Meanings of asteroid names (3001-3500)

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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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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: 3001... 3101... 3201... 3301... 3401...

Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
3001-3100
3001 Michelangelo 1982 BC1 Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian painter and sculptor
3002 Delasalle 1982 FB3 *
3003 Konček 1983 YH Mikuláš Konček, Slovak meteorologist †
3004 Knud 1976 DD *
3005 Pervictoralex 1979 QK2 Per Victor Alexander Lagerkvist, son of the discoverer †
3006 Livadia 1979 SF11 Livadiya suburb of Yalta †
3007 Reaves 1979 UC Gibson Reaves, American astronomer*
3008 Nojiri 1938 WA Houei Nojiri, Japanese essayist and astronomer
3009 Coventry 1973 SM2 Coventry, England, sister city of Volgograd †
3010 Ushakov 1978 SB5 Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov, Russian admiral † ‡
3011 Chongqing 1978 WM14 Probably, large Chinese "provincial-level municipality" of Chongqing*
3012 Minsk 1979 QU9 Minsk, Byelorussian SSR †
3013 Dobrovoleva 1979 SD7 Oleg Vasilyevich Dobrovolsky, Soviet astronomer †
3014 Huangsushu 1979 TM Su-Shu Huang, Chinese-American astrophysicist †
3015 Candy 1980 VN Michael P. Candy, Australian astrometrist †
3016 Meuse 1981 EK The Meuse River (Dutch Maas), which rises in France and flows through Belgium and the Netherlands †
3017 Petrovič 1981 UL Štefan Petrovič, Slovak climatologist †
3018 Godiva 1982 KM Lady Godiva, legendary Anglo-Saxon woman
3019 Kulin 1940 AC György Kulin, Hungarian astronomer † ‡
3020 Naudts 1949 PR Ignace Naudts, Belgian amateur astronomer [MPC 21955]
3021 Lucubratio 1967 CB Latin for nocturnal study, night work
3022 Dobermann 1980 SH Karl Friedrich Louis Dobermann, German amateur astronomer and dog breeder † ‡ +
3023 Heard 1981 JS John Frederick Heard, Canadian astronomer †
3024 Hainan 1981 UW9 Hainan Province †
3025 Higson 1982 QR Roger Higson, American astronomer assistant †
3026 Sarastro 1977 TA1 Sarastro, the wise priest, in Mozart's The Magic Flute
3027 Shavarsh 1978 PQ2 Shavarsh Karapetyan, Armenian sportsman †
3028 Zhangguoxi 1978 TA2 Zhang Guoxi, Chinese industrialist †
3029 Sanders 1981 EA8 Jeffrey D. Sanders, American student †
3030 Vehrenberg 1981 EH16 Hans Vehrenberg, German amateur astronomer, author of the Atlas of Deep-Sky Splendors (Mein Messier-Buch) † ‡
3031 Houston 1984 CX Houston, Texas
3032 Evans 1984 CA1 David Stanley Evans, British-born astronomer*
3033 Holbaek 1984 EJ *
3034 Climenhaga A917 SE John L. Climenhaga, Canadian astronomer †
3035 Chambers A924 EJ *
3036 Krat 1937 TO Vladimir Alekseevich Krat, Russian astronomer †
3037 Alku 1944 BA Discoverer's boat †
3038 Bernes 1978 QB3 Mark Bernes, Soviet actor and singer †
3039 Yangel 1978 SP2 Mikhail Kuz'mich Yangel', Soviet rocket and missile designer † ‡
3040 Kozai 1979 BA Yoshihide Kozai, Japanese astronomer*
3041 Webb 1980 GD Rev. Thomas William Webb, British amateur astronomer, author of Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes*
3042 Zelinsky 1981 EF10 David Zelinsky, American mathematician
3043 San Diego 1982 SA San Diego, California, in recognition of its efforts to curb light pollution
3044 Saltykov 1983 RE3 Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian satirist
3045 Alois 1984 AW Alois T. Stuczynski, Grandfather of the discoverer
3046 Molière 4120 P-L Molière, French playwright
3047 Goethe 6091 P-L Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer
3048 Guangzhou 1964 TH1 probably Guangzhou, large Chinese city*
3049 Kuzbass 1968 FH Kuznets Basin, an industrial region (Kemerovo Region) of Siberia, known for its coalmining
3050 Carrera 1972 NW *
3051 Nantong 1974 YP Nantong, China
3052 Herzen 1976 YJ3 Alexander Herzen, Russian writer and "father of Russian socialism"
3053 Dresden 1977 QS Dresden, Germany*
3054 Strugatskia 1977 RE7 Boris and Arkady Strugatsky, Russian science fiction writers †
3055 Annapavlova 1978 TR3 Anna Pavlova, Russian ballet dancer †
3056 INAG 1978 VD1 French Institut National d'Astronomie et de Géophysique †
3057 Mälaren 1981 EG Lake Mälaren, Sweden †
3058 Delmary 1981 EO17 Delmary Rose Schanz, American artist †
3059 Pryor 1981 EF23 Tad Pryor, American Astronomer
3060 Delcano 1982 RD1 Juan Sebastian del Caño, Spanish navigator †
3061 Cook 1982 UB1 James Cook, British navigator †
3062 Wren 1982 XC Sir Christopher Wren, British architect †
3063 Makhaon 1983 PV Makhaon, physician to Greeks during the Trojan War †
3064 Zimmer 1984 BB1 Louis Zimmer, Belgian (Flemish) clockmaker and amateur astronomer †
3065 Sarahill 1984 CV Sarah J. Hill, American astronomer †
3066 McFadden 1984 EO Lucy-Ann McFadden, American astronomer †
3067 Akhmatova 1982 TE2 Anna Akhmatova, Soviet poet †
3068 Khanina 1982 YJ1 Frida Borisovna Khanina, Soviet astronomer †
3069 Heyrovský 1982 UG2 Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech physical chemist †
3070 Aitken 1949 GK Robert Grant Aitken, American astronomer
3071 Nesterov 1973 FT1 Pyotr Nesterov, Russian airman †
3072 Vilnius 1978 RS1 Vilnius †
3073 Kursk 1979 SW11 Kursk, Russia †
3074 Popov 1979 YE9 Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian inventor †
3075 Bornmann 1981 EY15 Patricia Bormann, American solar astronomer
3076 Garber 1982 RB1 Paul E. Garber, American explorer †
3077 Henderson 1982 SK Thomas Henderson, Scottish astronomer, first Astronomer Royal for Scotland*
3078 Horrocks 1984 FG Jeremiah Horrocks, English astronomer and mathematician*
3079 Schiller 2578 P-L Friedrich Schiller, German playwright
3080 Moisseiev 1935 TE Nikolai Moiseev, Soviet astronomer †
3081 Martinůboh 1971 UP Bohuslav Martinů, Czech composer
3082 Dzhalil 1972 KE Musa Cälil, Tatar Soviet poet †
3083 OAFA 1974 MH Observatorio Astronómico Félix Aguilar*
3084 Kondratyuk 1977 QB1 Yuri Kondratyuk, Soviet cosmonautics pioneer †
3085 Donna 1980 DA *
3086 Kalbaugh 1980 XE *
3087 Beatrice Tinsley 1981 QJ1 Beatrice Tinsley, British-born New Zealand astronomer
3088 Jinxiuzhonghua 1981 UX9 Splendid China, park at Shenzhen
3089 Oujianquan 1981 XK2 Jian-Quan Ou, Chinese*
3090 Tjossem 1982 AN *
3091 van den Heuvel 6081 P-L Edward Peter Jacobus van den Heuvel, Dutch astronomer †
3092 Herodotus 6550 P-L Herodotus, Ancient Greek historian
3093 Bergholz 1971 MG Olga Bergholz, Russian poetess † ‡
3094 Chukokkala 1979 FE2 named in memory of Korney Chukovsky, "Chukokkala" is the title of album by him †
3095 Omarkhayyam 1980 RT2 Omar Khayyám, Tajik and Persian poet †
3096 Bezruč 1981 QC1 Petr Bezruč, Czech poet †
3097 Tacitus 2011 P-L Tacitus, Roman historian
3098 van Sprang 4579 P-L Bert van Sprang, Dutch meteor specialist †
3099 Hergenrother 1940 GF Carl W. Hergenrother, American astronomer*
3100 Zimmerman 1977 EQ1 Nikolaj Vladimirovich Zimmerman, Russian astronomer †
3101-3200
3101 Goldberger 1978 GB *
3102 Krok 1981 QA Krok, mythical Slavonic prince †
3103 Eger 1982 BB Eger a small town NE of Budapest, at one time the sixth largest town in Hungary, known for its medieval streets, castle, and red wine (Bull's Blood) †
3104 Dürer 1982 BB1 Albrecht Dürer, artist*
3105 Stumpff A907 PB Karl Stumpff, German astronomer*
3106 Morabito 1981 EE Linda Morabito (afterwards Linda Kelly), Education Programs Manager at the Planetary Society †
3107 Weaver 1981 JG2 Harold Anthony Weaver, American astronomer, or Harold Francis Weaver, American astronomer, or William Bruce Weaver, American astronomer, or several other candidates*
3108 Lyubov 1972 QM Lyubov Orlova, Soviet actress †
3109 Machin 1974 DC Arnold Machin, British sculptor [MPC 34618]
3110 Wagman 1975 SC Nicholas E. Wagman, American astronomer †
3111 Misuzu 1977 DX8 Nickname of Shinano Province (Ancient name of Nagano Prefecture), Japan
3112 Velimir 1977 QC5 Velimir Khlebnikov, Russian poet †
3113 Chizhevskij 1978 RO Alexander Chizhevsky, Soviet biologist †
3114 Ercilla 1980 FB12 *
3115 Baily 1981 PL Francis Baily, English astronomer*
3116 Goodricke 1983 CF John Goodricke, English (of Dutch descent) astronomer †
3117 Niepce 1983 CM1 Nicéphore Niépce, French photography pioneer*
3118 Claytonsmith 1974 OD Clayton Smith of the United States Naval Observatory †
3119 Dobronravin 1972 YX Petr Pavlovich Dobronravin, Russian astrophysicist † ‡
3120 Dangrania 1979 RZ Daniil Aleksandrovich Granin, Russian writer † ‡
3121 Tamines 1981 EV Tamines, Belgium*
3122 Florence 1981 ET3 Florence Nightingale, English nurse and hospital reformer [MPC 21955]
3123 Dunham 1981 QF2 David Waring Dunham, American astronomer*
3124 Kansas 1981 VB Kansas, United States*
3125 Hay 1982 BJ1 *
3126 Davydov 1969 TP1 *
3127 Bagration 1973 ST4 Pyotr Bagration, Russian (of Georgian descent) general who died at the Battle of Borodino in 1812*
3128 Obruchev 1979 FJ2 Vladimir Obruchev, Russian geologist and fiction author*
3129 Bonestell 1979 MK2 Chesley Bonestell, American space artist. Named following a competition organized by the Planetary Society †
3130 Hillary 1981 YO Sir Edmund Hillary, British mountaineer †
3131 Mason-Dixon 1982 BM1 The Mason-Dixon line, USA*
3132 Landgraf 1940 WL Werner Landgraf, German astronomer, who established the orbit (and whose initials appear in the provisional designation) †
3133 Sendai A907 TC Sendai, Japan
3134 Kostinsky A921 VA Sergej Konstantinovich Kostinskij, Russian astronomer, after whom the Kostinsky effect is named †
3135 Lauer 1981 EC9 Tod R. Lauer, American astronomer
3136 Anshan 1981 WD4 Anshan, China*
3137 Horky 1982 SM1 Czech hill, site of Antonín Mrkos' first telescope †
3138 Ciney 1980 KL Ciney, Belgium*
3139 Shantou 1980 VL1 Shantou, China
3140 Stellafane 1983 AO Stellafane, the annual starparty organized by the Springfield Telescope Makers
3141 Buchar 1984 RH Emil Buchar, Czech astronomer †
3142 Kilopi 1937 AC kilo pi (1000*π, rounds off to 3142)
3143 Genecampbell 1980 UA Gene Campbell? *
3144 Brosche 1931 TY1 Peter Brosche, German astronomer*
3145 Walter Adams 1955 RY Walter Sydney Adams, American astronomer*
3146 Dato 1972 KG Dato Kratsashvili, Georgian painter †
3147 Samantha 1976 YU3 Samantha Smith, American girl †
3148 Grechko 1979 SA12 Georgii Mikhailovich Grechko, Soviet cosmonaut †
3149 Okudzhava 1981 SH Bulat Okudzhava, Russian (of Georgian descent) poet and songwriter † ‡
3150 Tosa 1983 CB Tosa province (Ancient name of Kōchi Prefecture), Japan
3151 Talbot 1983 HF William Henry Fox Talbot, British pioneer of photography*
3152 Jones 1983 LF *
3153 Lincoln 1984 SH3 Abraham Lincoln, American president*
3154 Grant 1984 SO3 Ulysses S. Grant, American president*
3155 Lee 1984 SP3 Robert E. Lee, American general*
3156 Ellington 1953 EE Duke Ellington, American musician*
3157 Novikov 1973 SX3 Alexei Ivanovich Novikov, Soviet aviator and poet †
3158 Anga 1976 SU2 Siberian village, birthplace of Russian etnographers Ivan Evseevich Venyaminov and Afanasij Prokopevich Shchapov †
3159 Prokof'ev 1976 US2 Vladimir Konstantinovich Prokof'ev, Russian spectroscopist †
3160 Angerhofer 1980 LE Phillip Edward Angerhofer, American astronomer and astrophysicist*
3161 Beadell 1980 TB5 *
3162 Nostalgia 1980 YH named in remembrance of good things that are no more †
3163 Randi 1981 QM James Randi, magician †
3164 Prast 6562 P-L *
3165 Mikawa 1984 QE Mikawa Province (Ancient name of eastern half of Aichi Prefecture), Japan
3166 Klondike 1940 FG The brothers Karl F. Joutsen and Anton F. Johnson, who made a fortune in the Klondike Gold Rush †
3167 Babcock 1955 RS Horace Babcock, American astronomer*
3168 Lomnický Štít 1980 XM Lomnický Štít, Czech meteorological and solar observatory †
3169 Ostro 1981 LA Steven Jeffrey Ostro, American astronomer
3170 Dzhanibekov 1979 SS11 Vladimir Dzhanibekov, Soviet cosmonaut †
3171 Wangshouguan 1979 WO Shou-Guan Wang, Chinese astronomer*
3172 Hirst 1981 WW William Parkinson Hirst, South African astronomer
3173 McNaught 1981 WY Robert McNaught, British astronomer*
3174 Alcock 1984 UV George Alcock, British comet and nova hunter
3175 Netto 1979 YP Edgar Rangel Netto, Brazilian astronomer*
3176 Paolicchi 1980 VR1 Paolo Paolicchi, Italian astrophysicist
3177 Chillicothe 1934 AK One of the places named Chillicothe in Ohio, Missouri, or Illinois? *
3178 Yoshitsune 1984 WA Minamoto no Yoshitsune, early samurai
3179 Beruti 1962 FA Colonel Antonio Luis Beruti, Argentinian military officer and patriotic leader in the struggles for independence from Spanish rule
3180 Morgan 1962 RO William Wilson Morgan, American astronomer*
3181 Ahnert 1964 EC Paul Oswald Ahnert, German astronomer
3182 Shimanto 1984 WC Shimanto River, Japan
3183 Franzkaiser 1949 PP Franz Kaiser German astronomer †
3184 Raab 1949 QC Herbert Raab, Austrian software engineer and amateur astronomer, author of Astrometrica software † ‡
3185 Clintford 1953 VY1 Clinton B. Ford, American amateur astronomer, at one time Secretary of the American Association of Variable Star Observers*
3186 Manuilova 1973 SD3 Olga Maksimilianovna Manuilova, Soviet sculptor †
3187 Dalian 1977 TO3 Dalian, China
3188 Jekabsons 1978 OM *
3189 Penza 1978 RF6 Penza, Russia †
3190 Aposhanskij 1978 SR6 *
3191 Svanetia 1979 SX9 Svanetia, a mountainous district in Georgia
3192 A'Hearn 1982 BY1 Michael Francis A'Hearn, American astronomer † ‡
3193 Elliot 1982 DJ *
3194 Dorsey 1982 KD1 *
3195 Fedchenko 1978 PT2 Alexei Pavlovich Fedchenko, Russian explorer*
3196 Maklaj 1978 RY Nicholai Miklukho-Maklai, Russian ethnologist †
3197 Weissman 1981 AD Paul Robert Weissman, American astronomer*
3198 Wallonia 1981 YH1 Wallonia (Walloon Region), one of the three federal regions of Belgium*
3199 Nefertiti 1982 RA Nefertiti, Egyptian queen*
3200 Phaethon 1983 TB Phaëton, mythological Greek
3201-3300
3201 Sijthoff 6560 P-L Albert Willem Sijthoff, Dutch publisher, who funded the construction of the Sijthoff Planetarium in the Hague in 1934. When that burned down in 1975, A. G. Sijthoff funded the construction of its replacement, the Omniversum †
3202 Graff A908 AA Kasimir Romuald Graff, German astronomer*
3203 Huth 1938 SL Hans Huth, German astronomer*
3204 Lindgren 1978 RH Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren, Swedish writer †
3205 Boksenberg 1979 MO6 Alec Boksenberg, British astronomer*
3206 Wuhan 1980 VN1 Wuhan, China
3207 Spinrad 1981 EY25 Hyron Spinrad, American astronomer*
3208 Lunn 1981 JM *
3209 Buchwald 1982 BL1 Vagn Fabritius Buchwald, Danish meteoriticist*
3210 Lupishko 1983 WH1 Dmitrii Lupishko, Ukrainian astronomer*
3211 Louispharailda 1931 CE Louis Pharailda? *
3212 Agricola 1938 DH2 Georg Agricola, German scientist, "father of mineralogy"*
3213 Smolensk 1977 NQ Smolensk, Russia †
3214 Makarenko 1978 TZ6 Anton Makarenko, Soviet teacher and writer †
3215 Lapko 1980 BQ Konstantin Kuz'mich Lapko, Soviet surgeon †
3216 Harrington 1980 RB Robert Sutton Harrington, American astronomer †
3217 Seidelmann 1980 RK Paul Kenneth Seidelmann, American astronomer*
3218 Delphine 6611 P-L *
3219 Komaki 1934 CX Kōjirō Komaki, Japanese amateur astronomer
3220 Murayama 1951 WF Sadao Murayama, Japanese astronomer
3221 Changshi 1981 XF2 Changshu, China
3222 Liller 1983 NJ William Liller, American astronomer †
3223 Forsius 1942 RN Aron Sigfrid Forsius (also known as Siegfried Aronsen), Finnish-born Professor of Astronomy in Uppsala, Sweden. His 1611 manuscript propounding his theory of colours was discovered in the Royal Library in Stockholm in 1969*
3224 Irkutsk 1977 RL6 Irkutsk, Russia
3225 Hoag 1982 QQ Arthur Allen Hoag, American astronomer*
3226 Plinius 6565 P-L Pliny the Elder (or Pliny the Younger)*
3227 Hasegawa 1928 DF Ichirō Hasegawa, Japanese astronomer*
3228 Pire 1935 CL Georges Pire (Father Dominique), Belgian monk (Dominican Order), winner of the 1958 Nobel Prize for Peace*
3229 Solnhofen A916 PC Solnhofen, south (SSE) of Nuremberg in Germany and known for its limestone and fossils*
3230 Vampilov 1972 LE Aleksandr Valentinovich Vampilov, Soviet playwright †
3231 Mila 1972 RU2 Lyudmila Pakhomova, Soviet ice dancer †
3232 Brest 1974 SL Brest, a city in Byelorussia †
3233 Krišbarons 1977 RA6 Krišjānis Barons, Latvian folklorist †
3234 Hergiani 1978 QO2 Mikhail Vissarionovich Hergiani, famous Soviet mountaineer †
3235 Melchior 1981 EL1 Paul Jacques Léon Melchior, Belgian geophysicist*
3236 Strand 1982 BH1 *
3237 Victorplatt 1984 SA5 Victor Platt, British actor*
3238 Timresovia 1975 VB9 Nikolay Timofeeff-Ressovsky, Soviet biologist †
3239 Meizhou 1978 UJ2 Meizhou, China
3240 Laocoon 1978 VG6 Laocoön, Trojan priest of Poseidon
3241 Yeshuhua 1978 WH14 Shuhua Ye (or correct Chinese style: Ye Shuhua), Chinese astronomer †
3242 Bakhchisaraj 1979 SG9 Bakhchisaray, a town in Crimea, the center of the same district where Crimean Astrophysical Observatory was created †
3243 Skytel 1980 DC named after Sky and Telescope magazine for its 50th anniv.†
3244 Petronius 4008 P-L Petronius, Roman writer
3245 Jensch 1973 UL5 Alfred Jensch, German astronomer*
3246 Bidstrup 1976 GQ3 Herluf Bidstrup, Danish caricaturist †
3247 Di Martino 1981 YE Mario di Martino, Italian astronomer*
3248 Farinella 1982 FK Paolo Farinella, Italian astronomer*
3249 Musashino 1977 DT4 Musashino, a suburb of Tokyo, Japan*
3250 Martebo 1979 EB Martebo, Gotland island, Sweden †
3251 Eratosthenes 6536 P-L Eratosthenes, Ancient Greek scientist
3252 Johnny 1981 EM4 *
3253 Gradie 1982 HQ1 Jonathan Carey Gradie, American astronomer
3254 Bus 1982 UM Schelte John Bus, American astronomer
3255 Tholen 1980 RA David James Tholen, American astronomer
3256 Daguerre 1981 SJ1 Louis Daguerre, French chemist and artist, pioneer of photography (the Daguerreotype process)
3257 Hanzlík 1982 GG Stanislav Hanzlík, Czech meteorologist and climatologist †
3258 Somnium 1983 RJ Kepler's Somnium, sive opus posthumum de astronomia lunaris (The Dream, or Posthumous Work on Lunar Astronomy), which combined a serious study of lunar astronomy and the fictional account of a journey to the Moon
3259 Brownlee 1984 SZ4 Donald Eugene Brownlee, American astronomer*
3260 Vizbor 1974 SO2 Yurii Iosifovich Vizbor, Russian actor, poet, writer, composer and playwright †
3261 Tvardovskij 1979 SF9 Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Soviet poet †
3262 Miune 1983 WB Miune, mountain in Kōchi, Japan
3263 Bligh 1932 CN William Bligh, captain of the Bounty
3264 Bounty 1934 AF HMAS Bounty, ship
3265 Fletcher 1953 VN2 Fletcher Christian, Bounty mutineer
3266 Bernardus 1978 PA Andres Bernardus Muller, Dutch astronomer †
3267 Glo 1981 AA Nickname of Eleanor F. Helin, American astronomer, comet hunter, and advisor to the Planetary Society †
3268 De Sanctis 1981 DD Giovanni de Sanctis, Italian astronomer*
3269 Vibert-Douglas 1981 EX16 Alice Vibert Douglas, Canadian astronomer †
3270 Dudley 1982 DA Dudley Observatory, in Albany, N.Y. and later Schenectady, N.Y.. Originally noted for its work in astrometry and latterly (1956-1976) in the study of micrometeoroids. It now functions as an educational foundation*
3271 Ul 1982 RB *
3272 Tillandz 1938 DB1 Elias Erici Tillandz (Elias Tillander), Swedish physician and botanist*
3273 Drukar 1975 TS2 *
3274 Maillen 1981 QO2 Maillen, Belgium*
3275 Oberndorfer 1982 HE1 Hans Oberndorfer, German amateur astronomer, director of the Volkssternwarte München (Munich Public Observatory) † ‡
3276 Porta Coeli 1982 RZ1 Porta Coeli ("Gateway to Heaven") convent in Tišnov, Czech Republic †
3277 Aaronson 1984 AF1 Marc Aaronson, American astronomer
3278 Běhounek 1984 BT František Běhounek, Czech physicist †
3279 Solon 9103 P-L Solon, Greek lawmaker*
3280 Grétry 1933 SJ André Ernest Modeste Grétry, Belgian (Walloon) composer
3281 Maupertuis 1938 DZ Pierre Louis Maupertuis, French mathematician and astronomer
3282 Spencer Jones 1949 DA Sir Harold Spencer Jones, British astronomer, former Astronomer Royal
3283 Skorina 1979 QA10 Frantsisk Skorina, first doctor of medicine in Belarus, printer and publisher*
3284 Niebuhr 1953 NB Reinhold Niebuhr, American theologian*
3285 Ruth Wolfe 1983 VW1 Ruth F. Wolfe, American geologist, colleague of Gene and Carolyn Shoemaker at the United States Geological Survey*
3286 Anatoliya 1980 BV *
3287 Olmstead 1981 DK1 C. Michelle Olmstead, American astronomer*
3288 Seleucus 1982 DV Seleucus of Seleucia, Greek astronomer*
3289 Mitani 1934 RP Tetsuyasu Mitani, Japanese astronomer or Takefumi Mitani, Japanese astronomer*
3290 Azabu 1973 SZ1 Azabu, a district of Tokyo, Japan
3291 Dunlap 1982 VX3 J. Lawrence Dunlap, American astronomer*
3292 Sather 2631 P-L Robert E. Sather, American astronomer*
3293 Rontaylor 4650 P-L Ronald C. Taylor, American astronomer*
3294 Carlvesely 6563 P-L Carl D. Vesely, American astronomer*
3295 Murakami 1950 DH Tadayoshi Murakami, Japanese astronomer
3296 Bosque Alegre 1975 SF Named after the astrophysical station of Cordoba Observatory in Argentina
3297 Hong Kong 1978 WN14 Hong Kong, China
3298 Massandra 1979 OB15 *
3299 Hall 1980 TX5 Asaph Hall, American astronomer, or Donald Hall, American astronomer, or other candidates*
3300 McGlasson 1928 NA Family Surname of a small Clan located in the Scottish Highlands.
3301-3400
3301 Jansje 1978 CT Jansje Verveer, mother of Dutch astronomer Arie Verveer †
3302 Schliemann 1977 RS6 Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist*
3303 Merta 1967 UN *
3304 Pearce 1981 EQ21 Joseph A. Pearce, Canadian astronomer †
3305 Ceadams 1985 KB Charles Edward Adams, American astronomer*
3306 Byron 1979 SM11 Lord Byron, British poet*
3307 Athabasca 1981 DE1 The Athabascans, ancient people of North America †
3308 Ferreri 1981 EP Walter Ferreri, Italian astronomer*
3309 Brorfelde 1982 BH Brorfelde Observatory in Denmark
3310 Patsy 1931 TS2 *
3311 Podobed 1976 QM1 Vladimir Vladimirovich Podobed, Soviet astronomer †
3312 Pedersen 1984 SN Holger Pedersen, Danish astronomer*
3313 Mendel 1980 DG Gregor Johann Mendel, Czech-Austrian father of genetics †
3314 Beals 1981 FH Carlyle Smith Beals, Canadian astronomer †
3315 Chant 1984 CZ Clarence Augustus Chant, Canadian astronomer † ‡
3316 Herzberg 1984 CN1 Gerhard Herzberg, German-born Canadian chemist and astronomer †
3317 Paris 1984 KF Paris, Trojan prince
3318 Blixen 1985 HB Karen Blixen, Danish writer
3319 Kibi 1977 EJ5 Kibi Province (ancient name of Okayama Prefecture and eastern half of Hiroshima Prefecture), Japan
3320 Namba 1982 VZ4 Naniwa, traditional name of Osaka, Japan
3321 Dasha 1975 TZ2 Darya Lavrentyevna Mikhailova (known as Dasha Sevastopolskaya]]), Russian sister of charity †
3322 Lidiya 1975 XY1 Lidiya Vissarionovna Zvereva, the first Russian female aviator †
3323 Turgenev 1979 SY9 Ivan Turgenev, Russian writer †
3324 Avsyuk 1983 CW1 Yurii Nikolaevich Avsyuk, Russian geophysicist (specialist in gravimetry and geodynamics) †
3325 TARDIS 1984 JZ The TARDIS, time machine in Doctor Who
3326 Agafonikov 1985 FL Askol'd M. Agafonikov, Russian(?) geophysicist †
3327 Campins 1985 PW Humberto Campins (Humberto Campins Camejo), Venezuelan-born American astronomer †
3328 Interposita 1985 QD1 *
3329 Golay 1985 RT1 Marcel Golay, Swiss astronomer*
3330 Gantrisch 1985 RU1 Gantrisch, a mountain south of Bern in Switzerland*
3331 Kvistaberg 1979 QS Kvistaberg, site of Uppsala Observatory, Sweden †
3332 Raksha 1978 NT1 Yury Mikhailovich Raksha, Russian artist †
3333 Schaber 1980 TG5 Gerald Gene Schaber, American planetary geologist*
3334 Somov 1981 YR Mikhail M. Somov, Soviet Antarctic explorer † ‡ +
3335 Quanzhou 1966 AA Quanzhou, China
3336 Grygar 1971 UX Jiří Grygar, Czech astronomer*
3337 Miloš 1971 UG1 *
3338 Richter 1973 UX5 Charles Francis Richter, American seismologist*
3339 Treshnikov 1978 LB Aleksei Fedorovich Treshnikov, Soviet Antarctic explorer † ‡
3340 Yinhai 1979 TK Yinhai, China
3341 Hartmann 1980 OD William Kenneth Hartmann, American planetary scientist, writer, and painter †
3342 Fivesparks 1982 BD3 *
3343 Nedzel 1982 HS *
3344 Modena 1982 JA *
3345 Tarkovskij 1982 YC1 Andrei Tarkovsky, Soviet film producer †
3346 Gerla 1951 SD *
3347 Konstantin 1975 VN1 Konstantin Alekseevich Kalinin, Soviet aviator †
3348 Pokryshkin 1978 EA3 Aleksandr Ivanovich Pokryshkin, Soviet pilot †
3349 Manas 1979 FH2 Manas, a Kyrgyz epic poem†
3350 Scobee 1980 PJ Francis "Dick" Scobee, STS-51-L crew member
3351 Smith 1980 RN1 Michael J. Smith, STS-51-L crew member
3352 McAuliffe 1981 CW Christa McAuliffe, STS-51-L crew member
3353 Jarvis 1981 YC Gregory Jarvis, STS-51-L crew member
3354 McNair 1984 CW Ronald McNair, STS-51-L crew member
3355 Onizuka 1984 CC1 Ellison Onizuka, STS-51-L crew member
3356 Resnik 1984 EU Judith Resnik, STS-51-L crew member
3357 Tolstikov 1984 FT Yevgeny Ivanovich Tolstikov, Russian meteorologist † ‡ +
3358 Anikushin 1978 RX Mikhail Anikushin, Russian sculptor †
3359 Purcari 1978 RA6 Moldavian wine producer †
3360 Syrinx 1981 VA Syrinx, a nymph
3361 Orpheus 1982 HR Orpheus, mythological Greek musician
3362 Khufu 1984 QA Khufu, Egyptian pharaoh
3363 Bowen 1960 EE Ira Sprague Bowen, American astronomer*
3364 Zdenka 1984 GF Zdenka Vávrová, Czech astronomer † OR Zdenka Kadla, Chechen-Russian astronomer, wife of A. A. Mikhailov ‡
3365 Recogne 1985 CG2 Recogne in the Ardennes, Belgium*
3366 Gödel 1985 SD1 Kurt Gödel, Austro-Hungarian logician
3367 Alex 1983 CA3 *
3368 Duncombe 1985 QT Raynor Lockwood Duncombe, American astronomer*
3369 Freuchen 1985 UZ Peter Freuchen, Danish polar explorer and author*
3370 Kohsai 1934 CU Hiroki Kosai, Japanese astronomer
3371 Giacconi 1955 RZ Riccardo Giacconi, Italian-born American astrophysicist and winner (with Raymond Davis and Masatoshi Koshiba) of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2002*
3372 Bratijchuk 1976 SP4 M. V. Bratiichuk, Ukrainian astronomer*
3373 Koktebelia 1978 QQ2 Koktebel, a resort on the Black Sea in Crimea*
3374 Namur 1980 KO Namur, capital of the region of Wallonia in Belgium*
3375 Amy 1981 JY1 *
3376 Armandhammer 1982 UJ8 Armand Hammer, American industrialist and art collector*
3377 Lodewijk 4122 P-L Lodewijk Woltjer, Dutch astronomer †
3378 Susanvictoria A922 WB Susan Victoria? *
3379 Oishi 1931 TJ1 Hideo Oishi, Japanese amateur astronomer
3380 Awaji 1940 EF Awaji Island, Japan
3381 Mikkola 1941 UG Seppo Mikkola, Finnish astronomer*
3382 Cassidy 1948 RD William Arthur Cassidy, American meteoriticist*
3383 Koyama 1951 AB Hisako Koyama, Japanese amateur astronomer
3384 Daliya 1974 SB1 *
3385 Bronnina 1979 SK11 Nina Mikhajlovna Bronnikova, Russian astronomer †
3386 Klementinum 1980 FA The Klementinium, college in Prague †
3387 Greenberg 1981 WE Jerome Mayo Greenberg (J. Mayo Greenberg), American cosmochemist*
3388 Tsanghinchi 1981 YR1 Hin-Chi Tsang, Chinese*
3389 Sinzot 1984 DU *
3390 Demanet 1984 ES1 Victor Demanet, Belgian sculptor*
3391 Sinon 1977 DD3 Sinon, mythical Greek warrior
3392 Setouchi 1979 YB Setouchi Region, Japan
3393 Štúr 1984 WY1 *
3394 Banno 1986 DB Yoshiaki Banno, Japanese engineer
3395 Jitka 1985 UN Jitka Beneš, Czech astronomer †
3396 Muazzez A915 TE *
3397 Leyla 1964 XA *
3398 Stättmayer 1978 PC Peter Stättmayer, German amateur astronomer, director of the Volkssternwarte München (Munich Public Observatory) † ‡
3399 Kobzon 1979 SZ9 Joseph Kobzon, Soviet singer †
3400 Aotearoa 1981 GX Māori name for New Zealand*
3401-3500
3401 Vanphilos 1981 PA *
3402 Wisdom 1981 PB Jack Wisdom, American astronomer*
3403 Tammy 1981 SW *
3404 Hinderer 1934 CY Fritz Hinderer, German astronomer*
3405 Daiwensai 1964 UQ Wen-Sai Dai, Chinese astronomer*
3406 Omsk 1969 DA Omsk, Russia †
3407 Jimmysimms 1973 DT James A. C. Simms III, American system administrator [MPC 34618]
3408 Shalamov 1977 QG4 Varlam Tikhonovich Shalamov, Soviet writer †
3409 Abramov 1977 RE6 Fyodor Abramov, Soviet writer †
3410 Vereshchagin 1978 SZ7 Vasili Vasilyevich Vereshchagin, Russian painter †
3411 Debetencourt 1980 LK *
3412 Kafka 1983 AU2 Franz Kafka, German-Czech writer
3413 Andriana 1983 CB3 *
3414 Champollion 1983 DJ Jean-François Champollion, French linguist
3415 Danby 1928 SL Anthony Danby (John Michael Anthony Danby), British-born mathematician formerly of North Carolina State University †
3416 Dorrit 1931 VP Dorrit Hoffleit, American astronomer
3417 Tamblyn 1937 GG *
3418 Izvekov 1973 QZ1 Vladimir Andreevich Izvekov, Soviet astronomer † ‡
3419 Guth 1981 JZ Vladimír Guth, Slovak astronomer †
3420 Standish 1984 EB E Myles Standish Jr, American astronomer, Caltech/JPL
3421 Yangchenning 1975 WK1 Yang Zhenning (Chen Ning Franklin Yang), Chinese-American physicist
3422 Reid 1978 OJ *
3423 Slouka 1981 CK Hubert Slouka, Czech astronomer †
3424 Nušl 1982 CD František Nušl, Czech astronomer and mathematician †
3425 Hurukawa 1929 BD Kiichiro Hurukawa, Japanese astronomer
3426 Seki 1932 CQ Tsutomu Seki, Japanese astronomer*
3427 Szentmártoni 1938 AD Béla Szentmártoni, Hungarian amateur astronomer † ‡ ┼
3428 Roberts 1952 JH *
3429 Chuvaev 1974 SU1 Konstantin Konstantinovich Chuvaev, Soviet astronomer †
3430 Bradfield 1980 TF4 William A. Bradfield, Australian amateur astronomer*
3431 Nakano 1984 QC Syuichi Nakano, Japanese astronomer
3432 Kobuchizawa 1986 EE Kobuchizawa Observatory in Japan which contributes asteroid (Near Earth Objects) observations to the Minor Planet Center
3433 Fehrenbach 1963 TJ1 Charles Fehrenbach, French astronomer*
3434 Hurless 1981 VO Carolyn Hurless, American amateur astronomer
3435 Boury 1981 XC2 Arsène Boury, Belgian astronomer*
3436 Ibadinov 1976 SS3 Hursandkul Ibadinov, Tajik astronomer †
3437 Kapitsa 1982 UZ5 Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa, Russian physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1978 †
3438 Inarradas 1974 SD5 *
3439 Lebofsky 1983 RL2 Larry Allen Lebofsky, or Marcia Jean Lebofsky, both American astronomers*
3440 Stampfer 1950 DD Simon Stampfer, Austrian geodesist and astronomer, pioneer of cinematography*
3441 Pochaina 1969 TS1 Pochaina, a tributary of the Dnieper in the Ukraine
3442 Yashin 1978 TO7 Leonid Yashin, Soviet goalkeeper
3443 Leetsungdao 1979 SB1 Tsung-Dao Lee, Chinese American physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics*
3444 Stepanian 1980 RJ2 Jivan A. Stepanian, Armenian astronomer*
3445 Pinson 1983 FC William H. Pinson, American geochemist*
3446 Combes 1942 EB Michel-Alain Combes, French astronomer
3447 Burckhalter 1956 SC Charles Burckhalter, American astronomer*
3448 Narbut 1977 QA5 *
3449 Abell 1978 VR9 George Ogden Abell, American astronomer*
3450 Dommanget 1983 QJ Jean Dommanget, Belgian astronomer*
3451 Mentor 1984 HA1 Mentor, mythological Greek king, son of Imbrus at Pedaseus, father of Imbrius, ally of the Trojans †
3452 Hawke 1980 OA Bernard Ray Hawke, American planetary geologist*
3453 Dostoevsky 1981 SS5 Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian writer
3454 Lieske 1981 WB1 Jay Henry Lieske, American astronomer*
3455 Kristensen 1985 QC Leif Kahl Kristensen, Danish astronomer*
3456 Etiennemarey 1985 RS2 Étienne-Jules Marey, French surgeon, physiologist, inventor of the chronophotograph, pioneer of cinematography, contemporary of Eadweard Muybridge
3457 Arnenordheim 1985 RA3 Arne Nordheim, Norwegian composer*
3458 Boduognat 1985 RT3 Boduognat or Boduognatus, leader of the Nervii in Gaul who, with the Atrebates and Viromandui, fought Julius Caesar in 57 BC
3459 Bodil 1986 GB *
3460 Ashkova 1973 QB2 *
3461 Mandelshtam 1977 SA1 Osip Mandelstam, Soviet poet †
3462 Zhouguangzhao 1981 UA10 Zhou Guangzhao
3463 Kaokuen 1981 XJ2 Charles K. Kao
3464 Owensby 1983 BA *
3465 Trevires 1984 SQ5 *
3466 Ritina 1975 EA6 discoverer's daughter Margarita, who was also an astronomer at CrAO †
3467 Bernheim 1981 SF2 Robert Burnham, Jr. †
3468 Urgenta 1975 AM *
3469 Bulgakov 1982 UL7 Mikhail Bulgakov, Soviet writer †
3470 Yaronika 1975 ES discoverer's son Yaroslav, who also works at CrAO†
3471 Amelin 1977 QK2 Valentin Mikhailovich Amelin, Soviet geodesist †
3472 Upgren 1981 EJ10 Arthur Reinhold Upgren, American astronomer*
3473 Sapporo A924 EG Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan*
3474 Linsley 1962 HE *
3475 Fichte 1972 TD Hubert Fichte, German writer [MPC 34618]
3476 Dongguan 1978 UF2 Dongguan, China
3477 Kazbegi 1979 KH Mount Kazbek, on the border between Georgia and Russia
3478 Fanale 1979 XG Fraser Partington Fanale, American planetary geologist*
3479 Malaparte 1980 TQ Curzio Malaparte (Kurt (Erich) Suckert), Italian writer †
3480 Abante 1981 GB *
3481 Xianglupeak 1982 DS6 Xianglu Peak ("Incense Burner Peak", 557 m), highest point of the Fragrant Hill Park, northwest of Beijing, China †
3482 Lesnaya 1975 VY4 village Lesnaya, near which Swedes were defeated by the Russian army in the Battle of Lesnaya †
3483 Svetlov 1976 YP2 Mikhail Arkadyevich Svetlov, Soviet poet †
3484 Neugebauer 1978 NE Paul Victor Neugebauer, German astronomer or Otto Neugebauer, historian of astronomy, or Marcia Neugebauer, American astronomer*
3485 Barucci 1983 NU Maria Antonietta Barucci, Italian astronomer*
3486 Fulchignoni 1984 CR Marcello Fulchignoni, Italian astronomer
3487 Edgeworth 1978 UF Kenneth Essex Edgeworth, Irish engineer [MPC 34618]
3488 Brahic 1980 PM André Brahic, French astronomer*
3489 Lottie 1983 AT2 *
3490 Šolc 1984 SV Ivan Šolc, Czech inventor †
3491 Fridolin 1984 SM4 Fridolin Becker, Swiss cartographer or Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss politician or Saint Fridolin (Fridolin von Säckingen), Irish missionary*
3492 Petra-Pepi 1985 DQ Daughter of the discoverer [MPC 21955] †
3493 Stepanov 1976 GR6 Vladimir Yevgenyevich Stepanov, Soviet physicist †
3494 Purple Mountain 1980 XW Purple Mountain Observatory, China
3495 Colchagua 1981 NU Colchagua Province, Chile †
3496 Arieso 1977 RC name consists of acronyms of Astronomisches Rechen-Institut and the European Southern Observatory †
3497 Innanen 1941 HJ Kimmo Innanen, Finnish-Canadian astronomer †
3498 Belton 1981 EG14 Michael James Scott Belton, astronomer †
3499 Hoppe 1981 VW1 Johannes Hoppe, German astronomer, or Peter Hoppe, German planetary scientist*
3500 Kobayashi A919 SD Takao Kobayashi, astronomer*
Preceded by
2501–3000		 Meanings of asteroid names
List of asteroids (3001-3500)		 Succeeded by
3501–4000