruth Wolfe | Ruth F. Wolfe, American geologist, colleague of Gene and Carolyn Shoemaker at the United States Geological Survey ★ | |
| 3286 Anatoliya | 1980 BV | ★ |
| 3287 Olmstead | C. Michelle Olmstead, American astronomer ★ | |
| 3288 Seleucus | 1982 DV | Seleucus of Seleucia, Greek astronomer ★ |
| 3289 Mitani | 1934 RP | Tetsuyasu Mitani, Japanese astronomer or Takefumi Mitani, Japanese astronomer ★ |
| 3290 Azabu | ★ | |
| 3291 Dunlap | J. Lawrence Dunlap, American astronomer ★ | |
| 3292 Sather | 2631 P-L | Robert E. Sather, American astronomer ★ |
| 3293 Rontaylor | 4650 P-L | Ronald C. Taylor, American astronomer ★ |
| 3294 Carlvesely | 6563 P-L | Carl D. Vesely, American astronomer ★ |
| 3295 Murakami | 1950 DH | ★ |
| 3296 Bosque Alegre | 1975 SF | Named after the astrophysical station of Cordoba Observatory in Argentina |
| 3297 Hong Kong | Hong Kong, China | |
| 3298 Massandra | ★ | |
| 3299 Hall | Asaph Hall, American astronomer, or Donald Hall, American astronomer, or other candidates ★ | |
| 3300 McGlasson | 1928 NA | Family Surname of a small Clan located in the Scottish Highlands. |
| 3301-3400 | ||
| 3301 Jansje | 1978 CT | Jansje Verveer, mother of Dutch astronomer Arie Verveer †|
| 3302 Schliemann | Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist ★ | |
| 3303 Merta | 1967 UN | ★ |
| 3304 Pearce | Joseph A. Pearce, Canadian astronomer †| |
| 3305 Ceadams | 1985 KB | Charles Edward Adams, American astronomer ★ |
| 3306 Byron | Lord Byron, British poet ★ | |
| 3307 Athabasca | The Athabascans, ancient people of North America †| |
| 3308 Ferreri | 1981 EP | Walter Ferreri, Italian astronomer ★ |
| 3309 Brorfelde | 1982 BH | Brorfelde Observatory in Denmark |
| 3310 Patsy | ★ | |
| 3311 Podobed | Vladimir Vladimirovich Podobed, Russian astronomer ★ | |
| 3312 Pedersen | 1984 SN | Holger Pedersen, Danish astronomer ★ |
| 3313 Mendel | 1980 DG | Gregor Johann Mendel, Czech-Austrian father of genetics †|
| 3314 Beals | 1981 FH | Carlyle Smith Beals, Canadian astronomer †|
| 3315 Chant | 1984 CZ | Clarence Augustus Chant, Canadian astronomer †‡ |
| 3316 Herzberg | Gerhard Herzberg, German-born Canadian chemist and astronomer †| |
| 3317 Paris | 1984 KF | Paris, Trojan prince |
| 3318 Blixen | 1985 HB | Karen Blixen, Danish writer |
| 3319 Kibi | ★ | |
| 3320 Namba | Osamu Namba, Japanese astronomer ★ | |
| 3321 Dasha | ★ | |
| 3322 Lidiya | ★ | |
| 3323 Turgenev | Ivan Turgenev, Russian writer | |
| 3324 Avsyuk | Yurii Nikolaevich Avsyuk, Russian geophysicist (specialist in gravimetry and geodynamics) †| |
| 3325 TARDIS | 1984 JZ | The TARDIS, time machine in ''Doctor Who'' |
| 3326 Agafonikov | 1985 FL | Askol'd M. Agafonikov, Russian(?) geophysicist †|
| 3327 Campins | 1985 PW | Humberto Campins (Humberto Campins Camejo), Venezuelan-born American astronomer †|
| 3328 Interposita | ★ | |
| 3329 Golay | Marcel Golay, Swiss astronomer ★ | |
| 3330 Gantrisch | Gantrisch, a mountain south of Bern in Switzerland ★ | |
| 3331 Kvistaberg | 1979 QS | Kvistaberg, site of Uppsala Observatory, Sweden †|
| 3332 Raksha | ★ | |
| 3333 Schaber | Gerald Gene Schaber, American planetary geologist ★ | |
| 3334 Somov | 1981 YR | Mikhail M. Somov, Russian(?) Antarctic explorer †‡ |
| 3335 Quanzhou | 1966 AA | ★ |
| 3336 Grygar | 1971 UX | Jiřà Grygar, Czech astronomer ★ |
| 3337 MiloÅ¡ | ★ | |
| 3338 Richter | Charles Francis Richter, American seismologist ★ | |
| 3339 Treshnikov | 1978 LB | Aleksei Fedorovich Treshnikov, Russian(?) Antarctic explorer †|
| 3340 Yinhai | 1979 TK | ★ |
| 3341 Hartmann | 1980 OD | William Kenneth Hartmann, American planetary scientist, writer, and painter †|
| 3342 Fivesparks | ★ | |
| 3343 Nedzel | 1982 HS | ★ |
| 3344 Modena | 1982 JA | ★ |
| 3345 Tarkovskij | Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian film director ★ | |
| 3346 Gerla | 1951 SD | ★ |
| 3347 Konstantin | ★ | |
| 3348 Pokryshkin | Aleksandr Ivanovich Pokryshkin, Russian air ace ★ | |
| 3349 Manas | Manas, a Kyrgyz epic ★ | |
| 3350 Scobee | 1980 PJ | Francis "Dick" Scobee, STS-51-L crew member |
| 3351 Smith | Michael J. Smith, STS-51-L crew member | |
| 3352 McAuliffe | 1981 CW | Christa McAuliffe, STS-51-L crew member |
| 3353 Jarvis | 1981 YC | Gregory Jarvis, STS-51-L crew member |
| 3354 McNair | 1984 CW | Ronald McNair, STS-51-L crew member |
| 3355 Onizuka | Ellison Onizuka, STS-51-L crew member | |
| 3356 Resnik | 1984 EU | Judith Resnik, STS-51-L crew member |
| 3357 Tolstikov | 1984 FT | Yevgeny Ivanovich Tolstikov, Russian meteorologist †‡ |
| 3358 Anikushin | 1978 RX | Mikhail Anikushin, Russian sculptor †|
| 3359 Purcari | Purcari in Moldova, a region known for its wines ★ | |
| 3360 - | 1981 VA | ★ |
| 3361 Orpheus | 1982 HR | Orpheus, mythological Greek musician |
| 3362 Khufu | 1984 QA | Khufu, Egyptian pharaoh |
| 3363 Bowen | 1960 EE | Ira Sprague Bowen, American astronomer ★ |
| 3364 Zdenka | 1984 GF | Zdenka Vávrová, Czech astronomer †OR Zdenka Kadla, Chechen-Russian astronomer, wife of A. A. Mikhailov ‡ |
| 3365 Recogne | Recogne in the Ardennes, Belgium ★ | |
| 3366 Gödel | Kurt Gödel, Austro-Hungarian logician | |
| 3367 Alex | ★ | |
| 3368 Duncombe | 1985 QT | Raynor Lockwood Duncombe, American astronomer ★ |
| 3369 Freuchen | 1985 UZ | Peter Freuchen, Norwegian polar explorer and author ★ |
| 3370 Kohsai | 1934 CU | ★ |
| 3371 Giacconi | 1955 RZ | Riccardo Giacconi, Italian-born American astrophysicist and winner (with Raymond Davis and Masatoshi Koshiba) of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2002 ★ |
| 3372 Bratijchuk | M. V. Bratiichuk, Ukrainian astronomer ★ | |
| 3373 Koktebelia | Koktebel, a resort on the Black Sea in Crimea ★ | |
| 3374 Namur | 1980 KO | Namur, capital of the region of Wallonia in Belgium ★ |
| 3375 Amy | ★ | |
| 3376 Armandhammer | Armand Hammer, American industrialist and art collector ★ | |
| 3377 Lodewijk | 4122 P-L | Lodewijk Woltjer, Dutch astronomer †|
| 3378 Susanvictoria | A922 WB | Susan Victoria? ★ |
| 3379 Oishi | Masayuki Oishi, Japanese astronomer ★ | |
| 3380 Awaji | 1940 EF | ★ |
| 3381 Mikkola | 1941 UG | Seppo Mikkola, Finnish astronomer ★ |
| 3382 Cassidy | 1948 RD | William Arthur Cassidy, American meteoriticist ★ |
| 3383 Koyama | 1951 AB | ★ |
| 3384 Daliya | ★ | |
| 3385 Bronnina | Nina Mikhajlovna Bronnikova, Russian astronomer †| |
| 3386 Klementinum | 1980 FA | The Klementinium, college in Prague †|
| 3387 Greenberg | 1981 WE | Jerome Mayo Greenberg (J. Mayo Greenberg), American cosmochemist ★ |
| 3388 Tsanghinchi | ★ | |
| 3389 Sinzot | 1984 DU | ★ |
| 3390 Demanet | Victor Demanet, Belgian sculptor ★ | |
| 3391 Sinon | Sinon, mythical Greek warrior | |
| 3392 Setouchi | 1979 YB | ★ |
| 3393 Å túr | ★ | |
| 3394 Banno | 1986 DB | Yoshiaki Banno, Japanese engineer |
| 3395 Jitka | 1985 UN | Jitka Beneš, Czech astronomer †|
| 3396 Muazzez | A915 TE | ★ |
| 3397 Leyla | 1964 XA | ★ |
| 3398 Stättmayer | 1978 PC | Peter Stättmayer, German amateur astronomer, director of the Volkssternwarte München (Munich Public Observatory) †‡ |
| 3399 Kobzon | Joseph Kobzon, Soviet crooner | |
| 3400 Aotearoa | 1981 GX | MÄori name for New Zealand ★ |
| 3401-3500 | ||
| 3401 Vanphilos | 1981 PA | ★ |
| 3402 Wisdom | 1981 PB | Jack Wisdom, American astronomer ★ |
| 3403 Tammy | 1981 SW | ★ |
| 3404 Hinderer | 1934 CY | Fritz Hinderer, German astronomer ★ |
| 3405 Daiwensai | 1964 UQ | ★ |
| 3406 Omsk | 1969 DA | Omsk, Russia |
| 3407 Jimmysimms | 1973 DT | James A. C. Simms III, American system administrator [MPC 34618] |
| 3408 Shalamov | Varlam Tikhonovich Shalamov, Russian author ★ | |
| 3409 Abramov | ★ | |
| 3410 Vereshchagin | Sergei V. Vereshchagin, Russian astronomer or Vasili Vasilyevich Vereshchagin, Russian artist ★ | |
| 3411 Debetencourt | 1980 LK | ★ |
| 3412 Kafka | Franz Kafka, German-Czech writer | |
| 3413 Andriana | ★ | |
| 3414 Champollion | 1983 DJ | Jean-François Champollion, French linguist |
| 3415 Danby | 1928 SL | Anthony Danby (John Michael Anthony Danby), British-born mathematician formerly of North Carolina State University †|
| 3416 Dorrit | 1931 VP | Dorrit Hoffleit, American astronomer |
| 3417 Tamblyn | 1937 GG | ★ |
| 3418 Izvekov | Vladimir Andreevich Izvekov, Soviet astronomer †| |
| 3419 Guth | 1981 JZ | VladimÃr Guth, Slovak astronomer †|
| 3420 Standish | 1984 EB | E Myles Standish Jr, American astronomer, Caltech/JPL |
| 3421 Yangchenning | Yang Zhenning (Chen Ning Franklin Yang), Chinese-American physicist | |
| 3422 Reid | 1978 OJ | ★ |
| 3423 Slouka | 1981 CK | Hubert Slouka, Czech astronomer †|
| 3424 Nušl | 1982 CD | František Nušl, Czech astronomer and mathematician †|
| 3425 Hurukawa | 1929 BD | ★ |
| 3426 Seki | 1932 CQ | Tsutomu Seki, Japanese astronomer ★ |
| 3427 Szentmártoni | 1938 AD | Béla Szentmártoni, Hungarian amateur astronomer †‡ ┼ |
| 3428 Roberts | 1952 JH | ★ |
| 3429 Chuvaev | K. K. Chuvaev, Russian (Ukrainian?) astronomer ★ | |
| 3430 Bradfield | William A. Bradfield, Australian amateur astronomer ★ | |
| 3431 Nakano | 1984 QC | Syuichi Nakano, Japanese astronomer |
| 3432 Kobuchizawa | 1986 EE | Kobuchizawa Observatory in Japan which contributes asteroid (Near Earth Objects) observations to the Minor Planet Center |
| 3433 Fehrenbach | Charles Fehrenbach, French astronomer ★ | |
| 3434 Hurless | 1981 VO | Carolyn Hurless, American amateur astronomer |
| 3435 Boury | Arsène Boury, Belgian astronomer ★ | |
| 3436 Ibadinov | Khursand Ibadinov, Tajik astronomer | |
| 3437 Kapitsa | Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa, Russian physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1978 | |
| 3438 Inarradas | ★ | |
| 3439 Lebofsky | Larry Allen Lebofsky, or Marcia Jean Lebofsky, both American astronomers ★ | |
| 3440 Stampfer | 1950 DD | Simon Stampfer, Austrian geodesist and astronomer, pioneer of cinematography ★ |
| 3441 Pochaina | Pochaina, a tributary of the Dnieper in the Ukraine | |
| 3442 Yashin | Leonid Yashin, Soviet goalkeeper | |
| 3443 Leetsungdao | Tsung-Dao Lee, Chinese American physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics ★ | |
| 3444 Stepanian | Jivan A. Stepanian, Armenian astronomer ★ | |
| 3445 Pinson | 1983 FC | William H. Pinson, American geochemist ★ |
| 3446 Combes | 1942 EB | Michel-Alain Combes, French astronomer |
| 3447 Burckhalter | 1956 SC | Charles Burckhalter, American astronomer ★ |
| 3448 Narbut | ★ | |
| 3449 Abell | George Ogden Abell, American astronomer ★ | |
| 3450 Dommanget | 1983 QJ | Jean Dommanget, Belgian astronomer ★ |
| 3451 Mentor | Mentor, mythological Greek king, son of Imbrus at Pedaseus, father of Imbrius, ally of the Trojans †| |
| 3452 Hawke | 1980 OA | Bernard Ray Hawke, American planetary geologist ★ |
| 3453 Dostoevsky | Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian writer | |
| 3454 Lieske | Jay Henry Lieske, American astronomer ★ | |
| 3455 Kristensen | 1985 QC | Leif Kahl Kristensen, Danish astronomer ★ |
| 3456 Etiennemarey | Étienne-Jules Marey, French surgeon, physiologist, inventor of the chronophotograph, pioneer of cinematography, contemporary of Eadweard Muybridge | |
| 3457 Arnenordheim | Arne Nordheim, Norwegian composer ★ | |
| 3458 Boduognat | Boduognat or Boduognatus, leader of the Nervii in Gaul who, with the Atrebates and Viromandui, fought Julius Caesar in 57 BC | |
| 3459 Bodil | 1986 GB | ★ |
| 3460 Ashkova | ★ | |
| 3461 Mandelshtam | Osip Mandelstam, Russian poet ★ | |
| 3462 Zhouguangzhao | Zhou Guangzhao | |
| 3463 Kaokuen | ★ | |
| 3464 Owensby | 1983 BA | ★ |
| 3465 Trevires | ★ | |
| 3466 Ritina | ★ | |
| 3467 Bernheim | Robert Burnham, Jr. †| |
| 3468 Urgenta | 1975 AM | ★ |
| 3469 Bulgakov | Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian novelist ★ | |
| 3470 Yaronika | 1975 ES | ★ |
| 3471 Amelin | ★ | |
| 3472 Upgren | Arthur Reinhold Upgren, American astronomer ★ | |
| 3473 Sapporo | A924 EG | Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan ★ |
| 3474 Linsley | 1962 HE | ★ |
| 3475 Fichte | 1972 TD | Hubert Fichte, German writer [MPC 34618] |
| 3476 Dongguan | ★ | |
| 3477 Kazbegi | 1979 KH | Mount Kazbek, Russia |
| 3478 Fanale | 1979 XG | Fraser Partington Fanale, American planetary geologist ★ |
| 3479 Malaparte | 1980 TQ | Curzio Malaparte (Kurt (Erich) Suckert), Italian writer †|
| 3480 Abante | 1981 GB | ★ |
| 3481 Xianglupeak | Xianglu Peak ("Incense Burner Peak", 557 m), highest point of the Fragrant Hill Park, northwest of Beijing, China | |
| 3482 Lesnaya | ★ | |
| 3483 Svetlov | Mikhail Svetlov (Mikhail Arkad'evich Svetlov), Russian poet or Mikhail Svetlov (Mikhail Svetlov-Krutikov), Russian opera singer ★ | |
| 3484 Neugebauer | 1978 NE | Paul Victor Neugebauer, German astronomer or Otto Neugebauer, historian of astronomy, or Marcia Neugebauer, American astronomer ★ |
| 3485 Barucci | 1983 NU | Maria Antonietta Barucci, Italian astronomer ★ |
| 3486 Fulchignoni | 1984 CR | Marcello Fulchignoni, Italian astronomer |
| 3487 Edgeworth | 1978 UF | Kenneth Essex Edgeworth, Irish engineer [MPC 34618] |
| 3488 Brahic | 1980 PM | André Brahic, French astronomer ★ |
| 3489 Lottie | ★ | |
| 3490 Šolc | 1984 SV | Ivan Šolc, Czech inventor †|
| 3491 Fridolin | Fridolin Becker, Swiss cartographer or Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss politician or Saint Fridolin (Fridolin von Säckingen), Irish missionary ★ | |
| 3492 Petra-Pepi | 1985 DQ | Daughter of the discoverer [MPC 21955] †|
| 3493 Stepanov | ★ | |
| 3494 Purple Mountain | 1980 XW | Purple Mountain Observatory, China |
| 3495 Colchagua | 1981 NU | ★ |
| 3496 Arieso | 1977 RC | ★ |
| 3497 Innanen | 1941 HJ | Kimmo Innanen, Finnish-Canadian astronomer †|
| 3498 Belton | Michael James Scott Belton, astronomer †| |
| 3499 Hoppe | Johannes Hoppe, German astronomer, or Peter Hoppe, German planetary scientist ★ | |
| 3500 Kobayashi | A919 SD | Takao Kobayashi, astronomer ★ |
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