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| 59 | Elpis | Named after the Greek word for hope, also the personification of hope. (AN 56, 229 (1861)) Named by |
| 125 | Liberatrix | This name very probably is an allusion to the liberation of France at the time of the discovery. (Li |
| 139 | Juewa | The name stands as Juewa, or more fully, Jue-wa-sing, which means literally the “Star of China’s For |
| 141 | Lumen | Named after a literary work of the French astronomer Camille Flammarion {see planet (1021)}, Lumen: |
| 147 | Protogeneia | The name, translated from Greek, means first-born. (A. Schnell) Named by K. von Littrow (AN 86, 122 |
| 159 | Aemilia | Named probably after the famous Roman road ‘Via Aemilia’ which went from Piacenza to Rimini. (I. van |
| 208 | Lacrimosa | The name means whining, deplorable. Very probably, this name should reflect the sorrow about the dif |
| 268 | Adorea | Named after the flat cake produced from meal and salt which was offered by the Romans as a sacrifice |
| 274 | Philagoria | Named by the discoverer for a recreation club in Olmütz. (A. Schnell) |
| 289 | Nenetta | The name originates from a French argot which denotes a more or less frivolous woman. (M.-A. Combes) |
| 306 | Unitas | Named in honor of the Italian astronomer Angelo Pietro Secchi (1818–1878) {see planet (4705)} and a |
| 348 | May | Named possibly in honor of the contemporal German writer Karl May (1842–1912), well-known for his ma |
| 350 | Ornamenta | Named “in remembrance of the mariner Hornemann, of Holland, whose son is a very zealous member of th |
| 369 | Aeria | Named presumably after one of the four elements of the ancients. E. Weiss stated in the Astronomisch |
| 443 | Photographica | The name refers to the method found by M. F. Wolf to discover asteroids. (H 48) Named (AN 156, 239 ( |
| 513 | Centesima | The naming commemorates the 100th planet discovery by Max Wolf. (H 55) |
| 544 | Jetta | Named by the discoverer after a legendary figure of Heidelberg. The name of the site on which the He |
| 566 | Stereoskopia | This name is an allusion to C. Pulfrich’s stereo-comparator (see also his paper in AN 159, 83 (1902) |
| 568 | Cheruskia | Named for a Heidelberg student fraternity. (H 60) |
| 586 | Thekla | Named probably after St. Thekla, who, according to Apocryphical sources, accompanied Paul on some of |
| 597 | Bandusia | Named after a fountain near Polezzo, Apulia, Italy. The Roman poet and satirist Horace (65-8 B.C.) { |
| 656 | Beagle | Named for the ship with which Charles Darwin {see planet (1991)} sailed around the world (1831–1836 |
| 694 | Ekard | Named by the American astronomer Seth Barnes Nicholson {see planet (1831)} and his wife while they |
| 711 | Marmulla | Named possibly after the German word “Marmel” or “Murmel” (“Marmul” in the medieval form) which (712 |
| 730 | Athanasia | Athanasia is the Greek word for immortality. Any reference to a person or occurrence is unknown. (H |
| 743 | Eugenisis | This name is composed from the two Greek words “eu” (good, well) and “genesis” (creation). Obviously |
| 773 | Irmintraud | Named by the discoverer for an old German woman’s name which frequently appears in old songs and sag |
| 895 | Helio | Named by the German physicist Friedrich Paschen (1865–1940) in remembrance of common investigations |
| 947 | Monterosa | Probably named for the ship “Monterosa” on the occasion of a marine travel by the Hamburg University |
| 1055 | Tynka | Named in honor of the mother of the discoverer who worked at the Institute of Astronomy and Geophysi |
| 1155 | Aenna | This artificial name contains in the German pronunciation the initials “A” and “N” followed by the f |
| 1163 | Saga | The planet is named after a detailed recital of events, historical or legendary or both, of Icelandi |
| 1203 | Nanna | This planet is named honoring the many paintings named “Nanna” by the German painter Anselm Feuerbac |
| 1216 | Askania | Named after the Askania works in Berlin, manufacturers of optical and astronomical instruments. (H 1 |
| 1354 | Botha | Named after a distinguished South African patriot who was also one of the prime movers in the format |
| 1355 | Magoeba | The name of a native chief of the North Transvaal, South Africa, who has given his name also to one |
| 1357 | Khama | Name of the late Paramount Chief of the Bechuana tribe and a distinguished native leader. (M 908) |
| 1415 | Malautra | Named in honor of the wife of the discoverer. (H 128) |
| 1484 | Postrema | The name signifies the last link of the last of a group. It is assigned to the last minor planet dis |
| 1556 | Wingolfia | Named in honor of one of the Heidelberg student fraternities on the occasion of its 104th anniversar |
| 1581 | Abanderada | This name signifies a leader who carries a banner, and it is bestowed to honor the late Eva Peron {1 |
| 1588 | Descamisada | Literally a naked woman. As a symbol of the Argentine trade unions, it means a shirtless worker. Eva |
| 1661 | Granule | Named in honor of Edward A. Gall, M.D., internationally renowned pathologist, to commemorate his dis |
| 1891 | Gondola | Selected as a beautiful sounding word, well suited to an object moving smoothly and silently across |
| 2038 | Bistro | The French name for a small, cozy restaurant. The name is also suggested by the fact that (2038) = 2 |
| 2129 | Cosicosi | The Italian characterization of indifference. |
| 2136 | Jugta | Named in honor of J. U. Gunter and his publication “Tonight's Asteroids”. This publication has been |
| 2229 | Mezzarco | Italian for “half arch, half vault”, the name is that of the house and studio, on Lake Maggiore, of |
| 2253 | Espinette | Named for the discoverer's residence in Williams Bay, Wisconsin. For many of the 45 years the disco |
| 2270 | Yazhi | The name comes from the Navajo Indian language and means 'little one'. It was suggested by Debbie Ge |
| 2432 | Soomana | In the Hopi Indian language of northern Arizona, Soomana means “star girl”. A Hopi child is traditio |
| 2433 | Sootiyo | In the Hopi Indian language, Sootiya means “star boy”. The tradition and proposers are as for (2432) |
| 2500 | Alascattalo | Named for Alaska’s mythical beast, supposedly a cross between a moose and a walrus and genetically b |
| 2517 | Orma | The name, the Italian word for a trace or track, seems very appropriate for a minor planet. That it |
| 2582 | Harimaya-Bashi | Named for the well-known red bridge in the center of the city of Kochi. (M 6956) |
| 2648 | Owa | In the Hopi Indian language of northern Arizona owa means ‘rock’, the almost certain constituent of |
| 2649 | Oongaq | In the Hopi Indian language oongaq means ‘from up there’, being the ablative case form of the locati |
| 2909 | Hoshi-no-ie | Named for the discoverer’s observatory. The English translation is “a star house”. (M 8544) |
| 3264 | Bounty | Named for His Majesty’s Ship Bounty. In 1787 the Admiralty dispatched the ship, under the command of |
| 3296 | Bosque Alegre | Named in honor of the Astrophysical Station of the Córdoba Astronomical Observatory, founded in 1942 |
| 3432 | Kobuchizawa | Named for the observing station, 150 km west of Tokyo, at which this minor planet was the first disc |
| 3773 | Smithsonian | Named in honor of the Smithsonian Institution on the occasion of the centennial celebration of its A |
| 3814 | Hoshi-no-mura | Named for a small vocational training institute not far from the discoverer’s home. The main purpose |
| 3901 | Nanjingdaxue | One of the oldest universities in China, Nanjing Daxue (Nanjing University) will be celebrating its |
| 3935 | Toatenmongakkai | Named in honor of the Oriental Astronomical Association, founded in 1920 by Issei Yamamoto {see plan |
| 4200 | Shizukagozen | Named for a dancing girl, the mistress of Minamoto Yoshitsune. The orbit of this asteroid is very si |
| 4411 | Kochibunkyo | Named for the association of volunteers active in education, inaugurated in the city of Kochi in Apr |
| 4431 | Holeungholee | S. H. Ho, K.-K. Leung, T. Ho and Q.-W. Lee jointly established the Holeungholee Foundation in 1994 t |
| 4432 | McGraw-Hill | Named after the 1.3-m McGraw-Hill telescope located on the southwest ridge of Kitt Peak, Arizona, wh |
| 4440 | Tchantchès | Named in honor of the folklore character Tchantchès (Walloon dialect for François), the typical Wall |
| 4459 | Nusamaibashi | Named for the bridge spanning the Kushiro {see planet (4096)} river and connecting the northern and |
| 4480 | Nikitibotania | Named for the Nikitian State Botanical Gardens, located in southern Crimea and founded in 1812 by th |
| 4607 | Seilandfarm | Named for a farm, established by Akio Seino in 1942, located about 10 km from Kitami {see planet (3 |
| 4971 | Hoshinohiroba | Named after the Comet Observers Network in Japan, “Hoshi no Hiroba”, established by Akira Kamo {see |
| 5013 | Suzhousanzhong | Suzhousanzhong (Suzhou No. 3 Middle School) in Jiangsu province is celebrating its one-hundredth ann |
| 5042 | Colpa | Colpa is the word used by the Huarpe aborigines of Argentina to refer to those stones that, in their |
| 5173 | Stjerneborg | Stjerneborg was the pioneering astronomical observatory build by Tycho Brahe on the Danish island of |
| 5206 | Kodomonomori | Named for the Children’s Forest Program, operated by OISCA International {see planet (3843)}, the O |
| 5225 | Loral | Named for Loral, Inc., an American manufacturer of charge-coupled device chips. Several of Loral’s l |
| 5282 | Yamatotakeru | Named after the tragic hero, Yamatotakeru, who is well known by many Japanese people. He appears in |
| 5408 | The | Named in honor of Pik Sin Thé (1927– ) on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Pik Sin Thé studied in |
| 5506 | Artiglio | The Artiglio was an Italian steamship used as a salvage ship in the early 20th Century. At the time |
| 5688 | Kleewyck | The name Klee Wyck was given by Vancouver Island’s coastal people to the famous Victoria artist Emil |
| 5804 | Bambinidipraga | Bambini di Praga is a Czech children's chorus. Choirmasters Blanka and Bohumil Kulínský developed a |
| 5815 | Shinsengumi | Shinsengumi was the name of a 300-member group of samurai that organized the defense of the Tokugawa |
| 5858 | Borovitskia | Named for Borovitskij hill (from the Russian word bor or pine forest), the location of the first bui |
| 5976 | Kalatajean | Named in honor of Jean Marie Kalata, a social science analyst in the Institutional Studies Office of |
| 6062 | Vespa | Named for the popular motor scooter used throughout the world. June 1996 marks the occasion of the 5 |
| 6117 | Brevardastro | Brevard is a county on the east coast of Florida and is known as the “space coast”. Brevard county i |
| 6133 | Royaldutchastro | The Koniklijke Nederlandse Vereniging voor Weeren Sterrenkunde (KNVWS, Royal Netherlands Association |
| 6151 | Viget | Named in honor of Princeton University on the occasion of its 250th birthday 1996 Oct. 22. The name |
| 6221 | Ducentesima | The naming commemorates the 200th Klet numbered minor planet. Its Latin name was inspired by classi |
| 6543 | Senna | Named in memory of Ayrton Senna Da Silva (1960–1994), Brazilian race-car driver. One of the greatest |
| 6582 | Flagsymphony | The Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra is celebrating its 50th season in 1999--2000. It is considered by |
| 6620 | Peregrina | Peregrina is a foreign lady, especially one on pilgrimage. The minor planets might be compared to an |
| 6623 | Trioconbrio | Trio Con Brio Copenhagen is the leading music ensemble in Denmark. The trio was formed in 1999 and c |
| 6799 | Citfiftythree | This minor planet honors the California Institute of Technology's class of 1953 and their contributi |
| 6864 | Starkenburg | Named for a castle erected around 1064 near the town of Heppenheim. The name also applies to a regio |
| 6891 | Triconia | Named in honor of the Tri-Con Barber Shop in Lexington, Massachusetts, and for Paul, Joe, Charlie an |
| 6898 | Saint-Marys | Saint Mary's University, Halifax, N.S., is Atlantic Canada's primary center for instruction, public |
| 6962 | Summerscience | Every summer since 1959 a group of gifted high-school students has gathered for six weeks to study c |
| 6981 | Chirman | Named for the Surgical Department of the hospital in the Italian village of Manerbio, located a few |
| 7019 | Tagayuichan | Tagayuichan, a little girl dressed as a shrine maiden, is the official mascot of Taga Town in Shiga |
| 7192 | Cieletespace | Named for the monthly astronomical magazine edited in Paris by Alain Cirou and published by the Asso |
| 7494 | Xiwanggongcheng | Named for the tenth anniversary of Project Hope (Xiwang Gongcheng), a non-profit social welfare prog |
| 7497 | Guangcaishiye | Named for the Glory Project (Guangcai Shiye), an open poverty relief activity in China. The project |
| 7515 | Marrucino | Marrucino was an ancient tribe that lived in Abruzzo. San Martino sulla Marrucina is renowned world |
| 7562 | Kagiroino-Oka | Named for a place in one of the poems in the collection Manyousyu {see planet (7104)}. The place is |
| 7571 | Weisse Rose | Named in memory of the members of Weisse Rose {white rose}, a circle of students, academics and arti |
| 7580 | Schwabhausen | Named for the Jena University Observatory’s out-station, located some 10 km to the west of the city. |
| 7634 | Shizutani-Kou | Named for a school in Bizen-city, Okayama prefecture. Founded in 1668, it is the oldest Japanese sch |
| 7693 | Hoshitakuhai | “Hoshitakuhai” (“Home delivery of the starry skies”) is an activity of the Kakogawa Space Science As |
| 7737 | Sirrah | Named in honor of Alan William Harris (b. 1952), British astronomer, now at the DLR Institute of Pla |
| 7752 | Otauchunokai | Otauchunokai, founded in 1970, is an amateur astronomers' club in the Ota city area, Gunma prefectur |
| 7800 | Zhongkeyuan | Named for the Chinese Academy of Sciences (zhong guo ke xue yuan) on the occasion of its 50th annive |
| 7806 | Umasslowell | The University of Massachusetts at Lowell is an educational and research institution with roots dati |
| 7887 | Bratfest | Bratfest, which celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2003, is an annual Oktoberfest-style party organi |
| 7892 | Musamurahigashi | Tokyo Metropolitan Musasimurayamahigashi High School is where the first discoverer teaches astronomy |
| 7919 | Prime | Recognizing the importance that mathematics has played in science, this naming acknowledges that 791 |
| 7968 | Elst-Pizarro | Originally classified as a comet because of the persistent appearance of a tail, this newly-numbered |
| 7987 | Walshkevin | Kevin John Walsh (b. 1978) is a scientist at the Southwest Research Institute of Boulder, CO. His re |
| 8345 | Ulmerspatz | The Ulmer Spatz (sparrow) is a copper statuette originally on top of the roof of the cathedral of Ul |
| 8425 | Zirankexuejijin | The concatenation Zi Ran, Ke Xue, Ji Jin, or “Nature”, “Science”, “Fund”, is de |
| 8445 | Novotroitskoe | This minor planet is being named on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the signing of the frien |
| 8564 | Anomalocaris | Anomalocaris canadensis, a large carnivorous arthropod, was one of the many uniquely shaped m |
| 8597 | Sandvicensis | Named for Sterna sandvicensis, or sandwich tern. |
| 8644 | Betulapendula | Named for Betula pendula (silver birch), a species in the genus Betula belonging to th |
| 8957 | Koujounotsuki | Named for a song composed in 1901 by Rentaro Taki (1879-1903). In English, the song's title is “The |
| 9306 | Pittosporum | Named for Pittosporaceae, the Australian laurel family, with nine genera and more than 200 species, |
| 9426 | Aliante | Italian name for a glider, the silent plane. The Latin root of the name emphasizes the key role of |
| 9478 | Caldeyro | Named in memory of Roberto Caldeyro Barcia (1921-1996), Uruguayan physiologist who led a team of res |
| 9479 | Madresplazamayo | Named in honor of the group of women who became a symbol of human rights activism and courage by den |
| 9628 | Sendaiotsuna | Sendai Otsunahiki is a 400-year-old tug-of-war festival, held in Satsumasendai City in the evening o |
| 9654 | Seitennokai | Seitennokai is an astronomy club in Japan, which was founded in 1985, with about 20 members. They |
| 9786 | Gakutensoku | Gakutensoku was the first Japanese robot, created in 1928 by Makoto Nishimura. Gakutensoku was feat |
| 9922 | Catcheller | Endowing the English language with a new term, the 1961 novel Catch-22 by U.S. writer Joseph |
| 9995 | Alouette | The first Canadian satellite Alouette-1 was launched on 1962 Sept. 29. It was engaged in research an |
| 10000 | Myriostos | The Greek word for ten-thousandth, Myriostos honors all the astronomers, past and present, from all |
| 10162 | Issunboushi | The extraordinarily small character Issunboushi---Issun means about 3 cm in old Japanese---was the h |
| 10223 | Zashikiwarashi | Taking the form of a child with bobbed hair, Zashikiwarashi is a traditional spirit of the people of |
| 10332 | Défi | Défi Corporatif Canderel is a fundraising event for cancer research programs at universities in Mont |
| 10515 | Old Joe | “Old Joe” is the students' name for the Joseph Chamberlain Clock Tower at the University of Birmingh |
| 10613 | Kushinadahime | Kushinadahime, the mythical empress of the god Susanoo-no-mikoto, was offered as a sacrifice to the |
| 10649 | VOC | VOC means Vereeniging van de Oostindische Company, the Dutch East India Company founded in 1502 shor |
| 10667 | van Marxveldt | The humorous “Joop ter Heul” novels for teenage girls by Dutch writer Cissy van Marxveldt (Setske de |
| 10776 | Musashitomiyo | Musashitomiyo, “minor stickleback” in English, is a fish about five centimeters long known for build |
| 10837 | Yuyakekoyake | Yuyakekoyake is one of the most popular nursery rhymes in Japan. The song described the twilight sce |
| 10877 | Jiangnan Tianchi | Jiang Nan Tian Chi, at high altitude and unaffected by artificial lights, is one of the best observi |
| 10927 | Vaucluse | Vaucluse is a French département. This minor planet was discovered by a member of AUDE (Asso |
| 10962 | Sonnenborgh | The astronomical observatory Sonnenborgh in Utrecht, founded in 1853 by Buys Ballot, specializes in |
| 11288 | Okunohosomichi | Oku no Hosomichi (“The Narrow Road to the Interior”) is a Haikai travel journal written by Ma |
| 11442 | Seijin-Sanso | Seijin-Sanso, near Kurashiki, Okayama prefecture, is the observing station where famed comet and nov |
| 12013 | Sibatahosimi | Sibatamachi-hosiwomirukai, founded in 1986, is an amateur astronomers' club in Sibata town, Miyagi p |
| 12270 | Bozar | The name “Bozar” for the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels was inspired by the language of Br |
| 12277 | Tajimasatonokai | Tajimasatonokai is an astronomy group which has long been engaged in popularizing astronomy by holdi |
| 12557 | Caracol | “El Caracol” at Chichén Itza in Yucatán, Mexico, has been described as probably the most famous of a |
| 12690 | Kochimiraikagaku | Kochi-Mirai-Kagakukan (Kochi city future science museum) is to be built in the heart of the city and |
| 12793 | Hosinokokai | Hoshinokokai is a star-loving group that has been working voluntarily for 20 years at the astronomic |
| 13162 | Ryokkochigaku | Ryokkochigaku is the nickname of the Yokohama Midorigaoka High School earth-science club, known for |
| 13176 | Kobedaitenken | Kobedaitenken, short for Kobe-Daigaku Tenmon Kenkyu-kai, means “Kobe University astronomy club”, whi |
| 13564 | Kodomomiraikan | Kodomomiraikan (“Museum of Future for Kids”) is a hands-on-activity-based center for children that w |
| 13677 | Alvin | Alvin is a deep-sea submersible with a depth range of 4000 meters. Built in 1964, it was used for so |
| 13679 | Shinanogawa | Shinanogawa is the river that flows from Nagano prefecture to Niigata prefecture and into the Sea of |
| 13904 | Univinnitsa | Founded in 1912, the Vinnitsa Pedagogical University has played a great role in the training of teac |
| 13942 | Shiratakihime | Some 1300 years ago, according to local legend, Princess Shirataki came to Kiryu from the imperial c |
| 13989 | Murikabushi | Murikabushi (“a swarm of stars” in the Okinawa dialect) is the name of the 1.05-m infrared-optical t |
| 14443 | Sekinenomatsu | Recognized as a special natural treasure that is estimated to be over 370 years old, the six-meter-h |
| 14449 | Myogizinzya | Myogizinzya is a historic Shinto shrine built in 537 on the main peak of Myogi Mountain in Gunma pre |
| 14539 | Clocke Roeland | Klokke Roeland (or ‘Clocke Roeland’, using the historic spelling) is the storm bell that is the symb |
| 14543 | Sajigawasuiseki | Sajigawa-suiseki is a type of special rock found in the Saji River, which runs through Saji Village. |
| 14566 | Hokule'a | Hokule'a is the Hawaiian word for the star Arcturus. It is also the name of a double-hulled sailing |
| 14981 | Uenoiwakura | Iwakura High School was established in 1897 as a private railroad high school in Ueno. |
| 15000 | CCD | A charge-coupled device, a two-dimensional array of light-sensitive microelectronic semiconductor ca |
| 15329 | Sabena | Sabena was the National Belgian airline but had to stop its activities due to financial problems. T |
| 15740 | Hyakumangoku | One million “koku”, or five million bushels of rice, signify the extreme wealth of the Japanese prov |
| 15898 | Kharasterteam | The asteroid group at the Astronomical Observatory of Kharkiv National University has made important |
| 16414 | Le Procope | From his living room above Le Procope café in Paris, German painter and amateur astronomer Hermann G |
| 16543 | Rosetta | In remembrance of the successful arrival of the Rosetta spacecraft at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenk |
| 16644 | Otemaedaigaku | Otemaedaigaku is a private university in Japan. founded in 1966. The Otemae Educational Cooperation |
| 16650 | Sakushingakuin | Sakushi Gakuin is a long-established school within a combined elementary, junior and senior secondar |
| 16701 | Volpe | Miguel A. Volpe Borgonon (b. 1947) is a Paraguayan amateur astronomer, professor of engineering at t |
| 16908 | Groeselenberg | Groeselenberg is the hill in Uccle where the Royal Observatory is located. The name refers to “a hi |
| 16969 | Helamuda | Helamuda is an acronym for Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, the museum of the federal state of Hes |
| 17494 | Antaviana | Antaviana is a word created by the writer Pere Calders. It was suggested by students in honor of th |
| 17777 | Ornicar | In elementary school French children often learn the sequence “mais ou et donc or ni car”, which are |
| 18399 | Tentoumushi | The Tentoumushi astronomy club was named after the seven-starred ladybug. The club received an awar |
| 18639 | Aoyunzhiyuanzhe | Aoyunzhiyuanzhe, meaning “Olympic Games Volunteer”, honors the 1.7 million volunteers whose work, de |
| 19251 | Totziens | Totziens, the Dutch word for “goodbye”, accompanies the discoverer's best wishes for the future of r |
| 19348 | Cueca | The cueca, the complex national dance of Chile, dates to around 1824. Partners mimic movements of ro |
| 19631 | Greensleeves | Greensleeves is a timeless old English ballad by an unknown songwriter about his “Lady Greensleeves” |
| 19912 | Aurapenenta | Aurapenenta honors the fiftieth anniversary of the Association of Universities for Research in Astro |
| 19968 | Palazzolascaris | This minor planet is named in honor of the historical home of Council of the Piedmont Region, which |
| 20107 | Nanyotenmondai | Nanyotenmondai (the Nanyo Citizens' Observatory) is located in the Sosyou park in the northern part |
| 21799 | Ciociaria | La Ciocia, from which the name is derived, is the ancient footwear of the early inhabitants of the C |
| 22385 | Fujimoriboshi | Named on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Tokyo Metropolitan Fujimori High school, where |
| 22413 | Haifu | Hai Fu (b. 1982) received his Ph.D. from the University of Hawaii and then worked at the University |
| 23408 | Beijingaoyun | The Games of the XXIXth Olympiad, celebrated in Beijing during 2008 Aug. 8-24, have the slogan “One |
| 23443 | Kikwaya | Jean Baptiste Kikwaya Eluo (b. 1965) is a native of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Staff Astro |
| 23880 | Tongil | In Korean, Tongil means “reunification”. This minor planet, the first one discovered by a Ko |
| 24104 | Vinissac | Jean-Dominique Cassini (1748-1845), a.k.a. Cassini IV, studied the behavior of chronometers at sea. |
| 24754 | Zellyfry | The traditional food Zellyfry is made from potatoes and okra. Zellyfry is similar to Japanese Korok |
| 24899 | Dominiona | Canada is officially the “Dominion of Canada” under the Constitution Acts of 1867 and 1982. Such de |
| 25164 | Sonomastate | Sonoma State University, located in Rohnert Park, California, has been educating students in the lib |
| 25750 | Miwnay | Miwnay was the name of a Sogdian abandoned wife from Samarkand. Her letter written in 314 AD, preser |
| 25811 | Richardteo | Richard Teo Keng Siang (1972-2012) was a Singapore cosmetic surgeon. After being diagnosed with can |
| 26955 | Lie | Marius Sophus Lie (1842-1899) was a Norwegian mathematician who formulated the theory of finite cont |
| 27790 | Urashimataro | Urashima Taro is a Japanese legend about a kind-hearted young fisherman. The story is loved by gener |
| 27849 | Suyumbika | The Suyumbika Tower is the symbol of Kazan, one of the oldest towns in Russia, founded in 1005. Leg |
| 29125 | Kyivphysfak | The physics faculty of Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University, founded in 1834 as the physics and |
| 29467 | Shandongdaxue | Shandong University, founded in 1901, is one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in Chin |
| 31151 | Sajichugaku | Saji chugaku is a junior high school in Saji with an astronomical observatory. It was established i |
| 32605 | Lucy | Lucy is the common name of AL 288-1, the 40-percent-complete Australopithecus afarensis skeleton dis |
| 33319 | Kunqu | Kunqu, one of the oldest forms of Chinese theater (opera), evolved from a melody, Kumshan diao, from |
| 34399 | Hachiojihigashi | The team of Hachiojihigashi, composed of Nishi, Sakurai and Tamai from the Hachioji-higashi High Sch |
| 34419 | Corning | Corning is the home of a glassworks that makes professional telescope mirrors, including the disk fo |
| 35062 | Sakuranosyou | Sakuranosyou, meaning “Musashino Sakurano Elementary School”, is located in Musashino city to the we |
| 35313 | Hangtianyuan | Zhongguo Hangtianyuan Zhongxin, the Astronaut Center of China, is located in Beijing Space City, a b |
| 37163 | Huachucaclub | The Huachuca Astronomy Club of Sierra Vista, Arizona, although small in numbers, counts among its me |
| 39712 | Ehimedaigaku | Ehimedaigaku (Ehime University) is a Japanese national university. Its Research Center for Space an |
| 43667 | Dumlupınar | On 1953 Apr. 4 the Turkish submarine Dumlupınar collided with the Swedish freighter Naboland and san |
| 44013 | Iidetenmondai | Iide Tenmondai (Iide Astronomical observatory) is located in the southern part of Yamagata prefectur |
| 48607 | Yamagatatemodai | Yamagata Tenmondai (Yamagata Astronomical Observatory) was established for educational purposes by t |
| 52228 | Protos | This Greek word indicates the discoverer's first minor planet detection. |
| 54862 | Sundaigakuen | Sundaigakuen, a high school in Tokyo, is the alma mater of the discoverer. Since 1965 the school has |
| 55892 | Fuzhougezhi | In the spirit of Ge Zhi (“Science”), the Fuzhou Gezhi High School has made outstanding contri |
| 57424 | Caelumnoctu | The number of this minor planet signifies the date, 1957 Apr. 24, of the transmission of the first e |
| 57567 | Crikey | Australian Steve Irwin (1962-2006) was an “ordinary bloke” with an extraordinary passion and enthusi |
| 57658 | Nilrem | Jean-Claude Merlin (b. 1954), a technician in process computing in Le Creusot, France, has been obse |
| 68853 | Vaimaca | Vaimaca was one of the four “last charrás”, native Uruguayan Indians sold by the state to a F |
| 73342 | Guyunusa | Guyunusa was a native Indian sold by Uruguay for exhibition in France. She was 27 years old when she |
| 73883 | Asteraude | This minor planet is the first of a series of discoveries made by AUDE, the French Association des U |
| 74400 | Streaky | Name chosen by Eve Canovan, from Lancaster, UK, as the winner of a national competition to write a s |
| 85215 | Hohenzollern | Hohenzollern, originally Zollern, is a castle on a mighty mountain cone (855 m) of the same name in |
| 85217 | Bilzingsleben | About 370 000 years ago in the middle glacial period, an anthropoid Eurasian group bilzingslebenensi |
| 85400 | Shiratakachu | Shirataka Chugakko is the name of a middle school in Yamagata Prefecture Shirataka town Japan. It wa |
| 85401 | Yamatenclub | The Yamagata Tenmon Club, established in 1961, consists of a group of amateur astronomers. |
| 88297 | Huikilolani | Founded in 1949, the Hawaiian Astronomical Society exists to promote amateur astronomy in Hawaii. Hu |
| 90712 | Wittelsbach | Wittelsbach is a castle ruin near Aichach in Bavaria. It is the ancestral seat of the German dynasty |
| 91395 | Sakanouenokumo | Sakanoue no Kumo is a Japanese novel, written by Ryotaro Shiba between 1968 and 1972. Based |
| 100019 | Gregorianik | The Gregorian Chant (German shortening Gregorianik) is monophonic liturgical singing with a plain me |
| 106817 | Yubangtaek | Yu, Bangtaek (1320-1402) was one of the astronomers of the Joseon Dynasty who in 1395 made the stone |
| 110077 | Pujiquanshan | Sik Sik Yuen, established in 1921, was registered as a charitable organization in Hong Kong in 1965. |
| 110300 | Abusimbel | Also known as the Temple of Ramesses, the Abu Simbel temples are located on the upper Nile River in |
| 117430 | Achosyx | The discovery of this minor planet, the first to be numbered from Rent-a-Scope Observatory---MPC obs |
| 120942 | Rendafuzhong | Rendafuzhong is the high school affiliated with Renmin University, located in Beijing Zhongguancun T |
| 126578 | Suhhosoo | Master Ho Soo Suh (1736-1799) was a scientist in the late Joseon Dynasty in Korea. As the nation's |
| 129078 | Animoo | Laurent “Lillo” Steidle (b. 1972) is a Swiss geologist and painter who was impressed by the richness |
| 137052 | Tjelvar | According to the 13th-century Gutnic saga, Tjelvar was the first inhabitant of Gotland. By making a |
| 142020 | Xinghaishiyan | The Suzhou Industry Park Xinghai Experimental Senior School has the motto “All stars shine brilliant |
| 145709 | Rocknowar | “Rock No War” is an international association of volunteers based in Formigine in 1998 with the aim |
| 157456 | Pivatte | “Pivatte” is the name of the discoverer's house, built in the Swiss city of Delémont. This minor pl |
| 172315 | Changqiaoxiaoxue | Suzhou ChangQiao Primary School was founded in 1911. It is located in Lishu, a town with a thousand |
| 179593 | Penglangxiaoxue | Penglang School, founded in 1906 in Kunshan City (Jiangsu Province), is an experimental primary Scho |
| 187531 | Omorichugakkou | Omorichugakkou is the name of the junior high school in Suzaka-shi, Nagano prefecture, Japan. Stud |
| 187707 | Nandaxianlin | Nandaxianlin is the new campus of Nanjing University. The university will further education, scient |
| 189188 | Floraliën | The Gentse Floraliën (Floralies of Ghent) is a world-famous flower exhibition held in Ghent ( |
| 193158 | Haechan | Haechan Kim (b. 1994) is the discover's son. The name Haechan means “brilliant like the Sun” in Kore |
| 204839 | Suzhouyuanlin | “Suzhou Yuanlin”, Suzhou Chinese-style gardens, are typical ancient gardens with traditional Chinese |
| 207715 | Muqinshuijiao | Muqinshuijiao (Water cellar for Mothers) is a charity project implemented by the China Women's Devel |
| 209083 | Rioja | Rioja is a wine made from grapes grown in the autonomous community of La Rioja and in parts of Navar |
| 214136 | Alinghi | “Alinghi” is the name of the Swiss yacht, operated by the Société nautique de Genève that won the Am |
| 221230 | Sanaloria | Sanaloria is an imaginary planet inhabited by humankind in the future. Developed by David, the son o |
| 224206 | Pietchisson | Pietchisson is the name of an old isolated farmhouse in the Swiss Jura. The local phrase “Pietchisso |
| 224617 | Micromégas | Micromégas is a short humoristic tale written by the French philosopher Voltaire in 1752. Coming fr |
| 225277 | Stino | The name Stino, suggested by the letters of the provisional designation, and an abbreviation for the |
| 229864 | Sichouzhilu | Sichouzhilu (Silk Road) was an ancient network of trade and cultural transmission routes that connec |
| 230736 | Jalyhome | Jalyhome is a school/orphanage for lepers in Pondichey, India. |
| 232949 | Muhina | The Museum of Natural History of Fribourg in Switzerland, founded in 1823, assures the conservation |
| 235621 | Kratochvíle | Kratochvíle is a South Bohemian Renaissance chateau built by B. Maggi in 1583--1589 as an Italian vi |
| 241442 | Shandongkexie | ‘Shandongkexie’ is the Chinese phonetic alphabet representation of the Shandong Association for Scie |
| 243097 | Batavia | The fort of Batavia (Castro Batava) was a Roman frontier fort (1st to 5th century AD) in the area of |
| 243204 | Kubanchoria | Named on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Kuban Cossacs Chorus, founded on 1811 October |
| 250354 | Lewicdeparis | The WIC de Paris (Women International Club), welcomes women of all nationalities living in and aroun |
| 254299 | Shambleau | “Shambleau” (1933) is a short story by the American writer C. L. Moore (1911-1987). |
| 274246 | Reggiacaserta | Reggia Caserta is a former royal residence in southern Italy, constructed for the Bourbon kings of |
| 289587 | Chantdugros | “Le Chant du Gros” is an open air music festival founded by Gilles Pierre in 1991 and held in Le Noi |
| 296819 | Artesian | The Artesian archaeological expedition was organized by Moscow State Pedagogical University and unde |
| 303546 | Bourbaki | Nicolas Bourbaki is a collective pseudonym under which a group of mathematicians wrote several books |
| 308825 | Siksika | Siksika Nation is one of the three First Nations, with the Piikani (Peigan) and Kainai (Blood), that |
| 318676 | Bellelay | The monastery of Bellelay was founded in 1136 by Siginand. It is the home of the Swiss Jura cheese |
| 330455 | Anbrysse | This name is dedicated to the people who lost their fight, those who are still fighting and the ones |
| 336204 | Sardinas | Charo, Miguel Angel, Elvira and Irene, "Los Sardina", have been very supportive of and str |
| 343000 | Ijontichy | “Ijon Tichy: Raumpilot” is a satirical German science fiction TV series. The space traveller Ijon T |
| 343444 | Halluzinelle | The “Analoge Halluzinelle” is a female robot hologram in the satirical German science fiction TV ser |
| 362316 | Dogora | In 1996 French composer Etienne Perruchon (b. 1958) composed his first Dogorian songs in an imaginar |
| 369423 | Quintegr'al | Established in 2012 by five students of the Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique, Quint |
| 372024 | Ayapani | Ayapani is the local name for the beautiful feathers of the crested serpent eagles, when they are ad |
| 402920 | Tsawout | Named to honor the people of the Tsawout First Nation, who live on Vancouver Island on the west coas |