nr ↓ | name ↓ | Name Source ↓ |
154 | Bertha | Named probably in honor of Berthe Martin-Flammarion (1844–1936), sister of Camille Flammarion {see p |
162 | Laurentia | Named in honor of the amateur astronomer A. Laurent, Nimes, the discoverer of (51) Nemausa. (H 20) |
187 | Lamberta | Named in honor of Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728–1777), who described the Milky Way as “the ecliptic |
254 | Augusta | Named in honor of the widow of Carl Ludwig von Littrow (1811–1877) who succeeded his father Johann J |
278 | Paulina | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. |
284 | Amalia | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. See also the comment to planet (29 |
295 | Theresia | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. The name was erroneously attributed |
305 | Gordonia | Named probably in honor of James Gordon Bennett Jr. (1841–1918), editor of the New York Herald, foun |
321 | Florentina | Named in honor of the daughter of the discoverer, Florentine. (H 36) |
323 | Brucia | Named in honor of Miss Catherine Wolfe Bruce (1816–1900), noted American patroness of astronomy “who |
330 | Adalberta | Named in honor of Adalbert Merx {see planet (808)}, father-in-law of the discoverer, or, possibly, |
335 | Roberta | Named by the discoverer in honor of Robert von der Osten-Sacken who lived in Heidelberg as a private |
340 | Eduarda | Named in honor of Eduard von Lade, amateur astronomer at Geisenheim on the Rhine. (H 38) |
355 | Gabriella | Named in honor of Gabrielle Renaudot (1877–1962), later Mme. Camille Flammarion {see planet (1021)} |
392 | Wilhelmina | Concerning this name there exist different explanations. E. Weiss (Astronomischer Kalender für 1896, |
400 | Ducrosa | Named by the discoverer (AN 170, 375 (1906)) in honor of J. Ducros, mechanician at the Nice Observat |
412 | Elisabetha | Named probably after Elise Wolf (1840–1924), née Helwerth {see planet (801)}, the mother of the dis |
420 | Bertholda | Named in memory of Markgraf Berthold von Baden, ancestor of the Grand Dukes of Baden {see also plane |
510 | Mabella | Named by the discoverer in honor of Mabel Loomis Todd, daughter of the mathematician and astronomer |
511 | Davida | Named by the discoverer in honor of David P. Todd (1855–1939), professor of astronomy and director o |
578 | Happelia | Named in honor of Carl Happel (1820–1914), painter and great benefactor to the Heidelberg Observator |
635 | Vundtia | Named in honor of the German physicist Vundt. (H 66) |
662 | Newtonia | Named for the city of Newton, Massachusetts. (B. G. Marsden; AN 182, 332 (1909)) Named by Z. Daniel, |
671 | Carnegia | Named by the discoverer (AN 184, 159 (1910)) in honor of the American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie |
683 | Lanzia | Named in honor of Karl Lanz, founder of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences. (H 70) |
697 | Galilea | Named for the discovery of the Jupiter satellites by Galileo Galilei: “Im besonderen soll der Name G |
698 | Ernestina | Named in honor of Ernst Wolf, son of Max Wolf. (H 71) |
707 | Steina | Named after Mr. Stein, benefactor of the Breslau Observatory. (H 71; AN 214, 69 (1921)) Stein was ho |
708 | Raphaela | Named in honor of Raphael von Bischoffsheim, founder of the Nice Observatory. The name was chosen be |
720 | Bohlinia | Named in honor of the Swedish astronomer Karl Petrus Theodor Bohlin (1860–1939), author of a study o |
726 | Joella | Named in honor of the discoverer, Joel H. Metcalf (1866–1925). (H 73) The discoverer is also honored |
742 | Edisona | Named in honor of the great American scientist and inventor Thomas Alva Edison (1847–1931) immediate |
749 | Malzovia | Named in honor of the Russian amateur astronomer S. I. Malzov. In 1911, he deeded his private observ |
756 | Lilliana | Named in honor of the sister of H. Shapley {see planet (1123)}. (H 76) Name suggested by H. Shapley |
760 | Massinga | Named in honor of A. Massinger, assistant astronomer at the Heidelberg Königstuhl Observatory who di |
761 | Brendelia | Named by the discoverer in honor of the late theoreticist of the minor planets, Otto Rudolph Martin |
767 | Bondia | Named in honor of William Cranch Bond (1789–1859) and his son George Phillips Bond (1825–1865) who b |
771 | Libera | Named by Mrs. Hedwig Rheden in honor of a friend of the discoverer. (H 77) |
777 | Gutemberga | Named by the discoverer in memory of Johann Gensfleisch (Gutenberg) (1400?–1468) who discovered the |
778 | Theobalda | Named by the discoverer in honor of his father Theobald Kaiser. (H 78) |
784 | Pickeringia | Named in honor of the brothers Edward Charles Pickering (1846–1919), director of Harvard Observatory |
786 | Bredichina | Named in honor of the Russian astronomer Feodor Alexandrovich Bredichin (1831–1904) who was director |
792 | Metcalfia | Named in honor of Rev. Joel Hastings Metcalf (1866–1925). A member of the Committee of Harvard Obser |
794 | Irenaea | Named probably in honor of Irene Hillebrand, née Weiss, daughter of the director of the Vienna Obser |
800 | Kressmannia | Named in honor of Major A. Kressmann who donated the Kressmann refractor for the Heidelberg Königstu |
801 | Helwerthia | Named in honor of Mrs. Elise Helwerth-Wolf (1840–1924), the mother of the discoverer. See also plane |
803 | Picka | Named in honor of the Czech physician Friedrich Pick (1867–1921). He was the first physician in Prag |
805 | Hormuthia | Named in honor of Mrs. Hormuth Kopff, the wife of A. Kopff {see planet (1631)}. (H 80) |
806 | Gyldenia | Named in honor of the Swedish astronomer Johan August Hugo Gyldén (1841–1896), director of the Stock |
807 | Ceraskia | Named in honor of the Russian astronomer Vitold Karlovich Ceraski (1849–1925). Born in Slutsk (now i |
808 | Merxia | Named in honor of Adalbert Merx, the father-in-law of Max Wolf. (H 80) |
813 | Baumeia | Named by the discoverer in honor of H. Baum, student of astronomy at Heidelberg, who died in World W |
818 | Kapteynia | Named in honor of the late Prof. Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn {1851–1922}, who was director of the Gron |
828 | Lindemannia | Named in honor of Prof. Adolf F. Lindemann (1846–1931) of Sidmouth, England, who invented, together |
834 | Burnhamia | Named in honor of the American astronomer Sherburne Wesley Burnham (1838–1921). From 1869 he observe |
837 | Schwarzschilda | Named in honor of the German astronomer Karl Schwarzschild (1873–1916), director of the Göttingen (1 |
843 | Nicolaia | Named in honor of Torvald Nicolai Thiele (1838–1910), the father of the discoverer. (H 83) |
846 | Lipperta | Named in honor of Eduard Lippert, donor of the Lippert Astrograph of the Bergedorf Observatory. (H83 |
851 | Zeissia | Named in honor of the famous German optician and mechanician Carl Zeiss (1816–1888) who founded 1846 |
853 | Nansenia | Named in honor of the Norwegian Arctic explorer Fridtjov Nansen (1861–1930). With his ship “Fram” he |
854 | Frostia | Named in honor of the American astronomer Edwin Brant Frost (1866–1935) in gratitude for his generou |
855 | Newcombia | Independently discovered 1916 Apr. 28 by M. F. Wolf at Heidelberg. Named in honor of the American as |
856 | Backlunda | Named in honor of the Russian astronomer Johann Oskar Backlund (1846–1916). Backlund, who was born i |
857 | Glasenappia | Named in honor of Sergej Pavlov Glasenapp (1848–1937), director of the Observatories in Pulkovo (187 |
862 | Franzia | Named in honor of Franz Wolf, son of the discoverer. (H 84) |
867 | Kovacia | Named in honor of Prof. Friedrich Kovacs (1861–1931), a Vienna physician who restored Mrs. Palisa’s |
869 | Mellena | Independently discovered 1917 May 10 by M. F. Wolf at Heidelberg. Named in honor of the Bürgermeiste |
872 | Holda | Named presumably in honor of Edward Singleton Holden (1846–1914), American astronomer at Lick Observ |
883 | Matterania | Independently discovered 1917 Sept. 14 by R. Schorr at Bergedorf. Named for the producer of photogra |
892 | Seeligeria | Named in honor of the German astronomer Hugo Hans von Seeliger (1849–1924), director of the Munich O |
901 | Brunsia | Named in honor of Ernst Heinrich Bruns (1848–1919), professor of astronomy and director of the Leipz |
906 | Repsolda | Named in honor of Johann Georg Repsold (1771–1830), famous manufacturer of optics and precision mech |
920 | Rogeria | |
931 | Whittemora | Named in honor of Thomas Whittemore who was professor at both Harvard and Columbia Universities. (H9 |
932 | Hooveria | Named in honor of Herbert Clark Hoover (1874–1964) in recognition of his help and assistance to Aust |
950 | Ahrensa | Named in honor of the Ahrens family, friends of the discoverer who helped financially at the Königst |
953 | Painleva | Named in honor of Paul Painlevé (1863–1933), French mathematician and several times French minister |
972 | Cohnia | Named in honor of the German astronomer F. Cohn (1866–1921) who was director of the Astronomisches R |
976 | Benjamina | Named in honor of the discoverer’s son Benjamin. (H 93) |
977 | Philippa | Named in honor of the financier Philipp von Rothschild. (H 94) |
981 | Martina | Named in honor of the French revolutionary Henri Martin. (H 94) |
982 | Franklina | Named by the discoverer in honor of the late John Franklin Adams (1843–1912), British amateur astron |
984 | Gretia | Named for a sister-in-law of A. Kahrstedt {see planet (1587)}. (H 94) See also the remarks to plane |
988 | Appella | Named in honor of Paul Émile Appell (1855–1930), president of the Academy of Sciences and of the Soc |
989 | Schwassmannia | Named in honor of the German astronomer Arnold Schwassmann (1870–1964) who discovered four comets an |
993 | Moultona | Named by the discoverer in honor of the American astronomer and mathematician Forest Ray Moulton (18 |
995 | Sternberga | Named in honor of the Russian astronomer Pavel K. Sternberg (1865–1920) from the Moscow University. |
998 | Bodea | Named in honor of the German astronomer and mathematician Johann Elert Bode (1747–1826). He was the |
1001 | Gaussia | Named in honor of Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855), director of the Göttingen Observatory. With his |
1006 | Lagrangea | Named in honor of the astronomer and mathematician Joseph Louis Lagrange (1736–1813). He was profess |
1013 | Tombecka | Named in honor of D. Tombeck, secretary of the Faculty of Sciences of Paris. (H 97) |
1018 | Arnolda | Der Planet hat aus Anlass des 70. Geburtstags des Herausgebers der Naturwissenschaften, Dr.Ing. e.h. |
1019 | Strackea | Named in honor of the German astronomer Gustav Stracke (1887–1943). Stracke for decades until his de |
1021 | Flammario | Named in honor of the French astronomer Camille Flammarion (1842–1925), author of many astronomical |
1025 | Riema | Named in honor of Johannes Riem {1868-1945}, a German astronomer at the Astronomisches Rechen-Instit |
1028 | Lydina | Named in honor of Lydia Il’inichna Albitskaya, the wife of the discoverer. (N. S. Chernykh) |
1037 | Davidweilla | Named in honor of David Weill, a member of the Academy of Sciences and benefactor of the Sorbonne Un |
1040 | Klumpkea | Named in honor of the amateur astronomer Dorothea Klumpke {1861–1943} {see also planet (339)}, wife |
1045 | Michela | Named in honor of the discoverer’s daughter Micheline. (H 99) |
1058 | Grubba | Named in honor of Sir Howard Grubb of Grubb Parson and Co., Newcastle on Tyne, England, manufacturer |
1065 | Amundsenia | Named in honor of the Norwegian polar explorer Roald E. Amundsen (1872–1928). He explored the Arctic |
1069 | Planckia | Named in honor of the famous German physicist Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck (1858–1947), Nobel prize |
1093 | Freda | Named in memory of Fred Prévost, a civil engineer of mines and benefactor of the Faculty of Sciences |
1096 | Reunerta | Named by the discoverer (RI 636) in honor of Dr. Reunert, Johannesburg, an engineer and friend. (H 1 |
1099 | Figneria | Named by the discoverer in honor of the well-known Russian writer and revolutionary Vera N. Figner ( |
1102 | Pepita | Named in honor of the discoverer José Comas Solá (1868–1937), astronomer at Barcelona and founder of |
1110 | Jaroslawa | Named in honor of Jaroslav Grigor’evich Neujmin (1928– ), a son of the discoverer. (N. S. Chernykh; |
1117 | Reginita | Named in honor of the niece of the discoverer. (H 105) |
1118 | Hanskya | The planet was named “zum Andenken an den vor 25 Jahren verstorbenen ersten Astronomen der Sternwart |
1120 | Cannonia | Named by the discoverer (RI 584) in honor of Miss Annie Jump Cannon (1863–1941). At Harvard Universi |
1123 | Shapleya | Named by the discoverer (RI 509) in honor of the American astronomer and director of Harvard Observa |
1124 | Stroobantia | Named in honor of Paul Stroobant (1868–1936), director of the Royal Observatory at Uccle, Belgium. H |
1141 | Bohmia | Named in honor of Mrs. Katharina Bohm-Waltz (?–1901) who donated the 72-cm Waltz reflector to the He |
1153 | Wallenbergia | Named in honor of the German mathematician Georg James Wallenberg (1864–1924). (H 107) |
1165 | Imprinetta | Named in honor of the wife of the discoverer. (H 108) Named by the discoverer and the orbit computer |
1168 | Brandia | Named in honor of Eugène Brand, Professor of mathematics at the University of Brussels, Belgium. (H |
1177 | Gonnessia | Named in honor of the late François Gonnessiat (1856–1934), director of the Algiers Bouzaréah and Qu |
1186 | Turnera | Named in honor of the British astronomer Herbert Hall Turner (1861–1930), director of the Oxford Uni |
1189 | Terentia | Named in remembrance of the deceased collaborator at the Simeis Observatory, Mrs. Lidiya Ivanovna Te |
1190 | Pelagia | Named in honor of the Simeis astronomer Pelageya Fedorovna Shajn (1894–1956), the first woman who di |
1204 | Renzia | Named in honor of Franz Robert Renz (1860–1942), astronomer at Dorpat and Pulkowo. (H 112) |
1205 | Ebella | Named in honor of Carl Wilhelm Ludwig Martin Ebell (1871–1944) who was an astronomer in Kiel, German |
1207 | Ostenia | Named in honor of the amateur astronomer, orbital computer, and business man, Hans Osten. (H 112) |
1210 | Morosovia | Named in honor of the Russian revolutionist and scientist Nikolaj A. Morozov (1854–1946). (H 112) Mo |
1217 | Maximiliana | Named in honor of Max Wolf (1863–1932), founder and director of the Heidelberg Königstuhl Observator |
1226 | Golia | Named in honor of Golius, the first professor of astronomy and founder of the Leiden Observatory in |
1230 | Riceia | Named in honor of Hugh Rice, amateur astronomer of New York and director of the Museum of Natural Sc |
1235 | Schorria | Named in honor of the German astronomer Richard Schorr (1867–1951), staff member of the Hamburg Berg |
1239 | Queteleta | Named in honor of Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet (1796–1874), Belgian astronomer, mathematician, m |
1249 | Rutherfordia | Named after the city of Rutherford, New York. (LDS) Name proposed by Irving L. Meyer, Rutherford, N. |
1262 | Sniadeckia | Named in honor of Jan Sniadecki (1756–1830), a Polish scholar, professor of mathematics and astronom |
1265 | Schweikarda | Named by the discoverer for his mother’s family name, Schweikard. (H 116) |
1267 | Geertruida | Named in honor of the daughter of the Mrs. Hamerslag, a sister of G. Pels. (I. van Houten-Groeneveld |
1271 | Isergina | Named in honor of the friend and physician of the discoverer, Pyotr Vasil’evich Isergin (1870–1936) |
1274 | Delportia | Named in honor of the discoverer, Eugène J. Delporte (1882–1955). He observed and discovered more th |
1297 | Quadea | Named by the discoverer in honor of the parents-in-law of his brother, Prof. E. Reinmuth. (H 119) |
1299 | Mertona | Named for the English astronomer Gerald Merton {1893–1983}. (H 119) Obituary published in J. Br. Ast |
1310 | Villigera | Named in honor of the Swiss astronomer Walter Augustin Villiger (1872–1938) who was head of the depa |
1311 | Knopfia | Named in honor of the German astronomer O. Knopf {1856–1945} who worked at Jena. (H 120) Name propos |
1328 | Devota | Named by the discoverer in honor of his friend Fortunato Devoto, director of the La Plata Observator |
1330 | Spiridonia | Named in honor of Spiridon Il’ich Zaslavskij (1883–1942), the brother of Mrs. Albitskij. Zaslavskij |
1332 | Marconia | Named in honor of Marchese Guglielmo Marconi (1874–1937), Italian electrical engineer and inventor a |
1334 | Lundmarka | Named in honor of the Swedish astronomer Knut Emil Lundmark (1889–1958). Lundmark studied extensivel |
1335 | Demoulina | Named in honor of Prof. Demoulin of the University of Ghent, Belgium. (H 121) |
1337 | Gerarda | Named in honor of Mrs. G. Prins, wife of Mr. Prins who was a computer at the Leiden Observatory. (I. |
1339 | Desagneauxa | Named in honor of the brother-in-law of the discoverer. (H 122) |
1344 | Caubeta | Named in honor of Paul Caubet (?–1942), astronomer at the Toulouse Observatory. (H 122) |
1350 | Rosselia | Named in honor of Miss Rossel, editor of the Belgian newspaper Le Soir. (H 122) |
1361 | Leuschneria | Named in honor of the American astronomer Armin Otto Leuschner (1868–1953), director of Students’ Ob |
1363 | Herberta | Named in honor of Herbert Clark Hoover (1874–1964), 31st president of the United States from 1929 to |
1364 | Safara | Named in honor of André Safar, Algiers. (H 124) |
1375 | Alfreda | Named in honor of a friend of the discoverer. (H 125) |
1377 | Roberbauxa | Nommée en l’honneur de l’ingénieur français Robert Baux (1900–1987), ami d’enfance du découvreur Lou |
1386 | Storeria | The orbit was computed from Van Biesbroeck’s observations by a student (Miss Brenton) at the Univers |
1400 | Tirela | Named in honor of Charles Tirel, a friend of the discoverer. (H 127) |
1403 | Idelsonia | Named in honor of the late, well-known Soviet astronomer, Naum I. Idelson {1885–1951}. He was a memb |
1408 | Trusanda | Named in honor of Trude Hochgesand, an acquaintance of the Heidelberg astronomer H. Vogt {see planet |
1411 | Brauna | Named in honor of Margret Braun, wife of H. Vogt (see also the citation for planet (1410)). (H 128) |
1416 | Renauxa | Named in honor of P. Renaux, assistant astronomer at the Algiers Observatory. (H 128) |
1417 | Walinskia | Named in honor of an acqaintance of an astronomer at the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Berlin. Nam |
1418 | Fayeta | Named in honor of Gaston-Jules Fayet (1874–1967), director of the Nice Observatory who computed exte |
1422 | Stromgrenia | Named in honor of the Danish astronomer Prof. Elis Strömgren (1870–1947) who was director of the Cop |
1443 | Ruppina | Named for the German city of Ruppin, the birthplace of the astronomer M. Ebell {see planet (1205)}, |
1445 | Konkolya | Named in honor of the founder of the Ogyalla {see planet (1259)} Observatory, Miklós (Nicolaus) von |
1455 | Mitchella | Named in honor of the American woman astronomer Maria Mitchell (1818–1889) who was professor of astr |
1458 | Mineura | Named in honor of Adolphe Mineur who was professor of mathematics at the University of Brussels, Bel |
1466 | Mundleria | Named in honor of the German astronomer Max Mündler (1876–1969) who worked at the Heidelberg Königst |
1482 | Sebastiana | Named in honor of the German scientist Sebastian Finsterwalder, Munich. (RI 2417) Name proposed by O |
1502 | Arenda | Named in honor of Sylvain Arend {1902–1992}, astronomer at the Uccle Observatory near Brussels, Belg |
1509 | Esclangona | Named in honor of Ernest Esclangon (1876–1954), director of the Paris Observatory. He served as pres |
1528 | Conrada | Named in honor of Fritz Conrad (1883–1944), rear-admiral of the German navy and well-known nautical |
1557 | Roehla | This planet is named in honor of Dr. Lars Roehl of Lund, Sweden, presently the chief physician of th |
1560 | Strattonia | Named in honor of Professor Frederick J. M. Stratton {1881–1960}, Director of the Solar Physics Obse |
1619 | Ueta | Named by the discoverer after the former Director of Kwasan Observatory who encouraged him to keep o |
1648 | Shajna | The planet is named in honor of the two late Russian astronomers Mr. G. A. Shajn {1892–1956} and Mrs |
1653 | Yakhontovia | Named in honor of Prof. N. S. Yakhontova. Mrs. Yakhontova was in charge of the Minor Planet Departme |
1893 | Jakoba | Named in honor of the discoverer’s grandfather, Dr. Jakob Oberholzer (1862–1939) in Glarus, Switzerl |
2087 | Kochera | Named in memory of Theodor Kocher (1841–1917), surgeon of world fame, Nobel laureate in 1909, benefa |
2088 | Sahlia | Named in memory of Hermann Sahli (1856–1933), professor of internal medicine at Berne University, ph |
2226 | Cunitza | Named by the discoverer for the family of his sister-in-law, Lydia Cunitz. |
3538 | Nelsonia | Named in honor of Elisabeth Nelson, former secretary of the Landessternwarte and the Max-Planck-Inst |
3717 | Thorenia | Named in memory of Victor Eugene Thoren (1935–1991), one of the foremost contemporary historians of |
3881 | Doumergua | Named in memory of Gaston Doumergue (1863–1937), president of France during 1924–1931, and his wife. |
4563 | Kahnia | Named in honor of Franz D. Kahn, professor of astronomy and head of the department of astronomy at t |
4789 | Sprattia | Named in honor of Christopher E. Spratt, an active amateur member of the Royal Astronomical Society |
26906 | Rubidia | Rubidia (“Ruby”) Mendez-Harris (b. 1945) is the widow of David L. Harris, a member of the team that |
381904 | Beatita | Beata Tidmarsh, née Podolská (b. 1966) was a longtime colleague of the discoverer, who encouraged hi |
455739 | Isabelita | Isabel Izquierdo Lacruz (b. 1988) is the niece of the discoverer and is a 2012 graduate in sociology |