nr ↓ | name ↓ | Name Source ↓ |
54 | Alexandra | Named in honor of Baron Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), renowned naturalist and explorer of Sout |
80 | Sappho | Named in honor of the renowned Greek lyric poetess (610 B.C.) who threw herself into the ocean becau |
115 | Thyra | Named after an early Danish queen. Queen Thyri was the wife of King Gorm the Old of Denmark (?–940) |
117 | Lomia | Very probably, the name ‘Lamia’ originally was misspelled to ‘Lomia’. Lamia, queen of Lybia, was bel |
126 | Velleda | Named for a priestess of the Germans in the first century A.D. who was worshiped as a deity. She pro |
127 | Johanna | Named probably for Jeanne d’Arc (1412–1431), saint and French national heroine. (Littrow, 7. ed., p. |
156 | Xanthippe | Named for the wife of the Greek philosopher Socrates (470?-399 B.C.) {see planet (5450)} whose peev |
203 | Pompeja | The discoverer wrote: “For the planet, whose discovery very coincided with the day, when at Pompeji |
216 | Kleopatra | Named for the Egyptian queen (69–30 B.C.), famed as mistress of Julius Caesar and of Mark Antony. (H |
219 | Thusnelda | Named probably after the daughter of the German chief Segestes. She was taken to wife by force by th |
238 | Hypatia | Named probably after the daughter of the famous mathematician and philosopher Theon of Alexandria, w |
264 | Libussa | Named after the princess who founded the city of Prague {see planet (2367)} in the 8th century. (H |
404 | Arsinoe | Named for the mother of Asclepius (or Aesculapius, see planet (1027) by Apollo {see planet (1862)} |
409 | Aspasia | Named for the Greek adventuress (470?–410 B.C.) and consort of Pericles. Aspasia of Miletus was a fa |
421 | Zahringia | Named for a family of Grand Dukes of Baden (see also planet (420)). (H 46) |
423 | Diotima | Named for a priestess and teacher of the Greek philosopher Socrates (470?–399 B.C.) {see planet (54 |
425 | Cornelia | Named probably after Cornelia (ca. 180 B.C.), daughter of Scipio Africanus, mother of Tiberius Sempr |
444 | Gyptis | Named for the wife of Protis, chief of the expedition from Phocaea {see planet (25)} which founded |
475 | Ocllo | Named by the discoverer for the first Inca queen, by tradition daughter of the Sun. (AN 159, 129 (19 |
515 | Athalia | Named for the impious and murderous queen of Judah, daughter of Ahab and Jezebel (II Kings 8, 26; 11 |
530 | Turandot | Named for the daughter of the Emperor of China in the opera Turandot by the Italian composer Giacomo |
545 | Messalina | Named after Valeria Messalina (c. 25–48), the third wife of the Roman emperor Claudius (10 B.C.-54). |
546 | Herodias | Named for the consort of Herod Antipas. She and her daughter Salome {see planet (562)} caused the d |
560 | Delila | Named for the mistress and betrayer of Samson in the book of Judges, set to music by the French comp |
562 | Salome | Named for the daughter of Herod Antipas who was given the head of John the Baptist as a reward for h |
584 | Semiramis | Named for the mythical Assyrian queen, wife of Ninus, founder of Niniveh, whom she succeeded as rule |
585 | Bilkis | Bilkis, or Balkis, is the name in the Koran of the queen of Sheba {see planet (1196)} who visited S |
590 | Tomyris | Named after the queen of the Massagets in Scythia who sold and killed the Persian king Cyrus the Gre |
609 | Fulvia | Named for Fulvia, first wife of the orator, triumvir and general Marcus Aurelius Antonius (83?–30 B. |
626 | Notburga | Named after the Catholic Saint Notburga von Hoch-hausen (ca. 1517), a small town in the Neckar Valle |
645 | Agrippina | Named for two characters of the Roman history. Agrippina the elder (13? B.C.–33) was the daughter of |
653 | Berenike | Named after the daughter of king Magas of Cyrene (273?–221 B.C.) and wife (247 B.C.) of Ptolemaeus I |
661 | Cloelia | Named probably for a Roman noble girl. With nine other girls she was an hostage given to Porsenna wh |
664 | Judith | Named after the figure from the play (1839) of the German dramatist Friedrich Hebbel (1813–1863). Ju |
670 | Ottegebe | Named for a woman character in the drama Der arme Heinrich by the German writer Gerhart Hauptmann (1 |
697 | Galilea | Named for the discovery of the Jupiter satellites by Galileo Galilei: “Im besonderen soll der Name G |
777 | Gutemberga | Named by the discoverer in memory of Johann Gensfleisch (Gutenberg) (1400?–1468) who discovered the |
810 | Atossa | Named after the Persian queen, daughter of king Cyrus and wife of Darius I {see, respectively, plane |
823 | Sisigambis | Named for Sisigambis, the mother of Darius III, the last Persian king. During the Issus Battle (333 |
831 | Stateira | Named after the wife of king Artaxerxes II of Persia who died following poisoning by her mother-in-l |
888 | Parysatis | Named after the wife of the Persian king Darius II, mother of Artaxerxes II {see planet (831)} and |
944 | Hidalgo | German astronomers observed the total solar eclipse 1923 September 10 in Mexico. After the eclipse t |
967 | Helionape | Named in honor of the theatrical artist Sonnenthal. Helionape is the Greek translation (Sonne = heli |
974 | Lioba | Named after the Saint Lioba, abbess in Tauberbischofsheim, Germany. She was buried at the side of Bo |
1068 | Nofretete | Named for the Egyptian queen and wife of Amenhotep IV {see also planet (4847)}. (H 101) Named by G. |
1114 | Lorraine | Named after the region and former duchy in northeastern France, remnant of the medieval kingdom of L |
1126 | Otero | Named probably after Caroline Otéro (1868–1965), known as “la belle Otéro”. The whole world admired |
1236 | Thais | Named for the famous Athenian hetaera who accompanied Alexander the Great (356–323 B.C.) in Asia. Sh |
1246 | Chaka | Named for Chaka (or Tchaka), king of the Zulu tribe and founder of the Zulu empire in 1812. (H 115) |
1248 | Jugurtha | Named after the Numidian king (160–104 B.C.) and enemy of Rome. Jugurtha was throttled to death in R |
1291 | Phryne | Named for a hetaera of the 4th century B.C. celebrated for her beauty. She was the model for several |
1315 | Bronislawa | Named for the Polish saint Bronislava {1203?–1259{, a cousin of St. Hyazinth of Poland. She was a pr |
1322 | Coppernicus | Named for the great Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543), the founder of the heliocentr |
1358 | Gaika | Name of a native chief of the Transkei, Cape Province, who figures largely in South African history. |
1366 | Piccolo | Named in honor of M. d’Arsac, editor-in-chief of the Brussels newspaper Le Soir who used this pseudo |
1442 | Corvina | Named by the discoverer probably in memory of the Hungarian king Matthias I. Corvinus (1440–1490) wh |
1489 | Attila | Named for the fifth-century king of the Huns. |
1677 | Tycho Brahe | Named for the great Danish-born astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546–1601). (M 4236) Brahe is also honored b |
1680 | Per Brahe | Named in memory of the Swedish count Per Brahe (1602-1680), who was governor general of Finland. Th |
1813 | Imhotep | Named for a famous physician and architect in the third dynasty of the ancient Egyptian Kingdom, bui |
1860 | Barbarossa | The name of the famous German emperor was the nickname (Barba) of the discoverer’s favorite mathemat |
1888 | Zu Chong-Zhi | Named for Zu Chong-Zhi (492–500), a distinguished astronomer-mathematician during the period of the |
1972 | Yi Xing | Named for Yi Xing or I Hsing (683–727), also known as Zhang Sui. This famous Chinese astronomer of t |
1973 | Colocolo | Named for the old and wise Araucanian chief who succeeded in unifying the Araucanian Indian tribes a |
1974 | Caupolican | Named for the Great Chief of the unified Araucanian tribes. He was selected after winning a competit |
1992 | Galvarino | Named for the heroic Araucanian chief condemned by the Spanish soldiers to have his hands cut off an |
1993 | Guacolda | Named for the beautiful and heroic wife of the Araucanian chief Lautaro, formerly a servant in a Spa |
1998 | Titius | Named in memory of Johann Daniel Titius (1729–1796), who made the initial formulation of the Titius- |
2012 | Guo Shou-Jing | Named for Guo Shou-Jing (1231–1316), a prominent Chinese astronomer of the Yuan dynasty. Believing t |
2013 | Tucapel | Named for one of the brave Araucanian chiefs who, with his wife Gualeva, victoriously entered the ci |
2027 | Shen Guo | Named for the versatile Chinese scholar Shen Guo (1031–1095), who lived during the Sung dynasty and |
2028 | Janequeo | Named for the wife of the Araucanian chief Guepotan. After her husband's death in battle, she took c |
2029 | Binomi | This minor planet, five ahead of (2034) Bernoulli, is named for the mythical inventor of mathematica |
2152 | Hannibal | Named for the great Carthaginian general who, on his way to Rome in 217 B.C., crossed the Alps with |
2239 | Paracelsus | Named for the great physician and natural philosopher whose real name was Theophrastus Bombastus von |
2272 | Montezuma | Named in honor of the ninth emperor of the Aztec empire, who reigned 1502–1520. He believed that his |
2275 | Cuitlahuac | Named in honor of the tenth emperor of the Aztec empire, who reigned briefly in 1520. Brother of Mon |
2319 | Aristides | Named for the Athenian politician Aristides (fl. c. 500 B.C.), famous for his just determination of |
2339 | Anacreon | Named for the Greek poet Anacreon (fl. c. 550 B.C.), whose poems celebrate wine, love and friendship |
2435 | Horemheb | Named for the last pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty in ancient Egypt. His tomb was recently excavat |
2436 | Hatshepsut | Named for the only female pharaoh to reign over ancient Egypt. (M 8153) |
2439 | Ulugbek | Named for the celebrated Uzbek astronomer and mathematician Ulugbek (Ulugh Beg) Mukhammed Taragaj (1 |
2454 | Olaus Magnus | Named for Olaus Magnus (1490–1557), the last Catholic archbishop of Sweden, who spent most of his li |
2483 | Guinevere | Named for the heroine of the Arthurian legends, the wife of King Arthur {see planet (2597)}, but th |
2542 | Calpurnia | Named for the last wife of Julius Caesar. She bade him stay home from the Senate on the Ides of Marc |
2579 | Spartacus | Named for the leader of a large-scale rebellion of the slaves in Rome in 73–71 B.C. (M 9767) |
2608 | Seneca | Named for the great Roman philosopher and statesman Lucius Annaeus Seneca {4 B.C.-65}. (M 6835) Sene |
2609 | Kiril-Metodi | Named for the brothers Kiril (827–869) and Metodi (815–885), also known as Cyril and Methodius, ‘the |
2663 | Miltiades | Named for the commander of the Athenian troops who conquered the Persian army in the battle near Mar |
2720 | Pyotr Pervyj | Named in memory of Peter I (1672–1725), the Russian tsar known as Peter the Great for his progressiv |
2741 | Valdivia | Named in memory of the Spanish Captain Pedro de Valdivia (1502–1553), conqueror of Chile, who left P |
2755 | Avicenna | Named for the medieval scientist, philosopher, physician and poet Ibn Sina, or Abu Ali al Hussein ib |
2758 | Cordelia | Named for the younger daughter of King Lear in Shakespeare’s tragedy. (M 9769) The name Cordelia has |
2798 | Vergilius | Named for the Roman poet Virgil (70–18 B.C.), author of the poems Bucolica, Georgica and Aeneis. (M |
2800 | Ovidius | Named for the Roman poet Ovid (43 B.C.-A.D. 18), whose collections of poems include Ars Amatoria, Me |
2818 | Juvenalis | Named for the Roman satirical poet Juvenal (fl. c. A.D. 100). (M 16591) |
2822 | Sacajawea | Named for the young Shoshone Indian woman who guided Lewis and Clark on their expedition of discover |
2876 | Aeschylus | Named for the author of tragedies in ancient Athens (525–456 B. C.). Of his more than 90 tragedies o |
2921 | Sophocles | Named for the author of tragedies in ancient Athens (496–406 B.C.). Of his 123 tragedies only seven |
2930 | Euripides | Named for the author of tragedies in ancient Athens (480–406 B.C.). Of his 92 plays 19 survived. (M |
2934 | Aristophanes | Named for the author of comedies in ancient Athens (445–385 B.C.). Of his 44 plays 11 survived. (M 1 |
2944 | Peyo | Named in memory of Pierre Culliford (1928–1992), better known under his pseudonym Peyo. He was known |
2967 | Vladisvyat | Named for Vladimir Svyatoslavich (ca. 950–1015), Kiev Grand Prince who worked for the consolidation |
2976 | Lautaro | Named in honor of the Chilean Indian Levtraru (1534–1557), modified to Lautaro (Swift Hawk) by the S |
3000 | Leonardo | Named for Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), Italian painter, sculptor, architect, musician, enigineer a |
3001 | Michelangelo | Named for Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564), Italian artist. (M 10045) |
3018 | Godiva | Named for the wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, who, it is said, rode naked, but for her long hair, t |
3027 | Shavarsh | Named in honor of Shavarsh Vladimirovich Kara-petyan, Armenian sportsman, eleven times the world cha |
3092 | Herodotus | Named for the Greek historian who lived in the fifth century B.C. and is known as the “Father of His |
3094 | Chukokkala | Named in memory of Kornej Ivanovich Chukovskij, pen name of Nikolaj Vasil’evich Kornejchukov (1882–1 |
3095 | Omarkhayyam | Named for the great Tadjik and Persian poet, mathematician and philosopher Omar Khayyam Giyasaddinab |
3097 | Tacitus | Named for the Roman historian who lived in the first century A.D. (M 11159) Tacitus is also honored |
3178 | Yoshitsune | Named for one of the most famous and tragic Japanese military commanders, Minamoto Yoshitsune (1159– |
3199 | Nefertiti | Named for the beautiful consort of the revolutionary pharaoh Akhenaten of the seventeenth dynasty in |
3226 | Plinius | Named for Pliny (62–114), the Roman author who described the A.D. 79 eruption of Vesuvius. (M 16591) |
3244 | Petronius | Named for Petronius (fl. c. A.D. 60), Roman author whose main work is the novel Satyricon. (M 16591) |
3251 | Eratosthenes | Named for the Greek scholar Eratosthenes, who lived in Alexandria around 250 B.C. and was the first |
3279 | Solon | Named for the Athenian legislator who lived around 600 B.C. (M 16591) |
3288 | Seleucus | Named for one of the generals of Alexander the Great and heir to the largest part of his empire. Sel |
3362 | Khufu | Named for the Egyptian god-king Khufu, better known by his Greek name of Cheops, a pharaoh of the 29 |
3458 | Boduognat | Named for Boduognat, chief of the Nerviens, a Belgian tribe in the provinces of Hainaut and Brabant. |
3491 | Fridolin | Named for the patron saint of the Swiss valley of Glarus, where it is still a popular Christian name |
3519 | Ambiorix | Named for Ambiorix, chief of the Eburons, an ancient Belgian tribe. Ambiorix revolted against the oc |
3551 | Verenia | Named for the first vestal virgin consecrated by the legendary Roman king Numa Pompilius, builder of |
3582 | Cyrano | Named for the whimsical French poet and soldier Cyrano de Bergerac (1619–1655), who in some of his c |
3588 | Kirik | Named for Kirik Novgorodets, a twelfth-century chronicler from the town of Novgorod, author of the f |
3589 | Loyola | Named for the town in Spain, birthplace of Ignatius {see planet (3562)}, founder of the Jesuits. (M |
3600 | Archimedes | Named for Archimedes (c. 287–212 B.C.), great ancient Greek scientist. (M 22245) Archimedes is also |
3655 | Eupraksia | Named for the wife of the thirteenth-century prince Fyodor Ryazansky. She preferred death to being t |
3686 | Antoku | Named for the 81st emperor of Japan, Antoku (1178–1185), son of Kenreimonin {see planet (5242)}. He |
3733 | Yoshitomo | Named for a Japanese military commander, Minamoto Yoshitomo (1123–1160), father of Yoritomo and Yosh |
3902 | Yoritomo | Named for Minamoto Yoritomo (1147–1199), the first shogun and founder of the Japanese feudal system. |
3903 | Kliment Ohridski | Named in memory of Kliment Ohridski (840–916), one of the first Bulgarian philosophers {of Macedonia |
3916 | Maeva | Named in memory of Maeva d’Alloy d’Hocquincourt Vitry, who died tragically on 1992 June 7 at the age |
4000 | Hipparchus | Named by the Minor Planet Names Committee for the greatest astronomer of ancient times, renowned for |
4001 | Ptolemaeus | Named by the Minor Planet Names Committee for the celebrated author of the Almagest, whose ideas dom |
4049 | Noragal' | Named in memory of Eleonora Yakovlevna Gal’perina (1912–1992), literary critic and translator, well- |
4161 | Amasis | Named after the Egyptian pharaoh Amasis (570–526 B.C.). The Greek and Roman historians praised him g |
4180 | Anaxagoras | Named after the Greek philosopher Anaxagoras (c. 500–428 B.C.). He lived in Asia minor and in Athens |
4294 | Horatius | Named for the Roman poet Horatio (65–8 B.C.), whose main poems are collected in Sermones, Carmina an |
4354 | Euclides | Named for the Greek mathematician Euclid, who lived in Alexandria about 300 B.C. (M 16594) Euclid is |
4374 | Tadamori | Named for a Japanese commander of the Heike, Taira-no Tadamori (1096–1153), father of Taira-no Kiyom |
4375 | Kiyomori | Named for one of the most brilliant Japanese autocrats in the late Heian era, Taira-no Kiyomori (111 |
4376 | Shigemori | Named for a Japanese military commander, Taira-no Shigemori (1138–1179), the eldest son of Taira-no |
4377 | Koremori | Named for Taira-no Koremori (1160–?), a Japanese military commander who was the eldest son of Taira- |
4402 | Tsunemori | Named for the Japanese military commander in the late Heian era, Taira-no Tsunemori (1125–1185), a s |
4412 | Chephren | Chephren was a pharaoh of the old Egyptian kingdom. He reigned about 2500 B.C. and built the second |
4413 | Mycerinos | Mycerinos was pharaoh of the old Egyptian kingdom of the fourth dynasty. He reigned about 2500 B.C. |
4414 | Sesostris | Sesostris was the name of three pharaohs of the old Egyptian kingdom (twelfth dynasty). They reigned |
4415 | Echnaton | Echnaton was a pharaoh of the old Egyptian kingdom who reigned from 1375 to 1358 B.C. He started a r |
4416 | Ramses | Ramses II, also called Ramesses, was a pharaoh of the old Egyptian kingdom who reigned from 1332 to |
4485 | Radonezhskij | Named in honor of Reverend Sergij Radonezhskij (c. 1321–1391), prominent figure in the Russian Churc |
4487 | Pocahontas | An Indian princess and daughter of Powhatan, celebrated sachem and chief of the Chickahominy tribe o |
4488 | Tokitada | Named for Taira-no Tokitada (1130–1189), a Japanese military commander in the late Heian era who was |
4503 | Cleobulus | Named for Cleobulus (fl. c. 560 B.C.), one of the Seven Sages of Greece. A native and tyrant of Lind |
4568 | Menkaure | Menkaure (c. 2530 B.C.), the son of Chephren {see planet (4412)}, reigned for 18 years and built th |
4574 | Yoshinaka | Named for Kiso Yoshinaka (1154–1184), the Japanese military commander in the late Heian era. He was |
4637 | Odorico | Named for the renowned solitary traveler and missionary, the Franciscan monk Odorico (1265–1331). Bo |
4653 | Tommaso | Named for Tommaso Campanella (1568–1639), Italian monk who was a philosopher, poet and political fig |
4681 | Ermak | Named for Ermak Timofeevich (?–1585), hero of Russian folklore and the Cossack chieftain who led the |
4721 | Atahualpa | On the 500th anniversary of the discovery of the Americas by Columbus {see planet (327)}, we want t |
4748 | Tokiwagozen | Named for Tokiwagozen (1138–?), beautiful mother of Yoshitsune {see planet (3178)}. She was capture |
4752 | Myron | Myron of Eleutherae (fl. 470 B.C.) in Attica, one of the most celebrated Greek artists, was a pupil |
4753 | Phidias | Named for the famous Greek artist, born c. 500 B.C. in Athens, a pupil of Ageladus. Eminent as an ar |
4798 | Mercator | Named in memory of the Flemish cartographer Gerard De Kremer (1512–1594), known under the Latinised |
4846 | Tuthmosis | Tuthmosis (also written Thothmose) was the name of four Egyptian pharaohs of the 18th dynasty. The n |
4847 | Amenhotep | Named after pharaohs of the 18th dynasty. Amenhotep (Greek name Amenophis) means ‘Amun is merciful’. |
4848 | Tutenchamun | Named after the 18th dynasty pharaoh Tut-ench-Amun or Tutanchamun, 1355–1337 B.C., son-in-law and pr |
4876 | Strabo | Named after the Greek geographer Strabo (Greek Strabon: 63 B.C.-c. A.D. 23), who devoted himself to |
4896 | Tomoegozen | Named for Tomoegozen, mistress of Yoshinaka, known as a brave strategist on Yoshinaka’s staff. After |
4906 | Seneferu | Seneferu (also written Snefru) was the first king of the 4th dynasty and built two pyramids near Das |
4907 | Zoser | Named after the Egyptian pharaoh of the third dynasty. Zoser, also written Djoser, erected the first |
4945 | Ikenozenni | Named for Ikenozenni, the second wife of (4374) Tadamori. She asked (4375) Kiyomori to spare the lif |
4959 | Niinoama | Named for Tokiko (?–1185), wife of (4375) Kiyomori. She is called Niinoama because she took the rank |
5002 | Marnix | Named for Philips Marnix van Sint Aldegonde (1538–1598), mayor of Antwerp during 1583–1585 and playe |
5009 | Sethos | Named after the Egyptian pharaoh Sethos I (reigned 1304–1290 B.C.) of the 19th dynasty. His father w |
5010 | Amenemhet | Named after the Egyptian pharaoh Amenemhět III (1844–1797 B.C.), son of Sesostris III {see planet ( |
5017 | Tenchi | Named for the emperor (626–671) who made the first clepsydra in Japan in 660. On 671 June 10 (Gregor |
5018 | Tenmu | Named for a Japanese Emperor (?–686), younger brother of the emperor Tenchi {see planet (5017)}, sk |
5148 | Giordano | Named in honor of Giordano Bruno (1548–1600), Dominican priest, who spent 16 years travelling throug |
5204 | Herakleitos | Named for the Greek philosopher Herakleitos (540–480 B.C.) of Ephesus. By means of his metaphoric cl |
5238 | Naozane | Named for Naozane Jiro Kumagaya (1141–1208), respected for his courage as a soldier during the turbu |
5242 | Kenreimonin | Named for Tokuko Kenreimon-in (1155–1213), daughter of Kiyorami and mother of Emperor Antoku {see pl |
5450 | Sokrates | Named after the Greek philosopher Sokrates (c. 470–399 B.C.), who taught that one should always say |
5451 | Plato | Named after Plato (c. 428–348 B.C.), the most famous pupil of Sokrates {see planet (5450)}. He was |
5546 | Salavat | Named in honor of the industrial city of Salavat, located in Bashkiria {see planet (2657)}, just we |
5565 | Ukyounodaibu | Named for the Japanese poetess, Kenreimon-in Ukyounodaibu (1157–?). She wrote a diary with 359 poems |
5612 | Nevskij | Named for Novgorod prince Aleksandr Yaroslavich (1220–1263), astute politician and skilled military |
5613 | Donskoj | Named for Dmitrij Donskoj (1350–1389), Alexandr Nevskij’s {see planet (5612)} great-grandson, grand |
5700 | Homerus | Named for the legendary Greek poet Homerus, who depicted in his epic poem Ilias an episode of the ba |
5703 | Hevelius | Named in memory of the eminent astronomer Johannes Hevelius (1611–1687), brewer and city councillor |
5744 | Yorimasa | Named for a Japanese military commander and well-known poet in the late Heian era, Minomoto-no Yorim |
5855 | Yukitsuna | Named for a Japanese military commander in the late Heian era, Minamoto-no Yukitsuna. When Yoshinaka |
5873 | Archilochos | Named for the Greek poet Archilochos (fl. 700 B.C.) who, through his provocative attitude against th |
5928 | Pindarus | Named for the Greek lyric poet Pindarus (c. 520–446 B.C.), long the mainstay of Greek poetry. He liv |
5932 | Prutkov | Named for Koz’ma Prutkov, a parody character, fictitious poet and author of many fables, humorous po |
5945 | Roachapproach | Named in honor of Steve Roach, musician and composer of ‘space music’. Among the most progressive pe |
5950 | Leukippos | Named for the great Greek philosopher Leukippos, born around 450 B.C., probably at Miletus, on the w |
5954 | Epikouros | Named for the great philosopher Epikouros (341–270 B.C.), well known for his exposition of the atomi |
5981 | Kresilas | Named for the Greek sculptor Kresilas, who lived in the 5th century B.C. He is mostly known for his |
5982 | Polykletus | Named for the Greek sculptor Polykletus of Argos (c. 480–423 B.C.). Together with Phidias {see plane |
5983 | Praxiteles | Named for the great Athenian sculptor Praxiteles (c. 370–325 B.C.). Antique sources indicate that Pr |
5984 | Lysippus | Named for Lysippus of Sikyon (c. 370–300 B.C.), a great Greek sculptor in the time of Alexander the |
5986 | Xenophon | Named for the Athenian nobleman, pupil and interpreter of Socrates, historian, agriculturist, and mi |
6001 | Thales | Named for the famous Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus (c.625–547 B.C.). None of Thales’ writings |
6006 | Anaximandros | Named for the great Greek philosopher Anaximander of Miletus (610–546 B.C.). A pupil of Thales {see |
6026 | Xenophanes | Named for the Greek philosopher Xenophanes of Colophon (570–475 B.C.). He was in the first place a p |
6039 | Parmenides | Named for Parmenides of Elea, born around 515 B.C. and the founder of “Eleaticism“. From his lengthy |
6051 | Anaximenes | Named for the great Greek philosopher Anaximenes of Miletus. He was born in 545 B.C. and is to be co |
6123 | Aristoteles | Named for Aristoteles (384–322 B.C.), one of the most significant Greek philosophers, charging the d |
6129 | Demokritos | Named for the Greek philosopher Demokritos of Abdera (460–380 B.C.), well-known for his atomistic th |
6143 | Pythagoras | Named for the great Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras of Samos (580–500 B.C.). He contr |
6152 | Empedocles | Named for the Greek philosopher Empedocles (490–430 B.C.). Only some 400 lines remain of his poem On |
6174 | Polybius | Named for Polybius (c. 200–118 B.C.), Greek historian and father of pragmatic history, one of 1000 e |
6186 | Zenon | Named for the great Greek philosopher and mathematician Zenon of Elea (494–430 B.C.). As a friend an |
6240 | Lucretius Carus | Named for the Latin philosopher and poet Titus Lucretius Carus. He was born around 90 B.C., probably |
6304 | Josephus Flavius | Named for the Jewish historian Josephus Bar Mattheus, born around A.D. 37 in Jerusalem. He was a mem |
6317 | Dreyfus | Named for the infamous Dreyfus case, which dominated French politics, reinforced religious feelings, |
6614 | Antisthenes | Named for the Greek philosopher Antisthenes (c.455–c.360 B.C.). In ethics he said that everyone coul |
6615 | Plutarchos | Named for the great Greek philosopher and writer Plutarchos (c.45–125), who studied at the Academia |
6616 | Plotinos | Named for the Greek philosopher Plotinos (205–270). In Alexandria Plotin studied under the philosoph |
6617 | Boethius | Named for the western Roman politician, poet and philosopher Anicius Manilius Severinus Boethius (c. |
6843 | Heremon | Named for the seventh son of Milesius, Celtic ruler of Iberia. Heremon was the first of the discover |
6972 | Helvetius | Named in memory of the famous French philosopher and Encyclopedist Claude Adrien Helvetius (1715–177 |
7117 | Claudius | Named for the popular German poet and writer Matthias Claudius (1740–1815). He was the editor of the |
7207 | Hammurabi | Named for the Babylonian king Hammurabi, who reigned from 1792 to 1750 B.C. and united the different |
7208 | Ashurbanipal | Named for the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal (c.693–626 B.C.), who became king in 669 B.C. and is histor |
7209 | Cyrus | Named for the Persian king Cyrus II, the Great, who reigned from 559 to 529 B.C. He conquered the Me |
7210 | Darius | Named for the Persian king Darius I, the Great (550–486 B.C.), who became king after the death of Ca |
7211 | Xerxes | Named for the Persian king Xerxes I (519–465 B.C.), son of Darius and Atossa {see, respectively, pla |
7212 | Artaxerxes | Named for the Persian kings Artaxerxes. Artaxerxes I, Macrocheir (484–424 B.C.) was the younger son |
7217 | Dacke | Named for Nils Dacke (d.~1543), born in Torsås in the Swedish province Småland. Dacke was the leade |
7223 | Dolgorukij | Named in memory of Yurij Dolgorukij (c.1095–1157), prince of Suzdal and Kiev’s grand prince, son of |
7313 | Pisano | Named for the family of Italian sculptors. Nicoló Pisano (1225–c.1280) combined in his sculptures th |
7365 | Sejong | Named on the occasion of the 600th anniversary of the birth of the Korean king Sejong (1397–1450), r |
7445 | Trajanus | Named for the Roman emperor Marcus Ulpius Trajanus (53–117). Trajan was adopted by emperor Nerva and |
7446 | Hadrianus | Named for Publius Aelius Hadrianus (76–138), Roman emperor, who was adopted by Trajan {see planet ( |
7447 | Marcusaurelius | Named for the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121–180), who became emperor in 161 upon the |
7493 | Hirzo | Named after Hirzo (?-1275), the knight of Bohemian king Přemysl {see planet (7695)} Otakar II and t |
7853 | Confucius | Named after Confucius (551-471 B.C.), the famous Chinese philosopher. Nothing written by Confucius h |
7854 | Laotse | Named after Laotse (sixth century B.C.), the famous Chinese philosopher. He worked at the court of t |
8128 | Nicomachus | Named for Nicomachus of Gerasa, first-century arithmetician and numerologist who has been credited w |
8319 | Antiphanes | Named after the Greek comic poet Antiphanes (408-330 B.C.). Today 119 complete titles and about 300 |
9307 | Regiomontanus | Named for the German mathematician and astronomer Johannes Regiomontanus (1436-1476), originally cal |
9905 | Tiziano | Tiziano Vecellio (Titian; c. 1477 or 1490-1576) was a typical Renaissance painter. He loved colors, |
9906 | Tintoretto | Named after Venetian painter Jacopo Robusti (1518-1594), called Tintoretto. He was influenced by Ti |
10137 | Thucydides | Named for Thucydides (ca. 460-400 BC), the greatest of the ancient Greek historians, who wrote stric |
10208 | Germanicus | Germanicus (15 B.C.-19 A.D.), a Roman general and nephew of Tiberius, also wrote several poems, incl |
11196 | Michanikos | Heron of Alexandria, also known as “Michanikos, the machine man” (c. 10-75), invented many automatic |
11709 | Eudoxos | Eudoxos of Knidos (c. 408-355 B.C.) was the prime mover behind two major developments in Greek mathe |
11965 | Catullus | Roman poet Gaius Valerius Catullus (84 B.C.--54 B.C.) still influences poetry and other forms of art |
12144 | Einhart | Einhart (also Eginhard or Einhard, ca. 770) was a Frankish scholar and historian. He was the chance |
12152 | Aratus | Hellenistic poet Aratus of Soli (c. 315/310-before 235 B.C.) was the author of Phaenomena (“A |
12153 | Conon | Conon of Samos (c. 280-c. 220 B.C.) was a Hellenistic astronomer and mathematician who worked in Ale |
12154 | Callimachus | Callimachus of Cyrene (c. 305-c. 240 B.C.) was a Hellenistic scholar and poet who worked in Alexandr |
12155 | Hyginus | Gaius Julius Hyginus (c. 64 B.C.-A.D. 17), Roman historian, philologer and mythographer, presided ov |
12163 | Manilius | Roman poet and astrologer Marcus Manilius (1st century A.D.) wrote the comprehensive astronomical-as |
12606 | Apuleius | Lucius Apuleius (ca. 125-ca. 180) was a Roman writer and orator. His most important work is the sat |
12607 | Alcaeus | Alcaeus (ca. 620 B.C.-ca. 580 B.C.) was a Greek poet from the island of Lesbos. His songs are as fa |
12608 | Aesop | Herodotus Aisopos of Sardes (Aesop) was a slave who lived around 550 B.C. on the island of Samos. T |
12609 | Apollodoros | Apollodoros of Athens (c. 180 B.C.-c. 110 B.C.), a universal scholar and stoic, was author of a much |
12610 | Hãfez | Schamsoddin Mohammed Hãfez (1324-1390) was a Persian poet. Hãfez means “a person who knows The K |
12620 | Simaqian | Sima Qian (c. 145 B.C.-c. 85 B.C.) was a Chinese historian, counselor and court astrologer of the Ha |
12621 | Alsufi | The Persian astronomer Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (Azophi; 903-986) worked in Isfahan. His influential s |
13017 | Owakenoomi | Owakenoomi was a ruler of north Musashi in the latter half of the fifth century. The leader of a tr |
13129 | Poseidonios | Poseidonios (c. 135 BCE--c. 51 BCE) was a Greek Stoic philosopher, astronomer and geographer. He wa |
13498 | Al Chwarizmi | Al Chwarizmi (c.~780-c.~850) was a Persian mathematician, astronomer and geographer. Latin translat |
13772 | Livius | The Roman historian Titus Livius (Livy, 59 B.C.--A.D. 17) is well known for the 142 books of his |
14367 | Hippokrates | The Greek physician Hippokrates (460?-375 B.C.) is regarded as the founder of medicine as an empiric |
15949 | Rhaeticus | Rhaeticus (Georg Joachim Lauchen, 1514-1574) was a humanist, physician, mathematician and astronomer |
16413 | Abulghazi | During 1643-1663 the historian Abulghazi Bahadur (1603-1663) ruled the khanate of Khorezm (now Uzbek |
18458 | Caesar | Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar (100-44 B.C.) promulgated in 46 B.C. on the advice of the Alexandrine as |
18596 | Superbus | Tarquinius Superbus, seventh and last king of Rome, reigned from 534 to 509 B.C. He placed under th |
22283 | Pytheas | Pytheas (fl. 4th century BC) was a geographer from the Greek colony of Massalia (Marseille). |
28516 | Möbius | August Ferdinand Möbius (1790-1868) was a professor of astronomy at Leipzig. He studied occultation |
29448 | Pappos | Pappos of Alexandria (fl. 300-350) wrote the Synagoge, a collection and commentary that cover |
29457 | Marcopolo | Marco Polo (1254-1324) was a Venetian explorer. He traveled overland to China and became an expert |
43841 | Marcustacitus | Marcus Claudius Tacitus (200-276), a native of Interamna (Terni), held various civil offices, includ |
54522 | Menaechmus | The Greek mathematician Menaechmus (c. 380-320 B.C.) is credited with the discovery that the ellipse |
85179 | Meistereckhart | Master (in German, Meister) Eckhart (1260?-1327/28), born in Thuringia, is the greatest German mysti |
100133 | Demosthenes | Demosthenes (384-322 BC), a famous orator of ancient Athens was considered by Cicero as the greatest |
218866 | Alexantioch | Alexandros of Antioch was a Greek sculptor of the 1st century BCE, known today for the Venus de Milo |
236746 | Chareslindos | Chares of Lindos was a Greek sculptor born on the island of Rhodes. In 282 BCE he built the Colossu |
326290 | Akhenaten | Akhenaten was a pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt who ruled for 17 years and died in 1336 or 1334 |
368719 | Asparuh | Asparuh (640-701) is the founder of the Bulgarian country, in the second half of the 7th century, an |