Meanings of asteroid names (10001-11000)

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This is a list of the sources of asteroid names. Those meanings marked with an asterisk (*) are guesswork, and should be checked against Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names to ensure that the identification is correct. Names established from other sources should quote the reference.

Asteroids not yet given a name have not been included in this list.

Contents: 10001... 10101... 10201... 10301... 10401... 10501... 10601... 10701... 10801... 10901...

Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
10001-10100
10001 Palermo	1969 TM1	Palermo, Sicily, where 1 Ceres was discovered*
10002 Bagdasarian	1969 TQ1	Alexandr Sergeevich Bagdasarian, Russian radio and electronics engineer †
10004 Igormakarov	1975 VV2	*
10005 Chernega	1976 SS2	*
10006 Sessai	1976 UR15	*
10008 Raisanyo	1977 DT2	*
10009 Hirosetanso	1977 EA6	*
10010 Rudruna	1978 PW3	*
10011 Avidzba	1978 QY1	*
10012 Tmutarakania	1978 RE3	*
10013 Stenholm	1978 RR8	Björn Stenholm, Swedish astronomer †
10014 Shaim	1978 SE3	*
10016 Yugan	1978 SW7	*
10021 Henja	1979 QC1	Karin Henja, Swedish crossword compiler †
10022 Zubov	1979 SU2	*
10023 Vladifedorov	1979 WX3	*
10024 Marthahazen	1980 EB	Martha L. Hazen, American AAVSO councilor, president, and secretary †*
10025 Rauer	1980 FO1	Heike Rauer, German astronomer †
10027 Perozzi	1981 FL	*
10028 Bonus	1981 JM2	Shelley R. Bonus, American astronomer, creator of the "Janet Planet" and "Space E. Tracy" astronomy shows and lectures, assisted in organizing the Palomar Observatory's 1.2-m Schmidt Oschin Telescope plate archive †
10029 Hiramperkins	1981 QF	Hiram Perkins, Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at Ohio Wesleyan University and founder of the Perkins Observatory*
10030 Philkeenan	1981 QG	Philip Childs Keenan, American astronomer*
10031 Vladarnolda	1981 RB2	Vladimir Arnold, Russian mathematician †
10034 Birlan	1981 YG	Mirel Birlan, Romanian astronomer †
10036 McGaha	1982 OF	James E. McGaha, American astronomer*
10039 Keet Seel	1984 LK	Keet Seel, an exceptionally well-preserved prehistoric cliff dwelling located in Tsegi Canyon, in what is now the Navajo National Monument in northern Arizona; the name is apparently from a Navajo phrase "kits'iil" or "kin ts'iil" meaning "houses that have been left behind" (1998 Flagstaff Festival of Science asteroid naming contest winner) †
10041 Parkinson	1985 HS1	*
10042 Budstewart	1985 PL	*
10043 Janegann	1985 PN	*
10044 Squyres	1985 RU	Steven W. Squyres, American planetologist*
10049 Vorovich	1986 TZ11	*
10050 Rayman	1987 MA1	*
10051 Albee	1987 QG6	*
10054 Solomin	1987 SQ17	*
10055 Silcher	1987 YC1	*
10057 L'Obel	1988 CO1	Matthias de L'Obel (Matthaeus Lobelius), French botanist and physician to William the Silent, Prince of Orange, and to James I of England*
10060 Amymilne	1988 GL	Amy Rae Milne, Canadian environmentalist †
10061 Ndolaprata	1988 PG1	Ndola de Jesus Veiga Prata, Angolan medical doctor and public health expert and lecturer †
10067 Bertuch	1989 AL6	*
10068 Dodoens	1989 CT2	Rembert Dodoens, Flemish doctor*
10069 Fontenelle	1989 CW2	Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, French author*
10070 Liuzongli	1989 CB8	*
10078 Stanthorpe	1989 UJ3	Stanthorpe, Queensland's wine capital, Australia †
10079 Meunier	1989 XD2	*
10088 Digne	1990 SG8	*
10089 Turgot	1990 SS9	Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune, French economist*
10090 Sikorsky	1990 TK15	Igor Sikorsky, Russian/Ukrainian-American helicopter pioneer*
10091 Bandaisan	1990 VD3	Mount Bandaisan, Japanese active volcano in Fukusima prefecture †
10092 Sasaki	1990 VD4	*
10093 Diesel	1990 WX1	Rudolf Diesel, German inventor of the diesel engine*
10094 Eijikato	1991 DK	*
10095 Johannlöwe	1991 RP2	Johann Carl Gottfried Löwe, German composer*
10099 Glazebrook	1991 VB9	Karl Glazebrook, British astronomer*
10100 Bürgel	1991 XH1	Bruno Hans Bürgel, German astronomer*
10101-10200
10101 Fourier	1992 BM2	Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, French mathematician*
10102 Digerhuvud	1992 DA6	Digerhuvud, region of Gotland island, Sweden †
10103 Jungfrun	1992 DB9	Jungfrun, largest seastack of Gotland island, Sweden †
10104 Hoburgsgubben	1992 EY9	Hoburgsgubben, a seastack on Gotland island, Sweden †
10105 Holmhällar	1992 EM12	Holmhällar region of Gotland island, Sweden †
10106 Lergrav	1992 EV15	Lergrav, a seastack on Gotland island, Sweden †
10108 Tomlinson	1992 HM	*
10111 Fresnel	1992 OO1	Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist*
10114 Greifswald	1992 RZ	Greifswald, Germany*
10116 Robertfranz	1992 SJ2	*
10117 Tanikawa	1992 TW	*
10119 Remarque	1992 YC1	Erich Maria Remarque, German writer*
10120 Ypres	1992 YH2	Ypres, Belgium*
10123 Fideöja	1993 FJ16	Fide and Öja, counties of Gotland island, Sweden †
10124 Hemse	1993 FE23	Hemse, Gotland, Sweden †
10125 Stenkyrka	1993 FB24	Stenkyrka, coastal parish on Gotland, Sweden †
10126 Lärbro	1993 FW24	Lärbro, Gotland, Sweden †
10128 Bro	1993 FT31	Bro, parish of Gotland, Sweden, where an old cairn from the bronze age is found, said to be the burial site of Baldur †
10129 Fole	1993 FO40	Fole, parish of Gotland, Sweden, where the well-preserved mediaeval house Vatlings is found †
Ardre	1993 FJ50	Ardre, parish on the eastern side of Gotland, Sweden †
10131 Stånga	1993 FP73	Stånga, Gotland, Sweden, where annual summer games have been held since 1924 †
10132 Lummelunda	1993 FL84	Lummelunda, Gotland, Sweden, where a 4-km long cave is found †
10136 Gauguin	1993 OM3	Paul Gauguin, French painter*
10137 Thucydides	1993 PV6	Thucydides, Ancient Greek historian*
10138 Ohtanihiroshi	1993 SS1	Ohtani Hiroshi Japanese astronomer*
10139 Ronsard	1993 ST4	Pierre de Ronsard, French poet*
10140 Villon	1993 SX4	François Villon, French poet*
10141 Gotenba	1993 VE	*
10142 Sakka	1993 VG1	*
10143 Kamogawa	1994 AP1	*
10146 Mukaitadashi	1994 CV1	*
10147 Mizugatsuka	1994 CK2	Mizugatsuka Park near Mount Fuji*
10148 Shirase	1994 GR9	*
10149 Cavagna	1994 PA	Marco Cavagna, Italian amateur astronomer †
10151 Rubens	1994 PF22	Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter †
10152 Ukichiro	1994 RJ11	*
10153 Goldman	1994 UB	Stuart J. Goldman, Associate Editor, Sky & Telescope
10154 Tanuki	1994 UH	*
10155 Numaguti	1994 VZ2	*
10157 Asagiri	1994 WE1	*
10158 Taroubou	1994 XK	*
10159 Tokara	1994 XS4	The Tokara Archipelago of southern Japan †
10160 Totoro	1994 YQ1	*
10161 Nakanoshima	1994 YZ1	Nakanoshima, largest island in the Tokara Archipelago, Japan, dominated by the picturesque Mount Ontake (Tokara Fuji) †
10162 Issunboushi	1995 AL	*
10163 Onomichi	1995 BH1	*
10164 Akusekijima	1995 BS1	Akusekijima, an island in the Tokara Archipelago, Japan, known for its hot spring †
10166 Takarajima	1995 BN3	Takarajima, southernmost inhabited island of the Tokara Archipelago, Japan, famous as the model of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island †
10167 Yoshiwatiso	1995 BQ15	Yoshikazu Watanabe (Iso was his mother's maiden name), Japanese meteor observer, council member of the Oriental Astronomical Association, and surveyor of historical records of comets and meteors †
10168 Stony Ridge	1995 CN	Stony Ridge Observatory, an amateur facility in California †
10169 Ogasawara	1995 DK	*
10170 Petrjakeš	1995 DA1	Petr Jakeš, Czech geologist and geochemist †
10172 Humphreys	1995 FW19	*
10173 Hanzelkazikmund	1995 HA	Miroslav Zikmund and Jiří Hanzelka, Czech travelers, photographers and documentarists [1]
10174 Emička	1995 JD	Ema Moravcová, daughter of the discoverer †
10175 Aenona	1996 CR1	*
10176 Gaiavettori	1996 CW7	*
10177 Ellison	1996 CK9	Mervyn Archdall Ellison, Irish astronomer*
10178 Iriki	1996 DD	Iriki, an historical town in the Satuma area, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan (now merged into Satsumasendai, Kagoshima) †
10179 Ishigaki	1996 DE	*
10181 Davidacomba	1996 FP3	C. David A. Comba, of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada?*
10182 Junkobiwaki	1996 FL5	*
10183 Ampère	1996 GV20	André-Marie Ampère, French physicist*
10184 Galvani	1996 HC19	Luigi Galvani, Italian physicist*
10185 Gaudi	1996 HD21	Antoni Gaudí, Catalan architect*
10186 Albéniz	1996 HD24	*
10188 Yasuoyoneda	1996 JY	*
10189 Normanrockwell	1996 JK16	Norman Rockwell, American artist*
10193 Nishimoto	1996 PR1	*
10195 Nebraska	1996 RS5	Nebraska, USA*
10197 Senigalliesi	1996 UO	*
10198 Pinelli	1996 XN26	*
10199 Chariklo	1997 CU26	Chariclo, Greek nymph, wife of Chiron*
10200 Quadri	1997 NZ2	*
10201-10300
10201 Korado	1997 NL6	Korado Korlević, Croatian astronomer
10203 Flinders	1997 PQ	*
10204 Turing	1997 PK1	Alan Turing, British mathematician, logician, cryptographer, and computer scientist*
10205 Pokorný	1997 PX1	Zdeněk Pokorný, Czech astronomer †
10207 Comeniana	1997 QA	*
10209 Izanaki	1997 QY1	*
10210 Nathues	1997 QV3	*
10211 La Spezia	1997 RG3	*
10213 Koukolík	1997 RK7	František Koukolík, Czech neuropathologist and popularizer of science †
10215 Lavilledemirmont	1997 SQ	Madame Henri de la Ville de Mirmont, or Jean de la Ville de Mirmont, both French writers*
10216 Popastro	1997 SN3	*
10217 Richardcook	1997 SN4	*
10218 Bierstadt	1997 SJ23	*
10219 Penco	1997 UJ5	Umberto Penco, Italian physicist at the University of Pisa †
10220 Pigott	1997 UG7	*
10221 Kubrick	1997 UM9	Stanley Kubrick, American film director*
10222 Klotz	1997 UV10	Alain Klotz, French astronomer*
10223 Zashikiwarashi	1997 UD11	*
10226 Seishika	1997 VK5	*
10227 Izanami	1997 VO6	*
10233 Le Creusot	1997 XQ2	*
10234 Sixtygarden	1997 YB8	60 Garden Street, address of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics †
10237 Adzic	1998 SJ119	*
10239 Hermann	1998 TY30	*
10241 Miličević	1999 AU6	Don Nikola Miličević, Croatian astronomer and last administrator of Blaca Hermitage (now Pustinja Blaca, "Blaca Desert") on Brač, Croatia †
10242 Wasserkuppe	2808 P-L	Wasserkuppe, high plateau, the highest peak in the Rhön Mountains, in the German state of Hessen*
10243 Hohe Meissner	3553 P-L	Hohe Meissner*
10244 Thüringer Wald	4668 P-L	Thüringer Wald, Thuringia, Germany*
10245 Inselsberg	6071 P-L	Inselsberg Mountain, Germany*
10246 Frankenwald	6381 P-L	Frankenwald, German mountain range*
10247 Amphiaraos	6629 P-L	*
10248 Fichtelgebirge	7639 P-L	Fichtelgebirge, German mountain range*
10249 Harz	9515 P-L	Harz, German mountain range*
10250 Hellahaasse	1252 T-1	Hella S. Haasse, Dutch novelist †
10251 Mulisch	3089 T-1	Harry Mulisch, Dutch writer †
10252 Heidigraf	4164 T-1	*
10253 Westerwald	2116 T-2	Westerwald, German mountain range*
10254 Hunsrück	2314 T-2	Hunsrück, German mountain range*
10255 Taunus	3398 T-3	Taunus, German mountain range*
10256 Vredevoogd	4157 T-3	Loek Vredevoogd, former president of the School of Management of the University of Leiden †
10257 Garecynthia	4333 T-3	*
10259 Osipovyurij	1972 HL	*
10261 Nikdollezhal'	1974 QF1	*
10262 Samoilov	1975 TQ3	*
10263 Vadimsimona	1976 SE5	*
10264 Marov	1978 PH3	*
10265 Gunnarsson	1978 RY6	Marcus Gunnarsson, Swedish astronomer †
10266 Vladishukhov	1978 SA7	Vladimir Grigor'evich Shukhov, Russian engineer*
10269 Tusi	1979 SU11	*
10270 Skoglöv	1980 FX3	Erik Skoglöv, Swedish astronomer †
10283 Cromer	1981 JE2	*
10285 Renémichelsen	1982 QX1	René Michelsem, Danish astronomer †
10286 Shnollia	1982 SM6	*
10287 Smale	1982 UK7	*
10288 Saville	1983 WN	*
10289 Geoffperry	1984 QS	Geoffrey Perry, physics teacher at Kettering Grammar School*
10290 Kettering	1985 SR	Kettering Group, the satellite tracking group established by Geoffrey Perry at the school at which he taught*
10293 Pribina	1986 TU6	*
10295 Hippolyta	1988 GB	Hippolyta, mythological queen of the Amazons*
10300 Tanakadate	1989 EG1	Aikitsu Tanakadate (also written Aikitu Tanakadate), Japanese geophysicist, founder of the International Latitude Observatory at Mizusawa †
10301-10400
10301 Kataoka	1989 FH	*
10303 Fréret	1989 RD2	*
10304 Iwaki	1989 SY	*
10305 Grignard	1989 YP5	*
10306 Pagnol	1990 QY	Marcel Pagnol, French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker*
10310 Delacroix	1990 QZ8	Eugène Delacroix, French painter*
10311 Fantin-Latour	1990 QL9	Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter*
10313 Vanessa-Mae	1990 QW17	Vanessa-Mae (Vanakorn Nicholson), Singaporean-British violinist*
10315 Brewster	1990 SC4	Sir David Brewster, Scottish scientist*
10316 Williamturner	1990 SF9	William Turner, British ornithologist and botanist*
10318 Sumaura	1990 TX	*
10319 Toshiharu	1990 TB1	*
10320 Reiland	1990 TR1	C. Thomas Reiland, long-time member of the Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh, founder of Nicholas E. Wagman Observatory, possibly the first observer to do the Messier Marathon*
10322 Mayuminarita	1990 VT1	*
10323 Frazer	1990 VW6	*
10324 Vladimirov	1990 VB14	*
10325 Bexa	1990 WB2	*
10326 Kuragano	1990 WS2	*
10327 Batens	1990 WQ6	*
10330 Durkheim	1991 GH3	Emil Durkheim, French sociologist*
10331 Peterbluhm	1991 GM10	Peter Bluhm, German amateur astronomer † ‡
10332 Défi	1991 JT1	Défi Corporatif Canderel, Canadian cancer research fundraising event †
10340 Jostjahn	1991 RT40	Jost Jahn, German amateur astronomer † ‡
10343 Church	1991 VW8	Frederic Edwin Church, American painter †
10346 Triathlon	1992 GA1	Triathlon, sports competition*
10348 Poelchau	1992 HL4	Harald Poelchau, German theologian, socialist, humanist, prison chaplain at Tegel in Berlin, surviving member of the Kreisau Circle*
10351 Seiichisato	1992 SE1	*
10352 Kawamura	1992 UO3	*
10353 Momotaro	1992 YS2	*
10354 Guillaumebudé	1993 BU5	Guillaume Budé, medieval French scholar*
10355 Kojiroharada	1993 EQ	*
10356 Rudolfsteiner	1993 RQ4	Rudolf Steiner, Austrian thinker*
10358 Kirchhoff	1993 TH32	Gustav Kirchhoff German physicist*
10361 Bunsen	1994 PR20	Robert Bunsen German chemist*
10364 Tainai	1994 VR1	*
10365 Kurokawa	1994 WL1	*
10366 Shozosato	1994 WD4	*
10367 Sayo	1994 YL1	*
10368 Kozuki	1995 CM1	*
10369 Sinden	1995 CE2	*
10370 Hylonome	1995 DW2	*
10371 Gigli	1995 DU3	Paolo Gigli, co-discoverer of the object and co-founder of the Pian dei Termini Observatory †
10372 Moran	1995 FO10	*
10373 MacRobert	1996 ER	*
10375 Michiokuga	1996 HM1	Michio Kuga, mathematician, late of State University of New York at Stony Brook? *
10376 Chiarini	1996 KW	*
10378 Ingmarbergman	1996 NE5	Ingmar Bergman, Swedish theatre and film director*
10379 Lake Placid	1996 OH	Lake Placid, New York*
10380 Berwald	1996 PY7	Franz Adolf Berwald, Swedish Romantic composer*
10381 Malinsmith	1996 RB	Konrad Gayelord Malin-Smith, Amateur astronomer and life-member of the Croydon Astronomical Society
10382 Hadamard	1996 RJ3	Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician after whom the Hadamard transform is named*
10385 Amaterasu	1996 TL12	*
10386 Romulus	1996 TS15	Romulus*
10387 Bepicolombo	1996 UQ	Giuseppe 'Bepi' Colombo, Italian astronomer †
10388 Zhuguangya	1996 YH3	*
10389 Robmanning	1997 LD	*
10390 Lenka	1997 QD1	*
10392 Brace	1997 RP7	*
10395 Jirkahorn	1997 SZ1	*
10399 Nishiharima	1997 UZ8	*
10400 Hakkaisan	1997 VX	*
10401-10500
10403 Marcelgrün	1997 WU3	Marcel Grün, Czech astronomer †
10404 McCall	1997 WP14	Gerald Joseph Home McCall, Australian meteoriticist*
10405 Yoshiaki	1997 WT23	*
10412 Tsukuyomi	1997 YO4	*
10413 Pansecchi	1997 YG20	*
10415 Mali Lošinj	1998 UT15	Mali Lošinj, Croatian island and city, known for the nautical school and the Astronomsko Drustvo "Leo Brenner" (Leo Brener Observatory) †
10416 Kottler	1998 VA32	*
10421 Dalmatin	1999 AY6	Herman Dalmatin (Hermanus Dalmata), 12th-century Croatian translator of astronomical and mathematical Arabic books †
10423 Dajčić	1999 BB	Mario Dajčić, Croatian amateur astronomer, telescope builder and educator, founder of the Astronomical Society of Pula †
10424 Gaillard	1999 BD5	*
10425 Landfermann	1999 BE6	*
10426 Charlierouse	1999 BB27	*
10427 Klinkenberg	2017 P-L	Dirk Klinkenberg, Dutch mathematician and astronomer, discoverer of several comets †
10428 Wanders	2073 P-L	Adriaan Wanders, Dutch astronomer and author †
10429 van Woerden	2546 P-L	Hugo van Woerden, Dutch astronomer †
10430 Martschmidt	4030 P-L	Maarten Schmidt, Dutch-born American astronomer †
10431 Pottasch	4042 P-L	Stuart R. Pottasch, Dutch astronomer †
10432 Ullischwarz	4623 P-L	Ulrich Schwarz, Dutch astronomer †
10433 Ponsen	4716 P-L	Jaap Ponsen, Dutch astronomer †
10434 Tinbergen	4722 P-L	Jaap Tinbergen, Dutch astronomer †
10435 Tjeerd	6064 P-L	Tjeerd van Albada, Dutch astronomer †
10436 Janwillempel	6073 P-L	Jan Willem Pel, Dutch astronomer †
10437 van der Kruit	6085 P-L	Pieter van der Kruit, Dutch astronomer †
10438 Ludolph	6615 P-L	Ludolph van Ceulen, Dutch mathematician who calculated the value of Pi to 35 decimal places †
10439 van Schooten	6676 P-L	Frans van Schooten, Dutch mathematician †
10440 van Swinden	7636 P-L	Jean van Swinden, Dutch physicist †
10441 van Rijckevorsel	9076 P-L	Elie van Rijckevorsel, who collaborated on the first geomagnetic survey in the Netherlands †
10442 Biezenzo	4062 T-1	Cornelis Biezenzo, Dutch physicist †
10443 van der Pol	1045 T-2	Balthasar van der Pol, Dutch experimental physicist †
10444 de Hevesy	3290 T-2	George de Hevesy, Hungarian chemist †
10445 Coster	4090 T-2	Dirk Coster, Dutch chemist and co-discoverer of the element Hafnium †
10446 Siegbahn	3006 T-3	Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn, Swedish physicist, winner of the 1981 Nobel Prize in physics*
10447 Bloembergen	3357 T-3	Nicolaas Bloembergen, Dutch physicist, winner of the 1981 Nobel Prize in physics †
10448 Schawlow	4314 T-3	Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist, winner of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics*
10449 Takuma	1936 UD	*
10452 Zuev	1976 SQ7	*
10453 Banzan	1977 DY3	*
10454 Vallenar	1978 NY	*
10455 Donnison	1978 NU3	John Richard Donnison, British astronomer †
10456 Anechka	1978 PS2	*
10457 Suminov	1978 QE2	*
10458 Sfranke	1978 RM7	Sigbrit Franke, Swedish educator †
10478 Alsabti	1981 WO	Athem Alsabti, Iraqi astronomer at University of London Observatory*
10481 Esipov	1982 QK3	*
10482 Dangrieser	1983 RG2	Daniel Grieser (1926–1999), American optical engineer at Battelle Memorial Institute and amateur astronomer involved as a volunteer with the Perkins Observatory*
10483 Tomburns	1983 RP2	*
10484 Hecht	1983 WM	*
10487 Danpeterson	1985 GP1	Daniel William Peterson, American astronomer*
10498 Bobgent	1986 RG3	Robert L. Gent, President of the Astronomical League and Vice-President of the Board of the International Dark-Sky Association*
10500 Nishi-koen	1987 GA	*
10501-10600
10501 Ardmacha	1987 OT	The Irish Gaelic name of the city of Armagh in Northern Ireland †
10502 Armaghobs	1987 QF6	Armagh Observatory, Ireland †
10504 Doga	1987 UF5	*
10506 Rydberg	1988 CW4	Johannes Rydberg, Swedish mathematician, after whom the Rydberg constant is named*
10509 Heinrichkayser	1989 GD4	Heinrich Kayser, German astronomer*
10515 Old Joe	1989 UB3	Old Joe, clock tower at University of Birmingham*
10516 Sakurajima	1989 VQ	Mount Sakurajima, a volcano on the southern tip of Kyushu, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan. It is said that it "changes colour seven times a day" †
10523 D'Haveloose	1990 SM6	*
10524 Maniewski	1990 SZ7	*
10529 Giessenburg	1990 WQ4	Rudolf Charles d'Ablaing van Giessenburg, Dutch writer and freemason †
10538 Torode	1991 VP2	*
10540 Hachigoroh	1991 VP4	*
10542 Ruckers	1992 CN3	*
10543 Klee	1992 DL4	Paul Klee, Swiss artist*
10546 Nakanomakoto	1992 FS1	Makoto Nakano, Japanese astronomer*
10549 Helsingborg	1992 RM2	Helsingborg, Sweden*
10550 Malmö	1992 RK7	Malmö, Sweden*
10551 Göteborg	1992 YL2	Göteborg, Sweden*
10552 Stockholm	1993 BH13	Stockholm, Sweden*
10555 Tagaharue	1993 HH	*
10557 Rowland	1993 RL5	Henry Augustus Rowland, American astronomer*
10558 Karlstad	1993 RB7	Karlstad, Sweden*
10559 Yukihisa	1993 SJ1	*
10560 Michinari	1993 TN	*
10561 Shimizumasahiro	1993 TE2	*
10563 Izhdubar	1993 WD	*
10566 Zabadak	1994 AZ2	*
10568 Yoshitanaka	1994 CF1	*
10569 Kinoshitamasao	1994 GQ	*
10570 Shibayasuo	1994 GT	*
10573 Piani	1994 WU1	Franco Piani, Italian amateur astronomer †
10577 Jihčesmuzeum	1995 JC	Jihočeské Muzeum (South Bohemian Museum), České Budějovice, Czech Republic †
10579 Diluca	1995 OE	Roberto Di Luca, Italian astronomer*
10581 Jeníkhollan	1995 OD1	Jeník Hollan, Czech astronomer and proponent of dark skies*
10582 Harumi	1995 TG	*
10583 Kanetugu	1995 WC4	*
10584 Ferrini	1996 GJ2	Federico Ferrini, Italian astronomer at the University of Pisa †
10585 Wabi-Sabi	1996 GD21	A Japanese aesthetic of minimalism †
10588 Adamcrandall	1996 OE	*
10591 Caverni	1996 PD3	*
10596 Stevensimpson	1996 TS	*
10598 Markrees	1996 TT11	*
10601-10700
10601 Hiwatashi	1996 UC	*
10604 Susanoo	1996 VJ	*
10605 Guidoni	1996 VC1	Umberto Guidoni, Italian astronaut †
10606 Crocco	1996 VD1	Gaetano Arturo Crocco<--- (1877-1967) --->, Italian pioneer of aeronautics and space science †
10607 Amandahatton	1996 VQ6	*
10608 Mameta	1996 VB9	*
10609 Hirai	1996 WC3	*
10613 Kushinadahime	1997 RO3	*
10616 Inouetakeshi	1997 UW8	*
10617 Takumi	1997 UK24	*
10619 Ninigi	1997 WO13	*
10626 Zajíc	1998 AP8	*
10627 Ookuninushi	1998 BW2	*
10628 Feuerbacher	1998 BD5	Berndt P. Feuerbacher, German physicist, head of the Institute of Space Simulation at the German Aerospace Center in Cologne since 1981 †
10633 Akimasa	1998 DP1	*
10634 Pepibican	1998 GM1	Josef "Pepi" Bican, Czech footballer*
10637 Heimlich	1998 QP104	*
10638 McGlothlin	1998 SV54	*
10639 Gleason	1998 VV41	*
10642 Charmaine	1999 BF8	Charmaine Wilkerson, American-born writer and broadcaster and wife of Andrea Boattini †
10645 Brač	1999 ES4	Brač island, Croatia, home of the Pustinja Blaca Observatory ("Blaca Desert" Observatory) †
10646 Machielalberts	2077 P-L	Machiel Alberts, one of the first people in the Netherlands to photograph a meteor †
10647 Meesters	3074 P-L	Piet Meesters, Dutch amateur astronomer †
10648 Plancius	4089 P-L	Petrus Plancius (Pieter Platevoet), Dutch cartographer and astronomer for the Dutch East India Company †
10649 VOC	4098 P-L	Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, Dutch for Dutch East India Company †
10650 Houtman	4110 P-L	Frederick de Houtman, Dutch navigator who travelled to the East Indies in 1595 as assistant to Pietr Dirkszoon Keyser †
10651 van Linschoten	4522 P-L	Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, Dutch cartographer and spy for the Dutch East India Company †
10652 Blaeu	4599 P-L	Willem Janszoon Blaeu, Dutch cartographer and hydrographer for the Dutch East India Company †
10653 Witsen	6030 P-L	Nicolaas Witsen, Dutch mayor of Amsterdam and member of the board of the Dutch East India Company †
10654 Bontekoe	6673 P-L	Willem Ysbrants Bontekoe, Dutch East India Company skipper whose ship flew into a hundred thousand pieces on the way to the East Indies †
10655 Pietkeyser	9535 P-L	Pietr Dirkszoon Keyser, Dutch navigator who travelled to the East Indies in 1595 with Frederik de Houtman as his assistant †
10656 Albrecht	2213 T-1	*
10657 Wanach	2251 T-1	*
10658 Gretadevries	2281 T-1	*
10659 Sauerland	3266 T-1	Sauerland, German rural hilly area*
10661 Teutoburgerwald	1211 T-2	Teutoburgerwald, the Teutoburg Forest of Germany*
10663 Schwarzwald	4283 T-2	Schwarzwald, the Black Forest of Germany*
10664 Phemios	5187 T-2	*
10665 Ortigão	3019 T-3	*
10666 Feldberg	4171 T-3	*
10669 Herfordia	1977 FN	*
10670 Seminozhenko	1977 PP1	*
10671 Mazurova	1977 RR6	*
10672 Kostyukova	1978 QE	*
10675 Kharlamov	1978 VE15	*
10676 Jamesmcdanell	1979 MD2	*
10681 Khture	1979 TH2	*
10683 Carter	1980 LY	*
10684 Babkina	1980 RV2	*
10685 Kharkivuniver	1980 VO	V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (В. Н. Каразіна Харківський Національний Університет) of Ukraine
10701-10800
10702 Arizorcas	1981 QD	*
10709 Ottofranz	1982 BE1	Otto Gustav Franz, American astronomer*
10711 Pskov	1982 TT2	*
10712 Malashchuk	1982 UE6	*
10713 Limorenko	1982 UZ9	*
10715 Nagler	1983 RL4	*
10716 Olivermorton	1983 WQ	*
10717 Dickwalker	1983 XC	*
10718 Samus'	1985 QM5	*
10719 Andamar	1985 TW	Anne and David Marren, long-standing friends of the discoverer †
10720 Danzl	1986 GY	*
10721 Tuterov	1986 QO4	*
10722 Monari	1986 TB	*
10725 Sukunabikona	1986 WB	*
10727 Akitsushima	1987 DN	*
10729 Tsvetkova	1987 RU5	*
10733 Georgesand	1988 CP1	George Sand, French writer*
10734 Wieck	1988 CT4	*
10739 Lowman	1988 JB1	*
10740 Fallersleben	1988 RX2	August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet and philologist who composed the German national anthem, the Deutschlandlied*
10745 Arnstadt	1989 AK6	Arnstadt, Germany*
10746 Mühlhausen	1989 CE6	Mühlhausen, Germany*
10747 Köthen	1989 CW7	Köthen, Germany*
10749 Musäus	1989 GH8	Johann Karl August Musäus, German folklorist and literary critic*
10753 van der Velde	1989 WU4	Henry Clemens van der Velde, Belgian artist and architect*
10760 Ozeki	1990 TJ3	*
10761 Lyubimets	1990 TB4	Lyubimets, Bulgaria*
10762 von Laue	1990 TC4	Max von Laue, German physicist*
10763 Hlawka	1990 TH13	Edmund Hlawka, Austrian mathematician*
10764 Rübezahl	1990 TK13	*
10767 Toyomasu	1990 UF1	*
10768 Sarutahiko	1990 UZ1	Sarutahiko-no-Oh-Kami, kami (Japanese Shinto deity), guardian of Earth*
10769 Minas Gerais	1990 UJ5	Minas Gerais, Brazil*
10770 Belo Horizonte	1990 VU5	Belo Horizonte, Brazil*
10771 Ouro Prêto	1990 VK6	Ouro Preto, ancient capital of Minas Gerais, Brazil*
10774 Eisenach	1991 AS2	Eisenach, Germany*
10775 Leipzig	1991 AV2	Leipzig, Germany*
10778 Marcks	1991 GN10	Gerhard Marcks, German sculptor*
10780 Apollinaire	1991 PB2	Guillaume Apollinaire, French poet*
10781 Ritter	1991 PV31	*
10782 Hittmair	1991 RH4	*
10784 Noailles	1991 RQ11	Noailles, name of several communes in France*
10785 Dejaiffe	1991 RD12	René Dejaiffe, Belgian astronomer*
10786 Robertmayer	1991 TC3	Robert Mayer, musical benefactor*
10787 Ottoburkard	1991 TL3	Otto Burkard, Austrian geophysicist and "founding father" of space research in Austria*
10789 Mikeread	1991 VL10	*
10792 Ecuador	1992 CQ2	Ecuador*
10793 Quito	1992 CU2	Quito, Ecuador*
10797 Guatemala	1992 GO4	Guatemala*
10799 Yucatán	1992 OY2	Yucatán, Mexico*
10801-10900
10801 Lüneburg	1992 SK26	*
10802 Masamifuruya	1992 UL6	*
10804 Amenouzume	1992 WN3	*
10805 Iwano	1992 WG5	*
10806 Mexico	1993 FA2	Mexico*
10807 Uggarde	1993 FT4	Uggarde Rojr, cairn on Gotland island, Sweden †
10808 Digerrojr	1993 FT5	Digerrojr, cairn on Gotland island, Sweden †
10809 Majsterrojr	1993 FS14	Majsterrojr, cairn on Gotland island, Sweden †
10810 Lejsturojr	1993 FL15	Lejsturojr, cairn on Gotland island, Sweden †
10811 Lau	1993 FM19	Lau parish, southern Gotland island, Sweden † ‡
10812 Grötlingbo	1993 FZ25	Grötlingbo parish, Gotland island, Sweden † ‡
10813 Mästerby	1993 FE31	Mästerby parish, Gotland island, Sweden † ‡
10819 Mahakala	1993 HG	* Mahakala
10820 Offenbach	1993 QN4	Jacques Offenbach, French composer*
10821 Kimuratakeshi	1993 SZ	*
10822 Yasunori	1993 SK1	*
10823 Sakaguchi	1993 SM1	*
10825 Augusthermann	1993 SF4	August Hermann Francke, German Protestant churchman*
10827 Doikazunori	1993 TC3	*
10828 Tomjones	1993 TE5	Tom Jones, singer*
10830 Desforges	1993 UT6	*
10831 Takamagahara	1993 VM2	*
10832 Hazamashigetomi	1993 VN2	*
10834 Zembsch-Schreve	1993 VU5	Guido Zembsch-Schreve, Dutch secret agent working for SOE who was active in occupied France in World War II, and who survived the Buchenwald concentration camp †
10835 Fröbel	1993 VB8	Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel, German educationalist*
10838 Lebon	1994 EH7	*
10839 Hufeland	1994 GY9	Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland, German physician*
10847 Koch	1995 AV4	Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch, German physician and Nobelist*
10850 Denso	1995 BU4	*
10856 Bechstein	1995 EG8	Carl Bechstein, German piano maker*
10857 Blüthner	1995 EZ8	Julius Blüthner, German piano maker*
10861 Ciske	1995 MG1	Ciske Staring, member of the Dutch resistance in World War II †
10863 Oye	1995 QJ3	*
10864 Yamagatashi	1995 QS3	*
10865 Thelmaruby	1995 SO33	Thelma Ruby, British actress and playwright*
10866 Peru	1996 NB4	Peru*
10867 Lima	1996 NX4	Lima, Peru*
10870 Gwendolen	1996 SY4	Mary Gwendolen Ellery Read Aikman, the discoverer's mother †
10872 Vaculík	1996 TJ9	Ludvík Vaculík, Czech writer and journalist †
10874 Locatelli	1996 TN19	Pietro Antonio Locatelli, Italian violinist and composer †
10875 Veracini	1996 TG28	Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian violinist and composer †
10878 Moriyama	1996 VV	*
10882 Shinonaga	1996 VG5	*
10884 Tsuboimasaki	1996 VD9	*
10885 Horimasato	1996 VE9	*
10888 Yamatano-orochi	1996 XT30	*
10891 Fink	1997 QR3	*
10894 Nakai	1997 SE30	R. Carlos Nakai, musician and cultural anthropologist of Navajo-Ute descent †
10895 Aynrand	1997 TC18	Ayn Rand, Russian-born American philosopher and novelist*
10901-11000
10907 Savalle	1997 XG5	*
10908 Kallestroetzel	1997 XH9	*
10914 Tucker	1997 YQ14	*
10918 Kodaly	1998 AS1	Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer [2] and †
10921 Romanozen	1998 BC2	*
10924 Mariagriffin	1998 BU25	Maria Anna Griffin, wife of discoverer Ian P. Griffin*
10925 Ventoux	1998 BK30	Mont Ventoux, France*
10927 Vaucluse	1998 BB42	Vaucluse, France*
10928 Caprara	1998 BW43	*
10929 Chenfangyun	1998 CF1	*
10930 Jinyong	1998 CR2	Jinyong (pen-name of Louis Cha), Chinese writer*
10931 Ceccano	1998 DA	*
10932 Rebentrost	1998 DL1	*
10934 Pauldelvaux	1998 DN34	Paul Delvaux, Belgian artist*
10937 Ferris	1998 QW54	Timothy Ferris, science writer, or William D. Ferris, American amateur astronomer*
10938 Lorenzalevy	1998 SW60	*
10943 Brunier	1999 FY6	*
10947 Kaiserstuhl	2061 P-L	Kaiserstuhl, German hill chain*
10948 Odenwald	2207 P-L	Odenwald, German mountain chain*
10949 Königstuhl	3066 P-L	Königstuhl, Germany*
10950 Albertjansen	4049 P-L	Albert Jansen, Dutch first director of The Hague Planetarium, later South-African amateur astronomer †
10951 Spessart	4050 P-L	Spessart, German hill chain*
10952 Vogelsberg	4152 P-L	Vogelsberg, German mountain chain*
10953 Gerdatschira	4276 P-L	Gerda Tschira, German founder and director of the Carl Bosch museum, Heidelberg †
10954 Spiegel	4545 P-L	Beate Spiegel, German head of the office of the Klaus Tschira Foundation †
10956 Vosges	5023 P-L	The Vosges, mountain range*
10957 Alps	6068 P-L	The Alps, mountain range*
10958 Mont Blanc	6188 P-L	Mont Blanc, European mountain*
10959 Appennino	6579 P-L	Apennine Mountains of Italy*
10960 Gran Sasso	6580 P-L	Gran Sasso mountain, or the Gran Sasso National Park, Italy*
10961 Buysballot	6809 P-L	C. H. D. Buys Ballot, Dutch meteorologist, founder of the Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute †
10962 Sonnenborgh	9530 P-L	Sonnenborgh Observatory founded in 1853 at Utrecht and the first home of the Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute †
10963 van der Brugge	2088 T-1	Aad van der Brugge, member and board member of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Vereniging voor Weer- en Sterrenkunde (Royal Netherlands Meteorological and Astronomical Society) †
10964 Degraaff	3216 T-1	Willem de Graaff, Dutch astronomer and public lecturer †
10965 van Leverink	3297 T-1	Simon van Leverink, member of the Working Goup on Meteors of the Royal Netherlands Meteorological and Astronomical Society †
10966 van der Hucht	3308 T-1	Karel A. van der Hucht, Dutch astronomer, appointed IAU Assistant General Secretary in 2003 †
10967 Billallen	4349 T-1	William H. Allen, New-Zealand electrical engineer and amateur astronomer †
10968 Sterken	4393 T-1	Christiaan Leo Sterken, Belgian astronomer, Research Director of the Belgian Fund For Scientific Research, and co-founder of the Journal of Astronomical Data †
10969 Perryman	4827 T-1	Michael Perryman, Dutch project scientist of the HIPPARCOS and GAIA missions of the European Space Agency †
10970 de Zeeuw	1079 T-2	Pieter Timotheus (Tim) de Zeeuw, Dutch astrophysicist, director of Sterrewacht Leiden (Leiden Observatory) and of the Netherlands Research School for Astronomy (NOVA) †
10971 van Dishoeck	1179 T-2	Ewine Fleur van Dishoeck, Dutch astronomer, director of the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Laboratory for Astrophysics at Sterrewacht Leiden (Leiden Observatory), holder of a Dutch Spinoza award †
10974 Carolalbert	2225 T-2	*
10979 Fristephenson	4171 T-2	Francis Richard Stephenson, British historian of astronomy*
10989 Dolios	1973 SL1	*
10990 Okunev	1973 SF6	German Okunev, Russian composer, 1931-1973*
10991 Dulov	1974 RY1	*
10997 Gahm	1978 RX7	Gösta Gahm, Swedish astronomer †

Preceded by: 9501–10000

Meanings of asteroid names List of asteroids (10001-11000)

Succeeded by: 11001–12000