Meanings of asteroid names (4001-4500)

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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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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: 4001... 4101... 4201... 4301... 4401...

Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
4001-4100
4001 Ptolemaeus	1949 PV	Ptolemy, Greek astronomer*
4002 Shinagawa	1950 JB	Seishi Shinagawa, first to use electronic computers for orbit computation in Japan [MPC 22500]
4003 Schumann	1964 ED	Robert Schumann, German composer [MPC 14634]
4004 List'ev	1971 SN1	*
4005 Dyagilev	1972 TC2	Sergey Diaghilev, Russian impresario*
4006 Sandler	1972 YR	*
4007 Euryalos	1973 SR	Euryalos, mythical Greek warrior*
4008 Corbin	1977 BY	Thomas E. Corbin, American astronomer, and his wife Brenda Corbin, Librarian, both at the US Naval Observatory † ‡
4009 Drobyshevskij	1977 EN1	*
4010 Nikol'skij	1977 QJ2	*
4011 Bakharev	1978 SC6	*
4012 Geballe	1978 VK9	Tom Geballe, American astronomer*
4013 Ogiria	1979 OM15	Maiya Borisovna Ogir', Russian solar physicist [MPC 22500] † ‡
4014 Heizman	1979 SG10	*
4015 Wilson-Harrington	1979 VA	Albert G. Wilson and Robert G. Harrington, American astronomers, co-discoverers † [MPC 22246]
4016 Sambre	1979 XK	The Sambre River, France and Belgium*
4017 Disneya	1980 DL5	Walt Disney, American animator †
4018 Bratislava	1980 YM	Bratislava, Slovakia †
4019 Klavetter	1981 EK14	*
4020 Dominique	1981 ET38	*
4021 Dancey	1981 QD2	Roy and Bruce D. Dancey, Canadian designers of telescope mirrors †
4022 Nonna	1981 TL4	*
4023 Jarník	1981 UN	Vojtěch Jarník, Czech mathematician †
4024 Ronan	1981 WQ	Colin Ronan, author and writer on astronomy †
4025 Ridley	1981 WU	*
4026 Beet	1982 BU1	Ernest Agar Beet, teacher and amateur astronomer*
4027 Mitton	1982 DN	Simon Mitton, astronomer and author*
4028 Pancratz	1982 DV2	Chris Pancratz, formerly of the National Space Society*
4029 Bridges	1982 KC1	*
4030 Archenhold	1984 EO1	The Archenhold Observatory (Archenhold-Sternwarte) or its first director Friedrich Simon Archenhold, or his son and successor Günter Archenhold*
4031 Mueller	1985 CL	Jean Mueller, discoverer of comets, minor planets, and supernovae. The first woman to operate the historic 100-inch telescope at Mt. Wilson Observatory, and was the first woman hired as a telescope operator at Palomar Observatory in 1985.
4032 Chaplygin	1985 UT4	*
4033 Yatsugatake	1986 FA	Mount Yatsugatake, one of Japan's 100 famous mountains*
4034 -	1986 PA	-
4035 -	1986 WD	-
4036 Whitehouse	1987 DW5	David Whitehouse, British science journalist and BBC Online's Science Editor, recipient of the European Internet Journalist of the Year award in 2002 †
4037 Ikeya	1987 EC	Kaoru Ikeya, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 16443]
4038 Kristina	1987 QH2	Kristina Leterme, Dutch literature professor and partner of the discoverer [MPC 15090] †
4039 Souseki	1987 SH	Natsume Sōseki, Japanese novelist [MPC 16246]
4040 Purcell	1987 SN1	Henry Purcell, British composer [MPC 16592]
4041 Miyamotoyohko	1988 DN1	wife of Japanese astronomer, Yukio (or Sachio) Miyamoto
4042 Okhotsk	1989 AT1	Sea of Okhotsk, between Japan and Russia [MPC 15427]
4043 Perolof	1175 T-3	Per Olof Hulth, Swedish astrophysicist*
4044 Erikhøg	5142 T-3	Erik Høg, Danish astronomer*
4045 Lowengrub	1953 RG	*
4046 Swain	1953 TV	*
4047 -	1964 TT2	*
4048 Samwestfall	1964 UC	Richard Samuel Westfall, American historian of science [MPC 34619]
4049 Noragal'	1973 QD2	Nora Gal, Soviet literary translator
4050 Mebailey	1976 SF	Mark Edward Bailey, British astronomer †
4051 Hatanaka	1978 VP	Takeo Hatanaka, Japanese astronomer
4052 Crovisier	1981 DP2	Jacques Crovisier, French astronomer*
4053 Cherkasov	1981 TQ1	Nikolai Cherkasov, Soviet actor*
4054 Turnov	1983 TL	Turnov, Czech Republic †
4055 Magellan	1985 DO2	Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese explorer*
4056 Timwarner	1985 FZ1	Tim Warner? *
4057 Demophon	1985 TQ	Demophon, mythical king of Athens*
4058 Cecilgreen	1986 JV	Cecil Howard Green, British geophysicist, co-founder of Texas Instruments and philanthropist extraordinary †
4059 Balder	1987 SB5	Balder, Norse god [MPC 22500]
4060 Deipylos	1987 YT1	Deipylos, mythical Greek hero [MPC 15090]
4061 Martelli	1988 FF3	Giuseppe Martelli, Italian architect and engineer [MPC 14972]
4062 Schiaparelli	1989 BF	Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer [MPC 15090]
4063 Euforbo	1989 CG2	Euforbo, mythical person related to Trojan War [MPC 15091]
4064 Marjorie	2126 P-L	*
4065 Meinel	2820 P-L	Aden Baker Meinel, American astronomer*
4066 Haapavesi	1940 RG	*
4067 Mikhel'son	1966 TP	*
4068 Menestheus	1973 SW	Menestheus, mythical king of Athens*
4069 Blakee	1978 VL7	Lawrence E. Blakee, observatory assistant [MPC 16247]
4070 Rozov	1980 RS2	*
4071 Rostovdon	1981 RD2	*
4072 Yayoi	1981 UJ4	Yayoi period, prehistoric Japan
4073 Ruianzhongxue	1981 UE10	Ruianzhongxue (Ruian Middle School), Zhejiang, China, 110-year old school of mathematics †
4074 Sharkov	1981 UN11	*
4075 Sviridov	1982 TL1	Georgii Vasilievich Sviridov, Russian composer †
4076 Dörffel	1982 UF4	Georg Samuel Dörffel, German pastor and astronomer [MPC 14972]
4077 Asuka	1982 XV1	Asuka period, from 6th century to 8th in Japan
4078 Polakis	1983 AC	*
4079 Britten	1983 CS	Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, British composer [MPC 16592]
4080 Galinskij	1983 PW	*
4081 Tippett	1983 RC2	Sir Michael Tippett, British composer [MPC 16592]
4082 Swann	1984 SW3	Gordon A. Swann, American geologist, principal investigator for the geological field investigations conducted at the Apollo 14 and 15 lunar landing sites [MPC 15576]
4083 Jody	1985 CV	*
4084 Hollis	1985 GM	Andrew J. Hollis, British astronomer
4085 Weir	1985 JR	*
4086 Podalirius	1985 VK2	Podalirius, mythical Greek warrior [MPC 22246]
4087 Pärt	1986 EM1	Arvo Pärt, Estonian composer [MPC 16593]
4088 Baggesen	1986 GG	Jens Baggesen, Danish poet and satirist*
4089 Galbraith	1986 JG	John Kenneth Galbraith, American economist and polemicist †
4090 Říšehvězd	1986 RH1	Říše hvězd, Czech astronomy journal [MPC 27734] †
4091 Lowe	1986 TL2	Andrew Lowe, Canadian geophysicist and amateur astronomer [MPC 16247] † ‡
4092 Tyr	1986 TJ4	Tyr, Norse god [MPC 22500]
4093 Bennett	1986 VD	Jack C. Bennett, South African amateur astronomer [MPC 14973]
4094 Aoshima	1987 QC	Masaki Aoshima, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 15427]
4095 Ishizuchisan	1987 SG	Ishizuchisan, mountain in Ehime, Japan [MPC 15427]
4096 Kushiro	1987 VC	Kushiro, city in Japan [MPC 15427]
4097 Tsurugisan	1987 WW	Tsurugisan, mountain in Tokushima, Japan [MPC 15427]
4098 Thraen	1987 WQ1	Anton Karl Thraen, German amateur astronomer and Catholic priest [MPC 15091]
4099 Wiggins	1988 AB5	Patrick Wiggins, American astronomy educator at the Hansen Planetarium (1975-2001) in Salt Lake City, UT. Currently NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador †
4100 Sumiko	1988 BF	Sumiko Hioki, wife of one of the discoverers [MPC 34619]
4101-4200
4101 Ruikou	1988 CE	Ruikou Kuroiwa, Japanese writer [MPC 16247]
4102 Gergana	1988 TE3	*
4103 Chahine	1989 EB	Moustafa Chahine, American scientist [MPC 15427]
4104 Alu	1989 ED	Jeff Alu, American astronomer [MPC 15261]
4105 Tsia	1989 EK	Tsia, ancient sun symbol used by Zia tribe in New Mexico [MPC 16443]
4106 Nada	1989 EW	Nada Junior and Senior High School, in Kobe, Japan [MPC 15091]
4107 Rufino	1989 GT	Rufus J. Walker, friend of the discoverer [MPC 15428]
4108 Rakos	3439 T-3	Karl D. Rakos, Austrian astronomer [MPC 18138]
4109 Anokhin	1969 OW	Sergei Nikolayevich Anokhin, Russian test pilot and cosmonaut-select [MPC 28089] † *
4110 Keats	1977 CZ	John Keats, English poet [MPC 16247]
4111 Lamy	1981 EN12	Philippe Louis Lamy, French-born American astronomer* or Hervé Lamy, Belgian astrophysicist*
4112 Hrabal	1981 ST	Bohumil Hrabal, Czech writer † ‡
4113 Rascana	1982 BQ	Royal Astronomical Society of Canada [MPC 16247] †
4114 Jasnorzewska	1982 QB1	Maria Jasnorzewska-Pawlikowska, Polish poet [MPC 22247] † ‡
4115 Peternorton	1982 QS3	Peter Norton, American software engineer*
4116 Elachi	1982 SU	Charles Elachi, American scientist [MPC 15428]
4117 Wilke	1982 SU3	Alfred Wilke, German optician [MPC 15261]
4118 Sveta	1982 TH3	Svetlana Evgen'evna Savitskaya, Russian cosmonaut [MPC 22500]
4119 Miles	1983 BE	*
4120 Denoyelle	1985 RS4	Jozef Denoyelle, Belgian astronomer*
4121 Carlin	1986 JH	*
4122 Ferrari	1986 OA	*
4123 Tarsila	1986 QP1	Tarsila do Amaral, 19th-20th-century Brazilian modernist painter †
4124 Herriot	1986 SE	James Herriot, British writer † ‡
4125 Lew Allen	1987 MO	Lew Allen, American physicist*
4126 Mashu	1988 BU	Lake Mashū, lake in Japan [MPC 15428]
4127 Kyogoku	1988 BA2	Kyōgoku, town in Japan [MPC 15428]
4128 UKSTU	1988 BM5	United Kingdom Schmidt Telescope Unit (UKSTU) [MPC 15261]
4129 Richelen	1988 DM	Richard A. Keen and Helen C. Duran, friends of the discoverer [MPC 15262]
4130 Ramanujan	1988 DQ1	Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician [MPC 15262]
4131 Stasik	1988 DR4	John S. Stasik, American educator [MPC 15091]
4132 Bartók	1988 EH	Béla Bartók, Austro-Hungarian composer [MPC 15091] † and ‡ +
4133 Heureka	1942 DB	*
4134 Schütz	1961 CR	*
4135 Svetlanov	1966 PG	Yevgeny Svetlanov, Soviet conductor*
4136 Artmane	1968 FJ	Vija Artmane, Latvian actress [MPC 28089]
4137 Crabtree	1970 WC	William Crabtree, a cloth merchant in Salford, near Manchester, second person to knowingly observe a transit of Venus, in 1639 †
4138 Kalchas	1973 SM	Kalchas, mythical person related to Trojan War*
4139 Ul'yanin	1975 VE2	Sergej Alekseevich Ul'yanin, Russian pilot [MPC 28089]
4140 Branham	1976 VA	*
4141 Nintanlena	1978 PG3	*
4142 Dersu-Uzala	1981 KE	Dersu Uzala, character in eponymous novel by Vladimir Arsenyev † ‡
4143 Huziak	1981 QN1	Richard Huziak, Canadian astronomer †
4144 Vladvasil'ev	1981 SW6	*
4145 Maximova	1981 SJ7	*
4146 Rudolfinum	1982 DD2	The Rudolfinum, important building in Prague † ‡
4147 Lennon	1983 AY	John Lennon, Beatle [MPC 16247] †
4148 McCartney	1983 NT	Paul McCartney, Beatle [MPC 16248] †
4149 Harrison	1984 EZ	George Harrison, Beatle [MPC 16248] †
4150 Starr	1984 QC1	Ringo Starr, Beatle [MPC 16248] †
4151 Alanhale	1985 HV1	Alan Hale, American astronomer [MPC 18138]
4152 Weber	1985 JF	Carl Maria von Weber, German composer [MPC 16593]
4153 Roburnham	1985 JT1	Robert Burnham, American astronomer, author, and senior editor of Astronomy magazine [MPC 18139] †
4154 Rumsey	1985 NE	Norman Jack Rumsey, New Zealand optical designer and astronomer
4155 Watanabe	1987 UB1	Kazuro Watanabe, Japanese astronomer [MPC 16593]
4156 Okadanaboru	1988 BE	Noboru Okada, Japanese adventurer, photographer, mountain-climber and amateur astronomer †
4157 Izu	1988 XD2	Izu Peninsula, Japan
4158 Santini	1989 BE	*
4159 Freeman	1989 GK	Ann Freeman, friend of discoverer
4160 Sabrina-John	1989 LE	Sabrina M. Gonsalves and John H. Riggins
4161 Amasis	6627 P-L	Amasis (Ahmose II), Egyptian pharaoh [MPC 22501]
4162 SAF	1940 WA	Société Astronomique de France [MPC 22501]
4163 Saaremaa	1941 HC	*
4164 Shilov	1969 UR	Alexander Maxovich Shilov, Russian painter*
4165 Didkovskij	1976 GS3	*
4166 Pontryagin	1978 SZ6	*
4167 Riemann	1978 TQ7	Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician*
4168 Millan	1979 EE	*
4169 Celsius	1980 FO3	Anders Celsius, Swedish physicist and astronomer †
4170 Semmelweis	1980 PT	Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis (Ignác), Hungarian physician † ‡ +
4171 Carrasco	1982 FZ1	*
4172 Rochefort	1982 FC3	Rochefort, Belgian town
4173 Thicksten	1982 KG1	Robert P. Thicksten, superintendent of Palomar Observatory [MPC 18139]
4174 Pikulia	1982 SB6	*
4175 Billbaum	1985 GX	William A. Baum, American astronomer [MPC 18139]
4176 Sudek	1987 DS	Josef Sudek, Czech photographer † ‡
4177 Kohman	1987 SS1	*
4178 -	1988 EO1	*
4179 Toutatis	1989 AC	Toutatis, Celtic god [MPC 16444] †
4180 Anaxagoras	6092 P-L	Anaxagoras, Greek philosopher [MPC 22501] †
4181 Kivi	1938 DK1	*
4182 Mount Locke	1951 JQ	Mount Locke, one of two mountains atop which the McDonald Observatory facilities are located*
4183 Cuno	1959 LM	Cuno Hoffmeister, German astronomer †
4184 Berdyayev	1969 TJ1	Nikolai Berdyayev, Russian philosopher*
4185 Phystech	1975 ED	*
4186 Tamashima	1977 DT1	Tamashima, a town of Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan
4187 Shulnazaria	1978 GR3	*
4188 Kitezh	1979 HX4	Kitezh, phantom city of Russian folklore*
4189 Sayany	1979 SV9	*
4190 Kvasnica	1980 JH	Jozef Kvasnica, Czech physicist † ‡
4191 Assesse	1980 KH	*
4192 Breysacher	1981 DH	Jacques Breysacher, French astronomer*
4193 Salanave	1981 SM1	*
4194 Sweitzer	1982 RE	Paul A. Sweitzer, American reporter [MPC 28089]
4195 Esambaev	1982 SK8	Makhmut Esambaev, great Chechen folk dancer*
4196 Shuya	1982 SA13	Shuya, Russia*
4197 -	1982 TA	*
4198 Panthera	1983 CK1	Panthera, Latin word for panther [MPC 25443]
4199 Andreev	1983 RX2	*
4200 Shizukagozen	1983 WA	Shizuka Gozen, mistress of Minamoto no Yoshitsune
4201-4300
4201 Orosz	1984 JA1	Elizabeth Orosz Warner, American astronomer †
4202 Minitti	1985 CB2	Michelle Minitti, American areological mineralogist †
4203 Brucato	1985 FD3	John Robert Brucato, American astronomer specializing in cosmochemistry and small bodies of the solar system, or Robert Joseph Brucato, American astronomer*
4204 Barsig	1985 JG1	Walter Barsig, German science teacher [MPC 18139]
4205 David Hughes	1985 YP	Prof David Hughes (Astronomer), British astronomer †
4206 Verulamium	1986 QL	Ancient British Roman city, now St Albans, Hertfordshire †
4207 Chernova	1986 RO2	*
4208 Kiselev	1986 RQ2	*
4209 Briggs	1986 TG4	*
4210 Isobelthompson	1987 DY5	Isobel Thompson, British archaeologist †
4211 Rosniblett	1987 RT	Rosalind Niblett, British archaeologist †
4212 Sansyu-Asuke	1987 SB2	Asuke, Aichi, Japan. Asteroid was discovered at there
4213 Njord	1987 ST4	Njord, Norse god of winds, navigation and prosperity [MPC 22501]
4214 Veralynn	1987 UX4	Dame Vera Lynn, British singer, famous during World War II*
4215 Kamo	1987 VE1	Akira Kamo, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 22501]
4216 Neunkirchen	1988 AF5	Neunkirchen, town in Austria [MPC 16248]
4217 Engelhardt	1988 BO2	Wolf von Engelhardt, German meteorite researcher*
4218 Demottoni	1988 BK3	Glauco de Mottoni (Glauco de Mottoni y Palacios), Italian electrotechnical engineer and amateur astronomer [MPC 16444] †
4219 Nakamura	1988 DB	Yoshikazu Nakamura, founder of an optical instruments factory, Mitaka Kohki, Japan
4220 Flood	1988 DN	*
4221 Picasso	1988 EJ	Pablo Picasso, Spanish artist*
4222 Nancita	1988 EK1	*
4223 Shikoku	1988 JM	Shikoku, Japan [MPC 16593]
4224 Susa	1988 KG	*
4225 -	1989 BN	*
4226 Damiaan	1989 RE	Jozef de Veuster (Pater Damiaan), Belgian priest †
4227 Kaali	1942 DC	Kaali crater, Estonia*
4228 Nemiro	1968 OC1	Andrej Antonovich Nemiro, Russian astronomer †
4229 Plevitskaya	1971 BK	*
4230 van den Bergh	1973 ST1	Sidney van den Bergh, Dutch-born Canadian astronomer † and ‡
4231 Fireman	1976 WD	Edward Leonard Fireman, American planetary geologist*
4232 Aparicio	1977 CD	Antonio Aparicio, Spanish astronomer*
4233 Pal'chikov	1977 RO7	*
4234 Evtushenko	1978 JT1	Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian poet*
4235 Tatishchev	1978 SL5	Vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman, historian and ethnographer*
4236 Lidov	1979 FV1	Mikhail L'vovich Lidov, Russian astronomer [MPC 22501]
4237 Raushenbakh	1979 SD4	Boris Viktorovich Raushenbakh, Russian space scientist*
4238 Audrey	1980 GF	Audrey Hepburn, actress, born in Brussels, Belgium, to an English father and Dutch mother (a baroness) † ‡
4239 Goodman	1980 OE	*
4240 Grün	1981 EY20	Eberhard Grün, German astronomer †
4241 Pappalardo	1981 EX46	Robert Theodore Pappalardo, American planetary geologist*
4242 Brecher	1981 FQ	Kenneth Brecher, American astronomer*
4243 Nankivell	1981 GF1	*
4244 Zakharchenko	1981 TO3	*
4245 NAIRC	1981 UC10	Nanjing Astronomical Instruments Research Centre, China
4246 Telemann	1982 SY2	Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer*
4247 Grahamsmith	1983 WC	Francis Graham Smith, British astronomer, former Astronomer Royal*
4248 Ranald	1984 HX	*
4249 Křemže	1984 SC2	Křemže, Czech Republic †
4250 Perun	1984 UG	Perun, Slavic god of thunder [MPC 16444] †
4251 Kavasch	1985 JK1	Julius Kavasch and Wulf-Dietrich Kavasch, German amateur geologists [MPC 18140]
4252 Godwin	1985 RG4	Richard Godwin, American board member of the Space Frontier Foundation, brother of Robert Godwin, space expert and space-history researcher †
4253 Märker	1985 TN3	Wolfgang Märker, associated with Ries impact crater [MPC 18140]
4254 Kamél	1985 UT3	Lars Kamél, Swedish astronomer †
4255 Spacewatch	1986 GW	The Spacewatch project*
4256 Kagamigawa	1986 TX	Kagami River, Japan*
4257 Ubasti	1987 QA	*
4258 Ryazanov	1987 RZ2	*
4259 McCoy	1988 SB3	Timothy James McCoy, American planetary geologist*
4260 Yanai	1989 AX	Masayuki Yanai, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 16593]
4261 Gekko	1989 BJ	Gekko Observatory, Japan
4262 -	1989 CO	*
4263 Abashiri	1989 RL2	Abashiri, Hokkaidō, Japan
4264 Karljosephine	1989 TB	*
4265 Kani	1989 TX	Kani, Gifu, Japan
4266 Waltari	1940 YE	Mika Toimi Waltari, Finnish author †
4267 Basner	1971 QP	*
4268 Grebenikov	1972 TW3	Evgenii Aleksandrovich Grebenikov (Eugeniu Grebenicov), Romanian-born Russian mathematician and astronomer † ‡
4269 Bogado	1974 FN	*
4270 Juanvictoria	1975 TJ6	*
4271 Novosibirsk	1976 GQ6	Novosibirsk, Russia [MPC 22501]
4272 Entsuji	1977 EG5	Entsuji, temple of Okayama, Japan
4273 Dunhuang	1978 UU1	Dunhuang, China
4274 Karamanov	1980 RZ3	Alemdar Sobitovich Karamanov, Ukrainian composer [MPC 22501]
4275 Bogustafson	1981 EW14	Bo Åke Sture Gustafson, Swedish-American astronomer †
4276 Clifford	1981 XA	Clifford J. Cunningham, Canadian amateur astronomer and writer [MPC 16248] †
4277 Holubov	1982 AF	Holubov, Czech Republic †
4278 Harvey	1982 SF	G. Roger Harvey, American educator [MPC 16593]
4279 De Gasparis	1982 WB	Annibale de Gasparis, Italian astronomer*
4280 Simonenko	1985 PF2	Alla Nikolaevna Simonenko, Russian (Ukrainian?) astronomer*
4281 Pounds	1985 TE1	Kenneth Pounds, British astronomer*
4282 Endate	1987 UQ1	Kin Endate, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 16593]
4283 Stöffler	1988 BZ	Dieter Stöffler, German astronomer [MPC 18140]
4284 Kaho	1988 FL3	Shigeru Kaho, Japanese astronomer
4285 Hulkower	1988 NH	*
4286 Rubtsov	1988 PU4	Nikolay Rubtsov, Russian poet*
4287 Třísov	1989 RU2	Třísov, Czech Republic †
4288 -	1989 TQ1	*
4289 Biwako	1989 UA2	Biwako, largest lake in Japan [MPC 16248]
4290 Heisei	1989 UK3	The Heisei era, Japanese history [MPC 16444]
4291 Kodaihasu	1989 VH	Ancient Lotus, that seed was excavated from Yayoi ruins and germinated in Japan
4292 Aoba	1989 VO	Aoba Castle, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
4293 Masumi	1989 VT	Masumi Hurukawa, Japanese worked for public outreach of astronomy
4294 Horatius	4016 P-L	Horatius, Roman poet [MPC 16594]
4295 Wisse	6032 P-L	Marijke Wisse-Schouten, staff member at Leiden Observatory [MPC 16594] †
4296 van Woerkom	1935 SA2	Adriaan van Woerkom, Dutch astronomer [MPC 18140] †
4297 Eichhorn	1938 HE	*
4298 -	1941 WA	*
4299 WIYN	1952 QX	The WIYN Consortium of observatories [MPC 34619]
4300 Marg Edmondson	1955 SG1	Margaret Russell Edmondson, daughter of American astronomer Henry Norris Russell and wife of American astronomer Frank K. Edmondson [MPC 34620] †
4301-4400
4301 Boyden	1966 PM	Uriah Atherton Boyden, 19th-century American mechanical engineer, whose bequest allowed the Harvard College Observatory to establish the Boyden Observatory †
4302 Markeev	1968 HP	*
4303 Savitskij	1973 SZ3	Evgenij Yakovlevich Savitskij, Russian aviator, father of cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskayha [MPC 22501]
4304 Geichenko	1973 SW4	Semyon Stepanovich Geichenko, Russian writer and literary scholar [MPC 22501]
4305 Clapton	1976 EC	Eric Clapton, British musician [MPC 16249] †
4306 Dunaevskij	1976 SZ5	Maxim Dunayevsky, Soviet composer*
4307 Cherepashchuk	1976 UK2	Anatolii Mikhailovich Cherepashchuk, Russian astronomer*
4308 Magarach	1978 PL4	Research Institute of wine-making and viticulture at Magarach, Yalta [MPC 22501]
4309 Marvin	1978 QC	Ursula Bailey Marvin, American planetary geologist*
4310 Strömholm	1978 RJ7	Stig Strömholm, Swedish legal scholar and writer †
4311 Zguridi	1978 SY6	Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Zguridi, Soviet producer [MPC 34620]
4312 Knacke	1978 WW11	Roger Fritz Knacke, American astronomer †
4313 Bouchet	1979 HK1	François Bouchet, French astronomer*
4314 -	1979 ML3	*
4315 Pronik	1979 SL11	Vladimir Pronik and/or Iraida Pronik, astronomers at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory*
4316 Babinkova	1979 TZ1	*
4317 Garibaldi	1980 DA1	Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian nation-builder †
4318 Baťa	1980 DE1	Tomáš Baťa, Czech businessman [MPC 16444] †
4319 Jackierobinson	1981 ER14	Jack Roosevelt (Jackie) Robinson, American baseball player*
4320 Jarosewich	1981 EJ17	Eugene Jarosewich, research chemist emeritus at the Smithsonian Institution †
4321 Zero	1981 EH26	Natural extension of the number: 4, 3, 2, 1, Zero*
4322 Billjackson	1981 EE37	Bill Jackson? *
4323 Hortulus	1981 QN	Hortulus, Latin word for a small, cozy garden [MPC 34620]
4324 -	1981 YA1	*
4325 Guest	1982 HL	John Edward Guest, British planetary scientist [MPC 16594]
4326 McNally	1982 HS1	Derek McNally, British astronomer [MPC 16594]
4327 Ries	1982 KB1	Judit Györgyey Ries, Hungarian-born American astronomer*
4328 Valina	1982 SQ2	*
4329 -	1982 SX2	*
4330 Vivaldi	1982 UJ3	Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, Italian composer*
4331 Hubbard	1983 HC	*
4332 Milton	1983 RC	*
4333 Sinton	1983 RO2	William M. Sinton, American astronomer [MPC 16444]
4334 Foo	1983 RO3	Lillian Foo, Singaporean consultant at the World Bank †
4335 Verona	1983 VC7	Verona, city in Italy [MPC 16249]
4336 Jasniewicz	1984 QE1	*
4337 Arecibo	1985 GB	Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico [MPC 16445]
4338 Velez	1985 PB1	Reinaldo Velez, telescope operator at Arecibo Observatory [MPC 16445]
4339 Almamater	1985 UK	Alma mater, in anticipation of the 650th anniversary of Prague's Univerzita Karlova (Charles University), the oldest university in central Europe †
4340 Dence	1986 JZ	Michael R. Dence, Canadian geologist †
4341 Poseidon	1987 KF	Poseidon, Greek god*
4342 Freud	1987 QO9	Sigmund Freud, Austrian founder of psychoanalysis*
4343 Tetsuya	1988 AC	Tetsuya Fujii, Japanese astronomer*
4344 Buxtehude	1988 CR1	Dieterich Buxtehude, Danish or German organist and composer*
4345 Rachmaninoff	1988 CM2	Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff, Russian composer, pianist and conductor*
4346 Whitney	1988 DS4	Mary Watson Whitney, American astronomer*
4347 Reger	1988 PK2	Max Reger, German composer [MPC 16594]
4348 Poulydamas	1988 RU	Poulydamas, mythical person related to Trojan War [MPC 18141]
4349 Tibúrcio	1989 LX	Julio Cesar dos Santos Tibúrcio, Brazilian amateur astronomer [MPC 16445]
4350 Shibecha	1989 UG1	Shibecha, Hokkaidō, Japan
4351 Nobuhisa	1989 UR1	Nobuhisa Kojima, Japanese amateur astronomer
4352 Kyoto	1989 UW1	Kyoto, city in Japan [MPC 16249]
4353 Onizaki	1989 WK1	Onizaki, town in Tokoname, Aichi, Japan [MPC 16249]
4354 Euclides	2142 P-L	Euclides, Greek mathematician [MPC 16594]
4355 Memphis	3524 P-L	Memphis, former capital of old Egyptian kingdom [MPC 18141]
4356 Marathon	9522 P-L	Marathon, Greece [MPC 18141]
4357 Korinthos	2069 T-2	Korinthos, Greece [MPC 18141]
4358 Lynn	A909 TF	William Thynne Lynn, assistant at Greenwich Observatory [MPC 22502]
4359 Berlage	1935 TG	Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Dutch meteorologist, son of the architect of the same name [MPC 18141] †
4360 Xuyi	1964 TG2	Xuyi County, China
4361 Nezhdanova	1977 TG7	Antonina Nezhdanova, Russian opera singer*
4362 Carlisle	1978 PR4	*
4363 Sergej	1978 TU7	*
4364 Shkodrov	1978 VV5	Vladimir Georgiev Shkodrov, Bulgarian astronomer †
4365 Ivanova	1978 VH8	*
4366 Venikagan	1979 YV8	*
4367 Meech	1981 EE43	Karen Jean Meech, American astronomer*
4368 Pillmore	1981 JC2	Charles (Chuck) L. Pillmore, geologist †
4369 Seifert	1982 OR	Jaroslav Seifert, Czech poet [MPC 25443] †
4370 Dickens	1982 SL	Charles Dickens, English writer [MPC 16445]
4371 Fyodorov	1983 GC2	Svyatoslav Nikolaevich Fyodorov, Russian ophthalmologist [MPC 22502]
4372 Quincy	1984 TB	*
4373 Crespo	1985 PB	Antonio Crespo, electrical engineer at Arecibo Observatory [MPC 16446]
4374 Tadamori	1987 BJ	Taira no Tadamori, early samurai
4375 Kiyomori	1987 DQ	Taira no Kiyomori, early samurai and Daijō Daijin
4376 Shigemori	1987 FA	Taira no Shigemori, early samurai
4377 Koremori	1987 GD	Taira no Koremori, early samurai
4378 Voigt	1988 JF	Hans-Heinrich Voigt, German astronomer [MPC 16446]
4379 Snelling	1988 PT1	*
4380 Geyer	1988 PB2	Edward H. Geyer, astronomer [MPC 16249]
4381 Uenohara	1989 WD1	Uenohara, town in Japan [MPC 16446]
4382 Stravinsky	1989 WQ3	Igor Fyodorovitch Stravinsky, Russian-American composer [MPC 16446]
4383 Suruga	1989 XP	Suruga Province (encient name of eastern part of Shizuoka Prefecture), Japan
4384 -	1990 AA	-
4385 Elsässer	2534 P-L	Hans F. Elsässer, German astronomer, former director of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy [MPC 18141]
4386 Lüst	6829 P-L	Reimar Lüst, German astrophysicist [MPC 18141] †
4387 Tanaka	4829 T-2	Yasuo Tanaka, Japanese astrophysicist [MPC 18142]
4388 Jürgenstock	1964 VE	Jürgen Stock, German astronomer †*
4389 Durbin	1976 GL3	*
4390 Madreteresa	1976 GO8	Mother Teresa †
4391 Balodis	1977 QW2	*
4392 Agita	1978 RX5	*
4393 Dawe	1978 VP8	John Dawe, British astronomer*
4394 Fritzheide	1981 EB19	Fritz Heide, German meteorite researcher*
4395 Danbritt	1981 EH41	*
4396 Gressmann	1981 JH	Michael Gressmann, German astro-optician and amateur astronomer [MPC 16446] † ‡
4397 Jalopez	1981 JS1	Jose Alberto Lopez, Argentinian-born astronomer?*
4398 Chiara	1984 HC2	*
4399 Ashizuri	1984 UA	Cape Ashizuri, Kochi, Japan [MPC 16595]
4400 Bagryana	1985 QH4	Elisaveta Bagryana, Bulgarian poet
4401-4500
4401 Aditi	1985 TB	*
4402 Tsunemori	1987 DP	Taira no Tsunemori, early samurai
4403 Kuniharu	1987 EA	Kuniharu Observatory, Japan
4404 Enirac	1987 GG	Wife of the discoverer, Alain Maury [MPC 16595] †
4405 Otava	1987 QD1	Otava River, Czech Republic [MPC 34620] †
4406 Mahler	1987 YD1	Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer [MPC 16446]
4407 Taihaku	1988 TF1	Taihaku-ku, Sendai, Japan
4408 Zlatá Koruna	1988 TH2	Zlatá Koruna, a gothic monastery and a village in South Bohemia, Czech Republic †
4409 Kissling	1989 MD	*
4410 Kamuimintara	1989 YA	Daisetsuzan's another name in Ainu mythology - meaning Playground of Kamuis
4411 Kochibunkyo	1990 AF	The Kochi Prefecture Cultural and Educational Association [MPC 25443]
4412 Chephren	2535 P-L	Chephren, pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty of Egypt who built the eponymous pyramid at Giza and the Sphinx [MPC 18142]
4413 Mycerinos	4020 P-L	Mycerinos, pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty of Egypt [MPC 18142]
4414 Sesostris	4153 P-L	Sesostris I, Sesostris II, and Sesostris III, three pharaohs of the Twelfth dynasty of Egypt [MPC 18142]
4415 Echnaton	4237 P-L	Echnaton, pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt [MPC 18142]
4416 Ramses	4530 P-L	Ramses, pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt [MPC 18142]
4417 Lecar	1931 GC	Myron Lecar, American astrophysicist [MPC 22502]
4418 Fredfranklin	1931 TR1	Fred Aldrich Franklin, American astronomer [MPC 22502]
4419 Allancook	1932 HD	Allan F. Cook II, American astrophysicist [MPC 22502]
4420 Alandreev	1936 PB	*
4421 Kayor	1942 AC	Kay Williams and Roy Williams, parents of Gareth V. Williams, an astronomer at the Minor Planet Center [MPC 21131]
4422 Jarre	1942 UA	Named in honour of the French composers Jean Michel Jarre and his father Maurice Jarre*
4423 Golden	1949 GH	*
4424 Arkhipova	1967 DB	Vera Petrovna Arkhipova, Russian astronomer*
4425 Bilk	1967 UQ	Düsseldorf-Bilk, where the Sternwarte Bilk (Düsseldorf-Bilk Observatory) was established in 1843 and destroyed in 1943 †
4426 Roerich	1969 TB6	Nikolaj Konstantinovich Roerich, Russian painter, Elena Ivanovna Roerich, Russian writer, Yurij Nikolaevich Roerich, Russian scientist, and Svyatoslav Nikolaevich Roerich, Russian painter [MPC 22502]
4427 Burnashev	1971 QP1	*
4428 Khotinok	1977 SN	Roman L'vovich Khotinok, Russian meteorite researcher [MPC 22502]
4429 Chinmoy	1978 RJ2	*
4430 Govorukhin	1978 SX6	*
4431 Holeungholee	1978 WU14	Ho-Leung-Ho-Lee foundation, founded by 4 Chinese
4432 McGraw-Hill	1981 ER22	the McGraw-Hill Telescope at the MDM Observatory †
4433 Goldstone	1981 QP	Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex, California [MPC 16447]
4434 Nikulin	1981 RD5	*
4435 Holt	1983 AG2	*
4436 -	1983 EX	-
4437 Yaroshenko	1983 GA2	*
4438 Sykes	1983 WR	Mark V. Sykes, planetary scientist at the Steward Observatory, Arizona
4439 Muroto	1984 VA	Muroto, Kochi, city in Japan [MPC 25443]
4440 Tchantchès	1984 YV	*
4441 Toshie	1985 BB	Toshie Seki, the discoverer's mother*
4442 Garcia	1985 RB1	Jerry Garcia, lead guitarist of the Grateful Dead
4443 -	1985 RD4	*
4444 Escher	1985 SA	Maurits Cornelis Escher, Dutch graphic artist †
4445 Jimstratton	1985 TC	James Michael Stratton, American space engineer †
4446 Carolyn	1985 TT	Carolyn Shoemaker, comet and asteroid discoverer
4447 Kirov	1985 VE1	After Kirov, the city in Russia, or after the Kirov Opera and Ballet Theatre*
4448 Phildavis	1986 EO	*
4449 Sobinov	1987 RX3	Leonid Sobinov, Russian opera singer*
4450 Pan	1987 SY	Pan
4451 Grieve	1988 JJ	Richard Andrew Francis Grieve, Canadian geologist †
4452 Ullacharles	1988 RN	*
4453 Bornholm	1988 VC	Bornholm, Danish island*
4454 Kumiko	1988 VW	Kumiko Kaneda, wife of one of discovers
4455 Ruriko	1988 XA	Ruriko Ueda, wife of one of discovers
4456 Mawson	1989 OG	Sir Douglas Mawson, Antarctic explorer*
4457 van Gogh	1989 RU	Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter [MPC 16595] †
4458 Oizumi	1990 BY	Ōizumi, Yamanashi, Japan
4459 Nusamaibashi	1990 BP2	Nusamai Bridge, Kushiro, Hokkaidō, Japan
4460 Bihoro	1990 DS	Bihoro, town in Japan [MPC 16595]
4461 Sayama	1990 EL	Sayama, Saitama, Japan
4462 Vaughan	1952 HJ2	*
4463 Marschwarzschild	1954 UO2	Martin Schwarzschild, German-American astrophysicist †
4464 Vulcano	1966 TE	*
4465 Rodita	1969 TD5	Tat'yana Mikhajlovna Rodita, Soviet art critic [MPC 28089]
4466 Abai	1971 SX1	*
4467 Kaidanovskij	1975 VN2	Naum L'vovich Kaidanovskii, Russian astronomer †
4468 Pogrebetskij	1976 SZ3	Mikhail Pogrebetskiy, Ukrainian mountaineer*
4469 Utting	1978 PS4	Muriel Utting, Australian historian of the Perth Observatory
4470 Sergeev-Censkij	1978 QP1	Sergey Sergeev-Tsensky, Soviet writer*
4471 Graculus	1978 VB	*
4472 Navashin	1980 TY14	Mikhail Sergeevich Navashin, Russian author of the Teleskop astronoma-lyubitelya (The Amateur Astronomer's Telescope)*
4473 Sears	1981 DE2	Derek Sears, professor at University of Arkansas †
4474 Proust	1981 QZ2	Dominique Proust, French astrophysicist
4475 Voitkevich	1982 UQ5	Georgii Vitol'dovich Voitkevich, Russian geochemist [MPC 22247]
4476 Bernstein	1983 DE	*
4477 -	1983 SB	-
4478 Blanco	1984 HG1	Victor Manuel Blanco, Chilean astronomer*
4479 Charlieparker	1985 CP1	Charlie "Bird" Parker, American saxophonist, principal inventor of bebop †
4480 Nikitibotania	1985 QM4	*
4481 Herbelin	1985 RR	Claude Herbelin, friend of the discoverer [MPC 28089]
4482 Frèrebasile	1986 RB	*
4483 Petőfi	1986 RC2	Sándor Petőfi, Hungarian poet [MPC 22247] † ‡
4484 Sif	1987 DD	Sif, Norse goddess [MPC 22502]
4485 Radonezhskij	1987 QQ11	Sergij Radonezhskij, Russian church official [MPC 22502]
4486 Mithra	1987 SB	Mithra, Indo-Iranian god*
4487 Pocahontas	1987 UA	Pocahontas, Native American woman*
4488 Tokitada	1987 UK	Taira no Tokitada, early samurai
4489 -	1988 AK	-
4490 Bambery	1988 ND	Raymond Bambery, of the Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking Project*
4491 Otaru	1988 RP	Otaru, Hokkaidō, Japan
4492 Debussy	1988 SH	Claude Debussy, French composer*
4493 -	1988 TG1	*
4494 Marimo	1988 TK1	Marimo
4495 -	1988 VS	*
4496 Kamimachi	1988 XM1	Kamimachi, town in Kōchi, Japan. Birthplace of discover
4497 Taguchi	1989 AE1	Takeo Taguchi, Japanese optical engineer?*
4498 Shinkoyama	1989 AG1	Shin Koyama, Japanese astronomer
4499 Davidallen	1989 AO3	David Anthony Allen, British astronomer †
4500 Pascal	1989 CL	Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher*

Preceded by 3501–4000

Meanings of asteroid names List of asteroids (4001-4500)

Succeeded by 4501–5000