Meanings of asteroid names (1501-2000)

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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.

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

Contents: 1501... 1601... 1701... 1801... 1901...

Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
1501-1600
1501 Baade	1938 UJ	Walter Baade, German astronomer †
1502 Arenda	1938 WB	Sylvain Julien Victor Arend, Belgian astronomer [H]
1503 Kuopio	1938 XD	Kuopio, Finland
1504 Lappeenranta	1939 FM	Lappeenranta, Finland
1505 Koranna	1939 HH	The Koranna, a tribe of Bushmen from the Kalahari Desert † [H]
1506 Xosa	1939 JC	Xhosa people of Africa † [H]
1507 Vaasa	1939 RD	Vaasa, Finland
1508 Kemi	1938 UP	Kemi, Finland
1509 Esclangona	1938 YG	Ernest Esclangon, French astronomer [H]
1510 Charlois	1939 DC	Auguste Charlois, French astronomer
1511 Daléra	1939 FB	Paul Daléra, friend of discoverer [H]
1512 Oulu	1939 FE	Oulu, Finland, birthplace of discoverer [H]
1513 Mátra	1940 EB	Mátra, a mountain range in Hungary †
1514 Ricouxa	1906 UR	*
1515 Perrotin	1936 VG	Joseph Athanase Perrotin, French astronomer
1516 Henry	1938 BG	Paul and Prosper Henry, French astronomers
1517 Beograd	1938 FD	Belgrade, Serbia, discoverer's native city [H]
1518 Rovaniemi	1938 UA	Rovaniemi, Finland
1519 Kajaani	1938 UB	Kajaani, Finland
1520 Imatra	1938 UY	Imatra, Finland
1521 Seinäjoki	1938 UB1	Seinäjoki, Finland
1522 Kokkola	1938 WO	Kokkola, Finland
1523 Pieksämäki	1939 BC	Pieksämäki, Finland
1524 Joensuu	1939 SB	Joensuu, Finland
1525 Savonlinna	1939 SC	Savonlinna, Finland
1526 Mikkeli	1939 TF	Mikkeli, Finland
1527 Malmquista	1939 UG	Gunnar Malmquist, Swedish astronomer [H]
1528 Conrada	1940 CA	Fritz Conrad, admiral in the German Navy during World War II [H]
1529 Oterma	1938 BC	Liisi Oterma, Finnish astronomer
1530 Rantaseppä	1938 SG	Hilkka Rantaseppä (Hilkka Rantaseppä-Helenius), Finnish astronomer
1531 Hartmut	1938 SH	Hartmut Neckel, grandson of discoverer
1532 Inari	1938 SM	Lake Inari, Finland
1533 Saimaa	1939 BD	Lake Saimaa, Finland
1534 Näsi	1939 BK	Lake Näsi, Finland
1535 Päijänne	1939 RC	Lake Päijänne, in Päijänne National Park, Finland
1536 Pielinen	1939 SE	Lake Pielinen, in Koli National Park, Finland
1537 Transylvania	1940 QA	Transylvania, Romania †
1538 Detre	1940 RF	László Detre, Hungarian astronomer †
1539 Borrelly	1940 UB	Alphonse Louis Nicolas Borrelly, French astronomer
1540 Kevola	1938 WK	Kevola, observatory at Kevola in Finland operated by Hilkka Rantaseppä
1541 Estonia	1939 CK	Estonia [H]
1542 Schalén	1941 QE	Carl Schalén, Swedish astronomer
1543 Bourgeois	1941 SJ	Paul Bourgeois, Belgian astronomer
1544 Vinterhansenia	1941 UK	Julie Marie Vinter Hansen, Danish astronomer [H]
1545 Thernöe	1941 UW	Karl August Oscar Thernöe, Danish astronomer
1546 Izsák	1941 SG1	Imre Gyula Izsák, Hungarian astronomer † ‡
1547 Nele	1929 CZ	Nele, wife of folk-hero Till Eulenspiegel
1548 Palomaa	1935 FK	M. H. Palomaa, Finnish chemist [H]
1549 Mikko	1937 GA	Mikko Arthur Levander, Finnish pastor, amateur astronomer, and father-in-law of discoverer [H]
1550 Tito	1937 WD	Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav leader [H]
1551 Argelander	1938 DC1	Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander, German astronomer [H]
1552 Bessel	1938 DE1	Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel, German astronomer and mathematician [H]
1553 Bauersfelda	1940 AD	Walter Bauersfeld, German engineer, designer of the Zeiss planetaria [H]
1554 Yugoslavia	1940 RE	Yugoslavia, discoverer's fatherland [H]
1555 Dejan	1941 SA	Son of Petar Đjurković, Yugoslav astronomer [H]
1556 Wingolfia	1942 AA	Wingolf, a fraternity at Heidelberg University [H]
1557 Roehla	1942 AD	Lars Ruehl, Swedish-German doctor in Heidelberg, in gratitude for restoring the discoverer's health [H]
1558 Järnefelt	1942 BD	Gustaf Järnefelt, Finnish astronomer
1559 Kustaanheimo	1942 BF	Paul Kustaanheimo, Finnish astronomer
1560 Strattonia	1942 XB	Frederick John Marrian Stratton, British astronomer [H]
1561 Fricke	1941 CG	Walter Ernst Fricke, German astronomer
1562 Gondolatsch	1943 EE	Friedrich Gondolatsch, German astronomer
1563 Noël	1943 EG	Emanuel Arend, the discoverer's son [H]
1564 Srbija	1936 TB	Serbia (first minor planet discovered from Belgrade) [H]
1565 Lemaître	1948 WA	Canon Georges Lemaître, Belgian astronomer
1566 Icarus	1949 MA	Icarus, mythological Greek aeronaut
1567 Alikoski	1941 HN	Heikki A. Alikoski, observatory assistant at Turku Observatory in Finland †
1568 Aisleen	1946 QB	Wife of discoverer
1569 Evita	1948 PA	Eva Perón, First Lady of Argentina
1570 Brunonia	1948 TX	Brown University
1571 Cesco	1950 FJ	Reynaldo Cesco and Carlos Ulrrico Cesco, Argentine astronomers [S&T, Dec 1982, p. 542]
1572 Posnania	1949 SC	Poznań, Poland
1573 Väisälä	1949 UA	Yrjö Väisälä, Finnish astronomer
1574 Meyer	1949 FD	G. Meyer, French astronomer*
1575 Winifred	1950 HH	Winifred Sawtell Cameron, American planetary geologist*
1576 Fabiola	1948 SA	Fabiola de Mora y Aragón, former Queen of Belgium
1577 Reiss	1949 BA	Guy Reiss, French astronomer
1578 Kirkwood	1951 AT	Daniel Kirkwood, American astronomer
1579 Herrick	1948 SB	Samuel Herrick, American astronomer and mathematician
1580 Betulia	1950 KA	Wife of Samuel Herrick
1581 Abanderada	1950 LA1	Spanish for leader carrying a banner, in honour of Eva Perón
1582 Martir	1950 LY	Spanish for martyr, in honour of Eva Perón
1583 Antilochus	1950 SA	Antilochus, mythological Greek warrior
1584 Fuji	1927 CR	Mount Fuji, Japan
1585 Union	1947 RG	Union Observatory, Johannesburg
1586 Thiele	1939 CJ	Thorvald Nicolai Thiele, Danish astronomer
1587 Kahrstedt	1933 FS1	Albrecht Kahrstedt, German astronomer
1588 Descamisada	1951 MH	Spanish for shirtless (worker), in honour of Eva Perón
1589 Fanatica	1950 RK	Spanish for fanatical woman, in honour of Eva Perón
1590 Tsiolkovskaja	1933 NA	Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian rocket scientist
1591 Baize	1951 KA	Paul Baize, French physician and amateur astronomer
1592 Mathieu	1951 LA	Grandchild of discoverer
1593 Fagnes	1951 LB	Hautes Fagnes, plateau in Belgium
1594 Danjon	1949 WA	André Danjon, French astronomer
1595 Tanga	1930 ME	Tanga, Tanzania †
1596 Itzigsohn	1951 EV	Miguel Itzigsohn, Argentinian astronomer
1597 Laugier	1949 EB	Margueritte Laugier, French astronomer
1598 Paloque	1950 CA	Émile Paloque, French astronomer
1599 Giomus	1950 WA	Gien-sur-Loire, France
1600 Vyssotsky	1947 UC	Emma Vyssotsky, American astronomer
1601-1700
1601 Patry	1942 KA	André Patry, French astronomer
1602 Indiana	1950 GF	Indiana and Indiana University
1603 Neva	1926 VH	Neva, river running through Saint Petersburg
1604 Tombaugh	1931 FH	Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer; 1931 FH was amongst the numerous asteroids recorded by Tombaugh during the search for Pluto
1605 Milankovitch	1936 GA	Milutin Milanković, Serbian astronomer
1606 Jekhovsky	1950 RH	Benjamin Jekhovsky, Russian-born French astronomer
1607 Mavis	1950 RA	Wife of Jacobus Albertus Bruwer, South African astronomer
1608 Muñoz	1951 RZ	F. A. Muñoz, astronomer*
1609 Brenda	1951 NL	Granddaughter of discoverer
1610 Mirnaya	1928 RT	Russian for peaceful
1611 Beyer	1950 DJ	Max Beyer, German astronomer †
1612 Hirose	1950 BJ	Hideo Hirose (広瀬秀雄), Japanese astronomer
1613 Smiley	1950 SD	Charles Hugh Smiley, American astronomer †
1614 Goldschmidt	1952 HA	Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt, astronomer
1615 Bardwell	1950 BW	Conrad Bardwell, American astronomer
1616 Filipoff	1950 EA	Lionel Filipoff, astronomer
1617 Alschmitt	1952 FB	Alfred Schmitt, French astronomer
1618 Dawn	1948 NF	Granddaughter of discoverer
1619 Ueta	1953 TA	Jo Ueta (上田穣), Japanese astronomer
1620 Geographos	1951 RA	National Geographic Society
1621 Druzhba	1926 TM	Russian for friendship
1622 Chacornac	1952 EA	Jean Chacornac, French astronomer
1623 Vivian	1948 PL	Daughter of William Hirst, British astronomer
1624 Rabe	1931 TT1	Eugene Rabe, American astronomer
1625 The NORC	1953 RB	NORC (Naval Ordnance Research Calculator)
1626 Sadeya	1927 AA	Sociedad Astronomca de España y America
1627 Ivar	1929 SH	Late brother of discoverer
1628 Strobel	1923 OG	Willy Strobel, German astronomer
1629 Pecker	1952 DB	Jean-Claude Pecker, French astronomer
1630 Milet	1952 DA	Bernard Milet, French astronomer
1631 Kopff	1936 UC	August Kopff, German astronomer
1632 Sieböhme	1941 DF	Siegfried Böhme, German astronomer
1633 Chimay	1929 EC	Chimay, Belgium
1634 Ndola	1935 QP	Ndola, Zambia †
1635 Bohrmann	1924 QW	Alfred Bohrmann, German astronomer
1636 Porter	1950 BH	Jermain Gildersleeve Porter and John Guy Porter, British amateur astronomers
1637 Swings	1936 QO	Pol Swings, Belgian astronomer
1638 Ruanda	1935 JF	Rwanda †
1639 Bower	1951 RB	Ernest Clare Bower, American mathematician and astronomer (Pluto's orbit)
1640 Nemo	1951 QA	Captain Nemo, fictional character
1641 Tana	1935 OJ	Tana River, Kenya †
1642 Hill	1951 RU	George William Hill, American mathematician and astronomer
1643 Brown	1951 RQ	Ernest William Brown, British astronomer
1644 Rafita	1935 YA	Late son of discoverer
1645 Waterfield	1933 OJ	Reginald Lawson Waterfield and William Francis Herschel Waterfield, British astronomers
1646 Rosseland	1939 BG	Svein Rosseland, Norwegian astrophysicist
1647 Menelaus	1957 MK	Menelaus, mythological Greek king
1648 Shajna	1935 RF	Grigory Abramovich Shajn, Russian astronomer, husband of the discoverer †
1649 Fabre	1951 DE	Hervé Fabre, French astronomer
1650 Heckmann	1937 TG	Otto Heckmann, German astronomer †
1651 Behrens	1936 HD	Johann Gerhard Behrens, German astronomer
1652 Hergé	1953 PA	Hergé (Georges Remi), Belgian cartoonist
1653 Yakhontovia	1937 RA	Nataliya Sergeevna Samoilova-Yakhontova, Russian astronomer
1654 Bojeva	1931 TL	Nina Fedorovna Bojeva, Russian astronomer †
1655 Comas Solá	1929 WG	Josep Comas Solá, Catalan astronomer
1656 Suomi	1942 EC	Finland
1657 Roemera	1961 EA	Elizabeth Roemer, American astronomer
1658 Innes	1953 NA	Robert Thorburn Ayton Innes, Scottish amateur-turned-professional astronomer and first director of the Transvaal (afterwards Union) Observatory
1659 Punkaharju	1940 YL	Punkaharju, Finland
1660 Wood	1953 GA	Harry Edwin Wood, South African astronomer
1661 Granule	A916 FA	Gall's granule (also known as a "Gall body"), a feature of lymphocytes discovered by Edward Gall
1662 Hoffmann	A923 RB	Irmtraud Hoffmann, daughter-in-law of discoverer
1663 van den Bos	1926 PE	Willem Hendrik van den Bos, Dutch astronomer †
1664 Felix	1929 CD	Felix Timmermans, Belgian writer
1665 Gaby	1930 DQ	Gaby Reinmuth, daughter-in-law of discoverer
1666 van Gent	1930 OG	Hendrik van Gent, Dutch astronomer †
1667 Pels	1930 SY	G. Pels, computational assistant at Sterrewacht Leiden (Leiden Observatory) †
1668 Hanna	1933 OK	Hanna Reinmuth, daughter-in-law of discoverer
1669 Dagmar	1934 RS	Dagmar, female given name
1670 Minnaert	1934 RZ	Marcel Gilles Jozef Minnaert, Belgian astronomer
1671 Chaika	1934 TD	Russian for seagull, in honour of Valentina Tereshkova
1672 Gezelle	1935 BD	Guido Gezelle, Flemish poet
1673 van Houten	1937 TH	Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Dutch astronomer †
1674 Groeneveld	1938 DS	Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Dutch astronomer †
1675 Simonida	1938 FB	A gracious Serbian Queen Simonida from the Middle Ages
1676 Kariba	1939 LC	Kariba Lake, Zambia/Zimbabwe †
1677 Tycho Brahe	1940 RO	Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer
1678 Hveen	1940 YH	Hven (Hveen), island in Oresund with Tycho Brahe's castle Uraniborg and observatory Stjerneborg
1679 Nevanlinna	1941 FR	Rolf Herman Nevanlinna, Finnish mathematician
1680 Per Brahe	1942 CH	Per Brahe, 17th century governor-general of Finland
1681 Steinmetz	1948 WE	Julius Steinmetz, German pastor and orbit computer
1682 Karel	1949 PH	Son of Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld †
1683 Castafiore	1950 SL	Bianca Castafiore, cartoon character (Tintin), opera singer
1684 Iguassú	1951 QE	Iguazu Falls, on the Iguazu River, Brazil/Argentina
1685 Toro	1948 OA	from maiden name of Samuel Herrick's wife
1686 De Sitter	1935 SR1	Willem de Sitter, Dutch astronomer †
1687 Glarona	1965 SC	Canton of Glarus, Switzerland
1688 Wilkens	1951 EQ1	Alexander Wilkens, Argentine astronomer
1689 Floris-Jan	1930 SO	Floris-Jan van der Meulen, 5000th visitor to an astronomical exhibition †
1690 Mayrhofer	1948 VB	Karl Mayrhofer, Austrian mathematician and amateur astronomer † ‡
1691 Oort	1956 RB	Jan Oort, Dutch astronomer †
1692 Subbotina	1936 QD	Mikhail Subbotin, Russian astronomer
1693 Hertzsprung	1935 LA	Ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish astronomer
1694 Kaiser	1934 SB	Frederik Kaiser, Dutch astronomer †
1695 Walbeck	1941 UO	Henrik Johan Walbeck, Finnish geodesist
1696 Nurmela	1939 FF	Tauno Kalervo Nurmela, Finnish academic
1697 Koskenniemi	1940 RM	Veikko Antero Koskenniemi, Finnish poet
1698 Christophe	1934 CS	Grand-nephew of Georges Roland, French astronomer, or Ginette Roland, Belgian astronomer*
1699 Honkasalo	1941 QD	Tauno Bruno Honkasalo, Finnish mathematician
1700 Zvezdara	1940 QC	Zvezdara, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
1701-1800
1701 Okavango	1953 NJ	Okavango River, Africa
1702 Kalahari	A924 NC	Kalahari Desert
1703 Barry	1930 RB	Roger Barry, German(?) astronomer
1704 Wachmann	A924 EE	Arno Arthur Wachmann, German astronomer †
1705 Tapio	1941 SL1	Tapio, Finnish mythological figure from the Kalevala
1706 Dieckvoss	1931 TS	Wilhelm Dieckvoss, German astronomer †
1707 Chantal	1932 RL	Niece of Georges Roland, French astronomer, or of Ginette Roland, Belgian astronomer*
1708 Pólit	1929 XA	Isidre Pólit (i Boixareu), Spanish astronomer
1709 Ukraina	1925 QA	Ukraine
1710 Gothard	1941 UF	Jenõ Gothard, Hungarian amateur astronomer † ‡
1711 Sandrine	1935 BB	Grand-niece of Georges Roland, French astronomer, or Ginette Roland, Belgian astronomer*
1712 Angola	1935 KC	Angola †
1713 Bancilhon	1951 SC	Odette Bancilhon, French astronomer, wife of Alfred Schmitt
1714 Sy	1951 OA	Frédéric Sy, French astronomer
1715 Salli	1938 GK	Wife of discoverer
1716 Peter	1934 GF	Grandson of discoverer
1717 Arlon	1954 AC	Arlon, Belgium
1718 Namibia	1942 RX	Namibia
1719 Jens	1950 DP	Grandson of discoverer
1720 Niels	1935 CQ	Grandson of discoverer
1721 Wells	1953 TD3	German Wells, Indiana University administrator
1722 Goffin	1938 EG	Edwin Goffin, Belgian astronomer
1723 Klemola	1936 FX	Irja Klemola, amateur astronomer, and Arnold Richard Klemola, American astronomer
1724 Vladimir	1932 DC	Grandson of Milorad B. Protitć †
1725 CrAO	1930 SK	Crimean Astrophysical Observatory
1726 Hoffmeister	1933 OE	Cuno Hoffmeister, German astronomer
1727 Mette	1965 BA	Wife of discoverer
1728 Goethe Link	1964 TO	Goethe Link Observatory
1729 Beryl	1963 SL	Beryl Potter, staff member at Indiana University
1730 Marceline	1936 UA	Heroine of L'Immoraliste, novel by André Gide
1731 Smuts	1948 PH	Jan Christiaan Smuts, prime minister of South Africa
1732 Heike	1943 EY	Heike Neckel, granddaughter of Alfred Bohrmann, German astronomer
1733 Silke	1938 DL1	Silke Neckel, discoverer's granddaughter
1734 Zhongolovich	1928 TJ	Ivan Danilovich Zhongolovich, Russian astronomer
1735 ITA	1948 RJ1	Institute for Theoretical Astronomy
1736 Floirac	1967 RA	Suburb of Bordeaux, France
1737 Severny	1966 TJ	Andrei Borisovich Severnyi, Russian astronomer
1738 Oosterhoff	1930 SP	P. Th. Oosterhoff, Dutch astronomer †
1739 Meyermann	1939 PF	Bruno Meyermann, astronomer
1740 Paavo Nurmi	1939 UA	Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner
1741 Giclas	1960 BC	Henry Lee Giclas, American astronomer
1742 Schaifers	1934 RO	Karl Schaifers, German astronomer
1743 Schmidt	4109 P-L	Bernhard Schmidt, inventor
1744 Harriet	6557 P-L	Wife of Paul Herget, American astronomer
1745 Ferguson	1941 SY1	James Ferguson, astronomer
1746 Brouwer	1963 RF	Dirk Brouwer, Dutch-born American astronomer †
1747 Wright	1947 NH	*
1748 Mauderli	1966 RA	Sigmund Mauderli, Swiss astronomer
1749 Telamon	1949 SB	Telamon, mythological Greek King
1750 Eckert	1950 NA1	Wallace John Eckert, American astronomer*
1751 Herget	1955 OC	Paul Herget, American astronomer
1752 van Herk	1930 OK	Gijsbert van Herk, Dutch astronomer, and author with Herman Kleibrink and Willem Bijleveld of a history of the Sterrewacht Leiden (Leiden Observatory) (De Leidse Sterrewacht: vier eeuwen wacht bij dag en bij nacht. Zwolle: Waanders/De Kler, 1983 †
1753 Mieke	1934 JM	Wife of Jan Oort, Dutch astronomer †
1754 Cunningham	1935 FE	Leland E. Cunningham, American astronomer
1755 Lorbach	1936 VD	After Anne Lorbach Herget, wife of Paul Herget, American astronomer
1756 Giacobini	1937 YA	Michel Giacobini, French astronomer
1757 Porvoo	1939 FC	Porvoo, Finland
1758 Naantali	1942 DK	Naantali, Finland
1759 Kienle	1942 RF	Hans Kienle, German astrophysicist
1760 Sandra	1950 GB	Granddaughter of discoverer
1761 Edmondson	1952 FN	Frank Kelley Edmondson, American astronomer
1762 Russell	1953 TZ	Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer
1763 Williams	1953 TN2	Ken P. Williams, British mathematician and writer
1764 Cogshall	1953 VM1	Wilbur A. Cogshall, American astronomer
1765 Wrubel	1957 XB	Marshal Wrubel, American astronomer
1766 Slipher	1962 RF	Vesto Melvin Slipher and Earl C. Slipher, American astronomers
1767 Lampland	1962 RJ	Carl Otto Lampland, American astronomer
1768 Appenzella	1965 SA	Appenzell, Switzerland
1769 Carlostorres	1966 QP	Carlos G. Torres, Argentine astronomer, and Carlos Torres, Chilean astronomer [S&T, Dec 1982, p. 542]
1770 Schlesinger	1967 JR	Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer
1771 Makover	1968 BD	Samuel Gdalevich Makover, Russian astronomer
1772 Gagarin	1968 CB	Yuri Gagarin, Russian cosmonaut
1773 Rumpelstilz	1968 HE	Rumpelstiltskin, folk-tale character
1774 Kulikov	1968 UG1	Dmitri Kuzmich Kulikov, Russian astronomer
1775 Zimmerwald	1969 JA	Zimmerwald, Switzerland
1776 Kuiper	2520 P-L	Gerard P. Kuiper, Dutch-born American astronomer †
1777 Gehrels	4007 P-L	Tom Gehrels, Dutch-born American astronomer †
1778 Alfvén	4506 P-L	Hannes Alfvén, Swedish astrophysicist
1779 Paraná	1950 LZ	Paraná River, Argentina
1780 Kippes	A906 RA	Otto Kippes, German amateur astronomer † ‡
1781 Van Biesbroeck	A906 UB	George Van Biesbroeck, Belgian-born American astronomer
1782 Schneller	1931 TL1	Heribert Schneller, German astronomer
1783 Albitskij	1935 FJ	Vladimir Aleksandrovich Albitskii, Russian astronomer †
1784 Benguella	1935 MG	Benguela, Angola †
1785 Wurm	1941 CD	Karl Wurm, German astrophysicist †
1786 Raahe	1948 TL	Raahe, Finland
1787 Chiny	1950 SK	Chiny, Belgium
1788 Kiess	1952 OZ	Carl Clarence Kiess, American astronomer
1789 Dobrovolsky	1966 QC	Georgi Dobrovolski, Russian cosmonaut
1790 Volkov	1967 ER	Vladislav Volkov, Russian cosmonaut
1791 Patsayev	1967 RE	Viktor Patsayev, Russian cosmonaut
1792 Reni	1968 BG	Reni, Ukraine, birthplace of A. N. Deutsch †
1793 Zoya	1968 DW	Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, Russian World War II heroine †
1794 Finsen	1970 GA	William Stephen Finsen, South African astronomer
1795 Woltjer	4010 P-L	Jan Woltjer, Dutch astronomer †
1796 Riga	1966 KB	Riga, Latvia
1797 Schaumasse	1936 VH	Alexandre Schaumasse, French astronomer
1798 Watts	1949 GC	Chester Burleigh Watts, American astronomer
1799 Koussevitzky	1950 OE	Serge Koussevitzky, Russian conductor
1800 Aguilar	1950 RJ	Félix Aguilar, Argentine astronomer, or Antonio Aguilar, Spanish astronomer*
1801-1900
1801 Titicaca	1952 SP1	Lake Titicaca, Peru
1802 Zhang Heng	1964 TW1	Zhang Heng, Ancient Chinese astronomer, mathematician, inventor, artist and scholar
1803 Zwicky	1967 CA	Fritz Zwicky, American (of Swiss extraction) astronomer
1804 Chebotarev	1967 GG	Gleb Aleksandrovich Chebotarev, Russian astronomer
1805 Dirikis	1970 GD	Matiss Dīriķis, Latvian astronomer
1806 Derice	1971 LC	Wife of Dennis N. Harwood, Australian astronomer
1807 Slovakia	1971 QA	Slovakia
1808 Bellerophon	2517 P-L	Bellerophon, mythological Greek hero
1809 Prometheus	2522 P-L	Prometheus, mythological Greek Titan
1810 Epimetheus	4196 P-L	Epimetheus, mythological Greek Titan
1811 Bruwer	4576 P-L	Jacobus Albertus Bruwer, South African astronomer
1812 Gilgamesh	4645 P-L	Gilgamesh, mythological Sumerian hero
1813 Imhotep	7589 P-L	Imhotep, Egyptian architect
1814 Bach	1931 TW1	Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer
1815 Beethoven	1932 CE1	Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer
1816 Liberia	1936 BD	Liberia †
1817 Katanga	1939 MB	Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo †
1818 Brahms	1939 PE	Johannes Brahms, German composer
1819 Laputa	1948 PC	Laputa, fictional island in Gulliver's Travels
1820 Lohmann	1949 PO	Werner Lohmann, German astronomer
1821 Aconcagua	1950 MB	Aconcagua, mountain in the Andes
1822 Waterman	1950 OO	Alan Tower Waterman, American physicist, first director of the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)
1823 Gliese	1951 RD	Wilhelm Gliese, German astronomer
1824 Haworth	1952 FM	Leland Haworth, American physicist and NSF administrator
1825 Klare	1954 QH	Gerhard Klare, German astronomer
1826 Miller	1955 RC1	John Anthony Miller, American astronomer
1827 Atkinson	1962 RK	Robert d'Escourt Atkinson, British astronomer
1828 Kashirina	1966 PH	Valentin Semenovich Kashirin, Russian physician
1829 Dawson	1967 JJ	Bernhard Dawson, Argentinian astronomer
1830 Pogson	1968 HA	Norman Robert Pogson, British astronomer
1831 Nicholson	1968 HC	Seth Barnes Nicholson, American astronomer
1832 Mrkos	1969 PC	Antonin Mrkos, Czech astronomer
1833 Shmakova	1969 PN	Marina Valentinovna Shmakova, Russian-born physicist (astrophysicist), now at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)
1834 Palach	1969 QP	Jan Palach, Czech protester
1835 Gajdariya	1970 OE	Arkady Gaidar, Russian writer
1836 Komarov	1971 OT	Vladimir Komarov, Russian cosmonaut
1837 Osita	1971 QZ1	Spanish form of Ursula, wife of discoverer
1838 Ursa	1971 UC	Ursula, wife of discover and Urs, son of discoverer
1839 Ragazza	1971 UF	Italian for girl, and Bad Ragaz, Switzerland
1840 Hus	1971 UY	Jan Hus, Czech (Bohemian) theologian
1841 Masaryk	1971 UO1	Tomáš Masaryk, Czechoslovak statesman
1842 Hynek	1972 AA	Hynek Kohoutek, father of discoverer
1843 Jarmila	1972 AB	Jarmila Kohoutkova, mother of discoverer
1844 Susilva	1972 UB	Susi, schoolmate of discoverer
1845 Helewalda	1972 UC	Helen, schoolmate of discoverer, from Wald AR, Switzerland
1846 Bengt	6553 P-L	Bengt Georg Daniel Strömgren, Danish-American astronomer †
1847 Stobbe	A916 CA	Joachim Otto Stobbe, German astronomer
1848 Delvaux	1933 QD	Sister-in-law of Belgian astronomer Ginette Roland or French astronomer Georges Roland*
1849 Kresák	1942 AB	Ľubor Kresák, Czech astronomer
1850 Kohoutek	1942 EN	Luboš Kohoutek, Czech astronomer
1851 Lacroute	1950 VA	Pierre Lacroute, French astronomer
1852 Carpenter	1955 GA	Edwin Francis Carpenter, American astronomer*
1853 McElroy	1957 XE	William David McElroy, American biologist and biochemist [Schmadel]
1854 Skvortsov	1968 UE1	Evgenii Fedorovich Skvortsov, Russian astronomer
1855 Korolev	1969 TU1	Sergei Korolev, Soviet rocket scientist
1856 Růžena	1969 TW1	Růžena Petrovičová, staff member, Kleť Observatory
1857 Parchomenko	1971 QS1	Praskoviya Georgievna Parchomenko, Ukrainian astronomer †
1858 Lobachevskij	1972 QL	Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician
1859 Kovalevskaya	1972 RS2	Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician
1860 Barbarossa	1973 SK	Nickname of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, and one of the discoverer's teachers
1861 Komenský	1970 WB	Jan Amos Komenský (Comenius), Czech (Moravian) theologian and educator
1862 Apollo	1932 HA	Apollo, Greek god
1863 Antinous	1948 EA	Antinous, Roman lover
1864 Daedalus	1971 FA	Daedalus, mythological Greek inventor
1865 Cerberus	1971 UA	Cerberus, Greek monster
1866 Sisyphus	1972 XA	Sisyphus, mythological Greek
1867 Deiphobus	1971 EA	Deiphobus, mythological Greek
1868 Thersites	2008 P-L	Thersites, mythological Greek warrior
1869 Philoctetes	4596 P-L	Philoctetes, mythological Greek warrior
1870 Glaukos	1971 FE	Glaucus, various Greek figures
1871 Astyanax	1971 FF	Astyanax, infant son of Hector
1872 Helenos	1971 FG	Helenus, mythological Trojan
1873 Agenor	1971 FH	Agenor, mythological Greek king
1874 Kacivelia	A924 RC	Kaciveli, Finland
1875 Neruda	1969 QQ	Jan Neruda, Czech writer
1876 Napolitania	1970 BA	Naples, Italy
1877 Marsden	1971 FC	Brian G. Marsden, astronomer and Director of the Minor Planet Center
1878 Hughes	1933 QC	Son of Mireille Demiddelaer, granddaughter of discoverer
1879 Broederstroom	1935 UN	Broederstroom, South Africa
1880 McCrosky	1940 AN	Richard Eugene McCrosky, American astronomer
1881 Shao	1940 PC	Cheng-yuan Shao, assistant of Richard Eugene McCrosky
1882 Rauma	1941 UJ	Rauma, Finland
1883 Rimito	1942 XA	Rymattyla, Finland
1884 Skip	1943 EB1	Gunter "Skip" Schwartz, American astronomer
1885 Herero	1948 PJ	Herero, Bantu tribe
1886 Lowell	1949 MP	Percival Lowell, American astronomer
1887 Virton	1950 TD	Virton, Belgium
1888 Zu Chong-Zhi	1964 VO1	Zu Chongzhi, Chinese mathematician and astronomer
1889 Pakhmutova	1968 BE	Aleksandra Nikolaevna Pakhmutova, Russian composer
1890 Konoshenkova	1968 CD	Olga Petrovna Konoshenkova, schoolmistress at the Crimean Observatory
1891 Gondola	1969 RA	The gondola
1892 Lucienne	1971 SD	Lucienne Divan, French astrophysicist
1893 Jakoba	1971 UD	Jakob Oberholzer, Swiss geologist, grandfather of discoverer
1894 Haffner	1971 UH	Hans Haffner, Austrian astronomer
1895 Larink	1971 UZ	Johannes Larink, German astronomer †
1896 Beer	1971 UC1	Wilhelm Beer, German astronomer or Arthur Beer, German-born British astronomer or his son Peter Beer, astronomy editor*
1897 Hind	1971 UE1	John Russell Hind, British astronomer
1898 Cowell	1971 UF1	Philip Herbert Cowell, British astronomer
1899 Crommelin	1971 UR1	Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin, British astronomer
1900 Katyusha	1971 YB	Ekaterina Ivanovna Zelenko, Russian airwoman
1901-2000
1901 Moravia	1972 AD	Moravia, a region in the east of the Czech Republic
1902 Shaposhnikov	1972 HU	Vladimir Grigorevich Shaposhnikov, Russian astrometrist †
1903 Adzhimushkaj	1972 JL	Adzhimushkaj, battle site in World War II
1904 Massevitch	1972 JM	Alla Genrikhovna Massevich, Russian astronomer
1905 Ambartsumian	1972 JZ	Viktor Amazaspovich Ambartsumian, Armenian-Russian astronomer †
1906 Naef	1972 RC	Robert-A. Naef, Swiss amateur astronomer † ‡
1907 Rudneva	1972 RC2	Evgeniya Rudneva, Russian World War II heroine
1908 Pobeda	1972 RL2	Russian for victory
1909 Alekhin	1972 RW2	Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Alekhin, Russian chess player
1910 Mikhailov	1972 TZ1	Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Mikhailov, Russian astronomer †
1911 Schubart	1973 UD	Joachim Schubart, German astronomer
1912 Anubis	6534 P-L	Anubis, Ancient Egyptian god
1913 Sekanina	1928 SF	Zdenek Sekanina, Czech-born American astronomer †
1914 Hartbeespoortdam	1930 SB1	Hartbeespoortdam, lake in South Africa
1915 Quetzálcoatl	1953 EA	Quetzalcoatl, Aztec god
1916 Boreas	1953 RA	Boreas, Greek god
1917 Cuyo	1968 AA	University of Cuyo, Argentina
1918 Aiguillon	1968 UA	Aiguillon, France
1919 Clemence	1971 SA	Gerald Maurice Clemence, American astronomer
1920 Sarmiento	1971 VO	Domingo Sarmiento, former president of Argentina who supported American astronomer Benjamin Apthorp Gould in founding the Argentine National Observatory in Cordoba (Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba), or Antonio Sarmiento (Antonio Fernando Sarmiento Galan), Mexican astronomer*
1921 Pala	1973 SE	Pala, tribe of Native Americans
1922 Zulu	1949 HC	The Zulu people of Africa
1923 Osiris	4011 P-L	Osiris, Ancient Egyptian god
1924 Horus	4023 P-L	Horus, Ancient Egyptian god
1925 Franklin-Adams	1934 RY	John Franklin-Adams, British amateur astronomer
1926 Demiddelaer	1935 JA	Mireille Demiddelaer, granddaughter of the discoverer
1927 Suvanto	1936 FP	Winter War battlefield
1928 Summa	1938 SO	Winter War battlefield
1929 Kollaa	1939 BS	Winter War battlefield
1930 Lucifer	1964 UA	Lucifer, dark angel
1931 Čapek	1969 QB	Karel Čapek, Czech playwright
1932 Jansky	1971 UB1	Karl Guthe Jansky, American astronomer
1933 Tinchen	1972 AC	Christine Kohoutek, wife of discoverer
1934 Jeffers	1972 XB	Hamilton Moore Jeffers, American astronomer
1935 Lucerna	1973 RB	Lucerne, Switzerland
1936 Lugano	1973 WD	Lugano, Switzerland
1937 Locarno	1973 YA	Locarno, Switzerland
1938 Lausanna	1974 HC	Lausanne, Switzerland
1939 Loretta	1974 UC	Daughter of discoverer
1940 Whipple	1975 CA	Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer
1941 Wild	1931 TN1	Paul Wild, Swiss astronomer
1942 Jablunka	1972 SA	Jablunka, a village in Moravia
1943 Anteros	1973 EC	Anteros, Greek mythology
1944 Günter	1925 RA	Günter Reinmuth, son of discoverer
1945 Wesselink	1930 OL	Adriaan Jan Wesselink, Dutch astronomer †
1946 Walraven	1931 PH	Theodore Walraven, Dutch astronomer †
1947 Iso-Heikkilä	1935 EA	Iso-Heikkilä, Finnish observatory
1948 Kampala	1935 GL	Kampala, Uganda †
1949 Messina	1936 NE	Messina, South Africa †
1950 Wempe	1942 EO	Johann Wempe, German astronomer
1951 Lick	1949 OA	James Lick, American patron of science
1952 Hesburgh	1951 JC	Theodore Hesburgh, American president of University of Notre Dame
1953 Rupertwildt	1951 UK	Rupert Wildt, German-born American astronomer [S&T, Dec 1982, p. 542]
1954 Kukarkin	1952 PH	Boris Vasilyevich Kukarkin, Russian astronomer
1955 McMath	1963 SR	Robert Raynolds McMath, American astronomer
1956 Artek	1969 TX1	International Children's Center 'Artek', Crimea, Ukraine
1957 Angara	1970 GF	Angara, river in Siberia
1958 Chandra	1970 SB	Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian astrophysicist
1959 Karbyshev	1972 NB	Dmitrii Michailovich Karbyshev, Soviet military leader
1960 Guisan	1973 UA	Henri Guisan, Swiss general in World War II
1961 Dufour	1973 WA	Henri Dufour, Swiss general
1962 Dunant	1973 WE	Jean Henri Dunant, Swiss founder of the Red Cross
1963 Bezovec	1975 CB	Bezovec, mountain in Slovakia
1964 Luyten	2007 P-L	Willem Jacob Luyten, Dutch-born American astronomer †
1965 van de Kamp	2521 P-L	Peter van de Kamp, Dutch-born American astronomer †
1966 Tristan	2552 P-L	Tristan, Knight of the Round Table
1967 Menzel	A905 VC	Donald Howard Menzel, American astronomer
1968 Mehltretter	1932 BK	Johannes Peter Mehltretter, German astronomer
1969 Alain	1935 CG	Alain Vanheste, husband of discoverer's granddaughter
1970 Sumeria	1954 ER	Sumer, ancient kingdom
1971 Hagihara	1955 RD1	Yusuke Hagihara, Japanese astronomer
1972 Yi Xing	1964 VQ1	Yi Xing, Chinese astronomer
1973 Colocolo	1968 OA	Colocolo (chief), Araucanian chief
1974 Caupolican	1968 OE	Caupolican, Araucanian chief
1975 Pikelner	1969 PH	Solomon Borisovich Pikelner, Russian astronomer
1976 Kaverin	1970 GC	N. S. Kaverin, Russian astronomer, or Veniamin Aleksandrovich Kaverin, Russian writer*
1977 Shura	1970 QY	Aleksandr Kosmodemyanskii, Soviet war hero
1978 Patrice	1971 LD	Daughter of Dennis N. Harwood, Australian astronomer
1979 Sakharov	2006 P-L	Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist
1980 Tezcatlipoca	1950 LA	Tezcatlipoca, Aztec god
1981 Midas	1973 EA	Midas, mythological Greek king
1982 Cline	1975 VA	Edwin Lee Cline, inventor
1983 Bok	1975 LB	Bart Jan Bok, Dutch-born American astronomer and his wife Priscilla Fairfield Bok †
1984 Fedynskij	1926 TN	Vsevolod Vladimirovich Fedynskii, Russian geophysicist
1985 Hopmann	1929 AE	Josef Hopmann, German astronomer
1986 Plaut	1935 SV1	Lukas Plaut, Dutch astronomer †
1987 Kaplan	1952 RH	Samuil Aronovich Kaplan, Russian astronomer and veteran of the Russian front in World War II †
1988 Delores	1952 SV	Delores Owings, staff member, Indiana University
1989 Tatry	1955 FG	Vysoké Tatry, mountain range in Slovakia
1990 Pilcher	1956 EE	Frederick Pilcher, American astronomer
1991 Darwin	1967 JL	Charles Darwin, British naturalist, and Sir George Darwin, British astronomer and mathematician
1992 Galvarino	1968 OD	Galvarino, Araucanian chief
1993 Guacolda	1968 OH1	Guacolda, wife of Araucanian chief Lautaro
1994 Shane	1961 TE	Charles Donald Shane, American astronomer
1995 Hajek	1971 UP1	Tadeáš Hájek, Czech astronomer
1996 Adams	1961 UA	John Couch Adams, British mathematician and astronomer
1997 Leverrier	1963 RC	Urbain Le Verrier, French astronomer
1998 Titius	1938 DX1	Johann Daniel Titius, German astronomer
1999 Hirayama	1973 DR	Kiyotsugu Hirayama, Japanese astronomer
2000 Herschel	1960 OA	Sir William Herschel, German-born British astronomer and composer †

Preceded by 1001–1500

Meanings of asteroid names List of asteroids (1501-2000)

Succeeded by 2001–2500