Meanings of minor planet names: 3001–3500

This is a partial list of meanings of minor-planet names. Also see list of named minor planets (alphabetical) for a condensed version without naming citations.

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), and the discoverers can then submit names for them, following the IAU's naming conventions. The list below concerns those minor planets in the specified number-range that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names.

Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are approved and published in a bulletin by IAU's Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN). Before May 2021, citations were published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars for many decades. Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB). Until his death in 2016, German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel compiled these citations into the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (DMP) and regularly updated the collection.

Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets, Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: SBDB New namings may only be added to this list below after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned. The WGSBN publishes a comprehensive guideline for the naming rules of non-cometary small Solar System bodies.

3001-3100

Name	Provisional Designation	Named after
3001 Michelangelo	1982 BC1	Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian painter and sculptor
3002 Delasalle	1982 FB3	*
3003 Konček	1983 YH	Mikuláš Konček, Slovak meteorologist †
3004 Knud	1976 DD	*
3005 Pervictoralex	1979 QK2	Per Victor Alexander Lagerkvist, the discoverer's son
3006 Livadia	1979 SF11	*
3007 Reaves	1979 UC	*
3008 Nojiri	1938 WA	*
3009 Coventry	1973 SM2	*
3010 Ushakov	1978 SB5	Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov, Russian naval commander †
3011 Chongqing	1978 WM14	*
3012 Minsk	1979 QU9	Minsk, Belarus
3013 Dobrovoleva	1979 SD7	*
3014 Huangsushu	1979 TM	*
3015 Candy	1980 VN	*
3016 Meuse	1981 EK	*
3017 Petrovič	1981 UL	Štefan Petrovič, Slovak climatologist †
3018 Godiva	1982 KM	Lady Godiva, legendary Anglo-Saxon woman
3019 Kulin	1940 AC	György Kulin, Hungarian astronomer*
3020 Naudts	1949 PR	*
3021 Lucubratio	1967 CB	*
3022 Dobermann	1980 SH	Karl Friedrich Louis Dobermann, German dog breeder *
3023 Heard	1981 JS	John Frederick Heard, Canadian astronomer †
3024 Hainan	1981 UW9	*
3025 Higson	1982 QR	*
3026 Sarastro	1977 TA1	*
3027 Shavarsh	1978 PQ2	*
3028 Zhangguoxi	1978 TA2	*
3029 Sanders	1981 EA8	*
3030 Vehrenberg	1981 EH16	*
3031 Houston	1984 CX	Houston, Texas
3032 Evans	1984 CA1	*
3033 Holbaek	1984 EJ	*
3034 Climenhaga	A917 SE	John L. Climenhaga, Canadian astronomer †
3035 Chambers	A924 EJ	*
3036 Krat	1937 TO	*
3037 Alku	1944 BA	Discoverer's boat
3038 Bernes	1978 QB3	Mark Bernes, Soviet singer*
3039 Yangel	1978 SP2	*
3040 Kozai	1979 BA	Yoshihide Kozai, Japanese astronomer*
3041 Webb	1980 GD	*
3042 Zelinsky	1981 EF10	D. Zelinsky, astronomer*
3043 San Diego	1982 SA	San Diego, California
3044 Saltykov	1983 RE3	Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian satirist
3045 Alois	1984 AW	*
3046 Molière	4120 P-L	Molière, French playwright
3047 Goethe	6091 P-L	Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer
3048 Guangzhou	1964 TH1	*
3049 Kuzbass	1968 FH	*
3050 Carrera	1972 NW	*
3051 Nantong	1974 YP	*
3052 Herzen	1976 YJ3	*
3053 Dresden	1977 QS	*
3054 Strugatskia	1977 RE7	Boris and Arkady Strugatsky, Russian science fiction writers*
3055 Annapavlova	1978 TR3	Anna Pavlova, Russian ballet dancer †
3056 INAG	1978 VD1	Ionosonde Network Advisory Group or Institut national d'astronomie et de géophysique? *
3057 Mälaren	1981 EG	Lake Mälaren, Sweden*
3058 Delmary	1981 EO17	*
3059 Pryor	1981 EF23	*
3060 Delcano	1982 RD1	*
3061 Cook	1982 UB1	*
3062 Wren	1982 XC	*
3063 Makhaon	1983 PV	Makhaon, mythical person related to Trojan War*
3064 Zimmer	1984 BB1	*
3065 Sarahill	1984 CV	Sara Hill? *
3066 McFadden	1984 EO	Lucy-Ann McFadden, American astronomer
3067 Akhmatova	1982 TE2	Anna Akhmatova, Russian poet
3068 Khanina	1982 YJ1	*
3069 Heyrovský	1982 UG2	Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech physical chemist
3070 Aitken	1949 GK	Robert Grant Aitken, American astronomer
3071 Nesterov	1973 FT1	*
3072 Vilnius	1978 RS1	Vilnius, Lithuania*
3073 Kursk	1979 SW11	Kursk, Russia*
3074 Popov	1979 YE9	*
3075 Bornmann	1981 EY15	*
3076 Garber	1982 RB1	*
3077 Henderson	1982 SK	*
3078 Horrocks	1984 FG	Jeremiah Horrocks, British astronomer and mathematician*
3079 Schiller	2578 P-L	Friedrich Schiller, German playwright
3080 Moisseiev	1935 TE	*
3081 Martinůboh	1971 UP	Bohuslav Martinů, Czech composer
3082 Dzhalil	1972 KE	Musa Calil, Soviet Tatar poet*
3083 OAFA	1974 MH	Observatorio Astronómico Félix Aguilar*
3084 Kondratyuk	1977 QB1	*
3085 Donna	1980 DA	*
3086 Kalbaugh	1980 XE	*
3087 Beatrice Tinsley	1981 QJ1	Beatrice Tinsley, British-New-Zealander astronomer
3088 Jinxiuzhonghua	1981 UX9	*
3089 Oujianquan	1981 XK2	*
3090 Tjossem	1982 AN	*
3091 van den Heuvel	6081 P-L	Edward van den Heuvel, Dutch astronomer †
3092 Herodotus	6550 P-L	Herodotus, Greek historian
3093 Bergholz	1971 MG	Olga Bergholz, Russian poet †
3094 Chukokkala	1979 FE2	*
3095 Omarkhayyam	1980 RT2	Omar Khayyám, Persian poet
3096 Bezruč	1981 QC1	Petr Bezruč, Czech poet
3097 Tacitus	2011 P-L	Tacitus, Roman historian
3098 van Sprang	4579 P-L	Bert van Sprang, Dutch meteor specialist †
3099 Hergenrother	1940 GF	Carl W. Hergenrother, American astronomer*
3100 Zimmerman	1977 EQ1	*

3101-3200

Name	Provisional Designation	Named after
3101 Goldberger	1978 GB	*
3102 Krok	1981 QA	Krok, mythical Slavonic prince
3103 Eger	1982 BB	*
3104 Dürer	1982 BB1	Albrecht Dürer, artist*
3105 Stumpff	A907 PB	*
3106 Morabito	1981 EE	*
3107 Weaver	1981 JG2	*
3108 Lyubov	1972 QM	*
3109 Machin	1974 DC	*
3110 Wagman	1975 SC	*
3111 Misuzu	1977 DX8	*
3112 Velimir	1977 QC5	*
3113 Chizhevskij	1978 RO	*
3114 Ercilla	1980 FB12	*
3115 Baily	1981 PL	*
3116 Goodricke	1983 CF	*
3117 Niepce	1983 CM1	*
3118 Claytonsmith	1974 OD	Clayton Smith*
3119 Dobronravin	1972 YX	*
3120 Dangrania	1979 RZ	Daniil Aleksandrovich Granin, Russian writer †
3121 Tamines	1981 EV	*
3122 Florence	1981 ET3	Florence, Italy*
3123 Dunham	1981 QF2	*
3124 Kansas	1981 VB	Kansas, United States*
3125 Hay	1982 BJ1	*
3126 Davydov	1969 TP1	*
3127 Bagration	1973 ST4	*
3128 Obruchev	1979 FJ2	*
3129 Bonestell	1979 MK2	Chesley Bonestell, astronomical artist*
3130 Hillary	1981 YO	Edmund Hillary, mountaineer*
3131 Mason-Dixon	1982 BM1	The Mason-Dixon line, USA*
3132 Landgraf	1940 WL	*
3133 Sendai	A907 TC	*
3134 Kostinsky	A921 VA	*
3135 Lauer	1981 EC9	*
3136 Anshan	1981 WD4	*
3137 Horky	1982 SM1	Czech hill, site of Antonín Mrkos' first telescope
3138 Ciney	1980 KL	*
3139 Shantou	1980 VL1	*
3140 Stellafane	1983 AO	*
3141 Buchar	1984 RH	Emil Buchar, astronomer
3142 Kilopi	1937 AC	kilo pi (1000*π, rounds off to 3142)
3143 Genecampbell	1980 UA	Gene Campbell*
3144 Brosche	1931 TY1	*
3145 Walter Adams	1955 RY	Walter Adams*
3146 Dato	1972 KG	*
3147 Samantha	1976 YU3	Samantha Smith, American peace activist
3148 Grechko	1979 SA12	*
3149 Okudzhava	1981 SH	Bulat Okudzhava, Soviet writer
3150 Tosa	1983 CB	Ancient name of Kochi, Japan
3151 Talbot	1983 HF	*
3152 Jones	1983 LF	*
3153 Lincoln	1984 SH3	Abraham Lincoln, US president*
3154 Grant	1984 SO3	Ulysses S. Grant, US president*
3155 Lee	1984 SP3	Robert E. Lee, US general*
3156 Ellington	1953 EE	Duke Ellington, musician*
3157 Novikov	1973 SX3	*
3158 Anga	1976 SU2	*
3159 Prokof'ev	1976 US2	Sergei Prokofiev, composer
3160 Angerhofer	1980 LE	*
3161 Beadell	1980 TB5	*
3162 Nostalgia	1980 YH	*
3163 Randi	1981 QM	James Randi, magician
3164 Prast	6562 P-L	*
3165 Mikawa	1984 QE	*
3166 Klondike	1940 FG	Named in honour of the brothers Karl F. Joutsen and Anton F. Johnson, who during 1901-1905 made a fortune in their mine, Dominion Creek 21, in the Klondike Gold Rush; among their benefactions to the University of Turku were the means to construct its library in 1954.
3167 Babcock	1955 RS	*
3168 Lomnický Štít	1980 XM	Lomnický Štít, Czech observatory
3169 Ostro	1981 LA	Steven J. Ostro, astronomer
3170 Dzhanibekov	1979 SS11	*
3171 Wangshouguan	1979 WO	*
3172 Hirst	1981 WW	*
3173 McNaught	1981 WY	*
3174 Alcock	1984 UV	George Alcock, comet and nova hunter
3175 Netto	1979 YP	*
3176 Paolicchi	1980 VR1	*
3177 Chillicothe	1934 AK	*
3178 Yoshitsune	1984 WA	*
3179 Beruti	1962 FA	*
3180 Morgan	1962 RO	*
3181 Ahnert	1964 EC	*
3182 Shimanto	1984 WC	Shimanto River, Japan
3183 Franzkaiser	1949 PP	Franz Kaiser?*
3184 Raab	1949 QC	Herbert Raab, author of Astrometrica software
3185 Clintford	1953 VY1	*
3186 Manuilova	1973 SD3	*
3187 Dalian	1977 TO3	*
3188 Jekabsons	1978 OM	*
3189 Penza	1978 RF6	*
3190 Aposhanskij	1978 SR6	*
3191 Svanetia	1979 SX9	*
3192 A'Hearn	1982 BY1	*
3193 Elliot	1982 DJ	*
3194 Dorsey	1982 KD1	*
3195 Fedchenko	1978 PT2	*
3196 Maklaj	1978 RY	Nicholai Miklukho-Maklai, Russian ethnologist †
3197 Weissman	1981 AD	*
3198 Wallonia	1981 YH1	Wallonia, Belgium*
3199 Nefertiti	1982 RA	Nefertiti, Egyptian queen*

3201-3300

Name	Provisional Designation	Named after
3200 Phaethon	1983 TB	Phaëton, mythological Greek
3201 Sijthoff	6560 P-L	*
3202 Graff	A908 AA	*
3203 Huth	1938 SL	*
3204 Lindgren	1978 RH	*
3205 Boksenberg	1979 MO6	*
3206 Wuhan	1980 VN1	*
3207 Spinrad	1981 EY25	*
3208 Lunn	1981 JM	*
3209 Buchwald	1982 BL1	*
3210 Lupishko	1983 WH1	*
3211 Louispharailda	1931 CE	Louis Pharailda?*
3212 Agricola	1938 DH2	*
3213 Smolensk	1977 NQ	Smolensk, Russia
3214 Makarenko	1978 TZ6	*
3215 Lapko	1980 BQ	*
3216 Harrington	1980 RB	Robert Sutton Harrington, astronomer
3217 Seidelmann	1980 RK	*
3218 Delphine	6611 P-L	*
3219 Komaki	1934 CX	*
3220 Murayama	1951 WF	*
3221 Changshi	1981 XF2	*
3222 Liller	1983 NJ	*
3223 Forsius	1942 RN	*
3224 Irkutsk	1977 RL6	Irkutsk, Russia
3225 Hoag	1982 QQ	*
3226 Plinius	6565 P-L	Pliny the Elder (or Pliny the Younger)*
3227 Hasegawa	1928 DF	*
3228 Pire	1935 CL	*
3229 Solnhofen	A916 PC	*
3230 Vampilov	1972 LE	*
3231 Mila	1972 RU2	*
3232 Brest	1974 SL	*
3233 Krišbarons	1977 RA6	*
3234 Hergiani	1978 QO2	*
3235 Melchior	1981 EL1	Melchior, one of the Three Wise Men*
3236 Strand	1982 BH1	*
3237 Victorplatt	1984 SA5	Victor Platt*
3238 Timresovia	1975 VB9	*
3239 Meizhou	1978 UJ2	*
3240 Laocoon	1978 VG6	Laocoön, Trojan priest of Poseidon
3241 Yeshuhua	1978 WH14	*
3242 Bakhchisaraj	1979 SG9	*
3243 Skytel	1980 DC	*
3244 Petronius	4008 P-L	Petronius, Roman writer
3245 Jensch	1973 UL5	*
3246 Bidstrup	1976 GQ3	*
3247 Di Martino	1981 YE	*
3248 Farinella	1982 FK	*
3249 Musashino	1977 DT4	*
3250 Martebo	1979 EB	Martebo, on island of Gotland, Sweden
3251 Eratosthenes	6536 P-L	Eratosthenes, Greek scientist
3252 Johnny	1981 EM4	*
3253 Gradie	1982 HQ1	*
3254 Bus	1982 UM	Schelte J. Bus or E. Howell Bus, astronomers*
3255 Tholen	1980 RA	David J. Tholen, astronomer*
3256 Daguerre	1981 SJ1	Louis Daguerre, photographic pioneer
3257 Hanzlík	1982 GG	Stanislav Hanzlík, meteorologist
3258 Somnium	1983 RJ	*
3259 Brownlee	1984 SZ4	Donald E. Brownlee, astronomer*
3260 Vizbor	1974 SO2	*
3261 Tvardovskij	1979 SF9	*
3262 Miune	1983 WB	Miune, mountain in Kochi, Japan
3263 Bligh	1932 CN	William Bligh, captain of the Bounty
3264 Bounty	1934 AF	HMAS Bounty, ship
3265 Fletcher	1953 VN2	Fletcher Christian, Bounty mutineer
3266 Bernardus	1978 PA	*
3267 Glo	1981 AA	Nickname of Eleanor F. Helin*
3268 De Sanctis	1981 DD	Giovanni de Sanctis, astronomer*
3269 Vibert-Douglas	1981 EX16	Alice Vibert Douglas, astronomer
3270 Dudley	1982 DA	*
3271 Ul	1982 RB	*
3272 Tillandz	1938 DB1	*
3273 Drukar	1975 TS2	*
3274 Maillen	1981 QO2	*
3275 Oberndorfer	1982 HE1	*
3276 Porta Coeli	1982 RZ1	Convent in Tišnov, Czech Republic
3277 Aaronson	1984 AF1	Marc Aaronson, astronomer
3278 Běhounek	1984 BT	František Běhounek, physicist
3279 Solon	9103 P-L	Solon, Greek lawmaker*
3280 Grétry	1933 SJ	*
3281 Maupertuis	1938 DZ	*
3282 Spencer Jones	1949 DA	Harold Spencer Jones
3283 Skorina	1979 QA10	*
3284 Niebuhr	1953 NB	*
3285 Ruth Wolfe	1983 VW1	Ruth Wolfe*
3286 Anatoliya	1980 BV	*
3287 Olmstead	1981 DK1	C. Michelle Olmstead, astronomer*
3288 Seleucus	1982 DV	Seleucus, Greek king*
3289 Mitani	1934 RP	*
3290 Azabu	1973 SZ1	*
3291 Dunlap	1982 VX3	*
3292 Sather	2631 P-L	*
3293 Rontaylor	4650 P-L	*
3294 Carlvesely	6563 P-L	Carl Vesely?*
3295 Murakami	1950 DH	*
3296 Bosque Alegre	1975 SF	*
3297 Hong Kong	1978 WN14	Hong Kong, China
3298 Massandra	1979 OB15	*
3299 Hall	1980 TX5	*
3300 McGlasson	1928 NA	*

3301-3400

Name	Provisional Designation	Named after
3301 Jansje	1978 CT	*
3302 Schliemann	1977 RS6	*
3303 Merta	1967 UN	*
3304 Pearce	1981 EQ21	Joseph A. Pearce, Canadian astronomer †
3305 Ceadams	1985 KB	C. E. Adams? *
3306 Byron	1979 SM11	Lord Byron, British poet*
3307 Athabasca	1981 DE1	The Athabascans, ancient people of North America †
3308 Ferreri	1981 EP	*
3309 Brorfelde	1982 BH	*
3310 Patsy	1931 TS2	*
3311 Podobed	1976 QM1	*
3312 Pedersen	1984 SN	*
3313 Mendel	1980 DG	Gregor Johann Mendel, Czech-Austrian father of genetics
3314 Beals	1981 FH	Carlyle Smith Beals, Canadian astronomer †
3315 Chant	1984 CZ	Clarence Augustus Chant, Canadian astronomer †
3316 Herzberg	1984 CN1	Gerhard Herzberg, German-Canadian chemist and astronomer †
3317 Paris	1984 KF	Paris, Trojan prince
3318 Blixen	1985 HB	Karen Blixen, Danish writer
3319 Kibi	1977 EJ5	*
3320 Namba	1982 VZ4	*
3321 Dasha	1975 TZ2	*
3322 Lidiya	1975 XY1	*
3323 Turgenev	1979 SY9	Ivan Turgenev, Russian writer
3324 Avsyuk	1983 CW1	Yurij M. Avsyuk, Czech geodesist †
3325 TARDIS	1984 JZ	The TARDIS, time machine in Doctor Who
3326 Agafonikov	1985 FL	Askol'd M. Agafonikov, Russian(?) geophysicist †
3327 Campins	1985 PW	*
3328 Interposita	1985 QD1	*
3329 Golay	1985 RT1	*
3330 Gantrisch	1985 RU1	*
3331 Kvistaberg	1979 QS	Kvistaberg, site of Uppsala Observatory, Sweden
3332 Raksha	1978 NT1	*
3333 Schaber	1980 TG5	*
3334 Somov	1981 YR	Mikhail M. Somov, Russian(?) Antarctic explorer †
3335 Quanzhou	1966 AA	*
3336 Grygar	1971 UX	*
3337 Miloš	1971 UG1	*
3338 Richter	1973 UX5	Charles Francis Richter, American seismologist*
3339 Treshnikov	1978 LB	Aleksej F. Treshnikov, Russian(?) Antarctic explorer †
3340 Yinhai	1979 TK	*
3341 Hartmann	1980 OD	William K. Hartmann, American planetary scientist, writer, and painter †
3342 Fivesparks	1982 BD3	*
3343 Nedzel	1982 HS	*
3344 Modena	1982 JA	*
3345 Tarkovskij	1982 YC1	*
3346 Gerla	1951 SD	*
3347 Konstantin	1975 VN1	*
3348 Pokryshkin	1978 EA3	*
3349 Manas	1979 FH2	*
3350 Scobee	1980 PJ	Francis "Dick" Scobee, STS-51-L crew member
3351 Smith	1980 RN1	Michael J. Smith, STS-51-L crew member
3352 McAuliffe	1981 CW	Christa McAuliffe, STS-51-L crew member
3353 Jarvis	1981 YC	Gregory Jarvis, STS-51-L crew member
3354 McNair	1984 CW	Ronald McNair, STS-51-L crew member
3355 Onizuka	1984 CC1	Ellison Onizuka, STS-51-L crew member
3356 Resnik	1984 EU	Judith Resnik, STS-51-L crew member
3357 Tolstikov	1984 FT	Evgenij I. Tolstikov, Russian meteorologist †
3358 Anikushin	1978 RX	Mikhail Anikushin, Russian sculptor †
3359 Purcari	1978 RA6	*
3360 -	1981 VA	*
3361 Orpheus	1982 HR	Orpheus, mythological Greek musician
3362 Khufu	1984 QA	Khufu, Egyptian pharaoh
3363 Bowen	1960 EE	*
3364 Zdenka	1984 GF	Zdenka Vávrová, Czech astronomer
3365 Recogne	1985 CG2	*
3366 Gödel	1985 SD1	Kurt Gödel, Austro-Hungarian logician
3367 Alex	1983 CA3	*
3368 Duncombe	1985 QT	*
3369 Freuchen	1985 UZ	*
3370 Kohsai	1934 CU	*
3371 Giacconi	1955 RZ	*
3372 Bratijchuk	1976 SP4	*
3373 Koktebelia	1978 QQ2	*
3374 Namur	1980 KO	*
3375 Amy	1981 JY1	*
3376 Armandhammer	1982 UJ8	*
3377 Lodewijk	4122 P-L	*
3378 Susanvictoria	A922 WB	*
3379 Oishi	1931 TJ1	*
3380 Awaji	1940 EF	*
3381 Mikkola	1941 UG	*
3382 Cassidy	1948 RD	*
3383 Koyama	1951 AB	*
3384 Daliya	1974 SB1	*
3385 Bronnina	1979 SK11	*
3386 Klementinum	1980 FA	The Klementinium, college in Prague
3387 Greenberg	1981 WE	*
3388 Tsanghinchi	1981 YR1	*
3389 Sinzot	1984 DU	*
3390 Demanet	1984 ES1	*
3391 Sinon	1977 DD3	Sinon, mythical Greek warrior
3392 Setouchi	1979 YB	*
3393 Štúr	1984 WY1	*
3394 Banno	1986 DB	*
3395 Jitka	1985 UN	Jitka Beneš, Czech astronomer
3396 Muazzez	A915 TE	*
3397 Leyla	1964 XA	*
3398 Stättmayer	1978 PC	*
3399 Kobzon	1979 SZ9	*
3400 Aotearoa	1981 GX	Maori name for New Zealand*

3401-3500

Name	Provisional Designation	Named after
3401 Vanphilos	1981 PA	*
3402 Wisdom	1981 PB	Wisdom*
3403 Tammy	1981 SW	*
3404 Hinderer	1934 CY	*
3405 Daiwensai	1964 UQ	*
3406 Omsk	1969 DA	Omsk, Russia
3407 Jimmysimms	1973 DT	*
3408 Shalamov	1977 QG4	*
3409 Abramov	1977 RE6	*
3410 Vereshchagin	1978 SZ7	*
3411 Debetencourt	1980 LK	*
3412 Kafka	1983 AU2	Franz Kafka, German-Czech writer
3413 Andriana	1983 CB3	*
3414 Champollion	1983 DJ	Jean-François Champollion, linguist
3415 Danby	1928 SL	*
3416 Dorrit	1931 VP	*
3417 Tamblyn	1937 GG	*
3418 Izvekov	1973 QZ1	*
3419 Guth	1981 JZ	Vladimír Guth, astronomer
3420 Standish	1984 EB	Myles Standish, American pilgrim father*
3421 Yangchenning	1975 WK1	Yang Zhenning
3422 Reid	1978 OJ	*
3423 Slouka	1981 CK	Hubert Slouka, astronomer
3424 Nušl	1982 CD	František Nušl, astronomer
3425 Hurukawa	1929 BD	*
3426 Seki	1932 CQ	Tsutomu Seki, astronomer*
3427 Szentmártoni	1938 AD	*
3428 Roberts	1952 JH	*
3429 Chuvaev	1974 SU1	*
3430 Bradfield	1980 TF4	*
3431 Nakano	1984 QC	Syuichi Nakano, astronomer
3432 Kobuchizawa	1986 EE	*
3433 Fehrenbach	1963 TJ1	*
3434 Hurless	1981 VO	Carolyn Hurless, amateur astronomer
3435 Boury	1981 XC2	*
3436 Ibadinov	1976 SS3	*
3437 Kapitsa	1982 UZ5	*
3438 Inarradas	1974 SD5	*
3439 Lebofsky	1983 RL2	*
3440 Stampfer	1950 DD	*
3441 Pochaina	1969 TS1	*
3442 Yashin	1978 TO7	*
3443 Leetsungdao	1979 SB1	*
3444 Stepanian	1980 RJ2	*
3445 Pinson	1983 FC	*
3446 Combes	1942 EB	*
3447 Burckhalter	1956 SC	*
3448 Narbut	1977 QA5	*
3449 Abell	1978 VR9	*
3450 Dommanget	1983 QJ	*
3451 Mentor	1984 HA1	Mentor, mythological Greek king
3452 Hawke	1980 OA	*
3453 Dostoevsky	1981 SS5	Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian writer
3454 Lieske	1981 WB1	*
3455 Kristensen	1985 QC	*
3456 Etiennemarey	1985 RS2	Étienne Marey?*
3457 Arnenordheim	1985 RA3	Arne Nordheim?*
3458 Boduognat	1985 RT3	*
3459 Bodil	1986 GB	*
3460 Ashkova	1973 QB2	*
3461 Mandelshtam	1977 SA1	*
3462 Zhouguangzhao	1981 UA10	Zhou Guangzhao
3463 Kaokuen	1981 XJ2	*
3464 Owensby	1983 BA	*
3465 Trevires	1984 SQ5	*
3466 Ritina	1975 EA6	*
3467 Bernheim	1981 SF2	Robert Burnham, Jr. †
3468 Urgenta	1975 AM	*
3469 Bulgakov	1982 UL7	*
3470 Yaronika	1975 ES	*
3471 Amelin	1977 QK2	*
3472 Upgren	1981 EJ10	*
3473 Sapporo	A924 EG	Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan*
3474 Linsley	1962 HE	*
3475 Fichte	1972 TD	*
3476 Dongguan	1978 UF2	*
3477 Kazbegi	1979 KH	*
3478 Fanale	1979 XG	*
3479 Malaparte	1980 TQ	Curzio Malaparte, Italian writer
3480 Abante	1981 GB	*
3481 -	1982 DS6	*
3482 Lesnaya	1975 VY4	*
3483 Svetlov	1976 YP2	*
3484 Neugebauer	1978 NE	*
3485 Barucci	1983 NU	Maria A. Barucci, astronomer*
3486 Fulchignoni	1984 CR	*
3487 Edgeworth	1978 UF	*
3488 Brahic	1980 PM	André Brahic, astronomer*
3489 Lottie	1983 AT2	*
3490 Šolc	1984 SV	Ivan Šolc, inventor
3491 Fridolin	1984 SM4	*
3492 Petra-Pepi	1985 DQ	The discoverer's daughter
3493 Stepanov	1976 GR6	*
3494 Purple Mountain	1980 XW	Purple Mountain Observatory, China
3495 Colchagua	1981 NU	*
3496 Arieso	1977 RC	*
3497 Innanen	1941 HJ	Kimmo Innanen, astronomer
3498 Belton	1981 EG14	*
3499 Hoppe	1981 VW1	*
3500 Kobayashi	A919 SD	Takao Kobayashi, astronomer*

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