nr ↓ | name ↓ | Name Source ↓ |
87 | Sylvia | Named possibly in honor of Sylvie Petiaux-Hugo Flammarion, first wife of Camille Flammarion {see pla |
89 | Julia | Named probably after the patron saint Julia of Corsica who died as a martyr in the fifth century. At |
169 | Zelia | Named in honor of a niece of Camille Flammarion {see planet (1021)} and daughter of his sister Bert |
170 | Maria | Independently discovered 1877 Jan. 22 by C. H. F. Peters at Clinton. Named in honor of the sister of |
177 | Irma | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. |
182 | Elsa | Named after the Austrian form ‘Elsbeth’ of the most common feminine Christian name ‘Elisabeth’. It w |
210 | Isabella | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. |
218 | Bianca | Named by the Vienna astronomers in honor of the famous coloratura soprano Bianca Bianchi (stage name |
222 | Lucia | Named probably after the youngest daughter of Graf Wilczek. (A. Schnell) Named (BAJ Circ., No. 220 ( |
223 | Rosa | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. Named (BAJ Circ., No. 218 (1883)) b |
225 | Henrietta | Named in honor of the wife of the French astronomer Pierre J. C. Janssen (1824–1907), pioneer of sol |
228 | Agathe | Named in honor of the youngest daughter of Theodor von Oppolzer (1841–1886), professor of astronomy |
229 | Adelinda | Named in honor of the wife of E. Weiss, director of the Vienna Observatory. (Astronomischer Kalender |
234 | Barbara | Named probably for the Saint Barbara and also for a relative of Prof. Ibbotson of Vienna. (R. R. de |
235 | Carolina | Named for an atoll of the Line Islands, 450 miles northwest of Papeete, Tahiti, where the discoverer |
237 | Coelestina | Named in honor of Coelestine, née Mauthner von Markhof, wife of Theodor von Oppolzer, professor of a |
245 | Vera | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. Name suggested by the wife of the d |
249 | Ilse | Named probably after a legendary princess of the Harz mountains in Germany. It is also the name of a |
250 | Bettina | Named for Baroness Bettina von Rothschild of the Austrian plutocratic family. In Observatory, Vol. 8 |
253 | Mathilde | Named probably in honor of Mathilde, née Worms, wife of the astronomer Moritz Loewy (1833–1907). (A. |
265 | Anna | Named probably in honor of Anny Weiss, née Kretschmar, daughter-in-law of Prof. E. Weiss, director o |
276 | Adelheid | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. |
281 | Lucretia | Named in honor of Lucretia Caroline Herschel (1750–1848), sister of the discoverer (1781) of Uranus |
283 | Emma | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. See also the comment to planet (29 |
285 | Regina | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. See also the comment to planet (29 |
291 | Alice | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. Named by the Société Astronomique d |
297 | Caecilia | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. See also the comment to planet (29 |
303 | Josephina | The discoverer states in the Memoirs of the Collegio Romano College that the planet was named “... i |
304 | Olga | Named by F. W. Argelander in honor of his niece. (H35) |
310 | Margarita | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. |
311 | Claudia | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. |
314 | Rosalia | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. |
318 | Magdalena | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. |
320 | Katharina | Named in honor of the mother of the discoverer, Katharina. (H 36) |
339 | Dorothea | Named in honor of Dorothea Klumpke Roberts (1861–1943) {see also planet (1040)}. She was the first |
352 | Gisela | Named in honor of Gisela Wolf, neé Merx {see planet (808)}, wife of the discoverer. (H 39) |
354 | Eleonora | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. |
375 | Ursula | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. See also the remarks to planet (35 |
419 | Aurelia | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. Named by A. Berberich (AN 156, 127 |
435 | Ella | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. Named by A. Schwassmann (AN 156, 23 |
436 | Patricia | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. Named by A. Schwassmann (AN 156, 23 |
440 | Theodora | Named in honor of the daughter of Mr. Julius F. Stone who was a benefactor and long time trustee of |
441 | Bathilde | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. |
445 | Edna | Named in honor of the wife of Julius F. Stone who has made outstanding gifts to promote scientific w |
447 | Valentine | Named probably for Valentine Noëmi von Rothschild (1886–1969), the only daughter of Baron Albert von |
448 | Natalie | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. Named by J. Palisa (AN 156, 143 (19 |
450 | Brigitta | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. Named by A. Berberich (AN 156, 127 |
459 | Signe | Named probably after the character of the Volsunga Saga, daughter of Volsung and sister of Sigmund. |
461 | Saskia | Named probably in honor of Saskia van Uylenburgh, wife (in 1634) of the famous Dutch painter Rembran |
468 | Lina | Named for a housemaid of the discoverer’s family. (H51) |
476 | Hedwig | Named in honor of the wife of the Danish astronomer Elis Strömgren (1870–1947) who computed the orbi |
491 | Carina | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. Named by Premierlieutenant Th. Lass |
495 | Eulalia | Named in honor of the grandmother of Mrs. Wolf. (H 53) |
497 | Iva | Named after Iva Shores, a little daughter in the household where the discoverer lived while in Amher |
503 | Evelyn | Named by the discoverer in honor of his mother, Evelyn Smith Dugan. (H 54) See the remark for planet |
506 | Marion | Named by the discoverer in honor of his cousin Marion Orcutt. (H 54) See the remark for planet (497 |
517 | Edith | Named by the discoverer in honor of his sister Mrs. Edith Dugan Eveleth. (H 55) See the remark for p |
520 | Franziska | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. Named by Götz (AN 169, 363 (1905)). |
522 | Helga | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. Named (AN 169, 363 (1905)) by Lieut |
533 | Sara | Named in honor of a friend of the discoverer. (H 57) |
538 | Friederike | Named in honor of a friend of the discoverer in Heidelberg. (H 57) |
542 | Susanna | Named by the first discoverer in honor of a friend in Heidelberg. (H 58) |
543 | Charlotte | Named in honor of a friend of the discoverer in Heidelberg. (H 58) |
572 | Rebekka | Named by the discoverer for a “Heidelberger Bürgerstochter” as he stated to I. van Houten-Groeneveld |
575 | Renate | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. The naming might be influenced by t |
576 | Emanuela | Named for a friend of the discoverer. (H 61; AN 180, 183 (1909)) |
583 | Klotilde | Named in honor of the daughter of the Austrian astronomer Hofrat Edmund Weiss (1837–1917) who founde |
596 | Scheila | Named in honor of an acquaintance of the discoverer, an English woman student in Heidelberg. (H 63) |
599 | Luisa | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. |
602 | Marianna | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. |
607 | Jenny | Named in honor of the wife of a friend of the discoverer on the occasion of her engagement. Her full |
608 | Adolfine | See the name citation of planet (607). (H 64) |
611 | Valeria | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. The naming might be influenced by t |
612 | Veronika | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. The naming might be influenced by t |
615 | Roswitha | Named in honor of the German poetess Roswitha von Gandersheim. (H 64) |
616 | Elly | Named in honor of Mrs. Elly Boehm, wife of Prof. K. Boehm, who was professor of mathematics at the T |
618 | Elfriede | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. |
625 | Xenia | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. (H 65) The naming might be influenc |
628 | Christine | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. |
629 | Bernardina | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. |
634 | Ute | Named by the discoverer in honor of a friend on the occasion of her engagement. (H 66) |
636 | Erika | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. |
641 | Agnes | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. |
642 | Clara | Named by the discoverer for a housekeeper of the Wolf family. (H 67) |
644 | Cosima | Named in honor of Cosima Wagner (1837–1930). She was the daughter of the Hungarian composer Franz Li |
647 | Adelgunde | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. The naming might be influenced by t |
649 | Josefa | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. |
654 | Zelinda | Named by Elia Millosevich with the permission of the discoverer in honor of Zelinda, sister of the f |
663 | Gerlinde | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. |
665 | Sabine | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. |
668 | Dora | Named after a girl friend of the discoverer’s wife. (H 68) The naming might be influenced by the two |
674 | Rachele | Named in honor of the wife of the orbit computer E. Bianchi. (H 69; AN 181, 292 (1909)) Named by E. |
675 | Ludmilla | Named probably after the title figure of the opera Ruslan and Ludmilla by the Russian composer Mikha |
677 | Aaltje | Named in honor of the Dutch singer Aaltje Noordewier Reddingius. (H 69) |
688 | Melanie | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. Named (AN 186, 15 (1910)) by Dr. O. |
696 | Leonora | Named by Arthur Snow of the Nautical Almanac Office, Washington, D.C., who computed the orbit for th |
703 | Noemi | Probably named for Valentine Noëmi von Rothschild at the occasion of her marriage with Baron Sigismu |
710 | Gertrud | Named probably in honor of Gertrud Rheden, daughter of the astronomer J. Rheden and granddaughter of |
718 | Erida | Named in honor of the daughter of A. O. Leuschner {see planet (1361)}, Erida. (H 72; A. Schnell) Th |
722 | Frieda | Named probably in honor of Frieda Hillebrand, grand-daughter of Prof. Weiss, director of the Vienna |
725 | Amanda | Named in honor of the wife of the Hamburg astronomer Richard Schorr {see planet (1235)}. (H 73) The |
750 | Oskar | Named very probably in remembrance of Oskar Ruben von Rothschild (1888–1909), the youngest son of Ba |
751 | Faina | Named in honor of Mrs. F. M. Neujmin, the first wife of the discoverer. (N. S. Samojlova-Yakhontova) |
755 | Quintilla | This is the name of an Italian girl. The name was suggested by Miss Arville D. Walker, secretary to |
773 | Irmintraud | Named by the discoverer for an old German woman’s name which frequently appears in old songs and sag |
779 | Nina | Named in honor of the sister of the discoverer, the mathematician Nina Nikolaevna Neujmina (1877–195 |
789 | Lena | Named in honor of Lena (Elena) Petrovna Neujmina (1860–1942), mother of the discoverer. (N. S. Chern |
817 | Annika | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. |
820 | Adriana | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. |
821 | Fanny | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. |
824 | Anastasia | Independently discovered 1916 Apr. 1 by M. F. Wolf at Heidelberg. Named in memory of Mrs. Anastasia |
826 | Henrika | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. |
832 | Karin | Named after Karin Mansdotter from Swedish history. She was the mistress of Erik XIV of Sweden in the |
833 | Monica | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. |
842 | Kerstin | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. |
847 | Agnia | Named in honor of a Simeis physician, Agnia Ivanovna Bad’ina (1877–1956). (N. S. Samojlova-Yakhontov |
848 | Inna | Independently discovered 1915 Sept. 9 by M. F. Wolf at Heidelberg. Named in honor of Inna Nikolaevna |
878 | Mildred | Named in honor of Mildred Shapley Matthews {1915- }, the daughter of Harlow Shapley {see planet (11 |
879 | Ricarda | Named in honor of the German poetess Ricarda Huch (1864–1947). (H 85) Ricarda Huch is also honored b |
882 | Swetlana | Independently discovered 1917 Aug. 18 by M. F. Wolf at Heidelberg. Any reference of this name to a p |
885 | Ulrike | Independently discovered 1917 Sept. 26 by M. F. Wolf at Heidelberg. Named presumably in honor of Ulr |
891 | Gunhild | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. |
898 | Hildegard | Named probably after the St. Hildegard von Bingen (1098–1179). (H 87) |
907 | Rhoda | Named in honor of the wife of the American astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard {see planet (819)}. (H |
909 | Ulla | Named in honor of Ulla Ahrens, a daughter of a friend of the discoverer. See also the citation for p |
910 | Anneliese | Named for an acqaintance of the German astronomer Julius Dick from the Babelsberg Observatory. (H 88 |
915 | Cosette | Named in honor of the youngest daughter of the discoverer. (H 88) |
917 | Lyka | Named after a girl-friend of the sister of the discoverer. (N. S. Chernykh) |
933 | Susi | Named in honor of Mrs. S. Graff, wife of the director of the Vienna Observatory. (H 90) |
942 | Romilda | See the remarks to planet (913). |
956 | Elisa | Named in honor of Elisa Reinmuth, mother of the discoverer. (H 92) |
959 | Arne | Named in honor of a son of B. Asplind {see planet (958)}. (H 92) |
960 | Birgit | Named in honor of a daughter of B. Asplind {see planet (958)}. (H 92) |
961 | Gunnie | Named in honor of a daughter of B. Asplind {see planet (958)}. (H 92) |
965 | Angelica | Named in honor of Angelica Hartmann, wife of the discoverer. (H 92) |
981 | Martina | Named in honor of the French revolutionary Henri Martin. (H 94) |
985 | Rosina | |
986 | Amelia | |
1010 | Marlene | The name honors the Berlin born motion picture star Maria Magdalena von Losch alias Marlene Dietrich |
1017 | Jacqueline | Named in honor of Jacqueline Zadoc-Kahn, an old disciple of the discoverer. (H 97) |
1026 | Ingrid | Named after a niece of A. Kahrstedt {see planet (1587)} as a present on the day of baptism. (H 98; |
1030 | Vitja | Named in honor of Viktor (Vitja) Viktorovich Zaslavskij (1925–1944), a nephew of Spiridon Zaslavskij |
1033 | Simona | Named in honor of the discoverer’s daughter who is now Mrs. John Titus. (H 98) |
1041 | Asta | This planet is possibly named in honor of the Danish actress Asta Nielsen (1881–1972). (LDS) Name pr |
1046 | Edwin | Named in honor of the discoverer’s son. (H 99) |
1048 | Feodosia | Named for the city Feodosija in the Crimea. (A. Paluzíe-Borrell) Named in accordance with a proposal |
1057 | Wanda | Named in honor of the well-known Polish and Soviet writer Wanda Wasilewska (1905–1964). In the USSR |
1062 | Ljuba | Named in honor of the perished lady-parachutist Ljuba Berlin (1915–1936). See also planets (1084) a |
1075 | Helina | Named in honor of Helij Grigor’evich Neujmin (1910–1982), a son of the discoverer. (N. S. Chernykh; |
1113 | Katja | Named in honor of the laboratory assistant and calculator Katja (Ekaterina) Ios’ko of the discovery |
1121 | Natascha | Named — as a birthday present — in honor of the hydro-geologist Natasha (Natalia) Tichomirova, daugh |
1127 | Mimi | Named in honor of the wife of E. Delporte. (H 105) The planets (1127) and (1145) have been discove |
1128 | Astrid | Named in honor of H.M. Astrid (1905–1935), Queen of the Belgians. (H 106) |
1137 | Raissa | Named in honor of Raïssa Izrailevna Maseeva (1900–1930), a former scientific collaborator at the Pul |
1175 | Margo | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. Named by the discoverer (RI 803). |
1176 | Lucidor | Named in honor of an amateur astronomer and feminine friend of the discoverer. (H 109) |
1178 | Irmela | Named in honor of Mrs. Irmela Ruska, the wife of Ernest Ruska who invented the electron microscope a |
1179 | Mally | Named by the discoverer in honor of his daughter-in-law, the wife of Franz Wolf. (H 110) |
1182 | Ilona | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. Name proposed by G. Stracke. |
1183 | Jutta | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. Name proposed by G. Stracke. |
1194 | Aletta | Named in honor of the wife of the discoverer. (H 111) |
1219 | Britta | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. |
1222 | Tina | Tina is the Christian name of a woman, amateur astronomer, and friend of the discoverer. (H 113) |
1237 | Genevieve | Named in honor of the eldest daughter of the discoverer. (H 114) |
1243 | Pamela | Named in honor of the daughter of the discoverer. (H 114) |
1252 | Celestia | Named by the discoverer in honor of his mother. For the naming of this planet the spelling needed no |
1273 | Helma | Named in honor of an acquaintance of the German astronomer W. Schaub. (H 117) |
1277 | Dolores | Named in honor of Dolores Gómez Ibarruri (“La Pasionária”) (1895–1989), a leading figure of the Span |
1281 | Jeanne | Named in honor of the daughter of the discoverer. (H 117) |
1285 | Julietta | Named in honor of the discoverer’s mother. (J. Meeus) |
1287 | Lorcia | Named in honor of the wife of T. Banachiewicz. (H 118) Named by T. Banachiewicz. |
1292 | Luce | Named in honor of the wife of the discoverer. (H 118) |
1293 | Sonja | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. Name proposed by the Astronomisches |
1295 | Deflotte | Named by the discoverer in honor of his nephew. (H 118) |
1296 | Andree | Named by the discoverer in honor of his niece. (H 118) |
1300 | Marcelle | Named in honor of the second daughter of the discoverer. (H 119) |
1301 | Yvonne | Named in honor of the sister of the discoverer. (H 119) |
1314 | Paula | Named by the discoverer in honor of his wife. (H 120) |
1329 | Eliane | Named in honor of the daughter of Prof. Paul Bourgeois {see planet (1543){ of the Royal Observatory |
1340 | Yvette | Named by the discoverer in honor of his niece. (H 122) |
1341 | Edmee | Named in honor of Mrs. Edmée Chandon who was an astronomer at the Paris Observatory. (H 122) |
1343 | Nicole | Named by the discoverer in honor of his niece. (H 122) |
1348 | Michel | Named in honor of the elder son of the discoverer. (H 122) |
1353 | Maartje | Named in honor of the daughter of B. G. Mekking who was a computer at the Leiden Observatory. (H 123 |
1371 | Resi | Named for a cousin of Mrs. Schaub, an acquaintance of the discoverer. (H 124) Name proposed by W. Sc |
1376 | Michelle | Named in honor of the third daughter of the discoverer. (H 125) |
1378 | Leonce | Named in honor of the father of the discoverer. (H 125) |
1380 | Volodia | Named in honor of Vladimir Vesselovskij (diminuted Volodia) who was born the same night the minor pl |
1389 | Onnie | Named in honor of Mrs. A. Kruyt, a sister-in-law of G. Pels. (I. van Houten-Groeneveld) Named by G. |
1392 | Pierre | Named in honor of a nephew of the discoverer. (H 126) |
1401 | Lavonne | Named in honor of the granddaughter of Mrs. Maud W. Makemson who computed the orbit of this planet a |
1410 | Margret | Named in honor of Margret Braun (?–1991), wife of the Heidelberg astronomer H. Vogt {see planet (14 |
1414 | Jerome | Named in honor of the father of the discoverer. (H 128) |
1423 | Jose | Named in honor of Giuseppina Bianchi, deceased young daughter of the Italian astronomer E. Bianchi. |
1435 | Garlena | Named in honor of an acquaintance of the German astronomer W. Schaub. (H 129) |
1461 | Jean-Jacques | This planet is named by the discoverer in honor of her son. (M 2116) |
1470 | Carla | This planet is named in honor of Mrs. Carla Ziegler, Heidelberg, a friend of the Bohrmann family. (M |
1486 | Marilyn | Named in honor of the daughter of Paul Herget {see planet (1751)} who computed the orbit. (H 133) |
1493 | Sigrid | Named in honor of Sigrid Strömgren, wife of the Danish astronomer Bengt Strömgren {see planet (1846 |
1516 | Henry | Named in memory of the brothers Paul Pierre Henry (1848–1905) and Prosper Matthieu Henry (1849–1903) |
1531 | Hartmut | Named by the discoverer in honor of his grandson, Hartmut Neckel, whose father is an astronomer at t |
1555 | Dejan | Named in honor of the son of the Yugoslav astronomer P. M. Djurkovic (1908–1981) from the Belgrade O |
1568 | Aisleen | Named by the discoverer in honor of his wife. (M 941) |
1569 | Evita | The discoverer has assigned the name in honor of the wife of President Peron {1895–1974} of Argentin |
1575 | Winifred | This planet is named in honor of Miss Winifred Sawtelle, a staff member of the U.S. Naval Observator |
1592 | Mathieu | Named after one of the grand-children of the discoverer. (M 3825) |
1607 | Mavis | Named in honor of the wife of J. A. Bruwer {see planet (1811)}, astronomer at the observatory in Jo |
1609 | Brenda | Named by the discoverer in honor of his granddaughter. (M 3931) |
1618 | Dawn | Named by the discoverer in honor of his granddaughter. (M 3931) |
1623 | Vivian | Named in honor of the daughter of W. P. Hirst {see planet (3172)}, who calculated the preliminary o |
1644 | Rafita | Named by the discoverer in honor of his late son. (M 2277) |
1664 | Felix | Named in memory of Felix Timmermans (1886–1947), popular Belgian writer. (M 6831) Name proposed by J |
1665 | Gaby | Named by the discoverer for his daughter-in-law, Gaby Reinmuth. (M 2901) |
1668 | Hanna | Named by the discoverer for his daughter-in-law, Hanna Reinmuth. (M 2901) |
1669 | Dagmar | Named by the discoverer, a German feminine name. No special meaning is assigned to this name. (M 290 |
1682 | Karel | Named by the discoverer for the son of Dr. and Mrs. van Houten of the Leiden Observatory. (M 2901) S |
1689 | Floris-Jan | This planet is named after Floris-Jan van der Meulen, the 5000th visitor to a 14-day astronomical ex |
1698 | Christophe | Named in honor of a grand-nephew of G. Roland, administrator of the Royal Observatory, Uccle, co-dis |
1707 | Chantal | Named in honor of a niece of Uccle astronomer G. Roland. (M 6832) |
1711 | Sandrine | Named in honor of a grand-niece of Uccle astronomer G. Roland. (M 6832) |
1716 | Peter | Named by the discoverer in honor of his grandson. (M 3933) |
1719 | Jens | Named by the discoverer in honor of his grandson. (M 3933) |
1720 | Niels | Named by the discoverer in honor of his grandson. (M 3933) |
1724 | Vladimir | Named by M. B. Protitch, whose rediscovery of this object in 1952 made the permanent numbering possi |
1727 | Mette | Named by the discoverer in honor of his wife “for her tolerance of my nocturnal working hours and fo |
1729 | Beryl | Named in honor of Mrs. Beryl H. Potter {1901–1985}, whose devoted work from 1949 to 1966 contributed |
1730 | Marceline | Named for the heroine of André Gide’s novel L’Im-moraliste. As a beautiful and devoted young wife Ma |
1732 | Heike | Named in honor of Heike Neckel, a granddaughter of A. Bohrmann. (M 3933) |
1733 | Silke | Named by the discoverer for his granddaughter, Silke Neckel. (M 3933) |
1744 | Harriet | Named in honor of the wife of Paul Herget {see planet (1751)}, Director of the Cincinnati Observato |
1753 | Mieke | Named in honor of the wife of former director of the Leiden Observatory Jan Oort. Name proposed by t |
1760 | Sandra | Named by the discoverer in honor of his granddaughter. (M 3934; M 3988; M 5391) |
1806 | Derice | Named in honor of the wife of Dennis Harwood, member of the astrometric team at the Perth Observator |
1837 | Osita | Named by the discoverer in honor of his wife Ursula, of which Osita is the Spanish equivalent. While |
1838 | Ursa | Named for the discoverer’s wife, Ursula, their son, Urs, and for the bears of Berne. (M 4156) |
1842 | Hynek | Named by the discoverer in honor of his father, Hynek Kohoutek, on the occasion of his 70th birthday |
1843 | Jarmila | Named by the discoverer in honor of his mother, Jarmila Kohoutkova, on the occasion of her 70th birt |
1846 | Bengt | Named in honor of Bengt Strömgren {1908–1987} on the occasion of his 70th birthday. This renowned Da |
1878 | Hughes | Named in honor of the son of Mireille (née Delporte) Demiddelaer {see planet (1926)}, granddaughter |
1892 | Lucienne | Named in honor of Mlle. Lucienne Divan of the Institut d’Astrophysique in Paris, who is a spectrosco |
1939 | Loretta | Named by the discoverer in honor of his daughter. (M 3828) |
1944 | Gunter | Named by the discoverer in honor of his son, Günter Reinmuth. (M 4157; M 26599) |
1969 | Alain | |
1978 | Patrice | Named in honor of the daughter of Dennis Harwood, member of the astrometric team at the Perth Observ |
1988 | Delores | Named in honor of Mrs. Delores Owings, who has worked diligently in the minor planet program of Indi |
2023 | Asaph | Named in memory of Asaph Hall (1829–1907), discoverer of Phobos and Deimos, the satellites of Mars. |
2050 | Francis | Named by the discoverer in honor of her parents, Fred and Kay Francis. (M 4359) |
2056 | Nancy | Named in honor of Nancy Lou Zissell Marsden, wife of Brian G. Marsden {see planet (1877)}. The latt |
2057 | Rosemary | Named in honor of Rosemary Birky Hoffmann Scholl, {first} wife of Hans Scholl {see planet (2959)}. |
2071 | Nadezhda | Named in memory of Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya (1869-1939), one of the creators of the Soviet |
2106 | Hugo | Named for the celebrated French writer Victor Hugo (1802–1885). (M 6833) Name proposed by J. Meeus. |
2115 | Irakli | Named in honor of Irakli West, son of the discoverer. (M 4787) |
2130 | Evdokiya | Named by the discoverer in honor of her mother, Evdokiya Efimovna Shchelokova. |
2137 | Priscilla | Named in memory of Priscilla Fairfield Bok (1896–1975). With her husband, Bart J. Bok, she participa |
2144 | Marietta | Named in honor of Marietta Sergeevna Shaginyan, Soviet writer, doctor of philology, a member of the |
2156 | Kate | Named by L. K. Kristensen, who found several of the identifications involving this planet, in honor |
2167 | Erin | Named in honor of the daughter of George Punko, member of the astrometric team at the Perth Observat |
2177 | Oliver | Named in honor of Bernard M. Oliver {1916–1995}, retired Vice President for Research and Development |
2196 | Ellicott | Named in memory of Andrew Ellicott Douglass (1867–1962), American astronomer and founder in 1901 of |
2210 | Lois | Named in honor of Lois J. Baldwin, spouse of Ralph B. Baldwin, author of several books, including th |
2214 | Carol | Named by the Minor Planet Center for Carol D. Valenti, in honor of her service as secretarial assist |
2264 | Sabrina | Named for a legendary English princess, daughter of King Locrine. Along with her mother, Sabrina was |
2285 | Ron Helin | Named in honor of Ronald P. Helin, husband of Eleanor F. Helin. His never-ending friendship and enc |
2316 | Jo-Ann | Named in honor of Jo-Ann Bowell, wife of the discoverer {see planet (2246)}, on the occasion of her |
2317 | Galya | Named in honor of Galya Lubarsky, a friend of T. Gehrels. {See also the citation for planet (2318)} |
2324 | Janice | Named in honor of Janice Cline, who for many years has encouraged astrometric studies of minor plane |
2335 | James | Named in honor of James G. Williams, celestial mechanician who extended the theory of secular pertur |
2353 | Alva | Named for an American former girlfriend of the discoverer. (M 17465) |
2366 | Aaryn | Named in honor of Aaryn G. Baltutis, grandson of the discoverer. (M 7617) |
2373 | Immo | Named in honor of Immo Appenzeller (1940– ), professor of astronomy at Heidelberg University and sin |
2382 | Nonie | Named in honor of the daughter of Peter Jekabsons, member of the astrometric team at the Perth Obser |
2412 | Wil | Named in honor of Wil van de Hulst, psychotherapist, married to the astronomer Henk C. van de Hulst |
2414 | Vibeke | Named by L. K. Kristensen, who made the identifications involving this planet, in honor of his daugh |
2496 | Fernandus | Named in memory of Fernandus Payne (1881–1977), dean of the graduate school and head of the departme |
2527 | Gregory | Named in honor of Bruce Gregory Thomas, youngest son of the discoverer, whose name was taken from th |
2555 | Thomas | Named in honor of Norman G. Thomas, for many years an observer on the Lowell proper motion and aster |
2556 | Louise | Named in honor of Carol Louise Thomas-Baltutis, youngest daughter of the discoverer. (M 6835) |
2569 | Madeline | Named for the heroine in John Keats’ poem ‘The Eve of St. Agnes’. According to the legend, virtuous |
2589 | Daniel | Named by the discoverer in honor of his son. (M 7472) |
2612 | Kathryn | Named in honor of Kathryn Gail Thomas-Hazelton, daughter of the discoverer. Her birthdate, Dec. 26, |
2614 | Torrence | Named in honor of Torrence V. Johnson, planetary scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, who is |
2643 | Bernhard | Named in honor of H.R.H. Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, in recognition of his interest in comet |
2650 | Elinor | Named by the Minor Planet Center in honor of Elinor Gates in appreciation of her assistance in prepa |
2651 | Karen | Named by F. N. Bowman, who found the key identification involving this planet, in honor of Karen S. |
2664 | Everhart | Named in honor of Edgar Everhart {1920–1990}, since 1969 in the physics-astronomy department at the |
2677 | Joan | Named in honor of Joan Jordan, secretary in the Solar and Stellar Physics division at the Harvard-Sm |
2683 | Brian | Named by the discoverer in honor of his eldest son. (M 7474) |
2684 | Douglas | Named by the discoverer in honor of his brother, Douglas B. Thomas, a physicist at the National Bure |
2735 | Ellen | Named by the discoverer of comet 1981b (P/Bus) in honor of the discoverer of comet 1981k (P/Howell), |
2744 | Birgitta | Named in honor of Anna Birgitta Angelica Lagerkvist, daughter of the discoverer. (M 8800) |
2779 | Mary | Named by the discoverer in honor of his wife, Maryanna Ruth Thomas. During the 1960s she measured po |
2799 | Justus | Named in honor of Justus Cramer, a descendant of H. G. van de Sande Bakhuyzen, a former director of |
2839 | Annette | Named by the discoverer in honor of his daughter. (M 10845) |
2933 | Amber | Named in honor of the discoverer’s granddaughter, Amber Marie Baltutis. (M 8406) |
2941 | Alden | Named by the discoverer in honor of his son. (M 10845) |
2942 | Cordie | Named in honor of Cordula (Cordie) Astrid Robinson, planetary geologist at the Harvard-Smithsonian C |
2943 | Heinrich | Named in honor of Inge Heinrich (1941– ), astronomer at the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut Heidelber |
2982 | Muriel | Named in honor of Muriel May Scott Shoemaker, mother-in-law of the discoverer. (M 9217) |
2986 | Mrinalini | Named in honor of Mrinalini Sarabhai, a distinguished author, choreographer and performer of classic |
2993 | Wendy | Named by Peter Birch {see planet (3924)} in honor of his wife. This was the first minor planet disc |
2999 | Dante | Named for Dante Alighieri (1265–1321), greatest of the Italian poets. (M 10044) Dante is also honore |
3004 | Knud | Named in memory of the Danish-Eskimo explorer and ethnologist Knud (Johan Victor) Rasmussen (1879–19 |
3045 | Alois | Named by the discoverer in memory of his grandfather, Alois T. Stuczynski. (M 9479) |
3058 | Delmary | Named in honor of the American artist Delmary Rose Schanz (1938– ), whose seascapes, rendered in the |
3085 | Donna | Named in honor of Donna Marie Thompson, who as administrative assistant for the Minor Planet Center |
3147 | Samantha | Named in memory of Samantha Smith (1971–1985), the American girl who dreamed about the friendship of |
3194 | Dorsey | Named in honor of Dorsey Taylor Shoemaker Jr., businessman in Gabbs, Nevada, and uncle of the second |
3252 | Johnny | Named in honor of Johnny Carson (1925– ), entertainer and host of television’s “The Tonight Show” fr |
3266 | Bernardus | Named in honor of Andres Bernardus Muller, astronomer at the Leiden Observatory and leader of the si |
3301 | Jansje | Named by Arie Verveer {see planet (3974)} in honor of his mother. (M 18644) |
3310 | Patsy | Named by the discoverer in honor of his wife. (M 10849) |
3337 | Miloš | Named in honor of Miloš Tichý (b. 1966), Czech astronomer at the Klet Observatory. He is known for |
3367 | Alex | Named by the discoverer in honor of his grandson, Alex R. Baltutis. (M 10550) |
3375 | Amy | Named in honor of Amy Shoemaker Prescott, aunt of E. M. Shoemaker. (M 11750) |
3377 | Lodewijk | Named in honor of Lodewijk Woltjer, former editor of the Astronomical Journal and former director of |
3396 | Muazzez | Named in honor of Muazzez K. Lohmiller, weekend operator in the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observator |
3397 | Leyla | Nancy Leyla Lohmiller (b. 1985), daughter of Muazzez Kumrucu Lohmiller, administrative assistant at |
3403 | Tammy | Named in honor of the wife of R. L. Irelan, principal night assistant at Lincoln Laboratory’s Observ |
3413 | Andriana | Named in honor of Andriana Marie Hazelton, granddaughter of the discoverer. (M 12016) |
3416 | Dorrit | Named in honor of Dorrit Hoffleit {1907– }, renowned authority on variable stars, director of the Ma |
3489 | Lottie | Named in honor of Lottie Soll-Herkenhoff, wife of one of the co-discoverers. (M 11751) |
3525 | Paul | Named in honor of Paul J. Baltutis, son-in-law of the discoverer. (M 12017) |
3532 | Tracie | Named in honor of Tracie Lynn Ojakangas, wife of one of the co-discoverers. (M 11751) |
3537 | Jurgen | Named in honor of Jürgen Rahe {1939–1997}, planetary scientist. Rahe was director of the Dr. Remeis |
3541 | Graham | Named in honor of Lloyd Wilson Graham (1940– ), executive director of the department of state servic |
3562 | Ignatius | Named in honor of the 500th anniversary of the birth of Ignatius Loyola (1491–1556) {see also planet |
3580 | Avery | Named for the discoverer’s grandson Avery Jordan Thomas, who was born 1994 March 4. (M 23540) |
3584 | Aisha | Named for the discoverer’s granddaughter Aisha Renee Thomas, who was born 1991 June 13. (M 23540) |
3605 | Davy | Named for Davy DeWinter, son of the current administrator of the Royal Observatory of Belgium, Mrs. |
3621 | Curtis | Named in memory of the discoverer’s high-school science teacher Curtis R. Carbutt (1911–1976), who w |
3631 | Sigyn | Named by the discoverer in honor of his daughter, who has a lively interest in astronomy and who acc |
3634 | Iwan | Named in honor of Iwan P. Williams, of Queen Mary College, London, in recognition of his well-known |
3667 | Anne-Marie | Named for Anne-Marie Malotki, a friend of the discoverer. (M 12974) |
3680 | Sasha | Named in honor of Alexandra Rachel Druyan Sagan, young daughter of Carl Sagan {see planet (2709)} a |
3754 | Kathleen | Named in honor of Kathleen Willoughby Clifford, granddaughter of the discoverer. (M 18306) |
3795 | Nigel | Nigel Henbest (b. 1951), author of more than 35 popular books on astronomy, co-founded Pioneer TV Pr |
3846 | Hazel | Named in honor of Hazel Arthur Spellmann (1896–1968), mother of the discoverer. (M 15574) |
3848 | Analucia | Named in honor of Ana Lucia Martins, a good friend of the discoverer and who helps him very much whe |
3854 | George | Named in honor of George Estel Shoemaker (1904–1960), father of the second discoverer. (M 15574) |
3870 | Mayre | Named in honor of the discoverer’s youngest daughter. (M 14030) |
3874 | Stuart | Named in honor of Stuart E. Jones on the occasion of his retirement as Lowell Observatory’s photogra |
3909 | Gladys | Named in memory of the discoverer’s mother, Gladys Marie Zeigler (1921–1988), who encouraged him as |
3922 | Heather | Named in honor of Heather Couper (b. 1949), British popularizer and promoter of astronomy, on the oc |
3929 | Carmelmaria | Named in honor of Carmel Maria Borg (nee Materazzo), secretary at the Perth Observatory and administ |
3959 | Irwin | Named in honor of John B. Irwin, professor of astronomy at Indiana University from 1948 to 1964. His |
3972 | Richard | Named in honor of Richard Arthur Spellmann, brother of the discoverer. Spellmann, a chemical enginee |
3976 | Lise | Named for the discoverer’s daughter-in-law, Lise Melinda Breakey Thomas. Lise is the author of Furry |
3977 | Maxine | Named in honor of Maxine Shoemaker Heath, sister of the second discoverer. An entomologist at the Un |
4020 | Dominique | Named in honor of Dominique Bockelée-Morvan (1957– ), researcher at the Observatoire de Paris. Bocke |
4038 | Kristina | Named in honor of Kristina Leterme, professor of French and Russian literature, life partner to the |
4064 | Marjorie | Named in honor of Marjorie Meinel, who with her husband Aden {see planet (4065)} has formed a lifel |
4102 | Gergana | Gergana Georgieva Gelkova (b. 2000) is the adorable grandniece of the discoverer. The name also hon |
4121 | Carlin | Named by Steve Singer-Brewster in honor of his daughter, Carlin Singer-Brewster, on the occasion of |
4123 | Tarsila | Tarsila do Amaral (1886-1973), known simply as Tarsila, is considered to be one of the leading Latin |
4248 | Ranald | The orbit programs constructed by Ranald McIntosh (b. 1933) enabled the discoverers to follow many o |
4346 | Whitney | Named in honor of Charles A. Whitney, professor at Harvard University. Whitney has done seminal work |
4398 | Chiara | Named in honor of Chiara Maria Faletti (1955– ), wife of the discoverer. (M 23540) |
4510 | Shawna | Named in honor of Shawna Willoughby, granddaughter of the discoverer. (M 18308) |
4569 | Baerbel | Named for Baerbel K. Lucchitta, planetary geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey. She is a leadin |
4586 | Gunvor | Named in honor of Mrs. Gunvor Ulla Marie Ollongren-Lundgren (1942– ), Swedish-born wife of Dutch ast |
4599 | Rowan | Michael Rowan-Robinson (b. 1942), of Imperial College, London, led the team evaluating the completen |
4624 | Stefani | Named for J. Stefani Salazar, granddaughter of the first discoverer. (M 17658) |
4678 | Ninian | Named in honor of Ninian T. McNaught, father of the discoverer. (M 17982) |
4679 | Sybil | Named in honor of Sybil McNaught, mother of the discoverer. (M 17982) |
4704 | Sheena | Named for Sheena Fleming Phillips (1952– ), sister of the discoverer and a landscape artist in Haddi |
4710 | Wade | Named for Wade Richard Butler (1949– ), a friend of the discoverer. Son of the famous “bare-foot” bu |
4711 | Kathy | Named in honor of Kathleen Garnette Moeller, daughter of the discoverer. (M 18463) |
4735 | Gary | Named in honor of George Gary Shoemaker, manager of Meteor Crater Enterprises, Inc., on the occasion |
4745 | Nancymarie | Named in honor of Nancy Marie Martinez, daughter of the discoverer. (M 18464) |
4820 | Fay | Named for Fay Gillis Wells, charter member, historian and guiding spirit of the Ninety-Nines, an int |
4888 | Doreen | Named in honor of Doreen Vingness Spellmann, sister-in-law of the discoverer. Spellmann led a sustai |
4891 | Blaga | Named in honor of Blaga Dimitrova, talented Bulgarian poetess, novelist and translator. Her intellec |
4899 | Candace | Named for Candace P. Kohl, American chemist and a leading investigator of ancient solar activity thr |
4900 | Maymelou | Named in honor of Mayme Lou “Stevey” Stevens Bruce, a graduate of Pomona College, California. Mother |
4960 | Mayo | Named in honor of Mayo Greenberg {1922–2001} on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Well known for hi |
4995 | Griffin | Griffin Swanson (b. 1997) is the son of the discoverer. |
5052 | Nancyruth | Named in honor of Nancy R. Lebofsky of the University of Arizona’s ARTIST and ACCESS! astronomy educ |
5094 | Seryozha | Named in honor of Serguei Pyotrovich Kapitsa (1928– ), professor of nuclear physics, active in publi |
5183 | Robyn | Named in honor of Laurie Robyn Ernst Yeomans, wife of current IAU Commission 20 president Donald K. |
5235 | Jean-Loup | Named in honor of Jean-Loup Bertaux (1942– ), French planetary scientist and head of the Department |
5243 | Clasien | Named in honor of Clasien Shane, wife of astronomy professor W. W. Shane (1928– ), of Nijmegen and t |
5271 | Kaylamaya | Kayla Maya Soderblom was the daughter of planetary scientist Jason Soderblom and granddaughter of pl |
5278 | Polly | Named in honor of “Polly” Blanton Brooks (1917– ), a fascinating, charming Texan, whose childhood wa |
5296 | Friedrich | Named after Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840), German painter of the Romantic school. Most of his w |
5307 | Paul-Andre | Named in memory of Paul-André Herbelin (1933–1994) of Ayent, near Sion, Switzerland, friend of the d |
5420 | Jancis | Master of Wine and doyenne of British wine writers and broadcasters, Jancis Robinson (b. 1950) has a |
5560 | Amytis | Named in honor of Amytis Barrett (1909– ), in celebration of her 85th birthday, in recognition of he |
5588 | Jennabelle | Jenna Belle Weathers Roman (1911-1992) was the grandmother of the discoverer. She played a prominen |
5852 | Nanette | Named in honor of Nanette and Mark Vigil, daughter and son-in-law of Wendee and David Levy {see, res |
5878 | Charlene | Named in honor of Charlene Marie Anderson, director of publications for the Planetary Report, who ha |
5923 | Liedeke | Named in honor of Liedeke Gehrels-de Stoppelaar on the occasion of her completion of 21 years teachi |
5934 | Mats | Named for Mats Lindgren of Uppsala Astronomical Observatory, whose research into Jupiter’s role in s |
5947 | Bonnie | Named in memory of Bonnie Gail Farquhar (1936–1993), late wife of the mission director for the Near- |
5957 | Irina | Named in honor of Irina Victorovna Farquhar, wife of the NEAR mission director, Robert Farquhar {see |
5996 | Julioangel | Named in honor of Julio Angel Fernández (1946– ) of the Universidad de la República, Montevideo. Fer |
6078 | Burt | Named in honor of Burton G. Shoemaker (1912– ), uncle of E. M. Shoemaker {see planet (2074)}. (M 24 |
6139 | Naomi | Naomi Sugie (b. 1966) is the wife of the discoverer. |
6249 | Jennifer | Named in honor of Jennifer Jones Simon, an actress whose creativity captivated hearts in memorable p |
6327 | Tijn | Named for Tijn Kolsteren from the Netherlands, who, at age 6 and diagnosed with an incurable brain t |
6461 | Adam | Robert Adam (1728-1792) was a Scottish architect. The most famous member of an accomplished family o |
6521 | Pina | Named in honor of Pina Toscano Blanco, regular “accompanying person” at astronomical meetings during |
6533 | Guiseppina | Josephine Hergenrother (b. 1949), maiden name Guiseppina Fratarcangeli, is the mother of the discove |
6571 | Sigmund | Named in honor of Peter Sigmund (1936– ), professor at the Institute of Physics at Odense University |
6752 | Ashley | Named in honor of Ashley Thomas McDermott, professor of astronomy at the College of the Desert, Palm |
6952 | Niccolò | Named for Niccolò Fulchignoni (b. 1991), second son of Marcello Fulchignoni and M. Antonietta Barucc |
7051 | Sean | Named for Sean Colin Woodard, oldest grandson of the discoverers. |
7101 | Haritina | Named for Ioana Haritina Mogosanu (b. 1973), populariser of astronomy and planetarium presenter at t |
7112 | Ghislaine | Named in honor of the cosmochemist Ghislaine Crozaz (1939– ), who began her immensely productive car |
7169 | Linda | Named in memory of Linda McCartney (1941-1998), wife of Beatle Paul McCartney, member of the musical |
7215 | Gerhard | Named in memory of Gerhard Bachmann (1931-1996), who came to the European Southern Observatory in 19 |
7367 | Giotto | Named for Giotto di Bondone (c.1266–1337), great Italian painter and architect. Giotto liberated art |
7687 | Matthias | Named in honor of Matthias Busch (b. 1968), amateur astronomer at the Starkenburg Observatory in Hep |
7688 | Lothar | Named in honor of Lothar Kurtze (b. 1972), German amateur astronomer at the Starkenburg Observatory, |
7780 | Maren | Named in honor of Maren Elizabeth Child, contemporary paragon of compassion, generosity and patience |
7840 | Hendrika | Named in honor of Hendrika Cornelia Marshall Aikman (née Grootendorst), beloved wife of the discover |
7907 | Erasmus | Erasmus of Rotterdam (1469-1536) was the son of a priest and became a priest himself. In 1517 he wa |
7933 | Magritte | Named for the Belgian painter René Magritte Lessines (1898-1967), well known for his magical surreal |
7957 | Antonella | Named in honor of Antonella Bartolini (b. 1956), amateur astronomer and friend of the discoverers. |
7994 | Bethellen | Named in honor of Beth Ellen Clark (b. 1964) on the occasion of the 1999 “Asteroids, Comets, Meteors |
8021 | Walter | Walter Anderson (b. 1944) is a long-time editor of Parade, a magazine that reaches more than |
8289 | An-Eefje | Named in memory of the two young Belgian women An and Eefje, whose young and hopeful lives came dram |
8298 | Loubna | Named in memory of the Moroccan-Belgian girl Loubna, whose young life came abruptly to an end. May |
8344 | Babette | Babette (“Babbie”) Whipple (née Samelson, b. 1918) was a teacher, researcher and psychotherapist, an |
8411 | Celso | Celso Macor (1925-1998), a poet in the Italian region of Friuli, gave voice to the little things tha |
8549 | Alcide | Named in memory of Alcide Bittesini (1913-1981), father of Luciano Bittesini, one of the Farra d'Iso |
8636 | Malvina | On the day this minor planet was discovered by the observing team in which Alain Maury participates, |
8898 | Linnaea | Linnaea Barton Keammerer (1980-1992) died in an accidental shooting. An avid student of nature, she |
8936 | Gianni | Named in honor of Gianni Ierman (b. 1955), Italian amateur astronomer, who was the first member to j |
9077 | Ildo | Named in memory of Ildo Lombardi (1934-1954), Italian gymnast and brother of Giuseppe Lombardi, a me |
9184 | Vasilij | Vasilij Rumyantsev (b. 1968) is a Russian astronomer working at the Crimean Astrophysical Observator |
9266 | Holger | Holger Pedersen (b. 1946), astronomer at the European Southern Observatory, works on γ-ray bursts bu |
9300 | Johannes | Johannes Andersen (b. 1943), of the Niels Bohr Institute for Astronomy, works mainly on the chemical |
9346 | Fernandel | Fernand Joseph Désié Contandin, known as screen actor Fernandel (1903-1971), made the unforgettable |
9466 | Shishir | Shishir Hitesh Dholakia (b. 1999) is a finalist in the 2012 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science com |
9469 | Shashank | Shashank Hitesh Dholakia (b. 1999) is a finalist in the 2012 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science co |
9531 | Jean-Luc | Jean-Luc Margot (b. 1969), a scientist at the Arecibo Observatory, has used radar interferometry and |
9611 | Anouck | Anouck Vrouwe (b. 1978) studied physics at Nijmegen, specializing later in scientific journalism. A |
9743 | Tohru | Tohru Takahashi (b. 1959) is a professor of information optics at the Oita National College of Techn |
9824 | Marylea | Mary Lea Shane, née Heger (1897-1983), wife of Lick Observatory director C. Donald Shane, was an ast |
9854 | Karlheinz | Named for Karlheinz Müller (b. 1943), by profession an agricultural clerk. From his youth on, he co |
10107 | Kenny | Kenneth Robert Steel (b. 1929) is the father of the discoverer. |
10201 | Korado | Korado Korlevic (b. 1958) leads the team of amateur astronomers at the Visnjan Observatory in Croati |
10435 | Tjeerd | Tjeerd S. van Albada (b. 1936) is a professor of astronomy at Groningen. His main work is on the dyn |
10438 | Ludolph | Ludolph van Ceulen (1540-1610) was a German-Dutch mathematician who is famous for his calculation of |
10464 | Jessie | Jessica Lynn “Jessie” Peterson (1994-2009), tragically killed when a tree fell on her, was a good st |
10512 | Yamandu | Yamandu Alejandro Fernandez (1927-2010) was a Uruguayan amateur astronomer and communicator who was |
10683 | Carter | Carter Worth Roberts (b. 1946), president of the Eastbay Astronomical Society, is known for superlat |
10726 | Elodie | Elodie Bouteille (b. 1990) studied at the Lycée Diderot, section scientifique, in Langres, in the Fr |
10986 | Govert | Govert Schilling (b. 1956) is a Dutch amateur astronomer and science writer. He has been popularizi |
11008 | Ernst | Carolyn M. Ernst (b. 1979) is a planetary scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics |
11085 | Isala | Since Belgian women were not allowed to study at the Catholic University of Leuven, Isala Van Diest |
11091 | Thelonious | Thelonious Sphere Monk (1917-1982), American composer and jazz pianist, born in Rocky Mount, North C |
11104 | Airion | Evelyn Airion Enyart (b. 1952) teaches seminars in healing techniques. She was born in Louisiana, ra |
11348 | Allegra | Allegra Noccioli (b. 1999) is the daughter of Fabrizio Noccioli, an amateur astronomer in the Montel |
11350 | Teresa | Teresa Chercoles (b. 1951), wife of Rafael Pacheco, passes many nights at home while Pacheco and his |
11353 | Guillaume | Guillaume Scholl (b. 1987) tested early versions of an automatic code for detecting minor planets de |
11819 | Millarca | Millarca Valenzuela (b. 1977) is a geologist at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, and a |
11836 | Eileen | Eileen Collins (b. 1956), astronaut, became in Feb. 1995 the first woman to pilot a shuttle mission. |
11956 | Tamarakate | Tamara Kate Peiser (b. 2001) is the second daughter of Gillian and Benny Peiser. Her father, an an |
11963 | Ignace | Ignace Van der Gucht (b. 1959) is a graduate in electronics and chief of construction at the Royal O |
12033 | Anselmo | Anselmo Antonini (b. 1946) is an amateur astronomer in the Montelupo Group. |
12061 | Alena | Alena Ruth Robbins is the mother of the discoverer. |
12197 | Jan-Otto | Jan-Otto Carlsson (b. 1943) is professor of inorganic chemistry at Uppsala University and has for ni |
12358 | Azzurra | Azzurra (b. 2010 Jan. 4) is the grandchild of the discoverer. Her name is a hope for clearer skies. |
12632 | Mignonette | Mignonette Saavedra (b. 1931), Chilean psychologist, studied at Smith College and Yale. In her prof |
12777 | Manuel | Manuel Antolini (1959-2002) was the son of the first discoverer. |
12814 | Vittorio | Vittorio Beltrami (b. 1926) continuously promoted, supported and encouraged scientific and technolog |
12817 | Federica | Federica Mula (b. 1995) is the talented daughter of Manuela Sciascia and Nuccio Mula. In the opera < |
12931 | Mario | Mario Sposetti (1916-1959) was the father of the discoverer. |
13044 | Wannes | Wannes van de Velde (1937-2008) was a Flemish singer, musician and poet. He sang his rebellious song |
13315 | Hilana | Hilana Megan Lewkowitz-Shpuntoff (b. 1988) is a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Young Scienti |
13367 | Jiří | Jiří Borovička (b. 1964), of the Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Repu |
13389 | Stacey | Stacey Ward McClusky (b. 1959) is the discoverer's wife. |
13424 | Margalida | Margalida Rechac (b. 1959) is the wife of discoverer Angel Lopez. |
13638 | Fiorenza | Fiorenza Tombelli (b. 1950) is a sister of the first discoverer. |
13658 | Sylvester | James Joseph Sylvester (1814-1897) studied at Cambridge and was the founder, together with Cayley, o |
13930 | Tashko | Tashko Vulchev (1970-1999) was a highly talented young astronomer-scientist at the Bulgarian Nationa |
14342 | Iglika | Iglika Manchev (b. 1992) is the guiding star of her father Christo, a good friend of the discoverers |
14572 | Armando | Armando Blanco (b. 1950) is head of the department of physics of University of Lecce. Blanco has stu |
14593 | Everett | Everett Gibson (b. 1940), a planetary geochemist at the NASA Johnson Space Center, concentrates on t |
15133 | Sullivan | Named in honor of Cole J. Sullivan for achievement as a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scienti |
15230 | Alona | Alona (b. 1997) is a daughter of Valentina Arkadievna Andreichenko, who performed the reductions for |
15918 | Thereluzia | Theresia Luzia Ehring (b. 1949) is the wife of the discoverer. With love and understanding she suppo |
15992 | Cynthia | The name Cynthia can be translated to mean “of the moon”. While (15992) is certainly not from the m |
16158 | Monty | Monty Roberts (b. 1935), a true horse whisperer, has tirelessly taught that man-animal interactions, |
16444 | Godefroy | Godefroy Wendelin (Godefried van der Lijn, 1580-1660) was a Belgian canon of the Liège episcopacy an |
16802 | Rainer | Suffering from a serious heart disease since his birth, Rainer Gebetsroither (1976-1998) devoted his |
17115 | Justiniano | Miguel Angel Justiniano Lajara (b. 1986) was awarded third place in the 2003 Intel International Sci |
18244 | Anneila | Anneila Sargent (b. 1942), professor at the California Institute for Technology and director of the |
18938 | Zarabeth | Zarabeth Lehr Golden (b. 1986) was awarded fourth place in the 2003 Intel International Science and |
19066 | Ellarie | Ella Marie (Ellarie) Chase Rosales (b. 1966) of Jalisco, Mexico, is a close family friend of Daniel |
19572 | Leahmarie | Leah Marie Crowder (b. 1988) is a finalist in the 2003 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge, |
19618 | Maša | Maša Kandušer (b. 1964) is an inspirational person and a woman for whom you want to save this world |
19857 | Amandajane | Amanda Jennifer Jane Robinson is a student of psychology at the University of Kansas and an empathet |
20673 | Janelle | Janelle Burgardt (b. 1954), secretary and past president of the North East Kansas Amateur Astronomer |
21479 | Marymartha | Mary Martha Ferrari Douglas (b. 1988) was awarded first place and Best in Category in the 2006 Intel |
21526 | Mirano | Mirano Silvestri (b. 1924) is an amateur astronomer and skilled professional photographer who took a |
21625 | Seira | Seira Shimoyama (b. 1988) was awarded first place in the 2006 Intel International Science and Engine |
22401 | Egisto | Egisto Masotti (b. 1944), amateur astronomer in the Montelupo group of amateur astronomers, is very |
22701 | Cyannaskye | Cyanna Skye Edwards (b. 1992) is a finalist in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge |
22900 | Trudie | Trudie R. Wilson (1913-2001) was the mother of the discoverer. |
23096 | Mihika | Mihika Pradhan (b. 1990) was awarded first place and Best in Category in the 2007 Intel Internationa |
23729 | Kemeisha | Kemeisha Latoya Nastasia Patterson (b. 1989) was awarded second place in the 2007 Intel Internationa |
23739 | Kevin | Kevin Schindler (b. 1964) is outreach manager at Lowell Observatory. He oversees all aspects of Lowe |
28346 | Kent | Kent Hodgson (b. 1933) is a teacher, speaker, ethicist and author from Minneapolis, Minnesota. His |
29085 | Sethanne | Sethanne Howard (b. 1944) has held positions with U.S. national observatories, NASA, the National Sc |
29346 | Mariadina | Maria Dina Mannozzi (b. 1927) has since 1950 been a midwife in Montelupo. |
29753 | Silvo | Silvo Sposetti (b. 1993) is the son of the discoverer. |
31240 | Katrianne | Katrin Susanne Lehmann, wife of the discoverer, is a committed teacher of physics and astronomy, as |
33113 | Julabeth | Jula Elizabeth Rees (b. 2004) is a granddaughter of the discoverer. |
33433 | Maurilia | Maurilia Sposetti (b. 1957) is the sister of the discoverer. |
33544 | Jerold | Jerold Z. Kaplan (b. 1945) is a physician and surgeon who has been caring for individuals with burns |
44821 | Amadora | Amadora Gonzalez is the wife of D. Martinez-Delgado, who first observed this minor planet on 1998 Se |
45073 | Doyanrose | Doyan Rose Ruthroff (1923-1974) was the discoverer's mother. “Remember I am with you always, to the |
45737 | Benita | Benita Segal (b. 1964) is the wife of the discoverer. Without her support the Boca Raton observator |
47045 | Seandaniel | Sean Daniel Cooney (b. 2002) is the son of the discoverer and enjoys star parties with his family. |
48416 | Carmelita | Carmelita Miranda (b. 1950) developed a love of astronomy while sailing the Pacific. She focused th |
50240 | Cortina | Cortina d´ Ampezzo (6500 inhabitants, altitude 12 300 m) is the most important town in the Dolo |
51599 | Brittany | Brittany Johnson, a junior at Auburn University, Alabama, is the niece of the discoverer. |
52005 | Maik | Maik Meyer (b. 1970), an amateur astronomer whose passion is comets, identified the Meyer Group of n |
55755 | Blythe | Blythe Andra Lowe, a professional geologist, is the wife of the discoverer. |
58627 | Rieko | Rieko is the wife of the discoverer. Her understanding and support of his astronomical observations |
65363 | Ruthanna | Ruthanna Dellinger Powell (1933-2003), beloved aunt of the discoverer, was the youngest child of a l |
71445 | Marc | Marc Y. Wasserman (b. 1973), currently a fellow in clinical neurophysiology at Loyola University Med |
71482 | Jennamarie | Jennifer Marie Mayhew (b. 1981), a Cayuga Indian born in Ontario, now resident in Texas and renowned |
79240 | Rosanna | Rosanna Spessot (b. 1958) is an Italian amateur astronomer, who is one of the most important staff m |
84340 | Jos | Jos Dianovich Claerbout (1974-1999), beloved son of Jon and Diane Claerbout, was a writer, web engin |
86551 | Seth | Seth James Brady (b. 1994) is the son of the discoverer. |
95959 | Covadonga | Covadonga Camblor Lacruz is the wife of the discoverer. |
95962 | Copito | Copito de Nieve (1962-2003) represented the first known case of albinism in gorillas. In a 1967 art |
98825 | Maryellen | Mary Ellen Craven has been a faithful companion and partner for many years. Her support and assist |
104052 | Zachery | Zachery Philip Brady (b. 1990) is the son of the discoverer. |
112656 | Gines | Gines Lopez (1933-2008) was a good friend and collaborator of the discoverer. Lopez made many impro |
120361 | Guido | Ernesto Guido (b. 1977) is an Italian amateur astronomer whose main interests lie in the astrometry |
126444 | Wylie | Wylie Erwin Reeves (1967-2006) was a published historian and an inspirational high-school teacher of |
128586 | Jeremias | Jeremias Ries (b. 2006) is the godchild of the discoverer. Jeremias is the German form of Jeremiah. |
129564 | Christy | James Walter Christy (b. 1938), for many years on the staff of the U.S. Naval Observatory, is the di |
144496 | Reingard | Reingard Apitzsch (b. 1947), the discoverer's wife of more than 40 years, has given tireless support |
144692 | Katemary | Katelyn Anne Marie Young (b. 1999) is a granddaughter of the discoverer. |
145475 | Rehoboth | Rehoboth Christian School (founded 1903) in northwest New Mexico primarily serves Native American fa |
156879 | Eloïs | Eloïs Hernandez (b. 2007) is the son of Anne Véronique and Michel Hernandez, the latter being one of |
157301 | Loreena | Loreena McKennitt (b. 1957) is a Canadian singer, composer and instrumentalist. She writes and perf |
157332 | Lynette | Donna Lynette Wells (b. 1965), of Missouri City, Texas, is the wife of the discoverer, the mother of |
158657 | Celian | Célian Hernandez (b. 2010) is the second son of Anne-Véronique and Michel Hernandez, one of the St. |
160259 | Mareike | Mareike Hönig (b. 1981) is a mathematician and works as an Information Technology consultant. As a |
161371 | Bertrandou | Bertrand Christophe (b. 1976), the discoverer's son, was named for Bertrandou le Fifre, a character |
164006 | Thierry | Thierry Christophe (b. 1948) is the discoverer's younger brother. He has a passion for entomology an |
164586 | Arlette | Arlette Naef (b. 1949) is the wife of the discoverer. |
165574 | Deidre | Deidre Ann Hunter (b. 1953), an astronomer at Lowell Observatory, is interested in small irregular g |
166622 | Sebastien | Sébastien Rodriguez (b. 1976) is an assistant professor at the University of Paris Diderot and speci |
171396 | Miguel | Miguel Lacruz Martín (b. 1963) received his doctorate in mathematics at Kent State University. He h |
171458 | Pepaprats | Pepa Prats Cruz (1964-2008) was the wife of the Spanish astrophysicist José Luis Ortiz, codiscoverer |
171465 | Evamaria | Eva Maria Schubart (1919-2008) was a teacher of languages in the southern U.S. She retired to Kaufu |
175563 | Amyrose | Amy Rose (b. 1987) is an American astronomer who helped discover asteroids as a part of her undergra |
176014 | Vedrana | Vedrana Ivezic (b. 2000), is an American amateur astronomer, oboe player and the daughter of SDSS te |
176380 | Goran | Goran Ivezic (b. 1971), is a Croatian amateur astronomer and the brother of SDSS team member Zeljko |
182262 | Solene | Solène Delavier (b. 1996) is the daughter of Anne-Véronique, wife of Michel Hernandez, one of the St |
182592 | Jolana | Jolana Kürtiova (b. 1963) is the wife of Stefan Kürti, who discovered and measured the early positio |
186832 | Mosser | Mosser Roger (1936-1990) was a famous French self-taught optician. He produced high-quality mirrors |
197189 | Raymond | Sean Raymond (b. 1977) is an American astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. |
201777 | Deronda | Deronda Mayes (b. 1957), the assistant astronomer at Table Mountain Observatory, is responsible for |
202614 | Kayleigh | Kayleigh Lucille Stamp (1996-2010) was the eldest granddaughter of the discoverer. In a life cut sh |
210425 | Imogene | Located in Racine, Wisconsin, the Prairie School, where the discoverers C. Leipold, T. Pastika and K |
210444 | Frithjof | Frithjof Brauer (b. 1980) developed in his Ph.D. thesis the principles of dust coagulation and forma |
216428 | Mauricio | Mauricio Muler is the name of both a grandfather (1904-1987) and a son (b. 1999) of the first discov |
216433 | Milianleo | Milian Leo Schwab (b. 2004) is the first-born son of the discoverer. |
218998 | Navi | Navi Kocher (b. 2009) is the grandchild of the discoverer. |
220495 | Margarethe | Else Margarethe Apitzsch (b. 1906) is the mother of the discoverer. |
221019 | Raine | Raine Ann Krecic (b. 2011) is the granddaughter of the discoverer. |
221628 | Hyatt | Hyatt M. Gibbs (b. 1938) is a professor of optical sciences at the University of Arizona. Well-know |
224027 | Grégoire | Grégoire Boissenot (b. 1979), better known as Grégoire, is a French composer, author and singer. Hi |
227930 | Athos | Olivier d´Athos de la Fère (1595-1661) is a fictional character, a Musketeer of the Guard in the nov |
227962 | Aramis | René d´Aramis de Vannes (né René d´Herblay) is a fictional character in Dumas' The Three Musketee |
229737 | Porthos | Porthos, baron du Vallon de Bracieux de Pierrefonds, is a fictional character in Dumas' novels Th |
230151 | Vachier | Frederic Vachier (b. 1974) works at IMCCE-Observatoire de Paris as a celestial mechanician and obser |
237277 | Nevaruth | Neva Ruth Daniel (1910-2000), a loving mother of three, was a gifted teacher of English and literatu |
243381 | Alessio | Alessio Muler (b. 2002), second son of the first discoverer, shares with his father a passion for th |
246171 | Konrad | Konrad (b. 2005) is the first-born son of the discoverer, Michael Koenig, and Agathe Schmid-Koenig. |
261109 | Annie | Annie Lakey Becker (b. 1980) is an American microbiologist and wife of the discoverer. |
266646 | Zaphod | Zaphod Beeblebrox is the ex-Galactic President and confidence trickster in Douglas Adams' book Th |
268242 | Pebble | Pebble Johnson (b. 1971) is an innovative teacher of middle-school science and technology in Forsyth |
269300 | Diego | Diego Rodriguez is a Spanish astrophotographer and co-founder of the M1 group of variable-star obser |
269484 | Marcia | Marcia de Queiroz, is the daughter of the discoverer. She lives in the small Swiss town Falera with |
270373 | William | William Edmonds' (b. 1945) work as a software engineer at NASA was integral to the Agency's profound |
286842 | Joris | Joris Benjamin Meyer (b. 2003) is the son of the discoverer. |
296907 | Alexander | Claudia Alexander (1959-2015) was an American planetary scientist who served as the project manager |
302542 | Tilmann | Tilmann Arne Meyer (b. 2006) is the son of the discoverer. |
302652 | Hauke | Hauke Christoph Meyer (b. 2011) is the son of the discoverer. |
316042 | Tilofranz | Tilo Franz Schwab (b. 2008) is the second-born son of the discoverer. |
321324 | Vytautas | Vytautas Didysis the Great (1350-1430) was one of the most famous rulers of medieval Lithuania. As |
331105 | Giselher | Dietrich Giselher Kracht (b. 1944) is the elder brother of the discoverer, who introduced him to ast |
353232 | Nolwenn | Nolwenn Leroy (b. 1982) is a French singer and songwriter. She uses her popularity to help various c |
358675 | Bente | Bente Vandenbussche (b. 2014) is the daughter of Bart Vandenbussche, a colleague of the discoverer. |
369088 | Marcus | Ella Marcus (1909-1982) was a Romanian astronomer who studied at Bucharest University and the Sorbon |
390848 | Veerle | This minor planet is a tribute to all people fighting against cancer. It is named after Veerle Demol |