Named in memory of Iraklij Luarsabovich Andronikov (Andronikashvili, 1908–1990), Soviet writer and literary scholar. He was a brilliant teller of his own stories and reminiscences about writers, artists and other men of art. His main research was devoted to the life and creative work of the celebrated Russian poet M. Yu. Lermontov {see planet  (2222)}. (M 17465) _ _.