Meanings of asteroid names (2001-2500)

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As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center, and the discoverers can then submit names for them, following the IAU's naming conventions. The list below concerns those minor planets in the specified span of numbers that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names. Besides the Minor Planet Circulars (in which the citations are published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.

Contents: 2001... 2101... 2201... 2301... 2401...

Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
2001-2100
2001 Einstein	1973 EB	Albert Einstein, German-American physicist and Nobelist
2002 Euler	1973 QQ1	Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician and physicist
2003 Harding	6559 P-L	Karl Ludwig Harding, German astronomer
2004 Lexell	1973 SV2	Anders Johan Lexell, Swedish-Russian astronomer and mathematician
2005 Hencke	1973 RA	Karl Ludwig Hencke, German astronomer †
2006 Polonskaya	1973 SB3	Elene Ivanovna Kazimirchak-Polonskaya, Russian astronomer
2007 McCuskey	1963 SQ	Sidney W. McCuskey, American observatory director [S&T, Dec 1982, p. 542]
2008 Konstitutsiya	1973 SV4	Constitution of the Soviet Union
2009 Voloshina	1968 UL	Vera Danilovna Voloshina, Russian partisan
2010 Chebyshev	1969 TL4	Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev, Russian mathematician
2011 Veteraniya	1970 QB1	Russian for "Veterans" (of World War II) †
2012 Guo Shou-Jing	1964 TE2	Guo Shoujing, Chinese astronomer and mathematician
2013 Tucapel	1971 UH4	Araucanian chief
2014 Vasilevskis	1973 JA	Stanislaus Vasilevskis, Latvian-born American astronomer
2015 Kachuevskaya	1972 RA3	Natasha Kachuevskaya, Russian soldier
2016 Heinemann	1938 SE	Karl Heinemann, German astronomer
2017 Wesson	A903 SC	Mary Joan Wesson Bardwell, wife of American astronomer Conrad M. Bardwell
2018 Schuster	1931 UC	Hans-Emil Schuster, German astronomer
2019 van Albada	1935 SX1	Gale Bruno van Albada, Dutch astronomer † ‡
2020 Ukko	1936 FR	Ukko, Finnish supreme god
2021 Poincaré	1936 MA	Henri Poincaré, French mathematician
2022 West	1938 CK	Richard Martin West, Danish astronomer
2023 Asaph	1952 SA	Asaph Hall, American astronomer
2024 McLaughlin	1952 UR	Dean Benjamin McLaughlin, American spectroscopist and geologist [S&T, Dec 1982, p. 542]
2025 Nortia	1953 LG	Etruscan goddess of fortune
2026 Cottrell	1955 FF	Frederick Gardner Cottrell, businessman
2027 Shen Guo	1964 VR1	Shen Guo, astronomer
2028 Janequeo	1968 OB1	Wife of Araucanian chief Guepotan
2029 Binomi	1969 RB	Notional inventor of Binomials
2030 Belyaev	1969 TA2	Colonel Pavel Ivanovich Belyaev, Soviet cosmonaut †
2031 BAM	1969 TG2	builders of BAM †
2032 Ethel	1970 OH	Ethel Lilian Voynich, British author †
2033 Basilea	1973 CA	Basel, Switzerland
2034 Bernoulli	1973 EE	Several mathematicians of the Bernoulli family
2035 Stearns	1973 SC	Carl Leo Stearns, American astronomer
2036 Sheragul	1973 SY2	Sheragul, Siberian village †
2037 Tripaxeptalis	1973 UB	3 times 679 Pax and 7 times 291 Alice
2038 Bistro	1973 WF	Bistro, a type of restaurant
2039 Payne-Gaposchkin	1974 CA	Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, British-born American astronomer
2040 Chalonge	1974 HA	Daniel Chalonge, French astronomer
2041 Lancelot	2523 P-L	Lancelot, Arthurian knight
2042 Sitarski	4633 P-L	Grzegorz Sitarski, Polish astronomer
2043 Ortutay	1936 TH	Gyula Ortutay, Hungarian cultural leader † ‡
2044 Wirt	1950 VE	Carl A. Wirtanen, American astronomer †
2045 Peking	1964 TB1	Beijing, China
2046 Leningrad	1968 UD1	Leningrad, USSR †
2047 Smetana	1971 UA1	Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer
2048 Dwornik	1973 QA	Stephen E. Dwornik or E. J. Dwornik, planetary geologists
2049 Grietje	1973 SH	G. A. M. Haring-Gehrels, sister-in-law of Dutch-born American astronomer Tom Gehrels †
2050 Francis	1974 KA	Fred and Kay Francis, parents of discoverer
2051 Chang	1976 UC	Zhang Yuzhe
2052 Tamriko	1976 UN	Tamara West, wife of discoverer
2053 Nuki	1976 UO	Nodari West, son of discoverer
2054 Gawain	4097 P-L	Gawain, Arthurian knight
2055 Dvořák	1974 DB	Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer
2056 Nancy	A909 TB	Nancy Lou Zissell Marsden, wife of Brian G. Marsden
2057 Rosemary	1934 RQ	Rosemary Birky Hoffmann Scholl, first wife of Hans Scholl
2058 Róka	1938 BH	Gedeon Róka, Hungarian science writer † ‡
2059 Baboquivari	1963 UA	Babioquivari, mountain sacred to the Tohono O'odham of northern Mexico and southern Arizona
2060 Chiron	1977 UB	Chiron, Greek centaur
2061 Anza	1960 UA	Captain Juan Bautista de Anza, Spanish explorer
2062 Aten	1976 AA	Aten, Egyptian god
2063 Bacchus	1977 HB	Bacchus, Roman god
2064 Thomsen	1942 RQ	Ivan Leslie Thomsen, New Zealand astronomer
2065 Spicer	1959 RN	Edward H. Spicer, anthropologist
2066 Palala	1934 LB	Palala River, tributary of the Limpopo River, South Africa †
2067 Aksnes	1936 DD	Kaare Aksnes, astronomer
2068 Dangreen	1948 AD	Daniel W. E. Green, American observatory worker
2069 Hubble	1955 FT	Edwin Hubble, American astronomer
2070 Humason	1964 TQ	Milton L. Humason, American astronomer
2071 Nadezhda	1971 QS	Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya, educator, wife of Vladimir Lenin †
2072 Kosmodemyanskaya	1973 QE2	Lubov' Timofeevna Kosmodemyanskaya, mother of Soviet heroes Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya and Alexander Kosmodemyansky †
2073 Janáček	1974 DK	Leoš Janáček, Czech composer
2074 Shoemaker	1974 UA	Eugene Shoemaker, American astronomer
2075 Martinez	1974 VA	Hugo Arturo Martinez, Argentinian astronomer
2076 Levin	1974 WA	Boris Yulevich Levin, Russian astronomer and geophysicist
2077 Kiangsu	1974 YA	Jiangsu, China
2078 Nanking	1975 AD	Nanjing, China
2079 Jacchia	1976 DB	Luigi Giuseppe Jacchia, Italian-born American astronomer
2080 Jihlava	1976 DG	Jihlava, Czech Republic
2081 Sázava	1976 DH	Sázava River, tributary of Vltava River, Czech Republic
2082 Galahad	7588 P-L	Galahad, Arthurian knight
2083 Smither	1973 WB	John C. Smith, astronomer
2084 Okayama	1935 CK	Okayama, Okayama, Japan
2085 Henan	1965 YA	Henan, China
2086 Newell	1966 BC	Homer Edward Newell, American physicist and space scientist
2087 Kochera	1975 YC	Peter Kocher, Swiss amateur astronomer, technical director of a public observatory in Ependes, Switzerland and owner of his own telescope in Tentlingen, Switzerland?*
2088 Sahlia	1976 DJ	Hermann Sahli, physician
2089 Cetacea	1977 VF	Cetacea
2090 Mizuho	1978 EA	Daughter of discoverer
2091 Sampo	1941 HO	Sampo, magical artefact
2092 Sumiana	1969 UP	Sumy, Ukraine
2093 Genichesk	1971 HX	Genichesk, Ukraine
2094 Magnitka	1971 TC2	Magnitogorsk, Russia
2095 Parsifal	6036 P-L	Parsifal, Arthurian knight
2096 Väinö	1939 UC	Väinämöinen, from Finnish mythology
2097 Galle	1953 PV	Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer
2098 Zyskin	1972 QE	Yur'evich Zyskin, Professor at the Crimean medical institute.[1]
2099 Öpik	1977 VB	Ernst Öpik, Estonian astronomer
2100 Ra-Shalom	1978 RA	Egyptian god Ra + Hebrew Shalom (in honour of the Camp David Peace Accords of 1978)
2101-2200
2101 Adonis	1936 CA	Adonis, Greek mythological youth
2102 Tantalus	1975 YA	Tantalus, Greek mythological figure
2103 Laverna	1960 FL	Protecting divinity of thieves and imposters
2104 Toronto	1963 PD	University of Toronto, during whose sesquicentennial celebration it was discovered †
2105 Gudy	1976 DA	Gudrun Werner, friend of discoverer
2106 Hugo	1936 UF	Victor Hugo, French writer
2107 Ilmari	1941 VA	Ilmarinen, Finnish mythology
2108 Otto Schmidt	1948 TR1	Otto Yulevich Schmidt, Soviet mathematician, geophysicist, astronomer polar researcher, and author †
2109 Dhotel	1950 TH2	André Dhotel, French writer
2110 Moore-Sitterly	1962 RD	Charlotte Moore Sitterly, American astronomer
2111 Tselina	1969 LG	virgin soil development in the USSR. †
2112 Ulyanov	1972 NP	Aleksandr Ulyanov, brother of Vladimir Lenin †
2113 Ehrdni	1972 RJ2	Ehrdni Teldzhievich Delikov, Soviet Great Patriotic War hero †
2114 Wallenquist	1976 HA	Åke A. E. Wallenquist, Swedish astronomer †
2115 Irakli	1976 UD	Irakli West, son of discoverer
2116 Mtskheta	1976 UM	Mtskheta, Georgia
2117 Danmark	1978 AC	Denmark
2118 Flagstaff	1978 PB	Flagstaff, Arizona, home of the Lowell Observatory
2119 Schwall	1930 QG	August Schwall, observatory staff member
2120 Tyumenia	1967 RM	Tyumen Oblast, Russian SFSR (now Russia) †
2121 Sevastopol	1971 ME	Sevastopol, Crimean peninsula †
2122 Pyatiletka	1971 XB	Five-Year Plans of the USSR †
2123 Vltava	1973 SL2	Vltava River †
2124 Nissen	1974 MK	Juan Jose Nissen, Argentinian astronomer, or Poul Erik Nissen, Danish astronomer*
2125 Karl-Ontjes	2005 P-L	Karl-Ontjes Groeneveld, German physicist † ‡
2126 Gerasimovich	1970 QZ	Boris Petrovich Gerasimovich, Russian astrophysicist † ‡
2127 Tanya	1971 KB1	Tanya Savicheva, a 12-year-old schoolgirl who perished in Siege of Leningrad †
2128 Wetherill	1973 SB	George W. Wetherill, American geochemist and planetary geologist
2129 Cosicosi	1973 SJ	Italian characterization of indifference
2130 Evdokiya	1974 QH1	Evdokiya Efimovna Shchelokova, mother of discoverer †
2131 Mayall	1975 RA	Nicholas U. Mayall, American astronomer
2132 Zhukov	1975 TW3	Georgij Konstantinovich Zhukov, Soviet military commander †
2133 Franceswright	1976 WB	Frances Wright, social reformer
2134 Dennispalm	1976 YB	Dennis Palm, observatory worker
2135 Aristaeus	1977 HA	Aristaeus, Greek god
2136 Jugta	1933 OC	Jay U. Gunter, author of "Tonight's Asteroids" (hence, J.U.G. T.A.) [Astronomy, June 1981, pp. 24-26]
2137 Priscilla	1936 QZ	Priscilla Fairfield Bok, American astronomer, wife of Dutch-born American astronomer Bart Bok
2138 Swissair	1968 HB	Swissair, airline company
2139 Makharadze	1970 MC	Makharadze, Georgia (twin city of Genichesk, Ukraine), named in honor of friendship betweer Georgian and Ukrainian nations †
2140 Kemerovo	1970 PE	Kemerovo Oblast, Russia †
2141 Simferopol	1970 QC1	Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine) †
2142 Landau	1972 GA	Lev Davidovich Landau, Soviet physicist †
2143 Jimarnold	1973 SA	Jim Arnold, chemist
2144 Marietta	1975 BC1	Marietta Sergeevna Shaginyan, Soviet writer †
2145 Blaauw	1976 UF	Adriaan Blaauw, Dutch astronomer †
2146 Stentor	1976 UQ	Stentor, Greek warrior
2147 Kharadze	1976 US	Evgenii Kirillovich Kharadze, Georgian astronomer, Director of Abastumani Observatory †
2148 Epeios	1976 UW	Epeios, Greek soldier and builder of Trojan Horse
2149 Schwambraniya	1977 FX	Fictional land from Lev Kassil's Conduite and Schwambraniya †
2150 Nyctimene	1977 TA	A daughter of Epopeus, King of Lesbos
2151 Hadwiger	1977 VX	Hugo Hadwiger, Swiss mathematician
2152 Hannibal	1978 WK	Hannibal, Carthaginian general
2153 Akiyama	1978 XD	Kaoru Akiyama, Japanese astronomer
2154 Underhill	2015 P-L	Anne B. Underhill, Canadian astrophysicist †
2155 Wodan	6542 P-L	Odin, Norse god
2156 Kate	A917 SH	Wife of L. K. Kristensen
2157 Ashbrook	A924 EF	Joseph Ashbrook, editor of Sky & Telescope
2158 Tietjen	1933 OS	Friedrich Tietjen, German astronomer
2159 Kukkamäki	1941 UX	T. J. Kukkamäki, Finnish geodesist
2160 Spitzer	1956 RL	Lyman Spitzer, American astrophysicist
2161 Grissom	1963 UD	Gus Grissom, US astronaut
2162 Anhui	1966 BE	Anhui, China
2163 Korczak	1971 SP1	Janusz Korczak, Polish writer who died at Treblinka
2164 Lyalya	1972 RM2	Elena Konstantinova Ubiivovk, astronomy student who died in World War II
2165 Young	1956 RJ	Charles Augustus Young, American astronomer
2166 Handahl	1936 QB	Violent Handahl Green, mother of Daniel W. E. Green of the Minor Planet Center
2167 Erin	1971 LA	Daughter of George Punko, astronomer
2168 Swope	1955 RF1	Henrietta Hill Swope, American astronomer
2169 Taiwan	1964 VP1	Taiwan
2170 Byelorussia	1971 SZ	Belarus
2171 Kiev	1973 QD1	Kiev, Ukraine
2172 Plavsk	1973 QA2	Plavsk, Russia
2173 Maresjev	1974 QG1	Alexei Petrovich Maresiev, Russian war veteran
2174 Asmodeus	1975 TA	Asmodai, god/demon
2175 Andrea Doria	1977 TY	Andrea Doria, Genoese admiral
2176 Donar	2529 P-L	Thor, Teutonic god
2177 Oliver	6551 P-L	Bernard M. Oliver, researcher at Hewlett-Packard
2178 Kazakhstania	1972 RA2	Kazakhstan
2179 Platzeck	1965 MA	Ricardo Pablo Platzeck, Argentinian astronomer
2180 Marjaleena	1940 RJ	Marjaleena Johnsson, daughter of discoverer
2181 Fogelin	1942 YA	Eric S. Fogelin, Minor Planet Center staff
2182 Semirot	1953 FH1	Pierre Sémirot, French astronomer
2183 Neufang	1959 OB	Neufang, Thuringia, Germany
2184 Fujian	1964 TV2	Fujian, China
2185 Guangdong	1965 WO	Guangdong, China
2186 Keldysh	1973 SQ4	Mstislav Vsevolodovich Keldysh, Soviet physicist and mathematician †
2187 La Silla	1976 UH	La Silla Observatory
2188 Orlenok	1976 UL4	Orlyonok All-Union Young Pioneer camp †
2189 Zaragoza	1975 QK	Zaragoza, Spain
2190 Coubertin	1976 GV3	Baron Pierre de Coubertin, French educator and founder of the modern Olympic Games †
2191 Uppsala	1977 PA1	Uppsala, Sweden, and its university †
2192 Pyatigoriya	1972 HP	Pyatigorsk, Russia †
2193 Jackson	1926 KB	Cyril V. Jackson, South African astronomer †
2194 Arpola	1940 GE	Discoverer's summer cottage near Turku
2195 Tengström	1941 SP1	Erik Tengström, Swedish geodesist
2196 Ellicott	1965 BC	Andrew Ellicott Douglass, American astronomer
2197 Shanghai	1965 YN	Shanghai, China
2198 Ceplecha	1975 VF	Zdenek Ceplecha, Czech astronomer
2199 Kleť	1978 LA	Kleť Observatory, standing on Kleť Hill, Czech Republic †
2200 Pasadena	6090 P-L	Pasadena, California, USA
2201-2300
2201 Oljato	1947 XC	Moonlight Water, Monument Valley, Utah
2202 Pele	1972 RA	Pele, Polynesian fire goddess
2203 van Rhijn	1935 SQ1	Pieter Johannes van Rhijn, Dutch astronomer †
2204 Lyyli	1943 EQ	Lyyli Heinänen, amateur astronomer
2205 Glinka	1973 SU4	Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Russian composer †
2206 Gabrova	1976 GR3	Gabrovo, Bulgaria †
2207 Antenor	1977 QH1	Antenor, Trojan mythological hero †
2208 Pushkin	1977 QL3	Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian poet †
2209 Tianjin	1978 US1	Tianjin, China
2210 Lois	9597 P-L	Lois J. Baldwin, wife of Ralph Belknap Baldwin, American astronomer
2211 Hanuman	1951 WO2	Hanuman, monkey-god in mythology of India
2212 Hephaistos	1978 SB	Hephaestus, Greek god †
2213 Meeus	1935 SO1	Jean Meeus, Belgian amateur astronomer
2214 Carol	1953 GF	Carol D. Valenti, Minor Planet Center staff member
2215 Sichuan	1964 VX2	Sichuan, China
2216 Kerch	1971 LF	Hero City Kerch, Crimea †
2217 Eltigen	1971 SK2	a place where Soviet troops landed in November 1943 (see Kerch-Eltigen Operation) †
2218 Wotho	1975 AK	Wotho Atoll, Marshall Islands
2219 Mannucci	1975 LU	Edgardo Mannucci, observatory mechanic
2220 Hicks	1975 VB	William B. Hicks, businessman
2221 Chilton	1976 QC	Jean Chilton McCroskey, wife of Richard Eugene McCroskey, American astronomer
2222 Lermontov	1977 ST1	Mikhail Lermontov, Russian poet †
2223 Sarpedon	1977 TL3	Sarpedon, Greek warrior
2224 Tucson	2528 P-L	Tucson, Arizona, USA
2225 Serkowski	6546 P-L	Krzysztof M. Serkowski, Polish-born American astronomer
2226 Cunitza	1936 QC1	Lydia Cunitz, discoverer's sister-in-law
2227 Otto Struve	1955 RX	Otto Struve, Russian-born American astronomer
2228 Soyuz-Apollo	1977 OH	The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project joint Soviet-American mission [S&T, November 1982] ‡
2229 Mezzarco	1977 RO	Italian for half-arch, half-vault
2230 Yunnan	1978 UT1	Yunnan, China
2231 Durrell	1941 SG	Lawrence Durrell, British author
2232 Altaj	1969 RD2	Altai Republic, Russia †
2233 Kuznetsov	1972 XE1	Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov, Soviet partisan †
2234 Schmadel	1977 HD	Lutz D. Schmadel, German astronomer
2235 Vittore	A924 GA	Observatory in Bologna, Italy
2236 Austrasia	1933 FX	Austrasia, kingdom of the Merovingian Franks
2237 Melnikov	1938 TB	Oleg Aleksandrovich Melnikov, Russian astronomer †
2238 Steshenko	1972 RQ1	Nikolai Vladimirovich Steshenko, Russian (Ukrainian?) astronomer
2239 Paracelsus	1978 RC	Paracelsus, physician
2240 Tsai	1978 YA	Tsai Chang-hsien, Chinese astronomer
2241 Alcathous	1979 WM	Alcathous, mythological Greek
2242 Balaton	1936 TG	Lake Balaton, largest lake in Hungary†
2243 Lönnrot	1941 SA1	Elias Lönnrot, Finnish scholar, collector of folk tales and traditions
2244 Tesla	1952 UW1	Nikola Tesla, Serbian-born electrical engineer and inventor
2245 Hekatostos	1968 BC	Greek for 100th (asteroid discovered by a joint program)
2246 Bowell	1979 XH	Edward L. G. Bowell, American astronomer
2247 Hiroshima	6512 P-L	Hiroshima, Japan
2248 Kanda	1933 DE	Shigeru Kanda, Japanese science writer
2249 Yamamoto	1942 GA	Issei Yamamoto, Japanese astronomer
2250 Stalingrad	1972 HN	now Volgograd, Russia
2251 Tikhov	1977 SU1	Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov, Russian astronomer †
2252 CERGA	1978 VT	Centre d'études et de recherches géodynamiques et astrométriques (CÉRGA)
2253 Espinette	1932 PB	house in Williams Bay, Wisconsin
2254 Requiem	1977 QJ1	in memory of discoverer's mother
2255 Qinghai	1977 VK1	Qinghai, China
2256 Wiśniewski	4519 P-L	Wiesław Z. Wiśniewski, Polish astronomer
2257 Kaarina	1939 QB	Kaarina Soini, daughter of discoverer
2258 Viipuri	1939 TA	now Vyborg, Russia
2259 Sofievka	1971 OG	park in Uman, Ukraine
2260 Neoptolemus	1975 WM1	Neoptolemus, mythological Greek warrior
2261 Keeler	1977 HC	James Edward Keeler, American astronomer
2262 Mitidika	1978 RB	Gypsy girl from novel by Clemens Brentano
2263 Shaanxi	1978 UW1	Shaanxi, China
2264 Sabrina	1979 YK	legendary English princess, daughter of King Locrine, drowned in the River Severn
2265 Verbaandert	1950 DB	Jean Verbaandert, Belgian geophysicist
2266 Tchaikovsky	1974 VK	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer
2267 Agassiz	1977 RF	Louis Agassiz, Swiss-born American zoologist and geologist
2268 Szmytowna	1942 VW	Maria Szmytowna, chemist
2269 Efremiana	1976 JA2	Ivan Antonovich Efremov, Soviet paleontologist and author †
2270 Yazhi	1980 ED	Navajo for little one
2271 Kiso	1976 UV5	station of Tokyo Observatory
2272 Montezuma	1972 FA	Moctezuma II, ninth emperor of the Aztec empire
2273 Yarilo	1975 EV1	Iarilo, Slavic sun god †
2274 Ehrsson	1976 EA	A friend of the discoverer †
2275 Cuitlahuac	1979 MH	Cuitláhuac, tenth emperor of the Aztec empire
2276 Warck	1933 QA	Evelyne Warck, granddaughter of discoverer
2277 Moreau	1950 DS	Fernand Moreau, Belgian astronomer
2278 Götz	1953 GE	Paul Götz, observatory staff
2279 Barto	1968 DL	Agniya Lvovna Barto, Soviet poetess †
2280 Kunikov	1971 SL2	Tzezar Lvovich Kunikov, Soviet war hero, commander, whose army seized Malaya Zemlya in 1943 †
2281 Biela	1971 UQ1	Wilhelm von Biela, Austrian astronomer
2282 Andrés Bello	1974 FE	Andrés Bello, Venezuelan intellectual
2283 Bunke	1974 SV4	Tamara Bunke, German patriot †
2284 San Juan	1974 TG1	San Juan Province, Argentina, and San Juan University
2285 Ron Helin	1976 QB	Ronald P. Helin, husband of Eleanor F. Helin, American astronomer
2286 Fesenkov	1977 NH	Vasilii Grigorevich Fesenkov, Soviet astrophysicist †
2287 Kalmykia	1977 QK3	Kalmyk ASSR, Russian SFSR (now Kalmykia, Russia)
2288 Karolinum	1979 UZ	The Karolinum, main building of the Univerzita Karlova (Charles University of Prague) †
2289 McMillan	6567 P-L	Robert S. McMillan, American astronomer
2290 Helffrich	1932 CD1	Joseph Helffrich, German astronomer
2291 Kevo	1941 FS	Field station on the Kevo river, Lappland
2292 Seili	1942 RM	Seili, island near Turku
2293 Guernica	1977 EH1	Guernica, Spain †
2294 Andronikov	1977 PL1	Iraklii Luarsabovich Andronikov, Soviet writer †
2295 Matusovskij	1977 QD1	Mikhail Lvovich Matusovskii, Soviet poet †
2296 Kugultinov	1975 BA1	David Nikitich Kugultinov, poet of Kalmykia and USSR †
2297 Daghestan	1978 RE	Dagestan ASSR, Russian SFSR (now Daghestan, Russia) †
2298 Cindijon	A915 TA	Cynthia and Jonathan, children of Brian G. Marsden
2299 Hanko	1941 SZ	Hanko, Finland
2300 Stebbins	1953 TG2	Joel Stebbins, American astronomer
2301-2400
2301 Whitford	1965 WJ	Albert E. Whitford, American astronomer
2302 Florya	1972 TL2	Nikolai Fedorovich Florya, Russian astronomer †
2303 Retsina	1979 FK	Retsina, Greek wine
2304 Slavia	1979 KB	Slavia, sports club in Prague †
2305 King	1980 RJ1	Martin Luther King, civil rights leader
2306 Bauschinger	1939 PM	Julius Bauschinger, German astronomer
2307 Garuda	1957 HJ	Garuda is a son of Kasyapa and Vinata in the mythology of India
2308 Schilt	1967 JM	Jan Schilt, Dutch astronomer
2309 Mr. Spock	1971 QX1	Discoverer's cat (who was in turn named after the Star Trek character)
2310 Olshaniya	1974 SU4	Hero of the Soviet Union Konstantin Olshanskij and other Soviet fighters who entered Nazi-occupied Nikolaev in March 1944 †
2311 El Leoncito	1974 TA1	Observing station at Felix Aguilar Observatory
2312 Duboshin	1976 GU2	Georgii Nikolaevich Duboshin, Soviet astronomer †
2313 Aruna	1976 TA	Represents the red glow of dawn in mythology of India
2314 Field	1977 VD	George Brooks Field, American astronomer
2315 Czechoslovakia	1980 DZ	Czechoslovakia, which split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993 †
2316 Jo-Ann	1980 RH	Jo-Ann Bowell, wife of discoverer
2317 Galya	2524 P-L	Galya Lubarsky, friend of Tom Gehrels
2318 Lubarsky	6521 P-L	Cronid Lubarsky, friend of Tom Gehrels
2319 Aristides	7631 P-L	Aristides, Athenian politician
2320 Blarney	1979 QJ	Blarney, Ireland
2321 Lužnice	1980 DB1	Lužnice River, Czech Republic †
2322 Kitt Peak	1954 UQ2	Kitt Peak National Observatory, USA
2323 Zverev	1976 SF2	Mitrofan Stepanovich Zverev, Russian astronomer † ‡
2324 Janice	1978 VS4	Janice Cline, astronomy supporter
2325 Chernykh	1979 SP	Lyudmila and Nikolai Chernykh, Russian astronomers † ‡
2326 Tololo	1965 QC	Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, Chile
2327 Gershberg	1969 TQ4	Roald Evgenevich Gershberg, Russian astronomer
2328 Robeson	1972 HW	Paul Robeson, American singer, actor and activist
2329 Orthos	1976 WA	Orthos, the two-headed dog from Greek mythology †
2330 Ontake	1977 DS3	Mount Ontake, volcano
2331 Parvulesco	1936 EA	Constantin Pârvulescu, Romanian astronomer. †
2332 Kalm	1940 GH	Pehr Kalm (Pietari Kalm), Finnish explorer, botanist, agricultural economist
2333 Porthan	1943 EP	Henrik Gabriel Porthan, Finnish historian
2334 Cuffey	1962 HD	James Cuffey, astronomy supporter
2335 James	1974 UB	James G. Williams, mathematician
2336 Xinjiang	1975 WL1	Xinjiang, China
2337 Boubín	1976 UH1	Boubín, mountain in Bohemia, Czech Republic
2338 Bokhan	1977 QA3	Nadezhda Antonovna Bokhan, staff member at Institute of Theoretical Astronomy in Leningrad Saint Petersburg
2339 Anacreon	2509 P-L	Anacreon, Greek poet
2340 Hathor	1976 UA	Hathor, Egyptian goddess
2341 Aoluta	1976 YU1	Astronomical Observatory of Leningrad University
2342 Lebedev	1968 UQ	Nikolai Aleksandrovich Lebedev, Russian war hero
2343 Siding Spring	1979 MD4	Siding Spring Observatory, Australia
2344 Xizang	1979 SC1	Tibet
2345 Fučik	1974 OS	Julius Fučik, writer
2346 Lilio	1934 CB	Aloysius Lilius, inventor of the Gregorian Calendar
2347 Vinata	1936 TK	In mythology of India, daughter of Prajapati and wife of Kasyapa
2348 Michkovitch	1939 AA	Vojislav V. Michkovitch, Serbian astronomer
2349 Kurchenko	1970 OG	Nadezhda Kurchenko, heroic airline stewardess
2350 von Lüde	1938 CG	Heinz von Lüde, German astronomer
2351 O'Higgins	1964 VD	Bernardo O'Higgins, Chilean hero
2352 Kurchatov	1969 RY	Igor Vasilevich Kurchatov, Russian physicist
2353 Alva	1975 UD	former girlfriend of discoverer
2354 Lavrov	1978 PZ3	Svyatoslav Sergeevich Lavrov, Russian computer scientist
2355 Nei Monggol	1978 UV1	Inner Mongolia, China
2356 Hirons	1979 UJ	Charles and Ann Hirons, parents-in-law of discoverer
2357 Phereclos	1981 AC	Phereclos, Trojan craftsman
2358 Bahner	1929 RE	Klaus Bahner, observatory staff
2359 Debehogne	1931 TV	Henri Debehogne, Belgian astronomer
2360 Volgo-Don	1975 VD3	Volga-Don Canal, Russia
2361 Gogol	1976 GQ1	Nikolai Gogol, Russian writer
2362 Mark Twain	1976 SH2	Mark Twain, American writer
2363 Cebriones	1977 TJ3	Cebriones, Hector's charioteer
2364 Seillier	1978 GD	Mother of discoverer
2365 Interkosmos	1980 YQ	Intercosmos, Russian space exploration organization †
2366 Aaryn	1981 AC1	Aaryn G. Baltutis, grandson of discoverer
2367 Praha	1981 AK1	Prague, the capital city of the Czech Republic †
2368 Beltrovata	1977 RA	Name give by writer Gottfried Keller to his friend Betty Tendering
2369 Chekhov	1976 GC8	Anton Chekhov, Russian writer
2370 van Altena	1965 LA	William Foster van Altena (Willem van Altena), Dutch-born American astronomer [1]
2371 Dimitrov	1975 VR3	Georgi Mikhailovich Dimitrov, Bulgarian politician
2372 Proskurin	1977 RA8	Vitalii Fedorovich Proskurin, Russian astronomer
2373 Immo	1929 PC	Immo Appenzeller, German astronomer
2374 Vladvysotskij	1974 QE1	Vladimir Vysotsky, singer
2375 Radek	1975 AA	Ctirad Kohoutek, Czech composer †
2376 Martynov	1977 QG3	Dmitrii Yakovlevich Martynov, astrophysicist
2377 Shcheglov	1978 QT1	Vladimir Petrovich Shcheglov, Russian astronomer
2378 Pannekoek	1935 CY	Anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer †
2379 Heiskanen	1941 ST	Weikko Aleksanteri Heiskanen, Finnish geodesist
2380 Heilongjiang	1965 SN	Heilongjiang, China
2381 Landi	1976 AF	Jorge Landi Dessy, Argentinian astronomer
2382 Nonie	1977 GA	Daughter of Peter Jekabsons, observatory staff
2383 Bradley	1981 GN	Martin and Maud Bradley, friends of discoverer
2384 Schulhof	1943 EC1	Leopold Schulhof, Hungarian-born (as Lipót Schulhóf) astronomer † ‡
2385 Mustel	1969 VW	Evald Rudolfovich Mustel, Russian astronomer
2386 Nikonov	1974 SN1	Vladimir Borisovich Nikonov, Russian astronomer
2387 Xi'an	1975 FX	Xi'an, China
2388 Gase	1977 EA2	Vera Fedorovna Gaze, part of the Pulkovo Observatory staff †
2389 Dibaj	1977 QC1	Ernest Apushevich Dibai, astrophysicist
2390 Nežárka	1980 PA1	Nežárka River, Czech Republic †
2391 Tomita	1957 AA	Koichiro Tomita, Japanese astronomer
2392 Jonathan Murray	1979 MN1	Jonathan Murray, son of friends of discoverers
2393 Suzuki	1955 WB	Keishin Suzuki, Japanese astronomer
2394 Nadeev	1973 SZ2	Lev Nikolaevich Nadeev, Russian astrometrist
2395 Aho	1977 FA	Arne J. Aho, observatory staff
2396 Kochi	1981 CB	Kochi, Japan
2397 Lappajärvi	1938 DV	Lappajärvi, lake in Finland
2398 Jilin	1965 UD2	Jilin, China
2399 Terradas	1971 MA	Esteban Terradas e Illa, mathematician
2400 Derevskaya	1972 KJ	Aleksandra Avramovna Derevskaya, foster mother
2401-2500
2401 Aehlita	1975 VM2	Martian girl from novel by Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoi
2402 Satpaev	1979 OR13	Kanysh Imantayevich Satpayev, Kazakh geologist
2403 Šumava	1979 SQ	Šumava mountains, Czech Republic †
2404 Antarctica	1980 TE	Antarctica, in honour of the third Soviet Antarctic Expedition, in which the discoverer participated †
2405 Welch	1963 UF	David F. Welch, AURA administrator
2406 Orelskaya	1966 QG	Varvara Ivanovna Orel'skaya, observatory staff
2407 Haug	1973 DH	Ulrich Haug, German astronomer †
2408 Astapovich	1978 QK1	Igor' Stanislavovich Astapovich, Russian astronomer
2409 Chapman	1979 UG	Clark R. Chapman, American astronomer
2410 Morrison	1981 AF	David Morrison, American astronomer
2411 Zellner	1981 JK	Benjamin H. Zellner, American astronomer
2412 Wil	3537 P-L	Wil van de Hulst, wife of Dutch astronomer Hendrik C. van de Hulst †
2413 van de Hulst	6816 P-L	Hendrik C. van de Hulst, Dutch astronomer †
2414 Vibeke	1931 UG	Daughter of L. K. Kristensen
2415 Ganesa	1978 UJ	In mythology of India, represents call to spiritual power
2416 Sharonov	1979 OF13	Vsevolod Vasil'evich Sharonov, Russian observatory director †
2417 McVittie	1964 CD	George C. McVittie, American astronomer
2418 Voskovec-Werich	1971 UV	Jiří Voskovec and Jan Werich, Czech actors †
2419 Moldavia	1974 SJ	Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic †
2420 Čiurlionis	1975 TN	M. K. Čiurlionis, Lithuanian painter and composer
2421 Nininger	1979 UD	Harvey Harlow Nininger, American meteoriticist
2422 Perovskaya	1968 HK1	Sofya Lvovna Perovskaya, Russian revolutionary
2423 Ibarruri	1972 NC	Ruben Ibarruri, Russian soldier
2424 Tautenburg	1973 UT5	Tautenburg, Germany
2425 Shenzhen	1975 FW	Shenzhen, China
2426 Simonov	1976 KV	Konstantin Mikhailovich Simonov, Russian writer
2427 Kobzar	1976 YQ7	Taras Shevchenko (a.k.a. Kobzar), Ukrainian poet and painter
2428 Kamenyar	1977 RZ6	Ivan Franko (a.k.a. Kamenyar), Ukrainian writer and scientist
2429 Schürer	1977 TZ	Max Schürer, Swiss astronomer
2430 Bruce Helin	1977 VC	Bruce Helin, son of one of the discoverers
2431 Skovoroda	1978 PF3	Hryhori Skovoroda, Ukrainian philosopher and poet
2432 Soomana	1981 FA	Hopi for star girl
2433 Sootiyo	1981 GJ	Hopi for star boy
2434 Bateson	1981 KA	Frank Maine Bateson, New Zealand astronomer
2435 Horemheb	4578 P-L	Horemheb, Egyptian pharaoh
2436 Hatshepsut	6066 P-L	Hatshepsut, Egyptian queen
2437 Amnestia	1942 RZ	Amnesty International
2438 Oleshko	1975 VO2	Valentina Iosifovna Oleshko, Russian partisan
2439 Ulugbek	1977 QX2	Ulugh Beg, Uzbek sultan and astronomer
2440 Educatio	1978 VQ4	Education
2441 Hibbs	1979 MN2	Al and Marks Hibbs, friends of one discoverer
2442 Corbett	1980 TO	Jim Corbett, hunter and writer †
2443 Tomeileen	A906 BJ	Thomas and Eileen Marsden, parents of Brian G. Marsden
2444 Lederle	1934 CD	Trudpert Lederle, German astronomer
2445 Blazhko	1935 TC	Sergei Nikolaevich Blazhko, Russian astronomer
2446 Lunacharsky	1971 TS2	Anatoli Vasilevich Lunacharsky, Russian statesman and writer
2447 Kronstadt	1973 QY1	Kronstadt, Russia
2448 Sholokhov	1975 BU	Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov, Russian writer
2449 Kenos	1978 GC	First man in mythology of native Americans of Tierra del Fuego
2450 Ioannisiani	1978 RP	Bagrat Konstantinovich Ioannisiani, Russian telescope designer †
2451 Dollfus	1980 RQ	Audouin Dollfus, French astronomer
2452 Lyot	1981 FE	Bernard Lyot, French astronomer
2453 Wabash	A921 SA	Bob Warshow (a.k.a. "Wabash"), computer operator
2454 Olaus Magnus	1941 SS	Olaus Magnus
2455 Somville	1950 TO4	Oscar Somville, seismologist
2456 Palamedes	1966 BA1	Palamedes, Greek commander
2457 Rublyov	1975 TU2	Andrei Rublev, Russian painter
2458 Veniakaverin	1977 RC7	Veniamin Aleksandrovich Kaverin, Russian writer
2459 Spellmann	1980 LB1	Leonard Spellmann, father of discoverer
2460 Mitlincoln	1980 TX4	MIT and Lincoln Laboratory
2461 Clavel	1981 EC1	Gustavine Clavel, centenarian
2462 Nehalennia	6578 P-L	Nehalennia, Roman goddess
2463 Sterpin	1934 FF	Julia Sterpin Van Biesbroeck, wife of discoverer †
2464 Nordenskiöld	1939 BF	Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-born Swedish explorer
2465 Wilson	1949 PK	Sir Robert Wilson, British astronomer
2466 Golson	1959 RJ	John C. Golson, observatory staff
2467 Kollontai	1966 PJ	Alexandra Mikhailovna Kollontai, Russian ambassador
2468 Repin	1969 TO1	Ilya Yefimovich Repin, Russian painter
2469 Tadjikistan	1970 HA	Tajikistan
2470 Agematsu	1976 UW15	Agematsu, Japan
2471 Ultrajectum	6545 P-L	Latin name for the city of Utrecht †
2472 Bradman	1973 DG	Donald Bradman, Australian cricketer*
2473 Heyerdahl	1977 RX7	Thor Heyerdahl, explorer
2474 Ruby	1979 PB	Ruby, the discoverer's dog, which lives at the Kleť Observatory †
2475 Semenov	1972 TF2	Pavel Afanes'evich Semenov, Commander of a Russian tank battalion in World War II †
2476 Andersen	1976 JF2	Hans Christian Andersen, Danish fabulist
2477 Biryukov	1977 PY1	Nikolai Zotovich Biryukov, Russian writer
2478 Tokai	1981 JC	Tokai, Japan
2479 Sodankylä	1942 CB	Sodankylä, Finland
2480 Papanov	1976 YS1	Anatolii Dmitrievich Papanov, Russian actor
2481 Bürgi	1977 UQ	Jost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker and maker of scientific instruments, astronomer, and independent inventor of logarithms
2482 Perkin	1980 CO	Richard S. and Gladys T. Perkin of Perkin-Elmer Corp., supporters of astronomy [S&T, Dec 1982, p. 542]
2483 Guinevere	1928 QB	Guinevere, Arthurian queen
2484 Parenago	1928 TK	Pavel Petrovich Parenago, Russian astronomer [S&T, Dec 1982, p. 542]
2485 Scheffler	1932 BH	Helmut Scheffler, German astronomer
2486 Metsähovi	1939 FY	Metsähovi Observatory
2487 Juhani	1940 RL	Son of discoverer
2488 Bryan	1952 UT	William Lowe Bryan, university president
2489 Suvorov	1975 NY	Alexandr Vasil'evich Suvorov, Russian military scientist
2490 Bussolini	1976 AG	Juan A. Bussolini, Spanish astronomer †
2491 Tvashtri	1977 CB	Carpenter in mythology of India
2492 Kutuzov	1977 NT	Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, Russian military leader
2493 Elmer	1978 XC	Charles Wesley Elmer, amateur astronomer
2494 Inge	1981 LF	Jay L. Inge, cartographer
2495 Noviomagum	7071 P-L	Latin name for the city of Nijmegen †
2496 Fernandus	1953 TC1	Fernandus Payne, zoologist
2497 Kulikovskij	1977 PZ1	Petr Grigor'evich Kulikovskii, Russian astronomer
2498 Tsesevich	1977 QM3	Vladimir Platonovich Tsesevich, Russian astronomer
2499 Brunk	1978 VJ7	William E. Brunk, American astronomer [S&T, Dec 1982, p. 542]
2500 Alascattalo	1926 GC	Alascattalo, mythical beast of Alaska

Preceded by 1501–2000

Meanings of asteroid names List of asteroids (2001-2500)

Succeeded by 2501–3000

[edit] References

1. ^ 3540002383 Dictionary of Minor Planet Names by Lutz D. Schmadel published:2003