Meanings of minor planet names: 1501–2000

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This is a list of the sources of asteroid names. Those meanings marked with an asterisk (*) are guesswork, and should be checked against Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names to ensure that the identification is correct.

1501-1600

Name Provisional
Designation		 Source of Name
1501 Baade 1938 UJ Walter Baade, astronomer
1502 Arenda 1938 WB S. J. V. Arend, astronomer*
1503 Kuopio 1938 XD *
1504 Lappeenranta 1939 FM *
1505 Koranna 1939 HH *
1506 Xosa 1939 JC Xhosa people of Africa*
1507 Vaasa 1939 RD *
1508 Kemi 1938 UP *
1509 Esclangona 1938 YG *
1510 Charlois 1939 DC Auguste Charlois, astronomer
1511 Daléra 1939 FB *
1512 Oulu 1939 FE *
1513 Mátra 1940 EB *
1514 Ricouxa 1906 UR *
1515 Perrotin 1936 VG Henri Perrotin, astronomer
1516 Henry 1938 BG Paul and Prosper Henry, astronomers
1517 Beograd 1938 FD Belgrade, Serbia
1518 Rovaniemi 1938 UA *
1519 Kajaani 1938 UB *
1520 Imatra 1938 UY *
1521 Seinäjoki 1938 UB1 *
1522 Kokkola 1938 WO *
1523 Pieksämäki 1939 BC *
1524 Joensuu 1939 SB *
1525 Savonlinna 1939 SC *
1526 Mikkeli 1939 TF *
1527 Malmquista 1939 UG *
1528 Conrada 1940 CA *
1529 Oterma 1938 BC Liisi Oterma, astronomer
1530 Rantaseppä 1938 SG *
1531 Hartmut 1938 SH *
1532 Inari 1938 SM *
1533 Saimaa 1939 BD *
1534 Näsi 1939 BK *
1535 Päijänne 1939 RC *
1536 Pielinen 1939 SE *
1537 Transylvania 1940 QA Transylvania, Romania
1538 Detre 1940 RF *
1539 Borrelly 1940 UB Alphonse Borrelly, astronomer
1540 Kevola 1938 WK *
1541 Estonia 1939 CK Estonia
1542 Schalén 1941 QE *
1543 Bourgeois 1941 SJ *
1544 Vinterhansenia 1941 UK *
1545 Thernöe 1941 UW *
1546 Izsák 1941 SG1 *
1547 Nele 1929 CZ *
1548 Palomaa 1935 FK *
1549 Mikko 1937 GA *
1550 Tito 1937 WD Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav leader
1551 Argelander 1938 DC1 *
1552 Bessel 1938 DE1 *
1553 Bauersfelda 1940 AD *
1554 Yugoslavia 1940 RE Yugoslavia
1555 Dejan 1941 SA *
1556 Wingolfia 1942 AA *
1557 Roehla 1942 AD *
1558 Järnefelt 1942 BD *
1559 Kustaanheimo 1942 BF *
1560 Strattonia 1942 XB *
1561 Fricke 1941 CG *
1562 Gondolatsch 1943 EE *
1563 Noël 1943 EG Emanuel Arend, the discoverer's son
1564 Srbija 1936 TB Serbia
1565 Lemaître 1948 WA *
1566 Icarus 1949 MA Icarus, mythological Greek aeronaut
1567 Alikoski 1941 HN *
1568 Aisleen 1946 QB *
1569 Evita 1948 PA *
1570 Brunonia 1948 TX *
1571 Cesco 1950 FJ *
1572 Posnania 1949 SC *
1573 Väisälä 1949 UA *
1574 Meyer 1949 FD *
1575 Winifred 1950 HH *
1576 Fabiola 1948 SA *
1577 Reiss 1949 BA *
1578 Kirkwood 1951 AT Daniel Kirkwood, astronomer*
1579 Herrick 1948 SB *
1580 Betulia 1950 KA *
1581 Abanderada 1950 LA1 *
1582 Martir 1950 LY *
1583 Antilochus 1950 SA Antilochus mythological Greek warrior
1584 Fuji 1927 CR Mount Fuji, Japan
1585 Union 1947 RG *
1586 Thiele 1939 CJ *
1587 Kahrstedt 1933 FS1 *
1588 Descamisada 1951 MH *
1589 Fanatica 1950 RK *
1590 Tsiolkovskaja 1933 NA Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, rocket scientist
1591 Baize 1951 KA *
1592 Mathieu 1951 LA *
1593 Fagnes 1951 LB *
1594 Danjon 1949 WA *
1595 Tanga 1930 ME *
1596 Itzigsohn 1951 EV Miguel Itzigsohn, astronomer
1597 Laugier 1949 EB *
1598 Paloque 1950 CA *
1599 Giomus 1950 WA *
1600 Vyssotsky 1947 UC Emma Vyssotsky, astronomer

1601-1700

Name Provisional
Designation		 Source of Name
1601 Patry 1942 KA *
1602 Indiana 1950 GF Indiana University*
1603 Neva 1926 VH *
1604 Tombaugh 1931 FH Clyde Tombaugh, astronomer
1605 Milankovitch 1936 GA *
1606 Jekhovsky 1950 RH *
1607 Mavis 1950 RA *
1608 Muñoz 1951 RZ *
1609 Brenda 1951 NL *
1610 Mirnaya 1928 RT *
1611 Beyer 1950 DJ *
1612 Hirose 1950 BJ Hideo Hirose (広瀬秀雄), Japanese astronomer
1613 Smiley 1950 SD *
1614 Goldschmidt 1952 HA Hermann Goldschmidt, astronomer
1615 Bardwell 1950 BW *
1616 Filipoff 1950 EA *
1617 Alschmitt 1952 FB *
1618 Dawn 1948 NF *
1619 Ueta 1953 TA Jo Ueta (上田穣), Japanese astronomer
1620 Geographos 1951 RA National Geographic Society
1621 Druzhba 1926 TM *
1622 Chacornac 1952 EA Jean Chacornac, astronomer
1623 Vivian 1948 PL *
1624 Rabe 1931 TT1 *
1625 The NORC 1953 RB NORC
1626 Sadeya 1927 AA *
1627 Ivar 1929 SH *
1628 Strobel 1923 OG *
1629 Pecker 1952 DB *
1630 Milet 1952 DA *
1631 Kopff 1936 UC *
1632 Sieböhme 1941 DF *
1633 Chimay 1929 EC *
1634 Ndola 1935 QP *
1635 Bohrmann 1924 QW *
1636 Porter 1950 BH *
1637 Swings 1936 QO *
1638 Ruanda 1935 JF Rwanda
1639 Bower 1951 RB *
1640 Nemo 1951 QA *
1641 Tana 1935 OJ *
1642 Hill 1951 RU *
1643 Brown 1951 RQ *
1644 Rafita 1935 YA *
1645 Waterfield 1933 OJ *
1646 Rosseland 1939 BG *
1647 Menelaus 1957 MK Menelaus, mythological Greek king
1648 Shajna 1935 RF *
1649 Fabre 1951 DE *
1650 Heckmann 1937 TG *
1651 Behrens 1936 HD *
1652 Hergé 1953 PA Hergé, cartoonist
1653 Yakhontovia 1937 RA *
1654 Bojeva 1931 TL *
1655 Comas Solá 1929 WG Josep Comas Solá, astronomer
1656 Suomi 1942 EC Finland
1657 Roemera 1961 EA *
1658 Innes 1953 NA *
1659 Punkaharju 1940 YL *
1660 Wood 1953 GA *
1661 Granule A916 FA *
1662 Hoffmann A923 RB *
1663 van den Bos 1926 PE *
1664 Felix 1929 CD *
1665 Gaby 1930 DQ *
1666 van Gent 1930 OG Hendrik van Gent, astronomer
1667 Pels 1930 SY *
1668 Hanna 1933 OK *
1669 Dagmar 1934 RS *
1670 Minnaert 1934 RZ *
1671 Chaika 1934 TD *
1672 Gezelle 1935 BD *
1673 van Houten 1937 TH *
1674 Groeneveld 1938 DS *
1675 Simonida 1938 FB *
1676 Kariba 1939 LC *
1677 Tycho Brahe 1940 RO Tycho Brahe, astronomer
1678 Hveen 1940 YH *
1679 Nevanlinna 1941 FR *
1680 Per Brahe 1942 CH *
1681 Steinmetz 1948 WE *
1682 Karel 1949 PH *
1683 Castafiore 1950 SL Bianca Castafiore, cartoon singer*
1684 Iguassú 1951 QE *
1685 Toro 1948 OA *
1686 De Sitter 1935 SR1 Willem de Sitter, astronomer
1687 Glarona 1965 SC *
1688 Wilkens 1951 EQ1 *
1689 Floris-Jan 1930 SO *
1690 Mayrhofer 1948 VB *
1691 Oort 1956 RB Jan Oort, astronomer
1692 Subbotina 1936 QD *
1693 Hertzsprung 1935 LA Ejnar Hertzsprung, astronomer
1694 Kaiser 1934 SB *
1695 Walbeck 1941 UO Henrik Johan Walbeck*
1696 Nurmela 1939 FF *
1697 Koskenniemi 1940 RM *
1698 Christophe 1934 CS *
1699 Honkasalo 1941 QD *
1700 Zvezdara 1940 QC *

1701-1800

Name Provisional
Designation		 Source of Name
1701 Okavango 1953 NJ *
1702 Kalahari A924 NC Kalahari Desert
1703 Barry 1930 RB *
1704 Wachmann A924 EE Arno Arthur Wachmann, astronomer
1705 Tapio 1941 SL1 *
1706 Dieckvoss 1931 TS *
1707 Chantal 1932 RL *
1708 Pólit 1929 XA *
1709 Ukraina 1925 QA Ukraine
1710 Gothard 1941 UF *
1711 Sandrine 1935 BB *
1712 Angola 1935 KC Angola
1713 Bancilhon 1951 SC *
1714 Sy 1951 OA Frédéric Sy, astronomer
1715 Salli 1938 GK *
1716 Peter 1934 GF *
1717 Arlon 1954 AC *
1718 Namibia 1942 RX Namibia
1719 Jens 1950 DP *
1720 Niels 1935 CQ *
1721 Wells 1953 TD3 *
1722 Goffin 1938 EG *
1723 Klemola 1936 FX *
1724 Vladimir 1932 DC *
1725 CrAO 1930 SK *
1726 Hoffmeister 1933 OE Cuno Hoffmeister, astronomer
1727 Mette 1965 BA *
1728 Goethe Link 1964 TO Goethe Link Observatory
1729 Beryl 1963 SL *
1730 Marceline 1936 UA *
1731 Smuts 1948 PH *
1732 Heike 1943 EY *
1733 Silke 1938 DL1 *
1734 Zhongolovich 1928 TJ *
1735 ITA 1948 RJ1 *
1736 Floirac 1967 RA *
1737 Severny 1966 TJ *
1738 Oosterhoff 1930 SP *
1739 Meyermann 1939 PF *
1740 Paavo Nurmi 1939 UA *
1741 Giclas 1960 BC *
1742 Schaifers 1934 RO *
1743 Schmidt 4109 P-L *
1744 Harriet 6557 P-L *
1745 Ferguson 1941 SY1 James Ferguson, astronomer
1746 Brouwer 1963 RF *
1747 Wright 1947 NH *
1748 Mauderli 1966 RA *
1749 Telamon 1949 SB *
1750 Eckert 1950 NA1 *
1751 Herget 1955 OC *
1752 van Herk 1930 OK *
1753 Mieke 1934 JM *
1754 Cunningham 1935 FE *
1755 Lorbach 1936 VD *
1756 Giacobini 1937 YA Michel Giacobini, astronomer
1757 Porvoo 1939 FC *
1758 Naantali 1942 DK *
1759 Kienle 1942 RF *
1760 Sandra 1950 GB *
1761 Edmondson 1952 FN *
1762 Russell 1953 TZ *
1763 Williams 1953 TN2 *
1764 Cogshall 1953 VM1 *
1765 Wrubel 1957 XB *
1766 Slipher 1962 RF *
1767 Lampland 1962 RJ *
1768 Appenzella 1965 SA *
1769 Carlostorres 1966 QP *
1770 Schlesinger 1967 JR *
1771 Makover 1968 BD *
1772 Gagarin 1968 CB Yuri Gagarin, cosmonaut
1773 Rumpelstilz 1968 HE *
1774 Kulikov 1968 UG1 *
1775 Zimmerwald 1969 JA *
1776 Kuiper 2520 P-L Gerard Kuiper, astronomer
1777 Gehrels 4007 P-L Tom Gehrels, astronomer
1778 Alfvén 4506 P-L *
1779 Paraná 1950 LZ *
1780 Kippes A906 RA *
1781 Van Biesbroeck A906 UB *
1782 Schneller 1931 TL1 *
1783 Albitskij 1935 FJ *
1784 Benguella 1935 MG *
1785 Wurm 1941 CD *
1786 Raahe 1948 TL *
1787 Chiny 1950 SK *
1788 Kiess 1952 OZ *
1789 Dobrovolsky 1966 QC Georgi Dobrovolski, cosmonaut
1790 Volkov 1967 ER Vladislav Volkov, cosmonaut
1791 Patsayev 1967 RE Viktor Patsayev, cosmonaut
1792 Reni 1968 BG *
1793 Zoya 1968 DW Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, World War II hero
1794 Finsen 1970 GA *
1795 Woltjer 4010 P-L *
1796 Riga 1966 KB Riga, Latvia*
1797 Schaumasse 1936 VH *
1798 Watts 1949 GC *
1799 Koussevitzky 1950 OE *
1800 Aguilar 1950 RJ *

1801-1900

Name Provisional
Designation		 Source of Name
1801 Titicaca 1952 SP1 Lake Titicaca, Peru
1802 Zhang Heng 1964 TW1 *
1803 Zwicky 1967 CA Fritz Zwicky, astronomer
1804 Chebotarev 1967 GG *
1805 Dirikis 1970 GD *
1806 Derice 1971 LC *
1807 Slovakia 1971 QA Slovakia
1808 Bellerophon 2517 P-L Bellerophon, mythological Greek hero
1809 Prometheus 2522 P-L Prometheus, mythological Greek Titan
1810 Epimetheus 4196 P-L Epimetheus, mythological Greek Titan
1811 Bruwer 4576 P-L *
1812 Gilgamesh 4645 P-L Gilgamesh, mythological Sumerian hero
1813 Imhotep 7589 P-L Imhotep, Egyptian architect
1814 Bach 1931 TW1 Johann Sebastian Bach, composer
1815 Beethoven 1932 CE1 Ludwig van Beethoven, composer
1816 Liberia 1936 BD Liberia
1817 Katanga 1939 MB *
1818 Brahms 1939 PE Johannes Brahms, composer
1819 Laputa 1948 PC *
1820 Lohmann 1949 PO *
1821 Aconcagua 1950 MB *
1822 Waterman 1950 OO *
1823 Gliese 1951 RD *
1824 Haworth 1952 FM *
1825 Klare 1954 QH *
1826 Miller 1955 RC1 *
1827 Atkinson 1962 RK *
1828 Kashirina 1966 PH *
1829 Dawson 1967 JJ *
1830 Pogson 1968 HA Norman Robert Pogson, astronomer
1831 Nicholson 1968 HC Seth Barnes Nicholson, astronomer
1832 Mrkos 1969 PC Antonin Mrkos, astronomer
1833 Shmakova 1969 PN *
1834 Palach 1969 QP *
1835 Gajdariya 1970 OE *
1836 Komarov 1971 OT Vladimir Komarov, cosmonaut
1837 Osita 1971 QZ1 *
1838 Ursa 1971 UC *
1839 Ragazza 1971 UF *
1840 Hus 1971 UY Jan Hus, theologian*
1841 Masaryk 1971 UO1 *
1842 Hynek 1972 AA *
1843 Jarmila 1972 AB *
1844 Susilva 1972 UB *
1845 Helewalda 1972 UC *
1846 Bengt 6553 P-L Bengt Strömgren, astronomer[1]
1847 Stobbe A916 CA *
1848 Delvaux 1933 QD *
1849 Kresák 1942 AB *
1850 Kohoutek 1942 EN Luboš Kohoutek, astronomer
1851 Lacroute 1950 VA *
1852 Carpenter 1955 GA *
1853 McElroy 1957 XE *
1854 Skvortsov 1968 UE1 *
1855 Korolev 1969 TU1 Sergei Korolev, rocket scientist
1856 Ružena *
1857 Parchomenko 1971 QS1 *
1858 Lobachevskij 1972 QL Nikolai I. Lobachevsky, mathematician
1859 Kovalevskaya 1972 RS2 Sofia Kovalevskaya, mathematician
1860 Barbarossa 1973 SK *
1861 Komenský 1970 WB *
1862 Apollo 1932 HA *
1863 Antinous 1948 EA Antinous, Roman lover
1864 Daedalus 1971 FA Daedalus, mythological Greek inventor
1865 Cerberus 1971 UA Cerberus, Greek monster
1866 Sisyphus 1972 XA Sisyphus, mythological Greek
1867 Deiphobus 1971 EA Deiphobus, mythological Greek
1868 Thersites 2008 P-L Thersites, mythological Greek warrior
1869 Philoctetes 4596 P-L Philoctetes, mythological Greek warrior
1870 Glaukos 1971 FE Glaucus, various Greek figures
1871 Astyanax 1971 FF *
1872 Helenos 1971 FG *
1873 Agenor 1971 FH Agenor, mythological Greek king
1874 Kacivelia A924 RC *
1875 Neruda 1969 QQ *
1876 Napolitania 1970 BA *
1877 Marsden 1971 FC Brian G. Marsden, astronomer
1878 Hughes 1933 QC *
1879 Broederstroom 1935 UN *
1880 McCrosky 1940 AN *
1881 Shao 1940 PC *
1882 Rauma 1941 UJ *
1883 Rimito 1942 XA *
1884 Skip 1943 EB1 *
1885 Herero 1948 PJ *
1886 Lowell 1949 MP Percival Lowell, astronomer*
1887 Virton 1950 TD *
1888 Zu Chong-Zhi 1964 VO1 *
1889 Pakhmutova 1968 BE *
1890 Konoshenkova 1968 CD *
1891 Gondola 1969 RA *
1892 Lucienne 1971 SD *
1893 Jakoba 1971 UD *
1894 Haffner 1971 UH *
1895 Larink 1971 UZ *
1896 Beer 1971 UC1 Wilhelm Beer, astronomer
1897 Hind 1971 UE1 *
1898 Cowell 1971 UF1 *
1899 Crommelin 1971 UR1 Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin, astronomer
1900 Katyusha 1971 YB *

1901-2000

Name Provisional
Designation		 Source of Name
1901 Moravia 1972 AD Moravia, Czech Republic
1902 Shaposhnikov 1972 HU *
1903 Adzhimushkaj 1972 JL *
1904 Massevitch 1972 JM *
1905 Ambartsumian 1972 JZ *
1906 Naef 1972 RC *
1907 Rudneva 1972 RC2 *
1908 Pobeda 1972 RL2 *
1909 Alekhin 1972 RW2 *
1910 Mikhailov 1972 TZ1 *
1911 Schubart 1973 UD *
1912 Anubis 6534 P-L Anubis, Egyptian god
1913 Sekanina 1928 SF *
1914 Hartbeespoortdam 1930 SB1 *
1915 Quetzálcoatl 1953 EA Quetzalcoatl, Aztec god
1916 Boreas 1953 RA *
1917 Cuyo 1968 AA *
1918 Aiguillon 1968 UA *
1919 Clemence 1971 SA *
1920 Sarmiento 1971 VO *
1921 Pala 1973 SE *
1922 Zulu 1949 HC The Zulu people of Africa
1923 Osiris 4011 P-L Osiris, Egyptian god
1924 Horus 4023 P-L Horus, Egyptian god
1925 Franklin-Adams 1934 RY *
1926 Demiddelaer 1935 JA *
1927 Suvanto 1936 FP *
1928 Summa 1938 SO *
1929 Kollaa 1939 BS *
1930 Lucifer 1964 UA Lucifer, dark angel*
1931 Čapek 1969 QB Karel Čapek, playwright
1932 Jansky 1971 UB1 *
1933 Tinchen 1972 AC *
1934 Jeffers 1972 XB *
1935 Lucerna 1973 RB *
1936 Lugano 1973 WD *
1937 Locarno 1973 YA *
1938 Lausanna 1974 HC *
1939 Loretta 1974 UC *
1940 Whipple 1975 CA Fred Lawrence Whipple, astronomer
1941 Wild 1931 TN1 Paul Wild, astronomer
1942 Jablunka 1972 SA *
1943 Anteros 1973 EC *
1944 Günter 1925 RA *
1945 Wesselink 1930 OL *
1946 Walraven 1931 PH *
1947 Iso-Heikkilä 1935 EA *
1948 Kampala 1935 GL Kampala, Uganda
1949 Messina 1936 NE Messina, South Africa*
1950 Wempe 1942 EO *
1951 Lick 1949 OA James Lick, benefactor
1952 Hesburgh 1951 JC *
1953 Rupertwildt 1951 UK Rupert Wildt*
1954 Kukarkin 1952 PH *
1955 McMath 1963 SR *
1956 Artek 1969 TX1 *
1957 Angara 1970 GF *
1958 Chandra 1970 SB Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, astronomer*
1959 Karbyshev 1972 NB *
1960 Guisan 1973 UA *
1961 Dufour 1973 WA *
1962 Dunant 1973 WE *
1963 Bezovec 1975 CB *
1964 Luyten 2007 P-L Willem Jacob Luyten, astronomer
1965 van de Kamp 2521 P-L *
1966 Tristan 2552 P-L *
1967 Menzel A905 VC *
1968 Mehltretter 1932 BK *
1969 Alain 1935 CG *
1970 Sumeria 1954 ER Sumer, ancient kingdom
1971 Hagihara 1955 RD1 Yusuke Hagihara, Japanese astronomer
1972 Yi Xing 1964 VQ1 *
1973 Colocolo 1968 OA *
1974 Caupolican 1968 OE *
1975 Pikelner 1969 PH *
1976 Kaverin 1970 GC *
1977 Shura 1970 QY *
1978 Patrice 1971 LD *
1979 Sakharov 2006 P-L Andrei Sakharov, physicist
1980 Tezcatlipoca 1950 LA Tezcatlipoca, Aztec god
1981 Midas 1973 EA Midas, mythological Greek king
1982 Cline 1975 VA *
1983 Bok 1975 LB Bart Jan Bok, astronomer
1984 Fedynskij 1926 TN *
1985 Hopmann 1929 AE *
1986 Plaut 1935 SV1 *
1987 Kaplan 1952 RH *
1988 Delores 1952 SV *
1989 Tatry 1955 FG *
1990 Pilcher 1956 EE *
1991 Darwin 1967 JL Charles Darwin, naturalist
1992 Galvarino 1968 OD *
1993 Guacolda 1968 OH1 *
1994 Shane 1961 TE *
1995 Hajek 1971 UP1 Tadeás Hájek, astronomer
1996 Adams 1961 UA John Counch Adams, astronomer
1997 Leverrier 1963 RC Urbain Le Verrier, astronomer
1998 Titius 1938 DX1 Johann Daniel Titius, astronomer
1999 Hirayama 1973 DR Kiyotsugu Hirayama, astronomer
2000 Herschel 1960 OA William Herschel



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