nr ↓ | name ↓ | Name Source ↓ |
1421 | Esperanto | Named to commemorate the international language which was proposed by L. L. Zamenhof {see planet (1 |
1462 | Zamenhof | Named in honor of L. L. Zamenhof (1859–1917), a Polish physician and inventor of the international l |
2645 | Daphne Plane | Named in honor of Daphne Plane, librarian in Caltech’s geology department for more than a quarter of |
2860 | Pasacentennium | Named as a celestial tribute to the city of Pasadena {see also the citation for planet (2200)}, hom |
3276 | Porta Coeli | Named for the twelfth-century convent and church in Ti?snov, Moravia. (M 23136) |
3328 | Interposita | The discovery film was exposed hastily between two satellite laser ranging sessions in the adjacent |
3462 | Zhouguangzhao | Named in honor of Zhou Guangzhao, president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and known for his cre |
3705 | Hotellasilla | Named in honor of Erich Schumann and his Chilean team, who, for almost three decades and with great |
5022 | Roccapalumba | Named in honor of Roccapalumba, a village in Sicily, for the enthusiastic support that the local adm |
5460 | Tsénaat'a'í | This name, ‘Flying Rock’ or ‘Rock Which Flies’ in the Navajo language, signifies the motion of the m |
7244 | Villa-Lobos | Named in memory of the the well-known Brazilian musician Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959), one of the |
7544 | Tipografiyanauka | The oldest printing-house (tipografiya in Russian) of the Russian Academy of Sciences bears t |
7700 | Rote Kapelle | Named for the members of Rote Kapelle, a left-wing and communist resistance group who fought against |
10007 | Malytheatre | The oldest Russian theater, Maly Theatre in Moscow, also known as Ostrovsky's house and “The |
10462 | Saxogrammaticus | Saxo Grammaticus (c.1150-1220) was secretary to Bishop Absalon, the founder of Copenhagen. He is the |
10477 | Lacumparsita | La Cumparsita is a song considered the ‘anthem of the tangos’ created and written by the Uruguayan c |
10577 | Jihčesmuzeum | Jihočeské muzeum (The South Bohemian Museum) was established in České Budějovice in 1877. It is wel |
10809 | Majsterrojr | Majsterrojr, a large cairn on Gotland, is surrounded by several smaller graves from the Bronze Age. |
10992 | Veryuslaviya | This name is formed from the names of three members of the Chubenko family: Vera Ivanovna (b. 1951) |
11059 | Nulliusinverba | “Nullius in verba”, variously translated as “On the words of no one”, “Nothing in words” or “Respect |
11144 | Radiocommunicata | The twentieth century can be called the age of communication. The staff of the Klet broadcasting to |
12709 | Berg op Zoom | Berg op Zoom, a city dating from 1287 in the southern part of The Netherlands, was a fortress held b |
13964 | La Billardière | French naturalist Jacques-Julien Houtou de La Billardière (1755-1834) joined Admiral d´Entrecasteaux |
14741 | Teamequinox | e.quinox is a student-led organization established at Imperial College, London, that won the IEEE's |
16450 | Messerschmidt | During 1719-1728 German naturalist Daniel Gottlieb Messerschmidt (1685-1735) was sent by Peter the G |
17603 | Qoyllurwasi | Qoyllurwasi means “house of stars” in the Incan language, Quechua. The name was chosen to commemorat |
17640 | Mount Stromlo | Home to Australia's oldest telescopes and latest technologies, Mt. Stromlo Observatory was devastate |
17891 | Buraliforti | Cesare Burali-Forti (1861-1931) taught at the Military Academy in Turin. He discovered a paradox in |
18634 | Champigneulles | Champigneulles is a city in the Lorraine region of France. While the city has been known for its for |
19407 | Standing Bear | Arrested for refusing to be moved to Indian Territory, Standing Bear (1834-1908) petitioned the U.S. |
21651 | Mission Valley | Mission Valley High School provides the land where Farpoint Observatory is sited. Situated at a dar |
22422 | Kenmount Hill | Kenmount Hill (47°31' N, 52°47' W) is the location near St. John's, Newfoundland, where John Winthro |
24779 | Presque Isle | Located in northern Maine, the University of Maine at Presque Isle celebrates its centennial this ye |
26887 | Tokyogiants | The Tokyo Yomiuri Giants is a professional baseball team in Japan. |
27896 | Tourminator | Peter Sagan (b. 1990) is a Slovak road cyclist. One of his nicknames is the Tourminator due to sever |
30724 | Peterburgtrista | This name is being proposed by the Russian Academy of Sciences on the occasion of the three-hundredt |
30779 | Sankt-Stephan | Father Gregor (Bernhard Helms; b. 1946) is a Benedictine monk of the abbey Sankt-Stephan in Augsburg |
30939 | Samaritaine | Opened in 1869, La Samaritaine, was a department store near the Pont Neuf, Paris. The store expande |
30963 | Mount Banzan | Mt. Banzan is a popular landmark in a suburb west of Sendai city. The Ayashi Station is at the foot |
32570 | Peruindiana | Known to many as the “circus capital of the world”, Peru, Indiana, was once the winter home of sever |
33191 | Santiagostone | Santiago Stone (b. 2001) is a finalist in the 2016 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition |
33590 | Sreelakshmi | Sreelakshmi Kutty (b. 1998) was awarded second place in the 2016 Intel International Science and Eng |
37530 | Dancingangel | Ekaterina Pavlova (1991-2010) was a talented and bright individual who devoted her short life to ori |
42585 | Pheidippides | Pheidippides (fl. 490 B.C.E.) was a legendary Athenian herald who ran 240 km between the batt |
43783 | Svyatitelpyotr | Svyatitel Pyotr (Saint Pyotr, d. 1326) was an outstanding statesman and orthodox religious hierarch, |
66458 | Romaplanetario | Without a planetarium for more than 22 years, the Everlasting City now has a modern one, opened in 2 |
85970 | Fundaçãoterra | Fundação Terra is a non-profit and non-governmental organization, whose efforts to help the poorest |
90892 | Betlémská kaple | Betlémská kaple is a medieval religious building in Prague, notable for its connection with the Czec |
95939 | Thagnesland | This minor planet is named in memory of Thaddeus (1866-1927) and Agnes Vreeland (1877-1961), materna |
100000 | Astronautica | This minor planet is being named Astronautica to recognize the fiftieth anniversary of the start of |
100122 | Alpes Maritimes | This is the thousandth minor planet numbered from discoveries in the French department of Alpes Mari |
128895 | Bright Spring | Bright Spring is the title of an essay by Summer Vigil, a second-grade student in Albuquerque |
231486 | Capefearrock | Since 1996 dozens of students in Harlan Devore's physics and astronomy research classes at the Cape |
350509 | Vepřoknedlozelo | Vepřoknedlozelo is a famous traditional Czech meal, consisting of roast pork, dumplings and Sauerkra |