Meanings of minor planet names: 8001–8500

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

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

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

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

Minor planets not yet given a name have not been included in this list.

Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
8001–8100
8001 Ramsden	1986 TR3	Jesse Ramsden, British inventor of navigational instruments †
8003 Kelvin	1987 RJ	William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, British physicist †
8005 Albinadubois	1988 MJ	Albina du Boisrouvray, French philanthropist †
8006 Tacchini	1988 QU	Pietro Tacchini, Italian astronomer, founder of the Italian Society of Spectroscopists, the forerunner of the Societá Astronomica Italiana (Italian Astronomical Society) †
8009 Béguin	1989 BA1	The word Béguin, or "flirtation" in English, gives rise to the vigorous dance of the French West Indies, the beguine. JPL
8010 Böhnhardt	1989 GB1	Hermann Böhnhardt, German astronomer †
8011 Saijokeiichi	1989 WG7	Keiichi Saijo, senior curator of the astronomy section of National Science Museum, Tokyo. JPL
8013 Gordonmoore	1990 KA	Gordon Earl Moore, American physicist and businessman. JPL
8019 Karachkina	1990 TH12	Lyudmila Georgievna Karachkina, Ukrainian astronomer, wife of Yurii Vasilievich Karachkin, physics teacher, after whom 8089 Yukar was named. JPL
8020 Erzgebirge	1990 TV13	The Ore Mountains (Erzgebirge) of Saxony and Bohemia †
8021 Walter	1990 UO2	Walter Anderson (born 1944) is a long-time editor of Parade, a magazine that reaches more than 80 million readers weekly. JPL
8022 Scottcrossfield	1990 VD7	Test pilot Albert Scott Crossfield (1921–2006) was the first X-15 pilot and made a total of 14 flights. In 1953 Crossfield was the first pilot to exceed Mach 2 in the D-558-II Skyrocket. While an NACA research pilot, he made a total of 87 flights in the rocket-powered X-1 and D-558-II research aircraft.JPL
8023 Josephwalker	1991 DD	NASA research pilot Joseph Walker (1921–1966) was the second pilot to fly the X-15 and made a total of 25 flights. Three of these flights entered space and he received NASA astronaut wings posthumously in 2005. JPL
8024 Robertwhite	1991 FN	Air Force test pilot Robert M. White (1924–2010) was the third pilot to fly the X-15 and made a total of 16 flights. He was the first pilot to fly Mach 4, Mach 5 and Mach 6, and the first to fly a winged vehicle into space. White received Air Force astronaut wings for the flight. JPL
8025 Forrestpeterson	1991 FB4	Navy test pilot Forrest Peterson (1922–1990) was the fourth pilot, and the only Navy pilot, to fly the X-15 and made a total of five flights. JPL
8026 Johnmckay	1991 JA1	NASA research pilot John McKay (1922–1975) was the fifth pilot to fly the X-15 and made a total of 29 flights. Before joining the X-15 program, he made 46 flights in the X-1 and D-558-II Skyrocket. In 2005 McKay received posthumous NASA astronaut wings for a flight that reached an altitude of 89900 metres. JPL
8027 Robertrushworth	1991 PB12	Air Force test pilot Robert Rushworth (1924–1993) was the sixth pilot to fly the X-15 and made a total of 34 flights. One of these flights reached 86800 meters, for which Rushworth received Air Force astronaut wings. JPL
8028 Joeengle	1991 QE	Air Force test pilot Joe Engle (born 1932) was the eighth pilot to fly the X-15 and made a total of 16 flights. He received Air Force astronaut wings for a flight that took him to 85500 meters. Engle also flew the Space Shuttle, becoming the only person who reached space before being selected as an astronaut. JPL
8029 Miltthompson	1991 RR30	NASA research pilot Milt Thompson (1926–1993) was the ninth pilot to fly the X-15 and made a total of 14 flights. He subsequently made the first flights of the M2-F1 and M2-F2 lifting bodies, which were the forerunners of the Space Shuttle. JPL
8030 Williamknight	1991 SK	Air Force test pilot William Knight (1929–2004) was the tenth pilot to fly the X-15 and made a total of 16 flights. These included the fastest X-15 flight, which reached Mach 6.7, and another flight to 69600 meters for which he received astronaut wings. JPL
8031 Williamdana	1992 ER	NASA research pilot William Dana (born 1930) was the eleventh pilot to fly the X-15 and made a total of 16 flights. These included a 1967 flight to 93500 meters and he received NASA astronaut wings in 2005. Dana made the 199th and final X-15 flight in 1968 and subsequently flew the M2-F3 and HL-10 lifting bodies. JPL
8032 Michaeladams	1992 ES1	Air Force test pilot Michael Adams (1930–1967) was the twelfth pilot to fly the X-15 and made seven flights. On 1967 Nov. 15, he was killed when his X-15 broke up during reentry. The first American to die in the course of a spaceflight, Adams was awarded posthumous Air Force astronaut wings. JPL
8034 Akka	1992 LR	Akka, the Finnish earth mother and goddess of the harvest and female sexuality. JPL
8036 Maehara	1992 UG4	Hideo Maehara, professor of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan and director of the Okayama Astrophysical Observatory since 1993. JPL
8039 Grandprism	1993 RB16	The Grand Prism Objectiv-40 cm astrograph (GPO), used without prism, has served for many years for searching for minor planets at La Silla. JPL
8040 Utsumikazuhiko	1993 SY3	Kazuhiko Utsumi (born 1937), made the first identification of many of the spectral lines and determined element abundances for carbon stars. At Hiroshima University he has taught astronomy and astrophysics to more than 30~000 students. JPL
8041 Masumoto	1993 VR2	Takeji Masumoto, builder of the discoverer's observatory. JPL
8043 Fukuhara	1994 XE1	Naohito Fukuhara (born 1965), a computer engineer and amateur astronomer. JPL
8044 Tsuchiyama	1994 YT	Yukiko Tsuchiyama (born 1963), a Japanese amateur variable star observer who studies star names as a hobby. JPL
8045 Kamiyama	1995 AW	Haruki Kamiyama (born 1960), an amateur astronomer and computer programmer. JPL
8046 Ajiki	1995 BU	Osamu Ajiki (born 1965), an amateur astronomer and computer programmer, contributed to the popularization of astronomy by developing a wide variety of astronomical software that is regularly used by astronomers around the world. JPL
8047 Akikinoshita	1995 BT3	Akihiko Kinoshita (born 1963), an amateur astronomer and editor. JPL
8048 Andrle	1995 DB1	Pavel Andrle, Czech astronomer †
8050 Beishida	1996 ST	Beishida, the Beijing Normal University, is one of the earliest well-known Chinese universities. Founded in 1902, it is an important center for scientific research and the training of excellent teachers and other professionals.
8051 Pistoria	1997 PP4	Pistoia, Italy †‡
8052 Novalis	2093 P-L	Friedrich Leopold Freiherr von Hardenberg, known under his pseudonym Novalis (1772-1801), one of the greatest Romantic writers in German literature. JPL
8053 Kleist	4082 P-L	Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811), a prolific writer. JPL
8054 Brentano	4581 P-L	Clemens Brentano, the German Romantic poet. JPL
8055 Arnim	5004 P-L	Achim (Ludwig Joachim) von Arnim (1781-1831), one of the well-known German Romantics. JPL
8056 Tieck	6038 P-L	Ludwig Tieck (1773-1853), one of the great Romantic poets and writers. JPL
8057 Hofmannsthal	4034 T-1	Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874-1929) began writing poems at the age of 16. His lyrical and dramatic work reflects Austrian impressionism and symbolism. Together with Richard Strauss and Max Reinhardt, he founded the Salzburger Festspiele. His best-known play is Jedermann. JPL
8058 Zuckmayer	3241 T-3	Carl Zuckmayer, German writer †
8059 Deliyannis	1957 JP	Constantine Deliyannis (b. 1959), on the faculty of Indiana University, has studied the evolution of solar-type stars through his investigations of the abundance of lithium and beryllium in star clusters. He has also made an observational verification of the roles of mixing and diffusion in the evolution of stars. JPL
8060 Anius	1973 SD1	Anius, son and priest to Apollo on the isle of Delos. JPL
8061 Gaudium	1975 UF	Latin for joy, pleasure and delight, Gaudium is designed to compensate the gloom of (5708) Melancholia. JPL
8062 Okhotsymskij	1977 EZ	Dmitrij Evgenievich Okhotsymskij (b. 1921), a specialist in theoretical and applied mechanics. JPL
8063 Cristinathomas	1977 XP2	Cristina A. Thomas (born 1982), a postdoctoral research scientist at Northern Arizona University. JPL
8064 Lisitsa	1978 RR	Physicist Mikhail Pavlovich Lisitsa (b. 1921) is a professor at Kiev University. JPL
8065 Nakhodkin	1979 FD3	Nikolaj Grigorievich Nakhodkin (b. 1925), a faculty head at Kiev University. JPL
8066 Poldimeri	1980 PB2	Leopold (born 1938) and Meri (b. 1945) Bausbek are great devotees of astronomy and philosophy. JPL
8067 Helfenstein	1980 RU	Paul Helfenstein, American astronomer †
8068 Vishnureddy	1981 EQ28	Vishnu Reddy (born 1978), a research professor at the University of North Dakota and a visiting scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research. JPL
8069 Benweiss	1981 EF30	Benjamin P. Weiss (born 1973), a professor of planetary Science at MIT. JPL
8070 DeMeo	1981 EM30	Francesca E. DeMeo (born 1984), a postdoctoral researcher at MIT. JPL
8071 Simonelli	1981 GO	Damon Paul Simonelli, American astronomer †
8072 Yojikondo	1981 GO1	Yoji Kondo, Japanese-born U.S. astrophysicist. JPL
8073 Johnharmon	1982 BS	John Harmon, scientist at Arecibo Observatory †
8074 Slade	1984 WC2	Martin Slade, scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory †
8075 Roero	1985 PE	Roero, the region in Piemonte, Italy. JPL
8076 Foscarini	1985 RV4	Paolo Antonio Foscarini (1565–1616) was an Italian Carmelite father, philosopher and scientist. [MPC 87993]
8077 Hoyle	1986 AW2	Sir Fred Hoyle (b. 1915) is the leading proponent of steady-state cosmology. He predicted an excited state in the carbon atom and contributed extensively to the study of nucleosynthesis in stars. Hoyle served as president of the Royal Astronomical Society from 1971 to 1973. JPL
8078 Carolejordan	1986 RS2	Carole Jordan, professor of physics at Somerville College, Oxford University. JPL
8079 Bernardlovell	1986 XF1	Sir Bernard Lovell (b. 1913) founded Jodrell Bank Observatory, which boasts the world's first large steerable radio telescope. Lovell served as president of the Royal Astronomical Society from 1969 to 1971. JPL
8080 Intel	1987 WU2	The Intel 8080 microprocessor is the ancestor of a series of microprocessor chips going from the 8086, 8088, 80286, 80386, 80486 to today's Pentium processors. Fundamental to the "PC revolution", the 8080 did much to advance astronomy at amateur and professional observatories worldwide. JPL
8081 Leopardi	1988 DD	Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837), Italian poet and prose writer. JPL
8082 Haynes	1988 NR	Norman R. Haynes (b. 1936) spent a 41-year career in the leadership of planetary exploration. He worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and served as Voyager Project Manager, Systems Division Manager, Director for Telecommunications and Mission Operations and Director for Mars Exploration. JPL
8083 Mayeda	1988 VB	Shizuo (Haruhisa) Mayeda (1914-1952), amateur astronomer. JPL
8084 Dallas	1989 CL1	Dallas, the city in Texas. JPL
8086 Peterthomas	1989 RB6	Peter Chew Thomas, American astronomer †
8087 Kazutaka	1989 WA2	Kazutaka Kato (b. 1949), director of the Hiroshima City Planetarium. JPL
8088 Australia	1990 SL27	Australia, the continent in the Southern Hemisphere. JPL
8089 Yukar	1990 TW7	Yurii Vasil'evich Karachkin, physics teacher at the school attached to the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. Yurii is the husband of astronomer Lyudmila Georgievna Karachkina, after whom 8019 Karachkina is named
8096 Emilezola	1993 OW3	Émile Zola, French writer †
8097 Yamanishi	1993 RE	Masahiro Yamanishi (b. 1960), senior researcher at Saji Observatory. JPL
8098 Miyamotoatsushi	1993 SH2	Atsushi Miyamoto (b. 1961), senior researcher at Saji Observatory and a board member of the Tottori Society of Astronomy. JPL
8100 Nobeyama	1993 XF	Nobeyama, a village in central Japan. JPL
8101–8200
8101 Yasue	1993 XK1	*
8102 Yoshikazu	1994 AQ2	*
8103 Fermi	1994 BE	Enrico Fermi, physicist*
8104 Kumamori	1994 BW4	*
8106 Carpino	1994 YB	Mario Carpino, Italian astronomer †
8108 Wieland	1995 BC16	Christoph Martin Wieland, German poet*
8109 Danielwilliam	1995 DU1	Daniel William Hergenrother (b. 2010), a son of the discoverer. [MPC 86713]
8110 Heath	1995 DE2	*
8111 Hoepli	1995 GE	Ulrico Hoepli, Italian publisher, who donated a planetarium to the city of Milan †
8112 Cesi	1995 JJ	Federico Cesi, founder of the Accademia dei Lincei*
8113 Matsue	1996 HD1	*
8114 Lafcadio	1996 HZ1	Lafcadio Hearn, author*
8115 Sakabe	1996 HB2	*
8116 Jeanperrin	1996 HA15	Jean Baptiste Perrin, French physicist †
8117 Yuanlongping	1996 SD1	*
8120 Kobe	1997 VT	*
8121 Altdorfer	2572 P-L	Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter of the Renaissance*
8122 Holbein	4038 P-L	Hans Holbein the Younger, German artist*
8123 Canaletto	3138 T-1	Canaletto, Venetian artist*
8124 Guardi	4370 T-1	Francesco Guardi, Italian painter of the Rococo period*
8125 Tyndareus	5493 T-2	Tyndareus, mythological Spartan king*
8126 Chanwainam	1966 BL	Chan Wainam, Chinese educator and charity worker JPL
8127 Beuf	1967 HA	Francisco Beuf, 19th-century French astronomer, who participated in the organization of the Argentinian Navy School and the La Plata Observatory, of which he was the first director JPL
8128 Nicomachus	1967 JP	Nicomachus, Greek mathematician*
8129 Michaelbusch	1975 SK1	Michael W. Busch (born 1987), a Jansky Fellow at the Department of Earth and Space Sciences of the University of California, Los Angeles. JPL
8130 Seeberg	1976 DJ1	*
8131 Scanlon	1976 SC	Leo Scanlon Amateur Astronomer, co-founder of the Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh, or AAAP. Member of the Academy of Science and Art of Pittsburgh.*
8132 Vitginzburg	1976 YA6	Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg, Russian physicist and Nobelist JPL
8133 Takanochoei	1977 DX3	*
8134 Minin	1978 SQ7	*
8137 Kvíz	1979 SJ	Zdeněk Kvíz, Czech astronomer †
8139 Paulabell	1980 UM1	Paul A. Abell (born 1965), lead scientist for small bodies in the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Directorate at the NASA Johnson Space Center. JPL
8140 Hardersen	1981 EO15	Paul S. Hardersen (born 1965), a professor and observatory director in the Department of Space Studies at the University of North Dakota. JPL
8141 Nikolaev	1982 SO4	*
8142 Zolotov	1982 UR6	*
8143 Nezval	1982 VN	Vítezslav Nezval, 20th-century Czech poet, founder of the Poetism movement and later founder of the surrealist group of Czechoslovakia JPL
8144 Hiragagennai	1982 VY2	*
8145 Valujki	1983 RY4	*
8146 Jimbell	1983 WG	James Francis Bell, American astronomer †
8147 Colemanhawkins	1984 SU3	Coleman Hawkins, jazz musician*
8148 Golding	1985 CR2	Margarette Oliver Golding (1881–1939) founded the Inner Wheel movement in 1924, one of the largest women’s voluntary service organizations in the world.[MPC 87142]
8149 Ruff	1985 JN1	*
8150 Kaluga	1985 QL4	*
8151 Andranada	1986 PK6	*
8154 Stahl	1988 CQ7	*
8155 Battaglini	1988 QA	Giuseppe Battaglini, Italian mathematician*
8156 Tsukada	1988 TR	*
8158 Herder	1989 UH7	Johann Gottfried von Herder, German poet, theologian and philosopher*
8159 Fukuoka	1990 BE1	*
8161 Newman	1990 QP3	*
8163 Ishizaki	1990 UF2	Masako Ishizaki, amateur astronomer*
8164 Andreasdoppler	1990 UO3	Andreas Doppler, Minor Planet Center Associate and amateur astronomer at the Archenhold Observatory †
8165 Gnädig	1990 WQ3	Arno Gnädig, German amateur astronomer at the Archenhold Observatory † ‡
8166 Buczynski	1991 AH1	Denis Buczynski, British amateur astronomer †
8167 Ishii	1991 CM3	*
8168 Rogerbourke	1991 FK1	Roger Bourke*
8169 Mirabeau	1991 PO2	Mirabeau, French writer, orator and statesman*
8171 Stauffenberg	1991 RV3	Claus von Stauffenberg, German aristocrat and Wehrmacht officer, one of the leading figures in the plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler*
8175 Boerhaave	1991 VV5	Herman Boerhaave, Dutch physician and anatomist †
8181 Rossini	1992 ST26	Gioachino Rossini, Italian composer
8182 Akita	1992 TX	*
8184 Luderic	1992 WL	Child of astronomer Alain Maury*
8187 Akiramisawa	1992 XL	*
8188 Okegaya	1992 YE3	Okegaya Marsh, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan JPL
8189 Naruke	1992 YG3	*
8190 Bouguer	1993 ON9	Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician*
8191 Mersenne	1993 OX9	Marin Mersenne, French theologian and mathematician*
8192 Tonucci	1993 RB	Giuseppe Tonucci, Italian cyclist
8193 Ciaurro	1993 SF	*
8194 Satake	1993 SB1	*
8197 Mizunohiroshi	1993 VX	*
8199 Takagitakeo	1993 XR	*
8200 Souten	1994 AY1	*
8201–8300
8202 Gooley	1994 CX2	Barry Gooley (b. 1956), president of the astronomy shop Kokusai Kohki in Kyoto. JPL
8203 Jogolehmann	1994 CP10	Johann Gottlob Lehmann (1719-1767), a German geologist. JPL
8204 Takabatake	1994 GC1	Tohru Takabatake (b. 1957), a junior-high-school teacher and secretary of the Okayama Astronomical Society. JPL
8205 Van Dijck	1994 PE10	Anthony van Dyck, Flemish painter
8206 Masayuki	1994 WK1	Masayuki Okumura (b. 1960), a hydrographer for the Japanese Coast Guard. JPL
8207 Suminao	1994 YS1	Suminao Murakami (b. 1935), the son and grandson of astronomers, is a representative of the Laboratory of Urban Safety Planning in Tokyo and a former professor at the Yokohama National and other Universities. JPL
8208 Volta	1995 DL2	Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist †
8210 NANTEN	1995 EH	NANTEN, a 4-meter telescope for millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths, is operated by Nagoya University. JPL
8212 Naoshigetani	1995 EF1	Naoshige Tani (b.1925), a member of the Photovoltaic Popularization Association in Japan and producer of the organization's web site. JPL
8214 Mirellalilli	1995 FH	Mirella Lilli, Italian wife of the discoverer, on the occasion of their twentieth wedding anniversary (2007 August) JPL
8216 Melosh	1995 FX14	H. Jay Melosh (b. 1947), of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, has worked on the formation of impact craters on the terrestrial planets and the "giant impact" origin of the moon. His "Panspermia" idea involves the ejection by impact of spall products containing microorganisms and their transfer to other planets. JPL
8217 Dominikhašek	1995 HC	Dominik Hašek (b. 1965), goalkeeper of the Czech Olympic hockey team. JPL
8218 Hosty	1996 JH	John Graham Hosty (1949-2001), the visual discoverer of the nova HS Sge from Huddersfield. JPL
8220 Nanyou	1996 JD1	Nanyou, the city where the discoverer lives and his observatory is located. JPL
8221 La Condamine	1996 NA4	Charles-Marie de La Condamine (1701-1774), a French naturalist and mathematician. JPL
8222 Gellner	1996 OX	František Gellner, Czech poet †
8223 Bradshaw	1996 PD	Bradshaw mountains, lie to the south of Prescott, Arizona. JPL
8224 Fultonwright	1996 PE	Fulton Wright, Jr. (b. 1937), a friend of the discoverer, professor at Yavapai College. JPL
8225 Emerson	1996 QC	David Emerson (d. 1996), lecturer in astrophysics at the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh. JPL
8229 Kozelský	1996 YU2	Frantisek Kozelský (b. 1913), a Czech telescope maker. JPL
8230 Perona	1997 TW16	Renato Perona (1927-1984), a track cycling champion. JPL
8231 Tetsujiyamada	1997 TX17	Tetsuji Yamada (b. 1952), an amateur astronomer. JPL
8232 Akiramizuno	1997 UW3	Akira Mizuno (b. 1960), professor at Nagoya University. JPL
8233 Asada	1997 VZ2	Tadashi Asada (b. 1954), professor of computer science at Kyushu International University. JPL
8234 Nobeoka	1997 VK8	Nobeoka, a town in Miyazaki prefecture, at the mouth of the Gokase River. JPL
8235 Fragonard	2096 P-L	Jean-Honoré Fragonard, a French painter. JPL
8236 Gainsborough	4040 P-L	Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788), a British portrait and landscape painter. JPL
8237 Constable	7581 P-L	John Constable (1776-1837), a British painter. JPL
8238 Courbet	4232 T-1	Gustave Courbet (1819–1877), an autodidact who studied nature and the great paintings in the Louvre. JPL
8239 Signac	1153 T-2	Paul Signac (1863–1935) worked together with Seurat to develop the technique of pointillism. For his pointillistic paintings Signac mostly chose water, ships and ports as subjects. After Seurat and Signac not many painters worked in this time-consuming method. JPL
8240 Matisse	4172 T-2	Henri Matisse, French artist. JPL
8241 Agrius	1973 SE1	Agrius, a Greek from Aetolia and father of Thersites. Thersites was the ugliest Greek in Troy. JPL
8242 Joshemery	1975 SA1	Joshua P. Emery (born 1973), a minor-planet spectroscopist in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences of the University of Tennessee. JPL
8243 Devonburr	1975 SF1	Devon M. Burr (born 1966), a geomorphologist in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences of the University of Tennessee. JPL
8244 Mikolaichuk	1975 TO2	Ivan Vasilievich Mikolaichuk (1941–1987), a talented Ukrainian cinema artist, scenario writer and film director. JPL
8245 Molnar	1977 RC9	Lawrence A. Molnar (born 1959), a professor of physics and astronomy and Observatory Director at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI. JPL
8246 Kotov	1979 QT8	Solar physicist Valerij Aleksandrovich Kotov (born 1943) has worked at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory for more than 30 years. In the early 1970s he pioneered the field of helioseismology, the study of the interior structure and energy sources of the sun and other stars. JPL
8247 Cherylhall	1979 SP14	Cheryl L. Hall (born 1945) served the planetary science community from 1987 to 2012 at Cornell University. JPL
8248 Gurzuf	1979 TV2	Gurzuf, small town near Yalta at the south coast of the Crimea. JPL
8249 Gershwin	1980 GG	George Gershwin, composer †
8250 Cornell	1980 RP	Cornell University †
8251 Isogai	1980 VA	Rensuke Isogai (born 1941), a high-school classmate of the discoverer. JPL
8252 Elkins-Tanton	1981 EY14	Linda T. Elkins-Tanton (born 1965), the Director of the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of WashingtonJPL
8253 Brunetto	1981 EU15	Rosario Brunetto (born 1980), an astronomer at the Institut d´Astrophysique Spatiale in Orsay, France. JPL
8254 Moskovitz	1981 EF18	Nicholas A. Moskovitz (born 1981), a postdoctoral research scientist at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, DC. JPL
8255 Masiero	1981 EZ18	Joseph Masiero (born 1982), a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. JPL
8256 Shenzhou	1981 UZ9	Shenzhou spacecraft †
8257 Andycheng	1982 HO1	Andrew F. Cheng, of the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University and contributor to the NEAR Shoemaker mission †
8261 Ceciliejulie	1985 RD	Cecilie Ida and Julie Liv Cetti Hansen, twin daughters of Danish astrophysicist Anja C. Andersen (see 8820) JPL
8262 Carcich	1985 RG	Brian Carcich, systems programmer with the Department of Astronomy at Cornell University, member of the Galileo Imaging Team and NEAR Shoemaker imaging †
8266 Bertelli	1986 TC	Francesco Bertelli (1794-1844), an Italian astronomer. JPL
8268 Goerdeler	1987 SQ10	Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, mayor of the towns of Königsberg and Leipzig in 1920-1937. JPL
8269 Calandrelli	1988 QB	Ignazio Calandrelli, Italian astronomer*
8270 Winslow	1989 JF	John Seymour Winslow, a friend of the discoverer's husband, Ron, since grade school. JPL
8271 Imai	1989 NY	Yasushi Imai (born 1949) was the president of a planetarium manufacturing company from 1998 to 2009 JPL
8272 Iitatemura	1989 SG	Iitatemura, village located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. JPL
8273 Apatheia	1989 WB2	Apatheia is a philosophical word that means "an immovable soul" in Greek philosophy. JPL
8274 Soejima	1990 TJ1	Tsutomu Soejima (b. 1950), a Japanese amateur astronomer. JPL
8275 Inca	1990 VR8	The Inca people of South America. JPL
8276 Shigei	1991 FL	Mika Shigei (b. 1968), lecturer and curator of the Gotoh Planetarium and Astronomical Museum in Tokyo. JPL
8279 Cuzco	1991 PN7	Cuzco was the capital of the Inca empire. JPL
8282 Delp	1991 RR40	Alfred Delp (1907-1945), a German theologian. JPL
8283 Edinburgh	1991 SV	Edinburgh, the historic capital city of Scotland. JPL
8284 Cranach	1991 TT13	Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553), a German painter, draftsman and copper engraver. JPL
8286 Kouji	1992 EK1	Kouji Yamamoto (b. 1956), a Japanese architect and amateur astronomer. JPL
8289 An-Eefje	1992 JQ3	Named in memory of the two young Belgian women An and Eefje, whose young and hopeful lives came dramatically to an end in 1996. May their memory stand for all women throughout the world who suffer from abuse. JPL
8291 Bingham	1992 RV1	Hiram Bingham III (1785-1956), a member of the history faculty at Yale University, went searching for the lost city of the Incas. After tremendous effort he found it---Machu Picchu---high in the Andes, not far from Cuzco, on 1911 July 24. JPL
8294 Takayuki	1992 UM3	Takayuki Kawabata (b. 1959), president of astronomy shop Planet Town, Kumamoto, Kyushu Island. JPL
8295 Toshifukushima	1992 UN4	Toshio Fukushima (b. 1954), a Japanese astronomer. JPL
8296 Miyama	1993 AD	Shoken M. Miyama (b. 1951), a Japanese astrophysicist. JPL
8297 Gérardfaure	1993 QJ4	Gérard Fauré, French amateur astronomer †
8298 Loubna	1993 SQ10	Named in memory of the Moroccan-Belgian girl Loubna, whose young life came abruptly to an end. May she stand as a symbol for a hopeful life in a multicultural society. JPL
8299 Téaleoni	1993 TP24	Téa Leoni, actress. JPL
8300 Iga	1994 AO2	Yuichi Iga (b. 1955, a specialist in molecular graphics and medical imaging. JPL
8301–8400
8301 Haseyuji	1995 BG2	*
8302 Kazukin	1995 CY	*
8303 Miyaji	1995 CO1	*
8304 Ryomichico	1995 DJ1	*
8305 Teika	1995 DQ1	*
8306 Shoko	1995 DY1	*
8307 Peltan	1995 EN	The Peltans, the family of discoverer Jana Tichá (née Peltanová) †
8308 Julie-Mélissa	1996 HD13	Julie Lejeune and Mélissa Russo (both age 8), two victims of Marc Dutroux*
8310 Seelos	1996 PL2	*
8311 Zhangdaning	1996 TV1	*
8313 Christiansen	1996 YU1	*
8314 Tsuji	1997 US8	*
8315 Bajin	1997 WA22	Ba Jin, Chinese anarchist author*
8316 Wolkenstein	3002 P-L	*
8317 Eurysaces	4523 P-L	Eurysaces, Greek Homeric hero*
8318 Averroes	1306 T-2	Averroes, Islamic philosopher*
8319 Antiphanes	3365 T-2	Antiphanes, Greek dramatist*
8320 van Zee	1955 RV	*
8321 Akim	1977 EX	*
8322 Kononovich	1978 RL1	Edvard Vladimirovich Kononovich, Russian astrophysicist*
8323 Krimigis	1979 UH	Stamatios ("Tom") Krimigis, Greek-born American physicist, Head of the Space Department of The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory ‡
8324 Juliadeleón	1981 DF2	Julia de León Cruz (born 1977), an astronomer at the Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia in Granada, Spain. JPL
8325 Trigo-Rodriguez	1981 EM26	Josep Maria Trigo-Rodriguez (born 1970) is a Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient{í}ficas research scientist at the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia. JPL
8326 Paulkling	1981 JS2	Paul Kling, violinist and survivor of Theresienstadt. JPL
8327 Weihenmayer	1981 JE3	Erik Weihenmayer, first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest. JPL
8328 Uyttenhove	1981 QQ2	Jozef Uyttenhove, Belgian (Flemish) physicist and historian of the exact sciences JPL
8329 Speckman	1982 FP3	Mark Speckman, American handicapped football coach JPL
8330 Fitzroy	1982 FX3	Robert FitzRoy, 19th-century British Naval Officer, hydrographer and meteorologist, captain of the HMS Beagle, governor of New Zealand, founder of the British Meteorological Office JPL
8331 Dawkins	1982 KK1	Richard Dawkins, British evolutionary biologist JPL
8332 Ivantsvetaev	1982 TL2	Ivan Vladimirovich Tsvetaev, Russian art critic*
8335 Sarton	1984 DD1	George Alfred Leon Sarton, Belgian-born American mathematician and author, founder of the magazines Isis and Osiris JPL
8336 Šafařík	1984 SK1	Vojtěch Šafařík, Czech astronomer and his wife Paulína Šafaříková †
8338 Ralhan	1985 FE3	Philip Ralhan Bidstrup, Danish physicist JPL
8339 Kosovichia	1985 RM6	*
8340 Mumma	1985 TS1	Michael J. Mumma, planetary scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center*
8343 Tugendhat	1986 TG3	Villa Tugendhat, Brno, Czech Republic; architectural landmark †
8344 Babette	1987 BB	Babette ("Babbie") Whipple, née Samelson, American teacher, researcher, psychotherapist, and wife of astronomer Fred L. Whipple JPL
8345 Ulmerspatz	1987 BO1	*
8347 Lallaward	1987 HK	Lalla Ward, British actress and wife of Richard Dawkins. Best known for her role as Romana in the long-running British sci-fi TV series Doctor Who*
8348 Bhattacharyya	1988 BX	Jagadish Chandra Bhattacharyya, Indian astronomer, director of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics in Bangalore, instrumental in the completion of the 2.3-m Vainu Bappu telescope JPL
8353 Megryan	1989 GC4	Meg Ryan, American actress*
8355 Masuo	1989 RQ1	Masuo Tanaka, Japan infrared astronomer. JPL
8356 Wadhwa	1989 RO2	*
8357 O'Connor	1989 SC1	*
8358 Rickblakley	1989 VN5	Rick Blakley?*
8367 Bokusui	1990 UL2	Bokusui Wakayama, Japanese poet*
8369 Miyata	1991 GR	Takashi Miyata (b. 1971) is an associate professor of astronomy at the Institute of Astronomy, University of Tokyo. [MPC 84378]
8370 Vanlindt	1991 RK11	*
8371 Goven	1991 TJ14	*
8373 Stephengould	1992 AB	Stephen Jay Gould, evolutionary biologist*
8374 Horohata	1992 AK1	*
8375 Kenzokohno	1992 AP1	Kenzo Kohno, amateur astronomer*
8377 Elmerreese	1992 SD1	*
8378 Sweeney	1992 SN1	*
8379 Straczynski	1992 SW10	J. Michael Straczynski, science fiction writer*
8380 Tooting	1992 SW17	*
8381 Hauptmann	1992 SO24	Gerhart Hauptmann, German dramatist*
8382 Mann	1992 SQ26	Thomas Mann, German novelist*
8386 Vanvinckenroye	1993 BB6	*
8387 Fujimori	1993 DO	Kenichi Fujimori, Japanese astronomer*
8391 Kring	1993 HH3	David Kring, American Geophysicist and Planetary Scientist*
8393 Tetsumasakamoto	1993 TJ1	*
8395 Rembaut	1993 TQ23	*
8397 Chiakitanaka	1993 XO	*
8398 Rubbia	1993 XY	Carlo Rubbia, Italian physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1984*
8399 Wakamatsu	1994 AD	*
8400 Tomizo	1994 AQ	*
8401–8500
8401 Assirelli	1994 DA	Giuseppe Assirelli, Italian photographer †
8403 Minorushimizu	1994 JG	Shimizu Minoru?*
8405 Asbolus	1995 GO	Asbolus, mythological Greek centaur*
8406 Iwaokusano	1995 HJ	Japanese amateur astronomer Kusano Iwao（草野 磐） *
8407 Houlahan	1995 ON	*
8408 Strom	1995 SX12	Robert G. Strom, American Planetary Scientist*
8409 Valentaugustus	1995 WB43	Valentin Augustus Weber, 19th-century German-American stained-glass designer and constructor and mahogany furniture builder, grandfather of the discovery team leader JPL
8410 Hiroakiohno	1996 QZ1	*
8411 Celso	1996 TO	*
8413 Kawakami	1996 TV10	*
8414 Atsuko	1996 TW10	*
8416 Okada	1996 VB8	*
8417 Lancetaylor	1996 VG8	Lance Taylor, science educator †
8418 Mogamigawa	1996 VS30	*
8419 Terumikazumi	1996 VK38	Kazumi Terumi? *
8420 Angrogna	1996 WQ	Angrogna, a town in the Province of Turin in the Piedmont region of Italy
8421 Montanari	1996 XA9	Geminiano Montanari, Italian mathematician
8422 Mohorovičić	1996 XJ26	Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian seismologist †
8423 Macao	1997 AO22	Macau*
8424 Toshitsumita	1997 CP	*
8425 Zirankexuejijin	1997 CJ29	*
8428 Okiko	1997 VJ8	Okiko Seki, wife of the discoverer, Tsutomu Seki*
8430 Florey	1997 YB5	Howard Walter Florey, pathologist who shared the 1945 Nobel Prize for physiology and medicine
8431 Haseda	1997 YQ13	Haseda Katsumi, Japanese amateur astronomer Template:MPCit MPES
8432 Tamakasuga	1997 YD18	*
8433 Brachyrhynchus	2561 P-L	Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)*
8434 Columbianus	6571 P-L	Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)*
8435 Anser	6643 P-L	One of the goose genera*
8436 Leucopsis	2259 T-1	Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)*
8437 Bernicla	3057 T-1	Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)*
8438 Marila	4825 T-1	Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)*
8439 Albellus	2034 T-2	Smew (Mergellus albellus)*
8440 Wigeon	1017 T-3	Wigeon (Anas penelope)*
8441 Lapponica	4008 T-3	Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)*
8442 Ostralegus	4237 T-3	Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)*
8443 Svecica	4343 T-3	Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)*
8444 Popovich	1969 TR1	Pavel Romanovich Popovich, Russian cosmonaut*
8445 Novotroitskoe	1973 QG2	This minor planet is being named on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the signing of the friendship agreement between Novotroitskoe, the district center of the Chersonian region in Ukraine, and the town of Genichesk, Ukraine.
8446 Tazieff	1973 SB6	Haroun Tazieff, French vulcanologist JPL
8447 Cornejo	1974 OE	Antonio Cornejo, Argentinian founder and director of the Galileo Galilei planetarium in Buenos Aires JPL
8448 Belyakina	1976 UT1	Tamara Sergeevna Belyakina (born 1934), astrophysicist and stellar photometrist who worked at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory from 1955 to 1990. JPL
8449 Maslovets	1977 EO1	Bogdan Pavlovich Maslovets (born 1940), an electrical engineer at Zaporozhye Transformer Works in Ukraine. JPL
8450 Egorov	1977 QL1	Vsevolod Aleksandrovich Egorov (1930–2001) was one of the founders of the modern theory of the space flight dynamics. JPL
8451 Gaidai	1977 RY6	Leonid Iovich Gaidai (1923–1993), a prominent Soviet film producer and Peoples' Artist of the U.S.S.R. JPL
8452 Clay	1978 WB	Landon and Livinia Clay, steadfast friends of science and the arts, Harvard University and the Smithsonian Institution. JPL
8455 Johnrayner	1981 ER6	John T. Rayner (born 1954), an astronomer at the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy and Deputy Director of the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility. JPL
8456 Davegriep	1981 EJ7	David M. Griep (born 1957) has been a telescope operator for the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility on Mauna Kea, Hawaii since 1982. JPL
8457 Billgolisch	1981 EO8	William F. Golisch (born 1958) has been a telescope operator for the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility on Mauna Kea, Hawaii since 1984. JPL
8458 Georgekoenig	1981 EY9	George Koenig (born 1945), the observatory superintendent for the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. JPL
8459 Larsbergknut	1981 EQ18	Lars V. Bergknut (born 1947), the observatory foreman and instrument technician for the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. JPL
8460 Imainamahoe	1981 EP19	Imai Namahoe (born 1954), an electronics technician for the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. JPL
8461 Sammiepung	1981 EC21	Sammie J. Pung (born 1958) is a mechanical technician for the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. JPL
8463 Naomimurdoch	1981 EM27	Naomi Murdoch (born 1984) completed her Ph.D. at The Open University, United Kingdom in 2012. Using microgravity flight experiments and numerical modeling, she investigated the behavior of granular material under minor-planet-like low-gravity surface conditions. JPL
8464 Polishook	1981 EF28	David L. Polishook (born 1976), a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. JPL
8465 Bancelin	1981 EQ31	David Bancelin (born 1978), an astronomer at the Institut de Mecanique Celeste et de Calcul des Ephemerides at the Paris Observatory. JPL
8466 Leyrat	1981 EV34	Cedric Leyrat (born 1978), an astronomer at the Paris Observatory in Meudon. JPL
8467 Benoîtcarry	1981 ES35	Benoît Carry, a Research Fellow at the European Space Astronomy Centre, Spain. JPL
8468 Rhondastroud	1981 EA40	Rhonda M. Stroud (born 1971), a planetary scientist at the Naval Research Laboratory. JPL
8470 Dudinskaya	1982 SA4	Natalya Dudinskaya, Russian ballerina. JPL
8471 Obrant	1983 RX4	The ballet-master, producer and teacher-humanist Arkadij Efimovich Obrant (1906–1974) organized and headed a children's dancing ensemble during the siege of Leningrad in 1942–1945. The first Obrant contest of choreographic art took place in St. Petersburg in March 2002. JPL
8472 Tarroni	1983 TC	Gino Tarroni, Italian amateur astronomer. JPL
8474 Rettig	1985 GA1	Terrence W. Rettig (born 1946), a planetary astronomer and educator at the University of Notre Dame. JPL
8475 Vsevoivanov	1985 PC2	Vsevolod Vladimirovich Ivanov (born 1934) is a professor at St. Petersburg University. JPL
8477 Andrejkiselev	1986 RF7	*
8482 Wayneolm	1988 RA11	Wayne Olm (born 1943), a science educator for the Green Bay, Wisconsin, public schools and the Wisconsin Space Grant College. JPL
8483 Kinwalaniihsia	1988 SY1	Daryl Baldwin (born 1962), whose traditional name Kinwalaniihsia means hawk in the Myaamia language, is director of the Myaamia Project at Miami University in Ohio. JPL
8485 Satoru	1989 FL	Satoru Honda, wife of astronomer Minoru Honda*
8488 d'Argens	1989 SR1	Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, marquis d'Argens, French writer and philosopher*
8489 Boulder	1989 TA3	Boulder, Colorado, USA*
8491 Joelle-gilles	1989 YL5	*
8492 Kikuoka	1990 BZ	Hidekazu Kikuoka, amateur astronomer*
8493 Yachibozu	1990 BY1	Yachibozu (tussocks), often seen in the Kushiro Marsh on the island of Hokkaido JPL
8494 Edpatvega	1990 OT4	*
8496 Jandlsmith	1990 QO3	*
8498 Ufa	1990 RM17	*
8500 Hori	1990 TU	*