Meanings of minor planet names: 1001–2000

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

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center, and the discoverers can then submit names for them, following the IAU's naming conventions. The list below concerns those minor planets in the specified number-range that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names.

Those meanings marked with an asterisk (*) are guesswork, and should be checked against Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names or Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets (marked [H])[1] to ensure that the identification is correct. Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative. Names established from other sources should quote the reference.

1001–1100

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
1001 Gaussia 1923 OA Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician [H]
1002 Olbersia 1923 OB Heinrich Olbers, German astronomer † [H] (possibly inspired by the provisional designation letters: Olbersia)
1003 Lilofee 1923 OK German legendary character (see Josef Magnus Wehner's Die schöne junge Lilofee, 1953) [H]
1004 Belopolskya 1923 OS Aristarkh Apollonovich Belopolsky, Russian astrophysicist † [H]
1005 Arago 1923 OT François Arago, French astronomer [H]
1006 Lagrangea 1923 OU Joseph Louis Lagrange, French astronomer [H]
1007 Pawlowia 1923 OX Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist † [H]
1008 La Paz 1923 PD La Paz, Bolivia [H]
1009 Sirene 1923 PE The Sirens of mythology [H]
1010 Marlene 1923 PF Marlene Dietrich, German actress [H]
1011 Laodamia 1924 PK "Named at the request of Kommendantoff" [H]
1012 Sarema 1924 PM A character in a poem by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (made into an opera by Alexander von Zemlinsky: Sarema - Die Rose vom Kaukasus) [H]
1013 Tombecka 1924 PQ Daniel Tombeck, French chemist who in 1910 succeeded Amédée Guillet as secretary of the Faculty of Science of the University of Paris [H]
1014 Semphyra 1924 PW A character in a poem by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin [H]
1015 Christa 1924 QF Feminine surname [H]
1016 Anitra 1924 QG Feminine surname [H]
1017 Jacqueline 1924 QL Jacqueline Zadoc-Kahn, disciple of the discoverer [H] (possibly inspired by the provisional designation letters: Jacqueline)
1018 Arnolda 1924 QM Arnold Berliner, editor of Naturwissenschaften [H]
1019 Strackea 1924 QN Gustav Stracke, German astronomer (see also 1201 Strenua and 1227 Geranium) [H]
1020 Arcadia 1924 QV Arcadia, mythological Greek place and modern Greek province [H]
1021 Flammario 1924 RG Camille Flammarion, French astronomer [H]
1022 Olympiada 1924 RT The Olympic Games ([H] has no explanation)
1023 Thomana 1924 RU Boys' choir of St. Thomas Church, Leipzig, Germany [H]
1024 Hale 1923 YO13 George Ellery Hale, American astronomer [H]
1025 Riema 1923 NX Johannes Karl Richard Riem, German astronomer [H]
1026 Ingrid 1923 NY Niece of Albrecht Kahrstedt, German astronomer [H]
1027 Aesculapia 1923 YO11 Asclepius, Greek god; named to redeem Jupiter's promise to Minerva to place Aesculapius among the stars (formerly, Ophiuchus was called Aesculapius) [H]
1028 Lydina 1923 PG Lydia Il'inichna Albitskaya[2]
1029 La Plata 1924 RK La Plata, Argentina [H]
1030 Vitja 1924 RQ Viktor Zaslavsky, Russian World War II hero
1031 Arctica 1924 RR The Arctic [H]
1032 Pafuri 1924 SA Pafuri River, northern Transvaal, South Africa [H]
1033 Simona 1924 SM Discoverer's daughter, Simone van Biesbroeck, who married John Titus [H] (possibly inspired by the provisional designation letters: Simona)
1034 Mozartia 1924 SS Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, German composer [H]
1035 Amata 1924 SW Possibly Amata[3]
1036 Ganymed 1924 TD Ganymede, mythological cupbearer[3]
1037 Davidweilla 1924 TF One of the members of the David-Weill family, member of the Academy of Sciences and benefactor of the Sorbonne [H]
1038 Tuckia 1924 TK Mr. and Mrs. Edward Tuck, philanthropists; Edward was the son of the founder of the American Republican Party [H] (possibly inspired by the provisional designation letters: Tuckia)
1039 Sonneberga 1924 TL Sonneberg Observatory (Sternwarte Sonneberg) [H]
1040 Klumpkea 1925 BD Dorothea Klumpke Roberts, American amateur astronomer, first woman to receive a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the Sorbonne [H]
1041 Asta 1925 FA "Possibly named by Gustav Stracke" [H]
1042 Amazone 1925 HA The River Amazon ("Name proposed by Gustav Stracke" [H])
1043 Beate 1925 HB "Named by Gustav Stracke" [H]
1044 Teutonia 1924 RO The Teutonic peoples ("Named by Gustav Stracke" [H])
1045 Michela 1924 TR Discoverer's daughter, Micheline van Biesbroeck [H]
1046 Edwin 1924 UA Discoverer's son, Edwin van Biesbroeck [H]
1047 Geisha 1924 TE Geisha, Japanese female entertainer; [H] says the asteroid was named for the "opera of the same name", which probably means Sidney Jones's musical comedy The Geisha (or possibly Madama Butterfly)
1048 Feodosia 1924 TP Crimean city of Feodosiya (Theodosia), Ukraine † ([H] simply says "Name proposed by the orbit computer, I. Putilin")
1049 Gotho 1925 RB German masculine surname [H]
1050 Meta 1925 RC German feminine surname [H]
1051 Merope 1925 SA Merope, Greek muse and goddess [H]
1052 Belgica 1925 VD Belgium [H] †
1053 Vigdis 1925 WA "Name of a planet" [H]; Vigdís is a common Ancient Scandinavian and Icelandic feminine surname, meaning simply "war goddess"
1054 Forsytia 1925 WD The Forsythia genus of flowering shrubs [H]
1055 Tynka 1925 WG Mother of Emil Buchar, of the Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, Czech Technical University in Prague [H]
1056 Azalea 1924 QD The azalea flowering shrubs, then thought a genus of their own, now sub-genera of the Rhododendron genus [H]
1057 Wanda 1925 QB Polish feminine name [H]
1058 Grubba 1925 MA Sir Howard Grubb of Parson and Co., Newcastle upon Tyne, England, maker of the 40-inch reflecting telescope of the Simeis Observatory [H]
1059 Mussorgskia 1925 OA Modest Mussorgsky, Russian composer [H]
1060 Magnolia 1925 PA The Magnolia genus of flowering trees [H]
1061 Paeonia 1925 TB The peony flowering plant, genus Paeonia [H]
1062 Ljuba 1925 TD Russian feminine surname, diminutive of Ljubov (e.g. Lyuba Berlin, Soviet parachutist) [H]
1063 Aquilegia 1925 XA The columbine flower, genus Aquilegia [H]
1064 Aethusa 1926 PA The Fool's parsley herb, genus Aethusa [H]
1065 Amundsenia 1926 PD Roald Amundsen, polar explorer [H]
1066 Lobelia 1926 RA The Indian tobacco flower, genus Lobelia [H]
1067 Lunaria 1926 RG The honesty flowering plant, genus Lunaria [H]
1068 Nofretete 1926 RK Nefertiti, wife of the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep IV [H]
1069 Planckia 1927 BC Max Planck, German physicist and Nobelist, on the occasion of his 80th birthday [H]
1070 Tunica 1926 RB The Tunica genus of flowering plants of the pink or carnation family ([H] has no explanation)
1071 Brita 1924 RE ([H] has no explanation)
1072 Malva 1926 TA The mallow plant, genus Malva [H]
1073 Gellivara 1923 OW Gällivare, Swedish Lapland, where on June 29, 1927, astronomers from several countries observed a total solar eclipse † [H]
1074 Beljawskya 1925 BE Sergei Ivanovich Belyavsky, Russian astronomer † [H] (possibly inspired by the provisional designation letters: Beljawskya)
1075 Helina 1926 SC Helij Grigor'evich Neujmin, a son of the discoverer[4]
1076 Viola 1926 TE The violets, pansies and violas, genus Viola [H]
1077 Campanula 1926 TK The Campanula genus of flowers [H]
1078 Mentha 1926 XB The true mints, genus Mentha [H]
1079 Mimosa 1927 AD The Mimosa genus of herbs and shrubs, although the discoverer apparently meant the silk tree (Albizia julibrissin), since he referred to a « flowering tree » [H]
1080 Orchis 1927 QB The orchid flowers, genus Orchis [H]
1081 Reseda 1927 QF The mignonette, genus Reseda [H]
1082 Pirola 1927 UC The wintergreen, genus Pirola' [H]
1083 Salvia 1928 BC The sage plant, genus Salvia [H]
1084 Tamariwa 1926 CC Tamara Ivanova, Soviet parachutist [H]
1085 Amaryllis 1927 QH The Amaryllis genus of the belladonna lily flower [H]
1086 Nata 1927 QL Russian feminine name, diminutive of Natalia (e.g. Nata Babushkina, Soviet parachutist) [H]
1087 Arabis 1927 RD The Arabis genus of herbs from the mustard family [H]
1088 Mitaka 1927 WA Mitaka, Tokyo, where the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory is situated [H]
1089 Tama 1927 WB Tama River, Japan, which flows near the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory [H]
1090 Sumida 1928 DG Sumida River (Sumidagawa), Tokyo [H]
1091 Spiraea 1928 DT The Spiraea genus of flowering shrubs [H]
1092 Lilium 1924 PN The true lily flower, genus Lilium [H]
1093 Freda 1925 LA Fred Prévost, civil engineer of mines and benefactor of the Faculty of sciences of Bordeaux [H]
1094 Siberia 1926 CB Siberia, region of Russia [H]
1095 Tulipa 1926 GS The tulip flower. genus Tulipa [H]
1096 Reunerta 1928 OB Theodore Reunert, of the South African Association for the Advancement of Science, mining engineer and supporter of the former Union Observatory in South Africa, friend of the discoverer [H]
1097 Vicia 1928 PC The Vicia genus of flowering plants [H]
1098 Hakone 1928 RJ Hakone, Japan
1099 Figneria 1928 RQ Vera Figner, Russian revolutionary
1100 Arnica 1928 SD The lamb's skin plants, genus Arnica [H]

1101–1200

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
1101 Clematis 1928 SJ The clematis flower, genus Clematis [H]
1102 Pepita 1928 VA Feminine form of Pepito, the discoverer's nickname [H]
1103 Sequoia 1928 VB Sequoia National Park [H]
1104 Syringa 1928 XA The lilac, genus Syringa [H]
1105 Fragaria 1929 AB The strawberry, genus Fragaria [H]
1106 Cydonia 1929 CW The quince, genus Cydonia [H]
1107 Lictoria 1929 FB Lictoria, Italy, a new city established on reclaimed land near Rome during the Fascist regime [H]
1108 Demeter 1929 KA Demeter, Greek goddess [H]
1109 Tata 1929 CU Tata, a small town in Hungary, 70 km NNW of Budapest, known for its castle (Zsigmond Castle) and lakes †
1110 Jaroslawa 1928 PD Jarosław, Poland [H]
1111 Reinmuthia 1927 CO Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth, German astronomer [H]
1112 Polonia 1928 PE Latin for Poland [H]
1113 Katja 1928 QC Russian feminine name [H]
1114 Lorraine 1928 WA Lorraine, France ? ([H] has no explanation)
1115 Sabauda 1928 XC Latin name of the House of Savoy [H]
1116 Catriona 1929 GD A Scottish feminine name [H], title of one of Robert Louis Stevenson's novels † [H]
1117 Reginita 1927 KA Niece of the discoverer [H]
1118 Hanskya 1927 QD Alexis Hansky (Alexej Pavlovich Hansky), Russian astronomer † [H]
1119 Euboea 1927 UB Euboea, Greece [H] (possibly inspired by the provisional designation letters: Euboea)
1120 Cannonia 1928 RV Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer [H]
1121 Natascha 1928 RZ Russian feminine name [H]
1122 Neith 1928 SB Neith, Egyptian goddess [H]
1123 Shapleya 1928 ST Harlow Shapley, American astronomer [H]
1124 Stroobantia 1928 TB Paul Stroobant, Belgian astronomer [H] (possibly inspired by the provisional designation letters: Storbantia)
1125 China 1957 UN1 China [H]
1126 Otero 1929 AC ([H] has no explanation)
1127 Mimi 1929 AJ Wife of Eugène Delporte; 1127 Mimi and 1145 Robelmonte had their proposed names swapped by error [H]
1128 Astrid 1929 EB Astrid of Sweden (Astrid Sofia Lovisa Thyra), Queen consort of King Léopold III of Belgium [H]
1129 Neujmina 1929 PH Grigorii Nikolaevich Neujmin, Russian astronomer † [H]
1130 Skuld 1929 RC Skuld, in Norse mythology, one of the three Norns, the Future [H]
1131 Porzia 1929 RO Character in Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar [H]
1132 Hollandia 1929 RB1 Latin name for the Netherlands † [H]
1133 Lugduna 1929 RC1 Feminine form of the Latin name of the Dutch city of Leiden, Lugdunum Batavorum †; or else of the French city of Lyon, Lugdunum [H]
1134 Kepler 1929 SA Johannes Kepler, astronomer [H]
1135 Colchis 1929 TA Colchis, Asia Minor, now Georgia [H]
1136 Mercedes 1929 UA Sister-in-law of the discoverer [H]
1137 Raïssa 1929 WB Raissa Ivanovna Maseeva, asteroid orbit computer †
1138 Attica 1929 WF Attica, Greece [H]
1139 Atami 1929 XE Atami, Shizuoka, Japan [H]
1140 Crimea 1929 YC Crimea, Ukraine [H]
1141 Bohmia 1930 AA Mrs. Bohm-Walz, who donated the Walz reflector to the Heidelberg Observatory [H]
1142 Aetolia 1930 BC Aetolia, Greece [H]
1143 Odysseus 1930 BH Odysseus, Greek hero [H]
1144 Oda 1930 BJ ([H] has no explanation)
1145 Robelmonte 1929 CC Robelmont, Belgium, birthplace of Sylvain Arend; 1127 Mimi and 1145 Robelmonte had their proposed names swapped by error [H]
1146 Biarmia 1929 JF Bjarmaland, legendary land [H]
1147 Stavropolis 1929 LF Stavropol, the city in Russia [H]
1148 Rarahu 1929 NA Tahitian girl's name, from Pierre Loti's novel Rarahu, later reprinted as Le Mariage de Loti [H]
1149 Volga 1929 PF Volga River, Russia [H]
1150 Achaia 1929 RB Achaea, Homeric name for Greece [H]
1151 Ithaka 1929 RK Ithaca, Greece [H]
1152 Pawona 1930 AD In honour of the collaboration between the astronomers Johann Palisa and Max Wolf [H]
1153 Wallenbergia 1924 SL Georg James Wallenberg, German mathematician [H]
1154 Astronomia 1927 CB Astronomy [H]
1155 Aënna 1928 BD "AN", for Astronomische Nachrichten [H]
1156 Kira 1928 DA Named by Max Mündler, German astronomer [H]
1157 Arabia 1929 QC Arabia [H]
1158 Luda 1929 QF Feminine Russian name, diminutive of "Ludmilla" [H]
1159 Granada 1929 RD Granada, Spain [H]
1160 Illyria 1929 RL Illyria, Croatia [H]
1161 Thessalia 1929 SF Thessalia, Greece [H]
1162 Larissa 1930 AC Larissa, Greece [H]
1163 Saga 1930 BA The Norse sagas [H]
1164 Kobolda 1930 FB Hermann Kobold, German astronomer, and editor of the Astronomische Nachrichten from 1907–1938 [H]
1165 Imprinetta 1930 HM Wife of the discoverer, Dutch astronomer Hendrik van Gent † [H]
1166 Sakuntala 1930 MA Sakuntala or Shakuntala, a character in an ancient Sanskrit drama [H]
1167 Dubiago 1930 PB Aleksandr Dmitrievich Dubyago, Russian astronomer [H]
1168 Brandia 1930 QA Eugène Brand, Belgian mathematician [H]
1169 Alwine 1930 QH A common German feminine name [H]
1170 Siva 1930 SQ The Hindu god Shiva or Siva, Lord of Knowledge [H]
1171 Rusthawelia 1930 TA Shota Rustaveli (Schota Rusthaweli), Georgian poet [H] (possibly inspired by the provisional designation letters: Rusthawelia)
1172 Äneas 1930 UA Aeneas, Trojan prince [H]
1173 Anchises 1930 UB Anchises, mythological Trojan [H]
1174 Marmara 1930 UC Sea of Marmara [H]
1175 Margo 1930 UD (Unspecified) [H]
1176 Lucidor 1930 VE Friend of the discoverer and amateur astronomer [H]
1177 Gonnessia 1930 WA François Gonnessiat, French astronomer and director of the Algiers Observatory at Bouzaréah, Algeria [H]
1178 Irmela 1931 EC Irmela Ruska, wife of Ernst Ruska, German inventor of the electron microscope and Nobelist [H]
1179 Mally 1931 FD Daughter-in-law of discoverer, wife of Franz Wolf (presumably Max Wolf's brother) [H]
1180 Rita 1931 GE "A girl's name" [H]
1181 Lilith 1927 CQ (Marie-Juliette Olga) Lili Boulanger, French classical composer [H] †
1182 Ilona 1927 EA "Name proposed by Gustav Stracke" [H]
1183 Jutta 1930 DC "Name proposed by Gustav Stracke" [H]
1184 Gaea 1926 RE Gaia, Greek goddess
1185 Nikko 1927 WC Nikkō, Tochigi prefecture, Japan [H]
1186 Turnera 1929 PL Herbert Hall Turner, British astronomer † [H]
1187 Afra 1929 XC "Name proposed by Gustav Stracke" [H]
1188 Gothlandia 1930 SB Ancient name of Catalonia [H]
1189 Terentia 1930 SG Lidiya Ivanovna Terent’eva, Russian astronomer and orbit computer † [H]
1190 Pelagia 1930 SL Pelageya Fedorovna Shajn, Russian astronomer † [H]
1191 Alfaterna 1931 CA Nuceria Alfaterna, ancient city founded by the Oschi, between Pompeii and Salerno, now beneath Nocera Superiore, birthplace of Alfonso Fresa, Italian astronomer, who proposed the name [H]
1192 Prisma 1931 FE In honour of the Bergedorfer Spektralkatalog (spectral catalogue), as prisms are one method of obtaining spectra † [H]
1193 Africa 1931 HB Africa † [H]
1194 Aletta 1931 JG Wife of discoverer † [H]
1195 Orangia 1931 KD Orange Province, South Africa (now the Free State Province) † [H]
1196 Sheba 1931 KE Queen of Sheba, Biblical character † [H]
1197 Rhodesia 1931 LD Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) † [H]
1198 Atlantis 1931 RA Possibly Atlantis, mythological land [H]
1199 Geldonia 1931 RF Latin name of Jodoigne, Belgium, birthplace of discoverer [H]
1200 Imperatrix 1931 RH ([H] has no explanation)

1201–1300

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
1201 Strenua 1931 RK Latin Strenuus, "diligent, careful", virtues exemplified by Gustav Stracke, German astronomer and orbit computer, who had asked that no asteroid be named after him (see also 1227 Geranium, below) [H]
1202 Marina 1931 RL Marina Davydovna Lavrova-Berg, who worked at Pulkovo Observatory in 1931–1942 † ([H] just says "Russian girl name")
1203 Nanna 1931 TA Name of many paintings by the German painter Anselm Feuerbach, one of which was in the possession of the discoverer's family [H]
1204 Renzia 1931 TE Franz Robert Renz (Franz Franzevich Renz), German-Russian astronomer † [H]
1205 Ebella 1931 TB1 Martin Ebell (Carl Wilhelm Ludwig Martin Ebell), German astronomer [H]
1206 Numerowia 1931 UH Boris Vasil'evich Numerov, Russian astronomer † ‡ [H]
1207 Ostenia 1931 VT Hans Osten, German astronomer † [H]
1208 Troilus 1931 YA Troilus, Trojan prince, killed by Achilles [H]
1209 Pumma 1927 HA Nickname of a niece of Albrecht Kahrstedt, German astronomer [H]
1210 Morosovia 1931 LB Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov, Russian revolutionary [H]
1211 Bressole 1931 XA Nephew of discoverer [H]
1212 Francette 1931 XC Wife of discoverer [H]
1213 Algeria 1931 XD Algeria [H]
1214 Richilde 1932 AA ([H] has no explanation)
1215 Boyer 1932 BA Louis Boyer, French astronomer
1216 Askania 1932 BL Askania-Werke, German optical and precision instrument makers [H]
1217 Maximiliana 1932 EC Max Wolf (Maximilian Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf), German astronomer [H]
1218 Aster 1932 BJ Aster, a genus of Asteraceae flowering plants [H]
1219 Britta 1932 CJ ([H] has no explanation)
1220 Crocus 1932 CU Crocus, a genus of Iridaceae flowering plants [H] (possibly inspired by the provisional designation letters: Crocus)
1221 Amor 1932 EA1 Amor, Roman god of love (the minor planet makes close approaches to Earth, like a lover) [H]
1222 Tina 1932 LA Amateur astronomer and friend of the discoverer [H]
1223 Neckar 1931 TG Neckar River, Germany, tributary of the Rhine [H]
1224 Fantasia 1927 SD Fantasy † ([H] has no explanation)
1225 Ariane 1930 HK Ariane Leprieur, leading character of Gabriel Marcel's play Le Chemin de crête [H]
1226 Golia 1930 HL Jacobus Golius (Iacobo Golio, Jakob Gool), orientalist who held the chair of Arabic, founder of the Sterrewacht Leiden (Leiden Observatory), who succeeded Willebrord Snell in the chair of Mathematics and Astronomy at the University of Leiden † [H]
1227 Geranium 1931 TD Geranium, a genus of Geraniaceae flowering plants. The initials of the minor planets 1227 through 1234, all discovered by K. Reinmuth, spell out "G. Stracke", German astronomer and orbit computer, who had asked that no planet be named after him. [H]
1228 Scabiosa 1931 TU Scabiosa, a genus of Dipsacaceae flowering plants [H]
1229 Tilia 1931 TP1 Tilia, the linden and lime trees [H]
1230 Riceia 1931 TX1 Hugh Rice, American amateur astronomer [H]
1231 Auricula 1931 TE2 Primula auricula, flowering plants [H]
1232 Cortusa 1931 TF2 Cortusa, a genus of Primulaceae flowering plants [H]
1233 Kobresia 1931 TG2 Kobresia, a genus of Cyperaceae plants (sedges) [H]
1234 Elyna 1931 UF Elyna, a genus of Cyperaceae plants (sedges) [H]
1235 Schorria 1931 UJ Richard Reinhard Emil Schorr, German astronomer † [H]
1236 Thaïs 1931 VX ([H] has no explanation)
1237 Geneviève 1931 XB Eldest daughter of discoverer [H]
1238 Predappia 1932 CA Predappio, Italy, birthplace of Benito Mussolini [H]
1239 Queteleta 1932 CB Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quételet, Belgian mathematician, statistician, meteorologist, and astronomer, first director of the Royal Observatory of Belgium at Brussels † [H]
1240 Centenaria 1932 CD In honour of the 100th anniversary of Hamburg Observatory † [H]
1241 Dysona 1932 EB1 Sir Frank Watson Dyson, British astronomer, director of Greenwich Observatory and president of the IAU 1928–1932 [H]
1242 Zambesia 1932 HL Then-British territories of the Zambezi River Basin, Africa † [H]
1243 Pamela 1932 JE Discoverer's daughter † [H]
1244 Deira 1932 KE Ancient name of Ossett, Yorkshire, the discoverer's birthplace † [H] (An exaggeration; in actuality, the ancient Kingdom of Deira encompassed most of modern Yorkshire)
1245 Calvinia 1932 KF Calvinia, Cape Province, South Africa † [H]
1246 Chaka 1932 OA Shaka, king of the Zulus † [H]
1247 Memoria 1932 QA Latin for "remembrance"; the discoverer was often reminded of her pleasant relationship while in Uccle in 1932 [H]
1248 Jugurtha 1932 RO Jugurtha, Numidian king and enemy of Rome † [H]
1249 Rutherfordia 1932 VB Lord Rutherford, physicist, Nobelist [H]; however, other sources state it was named after the city of Rutherford, New York, as proposed by Irving Meyer of that city †
1250 Galanthus 1933 BD Galanthus, the snowdrop [H]
1251 Hedera 1933 BE Hedera, the ivy [H]
1252 Celestia 1933 DG Celestia Whipple, mother of discoverer [H]
1253 Frisia 1931 TV1 Possibly the Latin name for Friesland and the teutonic tribe that gave its name to the area † [H]
1254 Erfordia 1932 JA Erfurt, Germany, birthplace of the discoverer † [H]
1255 Schilowa 1932 NC Mariya Vasilyevna Zhilova (M. W. Schilowa), Russian astronomer and orbit computer † [H]
1256 Normannia 1932 PD "Possibly named for the inhabitants of Normandy" [H]
1257 Móra 1932 PE Károly Móra (1899–1938, also called Károly Mórawetz), Hungarian astronomer, who succeeded Antal Tass as Director of Konkoly Observatory † [H]
1258 Sicilia 1932 PG Sicily, Italy [H]
1259 Ógyalla 1933 BT Ógyalla, in Hungary, site of the Konkoly Observatory, then also called the Ógyalla Observatory † [H]
1260 Walhalla 1933 BW Walhalla Memorial Hall, near Regensburg, Germany [H]
1261 Legia 1933 FB Latin for Liège, Belgium [H]
1262 Sniadeckia 1933 FE Jan Śniadecki, Polish scholar, professor of mathematics and astronomy, founder of Kraków Observatory [H]
1263 Varsavia 1933 FF Latin name of Warsaw, capital of Poland [H]
1264 Letaba 1933 HG Letaba River, Transvaal, South Africa † [H]
1265 Schweikarda 1911 MV Maiden name (Schweikard) of discoverer's mother [H]
1266 Tone 1927 BD Tone River, Kantō region, largest river of Japan [H]
1267 Geertruida 1930 HD Sister of G. Pels, computational assistant at Sterrewacht Leiden (Leiden Observatory), and daughter of Mr. Hameslag † [H]
1268 Libya 1930 HJ Libya † [H]
1269 Rollandia 1930 SH Romain Rolland, French writer [H]
1270 Datura 1930 YE Datura stramonium, the thorn apple [H]
1271 Isergina 1931 TN Pyotr Vasilyevich Isergin, doctor, a friend of the discoverer (who was treated by him) [H]
1272 Gefion 1931 TZ1 Gefjun (Gefion) Fountain, Copenhagen, Denmark [H]
1273 Helma 1932 PF Acquaintance of Friedrich Schwab, German astronomer [H]
1274 Delportia 1932 WC Eugène Delporte, Belgian astronomer [H]
1275 Cimbria 1932 WG The Cimbrians, encountered by the Romans in Noricum, 2nd century BC [H]
1276 Ucclia 1933 BA Named for the city of Uccle and for the Royal Observatory of Belgium situated there † [H]
1277 Dolores 1933 HA Dolores Ibarruri, Spanish political leader [H]
1278 Kenya 1933 LA Kenya † [H]
1279 Uganda 1933 LB Uganda † [H]
1280 Baillauda 1933 QB Jules Baillaud, French astronomer [H]
1281 Jeanne 1933 QJ Jeanne Arend, daughter of discoverer [H]
1282 Utopia 1933 QM1 Utopia, mythical place † [H]
1283 Komsomolia 1925 SC Komsomol, the Soviet youth organization [H]
1284 Latvia 1933 OP Latvia [H]
1285 Julietta 1933 QF Discoverer's daughter-in-law [H]
1286 Banachiewicza 1933 QH Tadeusz Banachiewicz (Thaddeus Banachiewicz), Polish astronomer, director of the Kraków Observatory [H]
1287 Lorcia 1933 QL Wife of Tadeusz Banachiewicz, Polish astronomer [H]
1288 Santa 1933 QM Named by the orbit's computer, E. de Caro, Italian astronomer [H]
1289 Kutaïssi 1933 QR Kutaïssi, Georgia [H]
1290 Albertine 1933 QL1 Albert I, King of Belgium, who died shortly after the asteroid's discovery [H]
1291 Phryne 1933 RA Phryne, a hetaera of the 4th century BC, celebrated for her beauty [H]
1292 Luce 1933 SH Wife of discoverer [H]
1293 Sonja 1933 SO Name chosen by the orbit's computer [H]
1294 Antwerpia 1933 UB1 Antwerp, Belgium [H] †
1295 Deflotte 1933 WD Nephew of discoverer [H]
1296 Andrée 1933 WE Discoverer's niece [H]
1297 Quadea 1934 AD Parents-in-law of the discoverer's brother, Prof. E. Reinmuth [H]
1298 Nocturna 1934 AE Night [H]
1299 Mertona 1934 BA Gerald Merton, English astronomer [H]
1300 Marcelle 1934 CL Second daughter of discoverer [H]

1301–1400

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
1301 Yvonne 1934 EA Sister of discoverer [H]
1302 Werra 1924 SV Werra River, Germany [H]
1303 Luthera 1928 FP Robert Luther, German astronomer [H]
1304 Arosa 1928 KC Arosa, Switzerland [H]
1305 Pongola 192148 OC Pongola River, South Africa [H]
1306 Scythia 1930 OB Scythia, ancient Russian region [H]
1307 Cimmeria 1930 UF Cimmeria, ancient Ukrainian region around Crimea [H]
1308 Halleria 1931 EB Albrecht von Haller (1708–1777), Swiss physician, botanist and poet[5]
1309 Hyperborea 1931 TO Hyperborea, mythical land [H]
1310 Villigera 1932 DB Walter A. Villiger, Swiss astronomer, head of the department of astronomical instruments of Carl Zeiss, Jena [H]
1311 Knopfia 1933 FF1 Otto Knopf, German astronomer at Jena, Germany [H]
1312 Vassar 1933 OT Vassar College, where the orbit computer (American astronomer Maud Worcester Makemson) taught [H]
1313 Berna 1933 QG Bern, Switzerland (at the request of Sigmund Mauderli, the orbit's computer) [H]
1314 Paula 1933 SC Wife of discoverer [H]
1315 Bronislawa 1933 SF1 Saint Bronislas of Poland [H]
1316 Kasan 1933 WC Kazan, Russia, on the Volga [H]
1317 Silvretta 1935 RC Silvretta, a mountain range in the Alps [H]
1318 Nerina 1934 FG Nerine genus of Amaryllidaceae flowering plants † [H]
1319 Disa 1934 FO Disa genus of showy, large tropical terrestrial orchids † [H]
1320 Impala 1934 JG The impala antelope † [H]
1321 Majuba 1934 JH Amajuba, a mountain in northern Natal, part of the Drakensberg range, South Africa, site of the Battle of Majuba Hill † [H]
1322 Coppernicus 1934 LA Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer [H]
1323 Tugela 1934 LD Tugela River, Natal, South Africa † [H]
1324 Knysna 1934 LL Knysna, town in the Western Cape Province of South Africa † [H]
1325 Inanda 1934 NR Inanda, Zulu village in South Africa † [H]
1326 Losaka 1934 NS Lusaka, Zambia (then North Rhodesia) † [H]
1327 Namaqua 1934 RT Namaqua, coastal region of South-West Africa † [H]
1328 Devota 1925 UA Fortunato Devoto, president of the National Council of Observatories of Argentina, friend of the discoverer [H]
1329 Eliane 1933 FL Éliane, daughter of Paul Bourgeois, Belgian astronomer [H]
1330 Spiridonia 1925 DB Brother-in-law of discoverer [H] and/or Spiridon Ilyich Zaslavsky, World War II hero
1331 Solvejg 1933 QS Character in Peer Gynt, drama by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen [H]
1332 Marconia 1934 AA Guglielmo Marconi, Italian radio pioneer, physicist, and Nobel Prize winner [H]
1333 Cevenola 1934 DA The Cévennes, mountainous region of southern France [H]
1334 Lundmarka 1934 OB Knut Lundmark, Swedish astronomer [H]
1335 Demoulina 1934 RE Prof. Demoulin, Belgian astronomer, of the University of Ghent [H]
1336 Zeelandia 1934 RW Latin name for Zeeland, in the Southwest Netherlands † [H]
1337 Gerarda 1934 RA1 Wife of G. Pels, computational assistant at Sterrewacht Leiden (Leiden Observatory) †
1338 Duponta 1934 XA Marc Dupont, nephew of the discoverer [H]
1339 Désagneauxa 1934 XB Brother-in-law of the discoverer [H]
1340 Yvette 1934 YA Niece of the discoverer [H]
1341 Edmée 1935 BA Edmée Chandon, French astronomer [H]
1342 Brabantia 1935 CV Latin name of the province of Brabant, Belgium and The Netherlands, whose capital is Brussels † [H]
1343 Nicole 1935 FC Niece of the discoverer [H]
1344 Caubeta 1935 GA Paul Caubet, French astronomer at the Toulouse Observatory [H]
1345 Potomac 1908 CG Potomac River, USA [H]
1346 Gotha 1929 CY Gotha, Thuringia, Germany, location of the old Gotha Observatory (Sternwarte Gotha or Seeberg-Sternwarte) established by Duke Ernst I of Saxe-Coburg and whose first director was Franz Xaver von Zach [H]
1347 Patria 1931 VW Latin for "fatherland" [H]
1348 Michel 1933 FD Michel Arend, older son of the discoverer [H]
1349 Bechuana 1934 LJ Bechuana Province of central South Africa, which became Bechuanaland, then Botswana † [H]
1350 Rosselia 1934 TA Marie-Thérèse Rossel, editor of the Belgian newspaper Le Soir (1946+) † [H]
1351 Uzbekistania 1934 TF Uzbekistan, then the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, where the discoverer resided; the name was found posthumously, handwritten in the discoverer's personal copy of Kleine Planeten für 1941 [H]
1352 Wawel 1935 CE Wawel Castle, Kraków, Poland, also seat of the Wawel Cathedral [H]
1353 Maartje 1935 CU Daughter of B. G. Mekking, Dutch computational assistant at Sterrewacht Leiden (Leiden Observatory) † [H]
1354 Botha 1935 GK Louis Botha, first prime minister of the Union of South Africa † [H]
1355 Magoeba 1935 HE Magoeba, native chief of the North Transvaal, South Africa † [H]
1356 Nyanza 1935 JH Nyanza Province, Kenya † [H]
1357 Khama 1935 ND King Khama III of the Bechuana, South Africa † [H]
1358 Gaika 1935 OB Ngqika (a.k.a. Gaika), Xhosa chief of Transkei, South Africa (then British Kaffraria) † [H]
1359 Prieska 1935 OC Prieska village, Cape Province, South Africa † [H]
1360 Tarka 1935 OD Tarka, chief of Transkei, South Africa, who also gave his name to the town of Tarkastad † [H]
1361 Leuschneria 1935 QA Armin Otto Leuschner, American astronomer, head of the Department of Astronomy of the University of California at Berkeley † [H]
1362 Griqua 1935 QG1 Griqua tribe of Griqualand, South Africa † [H]
1363 Herberta 1935 RA Herbert Clark Hoover, American president 1929–1933, earlier president of the Commission for Relief in Belgium (1915–1919); named in his honour after his 1938 visit to Belgium [H]
1364 Safara 1935 VB André Safar of Algiers [H]
1365 Henyey 1928 RK Louis G. Henyey, American astronomer
1366 Piccolo 1932 WA Italian for 'small'; pseudonym of Auguste Cauvin, a.k.a. d'Arsac, editor-in-chief of the Brussels newspaper "Le Soir" (c. 1898 – 1937) † [H]
1367 Nongoma 1934 NA Nongoma, capital city of the Kwa-Zulu homeland, South Africa †
1368 Numidia 1935 HD Numidia, ancient North African kingdom and Roman province † [H]
1369 Ostanina 1935 QB Ostanina, Soviet Union (probably in Perm Krai now) [H]
1370 Hella 1935 QG Helene Nowacki, German astronomer [H]
1371 Resi 1935 QJ Cousin of Mrs. Schaub, acquaintance of the discoverer [H]
1372 Haremari 1935 QK In honour of all the women who worked at the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut: "Harem ARI" [H]
1373 Cincinnati 1935 QN Cincinnati Observatory, whose staff did most of the orbit computations [H]
1374 Isora 1935 UA Meaning unknown, chosen by Gustav Stracke, German astronomer « Isora = Isor A = Rosi » [H]
1375 Alfreda 1935 UB Friend of the discoverer [H]
1376 Michelle 1935 UH Michelle Boyer, third daughter of the discoverer [H]
1377 Roberbauxa 1936 CD Robert Baux (1900–1987), French engineer, childhood friend of the discoverer [H]
1378 Leonce 1936 DB Léonce Rigaux, father of the discoverer [H]
1379 Lomonosowa 1936 FC Mikhail Vasilevich Lomonosov, Russian polymath [H]
1380 Volodia 1936 FM Volodya, diminutive of the Russian name Vladimir. Named after Vladimir Vesselovsky, born the night of the asteroid's discovery [H]
1381 Danubia 1930 QJ Danube River [H]
1382 Gerti 1925 BB Gertrud Hoehne, secretary at the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut in Berlin, Germany [H]
1383 Limburgia 1934 RV Latin name for the province of Limburg† ‡ [H]
1384 Kniertje 1934 RX Main character in the drama Op Hoop van Zegen by Herman Heijermans, Dutch journalist and dramatist † [H]
1385 Gelria 1935 MJ Latin name for the Dutch province of Gelderland † [H]
1386 Storeria 1935 PA Norman Wyman Storer, Professor of Astronomy at the University of Kansas †, teacher to the orbit computer [H]
1387 Kama 1935 QD Kama River, tributary to the Volga, east of Kazan [H]
1388 Aphrodite 1935 SS Aphrodite, Greek goddess [H]
1389 Onnie 1935 SS1 A. Kruyt, sister-in-law of G. Pels, computational assistant at Sterrewacht Leiden (Leiden Observatory) † [H]
1390 Abastumani 1935 TA Abastumani, Georgia, seat of the Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory [H]
1391 Carelia 1936 DA Latin name of Karelia, Finland [H]
1392 Pierre 1936 FO Nephew of discoverer [H]
1393 Sofala 1936 KD Sofala Province, Mozambique † [H]
1394 Algoa 1936 LK Algoa Bay, South Africa † [H]
1395 Aribeda 1936 OB Abbreviation of Astronomisches Rechen Institut, Berlin Dahlem [H]
1396 Outeniqua 1936 PF Outeniqua Mountains, in south western Cape Province, South Africa † [H]
1397 Umtata 1936 PG Umtata, capital of Transkei, South Africa † [H]
1398 Donnera 1936 QL Anders Severine Donner, Finnish astronomer, director of the Helsinki Observatory [H]
1399 Teneriffa 1936 QY Tenerife, Canary Islands [H]
1400 Tirela 1936 WA Charles Tirel, friend of the discoverer [H]

1401–1500

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
1401 Lavonne 1935 UD Granddaughter of Maud Worcester Makemson, American astronomer and the orbit's computer [H]
1402 Eri 1936 OC Erika Schattschneider-Kollnig, German astronomer [H]
1403 Idelsonia 1936 QA Naum Il'ich Idel'Son, Russian astronomer † [H]
1404 Ajax 1936 QW Ajax, mythological Greek warrior [H]
1405 Sibelius 1936 RE Jean Sibelius, composer
1406 Komppa 1936 RF Gustaf Komppa, Finnish chancellor of Turku University and one of the founders of Turku Observatory [H]
1407 Lindelöf 1936 WC Ernst Leonard Lindelöf, Finnish mathematician [H]
1408 Trusanda 1936 WF Trude Hichgesand, an acquaintance of Heinrich Vogt, German astronomer [H]
1409 Isko 1937 AK Ise Koch, wife of Fritz Kubach,(de) German astronomer [H]
1410 Margret 1937 AL Margret Braun, wife of Heinrich Vogt, German astronomer [H]
1411 Brauna 1937 AM Margret Braun, wife of Heinrich Vogt, German astronomer [H]
1412 Lagrula 1937 BA Joanny-Philippe Lagrula, French astronomer, at one time director of the Algiers Observatory [H]
1413 Roucarie 1937 CD Mother of discoverer [H]
1414 Jérôme 1937 CE Jérôme Boyer, father of discoverer [H]
1415 Malautra 1937 EA Wife of discoverer [H]
1416 Renauxa 1937 EC P. Renaux, French assistant astronomer at the Algiers Observatory [H]
1417 Walinskia 1937 GH (Unexplained) [H]
1418 Fayeta 1903 RG Gaston Fayet, French director of the Observatoire de Nice (Nice Observatory) [H]
1419 Danzig 1929 RF Danzig, German name for Gdańsk, Poland
1420 Radcliffe 1931 RJ In honour of the class of 1912 of Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts [H]
1421 Esperanto 1936 FQ The Esperanto language [H]
1422 Strömgrenia 1936 QF Svante Elis Strömgren, Swedish-born Danish astronomer, director of the Copenhagen University Observatory and the Bureau central des télégrammes astronomiques (and father of Bengt Georg Daniel Strömgren, Danish astronomer) [H]
1423 Jose 1936 QM Giuseppina Bianchi, deceased young daughter of Emilio Bianchi, Italian astronomer [H]
1424 Sundmania 1937 AJ Karl Frithiof Sundman, Finnish mathematician, then director of the Helsingfors Observatory [H]
1425 Tuorla 1937 GB Tuorla Observatory, Finland, then the Research Institute for Astronomy and Optics [H]
1426 Riviera 1937 GF The French Riviera ? ([H] has no explanation)
1427 Ruvuma 1937 KB Ruvuma River, Tanzania † [H]
1428 Mombasa 1937 NO Mombasa, Kenya † [H]
1429 Pemba 1937 NH Pemba Island, Tanzania † [H]
1430 Somalia 1937 NK Somalia †
1431 Luanda 1937 OB Luanda, Angola †
1432 Ethiopia 1937 PG Ethiopia (then called Abyssinia) † [H]
1433 Geramtina 1937 UC Compound name in honour of the sister of Swedish astronomer Bror Ansgar Asplind [H]
1434 Margot 1936 FD1 (Unexplained) [H]
1435 Garlena 1936 WE Acquaintance of Prof. (Werner?) Schaub, German orbit computer [H]
1436 Salonta 1936 YA Salonta (Hungarian: Nagyszalonta), town in what is now Romania, and place of birth of the discoverer, the Hungarian astronomer György Kulin (1905–1989) †
1437 Diomedes 1937 PB Diomedes, mythological Greek warrior involved in the Trojan War [H]
1438 Wendeline 1937 TC (Unexplained) [H]
1439 Vogtia 1937 TE Heinrich Vogt, German astronomer [H]
1440 Rostia 1937 TF Johann Leonhard Rost, German astronomer, author of the Atlas Portatilis Coelistis † ‡
1441 Bolyai 1937 WA János Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician †
1442 Corvina 1937 YF Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, King of Hungary. His library, the Bibliotheca Corviniana was second in size and significance to the Vatican library †
1443 Ruppina 1937 YG Ruppin, Germany, birthplace of Carl Wilhelm Ludwig Martin Ebell, German astronomer [H]
1444 Pannonia 1938 AE Pannonia, the ancient Roman province which is largely co-extensive with modern Transdanubia in modern Hungary †
1445 Konkolya 1938 AF Nicolaus Thege von Konkoly (Thege Miklós Konkoly), founder of the Ó-Gyalla Observatory, now Hurbanovo Geomagnetic Observatory, Slovakia [H] †
1446 Sillanpää 1938 BA Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish author, winner of the 1939 Nobel Prize for Literature[6]
1447 Utra 1938 BB Utra, Finland, birthplace of discoverer [H]
1448 Lindbladia 1938 DF Bertil Lindblad, Swedish astronomer and former IAU president [H]
1449 Virtanen 1938 DO Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish biochemist, winner of the 1945 Nobel Prize for Chemistry [MPC 3023]
1450 Raimonda 1938 DP Jean Jacques Raimond, Dutch former president of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Vereniging voor Weer- en Sterrenkunde (NVWS) (Royal Dutch Meteorological and Astronomical Society) and director of the Zeiss planetarium in The Hague † [H]
1451 Granö 1938 DT Johannes Gabriel Granö, Finnish geographer, explorer, and chancellor of Turku University [H]
1452 Hunnia 1938 DZ1 Literally, land of the Huns (the state founded by Attila the Hun) but used as a stylistic alternative for Hungary or Magyarország, or as a stylistic synonym for the land lying east of the Danube †
1453 Fennia 1938 ED1 Latin name for Finland [H]
1454 Kalevala 1936 DO Kalevala, the Finnish epic poem
1455 Mitchella 1937 LF Maria Mitchell, American astronomer [7] [H]
1456 Saldanha 1937 NG Saldanha harbour, South Africa †
1457 Ankara 1937 PA Ankara, Turkey [H]
1458 Mineura 1937 RC Adolphe Mineur, Belgian mathematician [H]
1459 Magnya 1937 VA Name suggested by the orbit computers [H]
1460 Haltia 1937 WC Haltitunturi mountain or possibly haltia, Finnish word for elf
1461 Jean-Jacques 1937 YL Jean-Jacques, son of the discoverer [H]
1462 Zamenhof 1938 CA Ludovic Lazarus Zamenhof, Polish physician and linguist, inventor of Esperanto [H]
1463 Nordenmarkia 1938 CB Nils Viktor Emanuel Nordenmark, Swedish astronomer [H]
1464 Armisticia 1939 VO On the twenty-first anniversary of the World War I armistice, in the hope of a continuation of world peace [H]
1465 Autonoma 1938 FA Universidad Autonoma de El Salvador, in recognition of the hospitality granted to the Hamburg Observatory [H]
1466 Mündleria 1938 KA Max Mündler, German astronomer [H]
1467 Mashona 1938 OE Mashona people of Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) † [H]
1468 Zomba 1938 PA Zomba, Malawi (then Nyassaland) † [H]
1469 Linzia 1938 QD Linz, Austria [H]
1470 Carla 1938 SD Carla Ziegler, friend of the discoverer [H]
1471 Tornio 1938 SL1 Tornio, Finland
1472 Muonio 1938 UQ Muonio, Finland
1473 Ounas 1938 UT Ounastunturi mountain
1474 Beira 1935 QY Beira, Mozambique † [H]
1475 Yalta 1935 SM Yalta, Ukraine [H]
1476 Cox 1936 RA Jacques Cox (1898–1972), professor of astronomy at the University of Brussels [MPC 3824]
1477 Bonsdorffia 1938 CC Toivo Ilmari Bonsdorff, Finnish astronomer and founder of the Geodetic Institute of Finland † [H]
1478 Vihuri 1938 CF A. Vihuri, Finnish ship owner and patron of the arts and sciences [H]
1479 Inkeri 1938 DE Discoverer's granddaughter and niece, and also the Finnish region of Ingria [H]
1480 Aunus 1938 DK Discoverer's grandson, and also the Finnish town Olonets in region of Karelia [H]
1481 Tübingia 1938 DR Tübingen, Germany, birthplace of Kepler [H]
1482 Sebastiana 1938 DA1 Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer [H]
1483 Hakoila 1938 DJ1 Kosti Johannes Hakoila, Finnish astronomer and the discoverer's assistant [H]
1484 Postrema 1938 HC Latin for "last", being the discoverer's last (this would not remain true) [H]
1485 Isa 1938 OB Diminutive of Marisa (named by Massimo Cimino, Italian astronomer) [H]
1486 Marilyn 1938 QA Marilyn Herget, daughter of Paul Herget, American astronomer [H]
1487 Boda 1938 WC Karl Boda, German astronomer [H]
1488 Aura 1938 XE Aura River, Finland [*] ([H] has no explanation)
1489 Attila 1939 GC Attila the Hun †
1490 Limpopo 1936 LB Limpopo River, Africa † [H]
1491 Balduinus 1938 EJ Latin form of the name Baldwin, in this case referring to King Baudouin of Belgium [H] †
1492 Oppolzer 1938 FL Theodor von Oppolzer, Austrian astronomer [H]
1493 Sigrid 1938 QB Sigrid, wife of Bengt Georg Daniel Strömgren, Danish-American astronomer [H]
1494 Savo 1938 SJ Savonia, region of Finland [H]
1495 Helsinki 1938 SW Helsinki, Finland
1496 Turku 1938 SA1 Turku, Finland, home to the discoverer [H]
1497 Tampere 1938 SB1 Tampere, Finland
1498 Lahti 1938 SK1 Lahti, Finland
1499 Pori 1938 UF Pori, Finland
1500 Jyväskylä 1938 UH Jyväskylä, Finland

1501–1600

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
1501 Baade 1938 UJ Walter Baade, German astronomer †
1502 Arenda 1938 WB Sylvain Julien Victor Arend, Belgian astronomer [H]
1503 Kuopio 1938 XD Kuopio, Finland
1504 Lappeenranta 1939 FM Lappeenranta, Finland
1505 Koranna 1939 HH The Koranna, a tribe of San people from the Kalahari Desert † [H]
1506 Xosa 1939 JC Xhosa people of Africa † [H]
1507 Vaasa 1939 RD Vaasa, Finland
1508 Kemi 1938 UP Kemi, Finland
1509 Esclangona 1938 YG Ernest Esclangon, French astronomer [H]
1510 Charlois 1939 DC Auguste Charlois, French astronomer
1511 Daléra 1939 FB Paul Daléra, friend of discoverer [H]
1512 Oulu 1939 FE Oulu, Finland, birthplace of discoverer [H]
1513 Mátra 1940 EB Mátra, a mountain range in Hungary †
1514 Ricouxa 1906 UR *
1515 Perrotin 1936 VG Joseph Athanase Perrotin, French astronomer
1516 Henry 1938 BG Paul and Prosper Henry, French astronomers
1517 Beograd 1938 FD Belgrade, Serbia, discoverer's native city [H]
1518 Rovaniemi 1938 UA Rovaniemi, Finland
1519 Kajaani 1938 UB Kajaani, Finland
1520 Imatra 1938 UY Imatra, Finland
1521 Seinäjoki 1938 UB1 Seinäjoki, Finland
1522 Kokkola 1938 WO Kokkola, Finland
1523 Pieksämäki 1939 BC Pieksämäki, Finland
1524 Joensuu 1939 SB Joensuu, Finland
1525 Savonlinna 1939 SC Savonlinna, Finland
1526 Mikkeli 1939 TF Mikkeli, Finland
1527 Malmquista 1939 UG Gunnar Malmquist, Swedish astronomer [H]
1528 Conrada 1940 CA Fritz Conrad, admiral in the German Navy during World War II [H]
1529 Oterma 1938 BC Liisi Oterma, Finnish astronomer
1530 Rantaseppä 1938 SG Hilkka Rantaseppä (Hilkka Rantaseppä-Helenius), Finnish astronomer
1531 Hartmut 1938 SH Hartmut Neckel, grandson of discoverer
1532 Inari 1938 SM Lake Inari, Finland
1533 Saimaa 1939 BD Lake Saimaa, Finland
1534 Näsi 1939 BK Lake Näsi, Finland
1535 Päijänne 1939 RC Lake Päijänne, in Päijänne National Park, Finland
1536 Pielinen 1939 SE Lake Pielinen, in Koli National Park, Finland
1537 Transylvania 1940 QA Transylvania, Romania †
1538 Detre 1940 RF László Detre, Hungarian astronomer †
1539 Borrelly 1940 UB Alphonse Louis Nicolas Borrelly, French astronomer
1540 Kevola 1938 WK Kevola, Kevola Observatory in Finland operated by Hilkka Rantaseppä
1541 Estonia 1939 CK Estonia [H]
1542 Schalén 1941 QE Carl Schalén, Swedish astronomer
1543 Bourgeois 1941 SJ Paul Bourgeois, Belgian astronomer
1544 Vinterhansenia 1941 UK Julie Marie Vinter Hansen, Danish astronomer [H]
1545 Thernöe 1941 UW Karl August Oscar Thernøe, Danish astronomer
1546 Izsák 1941 SG1 Imre Gyula Izsák, Hungarian astronomer † ‡
1547 Nele 1929 CZ Nele, wife of folk-hero Till Eulenspiegel
1548 Palomaa 1935 FK Matti Herman Palomaa, Finnish chemist [H]
1549 Mikko 1937 GA Mikko Arthur Levander, Finnish pastor, amateur astronomer, and father-in-law of discoverer [H]
1550 Tito 1937 WD Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav leader [H]
1551 Argelander 1938 DC1 Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander, German astronomer [H]
1552 Bessel 1938 DE1 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel, German astronomer and mathematician [H]
1553 Bauersfelda 1940 AD Walther Bauersfeld, German engineer, designer of the Zeiss planetaria [H]
1554 Yugoslavia 1940 RE Yugoslavia, discoverer's fatherland [H]
1555 Dejan 1941 SA Son of Petar Đurković, Yugoslav astronomer [H]
1556 Wingolfia 1942 AA Wingolf, a fraternity at Heidelberg University [H]
1557 Roehla 1942 AD Lars Ruehl, Swedish-German doctor in Heidelberg, in gratitude for restoring the discoverer's health [H]
1558 Järnefelt 1942 BD Gustaf Järnefelt, Finnish astronomer
1559 Kustaanheimo 1942 BF Paul Kustaanheimo, Finnish astronomer
1560 Strattonia 1942 XB Frederick John Marrian Stratton, British astronomer [H]
1561 Fricke 1941 CG Walter Ernst Fricke, German astronomer
1562 Gondolatsch 1943 EE Friedrich Gondolatsch, German astronomer
1563 Noël 1943 EG Emanuel Arend, the discoverer's son [H]
1564 Srbija 1936 TB Serbia (first minor planet discovered from Belgrade) [H]
1565 Lemaître 1948 WA Canon Georges Lemaître, Belgian astronomer
1566 Icarus 1949 MA Icarus, mythological Greek aeronaut
1567 Alikoski 1941 HN Heikki A. Alikoski, observatory assistant at Turku Observatory in Finland †
1568 Aisleen 1946 QB Wife of discoverer
1569 Evita 1948 PA Eva Perón, First Lady of Argentina
1570 Brunonia 1948 TX Brown University
1571 Cesco 1950 FJ Reynaldo Cesco and Carlos Ulrrico Cesco, Argentine astronomers [S&T, Dec 1982, p. 542]
1572 Posnania 1949 SC Poznań, Poland
1573 Väisälä 1949 UA Yrjö Väisälä, Finnish astronomer
1574 Meyer 1949 FD G. Meyer, French astronomer*
1575 Winifred 1950 HH Winifred Sawtell Cameron, American planetary geologist*
1576 Fabiola 1948 SA Fabiola de Mora y Aragón, former Queen of Belgium
1577 Reiss 1949 BA Guy Reiss, French astronomer
1578 Kirkwood 1951 AT Daniel Kirkwood, American astronomer
1579 Herrick 1948 SB Samuel Herrick, American astronomer and mathematician
1580 Betulia 1950 KA Wife of Samuel Herrick
1581 Abanderada 1950 LA1 Spanish for leader carrying a banner, in honour of Eva Perón
1582 Martir 1950 LY Spanish for martyr, in honour of Eva Perón
1583 Antilochus 1950 SA Antilochus, mythological Greek warrior
1584 Fuji 1927 CR Mount Fuji, Japan
1585 Union 1947 RG Union Observatory, Johannesburg
1586 Thiele 1939 CJ Thorvald Nicolai Thiele, Danish astronomer
1587 Kahrstedt 1933 FS1 Albrecht Kahrstedt, German astronomer
1588 Descamisada 1951 MH Spanish for shirtless (worker), in honour of Eva Perón
1589 Fanatica 1950 RK Spanish for fanatical woman, in honour of Eva Perón
1590 Tsiolkovskaja 1933 NA Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian rocket scientist
1591 Baize 1951 KA Paul Baize, French physician and amateur astronomer
1592 Mathieu 1951 LA Grandchild of discoverer
1593 Fagnes 1951 LB Hautes Fagnes, plateau in Belgium
1594 Danjon 1949 WA André Danjon, French astronomer
1595 Tanga 1930 ME Tanga, Tanzania †
1596 Itzigsohn 1951 EV Miguel Itzigsohn, Argentinian astronomer
1597 Laugier 1949 EB Marguerite Laugier, French astronomer
1598 Paloque 1950 CA Émile Paloque, French astronomer
1599 Giomus 1950 WA Gien-sur-Loire, France
1600 Vyssotsky 1947 UC Emma Vyssotsky, American astronomer

1601–1700

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
1601 Patry 1942 KA André Patry, French astronomer
1602 Indiana 1950 GF Indiana and Indiana University
1603 Neva 1926 VH Neva, river running through Saint Petersburg
1604 Tombaugh 1931 FH Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer; 1931 FH was amongst the numerous asteroids recorded by Tombaugh during the search for Pluto
1605 Milankovitch 1936 GA Milutin Milanković, Serbian astronomer
1606 Jekhovsky 1950 RH Benjamin Jekhovsky, Russian-born French astronomer
1607 Mavis 1950 RA Wife of Jacobus Albertus Bruwer, South African astronomer
1608 Muñoz 1951 RZ F. A. Muñoz, astronomer*
1609 Brenda 1951 NL Granddaughter of discoverer
1610 Mirnaya 1928 RT Russian for peaceful
1611 Beyer 1950 DJ Max Beyer, German astronomer †
1612 Hirose 1950 BJ Hideo Hirose (広瀬秀雄), Japanese astronomer
1613 Smiley 1950 SD Charles Hugh Smiley, American astronomer †
1614 Goldschmidt 1952 HA Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt, astronomer
1615 Bardwell 1950 BW Conrad Bardwell, American astronomer
1616 Filipoff 1950 EA Lionel Filipoff, astronomer
1617 Alschmitt 1952 FB Alfred Schmitt, French astronomer
1618 Dawn 1948 NF Granddaughter of discoverer
1619 Ueta 1953 TA Jo Ueta (上田穣), Japanese astronomer
1620 Geographos 1951 RA National Geographic Society
1621 Druzhba 1926 TM Russian for friendship
1622 Chacornac 1952 EA Jean Chacornac, French astronomer
1623 Vivian 1948 PL Daughter of William Parkinson Hirst, South African astronomer
1624 Rabe 1931 TT1 Eugene Rabe, American astronomer
1625 The NORC 1953 RB NORC (Naval Ordnance Research Calculator)
1626 Sadeya 1927 AA Sociedad Astronómica de España y America
1627 Ivar 1929 SH Late brother of discoverer
1628 Strobel 1923 OG Willy Strobel, German astronomer
1629 Pecker 1952 DB Jean-Claude Pecker, French astronomer
1630 Milet 1952 DA Bernard Milet, French astronomer
1631 Kopff 1936 UC August Kopff, German astronomer
1632 Sieböhme 1941 DF Siegfried Böhme, German astronomer
1633 Chimay 1929 EC Chimay, Belgium
1634 Ndola 1935 QP Ndola, Zambia †
1635 Bohrmann 1924 QW Alfred Bohrmann, German astronomer
1636 Porter 1950 BH Jermain Gildersleeve Porter and John Guy Porter, British amateur astronomers
1637 Swings 1936 QO Pol Swings, Belgian astronomer
1638 Ruanda 1935 JF Ruanda-Urundi [MPC 5182]
1639 Bower 1951 RB Ernest Clare Bower, American mathematician and astronomer (Pluto's orbit)
1640 Nemo 1951 QA Captain Nemo, fictional character
1641 Tana 1935 OJ Tana River, Kenya †
1642 Hill 1951 RU George William Hill, American mathematician and astronomer [8]
1643 Brown 1951 RQ Ernest William Brown, British astronomer
1644 Rafita 1935 YA Late son of discoverer
1645 Waterfield 1933 OJ Reginald Lawson Waterfield and William Francis Herschel Waterfield, British astronomers
1646 Rosseland 1939 BG Svein Rosseland, Norwegian astrophysicist
1647 Menelaus 1957 MK Menelaus, mythological Greek king
1648 Shajna 1935 RF Grigory Abramovich Shajn, Russian astronomer, husband of the discoverer; †, Pelageya Shajn, Russian astronomer[9]
1649 Fabre 1951 DE Hervé Fabre, French astronomer
1650 Heckmann 1937 TG Otto Heckmann, German astronomer †
1651 Behrens 1936 HD Johann Gerhard Behrens, German astronomer
1652 Hergé 1953 PA Hergé (Georges Remi), Belgian cartoonist
1653 Yakhontovia 1937 RA Nataliya Sergeevna Samoilova-Yakhontova, Russian astronomer
1654 Bojeva 1931 TL Nina Fedorovna Bojeva, Russian astronomer †
1655 Comas Solà 1929 WG Josep Comas Solà, Catalan astronomer
1656 Suomi 1942 EC Finland
1657 Roemera 1961 EA Elizabeth Roemer, American astronomer
1658 Innes 1953 NA Robert Thorburn Ayton Innes, Scottish amateur-turned-professional astronomer and first director of the Transvaal (afterwards Union) Observatory
1659 Punkaharju 1940 YL Punkaharju, Finland
1660 Wood 1953 GA Harry Edwin Wood, South African astronomer
1661 Granule A916 FA Gall's granule (also known as a "Gall body"), a feature of lymphocytes discovered by Edward Gall
1662 Hoffmann A923 RB Irmtraud Hoffmann, daughter-in-law of discoverer
1663 van den Bos 1926 PE Willem Hendrik van den Bos, Dutch astronomer †
1664 Felix 1929 CD Felix Timmermans, Belgian writer
1665 Gaby 1930 DQ Gaby Reinmuth, daughter-in-law of discoverer
1666 van Gent 1930 OG Hendrik van Gent, Dutch astronomer †
1667 Pels 1930 SY G. Pels, computational assistant at Sterrewacht Leiden (Leiden Observatory) †
1668 Hanna 1933 OK Hanna Reinmuth, daughter-in-law of discoverer
1669 Dagmar 1934 RS Dagmar, female given name
1670 Minnaert 1934 RZ Marcel Gilles Jozef Minnaert, Belgian astronomer
1671 Chaika 1934 TD Russian for seagull, in honour of Valentina Tereshkova
1672 Gezelle 1935 BD Guido Gezelle, Flemish poet
1673 van Houten 1937 TH Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Dutch astronomer †
1674 Groeneveld 1938 DS Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Dutch astronomer †
1675 Simonida 1938 FB A gracious Serbian Queen Simonida from the Middle Ages
1676 Kariba 1939 LC Kariba Lake, Zambia/Zimbabwe †
1677 Tycho Brahe 1940 RO Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer
1678 Hveen 1940 YH Hven (Hveen), island in Oresund with Tycho Brahe's castle Uraniborg and observatory Stjerneborg
1679 Nevanlinna 1941 FR Rolf Herman Nevanlinna, Finnish mathematician
1680 Per Brahe 1942 CH Per Brahe, 17th century governor-general of Finland
1681 Steinmetz 1948 WE Julius Steinmetz, German pastor and orbit computer
1682 Karel 1949 PH Son of Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld †
1683 Castafiore 1950 SL Bianca Castafiore, cartoon character (Tintin), opera singer
1684 Iguassú 1951 QE Iguazu Falls, on the Iguazu River, Brazil/Argentina
1685 Toro 1948 OA from maiden name of Samuel Herrick's wife
1686 De Sitter 1935 SR1 Willem de Sitter, Dutch astronomer †
1687 Glarona 1965 SC Canton of Glarus, Switzerland
1688 Wilkens 1951 EQ1 Alexander Wilkens, Argentine astronomer
1689 Floris-Jan 1930 SO Floris-Jan van der Meulen, 5000th visitor to an astronomical exhibition †
1690 Mayrhofer 1948 VB Karl Mayrhofer, Austrian mathematician and amateur astronomer † ‡
1691 Oort 1956 RB Jan Oort, Dutch astronomer †
1692 Subbotina 1936 QD Mikhail Subbotin, Russian astronomer
1693 Hertzsprung 1935 LA Ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish astronomer
1694 Kaiser 1934 SB Frederik Kaiser, Dutch astronomer †
1695 Walbeck 1941 UO Henrik Johan Walbeck, Finnish geodesist
1696 Nurmela 1939 FF Tauno Kalervo Nurmela, Finnish academic
1697 Koskenniemi 1940 RM Veikko Antero Koskenniemi, Finnish poet
1698 Christophe 1934 CS Grand-nephew of Georges Roland, French astronomer, or Ginette Roland, Belgian astronomer*
1699 Honkasalo 1941 QD Tauno Bruno Honkasalo, Finnish mathematician
1700 Zvezdara 1940 QC Zvezdara, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

1701–1800

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
1701 Okavango 1953 NJ Okavango River, Africa
1702 Kalahari A924 NC Kalahari Desert
1703 Barry 1930 RB Roger Barry, German(?) astronomer
1704 Wachmann A924 EE Arno Arthur Wachmann, German astronomer †
1705 Tapio 1941 SL1 Tapio, Finnish mythological figure from the Kalevala
1706 Dieckvoss 1931 TS Wilhelm Dieckvoss, German astronomer †
1707 Chantal 1932 RL Niece of Georges Roland, French astronomer, or of Ginette Roland, Belgian astronomer*
1708 Pólit 1929 XA Isidre Pòlit (1880–1958) or Isidre Pòlit i Boixareu, Spanish astronomer of Catalan origin
1709 Ukraina 1925 QA Ukraine
1710 Gothard 1941 UF Jenõ Gothard, Hungarian amateur astronomer † ‡
1711 Sandrine 1935 BB Grand-niece of Georges Roland, French astronomer, or Ginette Roland, Belgian astronomer*
1712 Angola 1935 KC Angola †
1713 Bancilhon 1951 SC Odette Bancilhon, French astronomer, wife of Alfred Schmitt
1714 Sy 1951 OA Frédéric Sy, French astronomer
1715 Salli 1938 GK Wife of discoverer
1716 Peter 1934 GF Grandson of discoverer
1717 Arlon 1954 AC Arlon, Belgium
1718 Namibia 1942 RX Namibia
1719 Jens 1950 DP Grandson of discoverer
1720 Niels 1935 CQ Grandson of discoverer
1721 Wells 1953 TD3 German Wells, Indiana University administrator
1722 Goffin 1938 EG Edwin Goffin, Belgian astronomer
1723 Klemola 1936 FX Irja Klemola, amateur astronomer, and Arnold Richard Klemola, American astronomer
1724 Vladimir 1932 DC Grandson of Milorad B. Protić JPL
1725 CrAO 1930 SK Crimean Astrophysical Observatory
1726 Hoffmeister 1933 OE Cuno Hoffmeister, German astronomer
1727 Mette 1965 BA Wife of discoverer
1728 Goethe Link 1964 TO Goethe Link Observatory
1729 Beryl 1963 SL Beryl Potter, staff member at Indiana University
1730 Marceline 1936 UA Heroine of L'Immoraliste, novel by André Gide
1731 Smuts 1948 PH Jan Christiaan Smuts, prime minister of South Africa
1732 Heike 1943 EY Heike Neckel, granddaughter of Alfred Bohrmann, German astronomer
1733 Silke 1938 DL1 Silke Neckel, discoverer's granddaughter
1734 Zhongolovich 1928 TJ Ivan Danilovich Zhongolovich, Russian astronomer
1735 ITA 1948 RJ1 Institute for Theoretical Astronomy
1736 Floirac 1967 RA Suburb of Bordeaux, France
1737 Severny 1966 TJ Andrei Borisovich Severnyi, Russian astronomer
1738 Oosterhoff 1930 SP P. Th. Oosterhoff, Dutch astronomer †
1739 Meyermann 1939 PF Bruno Meyermann, astronomer
1740 Paavo Nurmi 1939 UA Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner
1741 Giclas 1960 BC Henry Lee Giclas, American astronomer
1742 Schaifers 1934 RO Karl Schaifers, German astronomer
1743 Schmidt 4109 P-L Bernhard Schmidt, inventor
1744 Harriet 6557 P-L Wife of Paul Herget, American astronomer
1745 Ferguson 1941 SY1 James Ferguson, astronomer [8]
1746 Brouwer 1963 RF Dirk Brouwer, Dutch-born American astronomer †
1747 Wright 1947 NH *
1748 Mauderli 1966 RA Sigmund Mauderli, Swiss astronomer
1749 Telamon 1949 SB Telamon, mythological Greek King
1750 Eckert 1950 NA1 Wallace John Eckert, American astronomer [8]
1751 Herget 1955 OC Paul Herget, American astronomer
1752 van Herk 1930 OK Gijsbert van Herk, Dutch astronomer, and author with Herman Kleibrink and Willem Bijleveld of a history of the Sterrewacht Leiden (Leiden Observatory) (De Leidse Sterrewacht: vier eeuwen wacht bij dag en bij nacht. Zwolle: Waanders/De Kler, 1983 †
1753 Mieke 1934 JM Wife of Jan Oort, Dutch astronomer †
1754 Cunningham 1935 FE Leland E. Cunningham, American astronomer
1755 Lorbach 1936 VD After Anne Lorbach Herget, wife of Paul Herget, American astronomer
1756 Giacobini 1937 YA Michel Giacobini, French astronomer
1757 Porvoo 1939 FC Porvoo, Finland
1758 Naantali 1942 DK Naantali, Finland
1759 Kienle 1942 RF Hans Kienle (1895–1975) was a German astrophysicist and director of several German observatories. Known for his work on spectrophotometry, Kienle was also president of IAU Commission 36 during 1955–1958. DoMP
1760 Sandra 1950 GB Granddaughter of discoverer
1761 Edmondson 1952 FN Frank Kelley Edmondson, American astronomer
1762 Russell 1953 TZ Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer
1763 Williams 1953 TN2 Ken P. Williams, British mathematician and writer
1764 Cogshall 1953 VM1 Wilbur A. Cogshall, American astronomer
1765 Wrubel 1957 XB Marshal Wrubel, American astronomer
1766 Slipher 1962 RF Vesto Melvin Slipher and Earl C. Slipher, American astronomers
1767 Lampland 1962 RJ Carl Otto Lampland, American astronomer
1768 Appenzella 1965 SA Appenzell, Switzerland
1769 Carlostorres 1966 QP Carlos G. Torres, Argentine astronomer, and Carlos Torres, Chilean astronomer [S&T, Dec 1982, p. 542]
1770 Schlesinger 1967 JR Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer
1771 Makover 1968 BD Samuel Gdalevich Makover, Russian astronomer
1772 Gagarin 1968 CB Yuri Gagarin, Russian cosmonaut
1773 Rumpelstilz 1968 HE Rumpelstiltskin, folk-tale character
1774 Kulikov 1968 UG1 Dmitri Kuzmich Kulikov, Russian astronomer
1775 Zimmerwald 1969 JA Zimmerwald, Switzerland
1776 Kuiper 2520 P-L Gerard P. Kuiper, Dutch-born American astronomer †
1777 Gehrels 4007 P-L Tom Gehrels, Dutch-born American astronomer †
1778 Alfvén 4506 P-L Hannes Alfvén, Swedish astrophysicist
1779 Paraná 1950 LZ Paraná River, Argentina
1780 Kippes A906 RA Otto Kippes, German amateur astronomer † ‡
1781 Van Biesbroeck A906 UB George Van Biesbroeck, Belgian-born American astronomer
1782 Schneller 1931 TL1 Heribert Schneller, German astronomer
1783 Albitskij 1935 FJ Vladimir Aleksandrovich Albitskii, Russian astronomer †
1784 Benguella 1935 MG Benguela, Angola †
1785 Wurm 1941 CD Karl Wurm, German astrophysicist †
1786 Raahe 1948 TL Raahe, Finland
1787 Chiny 1950 SK Chiny, Belgium
1788 Kiess 1952 OZ Carl Clarence Kiess, American astronomer
1789 Dobrovolsky 1966 QC Georgi Dobrovolski, Russian cosmonaut
1790 Volkov 1967 ER Vladislav Volkov, Russian cosmonaut
1791 Patsayev 1967 RE Viktor Patsayev, Russian cosmonaut
1792 Reni 1968 BG Reni, Ukraine, birthplace of A. N. Deutsch †
1793 Zoya 1968 DW Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, Russian World War II heroine †
1794 Finsen 1970 GA William Stephen Finsen, South African astronomer
1795 Woltjer 4010 P-L Jan Woltjer, Dutch astronomer †
1796 Riga 1966 KB Riga, Latvia
1797 Schaumasse 1936 VH Alexandre Schaumasse, French astronomer
1798 Watts 1949 GC Chester Burleigh Watts, American astronomer [8]
1799 Koussevitzky 1950 OE Serge Koussevitzky, Russian conductor
1800 Aguilar 1950 RJ Félix Aguilar, Argentine astronomer, or Antonio Aguilar, Spanish astronomer*

1801–1900

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
1801 Titicaca 1952 SP1 Lake Titicaca, Peru
1802 Zhang Heng 1964 TW1 Zhang Heng, Ancient Chinese astronomer, mathematician, inventor, artist and scholar
1803 Zwicky 1967 CA Fritz Zwicky, American (of Swiss extraction) astronomer
1804 Chebotarev 1967 GG Gleb Aleksandrovich Chebotarev, Russian astronomer
1805 Dirikis 1970 GD Matiss Dīriķis, Latvian astronomer
1806 Derice 1971 LC Wife of Dennis N. Harwood, Australian astronomer
1807 Slovakia 1971 QA Slovakia
1808 Bellerophon 2517 P-L Bellerophon, mythological Greek hero
1809 Prometheus 2522 P-L Prometheus, mythological Greek Titan
1810 Epimetheus 4196 P-L Epimetheus, mythological Greek Titan
1811 Bruwer 4576 P-L Jacobus Albertus Bruwer, South African astronomer
1812 Gilgamesh 4645 P-L Gilgamesh, mythological Sumerian hero
1813 Imhotep 7589 P-L Imhotep, Egyptian architect
1814 Bach 1931 TW1 Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer
1815 Beethoven 1932 CE1 Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer
1816 Liberia 1936 BD Liberia †
1817 Katanga 1939 MB Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo †
1818 Brahms 1939 PE Johannes Brahms, German composer
1819 Laputa 1948 PC Laputa, fictional island in Gulliver's Travels
1820 Lohmann 1949 PO Werner Lohmann, German astronomer
1821 Aconcagua 1950 MB Aconcagua, mountain in the Andes
1822 Waterman 1950 OO Alan Tower Waterman, American physicist, first director of the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)
1823 Gliese 1951 RD Wilhelm Gliese, German astronomer
1824 Haworth 1952 FM Leland Haworth, American physicist and NSF administrator
1825 Klare 1954 QH Gerhard Klare, German astronomer
1826 Miller 1955 RC1 John Anthony Miller, American astronomer
1827 Atkinson 1962 RK Robert d'Escourt Atkinson, British astronomer
1828 Kashirina 1966 PH Valentin Semenovich Kashirin, Russian physician
1829 Dawson 1967 JJ Bernhard Dawson, Argentinian astronomer
1830 Pogson 1968 HA Norman Robert Pogson, British astronomer
1831 Nicholson 1968 HC Seth Barnes Nicholson, American astronomer
1832 Mrkos 1969 PC Antonin Mrkos, Czech astronomer
1833 Shmakova 1969 PN Marina Valentinovna Shmakova, Russian-born physicist (astrophysicist), now at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)
1834 Palach 1969 QP Jan Palach, Czech protester
1835 Gajdariya 1970 OE Arkady Gaidar, Russian writer
1836 Komarov 1971 OT Vladimir Komarov, Russian cosmonaut
1837 Osita 1971 QZ1 Spanish form of Ursula, wife of discoverer
1838 Ursa 1971 UC Ursula, wife of discover and Urs, son of discoverer
1839 Ragazza 1971 UF Italian for girl, and Bad Ragaz, Switzerland
1840 Hus 1971 UY Jan Hus, Czech (Bohemian) theologian
1841 Masaryk 1971 UO1 Tomáš Masaryk, Czechoslovak statesman
1842 Hynek 1972 AA Hynek Kohoutek, father of discoverer
1843 Jarmila 1972 AB Jarmila Kohoutkova, mother of discoverer
1844 Susilva 1972 UB Susi, schoolmate of discoverer
1845 Helewalda 1972 UC Helen, schoolmate of discoverer, from Wald AR, Switzerland
1846 Bengt 6553 P-L Bengt Georg Daniel Strömgren, Danish-American astronomer †
1847 Stobbe A916 CA Joachim Otto Stobbe, German astronomer
1848 Delvaux 1933 QD Sister-in-law of Belgian astronomer Ginette Roland or French astronomer Georges Roland*
1849 Kresák 1942 AB Ľubor Kresák, Czech astronomer
1850 Kohoutek 1942 EN Luboš Kohoutek, Czech astronomer
1851 Lacroute 1950 VA Pierre Lacroute, French astronomer
1852 Carpenter 1955 GA Edwin Francis Carpenter, American astronomer*
1853 McElroy 1957 XE William David McElroy, American biologist and biochemist [Schmadel]
1854 Skvortsov 1968 UE1 Evgenii Fedorovich Skvortsov, Russian astronomer
1855 Korolev 1969 TU1 Sergei Korolev, Soviet rocket scientist
1856 Růžena 1969 TW1 Růžena Petrovičová, staff member, Kleť Observatory
1857 Parchomenko 1971 QS1 Praskoviya Georgievna Parchomenko, Ukrainian astronomer †
1858 Lobachevskij 1972 QL Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician
1859 Kovalevskaya 1972 RS2 Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician
1860 Barbarossa 1973 SK Nickname of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, and one of the discoverer's teachers
1861 Komenský 1970 WB Jan Amos Komenský (Comenius), Czech (Moravian) theologian and educator
1862 Apollo 1932 HA Apollo, Greek god
1863 Antinous 1948 EA Antinous, Roman lover
1864 Daedalus 1971 FA Daedalus, mythological Greek inventor
1865 Cerberus 1971 UA Cerberus, Greek monster
1866 Sisyphus 1972 XA Sisyphus, mythological Greek
1867 Deiphobus 1971 EA Deiphobus, mythological Greek
1868 Thersites 2008 P-L Thersites, mythological Greek warrior
1869 Philoctetes 4596 P-L Philoctetes, mythological Greek warrior
1870 Glaukos 1971 FE Glaucus, various Greek figures
1871 Astyanax 1971 FF Astyanax, infant son of Hector
1872 Helenos 1971 FG Helenus, mythological Trojan
1873 Agenor 1971 FH Agenor, mythological Greek king
1874 Kacivelia A924 RC Kaciveli, Finland
1875 Neruda 1969 QQ Jan Neruda, Czech writer
1876 Napolitania 1970 BA Naples, Italy
1877 Marsden 1971 FC Brian G. Marsden, astronomer and Director of the Minor Planet Center
1878 Hughes 1933 QC Son of Mireille Demiddelaer, granddaughter of discoverer
1879 Broederstroom 1935 UN Broederstroom, South Africa
1880 McCrosky 1940 AN Richard Eugene McCrosky, American astronomer
1881 Shao 1940 PC Cheng-yuan Shao, assistant of Richard Eugene McCrosky
1882 Rauma 1941 UJ Rauma, Finland
1883 Rimito 1942 XA Rymattyla, Finland
1884 Skip 1943 EB1 Gunter "Skip" Schwartz, American astronomer
1885 Herero 1948 PJ Herero, Bantu tribe
1886 Lowell 1949 MP Percival Lowell, American astronomer
1887 Virton 1950 TD Virton, Belgium
1888 Zu Chong-Zhi 1964 VO1 Zu Chongzhi, Chinese mathematician and astronomer
1889 Pakhmutova 1968 BE Aleksandra Nikolaevna Pakhmutova, Russian composer
1890 Konoshenkova 1968 CD Olga Petrovna Konoshenkova, schoolmistress at the Crimean Observatory
1891 Gondola 1969 RA The gondola
1892 Lucienne 1971 SD Lucienne Divan, French astrophysicist
1893 Jakoba 1971 UD Jakob Oberholzer, Swiss geologist, grandfather of discoverer
1894 Haffner 1971 UH Hans Haffner, Austrian astronomer
1895 Larink 1971 UZ Johannes Larink, German astronomer †
1896 Beer 1971 UC1 Arthur Beer, German-born British astronomer[MPC 3827]
1897 Hind 1971 UE1 John Russell Hind, British astronomer
1898 Cowell 1971 UF1 Philip Herbert Cowell, British astronomer
1899 Crommelin 1971 UR1 Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin, British astronomer
1900 Katyusha 1971 YB Ekaterina Ivanovna Zelenko, Russian airwoman

1901–2000

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
1901 Moravia 1972 AD Moravia, a region in the east of the Czech Republic
1902 Shaposhnikov 1972 HU Vladimir Grigorevich Shaposhnikov, Russian astrometrist †
1903 Adzhimushkaj 1972 JL Adzhimushkaj, battle site in World War II
1904 Massevitch 1972 JM Alla Genrikhovna Massevich, Russian astronomer
1905 Ambartsumian 1972 JZ Viktor Amazaspovich Ambartsumian, Armenian-Russian astronomer †
1906 Naef 1972 RC Robert-A. Naef, Swiss amateur astronomer † ‡
1907 Rudneva 1972 RC2 Evgeniya Rudneva, Russian World War II heroine
1908 Pobeda 1972 RL2 Russian for victory
1909 Alekhin 1972 RW2 Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Alekhin, Russian chess player
1910 Mikhailov 1972 TZ1 Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Mikhailov, Russian astronomer †
1911 Schubart 1973 UD Joachim Schubart, German astronomer
1912 Anubis 6534 P-L Anubis, Ancient Egyptian god
1913 Sekanina 1928 SF Zdeněk Sekanina, Czech-born American astronomer †
1914 Hartbeespoortdam 1930 SB1 Hartbeespoortdam, lake in South Africa
1915 Quetzálcoatl 1953 EA Quetzalcoatl, Aztec god
1916 Boreas 1953 RA Boreas, Greek god
1917 Cuyo 1968 AA University of Cuyo, Argentina
1918 Aiguillon 1968 UA Aiguillon, France
1919 Clemence 1971 SA Gerald Maurice Clemence, American astronomer [8]
1920 Sarmiento 1971 VO Domingo Sarmiento, former president of Argentina who supported American astronomer Benjamin Apthorp Gould in founding the Argentine National Observatory in Cordoba (Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba), or Antonio Sarmiento (Antonio Fernando Sarmiento Galan), Mexican astronomer*
1921 Pala 1973 SE Pala, tribe of Native Americans
1922 Zulu 1949 HC The Zulu people of Africa
1923 Osiris 4011 P-L Osiris, Ancient Egyptian god
1924 Horus 4023 P-L Horus, Ancient Egyptian god
1925 Franklin-Adams 1934 RY John Franklin-Adams, British amateur astronomer
1926 Demiddelaer 1935 JA Mireille Demiddelaer, granddaughter of the discoverer
1927 Suvanto 1936 FP Winter War battlefield
1928 Summa 1938 SO Winter War battlefield
1929 Kollaa 1939 BS Winter War battlefield
1930 Lucifer 1964 UA Lucifer, dark angel
1931 Čapek 1969 QB Karel Čapek, Czech playwright
1932 Jansky 1971 UB1 Karl Guthe Jansky, American astronomer
1933 Tinchen 1972 AC Christine Kohoutek, wife of discoverer
1934 Jeffers 1972 XB Hamilton Jeffers, American astronomer
1935 Lucerna 1973 RB Lucerne, Switzerland
1936 Lugano 1973 WD Lugano, Switzerland
1937 Locarno 1973 YA Locarno, Switzerland
1938 Lausanna 1974 HC Lausanne, Switzerland
1939 Loretta 1974 UC Daughter of discoverer
1940 Whipple 1975 CA Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer
1941 Wild 1931 TN1 Paul Wild, Swiss astronomer
1942 Jablunka 1972 SA Jablunka, a village in Moravia
1943 Anteros 1973 EC Anteros, Greek mythology
1944 Günter 1925 RA Günter Reinmuth, son of discoverer
1945 Wesselink 1930 OL Adriaan Jan Wesselink, Dutch astronomer †
1946 Walraven 1931 PH Theodore Walraven, Dutch astronomer †
1947 Iso-Heikkilä 1935 EA Iso-Heikkilä, Finnish observatory
1948 Kampala 1935 GL Kampala, Uganda †
1949 Messina 1936 NE Messina, South Africa †
1950 Wempe 1942 EO Johann Wempe, German astronomer
1951 Lick 1949 OA James Lick, American patron of science
1952 Hesburgh 1951 JC Theodore Hesburgh, American president of University of Notre Dame
1953 Rupertwildt 1951 UK Rupert Wildt, German-born American astronomer [S&T, Dec 1982, p. 542]
1954 Kukarkin 1952 PH Boris Vasilyevich Kukarkin, Russian astronomer
1955 McMath 1963 SR Robert Raynolds McMath, American astronomer
1956 Artek 1969 TX1 International Children's Center 'Artek', Crimea, Ukraine
1957 Angara 1970 GF Angara, river in Siberia
1958 Chandra 1970 SB Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian astrophysicist
1959 Karbyshev 1972 NB Dmitrii Michailovich Karbyshev, Soviet military leader
1960 Guisan 1973 UA Henri Guisan, Swiss general in World War II
1961 Dufour 1973 WA Henri Dufour, Swiss general
1962 Dunant 1973 WE Jean Henri Dunant, Swiss founder of the Red Cross
1963 Bezovec 1975 CB Bezovec, mountain in Slovakia
1964 Luyten 2007 P-L Willem Jacob Luyten, Dutch-born American astronomer †
1965 van de Kamp 2521 P-L Peter van de Kamp, Dutch-born American astronomer †
1966 Tristan 2552 P-L Tristan, Knight of the Round Table
1967 Menzel A905 VC Donald Howard Menzel, American astronomer
1968 Mehltretter 1932 BK Johannes Peter Mehltretter, German astronomer
1969 Alain 1935 CG Alain Vanheste, husband of discoverer's granddaughter
1970 Sumeria 1954 ER Sumer, ancient kingdom
1971 Hagihara 1955 RD1 Yusuke Hagihara, Japanese astronomer
1972 Yi Xing 1964 VQ1 Yi Xing, Chinese astronomer
1973 Colocolo 1968 OA Colocolo (chief), Araucanian chief
1974 Caupolican 1968 OE Caupolican, Araucanian chief
1975 Pikelner 1969 PH Solomon Borisovich Pikelner, Russian astronomer
1976 Kaverin 1970 GC N. S. Kaverin, Russian astronomer, or Veniamin Aleksandrovich Kaverin, Russian writer*
1977 Shura 1970 QY Aleksandr Kosmodemyanskii, Soviet war hero
1978 Patrice 1971 LD Daughter of Dennis N. Harwood, Australian astronomer
1979 Sakharov 2006 P-L Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist
1980 Tezcatlipoca 1950 LA Tezcatlipoca, Aztec god
1981 Midas 1973 EA Midas, mythological Greek king
1982 Cline 1975 VA Edwin Lee Cline, inventor
1983 Bok 1975 LB Bart Jan Bok, Dutch-born American astronomer and his wife Priscilla Fairfield Bok †
1984 Fedynskij 1926 TN Vsevolod Vladimirovich Fedynskii, Russian geophysicist
1985 Hopmann 1929 AE Josef Hopmann, German astronomer
1986 Plaut 1935 SV1 Lukas Plaut, Dutch astronomer †
1987 Kaplan 1952 RH Samuil Aronovich Kaplan, Russian astronomer and veteran of the Russian front in World War II †
1988 Delores 1952 SV Delores Owings, staff member, Indiana University
1989 Tatry 1955 FG Vysoké Tatry, mountain range in Slovakia
1990 Pilcher 1956 EE Frederick Pilcher, American astronomer
1991 Darwin 1967 JL Charles Darwin, British naturalist, and Sir George Darwin, British astronomer and mathematician
1992 Galvarino 1968 OD Galvarino, Araucanian chief
1993 Guacolda 1968 OH1 Guacolda, wife of Araucanian chief Lautaro
1994 Shane 1961 TE Charles Donald Shane, American astronomer
1995 Hajek 1971 UP1 Tadeáš Hájek, Czech astronomer
1996 Adams 1961 UA John Couch Adams, British mathematician and astronomer
1997 Leverrier 1963 RC Urbain Le Verrier, French astronomer
1998 Titius 1938 DX1 Johann Daniel Titius, German astronomer
1999 Hirayama 1973 DR Kiyotsugu Hirayama, Japanese astronomer
2000 Herschel 1960 OA Sir William Herschel, German-born British astronomer and composer †

References

  1. ↑ Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
  2. ↑ Schmadel, L. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. 1. Springer. p. 88. ISBN 9783540002383. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  3. 1 2 Schmadel, L. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. 1. Springer. p. 89. ISBN 9783540002383. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  4. ↑ Schmadel, L. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. 1. Springer. p. 92. ISBN 9783540002383. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  5. ↑ Schmadel, L. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. 1. Springer. p. 107. ISBN 9783540002383. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  6. ↑ Schmadel, L. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. 1. Springer. p. 116. ISBN 9783540002383. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "The USNO Asteroid Connection" (PDF). The USNO Transit, April/May 2009. dtic.mil. 1 (2). Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 The USNO Asteroid Connection, The USNO Transit, volume 1, issue 2, April/May 2009
  9. ↑ http://scully.cfa.harvard.edu/~cgi/ShowCitation.COM?num=001648
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