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Named in honor of Mrs. Delores Owings, who has worked diligently in the minor planet program of Indiana University, first as a co-worker with Dr. T. Gehrels {see planet  (1777)} in the absolute magnitude determinations and then as the supervisor of all plate measurements for accurate positions. (M 4190)

Name proposed by Paul Herget, Director of the Minor Planet Center.