Meanings of asteroid names (1001-1500)

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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 or Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets (marked [H]) to ensure that the identification is correct. Names established from other sources should quote the reference.

Contents: 1001... 1101... 1201... 1301... 1401...

Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
1001-1100
1001 Gaussia	1923 OA	Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician [H]
1002 Olbersia	1923 OB	Heinrich Olbers, German astronomer † [H]
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	D. Tombeck, French chemist and secretary of the Faculty of Sciences 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]
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*
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	*
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]
1034 Mozartia	1924 SS	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, German composer [H]
1035 Amata	1924 SW	(Unspecified) [H]*
1036 Ganymed	1924 TD	Ganymede, mythological cupbearer ([H] says nothing)
1037 Davidweilla	1924 TF	David Weill, member of the Academy of Sciences, 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]
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	Feminine name [H]
1058 Grubba	1925 MA	Sir Howard Grubb of Parson and Co., Newcastle on 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*
1071 Brita	1924 RE	*
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]
1075 Helina	1926 SC	The Helina genus of flowers (Seems unattested?) [H]
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	Sumidagawa River, 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
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*
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]
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]
1125 China	1957 UN1	China [H]
1126 Otero	1929 AC	*
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	*
1145 Robelmonte	1929 CC	Robelmont, Luxembourg, 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]
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 Ernest 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 Nikkō	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	*
1201-1300
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	*
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	*
1220 Crocus	1932 CU	Crocus, a genus of Iridaceae flowering plants [H]
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 (psychology)* [1]
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	*
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 Mórawatz), 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 Cracow 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 Cracow 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
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	1928 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	* A mathematician [H]
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, southern 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	Castle Wawel, Cracow, Poland, also seat of the 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 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" (ca. 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 the Ukraine 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	Roberbaux, French engineer [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	Diminutive of 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 Limburg, province of Belgium † ‡ [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 Kasan [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
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, 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, Germany [H]
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*
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*
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*
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 [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	J.-F. (Jean-François?) Cox, French astronomer*
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 region of Olonets [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	*
1489 Attila	1939 GC	Attila the Hun †
1490 Limpopo	1936 LB	Limpopo River, Africa † [H]
1491 Balduinus	1938 EJ	Latin form of 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

Preceded by 501–1000

Meanings of asteroid names List of asteroids (1001-1500)

Succeeded by 1501–2000