|-| 2001 Einstein || 1973 EB || Albert Einstein (1879–1955), German-born, Swiss–American physicist and Nobelist || |-id=002| 2002 Euler || || Leonhard Euler (1707–1783), Swiss mathematician and physicists || |-id=003| 2003 Harding || 6559 P-L || Karl Ludwig Harding (1765–1834), German astronomer || |-id=004| 2004 Lexell || || Anders Johan Lexell (1740–1784), Swedish-Russian astronomer and mathematician || |-id=005| 2005 Hencke || 1973 RA || Karl Ludwig Hencke (1793–1866), German astronomer || |-id=006| 2006 Polonskaya || || Elena Kazimirtchak-Polonskaïa (1902–1992), Ukrainian astronomer (comets) || |-id=007| 2007 McCuskey || 1963 SQ || Sidney W. McCuskey (1907–1979), American observatory director || |-id=008| 2008 Konstitutsiya || || 1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union || |-id=009| 2009 Voloshina || 1968 UL || Vera Voloshina (1919–1941), Russian partisan || |-id=010| 2010 Chebyshev || || Pafnuty Chebyshev (1821–1884), Russian mathematician || |-id=011| 2011 Veteraniya || || Russian for "Veterans" (of World War II) || |-id=012| 2012 Guo Shou-Jing || || Guo Shoujing (1231–1316), Chinese astronomer and mathematician || |-id=013| 2013 Tucapel || || Mapuche (Araucanian) chief || |-id=014| 2014 Vasilevskis || 1973 JA || (died 1988), Latvian-born American astronomer || |-id=015| 2015 Kachuevskaya || || Natasha Kachuevskaya, Russian soldier during WWII who was killed in the battle of Stalingrad || |-id=016| 2016 Heinemann || 1938 SE || Karl Heinemann (1898–1970), German astronomer at ARI || |-id=017| 2017 Wesson || A903 SC || Mary Joan Wesson Bardwell (1924–2021), wife of American astronomer Conrad M. Bardwell (1926–2010), who was a research associate at the Minor Planet Center || |-id=018| 2018 Schuster || 1931 UC || Hans-Emil Schuster (born 1934), German astronomer and discoverer of minor planets || |-id=019| 2019 van Albada || || Gale Bruno van Albada (1911–1972), Dutch astronomer || |-id=020| 2020 Ukko || 1936 FR || Ukko, Finnish supreme god || |-id=021| 2021 Poincaré || 1936 MA || Henri Poincaré (1854–1912), French mathematician || |-id=022| 2022 West || 1938 CK || Richard Martin West (born 1941), Danish astronomer and discoverer of minor planets || |-id=023| 2023 Asaph || 1952 SA || Asaph Hall (1829–1907), American astronomer || |-id=024| 2024 McLaughlin || 1952 UR || Dean Benjamin McLaughlin (1901–1965), American spectroscopist and geologist || |-id=025| 2025 Nortia || 1953 LG || Nortia, Etruscan goddess of fortune || |-id=026| 2026 Cottrell || 1955 FF || Frederick Gardner Cottrell (1877–1948), American businessman chemist, inventor and philanthropist || |-id=027| 2027 Shen Guo || || Shen Kuo (1031–1095), astronomer || |-id=028| 2028 Janequeo || || Wife of Mapuche (Araucanian) chief Guepotan || |-id=029| 2029 Binomi || 1969 RB || Fictional mathematician, jokingly referred to as the inventor of mathematical formula, such as the Binomial theorem || |-id=030| 2030 Belyaev || || Pavel Belyayev (1925–1970), Soviet cosmonaut, officer and fighter pilot || |-id=031| 2031 BAM || || builders of Baikal Amur Mainline (BAM) || |-id=032| 2032 Ethel || 1970 OH || Ethel Lilian Voynich (1864–1960), British author || |-id=033| 2033 Basilea || 1973 CA || The city of Basel in Switzerland || |-id=034| 2034 Bernoulli || 1973 EE || Several mathematicians of the Bernoulli family, in particular Jacob (1654–1705), Johann (1667–1748) and Daniel (1700–1782) || |-id=035| 2035 Stearns || 1973 SC || Carl Leo Stearns (1892–1972), American astronomer || |-id=036| 2036 Sheragul || || Sheragul, Siberian village in Russia || |-id=037| 2037 Tripaxeptalis || 1973 UB || 3 times 679 Pax and 7 times 291 Alice || |-id=038| 2038 Bistro || 1973 WF || Bistro, a type of restaurant || |-id=039| 2039 Payne-Gaposchkin || 1974 CA || Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900–1979), British-born American astronomer || |-id=040| 2040 Chalonge || 1974 HA || Daniel Chalonge (1895–1977), French astronomer || |-id=041| 2041 Lancelot || 2523 P-L || Lancelot, Arthurian knight || |-id=042| 2042 Sitarski || 4633 P-L || Grzegorz Sitarski, Polish astronomer at the Polish Academy of Sciences, who studied the motion of comets || |-id=043| 2043 Ortutay || 1936 TH || Gyula Ortutay (1910–1978), Hungarian cultural leader || |-id=044| 2044 Wirt || 1950 VE || Carl A. Wirtanen (1910–1990), American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets and comets || |-id=045| 2045 Peking || || Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China || |-id=046| 2046 Leningrad || || Leningrad, city in the USSR || |-id=047| 2047 Smetana || || Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884), Czech composer || |-id=048| 2048 Dwornik || 1973 QA || Stephen E. Dwornik, American planetary geologist || |-id=049| 2049 Grietje || 1973 SH || G. A. M. Haring-Gehrels, sister-in-law of Dutch-born American astronomer Tom Gehrels † || |-id=050| 2050 Francis || 1974 KA || Fred and Kay Francis, parents of discoverer || |-id=051| 2051 Chang || 1976 UC || Zhang Yuzhe (Y.C. Chang), Chinese astronomer, director of the Purple Mountain Observatory || |-id=052| 2052 Tamriko || 1976 UN || Tamara West, wife of discoverer Richard Martin West || |-id=053| 2053 Nuki || 1976 UO || Nodari West, son of discoverer Richard Martin West || |-id=054| 2054 Gawain || 4097 P-L || Gawain, Arthurian knight || |-id=055| 2055 Dvořák || 1974 DB || Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904), Czech composer || |-id=056| 2056 Nancy || A909 TB || Nancy Lou Zissell Marsden, wife of Brian G. Marsden || |-id=057| 2057 Rosemary || 1934 RQ || Rosemary Birky Hoffmann Scholl, first wife of Hans Scholl || |-id=058| 2058 Róka || 1938 BH || (1906–1974), Hungarian science writer †[1] ‡[2] || |-id=059| 2059 Baboquivari || 1963 UA || Babioquivari, mountain sacred to the Tohono O'odham of northern Mexico and southern Arizona || |-id=060| 2060 Chiron || 1977 UB || Chiron, a centaur from Greek mythology || |-id=061| 2061 Anza || 1960 UA || Juan Bautista de Anza (1736–1788), Spanish explorer, military officer, and Governor of the Province of New Mexico under the Spanish Empire || |-id=062| 2062 Aten || 1976 AA || Aten, Egyptian god || |-id=063| 2063 Bacchus || 1977 HB || Bacchus (Dionysus), Roman god || |-id=064| 2064 Thomsen || 1942 RQ || Ivan Leslie Thomsen (1910–1969), New Zealand astronomer || |-id=065| 2065 Spicer || 1959 RN || Edward H. Spicer (1906–1983), anthropologist || |-id=066| 2066 Palala || 1934 LB || Palala River, tributary of the Limpopo River, South Africa || |-id=067| 2067 Aksnes || 1936 DD || Kaare Aksnes, astronomer || |-id=068| 2068 Dangreen || 1948 AD || Daniel W. E. Green, American observatory worker, involved in the MPC's transition from Cincinnati to Cambridge in 1978 || |-id=069| 2069 Hubble || 1955 FT || Edwin Hubble (1889–1953), American astronomer || |-id=070| 2070 Humason || 1964 TQ || Milton L. Humason (1891–1972), American astronomer || |-id=071| 2071 Nadezhda || 1971 QS || Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya (1869–1939), educator, wife of Vladimir Lenin || |-id=072| 2072 Kosmodemyanskaya || || Lubov' Timofeevna Kosmodemyanskaya (1900–1978), mother of Soviet heroes Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya and Aleksandr Kosmodemyansky || |-id=073| 2073 Janáček || 1974 DK || Leoš Janáček (1854–1928), Czech composer || |-id=074| 2074 Shoemaker || 1974 UA || Eugene Shoemaker (1928–1997), American astronomer || |-id=075| 2075 Martinez || 1974 VA || Hugo Arturo Martinez (1890–1976), Argentinian astronomer at La Plata Observatory || |-id=076| 2076 Levin || 1974 WA || Boris Yulevich Levin (1912–1989), Russian astronomer and geophysicist || |-id=077| 2077 Kiangsu || 1974 YA || Jiangsu, province in eastern China || |-id=078| 2078 Nanking || 1975 AD || Nanjing, Chinese city near the Purple Mountain Observatory || |-id=079| 2079 Jacchia || 1976 DB ||, Italian-born American astronomer || |-id=080| 2080 Jihlava || 1976 DG || Jihlava, city in the Czech Republic || |-id=081| 2081 Sázava || 1976 DH || Sázava River, tributary of Vltava River, Czech Republic || |-id=082| 2082 Galahad || 7588 P-L || Galahad, Arthurian knight || |-id=083| 2083 Smither || 1973 WB || John C. Smith, American astronomer involved with the Palomar Planet-Crossing Asteroid Survey || |-id=084| 2084 Okayama || 1935 CK || Okayama, Okayama, Japan || |-id=085| 2085 Henan || 1965 YA || Henan, province in China || |-id=086| 2086 Newell || 1966 BC || Homer E. Newell Jr. (1915–1983), American physicist and space scientist || |-id=087| 2087 Kochera || 1975 YC || Theodor Kocher (1841–1917), Swiss surgeon and Nobel laureate || |-id=088| 2088 Sahlia || 1976 DJ || Hermann Sahli (1856–1933), Swiss physician and professor of internal medicine at Berne University || |-id=089| 2089 Cetacea || 1977 VF || Cetacea, clade of aquatic mammals such as whales and dolphins || |-id=090| 2090 Mizuho || 1978 EA || Daughter of Japanese discoverer Takeshi Urata || |-id=091| 2091 Sampo || 1941 HO || Sampo, magical artifact from Finnish mythology || |-id=092| 2092 Sumiana || 1969 UP || Sumy, Ukraine || |-id=093| 2093 Genichesk || 1971 HX || Henichesk, city in north-eastern Ukraine, birthplace of discoverer Tamara Smirnova || |-id=094| 2094 Magnitka || || Magnitogorsk, Russian industrial city || |-id=095| 2095 Parsifal || 6036 P-L || Parsifal, Arthurian knight || |-id=096| 2096 Väinö || 1939 UC || Väinämöinen, from Finnish mythology || |-id=097| 2097 Galle || 1953 PV || Johann Gottfried Galle (1812–1910), German astronomer || |-id=098| 2098 Zyskin || 1972 QE || Lev Zyskin (1930–1994), Professor at the Crimean medical institute || |-id=099| 2099 Öpik || 1977 VB || Ernst Öpik (1893–1985), Estonian astronomer || |-id=100| 2100 Ra-Shalom || 1978 RA || Egyptian god Ra + Hebrew Shalom, in honour of the Camp David Peace Accords of 1978 || |}
|-| 2101 Adonis || 1936 CA || Adonis, Greek mythological youth || |-id=102| 2102 Tantalus || 1975 YA || Tantalus, Greek mythological figure || |-id=103| 2103 Laverna || 1960 FL || Laverna, protecting divinity of thieves and imposters || |-id=104| 2104 Toronto || 1963 PD || University of Toronto, during whose sesquicentennial celebration it was discovered || |-id=105| 2105 Gudy || 1976 DA || Gudrun Werner, friend of astronomer Hans-Emil Schuster who discovered this minor planet || |-id=106| 2106 Hugo || 1936 UF || Victor Hugo (1802–1885), French writer || |-id=107| 2107 Ilmari || 1941 VA || Ilmarinen, Finnish mythology || |-id=108| 2108 Otto Schmidt || || Otto Schmidt (1891–1956), Soviet mathematician, geophysicist, astronomer polar researcher, and author || |-id=109| 2109 Dhôtel || || André Dhôtel (1901–1991), French writer awarded with the Grand Prix de Litterature de l'Academie Francaise. He was a friend of the family of the discoverer, Sylvain Arend. || |-id=110| 2110 Moore-Sitterly || 1962 RD || Charlotte Moore Sitterly (1898–1990), American astronomer || |-id=111| 2111 Tselina || 1969 LG || Virgin Lands Campaign, soil development in the USSR || |-id=112| 2112 Ulyanov || 1972 NP || Aleksandr Ulyanov (1866–1887), Lenin's eldest brother || |-id=113| 2113 Ehrdni || || Ehrdni Teldzhievich Delikov (1922–1942), Soviet hero of the Great Patriotic War || |-id=114| 2114 Wallenquist || 1976 HA || Åke Wallenquist (1904–1994), Swedish astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets || |-id=115| 2115 Irakli || 1976 UD || Irakli West, son of discoverer Richard Martin West || |-id=116| 2116 Mtskheta || 1976 UM || Mtskheta, city in Georgia (country) || |-id=117| 2117 Danmark || 1978 AC || Denmark, native country of discoverer Richard Martin West || |-id=118| 2118 Flagstaff || 1978 PB || Flagstaff, Arizona, home of the Lowell Observatory || |-id=119| 2119 Schwall || 1930 QG || August Schwall (1877–1947), staff member at Heidelberg Observatory, Germany || |-id=120| 2120 Tyumenia || 1967 RM || Tyumen Oblast, district of the Russian SFSR (now Russia) || |-id=121| 2121 Sevastopol || 1971 ME || Sevastopol, city on the Crimean peninsula || |-id=122| 2122 Pyatiletka || 1971 XB || Five-Year Plans of the USSR, named on the 50th anniversary of its adoption || |-id=123| 2123 Vltava || || Vltava River in the Czech Republic || |-id=124| 2124 Nissen || 1974 MK || Juan Jose Nissen (1901–1978), Argentinian astronomer and first director of the Felix Aguilar Observatory || |-id=125| 2125 Karl-Ontjes || 2005 P-L || Karl-Ontjes Groeneveld (born 1935), German physicist and brother of astronomer Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, who co-discovered this minor planet || |-id=126| 2126 Gerasimovich || 1970 QZ || Boris Petrovich Gerasimovich (1889–1937), Russian astrophysicist and director of the Pulkovo Observatory || |-id=127| 2127 Tanya || || Tanya Savicheva (1930–1944), a young Russian schoolgirl who died in Siege of Leningrad || |-id=128| 2128 Wetherill || 1973 SB || George Wetherill (1925–2006), American geochemist and planetary geologist || |-id=129| 2129 Cosicosi || 1973 SJ || Italian characterization of indifference || |-id=130| 2130 Evdokiya || || Evdokiya Efimovna Shchelokova, mother of the discoverer Lyudmila Zhuravleva || |-id=131| 2131 Mayall || 1975 RA || Nicholas Mayall (1906–1993), American astronomer || |-id=132| 2132 Zhukov || || Georgij Konstantinovich Zhukov (1896–1974), Soviet military commander || |-id=133| 2133 Franceswright || 1976 WB || Frances Woodworth Wright (1897–1989), American astronomer at Harvard University || |-id=134| 2134 Dennispalm || 1976 YB || Dennis Palm (1945–1974), amateur astronomer and assistant at Palomar Observatory || |-id=135| 2135 Aristaeus || 1977 HA || Aristaeus, Greek god || |-id=136| 2136 Jugta || 1933 OC || Jay U. Gunter (1911–1994), author of Tonight's Asteroids (hence, J.U.G. T.A.) || |-id=137| 2137 Priscilla || 1936 QZ || Priscilla Fairfield Bok (1896–1975), American astronomer, wife of Dutch-born American astronomer Bart Bok || |-id=138| 2138 Swissair || 1968 HB || Swissair, was the Swiss national airline || |-id=139| 2139 Makharadze || 1970 MC || The Georgian city of Ozurgeti (formerly known as Makharadze) is the twin city of Henichesk, Ukraine. It was named to honor the friendship between the two nations || |-id=140| 2140 Kemerovo || 1970 PE || Kemerovo Oblast, district in southwestern Siberia, Russia || |-id=141| 2141 Simferopol || || Simferopol, city on the Crimean peninsula || |-id=142| 2142 Landau || 1972 GA || Lev Davidovich Landau (1908–1968), Soviet physicist || |-id=143| 2143 Jimarnold || 1973 SA || James R. Arnold (1923–2012), professor of chemistry at the University of California at San Diego || |-id=144| 2144 Marietta || || Marietta Shaginyan (1888–1982), Soviet writer || |-id=145| 2145 Blaauw || 1976 UF || Adriaan Blaauw (1914–2010), Dutch astronomer at Leiden Observatory, director of ESO and president of the IAU || |-id=146| 2146 Stentor || 1976 UQ || Stentor, Greek warrior || |-id=147| 2147 Kharadze || 1976 US || Evgeni Kharadze (1907–2001), Georgian astronomer and director of the Abastumani Observatory and vice-president of the IAU from 1976 to 1982 || |-id=148| 2148 Epeios || 1976 UW || Epeios, Greek soldier and builder of Trojan Horse || |-id=149| 2149 Schwambraniya || 1977 FX || Fictional land from Lev Kassil's Conduite and Schwambraniya || |-id=150| 2150 Nyctimene || 1977 TA || Nyctimene, a daughter of Epopeus, King of Lesbos || |-id=151| 2151 Hadwiger || 1977 VX || Hugo Hadwiger (1908–1981), Swiss mathematician || |-id=152| 2152 Hannibal || 1978 WK || Hannibal (c. 247–182 BC) || |-id=153| 2153 Akiyama || 1978 XD || Kaoru Akiyama (1901–1970), Japanese astronomer || |-id=154| 2154 Underhill || 2015 P-L || Anne B. Underhill, Canadian astrophysicist || |-id=155| 2155 Wodan || 6542 P-L || Odin ("Wōdan" in Old Saxon), Norse god in Teutonic mythology || |-id=156| 2156 Kate || A917 SH || Kate, wife of astronomer L. K. Kristensen, who found the identification of this minor planet || |-id=157| 2157 Ashbrook || A924 EF || Joseph Ashbrook (1918–1980), editor of Sky & Telescope || |-id=158| 2158 Tietjen || 1933 OS || Friedrich Tietjen (1832–1895), German astronomer || |-id=159| 2159 Kukkamäki || 1941 UX || Tauno Kukkamäki (1909–1997), Finnish geodesist || |-id=160| 2160 Spitzer || 1956 RL || Lyman Spitzer (1914–1997), American astrophysicist || |-id=161| 2161 Grissom || 1963 UD || Gus Grissom (1926–1967), American astronaut || |-id=162| 2162 Anhui || 1966 BE || Anhui, province in East China || |-id=163| 2163 Korczak || || Janusz Korczak (1878–1942), Polish writer who was murdered at Treblinka || |-id=164| 2164 Lyalya || || Yelena Konstantinova Ubiivovk (1918–1942), astronomy student and Soviet partisan who died in World War II || |-id=165| 2165 Young || 1956 RJ || Charles Augustus Young (1834–1908), American astronomer || |-id=166| 2166 Handahl || 1936 QB || Violet Handahl Green, mother of astronomer Daniel W. E. Green, who found the identifications for this planet || |-id=167| 2167 Erin || 1971 LA || Erin, daughter of astronomer George Punko at Bickley–Perth Observatory || |-id=168| 2168 Swope || || Henrietta Hill Swope (1902–1980), American astronomer || |-id=169| 2169 Taiwan || || Named for the Island of Taiwan (also see Taiwan) || |-id=170| 2170 Byelorussia || 1971 SZ || Republic of Belarus, a former Soviet Socialist Republic || |-id=171| 2171 Kiev || || City of Kyiv, capital of Ukraine, named on its 1500th anniversary || |-id=172| 2172 Plavsk || || Plavsk, district in Russia || |-id=173| 2173 Maresjev || || Alexei Maresiev (1916–2001), Russian war veteran || |-id=174| 2174 Asmodeus || 1975 TA || Asmodai, Babylonian god of lust || |-id=175| 2175 Andrea Doria || 1977 TY || Andrea Doria (1466–1560), Genoese admiral || |-id=176| 2176 Donar || 2529 P-L || Donar or Thor, Teutonic god of thunderstorms || |-id=177| 2177 Oliver || 6551 P-L || Bernard M. Oliver (1916–1995), researcher at Hewlett-Packard || |-id=178| 2178 Kazakhstania || || The Republic of Kazakhstan, a former Soviet Socialist Republic || |-id=179| 2179 Platzeck || 1965 MA || Ricardo Pablo Platzeck, Argentinian astronomer and director of the Cordoba Observatory || |-id=180| 2180 Marjaleena || 1940 RJ || Finnish Marjaleena Johnsson, daughter of the discoverer Heikki A. Alikoski || |-id=181| 2181 Fogelin || 1942 YA || Eric S. Fogelin, assistant at the Minor Planet Center || |-id=182| 2182 Semirot || || (1907–1972), French astronomer || |-id=183| 2183 Neufang || 1959 OB || Neufang, village in Thuringia, Germany, where the Sonneberg Observatory is located || |-id=184| 2184 Fujian || || Fujian, coastal province in southeastern China || |-id=185| 2185 Guangdong || 1965 WO || Guangdong, coastal province in southern China || |-id=186| 2186 Keldysh || || Mstislav Keldysh (1911–1978), Soviet physicist and mathematician || |-id=187| 2187 La Silla || 1976 UH || Mountain in the Atacama desert of Chile, where the La Silla Observatory is located || |-id=188| 2188 Orlenok || || Orlyonok All-Union Young Pioneer camp || |-id=189| 2189 Zaragoza || 1975 QK || Aldo Zaragoza (1924–1979) staff member at Felix Aguilar Observatory || |-id=190| 2190 Coubertin || || Baron Pierre de Coubertin (1863–1937), French educator and founder of the modern Olympic Games || |-id=191| 2191 Uppsala || || Uppsala, ancient Swedish city and its university || |-id=192| 2192 Pyatigoriya || 1972 HP || Pyatigorsk, Russian city in the Caucasus || |-id=193| 2193 Jackson || 1926 KB || Cyril V. Jackson (1903–1988), South African astronomer || |-id=194| 2194 Arpola || 1940 GE || Discoverer's summer cottage near Turku || |-id=195| 2195 Tengström || || Erik Tengström (1913–1996), Swedish astronomer and geodesist || |-id=196| 2196 Ellicott || 1965 BC || Andrew Ellicott Douglass (1867–1962), American astronomer || |-id=197| 2197 Shanghai || 1965 YN || Shanghai, largest city in China (and the world) || |-id=198| 2198 Ceplecha || 1975 VF || Zdeněk Ceplecha (1929–2009), Czech astronomer || |-id=199| 2199 Kleť || 1978 LA || Kleť Observatory, standing on Kleť Hill, Czech Republic || |-id=200| 2200 Pasadena || 6090 P-L || Pasadena, California, suburb of Los Angeles, California, United States || |}
|-| 2201 Oljato || 1947 XC || Moonlight Water, Monument Valley, Utah || |-id=202| 2202 Pele || 1972 RA || Pele, Polynesian fire goddess || |-id=203| 2203 van Rhijn || || Pieter Johannes van Rhijn (1886–1960), Dutch astronomer || |-id=204| 2204 Lyyli || 1943 EQ || Lyyli Heinänen, Finnish astronomer and disciple of Yrjö Väisälä || |-id=205| 2205 Glinka || || Mikhail Glinka (1804–1857), Russian composer || |-id=206| 2206 Gabrova || || Gabrovo, Bulgarian town || |-id=207| 2207 Antenor || || Antenor, Trojan hero and sage of Greek mythology || |-id=208| 2208 Pushkin || || Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian poet || |-id=209| 2209 Tianjin || || Tianjin, China || |-id=210| 2210 Lois || 9597 P-L || Lois J. Baldwin, wife of Ralph Belknap Baldwin, American astronomer || |-id=211| 2211 Hanuman || || Hanuman, monkey-god in mythology of India || |-id=212| 2212 Hephaistos || 1978 SB || Hephaestus, Greek god || |-id=213| 2213 Meeus || || Jean Meeus (born 1928), Belgian amateur astronomer || |-id=214| 2214 Carol || 1953 GF || Carol D. Valenti, Minor Planet Center staff member || |-id=215| 2215 Sichuan || || Sichuan, China || |-id=216| 2216 Kerch || 1971 LF || Hero City Kerch, Crimea || |-id=217| 2217 Eltigen || || a place where Soviet troops landed in November 1943 (see Kerch-Eltigen Operation) || |-id=218| 2218 Wotho || 1975 AK || Wotho Atoll, Marshall Islands || |-id=219| 2219 Mannucci || 1975 LU || Edgardo Mannucci, observatory mechanic || |-id=220| 2220 Hicks || 1975 VB || William B. Hicks, businessman || |-id=221| 2221 Chilton || 1976 QC || Jean Chilton McCrosky, wife of Richard Eugene McCrosky, American astronomer || |-id=222| 2222 Lermontov || || Mikhail Lermontov, Russian poet || |-id=223| 2223 Sarpedon || || Sarpedon, Greek warrior || |-id=224| 2224 Tucson || 2528 P-L || Tucson, Arizona, USA || |-id=225| 2225 Serkowski || 6546 P-L || (1930–1981), Polish-born American astronomer || |-id=226| 2226 Cunitza || || Lydia Cunitz, discoverer's sister-in-law || |-id=227| 2227 Otto Struve || 1955 RX || Otto Struve (1897–1963), Russian-born American astronomer || |-id=228| 2228 Soyuz-Apollo || 1977 OH || The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project joint Soviet-American mission || |-id=229| 2229 Mezzarco || 1977 RO || Italian for half-arch, half-vault || |-id=230| 2230 Yunnan || || Yunnan, China || |-id=231| 2231 Durrell || 1941 SG || Lawrence Durrell (1912–1990), British author || |-id=232| 2232 Altaj || || Altai Republic, Russia || |-id=233| 2233 Kuznetsov || || Nikolai Kuznetsov, Soviet partisan and intelligence agent || |-id=234| 2234 Schmadel || 1977 HD || Lutz D. Schmadel (1942–2016), German astronomer || |-id=235| 2235 Vittore || A924 GA || Observatory in Bologna, Italy || |-id=236| 2236 Austrasia || 1933 FX || Austrasia, kingdom of the Merovingian Franks || |-id=237| 2237 Melnikov || 1938 TB || Oleg Melnikov (1912–1982), Russian astronomer || |-id=238| 2238 Steshenko || ||, Soviet astronomer || |-id=239| 2239 Paracelsus || 1978 RC || Paracelsus, physician || |-id=240| 2240 Tsai || 1978 YA ||, Taiwanese astronomer || |-id=241| 2241 Alcathous || 1979 WM || Alcathous, mythological Greek || |-id=242| 2242 Balaton || 1936 TG || Lake Balaton, largest lake in Hungary || |-id=243| 2243 Lönnrot || || Elias Lönnrot (1802–1884), Finnish scholar, collector of folk tales and traditions || |-id=244| 2244 Tesla || || Nikola Tesla (1856–1943), Serbian-born electrical engineer and inventor || |-id=245| 2245 Hekatostos || 1968 BC || Greek for 100th (asteroid discovered by a joint program) || |-id=246| 2246 Bowell || 1979 XH || Edward L. G. Bowell (born 1943), American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets || |-id=247| 2247 Hiroshima || 6512 P-L || Hiroshima, Japan || |-id=248| 2248 Kanda || 1933 DE || (1894–1974), Japanese science writer || |-id=249| 2249 Yamamoto || 1942 GA || Issei Yamamoto (1889–1959), Japanese astronomer || |-id=250| 2250 Stalingrad || 1972 HN || now Volgograd, Russia || |-id=251| 2251 Tikhov || || Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov (1875–1960), Russian astronomer || |-id=252| 2252 CERGA || 1978 VT || CERGA fr|Centre d'études et de recherches géodynamiques et astrométriques || |-id=253| 2253 Espinette || 1932 PB || house in Williams Bay, Wisconsin || |-id=254| 2254 Requiem || || in memory of discoverer's mother || |-id=255| 2255 Qinghai || || Qinghai, China || |-id=256| 2256 Wiśniewski || 4519 P-L || Wiesław Z. Wiśniewski (1931–1994), Polish astronomer || |-id=257| 2257 Kaarina || 1939 QB || Kaarina Soini, daughter of discoverer || |-id=258| 2258 Viipuri || 1939 TA || now Vyborg, Russia || |-id=259| 2259 Sofievka || 1971 OG || park in Uman, Ukraine || |-id=260| 2260 Neoptolemus || || Neoptolemus, mythological Greek warrior || |-id=261| 2261 Keeler || 1977 HC || James Edward Keeler (1857–1900), American astronomer || |-id=262| 2262 Mitidika || 1978 RB || Gypsy girl from novel by Clemens Brentano || |-id=263| 2263 Shaanxi || || Shaanxi, China || |-id=264| 2264 Sabrina || 1979 YK || Sabrina, the legendary English princess and daughter of King Locrine, who drowned in the River Severn || |-id=265| 2265 Verbaandert || 1950 DB || Jean Verbaandert (1901–1974), Belgian geophysicist || |-id=266| 2266 Tchaikovsky || 1974 VK || Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893), Russian composer || |-id=267| 2267 Agassiz || 1977 RF || Louis Agassiz (1807–1873), Swiss-born American zoologist and geologist || |-id=268| 2268 Szmytowna || 1942 VW || Maria Szmytowna, chemist || |-id=269| 2269 Efremiana || || Ivan Yefremov (1908–1972), Soviet paleontologist and author || |-id=270| 2270 Yazhi || 1980 ED || Navajo for little one || |-id=271| 2271 Kiso || || Kiso Observatory, a station of the Tokyo Observatory || |-id=272| 2272 Montezuma || 1972 FA || Moctezuma II, 9th emperor of the Aztec empire || |-id=273| 2273 Yarilo || || Iarilo, Slavic sun god || |-id=274| 2274 Ehrsson || 1976 EA || A friend of discoverer Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist || |-id=275| 2275 Cuitlahuac || 1979 MH || Cuitláhuac, tenth emperor of the Aztec empire || |-id=276| 2276 Warck || 1933 QA || Evelyne Warck, granddaughter of discoverer || |-id=277| 2277 Moreau || 1950 DS || Fernand Moreau (1888–1979), Belgian astronomer || |-id=278| 2278 Götz || 1953 GE || Paul Götz (1883–1962), German astronomer and discoverer of minor planets. Assistant to Max Wolf at Heidelberg. || |-id=279| 2279 Barto || 1968 DL || Agniya Barto (1906–1981), Soviet poet || |-id=280| 2280 Kunikov || || Tsezar Kunikov (1909–1943), Soviet commander and war hero whose troops seized Malaya Zemlya in 1943 || |-id=281| 2281 Biela || || Wilhelm von Biela (1782–1856), Austrian astronomer || |-id=282| 2282 Andrés Bello || 1974 FE || Andrés Bello (1781–1865), Venezuelan intellectual || |-id=283| 2283 Bunke || || Tamara Bunke (1937–1967), German patriot || |-id=284| 2284 San Juan || || San Juan Province and its university in Argentina || |-id=285| 2285 Ron Helin || 1976 QB || Ronald P. Helin, husband of Eleanor F. Helin, American astronomer || |-id=286| 2286 Fesenkov || 1977 NH || Vasily Fesenkov (1889–1972), Soviet astrophysicist || |-id=287| 2287 Kalmykia || || Kalmyk ASSR, Russian SFSR, now Kalmykia, Russia || |-id=288| 2288 Karolinum || 1979 UZ || The Collegium Carolinum, the main building of the Charles University in Prague || |-id=289| 2289 McMillan || 6567 P-L || Robert S. McMillan, American astronomer || |-id=290| 2290 Helffrich || || Joseph Helffrich (1890–1971), German astronomer and discoverer of minor planets || |-id=291| 2291 Kevo || 1941 FS || Field station on the Kevo river, Lappland || |-id=292| 2292 Seili || 1942 RM || Seili, island near Turku || |-id=293| 2293 Guernica || || Guernica, Spain || |-id=294| 2294 Andronikov || || Irakly Andronikov (1908–1990), Soviet writer || |-id=295| 2295 Matusovskij || || Mikhail Matusovskii (1915–1990), Soviet poet || |-id=296| 2296 Kugultinov || || David Nikitich Kugultinov (1922–2006), poet of Kalmykia and USSR || |-id=297| 2297 Daghestan || 1978 RE || Dagestan ASSR, Russian SFSR (now Daghestan, Russia) || |-id=298| 2298 Cindijon || A915 TA || Cynthia and Jonathan, children of Brian G. Marsden || |-id=299| 2299 Hanko || 1941 SZ || Hanko, Finland || |-id=300| 2300 Stebbins || || Joel Stebbins (1878–1966), American astronomer || |}
|-| 2301 Whitford || 1965 WJ || Albert Whitford (1905–2002), American astronomer || |-id=302| 2302 Florya || || Nikolay Florea (1912–1941), Russian astronomer at Sternberg Astronomical Institute || |-id=303| 2303 Retsina || 1979 FK || Retsina, Greek wine || |-id=304| 2304 Slavia || 1979 KB || Slavia, sports club in Prague || |-id=305| 2305 King || || Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968), U.S. civil rights leader || |-id=306| 2306 Bauschinger || 1939 PM || Julius Bauschinger (1860–1934), German astronomer || |-id=307| 2307 Garuda || 1957 HJ || Garuda is a son of Kasyapa and Vinata in the mythology of India || |-id=308| 2308 Schilt || 1967 JM || Jan Schilt (1894–1982), Dutch astronomer || |-id=309| 2309 Mr. Spock || || Discoverer's cat, "Mr. Spock", named after Spock, a fictional character from Star Trek || |-id=310| 2310 Olshaniya || || Konstantin Olshanskij, a Soviet war hero who entered Nazi-occupied Nikolaev in March 1944 || |-id=311| 2311 El Leoncito || || Observing station at Félix Aguilar Observatory || |-id=312| 2312 Duboshin || || (1904–1986), Soviet astronomer and member of the IAU || |-id=313| 2313 Aruna || 1976 TA || Represents the red glow of dawn in mythology of India || |-id=314| 2314 Field || 1977 VD || George B. Field (born 1929), American astronomer || |-id=315| 2315 Czechoslovakia || 1980 DZ || Czechoslovakia, which split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993 || |-id=316| 2316 Jo-Ann || 1980 RH || Jo-Ann Bowell, wife of discoverer || |-id=317| 2317 Galya || 2524 P-L || Galya Lubarsky, friend of Tom Gehrels || |-id=318| 2318 Lubarsky || 6521 P-L || Kronid Lyubarsky (1934–1996), friend of Tom Gehrels || |-id=319| 2319 Aristides || 7631 P-L || Aristides (530–468 BC), Athenian politician || |-id=320| 2320 Blarney || 1979 QJ || Blarney, Ireland || |-id=321| 2321 Lužnice || || Lužnice River, Czech Republic || |-id=322| 2322 Kitt Peak || || Kitt Peak National Observatory, USA || |-id=323| 2323 Zverev || || (1903–1991), Russian astrometrist at Pulkovo Observatory || |-id=324| 2324 Janice || || Janice Cline, astronomy supporter || |-id=325| 2325 Chernykh || 1979 SP || Lyudmila (1935–2017) and Nikolai Chernykh (1931–2004), Russian astronomers and minor-planet discoverers || |-id=326| 2326 Tololo || 1965 QC || Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, Chile || |-id=327| 2327 Gershberg || || Roald Evgenevich Gershberg, Russian astronomer || |-id=328| 2328 Robeson || 1972 HW || Paul Robeson (1898–1976), American singer, actor and activist || |-id=329| 2329 Orthos || 1976 WA || Orthrus (Orthos), the two-headed dog from Greek mythology || |-id=330| 2330 Ontake || || Mount Ontake, volcano || |-id=331| 2331 Parvulesco || 1936 EA || Constantin Parvulesco (1890–1945), Romanian astronomer || |-id=332| 2332 Kalm || 1940 GH || Pehr Kalm (1716–1779), Finnish explorer, botanist, agricultural economist || |-id=333| 2333 Porthan || 1943 EP || Henrik Gabriel Porthan (1739–1804), Finnish historian || |-id=334| 2334 Cuffey || 1962 HD || James Cuffey (1911–1999), astronomy supporter || |-id=335| 2335 James || 1974 UB || James G. Williams, American mathematician and a discoverer of minor planets || |-id=336| 2336 Xinjiang || || Xinjiang, China || |-id=337| 2337 Boubín || || Boubín, mountain in Bohemia, Czech Republic || |-id=338| 2338 Bokhan || || Nadezhda Antonovna Bokhan, staff member at Institute of Theoretical Astronomy (ITA) in Leningrad || |-id=339| 2339 Anacreon || 2509 P-L || Anacreon (c. 582–485 BC), Greek poet || |-id=340| 2340 Hathor || 1976 UA || Hathor, Egyptian goddess || |-id=341| 2341 Aoluta || || Astronomical Observatory of Leningrad University || |-id=342| 2342 Lebedev || 1968 UQ ||, Russian war hero || |-id=343| 2343 Siding Spring || || Siding Spring Observatory, Australia || |-id=344| 2344 Xizang || || Tibet || |-id=345| 2345 Fučik || 1974 OS || Julius Fučik (1903–1943), Czechoslovak journalist || |-id=346| 2346 Lilio || 1934 CB || Aloysius Lilius (c. 1510–1576), inventor of the Gregorian Calendar || |-id=347| 2347 Vinata || 1936 TK || Vinata, in mythology of India, daughter of Prajapati and wife of Kasyapa || |-id=348| 2348 Michkovitch || 1939 AA || Vojislav V. Michkovitch (1892–1976), Serbian astronomer || |-id=349| 2349 Kurchenko || 1970 OG || Nadezhda Kurchenko, heroic airline stewardess || |-id=350| 2350 von Lüde || 1938 CG || Heinz von Lüde (1914–1974), German ARI-astronomer || |-id=351| 2351 O'Higgins || 1964 VD || Bernardo O'Higgins (1778–1842), Chilean hero || |-id=352| 2352 Kurchatov || 1969 RY || Igor Kurchatov (1903–1960), Russian physicist || |-id=353| 2353 Alva || 1975 UD || former girlfriend of discoverer || |-id=354| 2354 Lavrov || || (born 1923), Russian computer scientist || |-id=355| 2355 Nei Monggol || || Inner Mongolia, China || |-id=356| 2356 Hirons || 1979 UJ || Charles and Ann Hirons, parents-in-law of discoverer || |-id=357| 2357 Phereclos || 1981 AC || Phereclos, Trojan craftsman || |-id=358| 2358 Bahner || 1929 RE || Klaus Bahner (1921–), German staff member at Heidelberg Observatory || |-id=359| 2359 Debehogne || 1931 TV || Henri Debehogne (1928–2007), Belgian astronomer and discoverer of minor planets || |-id=360| 2360 Volgo-Don || || Volga–Don Canal, a canal that connects the Volga River and the Don River in Russia || |-id=361| 2361 Gogol || || Nikolai Gogol (1809–1852), Russian-Ukrainian writer || |-id=362| 2362 Mark Twain || || Mark Twain (1835–1910), American writer || |-id=363| 2363 Cebriones || || Cebriones, Hector's charioteer || |-id=364| 2364 Seillier || 1978 GD || Mother of discoverer || |-id=365| 2365 Interkosmos || 1980 YQ || Intercosmos, international space exploration organization || |-id=366| 2366 Aaryn || || Aaryn G. Baltutis, grandson of discoverer || |-id=367| 2367 Praha || || Prague, the capital city of the Czech Republic || |-id=368| 2368 Beltrovata || 1977 RA || Betty Tendering, friend of Swiss poet Gottfried Keller (1819–1890) || |-id=369| 2369 Chekhov || || Anton Chekhov (1860–1904), Russian writer || |-id=370| 2370 van Altena || 1965 LA || William F. van Altena, Dutch-born American astronomer and astrometrist at the Yale University Observatory || |-id=371| 2371 Dimitrov || || Georgi Dimitrov (1882–1949), Bulgarian politician || |-id=372| 2372 Proskurin || || Vitalij Fedorovich Proskurin (1919–1964), Russian astronomer || |-id=373| 2373 Immo || 1929 PC || Immo Appenzeller (born 1940), German astronomer and director of the Heidelberg Observatory || |-id=374| 2374 Vladvysotskij || || Vladimir Vysotsky (1938–1980), Russian singer || |-id=375| 2375 Radek || 1975 AA || Ctirad Kohoutek (1929–2011), Czech composer || |-id=376| 2376 Martynov || ||, Russian astrophysicist and director of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute || |-id=377| 2377 Shcheglov || ||, Russian astronomer and director of the Astronomical Institute of the Uzbek || |-id=378| 2378 Pannekoek || 1935 CY || Antonie Pannekoek (1873–1960), Dutch astronomer || |-id=379| 2379 Heiskanen || 1941 ST || Veikko Aleksanteri Heiskanen (1895–1971), Finnish geodesist || |-id=380| 2380 Heilongjiang || 1965 SN || Heilongjiang, China || |-id=381| 2381 Landi || 1976 AF || Jorge Landi Dessy, Argentinian astronomer and a director of the Cordoba Observatory || |-id=382| 2382 Nonie || 1977 GA || Daughter of Peter Jekabsons, observatory staff || |-id=383| 2383 Bradley || 1981 GN || Martin and Maud Bradley, friends of discoverer || |-id=384| 2384 Schulhof || || Lipót Schulhof (1847–1921), Hungarian-born astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets || |-id=385| 2385 Mustel || 1969 VW || Evald Rudolfovich Mustel (1911–1988), Russian astronomer || |-id=386| 2386 Nikonov || || (1905–1987), Soviet astronomer at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory || |-id=387| 2387 Xi'an || 1975 FX || Xi'an, China || |-id=388| 2388 Gase || || Vera Fedorovna Gaze (1899–1954), Russian astronomer at the Pulkovo Observatory || |-id=389| 2389 Dibaj || || Ernest Apushevich Dibaj (1931–1983), Russian astrophysicist || |-id=390| 2390 Nežárka || || Nežárka River, Czech Republic || |-id=391| 2391 Tomita || 1957 AA || Kōichirō Tomita (1925–2006), Japanese astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets || |-id=392| 2392 Jonathan Murray || || Jonathan Murray, son of Suzanne and Bruce C. Murray, friends of discoverers || |-id=393| 2393 Suzuki || 1955 WB || (1905–), Japanese astronomer and professor of astronomy at Tokyo Gakugei University || |-id=394| 2394 Nadeev || || Lev Nikolaevich Nadeev (1902–1974), Russian astrometrist and geodesist || |-id=395| 2395 Aho || 1977 FA || Arne J. Aho, a staff member at the Harvard Observatory || |-id=396| 2396 Kochi || 1981 CB || Kōchi, Japan || |-id=397| 2397 Lappajärvi || 1938 DV || Lappajärvi, lake in Finland || |-id=398| 2398 Jilin || || Jilin, China || |-id=399| 2399 Terradas || 1971 MA || Esteban Terradas i Illa (1883–1950), Spanish mathematician || |-id=400| 2400 Derevskaya || 1972 KJ || (1902–1959), a celebrated Russian foster mother who raised 48 orphans of different nationalities || |}
|-| 2401 Aehlita || || Aelita, fictional character from an eponymous novel by Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoi || |-id=402| 2402 Satpaev || || Kanysh Satbayev (1899–1964), Kazakh geologist || |-id=403| 2403 Šumava || 1979 SQ || Šumava mountains, Czech Republic || |-id=404| 2404 Antarctica || 1980 TE || Antarctica, in honour of the third Soviet Antarctic Expedition, in which the discoverer participated || |-id=405| 2405 Welch || 1963 UF || David Welch (born 1960), AURA administrator || |-id=406| 2406 Orelskaya || 1966 QG || Varvara Ivanovna Orel'skaya, Russian long-time staff member at the Institute for Theoretical Astronomy (ITA) in St. Petersburg || |-id=407| 2407 Haug || 1973 DH || Ulrich Haug (1929–1992), German astronomer || |-id=408| 2408 Astapovich || || (1908–1976), Russian meteoricist and professor at Kiev University || |-id=409| 2409 Chapman || 1979 UG || Clark R. Chapman, American astronomer || |-id=410| 2410 Morrison || 1981 AF || David Morrison (born 1940), American astronomer || |-id=411| 2411 Zellner || 1981 JK || Benjamin H. Zellner, American astronomer at the University of Arizona || |-id=412| 2412 Wil || 3537 P-L || Wil van de Hulst, wife of Dutch astronomer Hendrik C. van de Hulst || |-id=413| 2413 van de Hulst || 6816 P-L || Hendrik C. van de Hulst (1918–2000), Dutch astronomer || |-id=414| 2414 Vibeke || 1931 UG || Vibeke Kristensen, daughter of L. K. Kristensen who made the identifications for this asteroid || |-id=415| 2415 Ganesa || 1978 UJ || In mythology of India, represents call to spiritual power || |-id=416| 2416 Sharonov || || Vsevolod Vasil'evich Sharonov (1901–1964), Russian observatory director || |-id=417| 2417 McVittie || 1964 CD || George C. McVittie (1904–1988), American astronomer || |-id=418| 2418 Voskovec-Werich || 1971 UV || George Voskovec (1905–1981) and Jan Werich (1905–1980), Czech actors || |-id=419| 2419 Moldavia || 1974 SJ || Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic || |-id=420| 2420 Čiurlionis || 1975 TN || Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875–1911), Lithuanian painter and composer || |-id=421| 2421 Nininger || 1979 UD || Harvey H. Nininger (1887–1986), American meteoriticist || |-id=422| 2422 Perovskaya || || Sophia Perovskaya (1853–1881), Russian revolutionary || |-id=423| 2423 Ibarruri || 1972 NC || Rubén Ruiz Ibárruri (1920–1942), Soviet soldier of Spanish origin || |-id=424| 2424 Tautenburg || || Tautenburg, Germany || |-id=425| 2425 Shenzhen || 1975 FW || Shenzhen, China || |-id=426| 2426 Simonov || 1976 KV || Konstantin Mikhailovich Simonov (1915–1979), Russian writer || |-id=427| 2427 Kobzar || || Taras Shevchenko (penname: Kobzar, 1814–1861), Ukrainian poet and painter || |-id=428| 2428 Kamenyar || || Ivan Franko (a.k.a. Kamenyar; 1856–1916), Ukrainian writer and scientist || |-id=429| 2429 Schürer || 1977 TZ || (1910–1997), Swiss astronomer geodesist and mathematician, who initiated the construction of the Zimmerwald Observatory during his term as director of the Astronomical Institute of the University of Bern.[3] || |-id=430| 2430 Bruce Helin || 1977 VC || Bruce Helin, son of one of the discoverers || |-id=431| 2431 Skovoroda || || Gregory Skovoroda (1722–1794), Ukrainian philosopher and poet || |-id=432| 2432 Soomana || 1981 FA || Hopi for star girl || |-id=433| 2433 Sootiyo || 1981 GJ || Hopi for star boy || |-id=434| 2434 Bateson || 1981 KA || Frank Bateson (1909–2007), New Zealand astronomer || |-id=435| 2435 Horemheb || 4578 P-L || Horemheb, Egyptian pharaoh || |-id=436| 2436 Hatshepsut || 6066 P-L || Hatshepsut, Egyptian queen || |-id=437| 2437 Amnestia || 1942 RZ || Amnesty International || |-id=438| 2438 Oleshko || || Valentina Iosifovna Oleshko (1924–1943), Russian partisan || |-id=439| 2439 Ulugbek || || Ulugh Beg, Uzbek sultan and astronomer || |-id=440| 2440 Educatio || || Education || |-id=441| 2441 Hibbs || || Marka and Albert Hibbs, friends of one discoverer || |-id=442| 2442 Corbett || 1980 TO || Jim Corbett (1875–1955), hunter and writer || |-id=443| 2443 Tomeileen || A906 BJ || Thomas and Eileen Marsden, parents of Brian G. Marsden || |-id=444| 2444 Lederle || 1934 CD || Trudpert Lederle (1922–2002), German astronomer || |-id=445| 2445 Blazhko || 1935 TC || Sergey Blazhko (1870–1956), Russian astronomer || |-id=446| 2446 Lunacharsky || || Anatoly Lunacharsky (1875–1933), Russian statesman and writer || |-id=447| 2447 Kronstadt || || Kronstadt, Russia || |-id=448| 2448 Sholokhov || 1975 BU || Mikhail Sholokhov (1905–1984), Russian writer || |-id=449| 2449 Kenos || 1978 GC || First man in mythology of Native Americans of Tierra del Fuego || |-id=450| 2450 Ioannisiani || 1978 RP || Bagrat Konstantinovich Ioannisiani (1911–1985), Russian telescope designer || |-id=451| 2451 Dollfus || 1980 RQ || Audouin Dollfus (1924–2010), French astronomer || |-id=452| 2452 Lyot || 1981 FE || Bernard Lyot (1897–1952), French astronomer || |-id=453| 2453 Wabash || A921 SA || Bob Warshow (a.k.a. "Wabash"), American computer operator at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics || |-id=454| 2454 Olaus Magnus || 1941 SS || Olaus Magnus || |-id=455| 2455 Somville || || Oscar Somville (1880–1980), Dutch seismologist at Uccle Observatory || |-id=456| 2456 Palamedes || || Palamedes, Greek commander || |-id=457| 2457 Rublyov || || Andrei Rublev, 14th-century Russian painter || |-id=458| 2458 Veniakaverin || || Veniamin Kaverin (1902–1989), Russian writer || |-id=459| 2459 Spellmann || || Leonard Spellmann, father of discoverer || |-id=460| 2460 Mitlincoln || || MIT and Lincoln Laboratory || |-id=461| 2461 Clavel || || Gustavine Clavel, centenarian || |-id=462| 2462 Nehalennia || 6578 P-L || Nehalennia, Celtic goddesses || |-id=463| 2463 Sterpin || 1934 FF || Julia Sterpin Van Biesbroeck, wife of discoverer || |-id=464| 2464 Nordenskiöld || 1939 BF || Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832–1901), Finnish-born Swedish explorer || |-id=465| 2465 Wilson || 1949 PK || Robert Wilson (1927–2002), British astronomer || |-id=466| 2466 Golson || 1959 RJ || John C. Golson (1927–1984), American staff member at the Kitt Peak National Observatory || |-id=467| 2467 Kollontai || 1966 PJ || Alexandra Kollontai (1872–1952), Russian ambassador || |-id=468| 2468 Repin || || Ilya Repin (1844–1930), Russian painter || |-id=469| 2469 Tadjikistan || 1970 HA || Tajikistan || |-id=470| 2470 Agematsu || || Agematsu, Japan || |-id=471| 2471 Ultrajectum || 6545 P-L || Latin name for the city of Utrecht || |-id=472| 2472 Bradman || 1973 DG || Donald Bradman (1908–2001), Australian cricketer || |-id=473| 2473 Heyerdahl || || Thor Heyerdahl (1914–2002), explorer || |-id=474| 2474 Ruby || 1979 PB || Ruby, the discoverer's dog, which lives at the Kleť Observatory || |-id=475| 2475 Semenov || || Pavel Afanes'evich Semenov (1912–1942), Commander of a Soviet tank battalion in World War II || |-id=476| 2476 Andersen || || Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875), Danish fabulist || |-id=477| 2477 Biryukov || || (1912–1966), Russian writer || |-id=478| 2478 Tokai || 1981 JC || Tōkai, Japan || |-id=479| 2479 Sodankylä || 1942 CB || Sodankylä, Finland || |-id=480| 2480 Papanov || || Anatoli Papanov (1922–1987), Russian actor || |-id=481| 2481 Bürgi || 1977 UQ || Jost Bürgi (1552–1632), Swiss clockmaker and maker of scientific instruments, astronomer, and independent inventor of logarithms || |-id=482| 2482 Perkin || 1980 CO || Richard S. and Gladys T. Perkin of Perkin-Elmer Corp., supporters of astronomy || |-id=483| 2483 Guinevere || 1928 QB || Guinevere, Arthurian queen || |-id=484| 2484 Parenago || 1928 TK || Pavel Petrovich Parenago (1906–1960), Russian astronomer || |-id=485| 2485 Scheffler || 1932 BH || Helmut Scheffler (1928–), German astronomer at Heidelberg Observatory || |-id=486| 2486 Metsähovi || 1939 FY || Metsähovi Observatory || |-id=487| 2487 Juhani || 1940 RL || Juhani Alikoski, son of Finnish discoverer Heikki A. Alikoski || |-id=488| 2488 Bryan || 1952 UT || William Lowe Bryan (1860–1955), university president || |-id=489| 2489 Suvorov || 1975 NY || Alexander Suvorov (1729–1800), Russian general and military scientist || |-id=490| 2490 Bussolini || 1976 AG ||, S.J. (1905–1966), Argentine astronomer || |-id=491| 2491 Tvashtri || 1977 CB || Carpenter in mythology of India || |-id=492| 2492 Kutuzov || 1977 NT || Mikhail Kutuzov (1745–1813), Russian military leader || |-id=493| 2493 Elmer || 1978 XC || Charles Elmer (1872–1954), amateur astronomer || |-id=494| 2494 Inge || 1981 LF || Jay L. Inge, cartographer with the USGS and friend of the discoverer || |-id=495| 2495 Noviomagum || 7071 P-L || Latin name for the city of Nijmegen || |-id=496| 2496 Fernandus || || Fernandus Payne (1881–1977), American zoologist || |-id=497| 2497 Kulikovskij || || Petr Grigor'evich Kulikovskii (1910–), Russian astronomer || |-id=498| 2498 Tsesevich || || (1907–1983), Russian astronomer and director of the Odessa University Observatory || |-id=499| 2499 Brunk || || William E. Brunk (born 1928), American astronomer || |-id=500| 2500 Alascattalo || 1926 GC || Alascattalo, mythical beast of Alaska || |}
|-| 2501 Lohja || 1942 GD || Lohja, a city in Finland || |-id=502| 2502 Nummela || 1943 EO || Nummela, a town located in the municipality of Vihti, Finland || |-id=503| 2503 Liaoning || || Liaoning, a province in northeastern China || |-id=504| 2504 Gaviola || 1967 JO || Enrique Gaviola (1900–1989), Argentinian astrophysicist || |-id=505| 2505 Hebei || 1975 UJ || Hebei, China || |-id=506| 2506 Pirogov || || Nikolay Pirogov (1810–1881), Russian surgeon and scientist || |-id=507| 2507 Bobone || || Jorge Bobone (1901–1958), Argentinian astronomer || |-id=508| 2508 Alupka || || Alupka, Ukraine || |-id=509| 2509 Chukotka || 1977 NG || Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia || |-id=510| 2510 Shandong || 1979 TH || Shandong, China || |-id=511| 2511 Patterson || 1980 LM || Clair Cameron Patterson (1922–1995), American geochemist || |-id=512| 2512 Tavastia || 1940 GG || Tavastia Region, Finland || |-id=513| 2513 Baetslé || 1950 SH || Paul-Louis Baetslé (1909–1983), Belgian professor of astronomy and geodesy at the Royal Military Academy and friend of the discoverer, Sylvain Arend || |-id=514| 2514 Taiyuan || || Taiyuan, Shaanxi, China || |-id=515| 2515 Gansu || || Gansu, China || |-id=516| 2516 Roman || 1964 VY || Nancy Roman (1925–2018), American astronomer || |-id=517| 2517 Orma || 1968 SB || Italian for trace; anagram of 1257 Móra || |-id=518| 2518 Rutllant || 1974 FG || Federico Rutllant Alcina (1904–1971), Spanish-born director of the national observatory in Chile || |-id=519| 2519 Annagerman || || Anna German (1936–1982), Soviet-born Polish singer || |-id=520| 2520 Novorossijsk || || Novorossiysk, Russia || |-id=521| 2521 Heidi || 1979 DK || Heidi, book by Johanna Spyri || |-id=522| 2522 Triglav || 1980 PP || Triglav, Slavic god || |-id=523| 2523 Ryba || 1980 PV || Jakub Jan Ryba (1765–1815), Czech composer || |-id=524| 2524 Budovicium || || Latin for České Budějovice, Czech Republic || |-id=525| 2525 O'Steen || 1981 VG || Mary Elizabeth O'Steen Skiff, mother of discoverer || |-id=526| 2526 Alisary || 1979 KX || Alice Benedicta Loethman West and Harry Richard West, parents of Danish astronomer Richard Martin West who discovered this minor planet || |-id=527| 2527 Gregory || 1981 RE || Bruce Gregory Thomas, youngest son of discoverer, named after James Gregory, Scottish astronomer || |-id=528| 2528 Mohler || || Orren Cuthbert Mohler (1908–1985), American astronomer || |-id=529| 2529 Rockwell Kent || || Rockwell Kent (1882–1971), American artist || |-id=530| 2530 Shipka || || Shipka Pass, battle site from the Russo-Turkish War || |-id=531| 2531 Cambridge || 1980 LD || Cambridge, England, and Cambridge, Massachusetts || |-id=532| 2532 Sutton || || Robert L. Sutton, American geologist with the USGS || |-id=533| 2533 Fechtig || A905 VA || (born 1929), German astrophysicist || |-id=534| 2534 Houzeau || 1931 VD || Jean-Charles Houzeau (1820–1888), Belgian astronomer || |-id=535| 2535 Hämeenlinna || 1939 DH || Hämeenlinna, Finland || |-id=536| 2536 Kozyrev || 1939 PJ || Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev (1908–1983), Russian astronomer || |-id=537| 2537 Gilmore || 1951 RL || Pamela M. Kilmartin and her husband Alan C. Gilmore (born 1944), New Zealand astronomers and minor-planet discoverers || |-id=538| 2538 Vanderlinden || 1954 UD || Henri Vanderlinden (1892–1983), Belgian astronomer || |-id=539| 2539 Ningxia || || Ningxia, China || |-id=540| 2540 Blok || || Alexander Blok (1880–1921), Russian poet || |-id=541| 2541 Edebono || 1973 DE || Edward de Bono (1933–2021), Maltese psychologist and philosopher || |-id=542| 2542 Calpurnia || 1980 CF || Calpurnia, Roman noblewoman and the last wife of Julius Caesar || |-id=543| 2543 Machado || 1980 LJ || Luiz Eduardo da Silva Machado, Brazilian astronomer and director of the Valongo Observatory || |-id=544| 2544 Gubarev || 1980 PS || Aleksei Gubarev (1931–2015), Soviet cosmonaut || |-id=545| 2545 Verbiest || 1933 BB || Ferdinand Verbiest (1623–1688), Belgian missionary and astronomer || |-id=546| 2546 Libitina || 1950 FC || Libitina, Roman goddess of funerals || |-id=547| 2547 Hubei || || Hubei, China || |-id=548| 2548 Leloir || 1975 DA || Luis Federico Leloir (1906–1987), Argentinian chemist || |-id=549| 2549 Baker || 1976 UB || James Gilbert Baker (1914–2005), American astronomer || |-id=550| 2550 Houssay || || Bernardo Houssay (1887–1971), Argentinian physiologist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology in 1947 || |-id=551| 2551 Decabrina || || Decembrists, Russian revolutionaries || |-id=552| 2552 Remek || 1978 SP || Vladimír Remek (born 1948), Czech cosmonaut || |-id=553| 2553 Viljev || || (1893–1919), Russian astronomer || |-id=554| 2554 Skiff || 1980 OB || Brian A. Skiff, American astronomer at Lowell Observatory and a discoverer of minor planets || |-id=555| 2555 Thomas || 1980 OC || Norman G. Thomas (born 1930), former Research assistant at Lowell Observatory and a discoverer of minor planets || |-id=556| 2556 Louise || 1981 CS || Carol Louise Thomas-Baltutis, youngest daughter of discoverer || |-id=557| 2557 Putnam || || Roger Putnam (1893–1972) and his son, Michael C. J. Putnam (born 1933), astronomy supporters || |-id=558| 2558 Viv || || Vivian Russell Thomas, mother of discoverer || |-id=559| 2559 Svoboda || 1981 UH || (1884–1941), Czech astronomer || |-id=560| 2560 Siegma || 1932 CW || Siegfried A. Marx (born 1934), German astronomer and director of the Karl Schwarzschild Observatory || |-id=561| 2561 Margolin || || (1906–1975), blind inventor || |-id=562| 2562 Chaliapin || || Feodor Chaliapin (1873–1938), Russian singer and actor || |-id=563| 2563 Boyarchuk || 1977 FZ || Alexandr Boyarchuk (1931–2015), Russian astronomer || |-id=564| 2564 Kayala || 1977 QX || Kayala, river in The Tale of Igor's Campaign || |-id=565| 2565 Grögler || || (1928–1983), mineralogist and planetologist || |-id=566| 2566 Kirghizia || || Kyrgyzstan || |-id=567| 2567 Elba || 1979 KA || Elba Aguilera de Pizarro, mother of discoverers || |-id=568| 2568 Maksutov || 1980 GH || Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov (1896–1964), Russian optical engineer, inventor of the Maksutov telescope || |-id=569| 2569 Madeline || 1980 MA || Heroine of John Keats' poem, "The Eve of St. Agnes" || |-id=570| 2570 Porphyro || 1980 PG || Hero of John Keats' poem, "The Eve of St. Agnes" || |-id=571| 2571 Geisei || 1981 UC || Geisei, Japan || |-id=572| 2572 Annschnell || 1950 DL || (1941–2015), Austrian astronomer || |-id=573| 2573 Hannu Olavi || 1953 EN || Son of discoverer || |-id=574| 2574 Ladoga || 1968 UP || Lake Ladoga || |-id=575| 2575 Bulgaria || 1970 PL || Bulgaria || |-id=576| 2576 Yesenin || 1974 QL || Sergei Yesenin (1895–1925), a Russian lyric poet || |-id=577| 2577 Litva || || Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic || |-id=578| 2578 Saint-Exupéry || || Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944), French writer || |-id=579| 2579 Spartacus || || Spartacus (c. 111–71 BC), Roman revolutionary || |-id=580| 2580 Smilevskia || || Moisei Vasil'evich Smilevskii (1913–1944), Ukrainian journalist || |-id=581| 2581 Radegast || 1980 VX || Radegast, Slavic god || |-id=582| 2582 Harimaya-Bashi || 1981 SA || Harimaya Bridge located in Kōchi, Japan || |-id=583| 2583 Fatyanov || || Aleksej Ivanovich Fat'yanov (1919–1959), Soviet poet and songwriter || |-id=584| 2584 Turkmenia || || Turkmenistan || |-id=585| 2585 Irpedina || || The Irkutsk Pedagogical Institute in Russia || |-id=586| 2586 Matson || 1980 LO || Dennis L. Matson, American planetary scientist at JPL || |-id=587| 2587 Gardner || 1980 OH || Martin Gardner (1914–2010), American mathematician and writer || |-id=588| 2588 Flavia || 1981 VQ || Flavius, Roman gens; also an asteroid in A Torrent of Faces by James Blish and Norman L. Knight || |-id=589| 2589 Daniel || || Daniel Lagerkvist, son of the discoverer || |-id=590| 2590 Mourão || 1980 KJ || Ronaldo Rogério de Freitas Mourão (1935–2014), Brazilian astronomer || |-id=591| 2591 Dworetsky || 1949 PS || Michael M. Dworetsky, British astronomer || |-id=592| 2592 Hunan || 1966 BW || Hunan, China || |-id=593| 2593 Buryatia || || Republic of Buryatia, Russia || |-id=594| 2594 Acamas || 1978 TB || Acamas, Thracian warrior and ally of Troy against the Greek during the Trojan War || |-id=595| 2595 Gudiachvili || 1979 KL || Lado Gudiashvili (1896–1980), Georgian painter || |-id=596| 2596 Vainu Bappu || 1979 KN || Vainu Bappu (1927–1982), Indian astrophysicist || |-id=597| 2597 Arthur || 1980 PN || King Arthur, mythological British king || |-id=598| 2598 Merlin || 1980 RY || Merlin, wizard in Arthurian legend || |-id=599| 2599 Veselí || 1980 SO || Veselí nad Lužnicí, a town in the Czech Republic || |-id=600| 2600 Lumme || 1980 VP || Kari Lumme, Finnish astronomer of the University of Helsinki || |}
|-| 2601 Bologna || 1980 XA || Bologna, Italy || |-id=602| 2602 Moore || 1982 BR || Patrick Moore (1923–2012), British amateur astronomer || |-id=603| 2603 Taylor || || Gordon E. Taylor, British amateur astronomer || |-id=604| 2604 Marshak || || Samuil Marshak (1887–1964), Russian poet and writer || |-id=605| 2605 Sahade || 1974 QA || Jorge Sahade (1915–2012), an Argentine astronomer, director of the La Plata and Cordoba Observatories, and former president of the IAU during 1985–1988 || |-id=606| 2606 Odessa || || Odessa, Ukraine || |-id=607| 2607 Yakutia || 1977 NR || Sakha Republic (Sakha Yakutia Republic) in Russia || |-id=608| 2608 Seneca || 1978 DA || Seneca the Younger (c. 4 BC – AD 65), Roman writer || |-id=609| 2609 Kiril-Metodi || || Saints Cyril and Methodius (826–869 and 815–885), brothers, Byzantine Christian theologians and Christian missionaries, as well as inventors of Cyrillic || |-id=610| 2610 Tuva || || Tuva Republic, Russia || |-id=611| 2611 Boyce || || Joseph M. Boyce, American planetary scientist || |-id=612| 2612 Kathryn || 1979 DE || Kathryn Gail Thomas-Hazelton, daughter of discoverer || |-id=613| 2613 Plzeň || 1979 QE || Plzeň, Czech Republic, birthplace of the discoverer || |-id=614| 2614 Torrence || 1980 LP || Torrence V. Johnson, American planetary scientist || |-id=615| 2615 Saito || 1951 RJ || Keiji Saito, Japanese astrophysicist || |-id=616| 2616 Lesya || 1970 QV || Larisa Petrovna Kosach(a.k.a. Lesya Ukrainka), Ukrainian poet || |-id=617| 2617 Jiangxi || || Jiangxi, China || |-id=618| 2618 Coonabarabran || || Coonabarabran, Australia. The Siding Spring Observatory of the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the Australian National University is located close by (40 km distant) || |-id=619| 2619 Skalnaté Pleso || || Skalnaté Pleso, observatory in Slovakia || |-id=620| 2620 Santana || 1980 TN || Carlos Santana (born 1947), American musician || |-id=621| 2621 Goto || 1981 CA || Seizo Goto, businessman || |-id=622| 2622 Bolzano || 1981 CM || Bernard Bolzano (1781–1848), Bohemian mathematician and theologian || |-id=623| 2623 Zech || A919 SA || Gert Zech (born 1941), German astronomer, member of the editorial team of Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts || |-id=624| 2624 Samitchell || 1962 RE || Samuel Alfred Mitchell (1874–1960), American astronomer || |-id=625| 2625 Jack London || || Jack London (1876–1916), American writer || |-id=626| 2626 Belnika || || Nikolai Belyaev, Russian astronomer || |-id=627| 2627 Churyumov || || Klim Ivanovich Churyumov, Ukrainian astronomer || |-id=628| 2628 Kopal || || Zdeněk Kopal (1914–1993), Czech astronomer || |-id=629| 2629 Rudra || || Rudra, destroyer aspect of the Hindu god Siva || |-id=630| 2630 Hermod || || Hermóðr, hero in Norse mythology || |-id=631| 2631 Zhejiang || || Zhejiang, China || |-id=632| 2632 Guizhou || || Guizhou, China || |-id=633| 2633 Bishop || || George Bishop (1785–1861), English wine merchant and patron of astronomy || |-id=634| 2634 James Bradley || 1982 DL || James Bradley (1693–1762), English astronomer and Astronomer Royal || |-id=635| 2635 Huggins || 1982 DS || William Huggins (1824–1910), English spectroscopist || |-id=636| 2636 Lassell || 1982 DZ || William Lassell (1799–1880), English merchant and amateur astronomer || |-id=637| 2637 Bobrovnikoff || A919 SB || Nicholas T. Bobrovnikoff, American astronomer || |-id=638| 2638 Gadolin || 1939 SG || Jakob Gadolin (1719–1802), Swedish Lutheran bishop and astronomer, as well as Johan Gadolin (1760–1852), the "father of Finnish chemistry" || |-id=639| 2639 Planman || 1940 GN || Anders Planman (1724–1803), Finnish astronomer || |-id=640| 2640 Hällström || 1941 FN || Gustaf Gabriel Hällström (1775–1844), Finnish physicist || |-id=641| 2641 Lipschutz || 1949 GJ || Michael E. Lipschutz, American geochemist || |-id=642| 2642 Vésale || 1961 RA || Andreas Vesalius (1514–1564), Flemish anatomist || |-id=643| 2643 Bernhard || 1973 SD || Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1911–2004), Dutch supporter of astronomy || |-id=644| 2644 Victor Jara || || Víctor Jara (1932–1973), Chilean folk singer || |-id=645| 2645 Daphne Plane || 1976 QD || Daphne Plane, librarian and friend of discoverer || |-id=646| 2646 Abetti || || Antonio Abetti (1846–1928) and Giorgio Abetti (1882–1982), Italian astronomers || |-id=647| 2647 Sova || 1980 SP || Antonín Sova (1864–1928), Czech poet || |-id=648| 2648 Owa || 1980 VJ || Hopi for rock || |-id=649| 2649 Oongaq || 1980 WA || Hopi for from up there || |-id=650| 2650 Elinor || 1931 EG || Elinor Gates, assistant at the Minor Planet Center || |-id=651| 2651 Karen || 1949 QD || Karen S. Mayer, sister-in-law of, and Karen S. Franz, friend of F. N. Bowman || |-id=652| 2652 Yabuuti || 1953 GM || Kiyosi Yabuuti, Japanese astronomer and historian || |-id=653| 2653 Principia || 1964 VP || Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, Isaac Newton's magnum opus || |-id=654| 2654 Ristenpart || 1968 OG || Friedrich Wilhelm Ristenpart (1868–1913), German astronomer || |-id=655| 2655 Guangxi || 1974 XX || Guangxi, China || |-id=656| 2656 Evenkia || || Evenk Autonomous Okrug, Russia || |-id=657| 2657 Bashkiria || || Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia || |-id=658| 2658 Gingerich || 1980 CK || Owen Gingerich (1930–2023), American astrophysicist and historian of astronomy || |-id=659| 2659 Millis || 1981 JX || Robert L. Millis, American astronomer || |-id=660| 2660 Wasserman || 1982 FG || Lawrence H. Wasserman, American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets || |-id=661| 2661 Bydžovský || || Bohumil Bydžovský (1880–1969), Czech mathematician || |-id=662| 2662 Kandinsky || 4021 P-L || Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944), Russian painter || |-id=663| 2663 Miltiades || 6561 P-L || Miltiades (c. 550–489 BC), Athenian commander in ancient Greece || |-id=664| 2664 Everhart || 1934 RR || Edgar Everhart, American astronomer and director of the Chamberlin Observatory || |-id=665| 2665 Schrutka || || Guntram Schrutka (1910–1995), Austrian astronomer and professor of astronomy at Vienna University Src || |-id=666| 2666 Gramme || 1951 TA || Zénobe Gramme (1826–1901), Belgian electrical engineer and inventor || |-id=667| 2667 Oikawa || 1967 UO || Okuro Oikawa (1896–1980), Japanese astronomer and discoverer of minor planets || |-id=668| 2668 Tataria || 1976 QV || Republic of Tatarstan, Russia || |-id=669| 2669 Shostakovich || || Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975), Russian composer || |-id=670| 2670 Chuvashia || || Chuvash Republic, Russia || |-id=671| 2671 Abkhazia || || Abkhazia, Georgia || |-id=672| 2672 Písek || 1979 KC || Písek, Czech Republic || |-id=673| 2673 Lossignol || 1980 KN || Lossignol, family name of friends of discoverer || |-id=674| 2674 Pandarus || || Pandarus, mythological Greek warrior || |-id=675| 2675 Tolkien || 1982 GB || J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973), British writer || |-id=676| 2676 Aarhus || 1933 QV || Aarhus, Denmark, seat of the Ole Rømer Observatory of the University of Aarhus || |-id=677| 2677 Joan || 1935 FF || Joan Jordan, secretary at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics || |-id=678| 2678 Aavasaksa || || Aavasaksa, mountain in Finland (Lapland), one of the sites used by Maupertuis' expedition to determine the length of a degree of the meridian in 1736 - 1737 || |-id=679| 2679 Kittisvaara || 1939 TG || Kittisvaara, mountain in Finland (Lapland), one of the sites used by Maupertuis' expedition to determine the length of a degree of the meridian in 1736 - 1737 || |-id=680| 2680 Mateo || 1975 NF || José Mateo (1914–1978), Argentinian astronomer || |-id=681| 2681 Ostrovskij || || Nikolai Ostrovsky (1904–1936), Soviet writer || |-id=682| 2682 Soromundi || || From Latin for sisters of the world, after the YWCA || |-id=683| 2683 Brian || || Eldest son of discoverer || |-id=684| 2684 Douglas || || Douglas B. Thomas, American physicist at NIST and brother of astronomer Norman G. Thomas who discovered this minor planet || |-id=685| 2685 Masursky || 1981 JN || Harold Masursky (1922–1990), American geologist and astronomer || |-id=686| 2686 Linda Susan || || Linda Susan Salazar, discoverer's youngest daughter || |-id=687| 2687 Tortali || 1982 HG || Tortali, Vanuatun spirit of daytime || |-id=688| 2688 Halley || || Edmond Halley (1656–1742), English astronomer || |-id=689| 2689 Bruxelles || 1935 CF || Brussels, Belgium || |-id=690| 2690 Ristiina || || Ristiina, Finland || |-id=691| 2691 Sersic || 1974 KB || José Luis Sérsic (1933–1993), Argentinian astronomer || |-id=692| 2692 Chkalov || || Valery Chkalov (1904–1938), Soviet test pilot || |-id=693| 2693 Yan'an || || Yan'an, Shaanxi, China || |-id=694| 2694 Pino Torinese || || Pino Torinese, Italy, site of Turin Observatory || |-id=695| 2695 Christabel || 1979 UE || Christabel, poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge || |-id=696| 2696 Magion || 1980 HB || Magion 1, first Czech artificial satellite launched into orbit in 1978 || |-id=697| 2697 Albina || || Albina Alekseevna Serova, friend of discoverer || |-id=698| 2698 Azerbajdzhan || 1971 TZ || Azerbaijan || |-id=699| 2699 Kalinin || 1976 YX || Mikhail Kalinin (1875–1946), Soviet statesman || |-id=700| 2700 Baikonur || || Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan || |}
|-| 2701 Cherson || 1978 RT || Kherson, Ukraine (not to be confused with Chersonesos, Crimea) || |-id=702| 2702 Batrakov || ||, Russian astronomer and deputy director of the Institute for Theoretical Astronomy (ITA) || |-id=703| 2703 Rodari || || Gianni Rodari (1920–1980), Italian writer || |-id=704| 2704 Julian Loewe || || Julian Loewe, an American journalist and science writer for the Pasadena Star-News || |-id=705| 2705 Wu || || Sherman S. C. Wu, photogrammetrist with the USGS || |-id=706| 2706 Borovský || 1980 VW || Karel Havlíček Borovský (1821–1856), Czech writer and political journalist || |-id=707| 2707 Ueferji || || Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro || |-id=708| 2708 Burns || 1981 WT || Joseph A. Burns (born 1941), American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets || |-id=709| 2709 Sagan || 1982 FH || Carl Sagan (1934–1996), American astronomer and author, co-founder of the Planetary Society || |-id=710| 2710 Veverka || 1982 FQ || Joseph Veverka (born 1941), American astronomer || |-id=711| 2711 Aleksandrov || || Anatoly Alexandrov (1903–1994), Russian physicist || |-id=712| 2712 Keaton || 1937 YD || Buster Keaton (1895–1966), film comedian || |-id=713| 2713 Luxembourg || 1938 EA || Luxembourg || |-id=714| 2714 Matti || 1938 GC || Son of discoverer || |-id=715| 2715 Mielikki || 1938 US || Mielikki from Finnish mythology || |-id=716| 2716 Tuulikki || 1939 TM || Tuulikki from Finnish mythology, Goddess of the woods || |-id=717| 2717 Tellervo || 1940 WJ || Tellervo from Finnish mythology || |-id=718| 2718 Handley || 1951 OM || Tommy Handley (1892–1949), British radio comedian || |-id=719| 2719 Suzhou || 1965 SU || Suzhou, Jiangsu, China || |-id=720| 2720 Pyotr Pervyj || || Peter the Great (1672–1725), Russian tsar || |-id=721| 2721 Vsekhsvyatskij || ||, Soviet astronomer and professor at Kiev University || |-id=722| 2722 Abalakin || ||, Russian astronomer at the Institute for Theoretical Astronomy (ITA) || |-id=723| 2723 Gorshkov || || Pyotr Mikhaylovich Gorshkov (1883–1975), Russian astronomer and geodesist at Leningrad University || |-id=724| 2724 Orlov || || Sergej Vladimirovich Orlov (1880–1958), professor at Moscow University, and Aleksandr Yakovlevich Orlov (1880–1954), founder and first director or the Golosseevo Astronomical Observatory || |-id=725| 2725 David Bender || || David F. Bender, American astronomer, latterly of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory || |-id=726| 2726 Kotelnikov || || Vladimir Kotelnikov (1908–2005), Russian radio engineer || |-id=727| 2727 Paton || || Evgeny Paton (1870–1953) and Borys Paton (1918–), Soviet Ukrainian scientists || |-id=728| 2728 Yatskiv || ||, Ukrainian astrometrist and geodynamicist || |-id=729| 2729 Urumqi || || Urumqi, Xinjiang, China || |-id=730| 2730 Barks || 1981 QH || Carl Barks (1901–2000), American writer and illustrator || |-id=731| 2731 Cucula || 1982 KJ || The cuckoo || |-id=732| 2732 Witt || 1926 FG || Carl Gustav Witt (1866–1946), German astronomer and discoverer of minor planets || |-id=733| 2733 Hamina || 1938 DQ || Hamina, Finland || |-id=734| 2734 Hašek || || Jaroslav Hašek (1883–1923), Czech writer || |-id=735| 2735 Ellen || 1977 RB || Ellen Howell (born 1961), American planetary scientist, discoverer of minor planets and of comet 88P/Howell. She was married to astronomer Schelte J. Bus. || |-id=736| 2736 Ops || 1979 OC || Ops, Roman goddess || |-id=737| 2737 Kotka || 1938 DU || Kotka, Finland || |-id=738| 2738 Viracocha || 1940 EC || Viracocha, supreme god of the Inca || |-id=739| 2739 Taguacipa || || Taguacipa, god of the Inca and companion of Viracocha || |-id=740| 2740 Tsoj || || Viktor Tsoi (1962–1990), poet and rock musician || |-id=741| 2741 Valdivia || 1975 XG || Pedro de Valdivia (1497–1553), Spanish conquistador and first governor of Chile || |-id=742| 2742 Gibson || || James B. Gibson, American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets including 1943 Anteros || |-id=743| 2743 Chengdu || 1965 WR || Chengdu, Sichuan, China || |-id=744| 2744 Birgitta || 1975 RB || Anna Birgitta Angelica Lagerkvist, daughter of the discoverer || |-id=745| 2745 San Martín || || José de San Martín (1778–1850), "father of Argentina" || |-id=746| 2746 Hissao || || Hissar Astronomical Observatory, Dushanbe, Tajikistan || |-id=747| 2747 Český Krumlov || 1980 DW || Český Krumlov, Czech Republic || |-id=748| 2748 Patrick Gene || || Patrick Gene Shoemaker, son of discoverer || |-id=749| 2749 Walterhorn || 1937 TD || Walter Horn (1908–1995), founder of the public observatory and amateur astronomical society in Solingen, Germany || |-id=750| 2750 Loviisa || 1940 YK || Loviisa, Finland || |-id=751| 2751 Campbell || 1962 RP || William Wallace Campbell (1862–1938), American astronomer || |-id=752| 2752 Wu Chien-Shiung || 1965 SP || Chien-Shiung Wu (1912–1997), || |-id=753| 2753 Duncan || 1966 DH || John Charles Duncan (1882–1967), American astronomer || |-id=754| 2754 Efimov || 1966 PD || Mikhail Efimov (1881–1919), Russian pioneering aviator || |-id=755| 2755 Avicenna || || Avicenna (c. 980–1037), medieval philosopher and scientist || |-id=756| 2756 Dzhangar || || Epic of Jangar, then thought of the Kalmyk people, now known to originate among Mongols || |-id=757| 2757 Crisser || 1977 VN || Cristina, wife of discoverer, and Sergio, discoverer || |-id=758| 2758 Cordelia || 1978 RF || Cordelia, character in Shakespeare's King Lear || |-id=759| 2759 Idomeneus || 1980 GC || Idomeneus, Greek warrior || |-id=760| 2760 Kacha || || Kacha, cosmonaut training centre in the Crimea || |-id=761| 2761 Eddington || 1981 AE || Arthur Eddington (1882–1944), British astrophysicist, on the occasion of the centennial of his birth || |-id=762| 2762 Fowler || 1981 AT || Ralph H. Fowler (1889–1944), British astrophysicist || |-id=763| 2763 Jeans || 1982 OG || James Jeans (1877–1946), British physicist, astronomer, and mathematician || |-id=764| 2764 Moeller || 1981 CN || Sonia Louise Moeller-Thomas, mother of discoverer || |-id=765| 2765 Dinant || 1981 EY || Dinant, Belgium || |-id=766| 2766 Leeuwenhoek || || Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723), Dutch scientist and "Father of Microbiology" || |-id=767| 2767 Takenouchi || 1967 UM || Tadeo Takenouchi (born 1922), Japanese astronomer || |-id=768| 2768 Gorky || || Maxim Gorky (1868–1936), Russian writer || |-id=769| 2769 Mendeleev || || Dmitri Mendeleev (1834–1907), Russian chemist || |-id=770| 2770 Tsvet || || Mikhail Tsvet (1872–1919), Russian-Italian physiologist and botanist who invented chromatography || |-id=771| 2771 Polzunov || || Ivan Polzunov (1728–1766), Russian inventor || |-id=772| 2772 Dugan || 1979 XE || Raymond Smith Dugan (1878–1940), American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets || |-id=773| 2773 Brooks || || William Robert Brooks (1844–1921), American astronomer || |-id=774| 2774 Tenojoki || 1942 TJ || Tenojoki, river || |-id=775| 2775 Odishaw || || Hugh Odishaw (1916–1984), American geophysicist || |-id=776| 2776 Baikal || || Lake Baikal, Russia || |-id=777| 2777 Shukshin || || Vasilii Makarovich Shukshin (1929–1974), Russian writer and actor || |-id=778| 2778 Tangshan || 1979 XP || Tangshan in China, location of a massive (Magnitude 7.8) earthquake in 1976 || |-id=779| 2779 Mary || 1981 CX || Maryanna Ruth Thomas, wife of discoverer || |-id=780| 2780 Monnig || || Oscar Monnig (1902–1999), American businessman, meteorite hunter and founder of the collection that bears his name. He donated the collection to Texas Christian University || |-id=781| 2781 Kleczek || 1982 QH || (1923–2014), Czech astronomer || |-id=782| 2782 Leonidas || 2605 P-L || Leonidas I (c. 540–480 BC), Spartan king in ancient Greece || |-id=783| 2783 Chernyshevskij || || Nikolay Chernyshevsky (1828–1889), Russian writer and philosopher || |-id=784| 2784 Domeyko || 1975 GA || Ignacy Domeyko (1802–1889), Polish-born chemist and mineralogist, latterly Rector of the University of Chile || |-id=785| 2785 Sedov || || Leonid I. Sedov (1907–1999), Russian astronomer or Georgy Sedov, Russian polar explorer || |-id=786| 2786 Grinevia || || Alexander Grin (1880–1932), Russian writer || |-id=787| 2787 Tovarishch || || Tovarishch, Russian sailing ship || |-id=788| 2788 Andenne || 1981 EL || Andenne, Belgium || |-id=789| 2789 Foshan || 1956 XA || Foshan, Guangdong, China || |-id=790| 2790 Needham || || Joseph Needham (1900–1995), British sinologist || |-id=791| 2791 Paradise || 1977 CA || Paradise, California || |-id=792| 2792 Ponomarev || || Nikolaj Georgievich Ponomarev (1900–1942), Russian designer of astronomical instruments || |-id=793| 2793 Valdaj || 1977 QV || Valdai Hills, near Moscow || |-id=794| 2794 Kulik || || Leonid Kulik (1883–1942), Russian mineralogist || |-id=795| 2795 Lepage || 1979 YM || Théophile Lepage (1901–1991), Belgian mathematician || |-id=796| 2796 Kron || 1980 EC || Gerald E. Kron, American astronomer at Lick Observatory and Flagstaff Station || |-id=797| 2797 Teucer || 1981 LK || Teucer, Greek soldier || |-id=798| 2798 Vergilius || 2009 P-L || Virgil, Roman poet || |-id=799| 2799 Justus || 3071 P-L || Justus Cramer, descendant of H. G. van de Sande Bakhuyzen, Dutch astronomer || |-id=800| 2800 Ovidius || 4585 P-L || Ovid, Roman poet || |}
|-| 2801 Huygens || || Christiaan Huygens (1629–1695), Dutch astronomer who studied Saturn's rings and discovered its moon Titan || |-id=802| 2802 Weisell || 1939 BU || Weisell Väisälä, father of the discoverer, Yrjö Väisälä (1891–1971) || |-id=803| 2803 Vilho || 1940 WG || Vilho Väisälä (1889–1969), Finnish meteorologist and physicist, brother of Kalle and Yrjö Väisälä || |-id=804| 2804 Yrjö || 1941 HF || Yrjö Väisälä (1891–1971), Finnish astronomer and discoverer of minor planets, brother of Vilho and Kalle || |-id=805| 2805 Kalle || 1941 UM || (1893–1968), Finnish scientist, brother of Vilho and Yrjö || |-id=806| 2806 Graz || 1953 GG || City of Graz, capital of the Austrian province of Styria || |-id=807| 2807 Karl Marx || || Karl Marx (1818–1883), German philosopher and political economist || |-id=808| 2808 Belgrano || 1976 HS || Manuel Belgrano (1770–1820), Argentine general || |-id=809| 2809 Vernadskij || || Vladimir Vernadsky (1863–1945), Russian geochemist and mineralogist || |-id=810| 2810 Lev Tolstoj || || Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910), Russian writer || |-id=811| 2811 Střemchoví || 1980 JA || Střemchoví, a village in the Czech Republic, where the discoverer, Antonín Mrkos, was born || |-id=812| 2812 Scaltriti || 1981 FN || Franco Scaltriti, Italian astronomer at the Observatory of Turin || |-id=813| 2813 Zappalà || 1981 WZ || Vincenzo Zappalà (born 1945), Italian astronomer, discoverer of minor planets, and expert in the hierarchical clustering method to determine asteroid families || |-id=814| 2814 Vieira || || Gilson Vieira, Brazilian astronomer at the Valongo Observatory || |-id=815| 2815 Soma || 1982 RL || The Soma cube, mathematical game || |-id=816| 2816 Pien || 1982 SO || Armand Pien, Belgian (Flemish) television meteorologist of the Royal Meteorological Institute in Uccle || |-id=817| 2817 Perec || 1982 UJ || Georges Perec (1936–1982), French novelist, filmmaker and essayist || |-id=818| 2818 Juvenalis || 2580 P-L || Juvenal, first and second-century Roman satirist || |-id=819| 2819 Ensor || 1933 UR || James Ensor (1860–1949), Belgian expressionist painter || |-id=820| 2820 Iisalmi || 1942 RU || Iisalmi, Finland || |-id=821| 2821 Slávka || 1978 SQ || Sláva Vávrová, the discoverer's mother || |-id=822| 2822 Sacajawea || 1980 EG || Sacagawea (1788–1812), Shoshone explorer || |-id=823| 2823 van der Laan || 2010 P-L ||, Dutch astrophysicist at the Leiden Observatory || |-id=824| 2824 Franke || 1934 CZ || Ernst K. Franke, American biophysicist at the University of Cincinnati || |-id=825| 2825 Crosby || || Bing Crosby (1903–1977), American singer and actor || |-id=826| 2826 Ahti || 1939 UJ || Ahti, Finnish sea god || |-id=827| 2827 Vellamo || 1942 CC || Vellamo, Finnish sea goddess, consort of Ahti || |-id=828| 2828 Iku-Turso || 1942 DL || Iku-Turso, Finnish sea monster || |-id=829| 2829 Bobhope || 1948 PK || Bob Hope (1903–2003), American comedian || |-id=830| 2830 Greenwich || 1980 GA || Royal Greenwich Observatory, London, UK || |-id=831| 2831 Stevin || 1930 SZ || Simon Stevin (1548–1620), Flemish scientist || |-id=832| 2832 Lada || || Lada, Slavic goddess || |-id=833| 2833 Radishchev || || Alexander Radishchev (1749–1802), Russian author and social critic || |-id=834| 2834 Christy Carol || || Daughter of the discoverer || |-id=835| 2835 Ryoma || 1982 WF || Sakamoto Ryōma (1836–1867), Japanese samurai || |-id=836| 2836 Sobolev || 1978 YQ || Viktor Viktorovich Sobolev, Russian astrophysicist || |-id=837| 2837 Griboedov || || Alexander Griboyedov (1795–1829), Russian playwright || |-id=838| 2838 Takase || || (1924–2015), Japanese astronomer || |-id=839| 2839 Annette || 1929 TP || Daughter of the discoverer || |-id=840| 2840 Kallavesi || 1941 UP || Lake Kallavesi, Finland || |-id=841| 2841 Puijo || 1943 DM || Puijo Hill, Lake Kallavesi, Finland || |-id=842| 2842 Unsöld || 1950 OD || Albrecht Unsöld (1905–1995), German astronomer || |-id=843| 2843 Yeti || 1975 XQ || Yeti, cryptozoological Himalayan humanoid || |-id=844| 2844 Hess || 1981 JP || Frederick Hess, American astronomer || |-id=845| 2845 Franklinken || 1981 OF || Kenneth Franklin (1923–2007), American astronomer || |-id=846| 2846 Ylppö || 1942 CJ || Arvo Ylppö (1887–1992), Finnish pediatrician || |-id=847| 2847 Parvati || || Parvati, Hindu goddess, consort of Siva || |-id=848| 2848 ASP || 1959 VF || Astronomical Society of the Pacific || |-id=849| 2849 Shklovskij || || Iosif Shklovsky (1916–1985), Russian astronomer || |-id=850| 2850 Mozhaiskij || || Alexander Mozhaysky (1825–1890), Russian aviation pioneer || |-id=851| 2851 Harbin || || Harbin, China || |-id=852| 2852 Declercq || || Maiden name of the discovere'rs wife || |-id=853| 2853 Harvill || 1963 RG || Richard A. Harvill (1905–1988), astronomical supporter || |-id=854| 2854 Rawson || 1964 JE || Guillermo Colesbery Rawson (1825–1890), Argentine physician || |-id=855| 2855 Bastian || || Ulrich Bastian (born 1951), German astronomer || |-id=856| 2856 Röser || 1933 GB || Siegfried Röser (born 1948), German astronomer || |-id=857| 2857 NOT || 1942 DA || Nordic Optical Telescope || |-id=858| 2858 Carlosporter || 1975 XB || Carlos Porter (1867–1942), Chilean zoologist || |-id=859| 2859 Paganini || || Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840), Italian violinist || |-id=860| 2860 Pasacentennium || 1978 TA || The U.S. city of Pasadena in California, on the occasion of its centennial anniversary of its incorporation into Los Angeles County in 1886 || |-id=861| 2861 Lambrecht || || Hermann Lambrecht (1908–1983), German astronomer || |-id=862| 2862 Vavilov || 1977 JP || Nikolai Vavilov (1887–1943), a Soviet botanist, as well as Sergey Vavilov (1891–1951), Soviet physicist || |-id=863| 2863 Ben Mayer || || Ben Mayer (1925–1999), American astronomer || |-id=864| 2864 Soderblom || 1983 AZ || Lawrence A. Soderblom, American planetary scientist with the United States Geological Survey || |-id=865| 2865 Laurel || 1935 OK || Stan Laurel (1890–1965), British comedian || |-id=866| 2866 Hardy || 1961 TA || Oliver Hardy (1892–1957), American comedian || |-id=867| 2867 Šteins || 1969 VC || Kārlis Šteins (1911–1983), Latvian astronomer || |-id=868| 2868 Upupa || 1972 UA || Upupa epops, the hoopoe || |-id=869| 2869 Nepryadva || || Russian victory over Tataro-Mongols in the Battle of Kulikovo near || |-id=870| 2870 Haupt || 1981 LD || Hermann Haupt (1873–1959), Austrian astronomer || |-id=871| 2871 Schober || ||, Austrian astronomer at the University of Graz || |-id=872| 2872 Gentelec || 1981 RU || GTE Research Laboratories, Waltham, Massachusetts || |-id=873| 2873 Binzel || 1982 FR || Richard P. Binzel (born 1958), American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets || |-id=874| 2874 Jim Young || 1982 TH || James Whitney Young (born 1941), American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets || |-id=875| 2875 Lagerkvist || 1983 CL || Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist (born 1944), Swedish astronomer || |-id=876| 2876 Aeschylus || 6558 P-L || Aeschylus, Greek playwright || |-id=877| 2877 Likhachev || || Dmitry Likhachov (1906–1999), Soviet philologist || |-id=878| 2878 Panacea || 1980 RX || Panacea, Greek goddess || |-id=879| 2879 Shimizu || || Shin-ichi Shimizu (1889–) Japanese amateur astronomer || |-id=880| 2880 Nihondaira || 1983 CA || Nihondaira, Shizuoka, Japan || |-id=881| 2881 Meiden || || Medeina, Lithuanian god || |-id=882| 2882 Tedesco || 1981 OG || Edward Francis Tedesco (Ed Tedesco), American astronomer and planetary scientist at JPL, PSI and member of the IAU (Src) || |-id=883| 2883 Barabashov || || Nikolai P. Barabashov (1894–1971), Soviet astronomer || |-id=884| 2884 Reddish || || Vincent Cartledge Reddish (1926–2015), British astronomer || |-id=885| 2885 Palva || 1939 TC || Tauno Pavla, Finnish ear surgeon, son-in-law of astronomer Yrjö Väisälä, who discovered this minor planet || |-id=886| 2886 Tinkaping || 1965 YG || Tin Ka Ping, Hong Kong industrialist || |-id=887| 2887 Krinov || || Yevgeny Krinov (1906–1984), Soviet meteoriticist || |-id=888| 2888 Hodgson || 1982 TO || Richard G. Hodgson, American astronomer and professor of physics at Dordt College, Sioux Center, Iowa || |-id=889| 2889 Brno || || Brno, Czech Republic || |-id=890| 2890 Vilyujsk || || Vilyuysk, Yakut ASSR, Russia || |-id=891| 2891 McGetchin || 1980 MD || Thomas Richard McGetchin (1936–1979), American planetary scientist || |-id=892| 2892 Filipenko || || Aleksandr Grigorevich Filipenko, Chief of Surgery at the hospital in Bakhchisarai on the Crimean peninsula || |-id=893| 2893 Peiroos || 1975 QD || Peiroos (Peirous), Thracian war leader from the city of Aenus and an ally of King Priam against the Greek during the Trojan War || |-id=894| 2894 Kakhovka || || Kakhovka, Ukraine || |-id=895| 2895 Memnon || || Memnon, Ethiopian king, ally of Troy || |-id=896| 2896 Preiss || 1931 RN || Gunter Preiss (born 1929), a German lawyer and administrator of the Max Planck Society who supported several astronomical projects such as the construction of the Calar Alto Observatory in Spain || |-id=897| 2897 Ole Römer || 1932 CK || Ole Rømer (1644–1710), Danish astronomer || |-id=898| 2898 Neuvo || 1938 DN || Yrjö Neuvo, grandson of Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä, who discovered this minor planet || |-id=899| 2899 Runrun Shaw || || Run Run Shaw (1907–2014), Chinese film producer || |-id=900| 2900 Luboš Perek || 1972 AR || Luboš Perek (1919–2020), Czech astronomer || |}
|-| 2901 Bagehot || 1973 DP || Walter Bagehot (1826–1877), British writer || |-id=902| 2902 Westerlund || || Bengt E. Westerlund, Swedish astronomer and director of the Uppsala Astronomical Observatory || |-id=903| 2903 Zhuhai || || Zhuhai, China || |-id=904| 2904 Millman || 1981 YB || Peter Millman (1906–1990), Canadian astronomer || |-id=905| 2905 Plaskett || || John Stanley Plaskett (1865–1941), Canadian astronomer || |-id=906| 2906 Caltech || || California Institute of Technology || |-id=907| 2907 Nekrasov || || Nikolay Nekrasov (1821–1878), Russian poet || |-id=908| 2908 Shimoyama || 1981 WA || Shimoyama, village in Japan || |-id=909| 2909 Hoshi-no-ie || 1983 JA || Hoshi-no-ie Observatory, Japan; the name means 'star house' || |-id=910| 2910 Yoshkar-Ola || || Yoshkar-Ola, Russia || |-id=911| 2911 Miahelena || 1938 GJ || Miahelena, wife of Finnish astronomer Heikki A. Alikoski (1912–1997), who discovered this minor planet || |-id=912| 2912 Lapalma || 1942 DM || La Palma, the Spanish island, home to many observatories || |-id=913| 2913 Horta || 1931 TK || Victor Horta (1861–1947), Belgian architect || |-id=914| 2914 Glärnisch || 1965 SB || Glärnisch mountain, summit of the Swiss Alps || |-id=915| 2915 Moskvina || || Valentina Nikolaevna Moskvina, Russian doctor at the Bakhchisaraj regional hospital on the Crimean peninsula || |-id=916| 2916 Voronveliya || || Boris Vorontsov-Velyaminov (1904–1994), Soviet–Russian astrophysicist and astronomer || |-id=917| 2917 Sawyer Hogg || 1980 RR || Helen Sawyer Hogg (1905–1993), American-Canadian astronomer || |-id=918| 2918 Salazar || || Frederick Salazar, son-in-law of astronomer Carolyn S. Shoemaker who discovered this minor planet || |-id=919| 2919 Dali || || Salvador Dalí (1904–1989), Catalan-Spanish artist || |-id=920| 2920 Automedon || 1981 JR || Automedon, mythological Greek soldier || |-id=921| 2921 Sophocles || 6525 P-L || Sophocles (c. 496–405 BC), Greek dramatist || |-id=922| 2922 Dikanʹka || || Gogol's Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka || |-id=923| 2923 Schuyler || 1977 DA || Catherine Schuyler, Minor Planet Center administrator || |-id=924| 2924 Mitake-mura || || Mitake, a former village in Japan || |-id=925| 2925 Beatty || || J. Kelly Beatty, astronomy writer and editor of Sky & Telescope || |-id=926| 2926 Caldeira || 1980 KG || J.F.C. Caldeira, Brazilian astronomer at the Valongo Observatory and professor at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro || |-id=927| 2927 Alamosa || 1981 TM || Alamosa, Colorado || |-id=928| 2928 Epstein || || Isadore Epstein (1919–1995), Estonian–American astronomer || |-id=929| 2929 Harris || || Alan W. Harris, American planetary scientist and pioneer in the study of rotational lightcurves of minor planets || |-id=930| 2930 Euripides || 6554 P-L || Euripides (c. 480–406 BC), Greek dramatist || |-id=931| 2931 Mayakovsky || 1969 UC || Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930), Russian poet, artist and actor || |-id=932| 2932 Kempchinsky || || Paula Kempchinsky, daughter-in-law of astronomer Carolyn S. Shoemaker who discovered this minor planet || |-id=933| 2933 Amber || 1983 HN || Amber Marie Baltutis, granddaughter of astronomer Norman G. Thomas who discovered this minor planet || |-id=934| 2934 Aristophanes || 4006 P-L || Aristophanes (c. 446–386 BC), Greek dramatist || |-id=935| 2935 Naerum || 1976 UU || Nærum, a suburb north of Copenhagen || |-id=936| 2936 Nechvíle || 1979 SF || Vincence Nechvíle (1890–1964), Czech astronomer || |-id=937| 2937 Gibbs || 1980 LA || Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839–1903), American scientist || |-id=938| 2938 Hopi || 1980 LB || The Hopi, the Native American people || |-id=939| 2939 Coconino || 1982 DP || Coconino County, Arizona containing the Hopi and Navajo Nation Reservations. The Lowell Observatory is in the county seat, Flagstaff || |-id=940| 2940 Bacon || 3042 P-L || Francis Bacon (1561–1626), English philosopher, statesman, and essayist || |-id=941| 2941 Alden || 1930 YV || Alden, son of American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, who discovered this minor planet || |-id=942| 2942 Cordie || 1932 BG || Cordula "Cordie" Robinson, American planetary geologist || |-id=943| 2943 Heinrich || 1933 QU || Inge Heinrich (born 1941), German astronomer || |-id=944| 2944 Peyo || 1935 QF || Peyo, pseudonym of Pierre Culliford, Belgian illustrator || |-id=945| 2945 Zanstra || || Herman Zanstra (1894–1972), Dutch astronomer || |-id=946| 2946 Muchachos || 1941 UV || Roque de los Muchachos, site in the Canary Islands of several international observatories || |-id=947| 2947 Kippenhahn || || Rudolf Kippenhahn (1926–2020), German astrophysicist and science author || |-id=948| 2948 Amosov || || Nikolai Mikhailovich Amosov, Ukrainian cardiologist || |-id=949| 2949 Kaverznev || 1970 PR || (1932–1983), Soviet television journalist || |-id=950| 2950 Rousseau || || Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778), Swiss philosopher from Geneva || |-id=951| 2951 Perepadin || || Aleksandr Ivanovich Perepadin Soviet agriculturalist and friend of the discoverer, Nikolai Chernykh || |-id=952| 2952 Lilliputia || || Lilliput, fictional land in Gulliver's Travels || |-id=953| 2953 Vysheslavia || || Leonid Nikolaevich Vysheslavskii (Vysheslavsky), Soviet poet and author of "Stellar Sonnets" || |-id=954| 2954 Delsemme || ||, a Belgian-born astronomer at the University of Toledo in Ohio. (was named for his wife.) || |-id=955| 2955 Newburn || || Ray L. Newburn, American astronomer || |-id=956| 2956 Yeomans || ||, American astronomer and celestial mechanician at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory || |-id=957| 2957 Tatsuo || || Tatsuo Yamada (1923–2009), Japanese astronomer and observer of variable stars. He was the director of the variable star section of the Oriental Astronomical Association. || |-id=958| 2958 Arpetito || 1981 DG || E. Araya, J. Perez, R. Tighe and A Torrecon, staff personnel at ESO's La Silla Observatory, who prepared the photographic plates for observations of minor planets with the "Grand Prism Objectif" || |-id=959| 2959 Scholl || || Hans Scholl (born 1942), German astronomer and discoverer of minor planets. He worked at the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut in Heidelberg. || |-id=960| 2960 Ohtaki || || Ohtaki, town in Japan || |-id=961| 2961 Katsurahama || 1982 XA || Katsurahama, seashore resort in Kōchi, home city of the discoverer, Tsutomu Seki || |-id=962| 2962 Otto || 1940 YF || The discoverer's great-grandfather || |-id=963| 2963 Chen Jiageng || || Tan Kah Kee (Chen Jiageng; 1874–1961), Singaporean businessman, community leader, and philanthropist || |-id=964| 2964 Jaschek || || Carlos Jaschek (1926–1999), German-born Argentinian astronomer || |-id=965| 2965 Surikov || 1975 BX || Vasily Surikov (1848–1916), Russian painter || |-id=966| 2966 Korsunia || || Korsun, Ukrainian city || |-id=967| 2967 Vladisvyat || || Vladimir Svyatoslavich (c. 958–1015), medieval prince of Kiev || |-id=968| 2968 Iliya || 1978 QJ || Ilya Muromets, legendary Russian hero || |-id=969| 2969 Mikula || || Mikula Selyaninovich, Russian legendary hero || |-id=970| 2970 Pestalozzi || 1978 UC || Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746–1827), Swiss educational reformer || |-id=971| 2971 Mohr || 1980 YL || Josef M. Mohr (1901–1979), Czech astronomer || |-id=972| 2972 Niilo || 1939 TB || Niilo Anselmi Väisälä, great-grandson of the Finish discoverer, Yrjö Väisälä || |-id=973| 2973 Paola || 1951 AJ || Her Majesty Queen Paola of Belgium (born 1937; née Ruffo di Calabria) || |-id=974| 2974 Holden || 1955 QK || Edward S. Holden (1846–1914), American astronomer || |-id=975| 2975 Spahr || || Timothy B. Spahr (born 1970), American astronomer || |-id=976| 2976 Lautaro || 1974 HR || Lautaro (c. 1534–1557), leader of the Araucanians of Chile || |-id=977| 2977 Chivilikhin || 1974 SP || (1928–1984), Russian author || |-id=978| 2978 Roudebush || 1978 SR || Susan Roudebush, astronomical administrator || |-id=979| 2979 Murmansk || || The port city of Murmansk in Russia || |-id=980| 2980 Cameron || || Alastair G. W. Cameron (1925–2005), Canadian astrophysicist || |-id=981| 2981 Chagall || || Marc Chagall (1887–1985), Belarusian artist || |-id=982| 2982 Muriel || || Muriel May Scott Shoemaker, mother-in-law of American astronomer Carolyn S. Shoemaker, who discovered this minor planet || |-id=983| 2983 Poltava || || Poltava, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine) || |-id=984| 2984 Chaucer || 1981 YD || Geoffrey Chaucer (1343–1400), English poet and author || |-id=985| 2985 Shakespeare || || William Shakespeare (1564–1616), English playwright || |-id=986| 2986 Mrinalini || 2525 P-L || Mrinalini Sarabhai (1918–2016), classical Indian dancer and choreographer || |-id=987| 2987 Sarabhai || 4583 P-L || Vikram Sarabhai (1919–1971), Indian space scientist || |-id=988| 2988 Korhonen || 1943 EM || Tapio Korhonen, Finnish maker of telescopes and optics. He created the optical system of the Nordic Optical Telescope. || |-id=989| 2989 Imago || || The Latin word for 'image' || |-id=990| 2990 Trimberger || || Stephen Trimberger (born 1955), American astronomer and computer scientist || |-id=991| 2991 Bilbo || 1982 HV || Bilbo Baggins, character in The Lord of the Rings || |-id=992| 2992 Vondel || 2540 P-L || Joost van den Vondel (1587–1679), Dutch poet and playwright || |-id=993| 2993 Wendy || 1970 PA || Wendy, wife of astronomer Peter Birch. This was the first discovered made at the Bickley-Perth Observatory || |-id=994| 2994 Flynn || 1975 PA || Vicki Marie Flynn, wife of Mike Candy, who was a staff member at the Bickley-Perth Observatory || |-id=995| 2995 Taratuta || 1978 QK || Evgeniya Aleksandrovna Taratuta, Soviet writer || |-id=996| 2996 Bowman || 1954 RJ || Fred N. Bowman, American volunteer astronomer at the Cincinnati Observatory || |-id=997| 2997 Cabrera || 1974 MJ || Laurentino Ascencio Cabrera (1917–2003), Argentinian astronomer || |-id=998| 2998 Berendeya || || Berendeya, the magical land in The Snow Maiden by Alexander Ostrovsky || |-id=999| 2999 Dante || 1981 CY || Dante Alighieri (c. 1265–1321), Italian poet from Florence || |-id=000| 3000 Leonardo || || Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), Italian genius from Florence || |}