Meanings of asteroid names (2501-3000)

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As asteroid 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. The list below concerns those asteroids 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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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	Lithuania
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	Nepryadva River, site of the Battle of Kulikovo
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, Russian 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, Russian 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, Russian 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	*
2910 Yoshkar-Ola	1980 TK₁₃	*
2911 Miahelena	1938 GJ	*
2912 Lapalma	1942 DM	La Palma, the Spanish island, home to the international observatories built on the Roque de los Muchachos
2913 Horta	1931 TK	Victor Horta, Belgian architect*
2914 Glärnisch	1965 SB	Glärnisch mountain, summit of the Swiss Alps*
2915 Moskvina	1977 QY₂	*
2916 Voronveliya	1978 PW₂	Boris Alexandrovich Vorontsov-Velyaminov, Russian astronomer*
2917 Sawyer Hogg	1980 RR	Helen Sawyer Hogg, American-Canadian astronomer [MPC 8801] †
2918 Salazar	1980 TU₄	*
2919 Dali	1981 EX₁₈	Salvador Dalí, Catalan-Spanish artist [MPC 8802]
2920 Automedon	1981 JR	Automedon, mythological Greek soldier
2921 Sophocles	6525 P-L	Sophocles, Greek dramatist
2922 Dikan'ka	1976 GY₁	*
2923 Schuyler	1977 DA	*
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*
2927 Alamosa	1981 TM	Alamosa, Colorado*
2928 Epstein	1976 GN₈	Jacob Epstein, American sculptor
2929 Harris	1982 BK₁	Alan W. Harris, American astronomer*
2930 Euripides	6554 P-L	Euripides, Greek dramatist
2931 Mayakovsky	1969 UC	Vladimir Mayakovsky, Russian poet [MPC 8914]
2932 Kempchinsky	1980 TK₄	Paula Kempchinsky, wife of Eugene Shoemaker
2933 Amber	1983 HN	*
2934 Aristophanes	4006 P-L	Aristophanes, Greek dramatist
2935 Naerum	1976 UU	Nærum, a suburb north of Copenhagen
2936 Nechvíle	1979 SF	Vincence Nechvíle, Czech astronomer † ‡
2937 Gibbs	1980 LA	*
2938 Hopi	1980 LB	Hopi, the Native American people
2939 Coconino	1982 DP	Coconino County, Arizona containing the Hopi and Navajo Nation Reservations. The Lowell Observatory is in the county seat, Flagstaff
2940 Bacon	3042 P-L	Francis Bacon, First Viscount St. Albans, English philosopher, statesman, spy, freemason and essayist? *
2941 Alden	1930 YV	Harold Lee Alden, American astronomer
2942 Cordie	1932 BG	*
2943 Heinrich	1933 QU	*
2944 Peyo	1935 QF	Peyo, pseudonym of Pierre Culliford, Belgian illustrator*
2945 Zanstra	1935 ST₁	Herman Zanstra, Dutch astronomer
2946 Muchachos	1941 UV	Roque de los Muchachos, site in the Canary Islands of several international observatories
2947 Kippenhahn	1955 QP₁	Rudolf Kippenhahn, German astronomer
2948 Amosov	1969 TD₂	*
2949 Kaverznev	1970 PR	Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kaverznev, Soviet television journalist [MPC 8914]
2950 Rousseau	1974 VQ₂	Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss-French philosopher*
2951 Perepadin	1977 RB₈	*
2952 Lilliputia	1979 SF₂	Lilliput, fictional land in Gulliver's Travels
2953 Vysheslavia	1979 SV₁₁	*
2954 Delsemme	1982 BT₁	Armand Hubert Delsemme, Belgian astronomer
2955 Newburn	1982 BX₁	Ray L. Newburn, American astronomer
2956 Yeomans	1982 HN₁	Donald Keith Yeomans, American astronomer †
2957 Tatsuo	1934 CB₁	*
2958 Arpetito	1981 DG	*
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	*
2963 Chen Jiageng	1964 VM₁	Chen Jiageng (Tan Kah Kee), Singaporean businessman, community leader, and philanthropist
2964 Jaschek	1974 OA₁	Carlos Jaschek (Carlos Oton Rüdiger Jaschek), German-born Argentinian astronomer
2965 Surikov	1975 BX	*
2966 Korsunia	1977 EB₂	Pavlo Korsun, Ukrainian astronomer, or, Korsun, city in the Ukraine, site of two famous battles, one in the 17th century, the other in World War II*
2967 Vladisvyat	1977 SS₁	*
2968 Iliya	1978 QJ	*
2969 Mikula	1978 RU₁	*
2970 Pestalozzi	1978 UC	Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss educational reformer
2971 Mohr	1980 YL	Josef M. Mohr, Czech astronomer † ‡
2972 Niilo	1939 TB	Niilo Lauttamus, Finnish writer*
2973 Paola	1951 AJ	Her Majesty Queen Paola of Belgium (née Ruffo di Calabria) †
2974 Holden	1955 QK	Edward Singleton Holden, American astronomer*
2975 Spahr	1970 AF₁	Timothy B. Spahr, American astronomer*
2976 Lautaro	1974 HR	Lautaro, leader of the Araucanians who attempted to recover southern central Chile from the Spanish. A volcano in the Chilean Andes also bears his name
2977 Chivilikhin	1974 SP	Vladimir Alekseevich Chivilikhin, Russian author or Anatolii Timofeevich Chivilikhin, Russian poet
2978 Roudebush	1978 SR	*
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	*
2983 Poltava	1981 RW₂	Poltava, Ukraine, seat of the Gravimetric Observatory of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine*
2984 Chaucer	1981 YD	Geoffrey Chaucer, English author
2985 Shakespeare	1983 TV₁	William Shakespeare, English playwright
2986 Mrinalini	2525 P-L	Mrinalini Sarabhai, classical Indian dancer and choreographer*
2987 Sarabhai	4583 P-L	Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, Indian research scientist who expanded the Indian Space Research Organisation and initiated satellite television for the masses in India. The Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre of ISRO is also named after him*
2988 Korhonen	1943 EM	Heidi Korhonen and/or Tapio Korhonen, Finnish astronomers*
2989 Imago	1976 UF₁	*
2990 Trimberger	1981 EN₂₇	*
2991 Bilbo	1982 HV	Bilbo Baggins, character in The Lord of the Rings*
2992 Vondel	2540 P-L	Joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet and playwright*
2993 Wendy	1970 PA	*
2994 Flynn	1975 PA	*
2995 Taratuta	1978 QK	*
2996 Bowman	1954 RJ	*
2997 Cabrera	1974 MJ	*
2998 Berendeya	1975 TR₃	*
2999 Dante	1981 CY	Dante Alighieri, Florentine (Italian) poet
3000 Leonardo	1981 EG₁₉	Leonardo da Vinci, Florentine (Italian) genius