Meanings of asteroid names (1-500)
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This is a list of the sources of asteroid names. These ascriptions have all been checked against Lutz D. Schmadel's authoritative Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (and its predecessor Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets (1968), marked [H]) and should not be changed without first consulting those texts. Names established from other sources should quote the reference.
Contents: 001... 101... 201... 301... 401...
| Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1-100 | ||
| 1 Ceres | - | Ceres, Roman goddess |
| 2 Pallas | - | Pallas, Greek goddess |
| 3 Juno | - | Juno, Roman goddess |
| 4 Vesta | - | Vesta, Roman goddess |
| 5 Astraea | - | Astraea, Greek goddess |
| 6 Hebe | - | Hebe, Greek goddess |
| 7 Iris | - | Iris, Greek goddess |
| 8 Flora | - | Flora, Roman goddess |
| 9 Metis | - | Metis, mythological Greek Titaness |
| 10 Hygiea | - | Hygieia, Greek goddess |
| 11 Parthenope | - | Parthenope, Greek Muse |
| 12 Victoria | - | Victoria, Roman goddess |
| 13 Egeria | - | Egeria, Roman goddess |
| 14 Irene | - | Eirene, Greek goddess |
| 15 Eunomia | - | Eunomia, Greek goddess |
| 16 Psyche | - | Psyche, Greek nymph |
| 17 Thetis | - | Thetis, Greek mother of Achilles |
| 18 Melpomene | - | Melpomene, Greek Muse |
| 19 Fortuna | - | Fortuna, Roman goddess |
| 20 Massalia | - | Latin name for Marseilles, France |
| 21 Lutetia | - | Latin name for Paris, France |
| 22 Kalliope | - | Calliope, Greek Muse, and her Linus, the inventor of melody and rhythm ((22) Kalliope I Linus) |
| 23 Thalia | - | Thalia, Greek Muse |
| 24 Themis | - | Themis, mythological Greek Titaness |
| 25 Phocaea | - | Phocaea, ancient city |
| 26 Proserpina | - | Proserpina, Roman goddess |
| 27 Euterpe | - | Euterpe, Greek goddess |
| 28 Bellona | - | Bellona, Roman goddess |
| 29 Amphitrite | - | Amphitrite, Greek goddess |
| 30 Urania | - | Urania, Greek Muse |
| 31 Euphrosyne | - | Euphrosyne, Greek Charis |
| 32 Pomona | - | Pomona, Roman goddess |
| 33 Polyhymnia | - | Polyhymnia, Greek Muse |
| 34 Circe | - | Circe, Greek goddess |
| 35 Leukothea | - | Leukothea, Greek goddess |
| 36 Atalante | - | Atalanta, mythological Greek heroine |
| 37 Fides | - | Fides, Roman goddess |
| 38 Leda | - | Leda, Greek mother of Helen of Troy |
| 39 Laetitia | - | Laetitia, Roman goddess |
| 40 Harmonia | - | Harmonia, Greek goddess |
| 41 Daphne | - | Daphne, Greek nymph |
| 42 Isis | - | Isis, Egyptian goddess |
| 43 Ariadne | - | Ariadne, Greek mythological heroine |
| 44 Nysa | - | Nysa, Greek mythological place |
| 45 Eugenia | - | Empress Eugénie of France, mother of Napoleon Eugene, Prince Imperial, after whom Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's character The Little Prince is based ((45) Eugenia I Petit-Prince) |
| 46 Hestia | - | Hestia, Greek goddess |
| 47 Aglaja | - | Aglaea, Greek Charis |
| 48 Doris | - | Doris, Greek Oceanid |
| 49 Pales | - | Pales, Greek goddess |
| 50 Virginia | - | Verginia, Roman legendary heroine, and/or Virginia, USA (?) |
| 51 Nemausa | - | Latin name for Nîmes, France |
| 52 Europa | - | Europa, mythological Greek princess |
| 53 Kalypso | - | Calypso, Greek nymph |
| 54 Alexandra | - | Alexander von Humboldt, explorer |
| 55 Pandora | - | Pandora, Greek mythological woman |
| 56 Melete | - | Melete, Greek Muse |
| 57 Mnemosyne | - | Mnemosyne, mythological Greek Titaness |
| 58 Concordia | - | Concordia, Roman goddess |
| 59 Elpis | - | Elpis, Greek goddess |
| 60 Echo | - | Echo, Greek nymph |
| 61 Danaë | - | Danaë, Greek mother of Perseus |
| 62 Erato | - | Erato, Greek Muse |
| 63 Ausonia | - | Alternative name for Italy |
| 64 Angelina | - | Astronomical station of Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach, near Marseilles |
| 65 Cybele | - | Cybele, Greek goddess |
| 66 Maja | - | Maia, Greek Pleiad |
| 67 Asia | - | Asia, Greek mythological Titaness |
| 68 Leto | - | Leto, Greek goddess |
| 69 Hesperia | - | Hesperia, Greek Hesperid |
| 70 Panopaea | - | Panopaea, Greek nymph |
| 71 Niobe | - | Niobe, Greek mythological woman |
| 72 Feronia | - | Feronia, Roman goddess |
| 73 Klytia | - | Clytie, Greek Oceanid |
| 74 Galatea | - | Either Galatea the nymph or Galatea the statue |
| 75 Eurydike | - | Eurydice, Greek wife of Orpheus |
| 76 Freia | - | Freyja, Norse goddess |
| 77 Frigga | - | Frigg, Norse goddess |
| 78 Diana | - | Diana, Roman goddess |
| 79 Eurynome | - | Eurynome, various Greek figures |
| 80 Sappho | - | Sappho, Greek poet |
| 81 Terpsichore | - | Terpsichore, Greek Muse |
| 82 Alkmene | - | Alcmene, Greek mother of Heracles |
| 83 Beatrix | - | Beatrice Portinari, beloved of Dante |
| 84 Klio | - | Clio, Greek Muse |
| 85 Io | - | Io, Greek nymph |
| 86 Semele | - | Semele, Greek goddess |
| 87 Sylvia | - | Sylvie Petiaux-Hugo Flammarion, first wife of Camille Flammarion, French popularizer of astronomy [H]; however, Pogson himself reports it was named after Rhea Sylvia, the mythical mother of the twins Romulus and Remus ((87) Sylvia I Romulus and (87) Sylvia II Remus) † |
| 88 Thisbe | - | Thisbe, legendary Roman heroine |
| 89 Julia | - | Saint Julia of Corsica (?) |
| 90 Antiope | - | Antiope the Greek mythological Amazon or the lover of Zeus |
| 91 Aegina | - | Aegina, Greek nymph |
| 92 Undina | - | Undine, heroine of novel by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué |
| 93 Minerva | - | Minerva, Roman goddess |
| 94 Aurora | - | Aurora, Roman goddess |
| 95 Arethusa | - | Arethusa, Greek Hesperid |
| 96 Aegle | - | Aegle, various Greek figures |
| 97 Klotho | - | Clotho, Greek Fate |
| 98 Ianthe | - | Ianthe, Greek mythological woman |
| 99 Dike | - | Dike, Greek goddess |
| 100 Hekate | - | Hecate, Greek goddess (The name "Hecate" also sounds like Greek hekaton meaning "one hundred.") |
| 101-200 | ||
| 101 Helena | - | Helen of Troy, Greek mythological woman |
| 102 Miriam | - | Miriam, Biblical prophetess |
| 103 Hera | - | Hera, Greek goddess |
| 104 Klymene | - | One of various Greek figures named Clymene |
| 105 Artemis | - | Artemis, Greek goddess |
| 106 Dione | - | Dione, mythological Greek Titaness |
| 107 Camilla | - | Feminine form of Camille Flammarion's name. Maybe also Camilla, mythological Volscian queen. |
| 108 Hecuba | - | Hecuba, Trojan wife of Hector |
| 109 Felicitas | - | Felicitas, Roman goddess |
| 110 Lydia | - | Lydia, ancient region of Asia Minor |
| 111 Ate | - | Ate, Greek goddess |
| 112 Iphigenia | - | Iphigenia, mythological Greek princess |
| 113 Amalthea | - | Amalthea, mythological Greek nursemaid |
| 114 Kassandra | - | Cassandra, mythological Trojan prophetess |
| 115 Thyra | - | Thyra, wife of King Gorm of Denmark |
| 116 Sirona | - | Sirona, Celtic goddess |
| 117 Lomia | - | Misspelling of Lamia, lover of Zeus (?) |
| 118 Peitho | - | Peitho, Greek goddess |
| 119 Althaea | - | Althaea, Greek mother of Meleager |
| 120 Lachesis | - | Lachesis, Greek Fate |
| 121 Hermione | - | Hermione, mythological Greek princess |
| 122 Gerda | - | Gerda, Norse goddess |
| 123 Brunhild | - | Brünnehilde, Norse Valkyrie |
| 124 Alkeste | - | Alcestis, mythological Greek woman |
| 125 Liberatrix | - | Possibly Adolphe Thiers, French president during the Franco-Prussian War. Also possibly Joan of Arc. |
| 126 Velleda | - | Veleda, Germanic priestess, leader of Batavian uprising against the Romans † |
| 127 Johanna | - | Joan of Arc, French saint (?) |
| 128 Nemesis | - | Nemesis, Greek goddess |
| 129 Antigone | - | Antigone, mythological Greek princess |
| 130 Elektra | - | Electra, mythological Greek princess |
| 131 Vala | - | Vala, mythological Norse prophetess |
| 132 Aethra | - | Aethra (Greek mythology), Greek mother of Theseus |
| 133 Cyrene | - | Cyrene, Greek lover of Apollo |
| 134 Sophrosyne | - | Sophrosyne, Plato's concept of moderation |
| 135 Hertha | - | Hertha, Norse goddess |
| 136 Austria | - | Austria, country |
| 137 Meliboea | - | Meliboea, various Greek figures |
| 138 Tolosa | - | Latin for Toulouse, France |
| 139 Juewa | - | Chinese for 'Star of China's Fortune' |
| 140 Siwa | - | Siwa, Slavic goddess |
| 141 Lumen | - | Lumen : Récits de l'infini, book by Camille Flammarion |
| 142 Polana | - | Pula, city now in Croatia |
| 143 Adria | - | Adriatic Sea |
| 144 Vibilia | - | Vibilia, Roman goddess |
| 145 Adeona | - | Adeona, Roman goddess |
| 146 Lucina | - | Lucina, Roman goddess |
| 147 Protogeneia | - | Protogeneia, mythological Greek princess |
| 148 Gallia | - | Gaul, Roman province |
| 149 Medusa | - | Medusa, mythological Greek monster |
| 150 Nuwa | - | Nüwa, Chinese mythological figure |
| 151 Abundantia | - | Abundantia, Roman goddess |
| 152 Atala | - | Atala, eponymous hero of novel by François-René de Chateaubriand |
| 153 Hilda | - | Daughter of astronomer Theodor von Oppolzer |
| 154 Bertha | - | Berthe Martin-Flammarion, sister of Camille Flammarion |
| 155 Scylla | - | Scylla, Greek mythological monster |
| 156 Xanthippe | - | Xanthippe, wife of Socrates |
| 157 Dejanira | - | Deianira, mythological Greek princess |
| 158 Koronis | - | Coronis, various Greek figures |
| 159 Aemilia | - | Via Aemilia, Roman road |
| 160 Una | - | Una, character in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene |
| 161 Athor | - | Hathor, Egyptian god |
| 162 Laurentia | - | A. Laurent, amateur astronomer |
| 163 Erigone | - | Erigone, various Greek figures |
| 164 Eva | - | Unknown |
| 165 Loreley | - | The Lorelei, character in German folklore |
| 166 Rhodope | - | Rhodope, Greek mythological queen |
| 167 Urda | - | Urd, Norse Norn |
| 168 Sibylla | - | The Sibyls, Greek prophetesses |
| 169 Zelia | - | Zelia, niece of Camille Flammarion |
| 170 Maria | - | Maria, sister of Antonio Abetti, astronomer |
| 171 Ophelia | - | Ophelia, character in Shakespeare's Hamlet |
| 172 Baucis | - | Baucis, Greek mythological woman |
| 173 Ino | - | Ino, mythological Greek woman |
| 174 Phaedra | - | Phaedra, Greek mythological woman |
| 175 Andromache | - | Andromache, Trojan wife of Hector |
| 176 Iduna | - | Ydun, a club that hosted an astronomical conference in Stockholm, Sweden (the club was probably named after Iduna, a Norse goddess) |
| 177 Irma | - | Unknown |
| 178 Belisana | - | Belisana, Celtic goddess |
| 179 Klytaemnestra | - | Clytemnestra, Greek mythological queen |
| 180 Garumna | - | Ancient name for Garonne River, France |
| 181 Eucharis | - | Eucharis, Greek nymph |
| 182 Elsa | - | Perhaps the character in the legend of Lohengrin perpetuated by Richard Wagner's opera |
| 183 Istria | - | Istria, peninsula in Croatia and Slovenia |
| 184 Dejopeja | - | Deiopaea, Roman nymph |
| 185 Eunike | - | Eunike, Greek Nereid |
| 186 Celuta | - | Unknown |
| 187 Lamberta | - | Johann Heinrich Lambert, astronomer |
| 188 Menippe | - | Menippe, Greek daughter of Orion |
| 189 Phthia | - | Phthia, various Greek figures and places |
| 190 Ismene | - | Ismene, Greek daughter of Oedipus |
| 191 Kolga | - | Kolga, Norse daughter of Aeger |
| 192 Nausikaa | - | Nausicaa, mythological Greek princess |
| 193 Ambrosia | - | Ambrosia, Greek food of the gods |
| 194 Prokne | - | Procne, Greek sister of Philomela |
| 195 Eurykleia | - | Eurycleia, Greek nurse of Odysseus |
| 196 Philomela | - | Philomela, mythological Greek woman |
| 197 Arete | - | Arete, Greek mother of Nausicaa |
| 198 Ampella | - | Ampelos, Greek friend of Dionysus (?) |
| 199 Byblis | - | Byblis, Greek mythological woman |
| 200 Dynamene | - | Dynamene, Greek Nereid |
| 201-300 | ||
| 201 Penelope | - | Penelope, Greek wife of Odysseus |
| 202 Chryseïs | - | Chryseis, mythological Trojan woman |
| 203 Pompeja | - | Pompeii, ruined Roman town |
| 204 Kallisto | - | Callisto, Greek nymph |
| 205 Martha | - | Martha, woman in the New Testament |
| 206 Hersilia | - | Hersilia, Roman wife of Romulus |
| 207 Hedda | - | Hedwig, wife of astronomer Friedrich A. T. Winnecke |
| 208 Lacrimosa | - | Our Lady of Sorrows, a title referring to Mary, the mother of Jesus |
| 209 Dido | - | Dido, mythological Carthaginian queen |
| 210 Isabella | - | Unknown |
| 211 Isolda | - | Isolde, heroine of the legend of Tristan and Iseult |
| 212 Medea | - | Medea, Greek mythological witch |
| 213 Lilaea | - | Lilaea, Greek Naiad |
| 214 Aschera | - | Aschera, Sidonian goddess |
| 215 Oenone | - | Oenone, Greek nymph |
| 216 Kleopatra | - | Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt |
| 217 Eudora | - | Eudora, Greek Hyad |
| 218 Bianca | - | Bianca Bianchi, stage name of the 19th-century Austro-Hungarian opera singer Bertha Schwarz |
| 219 Thusnelda | - | Thusnelda, wife of Germanic warrior Arminius |
| 220 Stephania | - | Princess Stéphanie of Belgium |
| 221 Eos | - | Eos, Greek goddess |
| 222 Lucia | - | Lucia, daughter of explorer Graf Wilczek |
| 223 Rosa | - | Unknown |
| 224 Oceana | - | The Pacific Ocean |
| 225 Henrietta | - | Henrietta, wife of astronomer Pierre J. C. Janssen |
| 226 Weringia | - | Währing, part of Vienna |
| 227 Philosophia | - | Philosophy |
| 228 Agathe | - | Agathe, daughter of astronomer Theodor von Oppolzer |
| 229 Adelinda | - | Adelinda, wife of astronomer E. Weiss |
| 230 Athamantis | - | Athamantis, Greek daughter of Athamas |
| 231 Vindobona | - | Latin name for Vienna, Austria |
| 232 Russia | - | Russia, country |
| 233 Asterope | - | Sterope, Greek Pleiad |
| 234 Barbara | - | Saint Barbara (?) |
| 235 Carolina | - | Caroline Island, now part of Kiribati |
| 236 Honoria | - | Honoria, Roman goddess (?) |
| 237 Coelestina | - | Coelestine, wife of astronomer Theodor von Oppolzer |
| 238 Hypatia | - | Hypatia of Alexandria, philosopher |
| 239 Adrastea | - | Adrasteia, Greek goddess |
| 240 Vanadis | - | Vanadis, Norse goddess |
| 241 Germania | - | Latin name for Germany |
| 242 Kriemhild | - | Kriemhild, mythological Germanic princess |
| 243 Ida | - | Ida, Cretan nymph, after whom Mount Ida is named, where the mythical dactyls lived ((243) Ida I Dactyl) |
| 244 Sita | - | Sita, Hindu wife of Rama (?) |
| 245 Vera | - | Unknown |
| 246 Asporina | - | Asporina, goddess worshipped in Asia Minor |
| 247 Eukrate | - | Eukrate, Greek Nereid |
| 248 Lameia | - | Lamia, lover of Zeus |
| 249 Ilse | - | Ilse, legendary German princess |
| 250 Bettina | - | Baroness Bettina von Rothschild |
| 251 Sophia | - | Sophia, wife of astronomer Hugo von Seeliger |
| 252 Clementina | - | Unknown |
| 253 Mathilde | - | Mathilde Loewy, wife of Maurice Loewy (?) |
| 254 Augusta | - | Auguste, widow of astronomer Carl Ludwig von Littrow |
| 255 Oppavia | - | Opava, now Czech Republic |
| 256 Walpurga | - | Saint Walpurga |
| 257 Silesia | - | Silesia, region of central Europe |
| 258 Tyche | - | Tyche, Greek goddess |
| 259 Aletheia | - | Aletheia, Greek goddess |
| 260 Huberta | - | Saint Hubertus |
| 261 Prymno | - | Prymno, Greek Oceanid |
| 262 Valda | - | Unknown |
| 263 Dresda | - | Dresden, Germany |
| 264 Libussa | - | Libussa, legendary foundress of Prague |
| 265 Anna | - | Anny, daughter of astronomer E. Weiss (?) |
| 266 Aline | - | Linda, daughter of astronomer E. Weiss (?) |
| 267 Tirza | - | Tirzah, Biblical figure |
| 268 Adorea | - | Adorea, Roman cake |
| 269 Justitia | - | Justitia or Themis, Greek goddess |
| 270 Anahita | - | Anahita, Persian goddess |
| 271 Penthesilea | - | Penthesilea, mythological Amazon queen |
| 272 Antonia | - | Unknown |
| 273 Atropos | - | Atropos, Greek Fate |
| 274 Philagoria | - | Philagoria, recreation club in Olmütz |
| 275 Sapientia | - | Latin for wisdom |
| 276 Adelheid | - | Unknown |
| 277 Elvira | - | Character in books by Alphonse de Lamartine (?) |
| 278 Paulina | - | Unknown |
| 279 Thule | - | Thule, mythical northern land (usually identified with Scandinavia) |
| 280 Philia | - | Philia, Greek nymph |
| 281 Lucretia | - | Caroline Lucretia Herschel, astronomer |
| 282 Clorinde | - | Heroine of Torquato Tasso's poem Jerusalem Delivered (?) |
| 283 Emma | - | Unknown |
| 284 Amalia | - | Unknown |
| 285 Regina | - | Unknown |
| 286 Iclea | - | Heroine of Camille Flammarion's novel Uranie |
| 287 Nephthys | - | Nephthys, Egyptian goddess |
| 288 Glauke | - | Glauke, Greek daughter of Creon |
| 289 Nenetta | - | French slang for a frivolous woman |
| 290 Bruna | - | Brno, now Czech Republic |
| 291 Alice | - | Unknown |
| 292 Ludovica | - | Unknown |
| 293 Brasilia | - | Brazil, country |
| 294 Felicia | - | Unknown |
| 295 Theresia | - | Maria Theresa of Austria (Theresia in German) |
| 296 Phaëtusa | - | Phaethusa, Greek goddess |
| 297 Caecilia | - | Unknown |
| 298 Baptistina | - | Unknown |
| 299 Thora | - | Thor, Norse god |
| 300 Geraldina | - | Unknown |
| 301-400 | ||
| 301 Bavaria | - | Bavaria, region of Germany |
| 302 Clarissa | - | Unknown |
| 303 Josephina | - | Discoverer Elia Millosevich simply stated "in homage to a person dear to me" |
| 304 Olga | - | Olga, niece of Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander |
| 305 Gordonia | - | James Gordon Bennett, patron |
| 306 Unitas | - | Book by astronomer Pietro Angelo Secchi and also the unity of Italy |
| 307 Nike | - | Nike, Greek goddess, and also Nice, France |
| 308 Polyxo | - | Polyxo, Greek Hyad |
| 309 Fraternitas | - | Latin for fraternity |
| 310 Margarita | - | Unknown |
| 311 Claudia | - | Unknown |
| 312 Pierretta | - | Unknown |
| 313 Chaldaea | - | Chaldea, Babylonian nation |
| 314 Rosalia | - | Unknown |
| 315 Constantia | - | Constancy |
| 316 Goberta | - | Unknown |
| 317 Roxane | - | Roxana, wife of Alexander the Great |
| 318 Magdalena | - | Unknown |
| 319 Leona | - | Unknown |
| 320 Katharina | - | Mother of discoverer Johann Palisa |
| 321 Florentina | - | Florentine, daughter of discoverer Johann Palisa |
| 322 Phaeo | - | Phaeo, Greek Hyad |
| 323 Brucia | - | Catherine Wolfe Bruce, noted American patroness of astronomy † |
| 324 Bamberga | - | Bamberg, Germany |
| 325 Heidelberga | - | Heidelberg, Germany |
| 326 Tamara | - | Tamar of Georgia, medieval queen of Georgia |
| 327 Columbia | - | Christopher Columbus |
| 328 Gudrun | - | Gudrun, Norse wife of Sigurd |
| 329 Svea | - | Sweden |
| 330 Adalberta | A910 CB | Adalbert Merx (discoverer's father-in-law) (?) |
| 331 Etheridgea | - | Unknown |
| 332 Siri | - | Unknown |
| 333 Badenia | 1892 A | Baden, region of Germany |
| 334 Chicago | 1892 L | Chicago, USA |
| 335 Roberta | 1892 C | Robert von der Osten-Sacken, scientist |
| 336 Lacadiera | 1892 D | La Cadière-d'Azur, village in Var, France |
| 337 Devosa | 1892 E | Unknown |
| 338 Budrosa | 1892 F | Unknown |
| 339 Dorothea | 1892 G | Dorothea Klumpke-Roberts, mathematician |
| 340 Eduarda | 1892 H | Heinrich Eduard von Lade, German banker and amateur astronomer † |
| 341 California | 1892 J | California, US state |
| 342 Endymion | 1892 K | Endymion, Greek |
| 343 Ostara | 1892 N | Ostara, Old High German name for Eostre, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring, reconstructed by Jacob Grimm in his Deutsche Mythologie [H] |
| 344 Desiderata | 1892 M | Queen Desideria of Sweden and Norway (Bernhardine Eugenie Désirée Bernadotte, née Clary) |
| 345 Tercidina | 1892 O | Unknown |
| 346 Hermentaria | 1892 P | Herment, village in Puy-de-Dôme, France (?) |
| 347 Pariana | 1892 Q | Unknown |
| 348 May | 1892 R | Karl May, popular novelist (?) |
| 349 Dembowska | 1892 T | Ercole Dembowski, astronomer |
| 350 Ornamenta | 1892 U | Hornemann, a Dutch mariner, whose son was a very zealous member of the Société astronomique de France † ‡ [H] |
| 351 Yrsa | 1892 V | Yrsa, famous queen in Norse mythology * (Schmadel and Herget list it as "unknown") |
| 352 Gisela | 1893 B | Gisela Wolf, wife of the discoverer |
| 353 Ruperto-Carola | 1893 F | Ruprecht Karls University of Heidelberg |
| 354 Eleonora | 1893 A | Unknown |
| 355 Gabriella | 1893 E | Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion, astronomer |
| 356 Liguria | 1893 G | Liguria, region of Italy |
| 357 Ninina | 1893 J | Unknown |
| 358 Apollonia | 1893 K | Apollonia, Ancient Greek colony in Illyria (?) |
| 359 Georgia | 1893 M | King George II of Great Britain |
| 360 Carlova | 1893 N | Unknown |
| 361 Bononia | 1893 P | Latin name for Bologna, Italy, and for Boulogne-sur-Mer, France |
| 362 Havnia | 1893 R | Latin name for Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 363 Padua | 1893 S | Padua, Italy |
| 364 Isara | 1893 T | Isère River, France |
| 365 Corduba | 1893 V | Latin name for Córdoba, Spain (?) |
| 366 Vincentina | 1893 W | Vincenzo Cerulli, astronomer |
| 367 Amicitia | 1893 AA | Latin for friendship |
| 368 Haidea | 1893 AB | Unknown |
| 369 Aëria | 1893 AE | Air, one of the four elements |
| 370 Modestia | 1893 AC | Modesty |
| 371 Bohemia | 1893 AD | Bohemia, region of Czech Republic |
| 372 Palma | 1893 AH | Palma de Mallorca, Spain |
| 373 Melusina | 1893 AJ | Probably Melusine, mythological French mermaid, ancestress of the family of Lusignan |
| 374 Burgundia | 1893 AK | Burgundy, region of France |
| 375 Ursula | 1893 AL | Unknown |
| 376 Geometria | 1893 AM | Geometry |
| 377 Campania | 1893 AN | Campania, region of Italy |
| 378 Holmia | 1893 AP | Ancient name for Stockholm, Sweden |
| 379 Huenna | 1894 AQ | Latin name for Hven, Swedish island |
| 380 Fiducia | 1894 AR | Latin for confidence |
| 381 Myrrha | 1894 AS | Myrrha, Greek mythological princess |
| 382 Dodona | 1894 AT | Dodona (now Dodoni), Greece |
| 383 Janina | 1894 AU | Unknown |
| 384 Burdigala | 1894 AV | Latin name for Bordeaux, France |
| 385 Ilmatar | 1894 AX | Ilmatar, Finnish goddess |
| 386 Siegena | 1894 AY | Siegen, Germany |
| 387 Aquitania | 1894 AZ | Aquitaine, region of France |
| 388 Charybdis | 1894 BA | Charybdis, mythological Greek monster |
| 389 Industria | 1894 BB | Latin for diligence |
| 390 Alma | 1894 BC | River Alma, Crimea, Ukraine |
| 391 Ingeborg | 1894 BE | Schmadel and Herget list it as "unknown", but it may possibly refer to an Ingeborg from Norse mythology. |
| 392 Wilhelmina | 1894 BF | Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands † |
| 393 Lampetia | 1894 BG | Lampetia, various Greek figures |
| 394 Arduina | 1894 BH | Arduenna, Gaulish goddess |
| 395 Delia | 1894 BK | Alternative name for the Greek goddess Artemis |
| 396 Aeolia | 1894 BL | Aeolia, ancient region of Asia Minor; or, the Aeolian Islands, Italy |
| 397 Vienna | 1894 BM | Vienna, Austria |
| 398 Admete | 1894 BN | Admete, Greek mythological woman |
| 399 Persephone | 1895 BP | Persephone, Greek goddess |
| 400 Ducrosa | 1895 BU | J. Ducros, astronomer |
| 401-500 | ||
| 401 Ottilia | 1895 BT | Ottilia, character in German folklore |
| 402 Chloë | 1895 BW | Chloe, mythological Greek shepherdess |
| 403 Cyane | 1895 BX | Cyane, Greek nymph |
| 404 Arsinoë | 1895 BY | Arsinoe, Greek mother of Orestes |
| 405 Thia | 1895 BZ | Theia, Greek mythological Titaness |
| 406 Erna | 1895 CB | Erna, daughter of astronomer Friedrich Bidschof (?) |
| 407 Arachne | 1895 CC | Arachne, Greek mythological woman |
| 408 Fama | 1895 CD | Fama, Roman goddess |
| 409 Aspasia | 1895 CE | Aspasia, mistress of Pericles |
| 410 Chloris | 1896 CH | Chloris, Greek goddess |
| 411 Xanthe | 1896 CJ | Xanthe, Greek Oceanid |
| 412 Elisabetha | 1896 CK | Elisabeth Wolf, mother of the discoverer |
| 413 Edburga | 1896 CL | Unknown |
| 414 Liriope | 1896 CN | Liriope, Greek mother of Narcissus |
| 415 Palatia | 1896 CO | The Electoral Palatinate, region of Germany |
| 416 Vaticana | 1896 CS | Vatican Hill, Rome |
| 417 Suevia | 1896 CT | Suevia, a fraternity of Heidelberg University |
| 418 Alemannia | 1896 CV | Alemannia, a fraternity of Heidelberg University |
| 419 Aurelia | 1896 CW | Unknown |
| 420 Bertholda | 1896 CY | Berthold I, Margrave of Baden |
| 421 Zähringia | 1896 CZ | The Zähringen family of Baden |
| 422 Berolina | 1896 DA | Latin name for Berlin |
| 423 Diotima | 1896 DB | Diotima of Mantinea, Greek teacher of Socrates |
| 424 Gratia | 1896 DF | The Graces, Roman mythology |
| 425 Cornelia | 1896 DC | Cornelia Africana, daughter of Scipio Africanus (?) |
| 426 Hippo | 1897 DH | Hippo Regius, ancient town (now Annaba, Algeria) |
| 427 Galene | 1897 DJ | Galene, Greek Nereid |
| 428 Monachia | 1897 DK | Latin name for Munich, Germany |
| 429 Lotis | 1897 DL | Lotis, Greek nymph |
| 430 Hybris | 1897 DM | Hubris, Greek goddess |
| 431 Nephele | 1897 DN | Nephele, Greek nymph |
| 432 Pythia | 1897 DO | The Pythia, Greek prophetess |
| 433 Eros | 1898 DQ | Eros, Greek god |
| 434 Hungaria | 1898 DR | Latin for Hungary |
| 435 Ella | 1898 DS | Unknown |
| 436 Patricia | 1898 DT | Unknown |
| 437 Rhodia | 1898 DP | Rhodia, Greek Oceanid |
| 438 Zeuxo | 1898 DU | Zeuxo, Greek Oceanid |
| 439 Ohio | 1898 EB | Ohio, US state and river |
| 440 Theodora | 1898 EC | Theodora, daughter of Julius F. Stone, benefactor |
| 441 Bathilde | 1898 ED | Unknown |
| 442 Eichsfeldia | 1899 EE | Eichsfeld, region of Germany |
| 443 Photographica | 1899 EF | Photography † |
| 444 Gyptis | 1899 EL | Gyptis, wife of Protis, founder of Marseille, France |
| 445 Edna | 1899 EX | Edna, wife of Julius F. Stone, benefactor |
| 446 Aeternitas | 1899 ER | Aeternitas, Roman god |
| 447 Valentine | 1899 ES | Valentine, daughter of Baron Albert von Rothschild, benefactor |
| 448 Natalie | 1899 ET | Unknown |
| 449 Hamburga | 1899 EU | Hamburg, Germany † |
| 450 Brigitta | 1899 EV | Unknown |
| 451 Patientia | 1899 EY | Latin for patience |
| 452 Hamiltonia | 1899 FD | Mount Hamilton, California |
| 453 Tea | 1900 FA | Unknown |
| 454 Mathesis | 1900 FC | Greek for (the act of) learning, chosen to mark the 300th anniversary of the Mathematische Gesellschaft in Hamburg founded in 1690 † |
| 455 Bruchsalia | 1900 FG | Bruchsal, Germany |
| 456 Abnoba | 1900 FH | Abnoba, Celtic goddess |
| 457 Alleghenia | 1900 FJ | Allegheny Observatory, USA |
| 458 Hercynia | 1900 FK | Latin name for a forested region of Germany |
| 459 Signe | 1900 FM | Signy, Norse sister of Sigmund |
| 460 Scania | 1900 FN | Scania, region of Sweden |
| 461 Saskia | 1900 FP | Saskia van Uylenburg, wife of Rembrandt † |
| 462 Eriphyla | 1900 FQ | Eriphyle, mythological Greek woman |
| 463 Lola | 1900 FS | Character in Cavalleria Rusticana, opera by Mascagni (?) |
| 464 Megaira | 1901 FV | Megaira, one of the Greek Furies |
| 465 Alekto | 1901 FW | Alecto, one of the Greek Furies |
| 466 Tisiphone | 1901 FX | Tisiphone, one of the Greek Furies |
| 467 Laura | 1901 FY | Character in La Gioconda, opera by Amilcare Ponchielli (?) |
| 468 Lina | 1901 FZ | Lina, a maidservant of the discoverer |
| 469 Argentina | 1901 GE | Argentina, country [H] † |
| 470 Kilia | 1901 GJ | Latin for Kiel, Germany |
| 471 Papagena | 1901 GN | Character in Mozart's opera The Magic Flute |
| 472 Roma | 1901 GP | Rome, Italy |
| 473 Nolli | 1901 GC | Nickname of a small child in the discoverer's family |
| 474 Prudentia | 1901 GD | Prudentia, Roman allegorical figure |
| 475 Ocllo | 1901 HN | Ocllo, Inca queen, named after the wife of one of the four sons of Pirua Wiracocha, creator god of civilization in Inca mythology † |
| 476 Hedwig | 1901 GQ | Hedwig, wife of astronomer Elis Stromgren |
| 477 Italia | 1901 GR | Italy, country |
| 478 Tergeste | 1901 GU | Latin name for Trieste, Italy |
| 479 Caprera | 1901 HJ | Caprera, island in Sardinia, Italy |
| 480 Hansa | 1901 GL | The Hanseatic League |
| 481 Emita | 1902 HP | Unknown |
| 482 Petrina | 1902 HT | Feminine form of Petrus, Latin for Peter, one of the discoverer's dogs |
| 483 Seppina | 1902 HU | Sepp, another of the discoverer's dogs |
| 484 Pittsburghia | 1902 HX | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 485 Genua | 1902 HZ | Latin name for Genova, Italy |
| 486 Cremona | 1902 JB | Cremona, Italy |
| 487 Venetia | 1902 JL | Latinization for Venezia, Italy |
| 488 Kreusa | 1902 JG | Kreusa, various Greek figures |
| 489 Comacina | 1902 JM | Comacina, island in Lake Como, Italy |
| 490 Veritas | 1902 JP | Veritas, Roman goddess |
| 491 Carina | 1902 JQ | Unknown |
| 492 Gismonda | 1902 JR | Gismond, Italian folk tale heroine |
| 493 Griseldis | 1902 JS | Patient Griselda, folk tale heroine |
| 494 Virtus | 1902 JV | Virtus, Roman god |
| 495 Eulalia | 1902 KG | The grandmother of the discoverer's wife |
| 496 Gryphia | 1902 KH | Andreas Gryphius, German poet |
| 497 Iva | 1902 KJ | Iva Shores, daughter of the discoverer's landlord |
| 498 Tokio | 1902 KU | Tokyo, Japan |
| 499 Venusia | 1902 KX | Alternative name for Hven, Swedish island |
| 500 Selinur | 1903 LA | Character in Friedrich Theodor Vischer's novel Auch Einer |
| Preceded by —— |
Meanings of asteroid names List of asteroids/1–1000 |
Succeeded by 501–1000 |
