Meanings of asteroid names (2501-3000)
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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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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: 2501... 2601... 2701... 2801... 2901...
| Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name |
|---|---|---|
| 2501-2600 | ||
| 2501 Lohja | 1942 GD | Lohja, Finland |
| 2502 Nummela | 1943 EO | Nummela, Finland |
| 2503 Liaoning | 1965 UB1 | Liaoning, China |
| 2504 Gaviola | 1967 JO | Enrique Gaviola (Ramón Enrique Gaviola), Argentinian astrophysicist † |
| 2505 Hebei | 1975 UJ | Hebei, China |
| 2506 Pirogov | 1976 QG1 | Nikolai Ivanovich Pirogov, Russian surgeon |
| 2507 Bobone | 1976 WB1 | Jorge Bobone, Argentinian astronomer |
| 2508 Alupka | 1977 ET1 | Alupka, Ukraine |
| 2509 Chukotka | 1977 NG | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia † |
| 2510 Shandong | 1979 TH | Shandong, China |
| 2511 Patterson | 1980 LM | Clair C. Patterson, American geochemist [S&T, Dec 1982, p. 542] |
| 2512 Tavastia | 1940 GG | Tavastia Region, Finland |
| 2513 Baetslé | 1950 SH | Paul-Louis Baetslé, astronomer † |
| 2514 Taiyuan | 1964 TA1 | Taiyuan, Shaanxi, China |
| 2515 Gansu | 1964 TX1 | Gansu, China |
| 2516 Roman | 1964 VY | Nancy Grace Roman, American astronomer |
| 2517 Orma | 1968 SB | Italian for trace; anagram of 1257 Mora |
| 2518 Rutllant | 1974 FG | Federico Rutllant Alcina, Spanish-born director of the national observatory in Chile |
| 2519 Annagerman | 1975 VD2 | Anna German, Polish singer |
| 2520 Novorossijsk | 1976 QF1 | Novorossiysk, Russia |
| 2521 Heidi | 1979 DK | Heidi, book by Johanna Spyri |
| 2522 Triglav | 1980 PP | Triglav, Slavic god † |
| 2523 Ryba | 1980 PV | Jakub Jan Ryba, Czech composer † |
| 2524 Budovicium | 1981 QB1 | Latin for České Budějovice, Czech Republic † |
| 2525 O'Steen | 1981 VG | Mary Elizabeth O'Steen Skiff, mother of discoverer |
| 2526 Alisary | 1979 KX | Alice Benedicta West and Harry Richard West, parents of discoverer |
| 2527 Gregory | 1981 RE | Bruce Gregory Thomas, youngest son of discoverer, named after James Gregory, Scottish astronomer |
| 2528 Mohler | 1953 TF1 | Orren Cuthbert Mohler, American astronomer |
| 2529 Rockwell Kent | 1977 QL2 | Rockwell Kent, artist |
| 2530 Shipka | 1978 NC3 | Shipka, battle site from the Russo-Turkish War |
| 2531 Cambridge | 1980 LD | Cambridge, England, and Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| 2532 Sutton | 1980 TU5 | Robert L. Sutton, American geologist [S&T, Dec 1982, p. 542] |
| 2533 Fechtig | A905 VA | Hugo Fechtig, German astrophysicist |
| 2534 Houzeau | 1931 VD | Jean-Charles Houzeau, Belgian astronomer [MPC 8800] |
| 2535 Hämeenlinna | 1939 DH | Hämeenlinna, Finland |
| 2536 Kozyrev | 1939 PJ | Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev, Russian astronomer † |
| 2537 Gilmore | 1951 RL | Alan C. and Pamela M. Gilmore, astronomers |
| 2538 Vanderlinden | 1954 UD | Henri Vanderlinden, Belgian astronomer |
| 2539 Ningxia | 1964 TS2 | Ningxia, China |
| 2540 Blok | 1971 TH2 | Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok, Russian poet |
| 2541 Edebono | 1973 DE | Edward de Bono, lateral thinker |
| 2542 Calpurnia | 1980 CF | Calpurnia, Roman noblewoman |
| 2543 Machado | 1980 LJ | Luiz Eduardo da Silva Machado, Argentinian astronomer* |
| 2544 Gubarev | 1980 PS | Aleksei Gubarev, Russian cosmonaut † |
| 2545 Verbiest | 1933 BB | Father Ferdinand Verbiest, Belgian missionary and astronomer [MPC 8800] |
| 2546 Libitina | 1950 FC | Libitina, Roman goddess of funerals |
| 2547 Hubei | 1964 TC2 | Hubei, China |
| 2548 Leloir | 1975 DA | Luis Federico Leloir, Argentinian chemist |
| 2549 Baker | 1976 UB | James G. Baker, American astronomer [MPC 8800] |
| 2550 Houssay | 1976 UP20 | Bernardo Alberto Houssay, Argentinian physioloist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology in 1947 |
| 2551 Decabrina | 1976 YX1 | Decembrists, Russian revolutionaries |
| 2552 Remek | 1978 SP | Vladimír Remek, Czech cosmonaut † |
| 2553 Viljev | 1979 FS2 | Mikhail Anatolyevich Vilyev, Russian astronomer † |
| 2554 Skiff | 1980 OB | Brian A. Skiff, Research assistant at Lowell Observatory |
| 2555 Thomas | 1980 OC | Norman G. Thomas, former Research assistant at Lowell Observatory |
| 2556 Louise | 1981 CS | Carol Louise Thomas-Baltutis, youngest daughter of discoverer |
| 2557 Putnam | 1981 SL1 | Roger Lowell Putnam and Michael C.J. Putnam, astronomy supporters |
| 2558 Viv | 1981 SP1 | Vivian Russell Thomas, father of discoverer |
| 2559 Svoboda | 1981 UH | Jindřich Svoboda, Czech astronomer † |
| 2560 Siegma | 1932 CW | Siegfried Marx, German astronomer |
| 2561 Margolin | 1969 TK2 | Mikhail Vladimirovich Margolin, blind inventor |
| 2562 Chaliapin | 1973 FF1 | Feodor Ivanovich Chaliapin, Russian singer and actor |
| 2563 Boyarchuk | 1977 FZ | Alexander Alexeyevich Boyarchuk, Russian astronomer |
| 2564 Kayala | 1977 QX | Kayala, river in The Tale of Igor's Campaign |
| 2565 Grögler | 1977 TB1 | Norbert Grögler, mineralogist and planetologist |
| 2566 Kirghizia | 1979 FR2 | Kyrgyzstan |
| 2567 Elba | 1979 KA | Elba Aguilera de Pizarro, mother of discoverers |
| 2568 Maksutov | 1980 GH | Dmitry Dmitriyevich Maksutov, Russian optical engineer, inventor of the Maksutov telescope † ‡ |
| 2569 Madeline | 1980 MA | Heroine of John Keats' poem, "The Eve of St. Agnes" |
| 2570 Porphyro | 1980 PG | Hero of John Keats' poem, "The Eve of St. Agnes" |
| 2571 Geisei | 1981 UC | Geisei, Japan |
| 2572 Annschnell | 1950 DL | Anneliese Schnell, Austrian astronomer |
| 2573 Hannu Olavi | 1953 EN | Son of discoverer |
| 2574 Ladoga | 1968 UP | Lake Ladoga [MPC 8912] |
| 2575 Bulgaria | 1970 PL | Bulgaria [MPC 8912] |
| 2576 Yesenin | 1974 QL | Sergei Alexandrovich Esenin (also written Yesenin), poet |
| 2577 Litva | 1975 EE3 | Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic † |
| 2578 Saint-Exupéry | 1975 VW3 | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, writer |
| 2579 Spartacus | 1977 PA2 | Spartacus, Roman revolutionary |
| 2580 Smilevskia | 1977 QP4 | Moisei Vasil'evich Smilevskii, Ukrainian journalist |
| 2581 Radegast | 1980 VX | Radegast, Slavic god † |
| 2582 Harimaya-Bashi | 1981 SA | Harimaya Bridge, Kochi, Japan |
| 2583 Fatyanov | 1975 XA3 | Aleksei Ivanovich Fat'yanov, Soviet poet and songwriter |
| 2584 Turkmenia | 1979 FG2 | Turkmenistan |
| 2585 Irpedina | 1979 OJ15 | Irkutsk Pedagogical Institute |
| 2586 Matson | 1980 LO | Dennis L. Matson, American planetary scientist [S&T, Dec 1982, p. 542] |
| 2587 Gardner | 1980 OH | Martin Gardner, American mathematician and writer † |
| 2588 Flavia | 1981 VQ | Flavius, Roman gens; also an asteroid in A Torrent of Faces by James Blish and Norman L. Knight |
| 2589 Daniel | 1979 QU2 | Daniel Lagerkvist, son of the discoverer † |
| 2590 Mourão | 1980 KJ | Ronaldo Rogério de Freitas Mourão, Brazilian astronomer |
| 2591 Dworetsky | 1949 PS | Michael M. Dworetsky, British astronomer |
| 2592 Hunan | 1966 BW | Hunan, China |
| 2593 Buryatia | 1976 GB8 | Buryat Republic, Russia |
| 2594 Acamas | 1978 TB | Acamas, Greek warrior |
| 2595 Gudiachvili | 1979 KL | Lado Gudiachvili, Georgian painter |
| 2596 Vainu Bappu | 1979 KN | Manali Kallat Vainu Bappu, Indian astrophysicist |
| 2597 Arthur | 1980 PN | King Arthur, mythological British king |
| 2598 Merlin | 1980 RY | Merlin, wizard in Arthurian legend |
| 2599 Veselí | 1980 SO | Veselí, Czech Republic † |
| 2600 Lumme | 1980 VP | Kari Lumme, Finnish astronomer [S&T, Dec 1982, p. 542] |
| 2601-2700 | ||
| 2601 Bologna | 1980 XA | Bologna, Italy |
| 2602 Moore | 1982 BR | Patrick Moore, British amateur astronomer † |
| 2603 Taylor | 1982 BW1 | Gordon E. Taylor, British amateur astronomer † |
| 2604 Marshak | 1972 LD1 | Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak, Russian poet and writer |
| 2605 Sahade | 1974 QA | Jorge Sahade, Argentinian astronomer |
| 2606 Odessa | 1976 GX2 | Odessa, Ukraine |
| 2607 Yakutia | 1977 NR | Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Russia |
| 2608 Seneca | 1978 DA | Seneca the Younger, Roman writer |
| 2609 Kiril-Metodi | 1978 PB4 | Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius, inventors of the Cyrillic alphabet |
| 2610 Tuva | 1978 RO1 | Tuva Republic, Russia |
| 2611 Boyce | 1978 VQ5 | Joseph M. Boyce, American planetary scientist [S&T, Dec 1982, p. 542] |
| 2612 Kathryn | 1979 DE | Kathryn Gail Thomas-Hazelton, daughter of discoverer |
| 2613 Plzeň | 1979 QE | Plzeň (Pilsen), Czech Republic, birthplace of the discoverer † |
| 2614 Torrence | 1980 LP | Torrence V. Johnson, American planetary scientist [S&T, Dec 1982, p. 542] |
| 2615 Saito | 1951 RJ | Keiji Saito, Japanese astrophysicist |
| 2616 Lesya | 1970 QV | Larisa Petrovna Kosach(a.k.a. Lesya Ukrainka), Ukrainian poet [MPC 8912] |
| 2617 Jiangxi | 1975 WO1 | Jiangxi, China |
| 2618 Coonabarabran | 1979 MX2 | Coonabarabran, Australia. The Siding Spring Observatory of the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the Australian National University is located close by (40km distant) |
| 2619 Skalnaté Pleso | 1979 MZ3 | Skalnaté Pleso, observatory in Slovakia |
| 2620 Santana | 1980 TN | Carlos Santana, American musician † |
| 2621 Goto | 1981 CA | Seizo Goto, businessman [S&T, Dec 1982, p. 542] |
| 2622 Bolzano | 1981 CM | Bernard Bolzano, mathematician † |
| 2623 Zech | A919 SA | Gert Zech, German astronomer, member of the editorial team of Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts, or, Julius August Christoph Zech, German astronomer |
| 2624 Samitchell | 1962 RE | Samuel Alfred Mitchell, American astronomer |
| 2625 Jack London | 1976 JQ2 | Jack London, writer |
| 2626 Belnika | 1978 PP2 | Nikolay Alexeyevich Belyayev, Russian astronomer |
| 2627 Churyumov | 1978 PP3 | Klim Ivanovich Churyumov, Ukrainian astronomer |
| 2628 Kopal | 1979 MS8 | Zdenek Kopal, Czech-born astronomer |
| 2629 Rudra | 1980 RB1 | Rudra, destroyer aspect of the Hindu god Siva |
| 2630 Hermod | 1980 TF3 | Hermóðr, hero in Norse mythology |
| 2631 Zhejiang | 1980 TY5 | Zhejiang, China |
| 2632 Guizhou | 1980 VJ1 | Guizhou, China |
| 2633 Bishop | 1981 WR1 | George Bishop, British wine merchant and patron of astronomy |
| 2634 James Bradley | 1982 DL | James Bradley, English astronomer |
| 2635 Huggins | 1982 DS | Sir William Huggins, spectroscopist |
| 2636 Lassell | 1982 DZ | William Lassell, British amateur astronomer |
| 2637 Bobrovnikoff | A919 SB | Nicholas T. Bobrovnikoff, American astronomer |
| 2638 Gadolin | 1939 SG | Jacob Gadolin, Finnish astronomer, and Johan Gadolin, chemist |
| 2639 Planman | 1940 GN | Anders Planman, Swedish astronomer |
| 2640 Hällström | 1941 FN | Gustav Gabriel Hällström, Finnish physicist |
| 2641 Lipschutz | 1949 GJ | Michael E. Lipschutz, American geochemist |
| 2642 Vésale | 1961 RA | Andreas Vesalius, Flemish anatomist |
| 2643 Bernhard | 1973 SD | Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, astronomical supporter |
| 2644 Victor Jara | 1973 SO2 | Victor Jara, folk singer [MPC 8800] |
| 2645 Daphne Plane | 1976 QD | Daphne Plane, librarian and friend of discoverer |
| 2646 Abetti | 1977 EC1 | Antonio Abetti and Giorgio Abetti, Italian astronomers |
| 2647 Sova | 1980 SP | Antonín Sova, Czech poet † |
| 2648 Owa | 1980 VJ | Hopi for rock |
| 2649 Oongaq | 1980 WA | Hopi for from up there |
| 2650 Elinor | 1931 EG | Elinor Gates, Minor Planet Center assistant |
| 2651 Karen | 1949 QD | Karen S. Mayer, sister-in-law of, and Karen S. Franz, friend of F. N. Bowman |
| 2652 Yabuuti | 1953 GM | Kiyosi Yabuuti, Japanese astronomer and historian |
| 2653 Principia | 1964 VP | Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, Isaac Newton's magnum opus |
| 2654 Ristenpart | 1968 OG | Friedrich Wilhelm Ristenpart, German astronomer |
| 2655 Guangxi | 1974 XX | Guangxi, China |
| 2656 Evenkia | 1979 HD5 | Evenk Autonomous Okrug, Russia |
| 2657 Bashkiria | 1979 SB7 | Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia |
| 2658 Gingerich | 1980 CK | Owen Gingerich, American astrophysicist and historian of astronomy |
| 2659 Millis | 1981 JX | Robert Lowell Millis, American astronomer |
| 2660 Wasserman | 1982 FG | Lawrence Harvey Wasserman, American astronomer |
| 2661 Bydžovský | 1982 FC1 | Bohumil Bydžovský, Czech mathematician † |
| 2662 Kandinsky | 4021 P-L | Wassily Kandinsky, Russian painter |
| 2663 Miltiades | 6561 P-L | Miltiades, Athenian commander |
| 2664 Everhart | 1934 RR | Edgar Everhart, American astronomer |
| 2665 Schrutka | 1938 DW1 | Guntram Schrutka-Rechtenstamm, Austrian astronomer |
| 2666 Gramme | 1951 TA | Zénobe Gramme, Belgian electrical engineer and inventor |
| 2667 Oikawa | 1967 UO | Okuro Oikawa, Japanese astronomer |
| 2668 Tataria | 1976 QV | Republic of Tatarstan, Russia |
| 2669 Shostakovich | 1976 YQ2 | Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian composer |
| 2670 Chuvashia | 1977 PW1 | Chuvash Republic, Russia |
| 2671 Abkhazia | 1977 QR2 | Abkhazia, Georgia |
| 2672 Písek | 1979 KC | Písek, Czech Republic † |
| 2673 Lossignol | 1980 KN | Lossignol, family name of friends of discoverer |
| 2674 Pandarus | 1982 BC3 | Pandarus, mythological Greek warrior |
| 2675 Tolkien | 1982 GB | J. R. R. Tolkien, British writer |
| 2676 Aarhus | 1933 QV | Aarhus, Denmark, seat of the Ole Rømer Observatory of the University of Aarhus |
| 2677 Joan | 1935 FF | Joan Jordan, secretary at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics |
| 2678 Aavasaksa | 1938 DF1 | Aavasaksa, mountain in Finland (Lapland), one of the sites used by Maupertuis' expedition to determine the length of a degree of the meridian in 1736-1737 |
| 2679 Kittisvaara | 1939 TG | Kittisvaara, mountain in Finland (Lapland), one of the sites used by Maupertuis' expedition to determine the length of a degree of the meridian in 1736-1737 |
| 2680 Mateo | 1975 NF | José Mateo, Argentinian astronomer |
| 2681 Ostrovskij | 1975 VF2 | Nikolai Ostrovsky, writer |
| 2682 Soromundi | 1979 MF4 | From Latin for sisters of the world, after the YWCA |
| 2683 Brian | 1981 AD1 | Eldest son of discoverer |
| 2684 Douglas | 1981 AH1 | Douglas B. Thomas, brother of discoverer and physicist |
| 2685 Masursky | 1981 JN | Harold Masursky, American astronomer |
| 2686 Linda Susan | 1981 JW1 | Linda Susan Salazar, discoverer's youngest daughter |
| 2687 Tortali | 1982 HG | Tortali, Vanuatun spirit of daytime |
| 2688 Halley | 1982 HG1 | Edmund Halley, English astronomer |
| 2689 Bruxelles | 1935 CF | Brussels, Belgium |
| 2690 Ristiina | 1938 DG1 | Ristiina, Finland |
| 2691 Sersic | 1974 KB | José Luis Sersic, Argentinian astronomer |
| 2692 Chkalov | 1976 YT3 | Valerij Pavlovich Chkalov, pilot |
| 2693 Yan'an | 1977 VM1 | Yan'an, Shaanxi, China |
| 2694 Pino Torinese | 1979 QL1 | Pino Torinese, Italy, site of Turin Observatory † |
| 2695 Christabel | 1979 UE | Christabel, poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
| 2696 Magion | 1980 HB | Magion, first Czech artificial satellite † |
| 2697 Albina | 1969 TC3 | Albina Alekseevna Serova, friend of discoverer |
| 2698 Azerbajdzhan | 1971 TZ | Azerbaijan |
| 2699 Kalinin | 1976 YX | Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin, Russian statesman |
| 2700 Baikonur | 1976 YP7 | Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan |
| 2701-2800 | ||
| 2701 Cherson | 1978 RT | Chersonesos, Crimea, Ukraine |
| 2702 Batrakov | 1978 SZ2 | Yury Vasilyevich Batrakov, Russian astronomer |
| 2703 Rodari | 1979 FT2 | Gianni Rodari, writer |
| 2704 Julian Loewe | 1979 MR4 | Julian Loewe, journalist |
| 2705 Wu | 1980 TD4 | Sherman S. C. Wu, photogrammetrist |
| 2706 Borovský | 1980 VW | Karel Havlíček Borovský, Czech writer and political journalist † |
| 2707 Ueferji | 1981 QS3 | Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro |
| 2708 Burns | 1981 WT | Joseph Arthur Burns, American astronomer |
| 2709 Sagan | 1982 FH | Carl Sagan, American astronomer and author, co-founder of the Planetary Society † |
| 2710 Veverka | 1982 FQ | Joseph Veverka, American astronomer |
| 2711 Aleksandrov | 1978 QB2 | Anatoly Petrovich Alexandrov, Russian physicist |
| 2712 Keaton | 1937 YD | Buster Keaton, film comedian |
| 2713 Luxembourg | 1938 EA | Luxembourg |
| 2714 Matti | 1938 GC | Son of discoverer |
| 2715 Mielikki | 1938 US | Mielikki, Finnish mythology |
| 2716 Tuulikki | 1939 TM | Tuulikki, Finnish mythology, Goddess of the woods |
| 2717 Tellervo | 1940 WJ | Tellervo, Finnish mythology |
| 2718 Handley | 1951 OM | Tommy Handley, British radio comedian |
| 2719 Suzhou | 1965 SU | Suzhou, Jiangsu, China |
| 2720 Pyotr Pervyj | 1972 RV3 | Peter I of Russia |
| 2721 Vsekhsvyatskij | 1973 SP2 | Sergey Konstantinovich Vsekhsvyatsky, Russian astronomer † |
| 2722 Abalakin | 1976 GM2 | Viktor Kuzmich Abalakin, Russian astronomer † |
| 2723 Gorshkov | 1978 QL2 | Pyotr Mikhaylovich Gorshkov, Russian astronomer |
| 2724 Orlov | 1978 RZ5 | Sergey Vladimirovich Orlov, and Alexander Yakovlevich Orlov, Russian astronomers † |
| 2725 David Bender | 1978 VG3 | David F. Bender, American astronomer, latterly of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| 2726 Kotelnikov | 1979 SE9 | Vladimir Alexandrovich Kotelnikov, Russian radio engineer |
| 2727 Paton | 1979 SO9 | Evgeny Oskarovich Paton and Borys Yevhenovych Paton, Soviet Ukrainian scientists |
| 2728 Yatskiv | 1979 ST9 | Yaroslav Stepanovich Yatskiv, Ukrainian astrometrist |
| 2729 Urumqi | 1979 UA2 | Urumqi, Xinjiang, China |
| 2730 Barks | 1981 QH | Carl Barks, American writer and illustrator |
| 2731 Cucula | 1982 KJ | The cuckoo |
| 2732 Witt | 1926 FG | Carl Gustav Witt, German astronomer |
| 2733 Hamina | 1938 DQ | Hamina, Finland |
| 2734 Hašek | 1976 GJ3 | Jaroslav Hašek, Czech writer |
| 2735 Ellen | 1977 RB | Wife of discoverer |
| 2736 Ops | 1979 OC | Ops, Roman goddess |
| 2737 Kotka | 1938 DU | Kotka, Finland |
| 2738 Viracocha | 1940 EC | Viracocha, supreme god of the Inca |
| 2739 Taguacipa | 1952 UZ1 | Taguacipa, god of the Inca and companion of Viracocha |
| 2740 Tsoj | 1974 SY4 | Victor Robertovich Tsoj, poet and rock musician |
| 2741 Valdivia | 1975 XG | Captain Pedro de Valdivia, conqueror of Chile |
| 2742 Gibson | 1981 JG3 | James B. Gibson, astronomer |
| 2743 Chengdu | 1965 WR | Chengdu, Sichuan, China |
| 2744 Birgitta | 1975 RB | Anna Birgitta Angelica Lagerkvist, daughter of the discoverer [MPC 8800]† |
| 2745 San Martin | 1976 SR10 | General José de San Martin, "father of Argentina" |
| 2746 Hissao | 1979 SJ9 | Hissar Astronomical Observatory, Dushanbe, Tajikistan |
| 2747 Český Krumlov | 1980 DW | Český Krumlov, Czech Republic † |
| 2748 Patrick Gene | 1981 JF2 | Patrick Gene Shoemaker, son of discoverer |
| 2749 Walterhorn | 1937 TD | Walter Horn, founder of the public observatory and amateur astronomical society in Solingen, Germany † ‡ |
| 2750 Loviisa | 1940 YK | Loviisa, Finland |
| 2751 Campbell | 1962 RP | William Wallace Campbell, American astronomer |
| 2752 Wu Chien-Shiung | 1965 SP | Wu Jianxiong |
| 2753 Duncan | 1966 DH | John Charles Duncan, American astronomer |
| 2754 Efimov | 1966 PD | Mikhail Nikiforovich Efimov, aviator |
| 2755 Avicenna | 1973 SJ4 | Avicenna, medieval philosopher and scientist |
| 2756 Dzhangar | 1974 SG1 | Epics of the Kalmyk people [MPC 8912] |
| 2757 Crisser | 1977 VN | Cristina, wife of discoverer, and Sergio, discoverer |
| 2758 Cordelia | 1978 RF | Cordelia, character in Shakespeare's King Lear |
| 2759 Idomeneus | 1980 GC | Idomeneus, Greek warrior |
| 2760 Kacha | 1980 TU6 | Kacha, cosmonaut training centre in the Crimea [MPC 8913] |
| 2761 Eddington | 1981 AE | Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington, British astrophysicist, on the occasion of the centennial of his birth † |
| 2762 Fowler | 1981 AT | Ralph Howard Fowler, British astrophysicist |
| 2763 Jeans | 1982 OG | Sir James Hopwood Jeans, British physicist, astronomer, and mathematician |
| 2764 Moeller | 1981 CN | Sonia Louise Moeller-Thomas, mother of discoverer |
| 2765 Dinant | 1981 EY | Dinant, Belgium |
| 2766 Leeuwenhoek | 1982 FE1 | Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch inventor † |
| 2767 Takenouchi | 1967 UM | Tadeo Takenouchi, Japanese astronomer |
| 2768 Gorky | 1972 RX3 | Maxim Gorky (Alexey Maksimovich Peshkov), Russian writer [MPC 8913] |
| 2769 Mendeleev | 1976 GZ2 | Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist |
| 2770 Tsvet | 1977 SM1 | Mikhail Tsvet, Russian physiologist |
| 2771 Polzunov | 1978 SP7 | Ivan Ivanovich Polzunov, Russian inventor |
| 2772 Dugan | 1979 XE | Raymond Smith Dugan, American astronomer |
| 2773 Brooks | 1981 JZ2 | William R. Brooks, American astronomer |
| 2774 Tenojoki | 1942 TJ | Tenojoki, river |
| 2775 Odishaw | 1953 TX2 | Hugh Odishaw, American geophysicist |
| 2776 Baikal | 1976 SZ7 | Lake Baikal, Russia |
| 2777 Shukshin | 1979 SY11 | Vasilii Makarovich Shukshin, Russian writer and actor |
| 2778 Tangshan | 1979 XP | Tangshan in China, location of a massive (Magnitude 7.8) earthquake in 1976 |
| 2779 Mary | 1981 CX | Maryanna Ruth Thomas, wife of discoverer |
| 2780 Monnig | 1981 DO2 | Oscar Monnig, American businessman, meteorite hunter and founder of the collection that bears his name. He donated the collection to Texas Christian University |
| 2781 Kleczek | 1982 QH | Josip Kleczek, Czech astronomer † |
| 2782 Leonidas | 2605 P-L | Leonidas I, Spartan king |
| 2783 Chernyshevskij | 1974 RA2 | Nikolay Gavrilovich Chernyshevsky, Russian writer and philosopher |
| 2784 Domeyko | 1975 GA | Ignacio Domeyko, Polish-born chemist and mineralogist, latterly Rector of the University of Chile |
| 2785 Sedov | 1978 QN2 | Leonid Ivanovich Sedov, Russian astronomer or Georgy Sedov, Russian polar explorer |
| 2786 Grinevia | 1978 RR5 | Alexander Stepanovich Grinevsky, Russian writer |
| 2787 Tovarishch | 1978 RC6 | Tovarishch, Russian sailing ship [MPC 8800] |
| 2788 Andenne | 1981 EL | Andenne, Belgium |
| 2789 Foshan | 1956 XA | Foshan, Guangdong, China |
| 2790 Needham | 1965 UU1 | Joseph Needham, British sinologist |
| 2791 Paradise | 1977 CA | Paradise, California |
| 2792 Ponomarev | 1977 EY1 | Nikolay Georgiyevich Ponomaryov, Russian designer of astronomical instruments † |
| 2793 Valdaj | 1977 QV | Valdai Hills, near Moscow |
| 2794 Kulik | 1978 PS3 | Leonid Alexeyevich Kulik, Russian mineralogist |
| 2795 Lepage | 1979 YM | Théophile Lepage, Belgian mathematician |
| 2796 Kron | 1980 EC | Gerald E. Kron, American astronomer [MPC 8800] |
| 2797 Teucer | 1981 LK | Teucer, Greek soldier |
| 2798 Vergilius | 2009 P-L | Virgil, Roman poet |
| 2799 Justus | 3071 P-L | Justus Cramer, descendent of H. G. van de Sande Bakhuyzen, Dutch astronomer |
| 2800 Ovidius | 4585 P-L | Ovid, Roman poet |
| 2801-2900 | ||
| 2801 Huygens | 1935 SU1 | Christiaan Huygens, Dutch astronomer |
| 2802 Weisell | 1939 BU | The discoverer's father |
| 2803 Vilho | 1940 WG | Vilho Väisälä, Finnish meteorologist and physicist, brother of Kalle and Yrjö |
| 2804 Yrjö | 1941 HF | Yrjö Väisälä, Finnish astronomer, brother of Vilho and Kalle |
| 2805 Kalle | 1941 UM | Kalle Väisälä, Finnish scientist, brother of Vilho and Yrjö |
| 2806 Graz | 1953 GG | Graz, Austria |
| 2807 Karl Marx | 1969 TH6 | Karl Marx, German philosopher and political economist |
| 2808 Belgrano | 1976 HS | Manuel Belgrano, Argentine general |
| 2809 Vernadskij | 1978 QW2 | Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky, Russian geochemist and mineralogist |
| 2810 Lev Tolstoj | 1978 RU5 | Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer [MPC 8801] |
| 2811 Střemchoví | 1980 JA | Střemchoví, Czech Republic, where the discoverer was born † |
| 2812 Scaltriti | 1981 FN | Franco Scaltriti, Italian astronomer |
| 2813 Zappalà | 1981 WZ | Vincenzo Zappalà, Italian astronomer |
| 2814 Vieira | 1982 FA3 | Gilson Vieira, Brazilian astronomer |
| 2815 Soma | 1982 RL | The Soma cube, mathematical game |
| 2816 Pien | 1982 SO | Armand Nicolas Pien, Belgian (Flemish) television meteorologist † |
| 2817 Perec | 1982 UJ | Georges Perec, French novelist, filmmaker and essayist |
| 2818 Juvenalis | 2580 P-L | Juvenal, Roman satirist |
| 2819 Ensor | 1933 UR | James Ensor, Belgian expressionist painter |
| 2820 Iisalmi | 1942 RU | Iisalmi, Finland |
| 2821 Slávka | 1978 SQ | Sláva Vávrová, the discoverer's mother † |
| 2822 Sacajawea | 1980 EG | Sacagawea, Shoshone explorer |
| 2823 van der Laan | 2010 P-L | Harry van der Laan, Dutch astrophysicist |
| 2824 Franke | 1934 CZ | Ersnt H. Franke, American biophysicist |
| 2825 Crosby | 1938 SD1 | Harry Lillis Bing Crosby, American singer and actor † |
| 2826 Ahti | 1939 UJ | Ahti, Finnish sea god |
| 2827 Vellamo | 1942 CC | Vellamo, Finnish sea goddess, consort of Ahti |
| 2828 Iku-Turso | 1942 DL | Iku-Turso, Finnish sea monster |
| 2829 Bobhope | 1948 PK | Bob Hope, American comedian |
| 2830 Greenwich | 1980 GA | Royal Greenwich Observatory, London, UK [MPC 8801] |
| 2831 Stevin | 1930 SZ | Simon Stevin, Flemish scientist |
| 2832 Lada | 1975 EC1 | Lada, Slavic goddess |
| 2833 Radishchev | 1978 PC4 | Alexander Nikolayevich Radishchev, Russian author and social critic [MPC 8913] |
| 2834 Christy Carol | 1980 TB4 | Daughter of the discoverer |
| 2835 Ryoma | 1982 WF | Ryoma Sakamoto, Japanese samurai |
| 2836 Sobolev | 1978 YQ | Viktor Viktorovich Sobolev, Russian astrophysicist |
| 2837 Griboedov | 1971 TJ2 | Aleksandr Sergeevich Griboedov, Russian playwright [MPC 8913] |
| 2838 Takase | 1971 UM1 | Bunshiro Takase, Japanese astronomer |
| 2839 Annette | 1929 TP | Daughter of the discoverer |
| 2840 Kallavesi | 1941 UP | Lake Kallavesi, Finland |
| 2841 Puijo | 1943 DM | Puijo Hill, Lake Kallavesi, Finland † |
| 2842 Unsöld | 1950 OD | Albrecht Unsöld, German astronomer |
| 2843 Yeti | 1975 XQ | Yeti, cryptozoological Himalayan humanoid |
| 2844 Hess | 1981 JP | Frederick Hess, American astronomer |
| 2845 Franklinken | 1981 OF | Kenneth Linn Franklin, American astronomer |
| 2846 Ylppö | 1942 CJ | Arvo Ylppö, Finnish pediatrician |
| 2847 Parvati | 1959 CC1 | Parvati, Hindu goddess, consort of Siva |
| 2848 ASP | 1959 VF | Astronomical Society of the Pacific |
| 2849 Shklovskij | 1976 GN3 | Iosif Samuilovich Shklovsky, Russian astronomer |
| 2850 Mozhaiskij | 1978 TM7 | Alexander Fyodorovich Mozhaysky, Russian aviation pioneer |
| 2851 Harbin | 1978 UQ2 | Harbin, China |
| 2852 Declercq | 1981 QU2 | Maiden name of the discovere'rs wife |
| 2853 Harvill | 1963 RG | Richard A. Harvill, astronomical supporter |
| 2854 Rawson | 1964 JE | Guillermo Colesbery Rawson, Argentine physician |
| 2855 Bastian | 1931 TB2 | Ulrich Bastian, German astronomer |
| 2856 Röser | 1933 GB | Siegfried Röser, German astronomer |
| 2857 NOT | 1942 DA | Nordic Optical Telescope |
| 2858 Carlosporter | 1975 XB | Carlos Porter, Chilean zoologist |
| 2859 Paganini | 1978 RW1 | Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist † |
| 2860 Pasacentennium | 1978 TA | The centennial of the city of Pasadena, California |
| 2861 Lambrecht | 1981 VL2 | Hermann Lambrecht, German astronomer |
| 2862 Vavilov | 1977 JP | Nikolai Vavilov, Soviet botanist, Sergey Vavilov, Soviet physicist † ‡ |
| 2863 Ben Mayer | 1981 QG2 | Ben Mayer, American astronomer |
| 2864 Soderblom | 1983 AZ | Laurence A. Soderblom, American planetary scientist |
| 2865 Laurel | 1935 OK | Stan Laurel, British comedian † |
| 2866 Hardy | 1961 TA | Oliver Hardy, American comedian |
| 2867 Šteins | 1969 VC | Karlis Augustovich Šteins, Latvian astronomer † |
| 2868 Upupa | 1972 UA | Upupa epops, the hoopoe |
| 2869 Nepryadva | 1980 RM2 | Russian victory over Tataro-Mongols in the Battle of Kulikovo near Nepryadva River † |
| 2870 Haupt | 1981 LD | Hermann Haupt, Austrian astronomer |
| 2871 Schober | 1981 QC2 | Hans Josef Schober, Austrian astronomer |
| 2872 Gentelec | 1981 RU | GTE Research Laboratories, Waltham, Massachusetts |
| 2873 Binzel | 1982 FR | Richard P. Binzel, American astronomer † |
| 2874 Jim Young | 1982 TH | James W. Young, American astronomer † |
| 2875 Lagerkvist | 1983 CL | Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist, Swedish astronomer |
| 2876 Aeschylus | 6558 P-L | Aeschylus, Greek playwright |
| 2877 Likhachev | 1969 TR2 | Dmitry Sergeevich Likhachev, Soviet philologist [MPC 8913] † ‡ |
| 2878 Panacea | 1980 RX | Panacea, Roman goddess |
| 2879 Shimizu | 1932 CB1 | Shin-ichi Shimizu, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 8801] |
| 2880 Nihondaira | 1983 CA | Nihondaira, Shizuoka, Japan |
| 2881 Meiden | 1983 AA1 | Meiden, Lithuanian god |
| 2882 Tedesco | 1981 OG | Edward Francis Tedesco, American astronomer |
| 2883 Barabashov | 1978 RG6 | Nikolai Pavlovich Barabashov, Soviet astronomer † |
| 2884 Reddish | 1981 ES22 | Vincent Cartledge Reddish, British astronomer |
| 2885 Palva | 1939 TC | Tauno Pavla, Finnish ear surgeon, son-in-law of the discoverer |
| 2886 Tinkaping | 1965 YG | Tinkaping, Hong Kong industrialist |
| 2887 Krinov | 1977 QD5 | Yevgeny Leonidovich Krinov, Soviet meteoriticist † |
| 2888 Hodgson | 1982 TO | Richard G. Hodgson, American astronomer [MPC 8801] |
| 2889 Brno | 1981 WT1 | Brno, Czech Republic † |
| 2890 Vilyujsk | 1978 SY7 | Vilyuysk, Yakut ASSR, Russia [MPC 8913] † |
| 2891 McGetchin | 1980 MD | Thomas Richard McGetchin, American planetary scientist |
| 2892 Filipenko | 1983 AX2 | Aleksandr Grigorievich Filipenko, Chief of Surgery at the Crimean Regional Hospital at Bakhchisarai [MPC 8913] |
| 2893 Peiroos | 1975 QD | Peiroos, mythical hero in the Trojan War |
| 2894 Kakhovka | 1978 SH5 | Kakhovka, Ukraine[MPC 8913] |
| 2895 Memnon | 1981 AE1 | Memnon, Ethiopian king, ally of Troy |
| 2896 Preiss | 1931 RN | Gunter Preiss, astronomical supporter |
| 2897 Ole Römer | 1932 CK | Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer |
| 2898 Neuvo | 1938 DN | Yrjö Neuvo, the discoverer's grandson |
| 2899 Runrun Shaw | 1964 TR2 | Sir Run Run Shaw, Chinese film producer |
| 2900 Luboš Perek | 1972 AR | Luboš Perek, Czech astronomer |
| 2901-3000 | ||
| 2901 Bagehot | 1973 DP | Walter Bagehot, British writer |
| 2902 Westerlund | 1980 FN3 | Bengt E. Westerlund, Swedish astronomer † |
| 2903 Zhuhai | 1981 UV9 | Zhuhai, China |
| 2904 Millman | 1981 YB | Peter MacKenzie Millman, Canadian astronomer † |
| 2905 Plaskett | 1982 BZ2 | John Stanley Plaskett, Canadian astronomer † |
| 2906 Caltech | 1983 AE2 | California Institute of Technology |
| 2907 Nekrasov | 1975 TT2 | Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov, Russian poet [MPC 8913] |
| 2908 Shimoyama | 1981 WA | Shimoyama, village in Japan [MPC 8801] |
| 2909 Hoshi-no-ie | 1983 JA | Hoshi-no-ie Observatory, Japan; the name means 'star house' [Schmadel] |
| 2910 Yoshkar-Ola | 1980 TK13 | Yoshkar-Ola, Russia [Schmadel] |
| 2911 Miahelena | 1938 GJ | The discoverer's wife [Schmadel] |
| 2912 Lapalma | 1942 DM | La Palma, the Spanish island, home to many observatories [Schmadel] |
| 2913 Horta | 1931 TK | Victor Horta, Belgian architect [Schmadel] |
| 2914 Glärnisch | 1965 SB | Glärnisch mountain, summit of the Swiss Alps [Schmadel] |
| 2915 Moskvina | 1977 QY2 | Valentina Nikolaevna Moskvina, Russian doctor [Schmadel] |
| 2916 Voronveliya | 1978 PW2 | Boris Alexandrovich Vorontsov-Velyaminov, Russian astronomer [Schmadel] |
| 2917 Sawyer Hogg | 1980 RR | Helen Sawyer Hogg, American-Canadian astronomer [MPC 8801] † |
| 2918 Salazar | 1980 TU4 | Frederick Salazar, the discoverer's son-in-law [Schmadel] |
| 2919 Dali | 1981 EX18 | Salvador Dalí, Catalan-Spanish artist [MPC 8802] |
| 2920 Automedon | 1981 JR | Automedon, mythological Greek soldier [Schmadel] |
| 2921 Sophocles | 6525 P-L | Sophocles, Greek dramatist [Schmadel] |
| 2922 Dikan'ka | 1976 GY1 | Gogol's Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka [Schmadel] |
| 2923 Schuyler | 1977 DA | Catherine Schuyler, Minor Planet Center administrator [Schmadel] |
| 2924 Mitake-mura | 1977 DJ2 | Mitake-mura, town in Japan [MPC 8914] |
| 2925 Beatty | 1978 VC5 | J. Kelly Beatty, astronomy writer and editor of Sky and Telescope † |
| 2926 Caldeira | 1980 KG | J.F.C. Caldeira, Brazilian astronomer [Schmadel] |
| 2927 Alamosa | 1981 TM | Alamosa, Colorado [Schmadel] |
| 2928 Epstein | 1976 GN8 | Isadore Epstein, American astronomer |
| 2929 Harris | 1982 BK1 | Alan W. Harris, American astronomer [Schmadel] |
| 2930 Euripides | 6554 P-L | Euripides, Greek dramatist [Schmadel] |
| 2931 Mayakovsky | 1969 UC | Vladimir Mayakovsky, Russian poet [MPC 8914] |
| 2932 Kempchinsky | 1980 TK4 | Paula Kempchinsky, daughter-in-law of the discoverer [Schmadel] |
| 2933 Amber | 1983 HN | The discoverer's granddaughter [Schmadel] |
| 2934 Aristophanes | 4006 P-L | Aristophanes, Greek dramatist [Schmadel] |
| 2935 Naerum | 1976 UU | Nærum, a suburb north of Copenhagen [Schmadel] |
| 2936 Nechvíle | 1979 SF | Vincence Nechvíle, Czech astronomer † ‡ |
| 2937 Gibbs | 1980 LA | Josiah Willard Gibbs, American scientist [Schmadel] |
| 2938 Hopi | 1980 LB | The Hopi, the Native American people [Schmadel] |
| 2939 Coconino | 1982 DP | Coconino County, Arizona containing the Hopi and Navajo Nation Reservations. The Lowell Observatory is in the county seat, Flagstaff [Schmadel] |
| 2940 Bacon | 3042 P-L | Francis Bacon, English philosopher, statesman, and essayist [Schmadel] |
| 2941 Alden | 1930 YV | Son of Clyde Tombaugh, the discoverer. [Schmadel] |
| 2942 Cordie | 1932 BG | Cordula "Cordie" Robinson, American plantary geologist [Schmadel] |
| 2943 Heinrich | 1933 QU | Inge Heinreich, German astronomer [Schmadel] |
| 2944 Peyo | 1935 QF | Peyo, pseudonym of Pierre Culliford, Belgian illustrator [Schmadel] |
| 2945 Zanstra | 1935 ST1 | Herman Zanstra, Dutch astronomer [Schmadel] |
| 2946 Muchachos | 1941 UV | Roque de los Muchachos, site in the Canary Islands of several international observatories [Schmadel] |
| 2947 Kippenhahn | 1955 QP1 | Rudolf Kippenhahn, German astronomer [Schmadel] |
| 2948 Amosov | 1969 TD2 | Nikolai Mikhailovich Amosov, Ukrainian cardiologist |
| 2949 Kaverznev | 1970 PR | Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kaverznev, Soviet television journalist [MPC 8914] |
| 2950 Rousseau | 1974 VQ2 | Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss-French philosopher [Schmadel] |
| 2951 Perepadin | 1977 RB8 | Aleksandr Ivanovich Perepadin Soviet agriculturalist [Schmadel] |
| 2952 Lilliputia | 1979 SF2 | Lilliput, fictional land in Gulliver's Travels [Schmadel] |
| 2953 Vysheslavia | 1979 SV11 | Leonid Nikolaivich Vysheslavski, Soviet poet [Schmadel] |
| 2954 Delsemme | 1982 BT1 | Armand Hubert Delsemme, Belgian astronomer [Schmadel] |
| 2955 Newburn | 1982 BX1 | Ray L. Newburn, American astronomer [Schmadel] |
| 2956 Yeomans | 1982 HN1 | Donald Keith Yeomans, American astronomer † |
| 2957 Tatsuo | 1934 CB1 | Tatsuo Yamada, Japanese astronomer [Schmadel] |
| 2958 Arpetito | 1981 DG | Composite name honouring E. Araya, J. Perez, R. Tighe and A Torrecon, workers at Grand Prism Objectif, La Silla [Schmadel] |
| 2959 Scholl | 1983 RE2 | Hans Scholl, German astronomer [MPC 8802] |
| 2960 Ohtaki | 1977 DK3 | Ohtaki, town in Japan [MPC 8914] |
| 2961 Katsurahama | 1982 XA | Katsurahama, seashore resort in Kochi, Japan [MPC 8802] |
| 2962 Otto | 1940 YF | The discoverer's great-grandfather |
| 2963 Chen Jiageng | 1964 VM1 | Chen Jiageng (Tan Kah Kee), Singaporean businessman, community leader, and philanthropist [Schmadel] |
| 2964 Jaschek | 1974 OA1 | Carlos Jaschek (Carlos Oton Rüdiger Jaschek), German-born Argentinian astronomer [Schmadel] |
| 2965 Surikov | 1975 BX | Vasili Ivanovich Surikov, Russian painter [Schmadel] |
| 2966 Korsunia | 1977 EB2 | Korsun, Ukrainian city [Schmadel] |
| 2967 Vladisvyat | 1977 SS1 | Vladimir Svyatoslavich, medieval prince of Kiev |
| 2968 Iliya | 1978 QJ | Ilya Muromets, legendary Russian hero |
| 2969 Mikula | 1978 RU1 | Mikula Selyaninovich, Russian legendary hero |
| 2970 Pestalozzi | 1978 UC | Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss educational reformer [Schmadel] |
| 2971 Mohr | 1980 YL | Josef M. Mohr, Czech astronomer † ‡ |
| 2972 Niilo | 1939 TB | The discoverer's great-grandson |
| 2973 Paola | 1951 AJ | Her Majesty Queen Paola of Belgium (née Ruffo di Calabria) † |
| 2974 Holden | 1955 QK | Edward Singleton Holden, American astronomer [Schmadel] |
| 2975 Spahr | 1970 AF1 | Timothy B. Spahr, American astronomer [Schmadel] |
| 2976 Lautaro | 1974 HR | Lautaro, leader of the Araucanians of Chile [Schmadel] |
| 2977 Chivilikhin | 1974 SP | Vladimir Alekseevich Chivilikhin, Russian author or Anatolii Timofeevich Chivilikhin, Russian poet [Schmadel] |
| 2978 Roudebush | 1978 SR | Susan Roudebush, astronomical administrator [Schmadel] |
| 2979 Murmansk | 1978 TB7 | Murmansk, Russia [MPC 8914] |
| 2980 Cameron | 1981 EU17 | Alastair G. W. Cameron, American astronomer † |
| 2981 Chagall | 1981 EE20 | Marc Chagall, Belarusian artist [MPC 8802] † |
| 2982 Muriel | 1981 JA3 | The discoverer's mother-in-law |
| 2983 Poltava | 1981 RW2 | Poltava, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine) [Schmadel] † |
| 2984 Chaucer | 1981 YD | Geoffrey Chaucer, English author [Schmadel] |
| 2985 Shakespeare | 1983 TV1 | William Shakespeare, English playwright [Schmadel] |
| 2986 Mrinalini | 2525 P-L | Mrinalini Sarabhai, classical Indian dancer and choreographer [Schmadel] |
| 2987 Sarabhai | 4583 P-L | Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, Indian space scientist [Schmadel] |
| 2988 Korhonen | 1943 EM | Tapio Korhonen, Finnish astronomer [Schmadel] |
| 2989 Imago | 1976 UF1 | The Latin word for 'image' [Schmadel] |
| 2990 Trimberger | 1981 EN27 | Stephen M. Trimberger, American astronomer and computer scientist |
| 2991 Bilbo | 1982 HV | Bilbo Baggins, character in The Lord of the Rings [Schmadel] |
| 2992 Vondel | 2540 P-L | Joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet and playwright [Schmadel] |
| 2993 Wendy | 1970 PA | The discoverer's wife [Schmadel] |
| 2994 Flynn | 1975 PA | The discoverer's wife [Schmadel] |
| 2995 Taratuta | 1978 QK | Evegeniya Aleksandrovna Taratuta, Soviet writer [Schmadel] |
| 2996 Bowman | 1954 RJ | Fred Bowman, American astronomer |
| 2997 Cabrera | 1974 MJ | Larentino Ascencion Cabreba, Argentinian astronomer |
| 2998 Berendeya | 1975 TR3 | The magical land in The Snow Maiden by Alexandr Ostrovsky [Schmadel] |
| 2999 Dante | 1981 CY | Dante Alighieri, Florentine (Italian) poet [Schmadel] |
| 3000 Leonardo | 1981 EG19 | Leonardo da Vinci, Florentine (Italian) genius [Schmadel] |
| Preceded by 2001–2500 |
Meanings of asteroid names List of asteroids (2501-3000) |
Succeeded by 3001–3500 |
