Meanings of minor-planet names: 4001–5000

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.

4001–4100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
4001 Ptolemaeus	1949 PV	Ptolemy, Greek astronomer*
4002 Shinagawa	1950 JB	Seishi Shinagawa, first to use electronic computers for orbit computation in Japan [MPC 22500]
4003 Schumann	1964 ED	Robert Schumann, German composer [MPC 14634]
4004 List'ev	1971 SN1	MPC
4005 Dyagilev	1972 TC2	Sergey Diaghilev, Russian impresario*
4006 Sandler	1972 YR	MPC
4007 Euryalos	1973 SR	Euryalos, mythical Greek warrior*
4008 Corbin	1977 BY	Thomas E. Corbin, American astronomer, and his wife Brenda Corbin, Librarian, both at the US Naval Observatory † ‡
4009 Drobyshevskij	1977 EN1	MPC
4010 Nikol'skij	1977 QJ2	MPC
4011 Bakharev	1978 SC6	MPC
4012 Geballe	1978 VK9	Tom Geballe, American astronomer*
4013 Ogiria	1979 OM15	Maiya Borisovna Ogir', Russian solar physicist [MPC 22500] † ‡
4014 Heizman	1979 SG10	MPC
4015 Wilson-Harrington	1979 VA	Albert G. Wilson and Robert G. Harrington, American astronomers, co-discoverers † [MPC 22246]
4016 Sambre	1979 XK	The Sambre River, France and Belgium*
4017 Disneya	1980 DL5	Walt Disney, American animator †
4018 Bratislava	1980 YM	Bratislava, Slovakia †
4019 Klavetter	1981 EK14	MPC
4020 Dominique	1981 ET38	MPC
4021 Dancey	1981 QD2	Roy and Bruce D. Dancey, Canadian designers of telescope mirrors †
4022 Nonna	1981 TL4	MPC
4023 Jarník	1981 UN	Vojtěch Jarník, Czech mathematician †
4024 Ronan	1981 WQ	Colin Ronan, author and writer on astronomy †
4025 Ridley	1981 WU	Harold B. Ridley, British astrophotographer MPC
4026 Beet	1982 BU1	Ernest Agar Beet, teacher and amateur astronomer*
4027 Mitton	1982 DN	Simon Mitton, astronomer and author*
4028 Pancratz	1982 DV2	Chris Pancratz, formerly of the National Space Society*
4029 Bridges	1982 KC1	MPC
4030 Archenhold	1984 EO1	The Archenhold Observatory (Archenhold-Sternwarte) or its first director Friedrich Simon Archenhold, or his son and successor Günter Archenhold*
4031 Mueller	1985 CL	Jean Mueller, discoverer of comets, minor planets, and supernovae. The first woman to operate the historic 100-inch (2.5 m) telescope at Mt. Wilson Observatory, and was the first woman hired as a telescope operator at Palomar Observatory in 1985.
4032 Chaplygin	1985 UT4	MPC
4033 Yatsugatake	1986 FA	Mount Yatsugatake, one of Japan's 100 famous mountains*
4034 Vishnu	1986 PA	Vishnu is the Hindu god of preservation. JPL
4036 Whitehouse	1987 DW5	David Whitehouse, British science journalist and BBC Online's Science Editor, recipient of the European Internet Journalist of the Year award in 2002 JPL
4037 Ikeya	1987 EC	Kaoru Ikeya, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 16443]
4038 Kristina	1987 QH2	Kristina Leterme, Dutch literature professor and partner of the discoverer [MPC 15090] †
4039 Souseki	1987 SH	Natsume Sōseki, Japanese novelist [MPC 16246]
4040 Purcell	1987 SN1	Henry Purcell, British composer [MPC 16592]
4041 Miyamotoyohko	1988 DN1	wife of Japanese astronomer, Yukio (or Sachio) Miyamoto
4042 Okhotsk	1989 AT1	Sea of Okhotsk, between Japan and Russia [MPC 15427]
4043 Perolof	1175 T-3	Per Olof Lindblad, Swedish astronomer and director of Stockholm Observatory
4044 Erikhøg	5142 T-3	Erik Høg, Danish astronomer*
4045 Lowengrub	1953 RG	MPC
4046 Swain	1953 TV	MPC
4047 Chang'E	1964 TT2	Chang'E is not only the code name of the Chinese lunar probe, but in ancient Chinese legend it is the name of a beautiful goddess who flew to the moon. The probe Chang'E 1 was launched successfully on 2007 Oct. 24, initiating Chinese scientific exploration of the moon.JPL
4048 Samwestfall	1964 UC	Richard Samuel Westfall, American historian of science [MPC 34619]
4049 Noragal'	1973 QD2	Nora Gal, Soviet literary translator
4050 Mebailey	1976 SF	Mark Edward Bailey, British astronomer †
4051 Hatanaka	1978 VP	Takeo Hatanaka, Japanese astronomer
4052 Crovisier	1981 DP2	Jacques Crovisier, French astronomer*
4053 Cherkasov	1981 TQ1	Nikolai Cherkasov, Soviet actor*
4054 Turnov	1983 TL	Turnov, Czech Republic †
4055 Magellan	1985 DO2	Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese explorer*
4056 Timwarner	1985 FZ1	Tim Warner? *
4057 Demophon	1985 TQ	Demophon, mythical king of Athens*
4058 Cecilgreen	1986 JV	Cecil Howard Green, British geophysicist, co-founder of Texas Instruments and philanthropist extraordinary †
4059 Balder	1987 SB5	Balder, Norse god [MPC 22500]
4060 Deipylos	1987 YT1	Deipylos, mythical Greek hero [MPC 15090]
4061 Martelli	1988 FF3	Giuseppe Martelli, Italian architect and engineer [MPC 14972]
4062 Schiaparelli	1989 BF	Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer [MPC 15090]
4063 Euforbo	1989 CG2	Euforbo, mythical person related to Trojan War [MPC 15091]
4064 Marjorie	2126 P-L	MPC
4065 Meinel	2820 P-L	Aden Baker Meinel, American astronomer*
4066 Haapavesi	1940 RG	Haapavesi, birthplace of the discoverer's father [MPC 18455]
4067 Mikhel'son	1966 TP	MPC
4068 Menestheus	1973 SW	Menestheus, mythical king of Athens*
4069 Blakee	1978 VL7	Lawrence E. Blakee, observatory assistant [MPC 16247]
4070 Rozov	1980 RS2	Victor Sergeevich Rozov, Russian playwright
4071 Rostovdon	1981 RD2	Rostov-on-Don, the discoverer's birthplace [MPC 17029]
4072 Yayoi	1981 UJ4	Yayoi period, prehistoric Japan
4073 Ruianzhongxue	1981 UE10	Ruianzhongxue (Ruian Middle School), Zhejiang, China, 110-year-old school of mathematics JPL
4074 Sharkov	1981 UN11	MPC
4075 Sviridov	1982 TL1	Georgy Sviridov, Russian composer †
4076 Dörffel	1982 UF4	Georg Samuel Dörffel, German pastor and astronomer [MPC 14972]
4077 Asuka	1982 XV1	Asuka period, from 6th century to 8th in Japan
4078 Polakis	1983 AC	MPC
4079 Britten	1983 CS	Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, British composer [MPC 16592]
4080 Galinskij	1983 PW	MPC
4081 Tippett	1983 RC2	Sir Michael Tippett, British composer [MPC 16592]
4082 Swann	1984 SW3	Gordon A. Swann, American geologist, principal investigator for the geological field investigations conducted at the Apollo 14 and 15 lunar landing sites [MPC 15576]
4083 Jody	1985 CV	MPC
4084 Hollis	1985 GM	Andrew J. Hollis, British astronomer
4085 Weir	1985 JR	MPC
4086 Podalirius	1985 VK2	Podalirius, mythical Greek warrior [MPC 22246]
4087 Pärt	1986 EM1	Arvo Pärt, Estonian composer [MPC 16593]
4088 Baggesen	1986 GG	Jens Baggesen, Danish poet and satirist*
4089 Galbraith	1986 JG	John Kenneth Galbraith, American economist and polemicist JPL
4090 Říšehvězd	1986 RH1	Říše hvězd, Czech astronomy journal [MPC 27734] †
4091 Lowe	1986 TL2	Andrew Lowe, Canadian geophysicist and amateur astronomer [MPC 16247] † ‡
4092 Tyr	1986 TJ4	Tyr, Norse god [MPC 22500]
4093 Bennett	1986 VD	Jack C. Bennett, South African amateur astronomer [MPC 14973]
4094 Aoshima	1987 QC	Masaki Aoshima, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 15427]
4095 Ishizuchisan	1987 SG	Ishizuchisan, mountain in Ehime, Japan [MPC 15427]
4096 Kushiro	1987 VC	Kushiro, city in Japan [MPC 15427]
4097 Tsurugisan	1987 WW	Tsurugisan, mountain in Tokushima, Japan [MPC 15427]
4098 Thraen	1987 WQ1	Anton Karl Thraen, German amateur astronomer and Catholic priest [MPC 15091]
4099 Wiggins	1988 AB5	Patrick Wiggins, American astronomy educator at the Hansen Planetarium (1975–2001) in Salt Lake City, UT. Currently NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador JPL
4100 Sumiko	1988 BF	Sumiko Hioki, wife of one of the discoverers [MPC 34619]

4101–4200

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
4101 Ruikou	1988 CE	Ruikou Kuroiwa, Japanese writer [MPC 16247]
4102 Gergana	1988 TE3	Gergana Georgieva Gelkova (b. 2000) is the adorable grandniece of the discoverer. The name also honors the discoverer's parents, combining their first names Georgy and Ana.JPL
4103 Chahine	1989 EB	Moustafa Chahine, American scientist [MPC 15427]
4104 Alu	1989 ED	Jeff Alu, American astronomer [MPC 15261]
4105 Tsia	1989 EK	Tsia, ancient sun symbol used by the Zia tribe in New Mexico [MPC 16443]
4106 Nada	1989 EW	Nada Junior and Senior High School, in Kobe, Japan [MPC 15091]
4107 Rufino	1989 GT	Rufus J. Walker, friend of the discoverer [MPC 15428]
4108 Rakos	3439 T-3	Karl D. Rakos, Austrian astronomer [MPC 18138]
4109 Anokhin	1969 OW	Sergei Nikolayevich Anokhin, Russian test pilot and cosmonaut-select [MPC 28089] †*
4110 Keats	1977 CZ	John Keats, English poet [MPC 16247]
4111 Lamy	1981 EN12	Philippe Louis Lamy, French-born American astronomer* or Hervé Lamy, Belgian astrophysicist*
4112 Hrabal	1981 ST	Bohumil Hrabal, Czech writer †
4113 Rascana	1982 BQ	Royal Astronomical Society of Canada [MPC 16247] †
4114 Jasnorzewska	1982 QB1	Maria Jasnorzewska-Pawlikowska, Polish poet [MPC 22247] †
4115 Peternorton	1982 QS3	Peter Norton, American software engineer*
4116 Elachi	1982 SU	Charles Elachi, American scientist [MPC 15428]
4117 Wilke	1982 SU3	Alfred Wilke, German optician [MPC 15261]
4118 Sveta	1982 TH3	Svetlana Evgen'evna Savitskaya, Russian cosmonaut [MPC 22500]
4119 Miles	1983 BE	MPC
4120 Denoyelle	1985 RS4	Jozef Denoyelle, Belgian astronomer*
4121 Carlin	1986 JH	MPC
4122 Ferrari	1986 OA	MPC
4123 Tarsila	1986 QP1	Tarsila do Amaral, 19th-20th-century Brazilian modernist painter JPL
4124 Herriot	1986 SE	James Herriot, British writer †
4125 Lew Allen	1987 MO	Lew Allen, American physicist*
4126 Mashu	1988 BU	Lake Mashū, lake in Japan [MPC 15428]
4127 Kyogoku	1988 BA2	Kyōgoku, town in Japan [MPC 15428]
4128 UKSTU	1988 BM5	Schmidt Telescope Unit, [MPC 15261]
4129 Richelen	1988 DM	Richard A. Keen and Helen C. Duran, friends of the discoverer [MPC 15262]
4130 Ramanujan	1988 DQ1	Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician [MPC 15262]
4131 Stasik	1988 DR4	John S. Stasik, American educator [MPC 15091]
4132 Bartók	1988 EH	Béla Bartók, Austro-Hungarian composer [MPC 15091]† and ‡ +
4133 Heureka	1942 DB	MPC
4134 Schütz	1961 CR	MPC
4135 Svetlanov	1966 PG	Yevgeny Svetlanov, Soviet conductor*
4136 Artmane	1968 FJ	Vija Artmane, Latvian actress [MPC 28089]
4137 Crabtree	1970 WC	William Crabtree, a cloth merchant in Salford, near Manchester, second person to knowingly observe a transit of Venus, in 1639 JPL
4138 Kalchas	1973 SM	Calchas, mythical person related to Trojan War*
4139 Ul'yanin	1975 VE2	Sergej Alekseevich Ul'yanin, Russian pilot [MPC 28089]
4140 Branham	1976 VA	MPC
4141 Nintanlena	1978 PG3	MPC
4142 Dersu-Uzala	1981 KE	Dersu Uzala, character in eponymous novel by Vladimir Arsenyev †
4143 Huziak	1981 QN1	Richard Huziak, Canadian astronomer †
4144 Vladvasil'ev	1981 SW6	MPC
4145 Maximova	1981 SJ7	MPC
4146 Rudolfinum	1982 DD2	The Rudolfinum, important building in Prague † ‡
4147 Lennon	1983 AY	John Lennon, Beatle [MPC 16247] †
4148 McCartney	1983 NT	Paul McCartney, Beatle [MPC 16248] †
4149 Harrison	1984 EZ	George Harrison, Beatle [MPC 16248] †
4150 Starr	1984 QC1	Ringo Starr, Beatle [MPC 16248] †
4151 Alanhale	1985 HV1	Alan Hale, American astronomer [MPC 18138]
4152 Weber	1985 JF	Carl Maria von Weber, German composer [MPC 16593]
4153 Roburnham	1985 JT1	Robert Burnham, American astronomer, author, and senior editor of Astronomy magazine [MPC 18139] †
4154 Rumsey	1985 NE	Norman Jack Rumsey, New Zealand optical designer and astronomer †
4155 Watanabe	1987 UB1	Kazuro Watanabe, Japanese astronomer [MPC 16593]
4156 Okadanoboru	1988 BE	Noboru Okada, Japanese adventurer, photographer, mountain-climber and amateur astronomer JPL
4157 Izu	1988 XD2	Izu Peninsula, Japan
4158 Santini	1989 BE	MPC
4159 Freeman	1989 GK	Ann Freeman, friend of discoverer
4160 Sabrina-John	1989 LE	Sabrina M. Gonsalves and John H. Riggins
4161 Amasis	6627 P-L	Amasis (Ahmose II), Egyptian pharaoh [MPC 22501]
4162 SAF	1940 WA	Société Astronomique de France [MPC 22501]
4163 Saaremaa	1941 HC	Saaremaa island, Estonia*
4164 Shilov	1969 UR	Alexander Maxovich Shilov, Russian painter*
4165 Didkovskij	1976 GS3	Named in honor of Leonid Vladimirovich Didkovskij (b. 1948), astrophysicist and deputy director of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. He is known for his research on the brightness oscillations of the sun, for his development of scientific instrumentation for the Soviet space telescope "Astron" and for his work with the active main mirror on the 1.7-m Space Telescope "Spectrum UV", an international project.JPL
4166 Pontryagin	1978 SZ6	MPC
4167 Riemann	1978 TQ7	Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician*
4168 Millan	1979 EE	Named in memory of Julio Rodolfo Millan (1923-1995), first rector of the San Juan National University at the time that the old Yale-Columbia Southern Station was transferred there. Trained as a mining engineer and known for his research on the promotion and development of mining in Argentina, Millan was a professor of metallurgy and later a dean at Cuyo National University, prior to his being appointed organizing delegate of the San Juan National University on its creation in 1973.JPL
4169 Celsius	1980 FO3	Anders Celsius, Swedish physicist and astronomer †
4170 Semmelweis	1980 PT	Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis (Ignác), Hungarian physician † ‡ +
4171 Carrasco	1982 FZ1	MPC
4172 Rochefort	1982 FC3	Rochefort, Belgian town
4173 Thicksten	1982 KG1	Robert P. Thicksten, superintendent of Palomar Observatory [MPC 18139]
4174 Pikulia	1982 SB6	MPC
4175 Billbaum	1985 GX	William A. Baum, American astronomer [MPC 18139]
4176 Sudek	1987 DS	Josef Sudek (1896-1976), outstanding Czech photographer. JPL
4177 Kohman	1987 SS1	Truman Paul Kohman (b. 1916), emeritus professor of nuclear chemistry at Carnegie-Mellon University, is codiscoverer of 26Al, an isotope that has given important information about meteorites and the early history of the solar system. He is also an ardent amateur astronomer and teacher.JPL
4178 Mimeev	1988 EO1	Alexandr Pavlovich Mimeev, Russian radio engineer and amateur astronomer. JPL
4179 Toutatis	1989 AC	Toutatis, Celtic god [MPC 16444] †
4180 Anaxagoras	6092 P-L	Anaxagoras, Greek philosopher [MPC 22501] †
4181 Kivi	1938 DK1	MPC
4182 Mount Locke	1951 JQ	Mount Locke, one of two mountains atop which the McDonald Observatory facilities are located*
4183 Cuno	1959 LM	Cuno Hoffmeister, German astronomer †
4184 Berdyayev	1969 TJ1	Nikolai Berdyayev, Russian philosopher*
4185 Phystech	1975 ED	MPC
4186 Tamashima	1977 DT1	Tamashima, a town of Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan
4187 Shulnazaria	1978 GR3	MPC
4188 Kitezh	1979 HX4	Kitezh, phantom city of Russian folklore*
4189 Sayany	1979 SV9	MPC
4190 Kvasnica	1980 JH	Jozef Kvasnica, Czech physicist †
4191 Assesse	1980 KH	MPC
4192 Breysacher	1981 DH	Jacques Breysacher, French astronomer*
4193 Salanave	1981 SM1	Originally a meteorologist, as first executive officer of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific and first editor of Mercury, Leon E. Salanave took steps to ensure that amateur astronomers felt a sense of "belonging" to an organization dominated by professionals. The name was suggested by W. J. Westbrooke.JPL
4194 Sweitzer	1982 RE	Paul A. Sweitzer, American reporter [MPC 28089]
4195 Esambaev	1982 SK8	Makhmut Esambaev, great Chechen folk dancer*
4196 Shuya	1982 SA13	Shuya, Russia*
4197 Morpheus	1982 TA	Morpheus is a god of dreams who appears in Ovid's "Metamorphoses". JPL
4198 Panthera	1983 CK1	Panthera, Latin word for panther [MPC 25443]
4199 Andreev	1983 RX2	Henri Debehogne, Belgian astronomer*
4200 Shizukagozen	1983 WA	Shizuka Gozen, mistress of Minamoto no Yoshitsune

4201–4300

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
4201 Orosz	1984 JA1	Elizabeth Orosz Warner, American astronomer † [MPC 27126]
4202 Minitti	1985 CB2	Michelle Minitti, American areological mineralogist JPL
4203 Brucato	1985 FD3	John Robert Brucato, American astronomer specializing in cosmochemistry and small bodies of the solar system, or Robert Joseph Brucato, American astronomer*
4204 Barsig	1985 JG1	Walter Barsig, German science teacher [MPC 18139]
4205 David Hughes	1985 YP	David Hughes (astronomer), British astronomer †
4206 Verulamium	1986 QL	Ancient British Roman city, now St Albans, Hertfordshire JPL
4207 Chernova	1986 RO2	MPC
4208 Kiselev	1986 RQ2	MPC
4209 Briggs	1986 TG4	MPC
4210 Isobelthompson	1987 DY5	Isobel Thompson, British archaeologist JPL
4211 Rosniblett	1987 RT	Rosalind Niblett, British archaeologist JPL
4212 Sansyu-Asuke	1987 SB2	Asuke, Aichi, Japan. Asteroid was discovered there
4213 Njord	1987 ST4	Njord, Norse god of winds, navigation and prosperity [MPC 22501]
4214 Veralynn	1987 UX4	Dame Vera Lynn, British singer, famous during World War II*
4215 Kamo	1987 VE1	Akira Kamo, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 22501]
4216 Neunkirchen	1988 AF5	Neunkirchen, town in Austria [MPC 16248]
4217 Engelhardt	1988 BO2	Wolf von Engelhardt, German meteorite researcher*
4218 Demottoni	1988 BK3	Glauco de Mottoni (Glauco de Mottoni y Palacios), Italian electrotechnical engineer and amateur astronomer [MPC 16444] †
4219 Nakamura	1988 DB	Yoshikazu Nakamura, founder of an optical instruments factory, Mitaka Kohki, Japan
4220 Flood	1988 DN	MPC
4221 Picasso	1988 EJ	Pablo Picasso, Spanish artist*
4222 Nancita	1988 EK1	MPC
4223 Shikoku	1988 JM	Shikoku, Japan [MPC 16593]
4224 Susa	1988 KG	MPC
4225 Hobart	1989 BN	Joseph R. Hobart (b. 1944) is an electrical engineer, amateur radio operator W7LUX, and minor-planet and variable-star observer. As of March 2011 he has improved the orbits of more than 700 minor planets, many of which were in danger of loss, and discovered 80 minor planets including NEO 2010~RA 91 .JPL
4226 Damiaan	1989 RE	Jozef de Veuster (Father Damien), Belgian priest †
4227 Kaali	1942 DC	Kaali crater, Estonia*
4228 Nemiro	1968 OC1	Andrej Antonovich Nemiro, Russian astronomer †
4229 Plevitskaya	1971 BK	MPC
4230 van den Bergh	1973 ST1	Sidney van den Bergh, Dutch-born Canadian astronomer † and ‡
4231 Fireman	1976 WD	Edward Leonard Fireman, American planetary geologist*
4232 Aparicio	1977 CD	Antonio Aparicio, Spanish astronomer*
4233 Pal'chikov	1977 RO7	MPC
4234 Evtushenko	1978 JT1	Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian poet*
4235 Tatishchev	1978 SL5	Vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman, historian and ethnographer*
4236 Lidov	1979 FV1	Mikhail L'vovich Lidov, Russian astronomer [MPC 22501]
4237 Raushenbakh	1979 SD4	Boris Viktorovich Raushenbakh, Russian space scientist*
4238 Audrey	1980 GF	Audrey Hepburn, actress, born in Brussels, Belgium, to an English father and Dutch mother (a baroness) † ‡
4239 Goodman	1980 OE	MPC
4240 Grün	1981 EY20	Eberhard Grün, German astronomer †
4241 Pappalardo	1981 EX46	Robert Theodore Pappalardo, American planetary geologist*
4242 Brecher	1981 FQ	Kenneth Brecher, American astronomer*
4243 Nankivell	1981 GF1	Garry Nankivell, New Zealand optical craftsman †
4244 Zakharchenko	1981 TO3	MPC
4245 Nairc	1981 UC10	Nanjing Astronomical Instruments Research Centre, China
4246 Telemann	1982 SY2	Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer*
4247 Grahamsmith	1983 WC	Francis Graham Smith, British astronomer, former Astronomer Royal*
4248 Ranald	1984 HX	Ranald McIntosh, programmer, who maintains the database for the Variable Star Section of the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand †
4249 Křemže	1984 SC2	Křemže, Czech Republic †
4250 Perun	1984 UG	Perun, Slavic god of thunder [MPC 16444] †
4251 Kavasch	1985 JK1	Julius Kavasch and Wulf-Dietrich Kavasch, German amateur geologists [MPC 18140]
4252 Godwin	1985 RG4	Richard Godwin, American board member of the Space Frontier Foundation, brother of Robert Godwin, space expert and space-history researcher JPL
4253 Märker	1985 TN3	Wolfgang Märker, associated with Ries impact crater [MPC 18140]
4254 Kamél	1985 UT3	Lars Kamél, Swedish astronomer †
4255 Spacewatch	1986 GW	The Spacewatch project*
4256 Kagamigawa	1986 TX	Kagami River, Japan*
4257 Ubasti	1987 QA	Ubasti Egyptian goddess of feline.
4258 Ryazanov	1987 RZ2	MPC
4259 McCoy	1988 SB3	Timothy James McCoy, American planetary geologist*
4260 Yanai	1989 AX	Masayuki Yanai, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 16593]
4261 Gekko	1989 BJ	Gekko Observatory, Japan
4262 DeVorkin	1989 CO	David H. DeVorkin (born 1944), Chair of the Historical Astronomy Division of the American Astronomical Society (1997–1999). JPL
4263 Abashiri	1989 RL2	Abashiri, Hokkaidō, Japan
4264 Karljosephine	1989 TB	MPC
4265 Kani	1989 TX	Kani, Gifu, Japan
4266 Waltari	1940 YE	Mika Toimi Waltari, Finnish author †
4267 Basner	1971 QP	MPC
4268 Grebenikov	1972 TW3	Evgenii Aleksandrovich Grebenikov (Eugeniu Grebenicov), Romanian-born Russian mathematician and astronomer † ‡
4269 Bogado	1974 FN	Manuel D. Bogado (b. 1934) is a Paraguayan amateur astronomer, known for his contributions to amateur astronomy in his country and for his work involving astrophotography and variable stars. The name was suggested by W. A. Froger.JPL
4270 Juanvictoria	1975 TJ6	Named in memory of Juan Victoria (1906-1986), legal representative of the Yale-Columbia Southern Station when it was under construction in the early 1960s; he also supervised the construction of the dome and facilities for the U.S. Naval Observatory's station nearby. A mining engineer by training, Victoria was known for his teaching and research in the engineering department of the Cuyo National University, and he also advised the government on the development and establishment of the Minerals Laboratory and the Mining Research Institute. One of Victoria's greatest accomplishments was the construction of the San Juan Auditorium, considered to be one of best such buildings in Latin America.JPL
4271 Novosibirsk	1976 GQ6	Novosibirsk, Russia [MPC 22501]
4272 Entsuji	1977 EG5	Entsuji, temple of Okayama, Japan
4273 Dunhuang	1978 UU1	Dunhuang, China
4274 Karamanov	1980 RZ3	Alemdar Sobitovich Karamanov, Ukrainian composer [MPC 22501]
4275 Bogustafson	1981 EW14	Bo Åke Sture Gustafson, Swedish-American astronomer †
4276 Clifford	1981 XA	Clifford J. Cunningham, Canadian amateur astronomer and writer [MPC 16248] †
4277 Holubov	1982 AF	Holubov, Czech Republic †
4278 Harvey	1982 SF	G. Roger Harvey, American educator [MPC 16593]
4279 De Gasparis	1982 WB	Annibale de Gasparis, Italian astronomer*
4280 Simonenko	1985 PF2	Alla Nikolaevna Simonenko, Russian (Ukrainian?) astronomer*
4281 Pounds	1985 TE1	Kenneth Pounds, British astronomer*
4282 Endate	1987 UQ1	Kin Endate, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 16593]
4283 Stöffler	1988 BZ	Dieter Stöffler, German astronomer [MPC 18140]
4284 Kaho	1988 FL3	Shigeru Kaho, Japanese astronomer
4285 Hulkower	1988 NH	Neal D. Hulkower, American mathematician [MPC 16045]
4286 Rubtsov	1988 PU4	Nikolay Rubtsov, Russian poet*
4287 Třísov	1989 RU2	Třísov, Czech Republic †
4288 Tokyotech	1989 TQ1	Tokyo Institute of Technology, the largest national institution of higher learning in Japan dedicated to science and technology JPL
4289 Biwako	1989 UA2	Biwako, largest lake in Japan [MPC 16248]
4290 Heisei	1989 UK3	The Heisei era, Japanese history [MPC 16444]
4291 Kodaihasu	1989 VH	Ancient Lotus, that seed was excavated from Yayoi ruins and germinated in Japan
4292 Aoba	1989 VO	Aoba Castle, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
4293 Masumi	1989 VT	Masumi Hurukawa, Japanese worked for public outreach of astronomy
4294 Horatius	4016 P-L	Horatius, Roman poet [MPC 16594]
4295 Wisse	6032 P-L	Marijke Wisse-Schouten, staff member at Leiden Observatory [MPC 16594] †
4296 van Woerkom	1935 SA2	Adriaan van Woerkom, Dutch astronomer [MPC 18140] †
4297 Eichhorn	1938 HE	Named in honor of Heinrich Karl Eichhorn (b. 1927), Austrian-American astronomer, educator and scholar, innovator in the astronomy of stellar positions and motions. He developed the central-overlap and other astrometric reduction methods that greatly improve their rigor, increasing the precision of stellar parallaxes and proper motions and thus also of the distance scale of the universe. Name proposed by A. R. Upgren.JPL
4298 Jorgenúnez	1941 WA	The main research interests of physicist and astronomer Jorge Núnez (b. 1953) are robotic observatories and the treatment of astronomical CCD images, an area to which he has contributed many refereed papers. Since 2002 he has been a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts of Barcelona.JPL
4299 WIYN	1952 QX	The WIYN Consortium of observatories [MPC 34619]
4300 Marg Edmondson	1955 SG1	Margaret Russell Edmondson, daughter of American astronomer Henry Norris Russell and wife of American astronomer Frank K. Edmondson [MPC 34620] †

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
4301 Boyden	1966 PM	Uriah Atherton Boyden, 19th-century American mechanical engineer, whose bequest allowed the Harvard College Observatory to establish the Boyden Observatory JPL
4302 Markeev	1968 HP	MPC
4303 Savitskij	1973 SZ3	Evgenij Yakovlevich Savitskij, Russian aviator, father of cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya [MPC 22501]
4304 Geichenko	1973 SW4	Semyon Stepanovich Geichenko, Russian writer and literary scholar [MPC 22501]
4305 Clapton	1976 EC	Eric Clapton, British musician [MPC 16249] †
4306 Dunaevskij	1976 SZ5	Maxim Dunayevsky, Soviet composer*
4307 Cherepashchuk	1976 UK2	Anatolii Mikhailovich Cherepashchuk, Russian astronomer*
4308 Magarach	1978 PL4	Research Institute of wine-making and viticulture at Magarach, Yalta [MPC 22501]
4309 Marvin	1978 QC	Ursula Bailey Marvin, American planetary geologist*
4310 Strömholm	1978 RJ7	Stig Strömholm, Swedish legal scholar and writer †
4311 Zguridi	1978 SY6	Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Zguridi, Soviet producer [MPC 34620]
4312 Knacke	1978 WW11	Roger Fritz Knacke, American astronomer †
4313 Bouchet	1979 HK1	Patrice Bouchet, French astronomer at the European Southern Observatory*
4314 Dervan	1979 ML3	Peter Dervan, the Bren Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology. JPL
4315 Pronik	1979 SL11	Vladimir Pronik and/or Iraida Pronik, astronomers at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory*
4316 Babinkova	1979 TZ1	MPC
4317 Garibaldi	1980 DA1	Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian nation-builder †
4318 Baťa	1980 DE1	Tomáš Baťa, Czech businessman [MPC 16444] †
4319 Jackierobinson	1981 ER14	Jack Roosevelt (Jackie) Robinson, American baseball player. JPL
4320 Jarosewich	1981 EJ17	Eugene Jarosewich, research chemist emeritus at the Smithsonian Institution †
4321 Zero	1981 EH26	Samuel Joel "Zero" Mostel (1915-1977), an American actor, singer and artist. JPL
4322 Billjackson	1981 EE37	MPC
4323 Hortulus	1981 QN	Hortulus, Latin word for a small, cozy garden [MPC 34620]
4324 Bickel	1981 YA1	Wolf Bickel (b. 1942), a German amateur astronomer who started observing minor planets in 1995 at his private observatory, located close to Bergisch Gladbach. JPL
4325 Guest	1982 HL	John Edward Guest, British planetary scientist [MPC 16594]
4326 McNally	1982 HS1	Derek McNally, British astronomer [MPC 16594]
4327 Ries	1982 KB1	Judit Györgyey Ries, Hungarian-born American astronomer*
4328 Valina	1982 SQ2	MPC
4329 Miró	1982 SX2	Joan Miró (1893–1983), a famous Spanish Catalan painter, sculptor and ceramicist. JPL
4330 Vivaldi	1982 UJ3	Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, Italian composer*
4331 Hubbard	1983 HC	MPC
4332 Milton	1983 RC	Daniel J. Milton, American astrogeologist*
4333 Sinton	1983 RO2	William M. Sinton, American astronomer [MPC 16444]
4334 Foo	1983 RO3	Lillian Foo, Singaporean consultant at the World Bank †
4335 Verona	1983 VC7	Verona, city in Italy [MPC 16249]
4336 Jasniewicz	1984 QE1	MPC
4337 Arecibo	1985 GB	Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico [MPC 16445]
4338 Velez	1985 PB1	Reinaldo Velez, telescope operator at Arecibo Observatory [MPC 16445]
4339 Almamater	1985 UK	Alma mater, in anticipation of the 650th anniversary of the Charles University in Prague, the oldest university in central Europe †
4340 Dence	1986 JZ	Michael R. Dence, Canadian geologist †
4341 Poseidon	1987 KF	Poseidon, Greek god*
4342 Freud	1987 QO9	Sigmund Freud, Austrian founder of psychoanalysis*
4343 Tetsuya	1988 AC	Tetsuya Fujii, Japanese astronomer*
4344 Buxtehude	1988 CR1	Dieterich Buxtehude, Danish or German organist and composer*
4345 Rachmaninoff	1988 CM2	Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff, Russian composer, pianist and conductor*
4346 Whitney	1988 DS4	Mary Watson Whitney, American astronomer*
4347 Reger	1988 PK2	Max Reger, German composer [MPC 16594]
4348 Poulydamas	1988 RU	Poulydamas, mythical person related to Trojan War [MPC 18141]
4349 Tibúrcio	1989 LX	Julio Cesar dos Santos Tibúrcio, Brazilian amateur astronomer [MPC 16445]
4350 Shibecha	1989 UG1	Shibecha, Hokkaidō, Japan
4351 Nobuhisa	1989 UR1	Nobuhisa Kojima, Japanese amateur astronomer
4352 Kyoto	1989 UW1	Kyoto, city in Japan [MPC 16249]
4353 Onizaki	1989 WK1	Onizaki, town in Tokoname, Aichi, Japan [MPC 16249]
4354 Euclides	2142 P-L	Euclid, Greek mathematician [MPC 16594]
4355 Memphis	3524 P-L	Memphis, former capital of old Egyptian kingdom [MPC 18141]
4356 Marathon	9522 P-L	Marathon, Greece [MPC 18141]
4357 Korinthos	2069 T-2	Korinthos, Greece [MPC 18141]
4358 Lynn	A909 TF	William Thynne Lynn, assistant at Greenwich Observatory [MPC 22502]
4359 Berlage	1935 TG	Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Dutch meteorologist, son of the architect of the same name [MPC 18141] †
4360 Xuyi	1964 TG2	Xuyi County, China
4361 Nezhdanova	1977 TG7	Antonina Nezhdanova, Russian opera singer*
4362 Carlisle	1978 PR4	MPC
4363 Sergej	1978 TU7	MPC
4364 Shkodrov	1978 VV5	Vladimir Georgiev Shkodrov, Bulgarian astronomer †
4365 Ivanova	1978 VH8	Violeta G. Ivanova, Bulgarian astronomer
4366 Venikagan	1979 YV8	MPC
4367 Meech	1981 EE43	Karen Jean Meech, American astronomer*
4368 Pillmore	1981 JC2	Charles (Chuck) L. Pillmore, geologist †
4369 Seifert	1982 OR	Jaroslav Seifert, Czech poet [MPC 25443] †
4370 Dickens	1982 SL	Charles Dickens, English writer [MPC 16445]
4371 Fyodorov	1983 GC2	Svyatoslav Nikolayevich Fyodorov, Russian ophthalmologist [MPC 22502]
4372 Quincy	1984 TB	MPC
4373 Crespo	1985 PB	Antonio Crespo, electrical engineer at Arecibo Observatory [MPC 16446]
4374 Tadamori	1987 BJ	Taira no Tadamori, early samurai
4375 Kiyomori	1987 DQ	Taira no Kiyomori, early samurai and Daijō Daijin
4376 Shigemori	1987 FA	Taira no Shigemori, early samurai
4377 Koremori	1987 GD	Taira no Koremori, early samurai
4378 Voigt	1988 JF	Hans-Heinrich Voigt, German astronomer [MPC 16446]
4379 Snelling	1988 PT1	MPC
4380 Geyer	1988 PB2	Edward H. Geyer, astronomer [MPC 16249]
4381 Uenohara	1989 WD1	Uenohara, town in Japan [MPC 16446]
4382 Stravinsky	1989 WQ3	Igor Fyodorovitch Stravinsky, Russian-American composer [MPC 16446]
4383 Suruga	1989 XP	Suruga Province (ancient name of eastern part of Shizuoka Prefecture), Japan
4384 Henrybuhl	1990 AA	Henry Buhl, Jr. (1848–1927), a philanthropist who established the Buhl Foundation. JPL
4385 Elsässer	2534 P-L	Hans F. Elsässer, German astronomer, former director of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy [MPC 18141]
4386 Lüst	6829 P-L	Reimar Lüst, German astrophysicist [MPC 18141] †
4387 Tanaka	4829 T-2	Yasuo Tanaka, Japanese astrophysicist [MPC 18142]
4388 Jürgenstock	1964 VE	Jürgen Stock, German astronomer † *
4389 Durbin	1976 GL3	MPC
4390 Madreteresa	1976 GO8	Mother Teresa †
4391 Balodis	1977 QW2	MPC
4392 Agita	1978 RX5	MPC
4393 Dawe	1978 VP8	John Dawe, British astronomer*
4394 Fritzheide	1981 EB19	Fritz Heide, German meteorite researcher*
4395 Danbritt	1981 EH41	As a research professor at the University of Tennessee, Daniel Britt (b. 1950) studies the relationships between minor planets and meteorites using reflectance spectroscopy. He has been instrumental in unraveling the role of shock processes in modifying the reflectance properties of asteroidal surfaces. JPL
4396 Gressmann	1981 JH	Michael Gressmann, German astro-optician and amateur astronomer [MPC 16446] † ‡
4397 Jalopez	1981 JS1	José Augusto Lopez (b. 1922), astronomer and long-time director of the Felix Aguilar Observatory in Argentina MPC
4398 Chiara	1984 HC2	MPC
4399 Ashizuri	1984 UA	Cape Ashizuri, Kochi, Japan [MPC 16595]
4400 Bagryana	1985 QH4	Elisaveta Bagryana, Bulgarian poet

4401–4500

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
4401 Aditi	1985 TB	MPC
4402 Tsunemori	1987 DP	Taira no Tsunemori, early samurai
4403 Kuniharu	1987 EA	Kuniharu Observatory, Japan
4404 Enirac	1987 GG	Wife of the discoverer, Alain Maury [MPC 16595] †
4405 Otava	1987 QD1	Otava River, Czech Republic [MPC 34620] †
4406 Mahler	1987 YD1	Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer [MPC 16446]
4407 Taihaku	1988 TF1	Taihaku-ku, Sendai, Japan
4408 Zlatá Koruna	1988 TH2	Zlatá Koruna, a gothic monastery and a village in South Bohemia, Czech Republic †
4409 Kissling	1989 MD	Warwick M. Kissling, New Zealand mathematician †
4410 Kamuimintara	1989 YA	Daisetsuzan's another name in Ainu mythology - meaning Playground of Kamuys
4411 Kochibunkyo	1990 AF	The Kochi Prefecture Cultural and Educational Association [MPC 25443]
4412 Chephren	2535 P-L	Chephren, pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty of Egypt who built the eponymous pyramid at Giza and the Sphinx [MPC 18142]
4413 Mycerinos	4020 P-L	Mycerinos, pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty of Egypt [MPC 18142]
4414 Sesostris	4153 P-L	Sesostris I, Sesostris II, and Sesostris III, three pharaohs of the Twelfth dynasty of Egypt [MPC 18142]
4415 Echnaton	4237 P-L	Echnaton, pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt [MPC 18142]
4416 Ramses	4530 P-L	Ramses, pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt [MPC 18142]
4417 Lecar	1931 GC	Myron Lecar, American astrophysicist [MPC 22502]
4418 Fredfranklin	1931 TR1	Fred Aldrich Franklin, American astronomer [MPC 22502]
4419 Allancook	1932 HD	Allan F. Cook II, American astrophysicist [MPC 22502]
4420 Alandreev	1936 PB	Aleksandr Fedorovich Andreev (b. 1939), vice-president of the Russian Academy of Sciences and director of the P. Kapitsa Institute of Physical Problems in Moscow. JPL
4421 Kayor	1942 AC	Kay and Roy Williams, parents of Gareth V. Williams, an astronomer at the Minor Planet Center [MPC 21131]
4422 Jarre	1942 UA	Named in honour of the French composers Jean Michel Jarre and his father Maurice Jarre*
4423 Golden	1949 GH	William T. Golden (b. 1909), author-editor of books on science policy. JPL
4424 Arkhipova	1967 DB	Vera Petrovna Arkhipova, Russian astronomer*
4425 Bilk	1967 UQ	Düsseldorf-Bilk, where the Sternwarte Bilk (Düsseldorf-Bilk Observatory) was established in 1843 and destroyed in 1943 JPL
4426 Roerich	1969 TB6	Nikolaj Konstantinovich Roerich, Russian painter, Elena Ivanovna Roerich, Russian writer, Yurij Nikolaevich Roerich, Russian scientist, and Svyatoslav Nikolaevich Roerich, Russian painter [MPC 22502]
4427 Burnashev	1971 QP1	Vladislav Ivanovich Burnashev (born 1943) also Bella Alekseevna Burnasheva (born 1944) (Crimean Astrophysical Observatory)
4428 Khotinok	1977 SN	Roman L'vovich Khotinok, Russian meteorite researcher [MPC 22502]
4429 Chinmoy	1978 RJ2	Sri Chinmoy, Bengali poet, artist and philosopher
4430 Govorukhin	1978 SX6	MPC
4431 Holeungholee	1978 WU14	S. H. Ho, K.-K. Leung, T. Ho and Q.-W. Lee jointly established the Holeungholee Foundation in 1994 to reward high-level Chinese achievements in science and technology and to promote the further development of those achievements. JPL
4432 McGraw-Hill	1981 ER22	the McGraw-Hill Telescope at the MDM Observatory †
4433 Goldstone	1981 QP	Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex, California [MPC 16447]
4434 Nikulin	1981 RD5	MPC
4435 Holt	1983 AG2	MPC
4436 Ortizmoreno	1983 EX	José Luis Ortiz Moreno (born 1967), a planetary scientist at the IAA (CSIC) at Granada, Spain. JPL
4437 Yaroshenko	1983 GA2	MPC
4438 Sykes	1983 WR	Mark V. Sykes, planetary scientist at the Steward Observatory, Arizona
4439 Muroto	1984 VA	Muroto, Kochi, city in Japan [MPC 25443]
4440 Tchantchès	1984 YV	Tchantchès (Walloon dialect for François), the typical Walloon hero of the region of the discoverer. Tchantchès is obstinate but has a great heart. JPL
4441 Toshie	1985 BB	Toshie Seki, the discoverer's mother*
4442 Garcia	1985 RB1	Jerry Garcia, lead guitarist of the Grateful Dead
4443 Paulet	1985 RD4	Pedro Paulet, Peruvian scientist3 JPL
4444 Escher	1985 SA	Maurits Cornelis Escher, Dutch graphic artist JPL
4445 Jimstratton	1985 TC	James Michael Stratton, American space engineer JPL
4446 Carolyn	1985 TT	Carolyn Shoemaker, comet and asteroid discoverer
4447 Kirov	1985 VE1	After Kirov, the city in Russia, or after the Kirov Opera and Ballet Theatre*
4448 Phildavis	1986 EO	MPC
4449 Sobinov	1987 RX3	Leonid Sobinov, Russian opera singer*
4450 Pan	1987 SY	Pan god of Arcady.
4451 Grieve	1988 JJ	Richard Andrew Francis Grieve, Canadian geologist †
4452 Ullacharles	1988 RN	Ulla Augustesen (1914-1990) and Charles Augustesen (1909-1987), the parents of Brorfelde observer Karl Augustesen. JPL
4453 Bornholm	1988 VC	The beautiful and famous Danish rocky island of Bornholm is situated in the southern part of the Baltic Sea. JPL
4454 Kumiko	1988 VW	Kumiko Kaneda, wife of one of discovers
4455 Ruriko	1988 XA	Ruriko Ueda, wife of one of discovers
4456 Mawson	1989 OG	Sir Douglas Mawson, Antarctic explorer*
4457 van Gogh	1989 RU	Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter [MPC 16595] †
4458 Oizumi	1990 BY	Ōizumi, Yamanashi, Japan
4459 Nusamaibashi	1990 BP2	Nusamai Bridge, Kushiro, Hokkaidō, Japan
4460 Bihoro	1990 DS	Bihoro, town in Japan [MPC 16595]
4461 Sayama	1990 EL	Sayama, Saitama, Japan
4462 Vaughan	1952 HJ2	MPC
4463 Marschwarzschild	1954 UO2	Martin Schwarzschild, German-American astrophysicist †
4464 Vulcano	1966 TE	MPC
4465 Rodita	1969 TD5	Tat'yana Mikhajlovna Rodita, Soviet art critic. JPL
4466 Abai	1971 SX1	MPC
4467 Kaidanovskij	1975 VN2	Naum L'vovich Kaidanovskii, Russian astronomer †
4468 Pogrebetskij	1976 SZ3	Mikhail Pogrebetskiy, Ukrainian mountaineer*
4469 Utting	1978 PS4	Muriel Utting, Australian historian of the Perth Observatory.
4470 Sergeev-Censkij	1978 QP1	Sergey Sergeev-Tsensky, Soviet writer*
4471 Graculus	1978 VB	Pyrrhocorax graculus is the Alpine species of choughs. In great flocks they are sometimes a bit of a nuisance, but to watch their masterly elegant flight, especially in turbulent air, is a great delight. JPL
4472 Navashin	1980 TY14	Mikhail Sergeevich Navashin, Russian author of the Teleskop astronoma-lyubitelya (The Amateur Astronomer's Telescope)*
4473 Sears	1981 DE2	Derek W. G. Sears, British meteoriticist †
4474 Proust	1981 QZ2	Dominique Proust, French astrophysicist
4475 Voitkevich	1982 UQ5	Georgii Vitol'dovich Voitkevich, Russian geochemist [MPC 22247]
4476 Bernstein	1983 DE	MPC
4477 Kelley	1983 SB	Michael Shawn Kelley (b. 1958), a program officer at the Planetary Science Division, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. JPL
4478 Blanco	1984 HG1	Carlo Blanco, professor of astronomy at Catania University.*
4479 Charlieparker	1985 CP1	Charlie "Bird" Parker, American saxophonist, principal inventor of bebop JPL
4480 Nikitibotania	1985 QM4	MPC
4481 Herbelin	1985 RR	Named in honor of Claude Herbelin (b. 1931), of Neuchâtel, on the occasion of his 65th birthday (1996 Dec. 13). A friend of the discoverer and brother of the discoverer's companion Anne-Marie Malotki, Herbelin is an electrotechnical engineer by profession. He is also an enthusiastic telecommunications specialist (frequency standards, chronometry) and mountain skier and hiker. Citation provided by S. Herbelin and C. Gassmann-Herbelin. JPL
4482 Frèrebasile	1986 RB	MPC
4483 Petöfi	1986 RC2	Sándor Petőfi, Hungarian poet [MPC 22247] † ‡
4484 Sif	1987 DD	Sif, Norse goddess [MPC 22502]
4485 Radonezhskij	1987 QQ11	Sergij Radonezhskij, Russian church official [MPC 22502]
4486 Mithra	1987 SB	Mithra, Indo-Iranian god*
4487 Pocahontas	1987 UA	Pocahontas, Native American woman*
4488 Tokitada	1987 UK	Taira no Tokitada, early samurai
4490 Bambery	1988 ND	Raymond Bambery, of the Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking Project*
4491 Otaru	1988 RP	Otaru, Hokkaidō, Japan
4492 Debussy	1988 SH	Claude Debussy, French composer*
4493 Naitomitsu	1988 TG1	Mitsu Naito, mother of the first female Japanese astronaut, Chiaki Mukai JPL
4494 Marimo	1988 TK1	Marimo
4495 Dassanowsky	1988 VS	Elfi Dassanowsky (1924–2007), an Austrian-born film pioneer. JPL
4496 Kamimachi	1988 XM1	Kamimachi, town in Kōchi, Japan. Birthplace of discover
4497 Taguchi	1989 AE1	Takeo Taguchi, Japanese optical engineer?*
4498 Shinkoyama	1989 AG1	Shin Koyama, Japanese astronomer
4499 Davidallen	1989 AO3	David Anthony Allen, British astronomer †
4500 Pascal	1989 CL	Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher*

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
4501 Eurypylos	1989 CJ3	Eurypylos, mythical king of Thessaly [MPC 17031]
4502 Elizabethann	1989 KG	MPC
4503 Cleobulus	1989 WM	Cleobulus of Rhodes (or of Lindos), One of the seven wise men of antiquity *
4504 Jenkinson	1989 YO	Eleonora ("Nora") Jenkinson, British amateur astronomer
4505 Okamura	1990 DV1	Keiichiro Okamura, Japanese headmaster*
4506 Hendrie	1990 FJ	Michael Hendrie, British amateur astronomer and author, astronomy correspondent for The Times*
4507 Petercollins	1990 FV	Peter L. Collins, American amateur astronomer. JPL
4508 Takatsuki	1990 FG1	Yukihiro Takatsuki, contributing editor of Japanese astronomical magazine
4509 Gorbatskij	A917 SG	Vitaly Gerasimovich Gorbatskij (b. 1920), professor at St. Petersburg University. JPL
4510 Shawna	1930 XK	MPC
4511 Rembrandt	1935 SP1	Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Dutch painter and engraver
4512 Sinuhe	1939 BM	Sinuhe, hero of The Egyptian by Mika Waltari*
4513 Louvre	1971 QW1	The Louvre, museum*
4514 Vilen	1972 HX	Vilen Valentinovich Nesterov, Russian astronomer*
4515 Khrennikov	1973 SD6	Tikhon Nikolayevich Khrennikov, Russian composer. JPL
4516 Pugovkin	1973 SN6	Mikhail Pugovkin, Russian comic actor*
4517 Ralpharvey	1975 SV	Ralph Harvey (b. 1960), An assistant professor at Case Western University. JPL
4518 Raikin	1976 GP3	Arkady Raikin, Russian actor
4519 Voronezh	1976 YO4	Voronezh, Russia*
4520 Dovzhenko	1977 QJ3	Alexander Dovzhenko, Ukrainian filmmaker*
4521 Akimov	1979 FU2	Nikolai Pavlovich Akimov, Ukrainian scenic designer and stage designer*
4522 Britastra	1980 BM	British Astronomical Association*
4523 MIT	1981 DM1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology. JPL
4524 Barklajdetolli	1981 RV4	Prince Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Russian field marshal of Scottish descent*
4525 Johnbauer	1982 JB3	John Bauer, American teacher of astronomy and physics JPL
4526 Konko	1982 KN1	Konkō, Okayama, Japan
4527 Schoenberg	1982 OK	Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian-American composer*
4528 Berg	1983 PP	Alban Berg, Austrian composer*
4529 Webern	1984 ED	Anton Webern, Austrian composer*
4530 Smoluchowski	1984 EP	Roman Smoluchowski, Polish-born physicist and astrophysicist
4531 Asaro	1985 FC	Frank Asaro, American nuclear chemist and colleague of Walter and Louis Alvarez*
4532 Copland	1985 GM1	Aaron Copland, American composer [MPC 18142]
4533 Orth	1986 EL	Charles J. Orth, American geochemist*
4534 Rimskij-Korsakov	1986 PV4	Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer*
4535 Adamcarolla	1986 QV2	Adam Carolla, American comedic radio and television personality, former co-host of the syndicated radio program Loveline JPL
4536 Drewpinsky	1987 DA6	David Drew Pinsky (Dr. Drew), American doctor who co-hosts the syndicated radio program Loveline JPL
4537 Valgrirasp	1987 RR3	Valentin Rasputin, Soviet writer [MPC 22502]
4538 Vishyanand	1988 TP	Viswanathan (Vishy) Anand (b. 1969), India's first chess grandmaster. JPL
4539 Miyagino	1988 VU1	Miyagino-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
4540 Oriani	1988 VY1	Barnaba Oriani (Barnabus Oriani), Italian astronomer
4541 Mizuno	1989 AF	Yoshikane Mizuno, Japanese amateur astronomer
4542 Mossotti	1989 BO	Ottaviano-Fabrizio Mossotti, Italian physicist and astronomer*
4543 Phoinix	1989 CQ1	Phoinix, mythical Greek warrior [MPC 18143]
4544 Xanthus	1989 FB	Xanthus, one of Achilles' semi-divine horses (in the Iliad). Also Xanthus (or Xanthos) is the name given to the river God, (known as Scamander or Skamandros to mortals)*
4545 Primolevi	1989 SB11	Primo Levi (1919–1987), an Italian chemist and writer. JPL
4546 Franck	1990 EW2	César Franck, Belgian composer
4547 Massachusetts	1990 KP	Massachusetts, United States*
4548 Wielen	2538 P-L	Roland Wielen, German astronomer [MPC 18143]
4549 Burkhardt	1276 T-2	Gernot Burkhardt, German astronomer, co-editor of Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts [MPC 18143]
4550 Royclarke	1977 HH1	Roy Clarke, Jr. (b. 1925) served as curator of the U.S. National Meteorite Collection at the Smithsonian Institution for nearly 30 years. Clarke's research interests have focused on the structures of iron meteorites and have included the classification and study of Antarctic iron meteorites. JPL
4551 Cochran	1979 MC	Anita Light Cochran, American astronomer and William David Cochran, American astronomer*
4552 Nabelek	1980 JC	Jan Nabelek, Moravian teacher †
4553 Doncampbell	1982 RH	MPC
4554 Fanynka	1986 UT	"Fanynka" Burian, friend of the discoverer
4555 Josefapérez	1987 QL	María Josefa Pérez (1970-2014), an astronomer at the Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio, Buenos Aires, and at the La Plata Astronomical Observatory. JPL
4556 Gumilyov	1987 QW10	Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet*
4557 Mika	1987 XD	Mika Watanabe, wife of one of discovers
4558 Janesick	1988 NF	James R. Janesick, American optical engineer*
4559 Strauss	1989 AP6	Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer [MPC 17031]
4560 Klyuchevskij	1976 YD2	Vasily Klyuchevsky, Russian historian*
4561 Lemeshev	1978 RY5	Sergey Lemeshev, Russian opera singer*
4562 Poleungkuk	1979 UD2	This name celebrates the 125th anniversary of the founding of Po Leung Kuk, a famous charity in Hong Kong. With a firm commitment to care and protection for the young and the innocent, Po Leung Kuk serves the local community. JPL
4563 Kahnia	1980 OG	MPC
4564 Clayton	1981 ET16	Robert Clayton (b. 1930), a professor at the University of Chicago. JPL
4565 Grossman	1981 EZ17	Lawrence Grossman, Canadian-American geophysicist
4566 Chaokuangpiu	1981 WM4	Kuang-Piu Chao, consulting professor at Tsinghua University and Zhejiang University. For many years, he made remarkable contributions to the development of Chinese educational and cultural programs. JPL
4567 Bečvář	1982 SO1	Antonín Bečvář, Slovak astronomer
4568 Menkaure	1983 RY3	MPC
4569 Baerbel	1985 GV1	MPC
4570 Runcorn	1985 PR	Keith Runcorn (Stanley Keith Runcorn), British geophysicist. JPL
4571 Grumiaux	1985 RY3	Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist*
4572 Brage	1986 RF	Brage, Norse god of poetry and music [MPC 22502]
4573 Piešťany	1986 TP6	MPC
4574 Yoshinaka	1986 YB	Minamoto no Yoshinaka, early samurai
4575 Broman	1987 ME1	Brian Roman, American astronomer*
4576 Yanotoyohiko	1988 CC	Toyohiko Yano (b. 1952) is a professor at the Research Laboratory for Nuclear Reactors, Tokyo Institute of Technology. His major work is materials science, particularly in the field of ceramics, and he is also a skillful electron microscopist. In their youth, he and the discoverer climbed mountains together.JPL
4577 Chikako	1988 WG	Chikako Mitsuhashi (or Mihashi), Japanese astronomical educator*
4578 Kurashiki	1988 XL1	Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan*
4579 Puccini	1989 AT6	Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini, Italian operatic composer*
4580 Child	1989 EF	Jack B. Child, astronomer*
4581 Asclepius	1989 FC	Asclepius, god of medicine*
4582 Hank	1989 FW	MPC
4583 Lugo	1989 RL4	Raymond Lugo, American deputy launch services manager on NASA's New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission JPL
4584 Akan	1990 FA	Akan National Park, Hokkaidō, Japan
4585 Ainonai	1990 KQ	Ainonai, Hokkaidō, Japan
4586 Gunvor	6047 P-L	Gunvor Ulla Marie Ollongren-Lundgren, wife of Dutch astronomer Alexander Ollongren [MPC 18143]
4587 Rees	3239 T-2	Martin J. Rees, English astronomer [MPC 18143]
4588 Wislicenus	1931 EE	Walter F. Wislicenus (1859-1905), a German astronomer. JPL
4589 McDowell	1933 OB	Jonathan Christopher McDowell, American astrophysicist [MPC 22502]
4590 Dimashchegolev	1968 OG1	Dmytrij Evgen’evich Shchegolev, Russian astronomer †
4591 Bryantsev	1975 VZ	Alexander Alexandrovich Bryantsev, Russian theatre director*
4592 Alkissia	1979 SQ11	Aleksej Alekseevich Kiselev, Russian astronomer
4593 Reipurth	1980 FV1	Bo Reipurth, Danish astronomer
4594 Dashkova	1980 KR1	Ekaterina Romanovna Dashkova, Russian princess [MPC 22502]
4595 Prinz	1981 EZ2	Martin Prinz, American curator of meteorites at the American Museum of Natural History. JPL
4597 Consolmagno	1983 UA1	Guy Joseph Consolmagno, American astronomer. JPL
4598 Coradini	1985 PG1	Marcello Coradini, Italian planetary scientist or Angioletta Coradini, Italian planetary scientist*
4599 Rowan	1985 RZ2	Michael Rowan-Robinson, British astronomer JPL
4600 Meadows	1985 RE4	Jack Meadows, British astronomer JPL

4601–4700

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
4601 Ludkewycz	1986 LB	The maiden name of the Ukrainian-born mother of the discoverer, American NASA astronomer, writer, cartoonist, planetary scientist, artist and Hollywood special effects animator Marian Rudnyk
4602 Heudier	1986 UD3	Jean Louis Heudier, French astronomer
4603 Bertaud	1986 WM3	Charles Bertaud, French astronomer*
4604 Stekarstrom	1987 SK	Stephen E. and Karen M. Strom, American astronomers and photographers JPL
4605 Nikitin	1987 SV17	Afanasy Nikitin, Russian explorer and travel writer
4606 Saheki	1987 UM1	Tsuneo Saeki, Japanese astronomer*
4607 Seilandfarm	1987 WR	Seiland Farm, Hokkaidō, Japan
4608 Wodehouse	1988 BW3	Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, KBE, British comic writer JPL
4609 Pizarro	1988 CT3	Guido and Oscar Pizarro, Chilean astronomers
4610 Kájov	1989 FO	Kájov, Czech Republic
4611 Vulkaneifel	1989 GR6	Volcanic Eifel, Germany
4612 Greenstein	1989 JG	Jesse L. Greenstein, an expert in stellar spectroscopy. JPL
4613 Mamoru	1990 OM	Mamoru Mohri, Japanese astronaut [MPC 21131]
4614 Masamura	1990 QN	Kazutada Masamura, Japanese amateur astronomer
4615 Zinner	A923 RH	Ernst Zinner, German astronomer and historian of astronomy [MPC 22502]
4616 Batalov	1975 BF	Aleksei Vladimirovich Batalov, Russian actor [MPC 22503]
4617 Zadunaisky	1976 DK	Pedro Zadunaisky Argentinian astronomer and mathematician.
4618 Shakhovskoj	1977 RJ3	MPC
4619 Polyakhova	1977 RB7	MPC
4620 Bickley	1978 OK	Named for the present site (since 1966) of the Perth Observatory. In 1915 the locality, in the Darling Range 23 km east-southeast of the center of the city, was officially named for Samuel Wallace Alexander Walsh Bickley (1810-1876), a pioneer in the area who was also a successful merchant and a nominated member of the Legislative Council of the colony (as it was at that time) of Western Australia. JPL
4621 Tambov	1979 QE10	Tambov, Russia
4622 Solovjova	1979 WE2	Sergey Solovyov, Russian historian, and his son Vladimir Solovyov, philosopher
4623 Obraztsova	1981 UT15	Elena Obraztsova, Russian singer [MPC 22503]
4624 Stefani	1982 FV2	MPC
4625 Shchedrin	1982 UG6	Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin, Russian composer*
4626 Plisetskaya	1984 YU1	Maya Plisetskaya, Russian ballerina, wife of Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin*
4627 Pinomogavero	1985 RT2	Giuseppe Mogavero (b. 1954), a medical doctor in Isnello, Palermo. JPL
4628 Laplace	1986 RU4	Pierre-Simon Marquis de Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer
4629 Walford	1986 TD7	MPC
4630 Chaonis	1987 WA	MPC
4631 Yabu	1987 WE1	Yasuo Yabu, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 21131]
4632 Udagawa	1987 YB	-
4633 Marinbica	1988 AJ5	Marin Dacian Bica (1970-2013), a Romanian professor of physics and astronomy. JPL
4634 Shibuya	1988 BA	Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
4635 Rimbaud	1988 BJ1	Arthur Rimbaud, French poet
4636 Chile	1988 CJ5	Chile
4637 Odorico	1989 CT	Sandro D'Odorico, Italian astronomer*
4638 Estens	1989 EG	MPC
4639 Minox	1989 EK2	Minox, a miniature camera
4640 Hara	1989 GA	Megumi Hara, Japanese amateur astronomer
4641 Ayako	1990 QT3	Ayako Endate (b.~1971) is the wife of the first discoverer of this minor planet.JPL
4642 Murchie	1990 QG4	Scott L. Murchie, of the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University and contributor to the NEAR Shoemaker mission
4643 Cisneros	1990 QD6	Ernest Cisneros (b. 1964), one of the unsung heroes of planetary science. Cisneros began his career as a field geologist but has turned his energies to computer system management, software development, networking and data processing. Throughout the flight portion of the NEAR mission, Ernest insured that key hardware and software elements were developed and implemented. During the flybys of (253) Mathilde and (433) Eros (as well as the earth), Ernest worked with the science team delivering calibrated data within minutes of telemetry arrival for both optical navigation and science analysis. Name proposed by J. Veverka and citation written by M. Robinson. JPL
4644 Oumu	1990 SR3	Ōmu, Hokkaidō, Japan
4645 Tentaikojo	1990 SP4	Astronomical museum at Sapporo, Japan. Meaning "Star Factory"
4646 Kwee	4009 P-L	Kiem Keng Kwee, Dutch astronomer
4647 Syuji	1931 TU1	Shuji Hayakawa, Japanese astronomer
4648 Tirion	1931 UE	Wil Tirion, Dutch astronomical cartographer [MPC 22503]
4649 Sumoto	1936 YD	Sumoto, Hyōgo, city in Japan [MPC 22503]
4650 Mori	1950 TF	Kiyoshi Mori, Japanese amateur astronomer
4651 Wongkwancheng	1957 UK1	Kwan-cheng Wong (1907-1986), a leader in Chinese industrial and commercial circles. JPL
4652 Iannini	1975 QO	Gualberto M. Iannini, Argentinian astronomer. JPL
4653 Tommaso	1976 GJ2	MPC
4654 Gor'kavyj	1977 RJ6	MPC
4655 Marjoriika	1978 RS	MPC
4656 Huchra	1978 VZ3	John Peter Huchra (1948-2010), Doyle professor of cosmology at Harvard and some time associate director for optical and infrared astronomy at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, was renowned for his work on the distribution of matter in the universe, including in particular the "Great Wall" of galaxies.JPL
4657 Lopez	1979 SU9	MPC
4658 Gavrilov	1979 SO11	MPC
4659 Roddenberry	1981 EP20	Eugene Wesley (Gene) Roddenberry, American creator of Star Trek
4660 Nereus	1982 DB	Nereus, a Titan. The name was chosen following a competition organized by the Planetary Society
4661 Yebes	1982 WM	The village of Yebes, in the Alcarria region, is beautifully described by the Spanish Nobel laureate Camilo José Cela in one of his early books. JPL
4662 Runk	1984 HL	Ferdinand Runk (1764-1834) made many landscape paintings of the Czech and Austrian countryside as the court painter of the Schwarzenberg family. A beautiful circular view from the Kleť look-out tower inspired him to make watercolors of this panoramic view in 1830. The name was suggested by J. Ticha.JPL
4663 Falta	1984 SM1	Josef Falta (1786-1847) was engineer and cartographer of the Schwarzenberg court in Český Krumlov. In 1831 he drew the first map of the panoramic views from the Kleť look-out tower opened in 1825. The name was suggested by J. Ticha.JPL
4664 Hanner	1985 PJ	Martha Hanner, American astronomer*
4665 Muinonen	1985 TZ1	Karri Muinonen, Finnish astronomer*
4666 Dietz	1986 JA1	Robert S. Dietz (1914–1995), American geologist, pioneering researcher discoverer of terrestrial impact craters*
4667 Robbiesh	1986 VC	MPC
4668 Rayjay	1987 DX5	Sri Lankan-born and raised Ray Jayawardhana (b. 1971), known as "RayJay", is an astronomer at the University of Toronto, and an award-winning science writer. JPL
4669 Høder	1987 UF1	Høder, Norse god [MPC 22503]
4670 Yoshinogawa	1987 YJ	Yoshino River, Japan
4671 Drtikol	1988 AK1	František Drtikol, Czech photographer
4672 Takuboku	1988 HB	Takuboku Ishikawa, Japanese poet [MPC 21131]
4673 Bortle	1988 LF	John E. Bortle, American amateur astronomer*
4674 Pauling	1989 JC	Linus Carl Pauling, American chemist*
4675 Ohboke	1990 SD	Oboke Gorge, Japan*
4676 Uedaseiji	1990 SD4	Seiji Ueda, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 22503]
4677 Hiroshi	1990 SQ4	Hiroshi Kaneda, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 22503]
4678 Ninian	1990 SS4	MPC
4679 Sybil	1990 TR4	MPC
4680 Lohrmann	1937 QC	Wilhelm Gotthelf Lohrmann, German geodesist and selenographer
4681 Ermak	1969 TC2	Yermak Timofeyevich, a Cossack who started the Russian conquest of Siberia*
4682 Bykov	1973 SO4	Leonid Bykov, Soviet-Ukrainian actor and film director*
4683 Veratar	1976 GJ1	MPC
4684 Bendjoya	1978 GJ	MPC
4685 Karetnikov	1978 SP6	Valentin Grigor'evich Karetnikov, Ukrainian(?) astronomer*
4686 Maisica	1979 SX2	Maria Luisa Grima Garcia, Spanish hostess [MPC 22503]
4687 Brunsandrej	1979 SJ11	Andrei V. Bruns, Ukrainian(?) astronomer*
4689 Donn	1980 YB	Bertram Donn, American astronomer*
4690 Strasbourg	1983 AJ	Strasbourg, France*
4691 Toyen	1983 TU	Toyen (Marie Čermínová), Czech photographer
4692 SIMBAD	1983 VM7	SIMBAD, the astronomical database at Strasbourg*
4693 Drummond	1983 WH	Jack Donald Drummond, American astronomer*
4694 Festou	1985 PM	Michel Festou, French astronomer*
4695 Mediolanum	1985 RU3	Mediolanum is the Latin name of Milano, city placed in the North of Italy. JPL
4696 Arpigny	1985 TP	Claude Arpigny, Belgian astronomer*
4697 Novara	1986 QO	Novara, a city in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy JPL
4698 Jizera	1986 RO1	Jizera River, Czech Republic
4699 Sootan	1986 VE	MPC
4700 Carusi	1986 VV6	Andrea Carusi, Italian astronomer

4701–4800

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
4701 Milani	1986 VW6	Andrea Milani, Italian astronomer*
4702 Berounka	1987 HW	Berounka River, Czech Republic
4703 Kagoshima	1988 BL	Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan [MPC 18143]
4704 Sheena	1988 BE5	MPC
4705 Secchi	1988 CK	Angelo Secchi, Italian astronomer and spectroscopist*
4706 Dennisreuter	1988 DR	Dennis Reuter, of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, co-investigator with NASA's Pluto-Kuiper Belt Mission*
4707 Khryses	1988 PY	Khryses, priest of Apollo [MPC 18144]
4708 Polydoros	1988 RT	Polydorus, Trojan prince [MPC 18144]
4709 Ennomos	1988 TU2	Ennomos, mythical person related to Trojan War [MPC 18144]
4710 Wade	1989 AX2	MPC
4711 Kathy	1989 KD	MPC
4712 Iwaizumi	1989 QE	Iwaizumi, Iwate, Japan
4713 Steel	1989 QL	Duncan Steel (Duncan I. Steel), British astronomer*
4714 Toyohiro	1989 SH	Toyohiro Akiyama, Japanese cosmonaut [MPC 21131]
4716 Urey	1989 UL5	Harold Clayton Urey, American physicist, Nobel Prize winner*
4717 Kaneko	1989 WX	Isao Kaneko, Japanese astronomical educator
4718 Araki	1990 VP3	Chikara Araki, Japanese astronomical photographer [MPC 22503]
4719 Burnaby	1990 WT2	Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada [MPC 21132]
4720 Tottori	1990 YG	Tottori, city in Japan [MPC 22503]
4721 Atahualpa	4239 T-2	Atahualpa, Inca ruler*
4722 Agelaos	4271 T-3	Agelaus, mythical person related to Trojan War*
4723 Wolfgangmattig	1937 TB	Wolfgang Mattig, German solar physicist and cosmologist [MPC 22503]
4724 Brocken	1961 BC	Brocken, mountain in Germany [MPC 18144]
4725 Milone	1975 YE	Eugene Milone, American/Canadian astronomer*
4726 Federer	1976 SV10	Charles and Helen Federer, founders of Sky & Telescope*
4727 Ravel	1979 UD1	Joseph-Maurice Ravel, French composer [MPC 18144]
4728 Lyapidevskij	1979 VG	Anatoly Lyapidevsky, Soviet aviator and general*
4729 Mikhailmil'	1980 RO2	MPC
4730 Xingmingzhou	1980 XZ	Xing-Ming Zhou, Chinese amateur astronomer*
4731 Monicagrady	1981 EE9	Monica Grady, Head of Petrology and Meteoritics at the Natural History Museum in London*
4732 Froeschlé	1981 JG	Claude Froeschlé, French astronomer*
4733 ORO	1982 HB2	Oak Ridge Observatory. JPL
4734 Rameau	1982 UQ3	Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer [MPC 18144]
4735 Gary	1983 AN	MPC
4736 Johnwood	1983 AF2	John A. Wood, American planetary geologist and mineralogist*
4737 Kiladze	1985 QO6	Rolan Il'ich Kiladze, Georgian astronomer
4738 Jimihendrix	1985 RZ4	Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970), an American musician. JPL
4739 Tomahrens	1985 TH1	Thomas J Ahrens, American geophysicist
4740 Veniamina	1985 UV4	Veniamin Vasil'evich Somov, brother of the discoverer [MPC 22503]
4741 Leskov	1985 VP3	Nikolay Leskov, Russian short story writer*
4742 Caliumi	1986 WG	MPC
4743 Kikuchi	1988 DA	Ryoko Kikuchi, backup to first Japanese cosmonaut [MPC 21132]
4744 Rovereto	1988 RF5	Rovereto, City of Peace, is an ancient town in Trentino-Alto Adige (Italy), where the local administration is very active in promoting culture and science. JPL
4745 Nancymarie	1989 NG1	MPC
4746 Doi	1989 TP1	Takao Doi, backup payload specialist [MPC 21132]
4747 Jujo	1989 WB	Jūjō Paper Industries, Japan
4748 Tokiwagozen	1989 WV	Tokiwagozen, mother of Minamoto no Yoshitsune [MPC 21132]
4749 Ledzeppelin	1989 WE1	Led Zeppelin, a band from the UK whose 9 albums (1969-1982) made them one of the most influential acts in rock history. JPL
4750 Mukai	1990 XC1	Chiaki Mukai, backup payload specialist [MPC 21132]
4751 Alicemanning	1991 BG	Alice K. Manning, wife of the discoverer [MPC 18144]
4752 Myron	1309 T-2	Myron of Eleutherae, Ancient Greek (Athenian) sculptor
4753 Phidias	4059 T-3	Phidias, Ancient Greek sculptor*
4754 Panthoos	5010 T-3	Panthoos, mythical person related to Trojan War*
4755 Nicky	1931 TE4	MPC
4756 Asaramas	1950 HJ	Asociación Argentina Amigos de la Astronomía, an amateur astronomical association in Argentina [MPC 22503]
4757 Liselotte	1973 ST	MPC
4758 Hermitage	1978 SN4	Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg*
4759 Åretta	1978 VG10	Åretta, the name of a school situated in the Norwegian town of Lillehammer. JPL
4760 Jia-xiang	1981 GN1	Jia-Xiang Chang, Chinese astronomer. JPL
4761 Urrutia	1981 QC	Antonio Urrutia A., Chilean lawyer in Santiago. JPL
4762 Dobrynya	1982 SC6	Dobrynya Nikitich, Russian epic hero [MPC 23137]
4763 Ride	1983 BM	Sally Ride, American astronaut. JPL
4764 Joneberhart	1983 CC	Jonathan Eberhart, science writer
4765 Wasserburg	1986 JN1	Gerald J. Wasserburg, American geologist and geophysicist
4766 Malin	1987 FF1	Michael Charles Malin, American planetary scientist. JPL
4767 Sutoku	1987 GC	Sutoku (1119-1164), the 75th emperor of Japan. JPL
4768 Hartley	1988 PH1	Malcolm Hartley, British astronomer. JPL
4769 Castalia	1989 PB	Castalia, Greek nymph. JPL
4770 Lane	1989 PC	MPC
4771 Hayashi	1989 RM2	Kohsuke Hayashi, Japanese astronomical educator*
4772 Frankdrake	1989 VM	Frank Drake (b. 1930) is an American astronomer at the SETI Institute who pioneered the search for extraterrestrial intelligence and conducted the first SETI Search in 1960. JPL
4773 Hayakawa	1989 WF	Kazuo Hayakawa, Japanese mineralogist
4774 Hobetsu	1991 CV1	Hobetsu, town in Japan
4775 Hansen	1927 TC	MPC
4776 Luyi	1975 VD	Luyi County, China
4777 Aksenov	1976 SM2	MPC
4778 Fuss	1978 TV8	MPC
4779 Whitley	1978 XQ	MPC
4780 Polina	1979 HE5	MPC
4781 Sládkovič	1980 TP	Andrej Sládkovič, Slovak poet
4782 Gembloux	1980 TH3	Gembloux, Belgium*
4783 Wasson	1983 AH1	John Wasson, American geochemist
4784 Samcarin	1984 DF1	Samcarin is the Sanskrit word for wanderer. JPL
4785 Petrov	1984 YH1	Andrei Pavlovich Petrov, Russian composer
4786 Tatianina	1985 PE2	MPC
4787 Shul'zhenko	1986 RC7	Klavdiya Shulzhenko, Soviet singer of war and popular songs*
4788 Simpson	1986 TL1	MPC
4789 Sprattia	1987 UU2	Christopher E. Spratt, Canadian astronomer
4790 Petrpravec	1988 PP	Petr Pravec, Czech astronomer*
4791 Iphidamas	1988 PB1	Iphidamas, mythical person related to Trojan War*
4792 Lykaon	1988 RK1	Lycaon, son of Priam the king of Troy
4793 Slessor	1988 RR4	Mary Slessor (1848-1915), a Scottish missionary to Nigeria. JPL
4794 Bogard	1988 SO2	Donald Bogard, American meteoriticist
4795 Kihara	1989 CB1	Hideo Kihara, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 22503]
4796 Lewis	1989 LU	Joseph Walter Lewis, Jr., and Anne Beech Lewis, friends of the discoverer [MPC 21956]
4797 Ako	1989 SJ	Akō, Hyōgo, Japan
4798 Mercator	1989 SU1	Gerardus Mercator (Gerard De Kremer), Flemish cartographer
4799 Hirasawa	1989 TC1	Yasuo Hirasawa, Japanese amateur astronomer*
4800 Veveri	1989 TG17	Veveri, a suburb of the Italian town of Novara. JPL

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
4801 Ohře	1989 UR4	Ohře River, Czech Republic
4802 Khatchaturian	1989 UA7	Aram Ilich Khachaturian, Georgian-Armenian-Russian composer*
4803 Birkle	1989 XA	Kurt Birkle, German astronomer*
4804 Pasteur	1989 XC1	Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist
4805 Asteropaios	1990 VH7	Asteropaios, mythical person related to Trojan War*
4806 Miho	1990 YJ	Miho, a town of Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Japan
4807 Noboru	1991 AO	Noboru Yamada, Japanese alpinist*
4808 Ballaero	1925 BA	Ball Aerospace and Technology Corporation has contributed to the scientific investigation of minor planets and comets through the development of instruments for the Hubble and Spitzer telescopes, the planned Widefield Infrared Survey Explorer and the spacecraft for the Deep Impact mission to comet 9P/Tempel. JPL
4809 Robertball	1928 RB	Robert Stawell Ball (1840-1913), a British mathematician and astronomer. JPL
4810 Ruslanova	1972 GL	Lidiya Ruslanova, Russian folk singer*
4811 Semashko	1973 SO3	Nikolai Semashko, father of Soviet medicine*
4812 Hakuhou	1977 DL3	Hakuhō, Japanese unofficial Era name in lower half of 7th century
4813 Terebizh	1977 RR7	MPC
4814 Casacci	1978 RW	Claudio Casacci, Italian space scientist*
4815 Anders	1981 EA28	Edward Anders (b. 1926), professor emeritus at the University of Chicago. JPL
4816 Connelly	1981 PK	Robert Connelly, American astronomer*
4817 Gliba	1984 DC1	George Gliba (b. 1948), co-founder of the Chagrin Valley Astronomical Society. JPL
4818 Elgar	1984 EM	Sir Edward Elgar, British composer*
4819 Gifford	1985 KC	Charles Gifford (1861–1948) published important papers on the impact origin of lunar craters. He established an observatory at Wellington College, which is now reopening as Gifford Observatory. Mt. Gifford and the Gifford Crack, in Fiordland, are named for his legendary exploits in tramping and photography.JPL
4820 Fay	1985 RZ	MPC
4821 Bianucci	1986 EE5	Piero Bianucci, Italian science writer
4822 Karge	1986 TC1	Orville B. Karge, American teacher of physics JPL
4823 Libenice	1986 TO3	Libenice, Czech archaeological site
4824 Stradonice	1986 WL1	Stradonice, Czech Republic
4825 Ventura	1988 CS2	Ventura, California
4826 Wilhelms	1988 JO	Donald Edward Wilhelms, American planetary geologist*
4827 Dares	1988 QE	Dares, mythical person related to Trojan War*
4828 Misenus	1988 RV	Misenus, mythical Trojan warrior
4829 Sergestus	1988 RM1	Sergestus, mythical Trojan
4830 Thomascooley	1988 RG4	Thomas Benton Cooley, an American hematologist and professor of hygiene and medicine at the University of Michigan and Wayne State University. JPL
4831 Baldwin	1988 RX11	Through his pioneering work on the impact origins of lunar craters, Ralph Baldwin (b. 1912) recognized the importance of impacts in the moon's geologic history. Baldwin's contributions to lunar science were published in his books The Face of the Moon (1949) and The Measure of the Moon (1963). JPL
4832 Palinurus	1988 TU1	Palinurus, mythical Trojan
4833 Meges	1989 AL2	Mégês Phyleïdês, mythical Greek warrior
4834 Thoas	1989 AM2	Thoas, mythical person related to Trojan War*
4836 Medon	1989 CK1	Medôn, mythical Greek warrior
4837 Bickerton	1989 ME	Alexander W. Bickerton (1842-1929), professor of chemistry at Canterbury College. JPL
4838 Billmclaughlin	1989 NJ	William McLaughlin, American astronomer and space scientist formerly of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
4839 Daisetsuzan	1989 QG	Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group, Japan
4840 Otaynang	1989 UY	MPC
4841 Manjiro	1989 UO3	John Manjiro, Japanese traveller*
4842 Atsushi	1989 WK	Atsushi Takahashi, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 22503]
4843 Mégantic	1990 DR4	Mont Mégantic, observatory in Québec
4844 Matsuyama	1991 BA2	Masanori Matsuyama, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 22503]
4845 Tsubetsu	1991 EC1	Tsubetsu, Hokkaidō, Japan
4846 Tuthmosis	6575 P-L	Thutmose, pharaoh*
4847 Amenhotep	6787 P-L	Amenhotep IV, pharaoh*
4848 Tutenchamun	3233 T-2	Tutankhamun, pharaoh*
4849 Ardenne	1936 QV	MPC
4850 Palestrina	1973 UJ5	Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Italian composer*
4851 Vodop'yanova	1976 US1	MPC
4852 Pamjones	1977 JD	MPC
4853 Marielukac	1979 ML	Marie R. Lukac, Staff member, US Naval Observatory
4854 Edscott	1981 ED27	Edward Scott (b. 1947), professor at the University of Hawaii. JPL
4855 Tenpyou	1982 VM5	Tenpyō, Japanese Era name from 729 through 749
4856 Seaborg	1983 LJ	Glenn Theodore Seaborg, American atomic scientist*
4857 Altgamia	1984 FM	MPC
4858 Vorobjov	1985 UA	Tomas Vorobjov, amateur astronomer. JPL
4859 Fraknoi	1986 TJ2	Andrew Fraknoi, American astronomer and author
4860 Gubbio	1987 EP	Gubbio in Italy, site of the iridium anomaly of the K-T extinction boundary*
4861 Nemirovskij	1987 QU10	MPC
4862 Loke	1987 SJ5	Loke, Norse god of mischief [MPC 22504]
4863 Yasutani	1987 VH1	Keiki Yasutani, Japanese astronomical photographer [MPC 22504]
4864 Nimoy	1988 RA5	Leonard Nimoy (1931–2015), American actor, film director and poet. JPL
4865 Sor	1988 UJ	Fernando Sor, Spanish classical guitar composer*
4866 Badillo	1988 VB3	Father Victor L. Badillo, Filipino Jesuit astronomer, former director of the Manila Observatory, president of the Philippine Astronomical Society from 1972 to 1990, and honorary director of the Astronomical League of the Philippines
4867 Polites	1989 SZ	MPC
4868 Knushevia	1989 UN2	Kyiv (Kiev) National Taras Shevchenko University is the Ukrainian national center of higher education, science and progressive thinking. Since its founding in 1834 the university has played a great role for the development of education, science and culture in the Ukraine. JPL
4869 Piotrovsky	1989 UE8	Boris B. Piotrovsky, Russian orientalist, director of the Hermitage
4870 Shcherban'	1989 UK8	MPC
4871 Riverside	1989 WH1	Riverside Astronomical Society*
4872 Grieg	1989 YH7	Edvard Hagerup Grieg, Norwegian composer*
4873 Fukaya	1990 EC	Fukaya, Saitama, Japan
4874 Burke	1991 AW	James Burke, British science writer, author, television producer, and advisor to the Planetary Society
4875 Ingalls	1991 DJ	Albert Graham Ingalls, American science editor and writer on amateur astronomy and telescope making, author of the classic Amateur Telescope Making or James Gregory Ingalls, American astronomer, or Richard P. Ingalls, American astronomer*
4876 Strabo	1133 T-2	Strabo, Greek historian and geographer*
4877 Humboldt	5066 T-2	MPC
4878 Gilhutton	1968 OF	Ricardo Gil-Hutton, Argentine astronomer JPL
4879 Zykina	1974 VG	Lyudmila Zykina, Soviet singer of folk songs, the favourite singer of Leonid Brezhnev*
4880 Tovstonogov	1975 TR4	Georgy Tovstonogov, Russian director, after whom a major theatre in St Petersburg is named*
4881 Robmackintosh	1975 XJ	Roberto Mackintosh (1971–2012) was the President of the Asociación Argentina Amigos de la Astronomia (2009-2012) and worked to better coordinate amateur and professional activities.JPL
4882 Divari	1977 QU2	Nikolai Borisovich Divari, Ukrainian astronomer*
4883 Korolirina	1978 RJ1	MPC
4884 Bragaria	1979 OK15	Luka Fedorovich Bragar' (b. 1938), a senior lecturer on the staff of Tiraspol Pedagogical Institute (Moldova). JPL
4885 Grange	1980 LU	MPC
4886 Kojima	1981 EZ14	Hideyasu Kojima (b. 1951), the curator of the Japanese Antarctic meteorite collection at the National Institute of Polar Research in Tokyo. JPL
4887 Takihiroi	1981 EV26	Takahiro (Taki) Hiroi (b. 1960), a researcher in the department of geological sciences at Brown University. JPL
4888 Doreen	1981 JX1	MPC
4889 Praetorius	1982 UW3	Michael Praetorius, German composer*
4890 Shikanosima	1982 VE4	Shikanosima, island in Japan [MPC 22504]
4891 Blaga	1984 GR	MPC
4892 Chrispollas	1985 TV2	Christian Pollas, French astronomer*
4893 Seitter	1986 PT4	Waltraut Carola Seitter, German astronomer
4894 Ask	1986 RJ	Ask, the first man, in Norse mythology [MPC 22504]
4895 Embla	1986 TK4	Embla, the first woman, in Norse mythology [MPC 22504]
4896 Tomoegozen	1986 YA	Tomoe Gozen, Japanese female samurai
4897 Tomhamilton	1987 QD6	Thomas William Hamilton (b. 1939) determined radar and fuel requirements for the Apollo Project. Later he wrote shows (in a dozen languages and also for the deaf) for programmable planetaria, taught astronomy for 32 years and trained students to enter the planetarium field. JPL
4898 Nishiizumi	1988 FJ	Kunihiko Nishiizumi, Japanese nuclear chemist
4899 Candace	1988 JU	MPC
4900 Maymelou	1988 ME	MPC

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
4901 Ó Briain	1988 VJ	Dara Ó Briain, Irish comedian. JPL
4902 Thessandrus	1989 AN2	Thessandrus, mythical person related to Trojan War*
4903 Ichikawa	1989 UD	Kiyotaka (or Seikou) Ichikawa, Japanese amateur astronomer*
4904 Makio	1989 WZ	Makio Akiyama, Japanese astronomer*
4905 Hiromi	1991 JM1	Hiromi Takahashi, wife of one of the discoverers [MPC 22504]
4906 Seneferu	2533 P-L	MPC
4907 Zoser	7618 P-L	MPC
4908 Ward	1933 SD	Steven Ward, electronics technician at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics [MPC 22504]
4909 Couteau	1949 SA1	Paul Couteau, French astronomer*
4910 Kawasato	1953 PR	Nobuhiro Kawasato, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 22504]
4911 Rosenzweig	1953 UD	Patricia Rosenzweig (Patricia Rosenzweig-Levy), Venezuelan astronomer*
4912 Emilhaury	1953 VX1	Emil Haury, American archaeologist*
4913 Wangxuan	1965 SO	Wang Xuan, 20th-century Chinese computer scientist JPL
4914 Pardina	1969 GD	Named in honor of Elsa Gutierrez Rodriguez-Pardina (b. 1921), Argentinian astronomer who has worked in the field of celestial mechanics for more than 30 years. From 1952 to 1956, she worked at the La Plata Observatory in the Department of Astrometry and Celestial Mechanics. In 1954 she obtained a scholarship from the French government to further her studies in celestial mechanics at the Sorbonne Henri Poincare Institute. From 1978 to 1986, Pardina led the Celestial Mechanics Department of the Astronomical Observatory of Cordoba. For many years, she was responsible for the celestial mechanics courses taught to undergraduate students.JPL
4915 Solzhenitsyn	1969 TJ2	Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer*
4916 Brumberg	1970 PS	Viktor Aleksandrovich Brumberg, Russian astronomer*
4917 Yurilvovia	1973 SC6	MPC
4918 Rostropovich	1974 QU1	Mstislav Rostropovich, a Russian cellist and conductor
4919 Vishnevskaya	1974 SR1	Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian opera singer, wife of Mstislav Rostropovich
4920 Gromov	1978 PY2	Named in memory of Mikhail Mikhajlovich Gromov (1899–1985), well-known Russian pilot who set the world record for long-distance flight in 1934 when his aircraft flew more than 12 000 kilometers. In 1937, together with A. Yumashev and S. Danilin, he completed a nonstop flight from Moscow, over the North Pole, to the United States. He was the first Russian pilot to win the de Lawo medal of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale. Gromov also tested a great number of new aircraft. He was the founder of the State Research Center of Russia "Flying Research Institute", now named for him.JPL
4921 Volonté	1980 SJ	Gian Maria Volontè, Italian actor
4922 Leshin	1981 EH4	Laurie Leshin. Planetary geologist. Director of Sciences and Exploration at Goddard Space Flight Center beginning in August 2005.
4923 Clarke	1981 EO27	Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, British-Sri Lankan science fiction author
4924 Hiltner	1981 EQ40	William Albert Hiltner, American astronomer*
4925 Zhoushan	1981 XH2	-
4926 Smoktunovskij	1982 ST6	Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Russian actor*
4927 O'Connell	1982 UP2	Daniel O'Connell, Irish politician
4928 Vermeer	1982 UG7	Vermeer van Delft, Dutch painter [MPC 22504]
4929 Yamatai	1982 XV	Yamatai, region of ancient Japan [MPC 22504]
4930 Rephiltim	1983 AO2	MPC
4931 Tomsk	1983 CN3	Tomsk, Russia
4932 Texstapa	1984 EA1	Texas Star Party, amateur astronomy gathering
4933 Tylerlinder	1984 EN1	Tyler Linder (b. 1986), an assiduous observer of minor planets at the Astronomical Research Institute. JPL
4934 Rhôneranger	1985 JJ	Named after Randall Graham, wine producer
4935 Maslachkova	1985 PD2	MPC
4936 Butakov	1985 UY4	MPC
4937 Lintott	1986 CL1	Chris Lintott, British astronomer and public educator, co-presenter since 2004 of the long-standing BBC monthly television program The Sky at Night JPL
4938 Papadopoulos	1986 CQ1	Christos Papadopoulos (1910–1992), a Johannesburg-based South African astrophotographer and star atlas compiler, published his three-volume True Visual Magnitude Photographic Star Atlas in 1979. JPL
4939 Scovil	1986 QL1	Charles E. Scovil, an amateur astronomer and curator of the Stamford Observatory in Connecticut. JPL
4940 Polenov	1986 QY4	Vasilij Dmitrievich Polenov, Russian painter [MPC 22504]
4941 Yahagi	1986 UA	Yahagi River, a river flows through Aichi, hometown of the discoverers. JPL
4942 Munroe	1987 DU6	Randall Munroe (b. 1984) is a former NASA roboticist and the author of xkcd, a popular webcomic various themes including science, mathematics technology and computer science. JPL
4943 Lac d'Orient	1987 OQ	Lac de la Forêt d'Orient, France, favourite vacation spot of the discoverer
4944 Kozlovskij	1987 RP3	Ivan Semyonovich Kozlovskij, Russian opera singer [MPC 22504]
4945 Ikenozenni	1987 SJ	wife of Taira no Tadamori
4946 Askalaphus	1988 BW1	Askalaphus, mythical person related to Trojan War*
4947 Ninkasi	1988 TJ1	Ninkasi, Sumerian goddess of wine and beer
4948 Hideonishimura	1988 VF1	Hideo Nishimura (b. 1949) started to search for new comets in 1965 and eventually found C/1994 N1 (Nakamura-Nishimura-Machholz). He also discovered nine novae during 2003--2008. He continues his searches and makes an effort to popularize astronomy in Kakegawa city. The name was suggested by S. Kaneko.JPL
4949 Akasofu	1988 WE	Syun-Ichi Akasofu (b. 1930), born in Japan, has been professor of geophysics since 1964 at the University of Fairbanks, Alaska, where he served as director of the International Arctic Research Center (1998-2007) and his auroral work received national and international recognition.JPL
4950 House	1988 XO1	MPC
4951 Iwamoto	1990 BM	Masayuki Iwamoto, Japanese amateur astronomer
4952 Kibeshigemaro	1990 FC1	Shigemaro Kibe, Japanese optical engineer
4954 Eric	1990 SQ	MPC
4955 Gold	1990 SF2	Robert E. Gold, of the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University and contributor to the NEAR Shoemaker mission
4956 Noymer	1990 VG1	MPC
4957 Brucemurray	1990 XJ	Bruce Murray, American planetary scientist, co-founder with Carl Sagan of the Planetary Society
4958 Wellnitz	1991 NT1	Dennis D. Wellnitz, American astronomer
4959 Niinoama	1991 PA1	wife of Taira no Kiyomori
4960 Mayo	4657 P-L	MPC
4961 Timherder	1958 TH1	Timothy Scott Herder, American deputy project manager of NASA's New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission JPL
4962 Vecherka	1973 TP	MPC
4963 Kanroku	1977 DR1	Kanroku, Pekche priest [MPC 22504]
4964 Kourovka	1979 OD15	MPC
4965 Takeda	1981 EP28	Hiroshi Takeda, Japanese meteologist
4966 Edolsen	1981 EO34	Edward John Olsen, American meteoriticist
4967 Glia	1983 CF1	MPC
4968 Suzamur	1986 PQ	Suzanne Moss Murray, friend of the discoverer [MPC 22504]
4969 Lawrence	1986 TU	MPC
4970 Druyan	1988 VO2	Ann Druyan, author and producer, wife of Carl Sagan*
4971 Hoshinohiroba	1989 BY	Hoshinohiroba, Comet Observers Network in Japan [MPC 22504]
4972 Pachelbel	1989 UE7	Johann Pachelbel, German composer*
4973 Showa	1990 FT	Manufacturer of telescopes in Japan [MPC 21132]
4974 Elford	1990 LA	MPC
4975 Dohmoto	1990 SZ1	Yoshio Dohmoto, Japanese astronomer [MPC 22504]
4976 Choukyongchol	1991 PM	Kyong-Chol Chou, Korean astronomer
4977 Rauthgundis	2018 P-L	Rauthgundis Seitz, friend of the discoverers*
4978 Seitz	4069 T-2	Horstmar Seitz, friend of one of the discoverers [MPC 22505]
4979 Otawara	1949 PQ	Akira Otawara, Japanese photo artist and writer [MPC 22505]
4980 Magomaev	1974 SP1	Muslim Magomayev, Soviet crooner and opera singer*
4981 Sinyavskaya	1974 VS	Tamara Sinyavskaya, Soviet opera singer, wife of Muslim Magomayev*
4982 Bartini	1977 PE1	MPC
4983 Schroeteria	1977 RD7	Johann Hieronymus Schröter, German astronomer
4984 Patrickmiller	1978 VU10	Patrick J. Miller (born 1949), professor of mathematics at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, TX. JPL
4985 Fitzsimmons	1979 QK4	Alan Fitzsimmons, Irish astronomer
4986 Osipovia	1979 SL7	Valery Ivanovich Osipov, Russian historian, archaeologist and linguist*
4987 Flamsteed	1980 FH12	Ethelwin ("Win") Frances Flamsteed Moffatt, of South Australia, a direct descendant of the brother of the first Astronomer Royal of England, Rev. John Flamsteed
4988 Chushuho	1980 VU1	Chu, Shu Ho David, Hong Kong physical educator, promoter of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing JPL
4989 Joegoldstein	1981 DX1	Joseph I. Goldstein, American meteoriticist*
4990 Trombka	1981 ET26	Jacob Israel Trombka, American physicist
4991 Hansuess	1981 EU29	Hans Eduard Suess, Austrian-born American geochemist*
4992 Kálmán	1982 UX10	Emmerich Kálmán (Imre Kálmán), Hungarian composer
4993 Cossard	1983 GR	Guido Cossard, Italian archaeoastronomer JPL
4994 Kisala	1983 RK3	Rachel Kisala, Physics and Astronomy Major, worked for Dr. Brian Marsden at the Minor Planet Center, at the Harvard/Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, MA.
4995 Griffin	1984 QR	Griffin Swanson, son of the discoverer JPL
4996 Veisberg	1986 PX5	Vladimir Grigor'evich Veisberg, Russian painter [MPC 22505]
4997 Ksana	1986 TM	Kseniya Andréevna Nessler, friend of the discoverer [MPC 22505]
4998 Kabashima	1986 VG	Fujio Kabashima, Japanese amateur astronomer
4999 MPC	1987 CJ	Minor Planet Circulars, Minor Planet Center
5000 IAU	1987 QN7	International Astronomical Union