Meanings of minor-planet names: 2001–3000#206

2001–2100

| 2001 Einstein || 1973 EB || Albert Einstein (1879–1955), German-born, Swiss–American physicist and Nobelist || {{DoMPN|2001}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2001|2001}}

|-id=002

| 2002 Euler || {{mp|1973 QQ|1}} || Leonhard Euler (1707–1783), Swiss mathematician and physicists || {{DoMPN|2002}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2002|2002}}

|-id=003

| 2003 Harding || 6559 P-L || Karl Ludwig Harding (1765–1834), German astronomer || {{DoMPN|2003}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2003|2003}}

|-id=004

| 2004 Lexell || {{mp|1973 SV|2}} || Anders Johan Lexell (1740–1784), Swedish-Russian astronomer and mathematician || {{DoMPN|2004}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2004|2004}}

|-id=005

| 2005 Hencke || 1973 RA || Karl Ludwig Hencke (1793–1866), German astronomer || {{DoMPN|2005}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2005|2005}}

|-id=006

| 2006 Polonskaya || {{mp|1973 SB|3}} || Elena Kazimirtchak-Polonskaïa (1902–1992), Ukrainian astronomer (comets) || {{MPC|2006}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2006|2006}}

|-id=007

| 2007 McCuskey || 1963 SQ || Sidney W. McCuskey (1907–1979), American observatory director || {{MPC|2007}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2007|2007}}

|-id=008

| 2008 Konstitutsiya || {{mp|1973 SV|4}} || 1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union || {{MPC|2008}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2008|2008}}

|-id=009

| 2009 Voloshina || 1968 UL || Vera Voloshina (1919–1941), Russian partisan || {{MPC|2009}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2009|2009}}

|-id=010

| 2010 Chebyshev || {{mp|1969 TL|4}} || Pafnuty Chebyshev (1821–1884), Russian mathematician || {{MPC|2010}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2010|2010}}

|-id=011

| 2011 Veteraniya || {{mp|1970 QB|1}} || Russian for "Veterans" (of World War II) || {{MPC|2011}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2011|2011}}

|-id=012

| 2012 Guo Shou-Jing || {{mp|1964 TE|2}} || Guo Shoujing (1231–1316), Chinese astronomer and mathematician || {{MPC|2012}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2012|2012}}

|-id=013

| 2013 Tucapel || {{mp|1971 UH|4}} || Mapuche (Araucanian) chief || {{MPC|2013}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2013|2013}}

|-id=014

| 2014 Vasilevskis || 1973 JA || {{Ill|Stanislaus Vasilevskis|lv|Staņislavs Vasiļevskis}} (died 1988), Latvian-born American astronomer || {{DoMPN|2014}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2014|2014}}

|-id=015

| 2015 Kachuevskaya || {{mp|1972 RA|3}} || Natasha Kachuevskaya, Russian soldier during WWII who was killed in the battle of Stalingrad || {{MPC|2015}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2015|2015}}

|-id=016

| 2016 Heinemann || 1938 SE || Karl Heinemann (1898–1970), German astronomer at ARI || {{DoMPN|2016}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2016|2016}}

|-id=017

| 2017 Wesson || A903 SC || Mary Joan Wesson Bardwell (1924–2021), wife of American astronomer Conrad M. Bardwell (1926–2010), who was a research associate at the Minor Planet Center || {{DoMPN|2017}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2017|2017}}

|-id=018

| 2018 Schuster || 1931 UC || Hans-Emil Schuster (born 1934), German astronomer and discoverer of minor planets || {{DoMPN|2018}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2018|2018}}

|-id=019

| 2019 van Albada || {{mp|1935 SX|1}} || Gale Bruno van Albada (1911–1972), Dutch astronomer || {{MPC|2019}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2019|2019}}

|-id=020

| 2020 Ukko || 1936 FR || Ukko, Finnish supreme god || {{MPC|2020}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2020|2020}}

|-id=021

| 2021 Poincaré || 1936 MA || Henri Poincaré (1854–1912), French mathematician || {{MPC|2021}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2021|2021}}

|-id=022

| 2022 West || 1938 CK || Richard Martin West (born 1941), Danish astronomer and discoverer of minor planets || {{DoMPN|2022}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2022|2022}}

|-id=023

| 2023 Asaph || 1952 SA || Asaph Hall (1829–1907), American astronomer || {{DoMPN|2023}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2023|2023}}

|-id=024

| 2024 McLaughlin || 1952 UR || Dean Benjamin McLaughlin (1901–1965), American spectroscopist and geologist || {{MPC|2024}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2024|2024}}

|-id=025

| 2025 Nortia || 1953 LG || Nortia, Etruscan goddess of fortune || {{MPC|2025}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2025|2025}}

|-id=026

| 2026 Cottrell || 1955 FF || Frederick Gardner Cottrell (1877–1948), American businessman chemist, inventor and philanthropist || {{MPC|2026}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2026|2026}}

|-id=027

| 2027 Shen Guo || {{mp|1964 VR|1}} || Shen Kuo (1031–1095), astronomer || {{MPC|2027}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2027|2027}}

|-id=028

| 2028 Janequeo || {{mp|1968 OB|1}} || Wife of Mapuche (Araucanian) chief Guepotan || {{MPC|2028}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2028|2028}}

|-id=029

| 2029 Binomi || 1969 RB || Fictional mathematician, jokingly referred to as the inventor of mathematical formula, such as the Binomial theorem || {{MPC|2029}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2029|2029}}

|-id=030

| 2030 Belyaev || {{mp|1969 TA|2}} || Pavel Belyayev (1925–1970), Soviet cosmonaut, officer and fighter pilot || {{MPC|2030}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2030|2030}}

|-id=031

| 2031 BAM || {{mp|1969 TG|2}} || builders of Baikal Amur Mainline (BAM) || {{MPC|2031}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2031|2031}}

|-id=032

| 2032 Ethel || 1970 OH || Ethel Lilian Voynich (1864–1960), British author || {{MPC|2032}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2032|2032}}

|-id=033

| 2033 Basilea || 1973 CA || The city of Basel in Switzerland || {{MPC|2033}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2033|2033}}

|-id=034

| 2034 Bernoulli || 1973 EE || Several mathematicians of the Bernoulli family, in particular Jacob (1654–1705), Johann (1667–1748) and Daniel (1700–1782) || {{MPC|2034}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2034|2034}}

|-id=035

| 2035 Stearns || 1973 SC || Carl Leo Stearns (1892–1972), American astronomer || {{MPC|2035}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2035|2035}}

|-id=036

| 2036 Sheragul || {{mp|1973 SY|2}} || Sheragul, Siberian village in Russia || {{MPC|2036}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2036|2036}}

|-id=037

| 2037 Tripaxeptalis || 1973 UB || 3 times 679 Pax and 7 times 291 Alice || {{MPC|2037}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2037|2037}}

|-id=038

| 2038 Bistro || 1973 WF || Bistro, a type of restaurant || {{MPC|2038}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2038|2038}}

|-id=039

| 2039 Payne-Gaposchkin || 1974 CA || Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900–1979), British-born American astronomer || {{DoMPN|2039}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2039|2039}}

|-id=040

| 2040 Chalonge || 1974 HA || Daniel Chalonge (1895–1977), French astronomer || {{MPC|2040}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2040|2040}}

|-id=041

| 2041 Lancelot || 2523 P-L || Lancelot, Arthurian knight || {{MPC|2041}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2041|2041}}

|-id=042

| 2042 Sitarski || 4633 P-L || Grzegorz Sitarski, Polish astronomer at the Polish Academy of Sciences, who studied the motion of comets || {{MPC|2042}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2042|2042}}

|-id=043

| 2043 Ortutay || 1936 TH || Gyula Ortutay (1910–1978), Hungarian cultural leader || {{MPC|2043}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2043|2043}}

|-id=044

| 2044 Wirt || 1950 VE || Carl A. Wirtanen (1910–1990), American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets and comets || {{MPC|2044}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2044|2044}}

|-id=045

| 2045 Peking || {{mp|1964 TB|1}} || Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China || {{MPC|2045}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2045|2045}}

|-id=046

| 2046 Leningrad || {{mp|1968 UD|1}} || Leningrad, city in the USSR || {{MPC|2046}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2046|2046}}

|-id=047

| 2047 Smetana || {{mp|1971 UA|1}} || Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884), Czech composer || {{MPC|2047}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2047|2047}}

|-id=048

| 2048 Dwornik || 1973 QA || Stephen E. Dwornik, American planetary geologist || {{DoMPN|2048}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2048|2048}}

|-id=049

| 2049 Grietje || 1973 SH || G. A. M. Haring-Gehrels, sister-in-law of Dutch-born American astronomer Tom Gehrels [http://www.astronieuws.nl/NL-plan.html †] || {{MPC|2049}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2049|2049}}

|-id=050

| 2050 Francis || 1974 KA || Fred and Kay Francis, parents of discoverer || {{DoMPN|2050}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2050|2050}}

|-id=051

| 2051 Chang || 1976 UC || Zhang Yuzhe (Y.C. Chang), Chinese astronomer, director of the Purple Mountain Observatory || {{MPC|2051}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2051|2051}}

|-id=052

| 2052 Tamriko || 1976 UN || Tamara West, wife of discoverer Richard Martin West || {{MPC|2052}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2052|2052}}

|-id=053

| 2053 Nuki || 1976 UO || Nodari West, son of discoverer Richard Martin West || {{MPC|2053}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2053|2053}}

|-id=054

| 2054 Gawain || 4097 P-L || Gawain, Arthurian knight || {{MPC|2054}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2054|2054}}

|-id=055

| 2055 Dvořák || 1974 DB || Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904), Czech composer || {{MPC|2055}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2055|2055}}

|-id=056

| 2056 Nancy || A909 TB || Nancy Lou Zissell Marsden, wife of Brian G. Marsden || {{DoMPN|2056}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2056|2056}}

|-id=057

| 2057 Rosemary || 1934 RQ || Rosemary Birky Hoffmann Scholl, first wife of Hans Scholl || {{DoMPN|2057}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2057|2057}}

|-id=058

| 2058 Róka || 1938 BH || {{Ill|Gedeon Róka|hu|Róka Gedeon}} (1906–1974), Hungarian science writer †[http://esztergom.mcse.hu/magyar/2058.html ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041028170410/http://esztergom.mcse.hu/magyar/2058.html |date=October 28, 2004 }} ‡[http://www.vcse.hu/vega55.html ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041027182904/http://www.vcse.hu/vega55.html |date=October 27, 2004 }} || {{MPC|2058}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2058|2058}}

|-id=059

| 2059 Baboquivari || 1963 UA || Babioquivari, mountain sacred to the Tohono O'odham of northern Mexico and southern Arizona || {{MPC|2059}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2059|2059}}

|-id=060

| 2060 Chiron || 1977 UB || Chiron, a centaur from Greek mythology || {{DoMPN|2060}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2060|2060}}

|-id=061

| 2061 Anza || 1960 UA || Juan Bautista de Anza (1736–1788), Spanish explorer, military officer, and Governor of the Province of New Mexico under the Spanish Empire || {{MPC|2061}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2061|2061}}

|-id=062

| 2062 Aten || 1976 AA || Aten, Egyptian god || {{MPC|2062}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2062|2062}}

|-id=063

| 2063 Bacchus || 1977 HB || Bacchus (Dionysus), Roman god || {{MPC|2063}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2063|2063}}

|-id=064

| 2064 Thomsen || 1942 RQ || Ivan Leslie Thomsen (1910–1969), New Zealand astronomer || {{MPC|2064}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2064|2064}}

|-id=065

| 2065 Spicer || 1959 RN || Edward H. Spicer (1906–1983), anthropologist || {{MPC|2065}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2065|2065}}

|-id=066

| 2066 Palala || 1934 LB || Palala River, tributary of the Limpopo River, South Africa || {{MPC|2066}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2066|2066}}

|-id=067

| 2067 Aksnes || 1936 DD || Kaare Aksnes, astronomer || {{MPC|2067}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2067|2067}}

|-id=068

| 2068 Dangreen || 1948 AD || Daniel W. E. Green, American observatory worker, involved in the MPC's transition from Cincinnati to Cambridge in 1978 || {{MPC|2068}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2068|2068}}

|-id=069

| 2069 Hubble || 1955 FT || Edwin Hubble (1889–1953), American astronomer || {{MPC|2069}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2069|2069}}

|-id=070

| 2070 Humason || 1964 TQ || Milton L. Humason (1891–1972), American astronomer || {{MPC|2070}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2070|2070}}

|-id=071

| 2071 Nadezhda || 1971 QS || Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya (1869–1939), educator, wife of Vladimir Lenin || {{MPC|2071}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2071|2071}}

|-id=072

| 2072 Kosmodemyanskaya || {{mp|1973 QE|2}} || Lubov' Timofeevna Kosmodemyanskaya (1900–1978), mother of Soviet heroes Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya and Aleksandr Kosmodemyansky || {{MPC|2072}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2072|2072}}

|-id=073

| 2073 Janáček || 1974 DK || Leoš Janáček (1854–1928), Czech composer || {{MPC|2073}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2073|2073}}

|-id=074

| 2074 Shoemaker || 1974 UA || Eugene Shoemaker (1928–1997), American astronomer || {{MPC|2074}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2074|2074}}

|-id=075

| 2075 Martinez || 1974 VA || Hugo Arturo Martinez (1890–1976), Argentinian astronomer at La Plata Observatory || {{MPC|2075}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2075|2075}}

|-id=076

| 2076 Levin || 1974 WA || Boris Yulevich Levin (1912–1989), Russian astronomer and geophysicist || {{MPC|2076}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2076|2076}}

|-id=077

| 2077 Kiangsu || 1974 YA || Jiangsu, province in eastern China || {{MPC|2077}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2077|2077}}

|-id=078

| 2078 Nanking || 1975 AD || Nanjing, Chinese city near the Purple Mountain Observatory || {{MPC|2078}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2078|2078}}

|-id=079

| 2079 Jacchia || 1976 DB || {{Ill|Luigi Giuseppe Jacchia|it}}, Italian-born American astronomer || {{MPC|2079}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2079|2079}}

|-id=080

| 2080 Jihlava || 1976 DG || Jihlava, city in the Czech Republic || {{MPC|2080}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2080|2080}}

|-id=081

| 2081 Sázava || 1976 DH || Sázava River, tributary of Vltava River, Czech Republic || {{MPC|2081}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2081|2081}}

|-id=082

| 2082 Galahad || 7588 P-L || Galahad, Arthurian knight || {{MPC|2082}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2082|2082}}

|-id=083

| 2083 Smither || 1973 WB || John C. Smith, American astronomer involved with the Palomar Planet-Crossing Asteroid Survey || {{MPC|2083}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2083|2083}}

|-id=084

| 2084 Okayama || 1935 CK || Okayama, Okayama, Japan || {{MPC|2084}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2084|2084}}

|-id=085

| 2085 Henan || 1965 YA || Henan, province in China || {{MPC|2085}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2085|2085}}

|-id=086

| 2086 Newell || 1966 BC || Homer E. Newell Jr. (1915–1983), American physicist and space scientist || {{MPC|2086}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2086|2086}}

|-id=087

| 2087 Kochera || 1975 YC || Theodor Kocher (1841–1917), Swiss surgeon and Nobel laureate || {{MPC|2087}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2087|2087}}

|-id=088

| 2088 Sahlia || 1976 DJ || Hermann Sahli (1856–1933), Swiss physician and professor of internal medicine at Berne University || {{MPC|2088}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2088|2088}}

|-id=089

| 2089 Cetacea || 1977 VF || Cetacea, clade of aquatic mammals such as whales and dolphins || {{MPC|2089}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2089|2089}}

|-id=090

| 2090 Mizuho || 1978 EA || Daughter of Japanese discoverer Takeshi Urata || {{MPC|2090}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2090|2090}}

|-id=091

| 2091 Sampo || 1941 HO || Sampo, magical artifact from Finnish mythology || {{MPC|2091}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2091|2091}}

|-id=092

| 2092 Sumiana || 1969 UP || Sumy, Ukraine || {{MPC|2092}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2092|2092}}

|-id=093

| 2093 Genichesk || 1971 HX || Henichesk, city in north-eastern Ukraine, birthplace of discoverer Tamara Smirnova || {{MPC|2093}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2093|2093}}

|-id=094

| 2094 Magnitka || {{mp|1971 TC|2}} || Magnitogorsk, Russian industrial city || {{MPC|2094}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2094|2094}}

|-id=095

| 2095 Parsifal || 6036 P-L || Parsifal, Arthurian knight || {{MPC|2095}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2095|2095}}

|-id=096

| 2096 Väinö || 1939 UC || Väinämöinen, from Finnish mythology || {{MPC|2096}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2096|2096}}

|-id=097

| 2097 Galle || 1953 PV || Johann Gottfried Galle (1812–1910), German astronomer || {{MPC|2097}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2097|2097}}

|-id=098

| 2098 Zyskin || 1972 QE || Lev Zyskin (1930–1994), Professor at the Crimean medical institute || {{MPC|2098}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2098|2098}}

|-id=099

| 2099 Öpik || 1977 VB || Ernst Öpik (1893–1985), Estonian astronomer || {{MPC|2099}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2099|2099}}

|-id=100

| 2100 Ra-Shalom || 1978 RA || Egyptian god Ra + Hebrew Shalom, in honour of the Camp David Peace Accords of 1978 || {{MPC|2100}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2100|2100}}

2101–2200

| 2101 Adonis || 1936 CA || Adonis, Greek mythological youth || {{MPC|2101}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2101|2101}}

|-id=102

| 2102 Tantalus || 1975 YA || Tantalus, Greek mythological figure || {{MPC|2102}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2102|2102}}

|-id=103

| 2103 Laverna || 1960 FL || Laverna, protecting divinity of thieves and imposters || {{MPC|2103}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2103|2103}}

|-id=104

| 2104 Toronto || 1963 PD || University of Toronto, during whose sesquicentennial celebration it was discovered || {{MPC|2104}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2104|2104}}

|-id=105

| 2105 Gudy || 1976 DA || Gudrun Werner, friend of astronomer Hans-Emil Schuster who discovered this minor planet || {{MPC|2105}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2105|2105}}

|-id=106

| 2106 Hugo || 1936 UF || Victor Hugo (1802–1885), French writer || {{DoMPN|2106}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2106|2106}}

|-id=107

| 2107 Ilmari || 1941 VA || Ilmarinen, Finnish mythology || {{MPC|2107}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2107|2107}}

|-id=108

| 2108 Otto Schmidt || {{mp|1948 TR|1}} || Otto Schmidt (1891–1956), Soviet mathematician, geophysicist, astronomer polar researcher, and author || {{MPC|2108}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2108|2108}}

|-id=109

| 2109 Dhôtel || {{mp|1950 TH|2}} || André Dhôtel (1901–1991), French writer awarded with the Grand Prix de Litterature de l'Academie Francaise. He was a friend of the family of the discoverer, Sylvain Arend. || {{MPC|2109}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2109|2109}}

|-id=110

| 2110 Moore-Sitterly || 1962 RD || Charlotte Moore Sitterly (1898–1990), American astronomer || {{MPC|2110}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2110|2110}}

|-id=111

| 2111 Tselina || 1969 LG || Virgin Lands Campaign, soil development in the USSR || {{MPC|2111}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2111|2111}}

|-id=112

| 2112 Ulyanov || 1972 NP || Aleksandr Ulyanov (1866–1887), Lenin's eldest brother || {{MPC|2112}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2112|2112}}

|-id=113

| 2113 Ehrdni || {{mp|1972 RJ|2}} || Ehrdni Teldzhievich Delikov (1922–1942), Soviet hero of the Great Patriotic War || {{MPC|2113}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2113|2113}}

|-id=114

| 2114 Wallenquist || 1976 HA || Åke Wallenquist (1904–1994), Swedish astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets || {{MPC|2114}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2114|2114}}

|-id=115

| 2115 Irakli || 1976 UD || Irakli West, son of discoverer Richard Martin West || {{MPC|2115}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2115|2115}}

|-id=116

| 2116 Mtskheta || 1976 UM || Mtskheta, city in Georgia (country) || {{MPC|2116}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2116|2116}}

|-id=117

| 2117 Danmark || 1978 AC || Denmark, native country of discoverer Richard Martin West || {{MPC|2117}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2117|2117}}

|-id=118

| 2118 Flagstaff || 1978 PB || Flagstaff, Arizona, home of the Lowell Observatory || {{MPC|2118}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2118|2118}}

|-id=119

| 2119 Schwall || 1930 QG || August Schwall (1877–1947), staff member at Heidelberg Observatory, Germany || {{MPC|2119}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2119|2119}}

|-id=120

| 2120 Tyumenia || 1967 RM || Tyumen Oblast, district of the Russian SFSR (now Russia) || {{MPC|2120}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2120|2120}}

|-id=121

| 2121 Sevastopol || 1971 ME || Sevastopol, city on the Crimean peninsula || {{DoMPN|2121}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2121|2121}}

|-id=122

| 2122 Pyatiletka || 1971 XB || Five-Year Plans of the USSR, named on the 50th anniversary of its adoption || {{MPC|2122}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2122|2122}}

|-id=123

| 2123 Vltava || {{mp|1973 SL|2}} || Vltava River in the Czech Republic || {{MPC|2123}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2123|2123}}

|-id=124

| 2124 Nissen || 1974 MK || Juan Jose Nissen (1901–1978), Argentinian astronomer and first director of the Felix Aguilar Observatory || {{MPC|2124}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2124|2124}}

|-id=125

| 2125 Karl-Ontjes || 2005 P-L || Karl-Ontjes Groeneveld (born 1935), German physicist and brother of astronomer Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, who co-discovered this minor planet || {{DoMPN|2125}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2125|2125}}

|-id=126

| 2126 Gerasimovich || 1970 QZ || Boris Petrovich Gerasimovich (1889–1937), Russian astrophysicist and director of the Pulkovo Observatory || {{MPC|2126}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2126|2126}}

|-id=127

| 2127 Tanya || {{mp|1971 KB|1}} || Tanya Savicheva (1930–1944), a young Russian schoolgirl who died in Siege of Leningrad || {{MPC|2127}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2127|2127}}

|-id=128

| 2128 Wetherill || 1973 SB || George Wetherill (1925–2006), American geochemist and planetary geologist || {{MPC|2128}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2128|2128}}

|-id=129

| 2129 Cosicosi || 1973 SJ || Italian characterization of indifference || {{MPC|2129}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2129|2129}}

|-id=130

| 2130 Evdokiya || {{mp|1974 QH|1}} || Evdokiya Efimovna Shchelokova, mother of the discoverer Lyudmila Zhuravleva || {{MPC|2130}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2130|2130}}

|-id=131

| 2131 Mayall || 1975 RA || Nicholas Mayall (1906–1993), American astronomer || {{MPC|2131}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2131|2131}}

|-id=132

| 2132 Zhukov || {{mp|1975 TW|3}} || Georgij Konstantinovich Zhukov (1896–1974), Soviet military commander || {{MPC|2132}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2132|2132}}

|-id=133

| 2133 Franceswright || 1976 WB || Frances Woodworth Wright (1897–1989), American astronomer at Harvard University || {{MPC|2133}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2133|2133}}

|-id=134

| 2134 Dennispalm || 1976 YB || Dennis Palm (1945–1974), amateur astronomer and assistant at Palomar Observatory || {{MPC|2134}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2134|2134}}

|-id=135

| 2135 Aristaeus || 1977 HA || Aristaeus, Greek god || {{MPC|2135}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2135|2135}}

|-id=136

| 2136 Jugta || 1933 OC || Jay U. Gunter (1911–1994), author of Tonight's Asteroids (hence, J.U.G. T.A.) || {{MPC|2136}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2136|2136}}

|-id=137

| 2137 Priscilla || 1936 QZ || Priscilla Fairfield Bok (1896–1975), American astronomer, wife of Dutch-born American astronomer Bart Bok || {{DoMPN|2137}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2137|2137}}

|-id=138

| 2138 Swissair || 1968 HB || Swissair, was the Swiss national airline || {{MPC|2138}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2138|2138}}

|-id=139

| 2139 Makharadze || 1970 MC || The Georgian city of Ozurgeti (formerly known as Makharadze) is the twin city of Henichesk, Ukraine. It was named to honor the friendship between the two nations || {{DoMPN|2139}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2139|2139}}

|-id=140

| 2140 Kemerovo || 1970 PE || Kemerovo Oblast, district in southwestern Siberia, Russia || {{DoMPN|2140}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2140|2140}}

|-id=141

| 2141 Simferopol || {{mp|1970 QC|1}} || Simferopol, city on the Crimean peninsula || {{MPC|2141}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2141|2141}}

|-id=142

| 2142 Landau || 1972 GA || Lev Davidovich Landau (1908–1968), Soviet physicist || {{MPC|2142}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2142|2142}}

|-id=143

| 2143 Jimarnold || 1973 SA || James R. Arnold (1923–2012), professor of chemistry at the University of California at San Diego || {{MPC|2143}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2143|2143}}

|-id=144

| 2144 Marietta || {{mp|1975 BC|1}} || Marietta Shaginyan (1888–1982), Soviet writer || {{MPC|2144}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2144|2144}}

|-id=145

| 2145 Blaauw || 1976 UF || Adriaan Blaauw (1914–2010), Dutch astronomer at Leiden Observatory, director of ESO and president of the IAU || {{MPC|2145}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2145|2145}}

|-id=146

| 2146 Stentor || 1976 UQ || Stentor, Greek warrior || {{MPC|2146}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2146|2146}}

|-id=147

| 2147 Kharadze || 1976 US || Evgeni Kharadze (1907–2001), Georgian astronomer and director of the Abastumani Observatory and vice-president of the IAU from 1976 to 1982 || {{DoMPN|2147}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2147|2147}}

|-id=148

| 2148 Epeios || 1976 UW || Epeios, Greek soldier and builder of Trojan Horse || {{MPC|2148}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2148|2148}}

|-id=149

| 2149 Schwambraniya || 1977 FX || Fictional land from Lev Kassil's Conduite and Schwambraniya || {{MPC|2149}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2149|2149}}

|-id=150

| 2150 Nyctimene || 1977 TA || Nyctimene, a daughter of Epopeus, King of Lesbos || {{MPC|2150}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2150|2150}}

|-id=151

| 2151 Hadwiger || 1977 VX || Hugo Hadwiger (1908–1981), Swiss mathematician || {{MPC|2151}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2151|2151}}

|-id=152

| 2152 Hannibal || 1978 WK || Hannibal (c. 247–182 BC) || {{MPC|2152}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2152|2152}}

|-id=153

| 2153 Akiyama || 1978 XD || Kaoru Akiyama (1901–1970), Japanese astronomer || {{MPC|2153}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2153|2153}}

|-id=154

| 2154 Underhill || 2015 P-L || Anne B. Underhill, Canadian astrophysicist || {{DoMPN|2154}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2154|2154}}

|-id=155

| 2155 Wodan || 6542 P-L || Odin ("Wōdan" in Old Saxon), Norse god in Teutonic mythology || {{DoMPN|2155}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2155|2155}}

|-id=156

| 2156 Kate || A917 SH || Kate, wife of astronomer L. K. Kristensen, who found the identification of this minor planet || {{MPC|2156}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2156|2156}}

|-id=157

| 2157 Ashbrook || A924 EF || Joseph Ashbrook (1918–1980), editor of Sky & Telescope || {{MPC|2157}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2157|2157}}

|-id=158

| 2158 Tietjen || 1933 OS || Friedrich Tietjen (1832–1895), German astronomer || {{MPC|2158}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2158|2158}}

|-id=159

| 2159 Kukkamäki || 1941 UX || Tauno Kukkamäki (1909–1997), Finnish geodesist || {{MPC|2159}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2159|2159}}

|-id=160

| 2160 Spitzer || 1956 RL || Lyman Spitzer (1914–1997), American astrophysicist || {{MPC|2160}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2160|2160}}

|-id=161

| 2161 Grissom || 1963 UD || Gus Grissom (1926–1967), American astronaut || {{MPC|2161}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2161|2161}}

|-id=162

| 2162 Anhui || 1966 BE || Anhui, province in East China || {{MPC|2162}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2162|2162}}

|-id=163

| 2163 Korczak || {{mp|1971 SP|1}} || Janusz Korczak (1878–1942), Polish writer who was murdered at Treblinka || {{MPC|2163}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2163|2163}}

|-id=164

| 2164 Lyalya || {{mp|1972 RM|2}} || Yelena Konstantinova Ubiivovk (1918–1942), astronomy student and Soviet partisan who died in World War II || {{MPC|2164}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2164|2164}}

|-id=165

| 2165 Young || 1956 RJ || Charles Augustus Young (1834–1908), American astronomer || {{MPC|2165}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2165|2165}}

|-id=166

| 2166 Handahl || 1936 QB || Violet Handahl Green, mother of astronomer Daniel W. E. Green, who found the identifications for this planet || {{MPC|2166}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2166|2166}}

|-id=167

| 2167 Erin || 1971 LA || Erin, daughter of astronomer George Punko at Bickley–Perth Observatory || {{MPC|2167}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2167|2167}}

|-id=168

| 2168 Swope || {{mp|1955 RF|1}} || Henrietta Hill Swope (1902–1980), American astronomer || {{MPC|2168}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2168|2168}}

|-id=169

| 2169 Taiwan || {{mp|1964 VP|1}} || Named for the Island of Taiwan (also see Taiwan) || {{MPC|2169}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2169|2169}}

|-id=170

| 2170 Byelorussia || 1971 SZ || Republic of Belarus, a former Soviet Socialist Republic || {{MPC|2170}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2170|2170}}

|-id=171

| 2171 Kiev || {{mp|1973 QD|1}} || City of Kyiv, capital of Ukraine, named on its 1500th anniversary || {{DoMPN|2171}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2171|2171}}

|-id=172

| 2172 Plavsk || {{mp|1973 QA|2}} || Plavsk, district in Russia || {{DoMPN|2172}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2172|2172}}

|-id=173

| 2173 Maresjev || {{mp|1974 QG|1}} || Alexei Maresiev (1916–2001), Russian war veteran || {{MPC|2173}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2173|2173}}

|-id=174

| 2174 Asmodeus || 1975 TA || Asmodai, Babylonian god of lust || {{MPC|2174}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2174|2174}}

|-id=175

| 2175 Andrea Doria || 1977 TY || Andrea Doria (1466–1560), Genoese admiral || {{MPC|2175}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2175|2175}}

|-id=176

| 2176 Donar || 2529 P-L || Donar or Thor, Teutonic god of thunderstorms || {{DoMPN|2176}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2176|2176}}

|-id=177

| 2177 Oliver || 6551 P-L || Bernard M. Oliver (1916–1995), researcher at Hewlett-Packard || {{MPC|2177}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2177|2177}}

|-id=178

| 2178 Kazakhstania || {{mp|1972 RA|2}} || The Republic of Kazakhstan, a former Soviet Socialist Republic || {{MPC|2178}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2178|2178}}

|-id=179

| 2179 Platzeck || 1965 MA || Ricardo Pablo Platzeck, Argentinian astronomer and director of the Cordoba Observatory || {{MPC|2179}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2179|2179}}

|-id=180

| 2180 Marjaleena || 1940 RJ || Finnish Marjaleena Johnsson, daughter of the discoverer Heikki A. Alikoski || {{MPC|2180}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2180|2180}}

|-id=181

| 2181 Fogelin || 1942 YA || Eric S. Fogelin, assistant at the Minor Planet Center || {{MPC|2181}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2181|2181}}

|-id=182

| 2182 Semirot || {{mp|1953 FH|1}} || {{Ill|Pierre Sémirot|de}} (1907–1972), French astronomer || {{MPC|2182}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2182|2182}}

|-id=183

| 2183 Neufang || 1959 OB || Neufang, village in Thuringia, Germany, where the Sonneberg Observatory is located || {{MPC|2183}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2183|2183}}

|-id=184

| 2184 Fujian || {{mp|1964 TV|2}} || Fujian, coastal province in southeastern China || {{MPC|2184}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2184|2184}}

|-id=185

| 2185 Guangdong || 1965 WO || Guangdong, coastal province in southern China || {{MPC|2185}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2185|2185}}

|-id=186

| 2186 Keldysh || {{mp|1973 SQ|4}} || Mstislav Keldysh (1911–1978), Soviet physicist and mathematician || {{MPC|2186}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2186|2186}}

|-id=187

| 2187 La Silla || 1976 UH || Mountain in the Atacama desert of Chile, where the La Silla Observatory is located || {{MPC|2187}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2187|2187}}

|-id=188

| 2188 Orlenok || {{mp|1976 UL|4}} || Orlyonok All-Union Young Pioneer camp || {{MPC|2188}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2188|2188}}

|-id=189

| 2189 Zaragoza || 1975 QK || Aldo Zaragoza (1924–1979) staff member at Felix Aguilar Observatory || {{MPC|2189}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2189|2189}}

|-id=190

| 2190 Coubertin || {{mp|1976 GV|3}} || Baron Pierre de Coubertin (1863–1937), French educator and founder of the modern Olympic Games || {{MPC|2190}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2190|2190}}

|-id=191

| 2191 Uppsala || {{mp|1977 PA|1}} || Uppsala, ancient Swedish city and its university || {{MPC|2191}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2191|2191}}

|-id=192

| 2192 Pyatigoriya || 1972 HP || Pyatigorsk, Russian city in the Caucasus || {{MPC|2192}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2192|2192}}

|-id=193

| 2193 Jackson || 1926 KB || Cyril V. Jackson (1903–1988), South African astronomer || {{MPC|2193}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2193|2193}}

|-id=194

| 2194 Arpola || 1940 GE || Discoverer's summer cottage near Turku || {{MPC|2194}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2194|2194}}

|-id=195

| 2195 Tengström || {{mp|1941 SP|1}} || Erik Tengström (1913–1996), Swedish astronomer and geodesist || {{DoMPN|2195}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2195|2195}}

|-id=196

| 2196 Ellicott || 1965 BC || Andrew Ellicott Douglass (1867–1962), American astronomer || {{MPC|2196}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2196|2196}}

|-id=197

| 2197 Shanghai || 1965 YN || Shanghai, largest city in China (and the world) || {{MPC|2197}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2197|2197}}

|-id=198

| 2198 Ceplecha || 1975 VF || Zdeněk Ceplecha (1929–2009), Czech astronomer || {{MPC|2198}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2198|2198}}

|-id=199

| 2199 Kleť || 1978 LA || Kleť Observatory, standing on Kleť Hill, Czech Republic || {{MPC|2199}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2199|2199}}

|-id=200

| 2200 Pasadena || 6090 P-L || Pasadena, California, suburb of Los Angeles, California, United States || {{MPC|2200}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2200|2200}}

2201–2300

| 2201 Oljato || 1947 XC || Moonlight Water, Monument Valley, Utah || {{DoMPN|2201}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2201|2201}}

|-id=202

| 2202 Pele || 1972 RA || Pele, Polynesian fire goddess || {{MPC|2202}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2202|2202}}

|-id=203

| 2203 van Rhijn || {{mp|1935 SQ|1}} || Pieter Johannes van Rhijn (1886–1960), Dutch astronomer || {{MPC|2203}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2203|2203}}

|-id=204

| 2204 Lyyli || 1943 EQ || Lyyli Heinänen, Finnish astronomer and disciple of Yrjö Väisälä || {{MPC|2204}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2204|2204}}

|-id=205

| 2205 Glinka || {{mp|1973 SU|4}} || Mikhail Glinka (1804–1857), Russian composer || {{MPC|2205}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2205|2205}}

|-id=206

| 2206 Gabrova || {{mp|1976 GR|3}} || Gabrovo, Bulgarian town || {{MPC|2206}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2206|2206}}

|-id=207

| 2207 Antenor || {{mp|1977 QH|1}} || Antenor, Trojan hero and sage of Greek mythology || {{JPL|2207}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2207|2207}}

|-id=208

| 2208 Pushkin || {{mp|1977 QL|3}} || Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian poet || {{MPC|2208}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2208|2208}}

|-id=209

| 2209 Tianjin || {{mp|1978 US|1}} || Tianjin, China || {{MPC|2209}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2209|2209}}

|-id=210

| 2210 Lois || 9597 P-L || Lois J. Baldwin, wife of Ralph Belknap Baldwin, American astronomer || {{MPC|2210}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2210|2210}}

|-id=211

| 2211 Hanuman || {{mp|1951 WO|2}} || Hanuman, monkey-god in mythology of India || {{MPC|2211}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2211|2211}}

|-id=212

| 2212 Hephaistos || 1978 SB || Hephaestus, Greek god || {{MPC|2212}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2212|2212}}

|-id=213

| 2213 Meeus || {{mp|1935 SO|1}} || Jean Meeus (born 1928), Belgian amateur astronomer || {{MPC|2213}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2213|2213}}

|-id=214

| 2214 Carol || 1953 GF || Carol D. Valenti, Minor Planet Center staff member || {{DoMPN|2214}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2214|2214}}

|-id=215

| 2215 Sichuan || {{mp|1964 VX|2}} || Sichuan, China || {{MPC|2215}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2215|2215}}

|-id=216

| 2216 Kerch || 1971 LF || Hero City Kerch, Crimea || {{MPC|2216}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2216|2216}}

|-id=217

| 2217 Eltigen || {{mp|1971 SK|2}} || a place where Soviet troops landed in November 1943 (see Kerch-Eltigen Operation) || {{MPC|2217}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2217|2217}}

|-id=218

| 2218 Wotho || 1975 AK || Wotho Atoll, Marshall Islands || {{MPC|2218}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2218|2218}}

|-id=219

| 2219 Mannucci || 1975 LU || Edgardo Mannucci, observatory mechanic || {{MPC|2219}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2219|2219}}

|-id=220

| 2220 Hicks || 1975 VB || William B. Hicks, businessman || {{MPC|2220}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2220|2220}}

|-id=221

| 2221 Chilton || 1976 QC || Jean Chilton McCrosky, wife of Richard Eugene McCrosky, American astronomer || {{MPC|2221}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2221|2221}}

|-id=222

| 2222 Lermontov || {{mp|1977 ST|1}} || Mikhail Lermontov, Russian poet || {{MPC|2222}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2222|2222}}

|-id=223

| 2223 Sarpedon || {{mp|1977 TL|3}} || Sarpedon, Greek warrior || {{MPC|2223}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2223|2223}}

|-id=224

| 2224 Tucson || 2528 P-L || Tucson, Arizona, USA || {{MPC|2224}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2224|2224}}

|-id=225

| 2225 Serkowski || 6546 P-L || {{Ill|Krzysztof Serkowski|pl}} (1930–1981), Polish-born American astronomer || {{MPC|2225}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2225|2225}}

|-id=226

| 2226 Cunitza || {{mp|1936 QC|1}} || Lydia Cunitz, discoverer's sister-in-law || {{MPC|2226}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2226|2226}}

|-id=227

| 2227 Otto Struve || 1955 RX || Otto Struve (1897–1963), Russian-born American astronomer || {{MPC|2227}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2227|2227}}

|-id=228

| 2228 Soyuz-Apollo || 1977 OH || The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project joint Soviet-American mission || {{MPC|2228}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2228|2228}}

|-id=229

| 2229 Mezzarco || 1977 RO || Italian for half-arch, half-vault || {{MPC|2229}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2229|2229}}

|-id=230

| 2230 Yunnan || {{mp|1978 UT|1}} || Yunnan, China || {{MPC|2230}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2230|2230}}

|-id=231

| 2231 Durrell || 1941 SG || Lawrence Durrell (1912–1990), British author || {{MPC|2231}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2231|2231}}

|-id=232

| 2232 Altaj || {{mp|1969 RD|2}} || Altai Republic, Russia || {{MPC|2232}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2232|2232}}

|-id=233

| 2233 Kuznetsov || {{mp|1972 XE|1}} || Nikolai Kuznetsov, Soviet partisan and intelligence agent || {{MPC|2233}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2233|2233}}

|-id=234

| 2234 Schmadel || 1977 HD || Lutz D. Schmadel (1942–2016), German astronomer || {{MPC|2234}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2234|2234}}

|-id=235

| 2235 Vittore || A924 GA || Observatory in Bologna, Italy || {{MPC|2235}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2235|2235}}

|-id=236

| 2236 Austrasia || 1933 FX || Austrasia, kingdom of the Merovingian Franks || {{MPC|2236}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2236|2236}}

|-id=237

| 2237 Melnikov || 1938 TB || Oleg Melnikov (1912–1982), Russian astronomer || {{MPC|2237}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2237|2237}}

|-id=238

| 2238 Steshenko || {{mp|1972 RQ|1}} || {{Ill|Nikolai Steshenko|ru|Стешенко, Николай Владимирович}}, Soviet astronomer || {{MPC|2238}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2238|2238}}

|-id=239

| 2239 Paracelsus || 1978 RC || Paracelsus, physician || {{MPC|2239}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2239|2239}}

|-id=240

| 2240 Tsai || 1978 YA || {{ill|Tsai Chang-hsien (astronomer)|lt=Tsai Chang-hsien|zh|蔡章獻}}, Taiwanese astronomer || {{MPC|2240}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2240|2240}}

|-id=241

| 2241 Alcathous || 1979 WM || Alcathous, mythological Greek || {{MPC|2241}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2241|2241}}

|-id=242

| 2242 Balaton || 1936 TG || Lake Balaton, largest lake in Hungary || {{MPC|2242}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2242|2242}}

|-id=243

| 2243 Lönnrot || {{mp|1941 SA|1}} || Elias Lönnrot (1802–1884), Finnish scholar, collector of folk tales and traditions || {{MPC|2243}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2243|2243}}

|-id=244

| 2244 Tesla || {{mp|1952 UW|1}} || Nikola Tesla (1856–1943), Serbian-born electrical engineer and inventor || {{MPC|2244}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2244|2244}}

|-id=245

| 2245 Hekatostos || 1968 BC || Greek for 100th (asteroid discovered by a joint program) || {{MPC|2245}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2245|2245}}

|-id=246

| 2246 Bowell || 1979 XH || Edward L. G. Bowell (born 1943), American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets || {{MPC|2246}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2246|2246}}

|-id=247

| 2247 Hiroshima || 6512 P-L || Hiroshima, Japan || {{MPC|2247}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2247|2247}}

|-id=248

| 2248 Kanda || 1933 DE || {{Ill|Shigeru Kanda|ja|神田茂}} (1894–1974), Japanese science writer || {{DoMPN|2248}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2248|2248}}

|-id=249

| 2249 Yamamoto || 1942 GA || Issei Yamamoto (1889–1959), Japanese astronomer || {{DoMPN|2249}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2249|2249}}

|-id=250

| 2250 Stalingrad || 1972 HN || now Volgograd, Russia || {{DoMPN|2250}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2250|2250}}

|-id=251

| 2251 Tikhov || {{mp|1977 SU|1}} || Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov (1875–1960), Russian astronomer || {{MPC|2251}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2251|2251}}

|-id=252

| 2252 CERGA || 1978 VT || CERGA {{langx|fr|Centre d'études et de recherches géodynamiques et astrométriques}} || {{MPC|2252}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2252|2252}}

|-id=253

| 2253 Espinette || 1932 PB || house in Williams Bay, Wisconsin || {{MPC|2253}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2253|2253}}

|-id=254

| 2254 Requiem || {{mp|1977 QJ|1}} || in memory of discoverer's mother || {{MPC|2254}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2254|2254}}

|-id=255

| 2255 Qinghai || {{mp|1977 VK|1}} || Qinghai, China || {{MPC|2255}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2255|2255}}

|-id=256

| 2256 Wiśniewski || 4519 P-L || Wiesław Z. Wiśniewski (1931–1994), Polish astronomer || {{MPC|2256}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2256|2256}}

|-id=257

| 2257 Kaarina || 1939 QB || Kaarina Soini, daughter of discoverer || {{MPC|2257}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2257|2257}}

|-id=258

| 2258 Viipuri || 1939 TA || now Vyborg, Russia || {{MPC|2258}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2258|2258}}

|-id=259

| 2259 Sofievka || 1971 OG || park in Uman, Ukraine || {{MPC|2259}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2259|2259}}

|-id=260

| 2260 Neoptolemus || {{mp|1975 WM|1}} || Neoptolemus, mythological Greek warrior || {{MPC|2260}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2260|2260}}

|-id=261

| 2261 Keeler || 1977 HC || James Edward Keeler (1857–1900), American astronomer || {{MPC|2261}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2261|2261}}

|-id=262

| 2262 Mitidika || 1978 RB || Gypsy girl from novel by Clemens Brentano || {{MPC|2262}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2262|2262}}

|-id=263

| 2263 Shaanxi || {{mp|1978 UW|1}} || Shaanxi, China || {{MPC|2263}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2263|2263}}

|-id=264

| 2264 Sabrina || 1979 YK || Sabrina, the legendary English princess and daughter of King Locrine, who drowned in the River Severn || {{MPC|2264}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2264|2264}}

|-id=265

| 2265 Verbaandert || 1950 DB || Jean Verbaandert (1901–1974), Belgian geophysicist || {{MPC|2265}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2265|2265}}

|-id=266

| 2266 Tchaikovsky || 1974 VK || Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893), Russian composer || {{DoMPN|2266}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2266|2266}}

|-id=267

| 2267 Agassiz || 1977 RF || Louis Agassiz (1807–1873), Swiss-born American zoologist and geologist || {{MPC|2267}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2267|2267}}

|-id=268

| 2268 Szmytowna || 1942 VW || Maria Szmytowna, chemist || {{MPC|2268}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2268|2268}}

|-id=269

| 2269 Efremiana || {{mp|1976 JA|2}} || Ivan Yefremov (1908–1972), Soviet paleontologist and author || {{DoMPN|2269}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2269|2269}}

|-id=270

| 2270 Yazhi || 1980 ED || Navajo for little one || {{MPC|2270}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2270|2270}}

|-id=271

| 2271 Kiso || {{mp|1976 UV|5}} || Kiso Observatory, a station of the Tokyo Observatory || {{MPC|2271}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2271|2271}}

|-id=272

| 2272 Montezuma || 1972 FA || Moctezuma II, 9th emperor of the Aztec empire || {{MPC|2272}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2272|2272}}

|-id=273

| 2273 Yarilo || {{mp|1975 EV|1}} || Iarilo, Slavic sun god || {{DoMPN|2273}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2273|2273}}

|-id=274

| 2274 Ehrsson || 1976 EA || A friend of discoverer Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist || {{MPC|2274}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2274|2274}}

|-id=275

| 2275 Cuitlahuac || 1979 MH || Cuitláhuac, tenth emperor of the Aztec empire || {{MPC|2275}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2275|2275}}

|-id=276

| 2276 Warck || 1933 QA || Evelyne Warck, granddaughter of discoverer || {{MPC|2276}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2276|2276}}

|-id=277

| 2277 Moreau || 1950 DS || Fernand Moreau (1888–1979), Belgian astronomer || {{MPC|2277}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2277|2277}}

|-id=278

| 2278 Götz || 1953 GE || Paul Götz (1883–1962), German astronomer and discoverer of minor planets. Assistant to Max Wolf at Heidelberg. || {{MPC|2278}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2278|2278}}

|-id=279

| 2279 Barto || 1968 DL || Agniya Barto (1906–1981), Soviet poet || {{DoMPN|2279}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2279|2279}}

|-id=280

| 2280 Kunikov || {{mp|1971 SL|2}} || Tsezar Kunikov (1909–1943), Soviet commander and war hero whose troops seized Malaya Zemlya in 1943 || {{MPC|2280}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2280|2280}}

|-id=281

| 2281 Biela || {{mp|1971 UQ|1}} || Wilhelm von Biela (1782–1856), Austrian astronomer || {{MPC|2281}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2281|2281}}

|-id=282

| 2282 Andrés Bello || 1974 FE || Andrés Bello (1781–1865), Venezuelan intellectual || {{MPC|2282}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2282|2282}}

|-id=283

| 2283 Bunke || {{mp|1974 SV|4}} || Tamara Bunke (1937–1967), German patriot || {{DoMPN|2283}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2283|2283}}

|-id=284

| 2284 San Juan || {{mp|1974 TG|1}} || San Juan Province and its university in Argentina || {{MPC|2284}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2284|2284}}

|-id=285

| 2285 Ron Helin || 1976 QB || Ronald P. Helin, husband of Eleanor F. Helin, American astronomer || {{MPC|2285}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2285|2285}}

|-id=286

| 2286 Fesenkov || 1977 NH || Vasily Fesenkov (1889–1972), Soviet astrophysicist || {{MPC|2286}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2286|2286}}

|-id=287

| 2287 Kalmykia || {{mp|1977 QK|3}} || Kalmyk ASSR, Russian SFSR, now Kalmykia, Russia || {{MPC|2287}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2287|2287}}

|-id=288

| 2288 Karolinum || 1979 UZ || The Collegium Carolinum, the main building of the Charles University in Prague || {{MPC|2288}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2288|2288}}

|-id=289

| 2289 McMillan || 6567 P-L || Robert S. McMillan, American astronomer || {{MPC|2289}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2289|2289}}

|-id=290

| 2290 Helffrich || {{mp|1932 CD|1}} || Joseph Helffrich (1890–1971), German astronomer and discoverer of minor planets || {{MPC|2290}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2290|2290}}

|-id=291

| 2291 Kevo || 1941 FS || Field station on the Kevo river, Lappland || {{MPC|2291}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2291|2291}}

|-id=292

| 2292 Seili || 1942 RM || Seili, island near Turku || {{MPC|2292}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2292|2292}}

|-id=293

| 2293 Guernica || {{mp|1977 EH|1}} || Guernica, Spain || {{MPC|2293}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2293|2293}}

|-id=294

| 2294 Andronikov || {{mp|1977 PL|1}} || Irakly Andronikov (1908–1990), Soviet writer || {{MPC|2294}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2294|2294}}

|-id=295

| 2295 Matusovskij || {{mp|1977 QD|1}} || Mikhail Matusovskii (1915–1990), Soviet poet || {{MPC|2295}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2295|2295}}

|-id=296

| 2296 Kugultinov || {{mp|1975 BA|1}} || David Nikitich Kugultinov (1922–2006), poet of Kalmykia and USSR || {{MPC|2296}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2296|2296}}

|-id=297

| 2297 Daghestan || 1978 RE || Dagestan ASSR, Russian SFSR (now Daghestan, Russia) || {{MPC|2297}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2297|2297}}

|-id=298

| 2298 Cindijon || A915 TA || Cynthia and Jonathan, children of Brian G. Marsden || {{DoMPN|2298}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2298|2298}}

|-id=299

| 2299 Hanko || 1941 SZ || Hanko, Finland || {{MPC|2299}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2299|2299}}

|-id=300

| 2300 Stebbins || {{mp|1953 TG|2}} || Joel Stebbins (1878–1966), American astronomer || {{MPC|2300}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2300|2300}}

2301–2400

| 2301 Whitford || 1965 WJ || Albert Whitford (1905–2002), American astronomer || {{MPC|2301}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2301|2301}}

|-id=302

| 2302 Florya || {{mp|1972 TL|2}} || Nikolay Florea (1912–1941), Russian astronomer at Sternberg Astronomical Institute || {{MPC|2302}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2302|2302}}

|-id=303

| 2303 Retsina || 1979 FK || Retsina, Greek wine || {{MPC|2303}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2303|2303}}

|-id=304

| 2304 Slavia || 1979 KB || Slavia, sports club in Prague || {{MPC|2304}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2304|2304}}

|-id=305

| 2305 King || {{mp|1980 RJ|1}} || Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968), U.S. civil rights leader || {{MPC|2305}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2305|2305}}

|-id=306

| 2306 Bauschinger || 1939 PM || Julius Bauschinger (1860–1934), German astronomer || {{MPC|2306}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2306|2306}}

|-id=307

| 2307 Garuda || 1957 HJ || Garuda is a son of Kasyapa and Vinata in the mythology of India || {{MPC|2307}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2307|2307}}

|-id=308

| 2308 Schilt || 1967 JM || Jan Schilt (1894–1982), Dutch astronomer || {{MPC|2308}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2308|2308}}

|-id=309

| 2309 Mr. Spock || {{mp|1971 QX|1}} || Discoverer's cat, "Mr. Spock", named after Spock, a fictional character from Star Trek || {{MPC|2309}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2309|2309}}

|-id=310

| 2310 Olshaniya || {{mp|1974 SU|4}} || Konstantin Olshanskij, a Soviet war hero who entered Nazi-occupied Nikolaev in March 1944 || {{DoMPN|2310}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2310|2310}}

|-id=311

| 2311 El Leoncito || {{mp|1974 TA|1}} || Observing station at Félix Aguilar Observatory || {{MPC|2311}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2311|2311}}

|-id=312

| 2312 Duboshin || {{mp|1976 GU|2}} || {{Ill|Georgii Nikolaevich Duboshin|ru|Дубошин, Георгий Николаевич}} (1904–1986), Soviet astronomer and member of the IAU || {{DoMPN|2312}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2312|2312}}

|-id=313

| 2313 Aruna || 1976 TA || Aruna, represents the red glow of dawn in mythology of India || {{MPC|2313}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2313|2313}}

|-id=314

| 2314 Field || 1977 VD || George B. Field (born 1929), American astronomer || {{DoMPN|2314}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2314|2314}}

|-id=315

| 2315 Czechoslovakia || 1980 DZ || Czechoslovakia, which split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993 || {{MPC|2315}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2315|2315}}

|-id=316

| 2316 Jo-Ann || 1980 RH || Jo-Ann Bowell, wife of discoverer || {{DoMPN|2316}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2316|2316}}

|-id=317

| 2317 Galya || 2524 P-L || Galya Lubarsky, friend of Tom Gehrels || {{MPC|2317}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2317|2317}}

|-id=318

| 2318 Lubarsky || 6521 P-L || Kronid Lyubarsky (1934–1996), friend of Tom Gehrels || {{MPC|2318}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2318|2318}}

|-id=319

| 2319 Aristides || 7631 P-L || Aristides (530–468 BC), Athenian politician || {{MPC|2319}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2319|2319}}

|-id=320

| 2320 Blarney || 1979 QJ || Blarney, Ireland || {{MPC|2320}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2320|2320}}

|-id=321

| 2321 Lužnice || {{mp|1980 DB|1}} || Lužnice River, Czech Republic || {{MPC|2321}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2321|2321}}

|-id=322

| 2322 Kitt Peak || {{mp|1954 UQ|2}} || Kitt Peak National Observatory, USA || {{MPC|2322}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2322|2322}}

|-id=323

| 2323 Zverev || {{mp|1976 SF|2}} || {{Ill|Mitrofan Stepanovich Zverev|ru|Зверев, Митрофан Степанович}} (1903–1991), Russian astrometrist at Pulkovo Observatory || {{DoMPN|2323}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2323|2323}}

|-id=324

| 2324 Janice || {{mp|1978 VS|4}} || Janice Cline, astronomy supporter || {{MPC|2324}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2324|2324}}

|-id=325

| 2325 Chernykh || 1979 SP || Lyudmila (1935–2017) and Nikolai Chernykh (1931–2004), Russian astronomers and minor-planet discoverers || {{MPC|2325}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2325|2325}}

|-id=326

| 2326 Tololo || 1965 QC || Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, Chile || {{MPC|2326}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2326|2326}}

|-id=327

| 2327 Gershberg || {{mp|1969 TQ|4}} || Roald Evgenevich Gershberg, Russian astronomer || {{MPC|2327}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2327|2327}}

|-id=328

| 2328 Robeson || 1972 HW || Paul Robeson (1898–1976), American singer, actor and activist || {{DoMPN|2328}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2328|2328}}

|-id=329

| 2329 Orthos || 1976 WA || Orthrus (Orthos), the two-headed dog from Greek mythology || {{MPC|2329}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2329|2329}}

|-id=330

| 2330 Ontake || {{mp|1977 DS|3}} || Mount Ontake, volcano || {{MPC|2330}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2330|2330}}

|-id=331

| 2331 Parvulesco || 1936 EA || Constantin Parvulesco (1890–1945), Romanian astronomer || {{MPC|2331}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2331|2331}}

|-id=332

| 2332 Kalm || 1940 GH || Pehr Kalm (1716–1779), Finnish explorer, botanist, agricultural economist || {{MPC|2332}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2332|2332}}

|-id=333

| 2333 Porthan || 1943 EP || Henrik Gabriel Porthan (1739–1804), Finnish historian || {{MPC|2333}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2333|2333}}

|-id=334

| 2334 Cuffey || 1962 HD || James Cuffey (1911–1999), astronomy supporter || {{MPC|2334}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2334|2334}}

|-id=335

| 2335 James || 1974 UB || James G. Williams, American mathematician and a discoverer of minor planets || {{MPC|2335}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2335|2335}}

|-id=336

| 2336 Xinjiang || {{mp|1975 WL|1}} || Xinjiang, China || {{MPC|2336}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2336|2336}}

|-id=337

| 2337 Boubín || {{mp|1976 UH|1}} || Boubín, mountain in Bohemia, Czech Republic || {{MPC|2337}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2337|2337}}

|-id=338

| 2338 Bokhan || {{mp|1977 QA|3}} || Nadezhda Antonovna Bokhan, staff member at Institute of Theoretical Astronomy (ITA) in Leningrad || {{MPC|2338}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2338|2338}}

|-id=339

| 2339 Anacreon || 2509 P-L || Anacreon (c. 582–485 BC), Greek poet || {{MPC|2339}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2339|2339}}

|-id=340

| 2340 Hathor || 1976 UA || Hathor, Egyptian goddess || {{MPC|2340}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2340|2340}}

|-id=341

| 2341 Aoluta || {{mp|1976 YU|1}} || Astronomical Observatory of Leningrad University || {{DoMPN|2341}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2341|2341}}

|-id=342

| 2342 Lebedev || 1968 UQ || {{ill|Nikolai Aleksandrovich Lebedev|lt=Nikolai Lebedev|ru|Лебедев, Николай Александрович}}, Russian war hero || {{MPC|2342}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2342|2342}}

|-id=343

| 2343 Siding Spring || {{mp|1979 MD|4}} || Siding Spring Observatory, Australia || {{MPC|2343}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2343|2343}}

|-id=344

| 2344 Xizang || {{mp|1979 SC|1}} || Tibet || {{MPC|2344}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2344|2344}}

|-id=345

| 2345 Fučik || 1974 OS || Julius Fučik (1903–1943), Czechoslovak journalist || {{DoMPN|2345}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2345|2345}}

|-id=346

| 2346 Lilio || 1934 CB || Aloysius Lilius (c. 1510–1576), inventor of the Gregorian Calendar || {{DoMPN|2346}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2346|2346}}

|-id=347

| 2347 Vinata || 1936 TK || Vinata, in mythology of India, daughter of Prajapati and wife of Kasyapa || {{MPC|2347}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2347|2347}}

|-id=348

| 2348 Michkovitch || 1939 AA || Vojislav V. Michkovitch (1892–1976), Serbian astronomer || {{MPC|2348}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2348|2348}}

|-id=349

| 2349 Kurchenko || 1970 OG || Nadezhda Kurchenko, heroic airline stewardess || {{DoMPN|2349}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2349|2349}}

|-id=350

| 2350 von Lüde || 1938 CG || Heinz von Lüde (1914–1974), German ARI-astronomer || {{MPC|2350}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2350|2350}}

|-id=351

| 2351 O'Higgins || 1964 VD || Bernardo O'Higgins (1778–1842), Chilean hero || {{MPC|2351}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2351|2351}}

|-id=352

| 2352 Kurchatov || 1969 RY || Igor Kurchatov (1903–1960), Russian physicist || {{DoMPN|2352}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2352|2352}}

|-id=353

| 2353 Alva || 1975 UD || former girlfriend of discoverer || {{MPC|2353}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2353|2353}}

|-id=354

| 2354 Lavrov || {{mp|1978 PZ|3}} || {{Ill|Svyatoslav Sergeevich Lavrov|ru|Лавров, Святослав Сергеевич}} (born 1923), Russian computer scientist || {{DoMPN|2354}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2354|2354}}

|-id=355

| 2355 Nei Monggol || {{mp|1978 UV|1}} || Inner Mongolia, China || {{MPC|2355}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2355|2355}}

|-id=356

| 2356 Hirons || 1979 UJ || Charles and Ann Hirons, parents-in-law of discoverer || {{MPC|2356}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2356|2356}}

|-id=357

| 2357 Phereclos || 1981 AC || Phereclos, Trojan craftsman || {{MPC|2357}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2357|2357}}

|-id=358

| 2358 Bahner || 1929 RE || Klaus Bahner (1921–), German staff member at Heidelberg Observatory || {{DoMPN|2358}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2358|2358}}

|-id=359

| 2359 Debehogne || 1931 TV || Henri Debehogne (1928–2007), Belgian astronomer and discoverer of minor planets || {{MPC|2359}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2359|2359}}

|-id=360

| 2360 Volgo-Don || {{mp|1975 VD|3}} || Volga–Don Canal, a canal that connects the Volga River and the Don River in Russia || {{DoMPN|2360}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2360|2360}}

|-id=361

| 2361 Gogol || {{mp|1976 GQ|1}} || Nikolai Gogol (1809–1852), Russian-Ukrainian writer || {{DoMPN|2361}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2361|2361}}

|-id=362

| 2362 Mark Twain || {{mp|1976 SH|2}} || Mark Twain (1835–1910), American writer || {{MPC|2362}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2362|2362}}

|-id=363

| 2363 Cebriones || {{mp|1977 TJ|3}} || Cebriones, Hector's charioteer || {{MPC|2363}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2363|2363}}

|-id=364

| 2364 Seillier || 1978 GD || Mother of discoverer || {{MPC|2364}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2364|2364}}

|-id=365

| 2365 Interkosmos || 1980 YQ || Intercosmos, international space exploration organization || {{MPC|2365}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2365|2365}}

|-id=366

| 2366 Aaryn || {{mp|1981 AC|1}} || Aaryn G. Baltutis, grandson of discoverer || {{MPC|2366}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2366|2366}}

|-id=367

| 2367 Praha || {{mp|1981 AK|1}} || Prague, the capital city of the Czech Republic || {{MPC|2367}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2367|2367}}

|-id=368

| 2368 Beltrovata || 1977 RA || Betty Tendering, friend of Swiss poet Gottfried Keller (1819–1890) || {{MPC|2368}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2368|2368}}

|-id=369

| 2369 Chekhov || {{mp|1976 GC|8}} || Anton Chekhov (1860–1904), Russian writer || {{MPC|2369}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2369|2369}}

|-id=370

| 2370 van Altena || 1965 LA || William F. van Altena, Dutch-born American astronomer and astrometrist at the Yale University Observatory || {{MPC|2370}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2370|2370}}

|-id=371

| 2371 Dimitrov || {{mp|1975 VR|3}} || Georgi Dimitrov (1882–1949), Bulgarian politician || {{MPC|2371}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2371|2371}}

|-id=372

| 2372 Proskurin || {{mp|1977 RA|8}} || Vitalij Fedorovich Proskurin (1919–1964), Russian astronomer || {{MPC|2372}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2372|2372}}

|-id=373

| 2373 Immo || 1929 PC || Immo Appenzeller (born 1940), German astronomer and director of the Heidelberg Observatory || {{MPC|2373}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2373|2373}}

|-id=374

| 2374 Vladvysotskij || {{mp|1974 QE|1}} || Vladimir Vysotsky (1938–1980), Russian singer || {{MPC|2374}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2374|2374}}

|-id=375

| 2375 Radek || 1975 AA || Ctirad Kohoutek (1929–2011), Czech composer || {{MPC|2375}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2375|2375}}

|-id=376

| 2376 Martynov || {{mp|1977 QG|3}} || {{Ill|Dmitrij Yakovlevich Martynov|ru|Мартынов, Дмитрий Яковлевич}}, Russian astrophysicist and director of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute || {{MPC|2376}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2376|2376}}

|-id=377

| 2377 Shcheglov || {{mp|1978 QT|1}} || {{Ill|Vladimir Petrovich Shcheglov|ru|Щеглов, Владимир Петрович}}, Russian astronomer and director of the Astronomical Institute of the Uzbek || {{MPC|2377}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2377|2377}}

|-id=378

| 2378 Pannekoek || 1935 CY || Antonie Pannekoek (1873–1960), Dutch astronomer || {{MPC|2378}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2378|2378}}

|-id=379

| 2379 Heiskanen || 1941 ST || Veikko Aleksanteri Heiskanen (1895–1971), Finnish geodesist || {{MPC|2379}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2379|2379}}

|-id=380

| 2380 Heilongjiang || 1965 SN || Heilongjiang, China || {{MPC|2380}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2380|2380}}

|-id=381

| 2381 Landi || 1976 AF || Jorge Landi Dessy, Argentinian astronomer and a director of the Cordoba Observatory || {{MPC|2381}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2381|2381}}

|-id=382

| 2382 Nonie || 1977 GA || Daughter of Peter Jekabsons, observatory staff || {{MPC|2382}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2382|2382}}

|-id=383

| 2383 Bradley || 1981 GN || Martin and Maud Bradley, friends of discoverer || {{MPC|2383}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2383|2383}}

|-id=384

| 2384 Schulhof || {{mp|1943 EC|1}} || Lipót Schulhof (1847–1921), Hungarian-born astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets || {{MPC|2384}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2384|2384}}

|-id=385

| 2385 Mustel || 1969 VW || Evald Rudolfovich Mustel (1911–1988), Russian astronomer || {{DoMP|2385}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2385|2385}}

|-id=386

| 2386 Nikonov || {{mp|1974 SN|1}} || {{Ill|Vladimir Borisovich Nikonov|ru|Никонов, Владимир Борисович}} (1905–1987), Soviet astronomer at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory || {{DoMP|2386}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2386|2386}}

|-id=387

| 2387 Xi'an || 1975 FX || Xi'an, China || {{MPC|2387}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2387|2387}}

|-id=388

| 2388 Gase || {{mp|1977 EA|2}} || Vera Fedorovna Gaze (1899–1954), Russian astronomer at the Pulkovo Observatory || {{MPC|2388}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2388|2388}}

|-id=389

| 2389 Dibaj || {{mp|1977 QC|1}} || Ernest Apushevich Dibaj (1931–1983), Russian astrophysicist || {{MPC|2389}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2389|2389}}

|-id=390

| 2390 Nežárka || {{mp|1980 PA|1}} || Nežárka River, Czech Republic || {{MPC|2390}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2390|2390}}

|-id=391

| 2391 Tomita || 1957 AA || Kōichirō Tomita (1925–2006), Japanese astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets || {{MPC|2391}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2391|2391}}

|-id=392

| 2392 Jonathan Murray || {{mp|1979 MN|1}} || Jonathan Murray, son of Suzanne and Bruce C. Murray, friends of discoverers || {{MPC|2392}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2392|2392}}

|-id=393

| 2393 Suzuki || 1955 WB || {{Ill|Keishin Suzuki|ja|鈴木敬信}} (1905–), Japanese astronomer and professor of astronomy at Tokyo Gakugei University || {{MPC|2393}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2393|2393}}

|-id=394

| 2394 Nadeev || {{mp|1973 SZ|2}} || Lev Nikolaevich Nadeev (1902–1974), Russian astrometrist and geodesist || {{MPC|2394}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2394|2394}}

|-id=395

| 2395 Aho || 1977 FA || Arne J. Aho, a staff member at the Harvard Observatory || {{MPC|2395}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2395|2395}}

|-id=396

| 2396 Kochi || 1981 CB || Kōchi, Japan || {{MPC|2396}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2396|2396}}

|-id=397

| 2397 Lappajärvi || 1938 DV || Lappajärvi, lake in Finland || {{MPC|2397}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2397|2397}}

|-id=398

| 2398 Jilin || {{mp|1965 UD|2}} || Jilin, China || {{MPC|2398}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2398|2398}}

|-id=399

| 2399 Terradas || 1971 MA || Esteban Terradas i Illa (1883–1950), Spanish mathematician || {{MPC|2399}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2399|2399}}

|-id=400

| 2400 Derevskaya || 1972 KJ || {{Ill|Alexandra Avramovna Derevskaya|ru|Деревская, Александра Аврамовна}} (1902–1959), a celebrated Russian foster mother who raised 48 orphans of different nationalities || {{DoMP|2400}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2400|2400}}

2401–2500

| 2401 Aehlita || {{mp|1975 VM|2}} || Aelita, fictional character from an eponymous novel by Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoi || {{DoMPN|2401}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2401|2401}}

|-id=402

| 2402 Satpaev || {{mp|1979 OR|13}} || Kanysh Satbayev (1899–1964), Kazakh geologist || {{MPC|2402}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2402|2402}}

|-id=403

| 2403 Šumava || 1979 SQ || Šumava mountains, Czech Republic || {{DoMPN|2403}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2403|2403}}

|-id=404

| 2404 Antarctica || 1980 TE || Antarctica, in honour of the third Soviet Antarctic Expedition, in which the discoverer participated || {{DoMPN|2404}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2404|2404}}

|-id=405

| 2405 Welch || 1963 UF || David Welch (born 1960), AURA administrator || {{MPC|2405}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2405|2405}}

|-id=406

| 2406 Orelskaya || 1966 QG || Varvara Ivanovna Orel'skaya, Russian long-time staff member at the Institute for Theoretical Astronomy (ITA) in St. Petersburg || {{DoMPN|2406}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2406|2406}}

|-id=407

| 2407 Haug || 1973 DH || Ulrich Haug (1929–1992), German astronomer || {{MPC|2407}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2407|2407}}

|-id=408

| 2408 Astapovich || {{mp|1978 QK|1}} || {{Ill|Igor' Stanislavovich Astapovich|ru|Астапович, Игорь Станиславович}} (1908–1976), Russian meteoricist and professor at Kiev University || {{DoMPN|2408}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2408|2408}}

|-id=409

| 2409 Chapman || 1979 UG || Clark R. Chapman, American astronomer || {{MPC|2409}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2409|2409}}

|-id=410

| 2410 Morrison || 1981 AF || David Morrison (born 1940), American astronomer || {{MPC|2410}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2410|2410}}

|-id=411

| 2411 Zellner || 1981 JK || Benjamin H. Zellner, American astronomer at the University of Arizona || {{MPC|2411}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2411|2411}}

|-id=412

| 2412 Wil || 3537 P-L || Wil van de Hulst, wife of Dutch astronomer Hendrik C. van de Hulst || {{MPC|2412}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2412|2412}}

|-id=413

| 2413 van de Hulst || 6816 P-L || Hendrik C. van de Hulst (1918–2000), Dutch astronomer || {{MPC|2413}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2413|2413}}

|-id=414

| 2414 Vibeke || 1931 UG || Vibeke Kristensen, daughter of L. K. Kristensen who made the identifications for this asteroid || {{MPC|2414}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2414|2414}}

|-id=415

| 2415 Ganesa || 1978 UJ || Ganesha, in mythology of India, represents call to spiritual power || {{MPC|2415}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2415|2415}}

|-id=416

| 2416 Sharonov || {{mp|1979 OF|13}} || Vsevolod Vasil'evich Sharonov (1901–1964), Russian observatory director || {{DoMPN|2416}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2416|2416}}

|-id=417

| 2417 McVittie || 1964 CD || George C. McVittie (1904–1988), American astronomer || {{MPC|2417}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2417|2417}}

|-id=418

| 2418 Voskovec-Werich || 1971 UV || George Voskovec (1905–1981) and Jan Werich (1905–1980), Czech actors || {{MPC|2418}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2418|2418}}

|-id=419

| 2419 Moldavia || 1974 SJ || Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic || {{DoMPN|2419}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2419|2419}}

|-id=420

| 2420 Čiurlionis || 1975 TN || Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875–1911), Lithuanian painter and composer || {{MPC|2420}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2420|2420}}

|-id=421

| 2421 Nininger || 1979 UD || Harvey H. Nininger (1887–1986), American meteoriticist || {{MPC|2421}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2421|2421}}

|-id=422

| 2422 Perovskaya || {{mp|1968 HK|1}} || Sophia Perovskaya (1853–1881), Russian revolutionary || {{DoMPN|2422}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2422|2422}}

|-id=423

| 2423 Ibarruri || 1972 NC || Rubén Ruiz Ibárruri (1920–1942), Soviet soldier of Spanish origin || {{DoMPN|2423}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2423|2423}}

|-id=424

| 2424 Tautenburg || {{mp|1973 UT|5}} || Tautenburg, Germany || {{DoMPN|2424}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2424|2424}}

|-id=425

| 2425 Shenzhen || 1975 FW || Shenzhen, China || {{MPC|2425}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2425|2425}}

|-id=426

| 2426 Simonov || 1976 KV || Konstantin Mikhailovich Simonov (1915–1979), Russian writer || {{MPC|2426}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2426|2426}}

|-id=427

| 2427 Kobzar || {{mp|1976 YQ|7}} || Taras Shevchenko (penname: Kobzar, 1814–1861), Ukrainian poet and painter || {{DoMPN|2427}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2427|2427}}

|-id=428

| 2428 Kamenyar || {{mp|1977 RZ|6}} || Ivan Franko (a.k.a. Kamenyar; 1856–1916), Ukrainian writer and scientist || {{DoMPN|2428}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2428|2428}}

|-id=429

| 2429 Schürer || 1977 TZ || {{Ill|Max Schürer|de}} (1910–1997), Swiss astronomer geodesist and mathematician, who initiated the construction of the Zimmerwald Observatory during his term as director of the Astronomical Institute of the University of Bern.{{Cite web |date=22 August 2011 |title=Schürer, Max |url=https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/031245/2011-08-22/ |access-date=15 September 2024 |website=Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz (HLS)}} || {{MPC|2429}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2429|2429}}

|-id=430

| 2430 Bruce Helin || 1977 VC || Bruce Helin, son of one of the discoverers || {{MPC|2430}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2430|2430}}

|-id=431

| 2431 Skovoroda || {{mp|1978 PF|3}} || Gregory Skovoroda (1722–1794), Ukrainian philosopher and poet || {{DoMPN|2431}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2431|2431}}

|-id=432

| 2432 Soomana || 1981 FA || Hopi for star girl || {{DoMPN|2432}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2432|2432}}

|-id=433

| 2433 Sootiyo || 1981 GJ || Hopi for star boy || {{DoMPN|2433}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2433|2433}}

|-id=434

| 2434 Bateson || 1981 KA || Frank Bateson (1909–2007), New Zealand astronomer || {{MPC|2434}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2434|2434}}

|-id=435

| 2435 Horemheb || 4578 P-L || Horemheb, Egyptian pharaoh || {{MPC|2435}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2435|2435}}

|-id=436

| 2436 Hatshepsut || 6066 P-L || Hatshepsut, Egyptian queen || {{MPC|2436}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2436|2436}}

|-id=437

| 2437 Amnestia || 1942 RZ || Amnesty International || {{MPC|2437}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2437|2437}}

|-id=438

| 2438 Oleshko || {{mp|1975 VO|2}} || Valentina Iosifovna Oleshko (1924–1943), Russian partisan || {{DoMPN|2438}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2438|2438}}

|-id=439

| 2439 Ulugbek || {{mp|1977 QX|2}} || Ulugh Beg, Uzbek sultan and astronomer || {{DoMPN|2439}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2439|2439}}

|-id=440

| 2440 Educatio || {{mp|1978 VQ|4}} || Education || {{DoMPN|2440}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2440|2440}}

|-id=441

| 2441 Hibbs || {{mp|1979 MN|2}} || Marka and Albert Hibbs, friends of one discoverer || {{MPC|2441}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2441|2441}}

|-id=442

| 2442 Corbett || 1980 TO || Jim Corbett (1875–1955), hunter and writer || {{DoMPN|2442}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2442|2442}}

|-id=443

| 2443 Tomeileen || A906 BJ || Thomas and Eileen Marsden, parents of Brian G. Marsden || {{DoMPN|2443}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2443|2443}}

|-id=444

| 2444 Lederle || 1934 CD || Trudpert Lederle (1922–2002), German astronomer || {{DoMPN|2444}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2444|2444}}

|-id=445

| 2445 Blazhko || 1935 TC || Sergey Blazhko (1870–1956), Russian astronomer || {{DoMPN|2445}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2445|2445}}

|-id=446

| 2446 Lunacharsky || {{mp|1971 TS|2}} || Anatoly Lunacharsky (1875–1933), Russian statesman and writer || {{DoMPN|2446}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2446|2446}}

|-id=447

| 2447 Kronstadt || {{mp|1973 QY|1}} || Kronstadt, Russia || {{DoMPN|2447}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2447|2447}}

|-id=448

| 2448 Sholokhov || 1975 BU || Mikhail Sholokhov (1905–1984), Russian writer || {{MPC|2448}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2448|2448}}

|-id=449

| 2449 Kenos || 1978 GC || First man in mythology of Native Americans of Tierra del Fuego || {{MPC|2449}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2449|2449}}

|-id=450

| 2450 Ioannisiani || 1978 RP || Bagrat Konstantinovich Ioannisiani (1911–1985), Russian telescope designer || {{DoMPN|2450}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2450|2450}}

|-id=451

| 2451 Dollfus || 1980 RQ || Audouin Dollfus (1924–2010), French astronomer || {{MPC|2451}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2451|2451}}

|-id=452

| 2452 Lyot || 1981 FE || Bernard Lyot (1897–1952), French astronomer || {{MPC|2452}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2452|2452}}

|-id=453

| 2453 Wabash || A921 SA || Bob Warshow (a.k.a. "Wabash"), American computer operator at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics || {{MPC|2453}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2453|2453}}

|-id=454

| 2454 Olaus Magnus || 1941 SS || Olaus Magnus || {{MPC|2454}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2454|2454}}

|-id=455

| 2455 Somville || {{mp|1950 TO|4}} || Oscar Somville (1880–1980), Dutch seismologist at Uccle Observatory || {{MPC|2455}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2455|2455}}

|-id=456

| 2456 Palamedes || {{mp|1966 BA|1}} || Palamedes, Greek commander || {{DoMPN|2456}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2456|2456}}

|-id=457

| 2457 Rublyov || {{mp|1975 TU|2}} || Andrei Rublev, 14th-century Russian painter || {{MPC|2457}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2457|2457}}

|-id=458

| 2458 Veniakaverin || {{mp|1977 RC|7}} || Veniamin Kaverin (1902–1989), Russian writer || {{MPC|2458}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2458|2458}}

|-id=459

| 2459 Spellmann || {{mp|1980 LB|1}} || Leonard Spellmann, father of discoverer || {{MPC|2459}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2459|2459}}

|-id=460

| 2460 Mitlincoln || {{mp|1980 TX|4}} || MIT and Lincoln Laboratory || {{MPC|2460}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2460|2460}}

|-id=461

| 2461 Clavel || {{mp|1981 EC|1}} || Gustavine Clavel, centenarian || {{MPC|2461}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2461|2461}}

|-id=462

| 2462 Nehalennia || 6578 P-L || Nehalennia, Celtic goddesses || {{MPC|2462}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2462|2462}}

|-id=463

| 2463 Sterpin || 1934 FF || Julia Sterpin Van Biesbroeck, wife of discoverer || {{MPC|2463}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2463|2463}}

|-id=464

| 2464 Nordenskiöld || 1939 BF || Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832–1901), Finnish-born Swedish explorer || {{MPC|2464}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2464|2464}}

|-id=465

| 2465 Wilson || 1949 PK || Robert Wilson (1927–2002), British astronomer || {{MPC|2465}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2465|2465}}

|-id=466

| 2466 Golson || 1959 RJ || John C. Golson (1927–1984), American staff member at the Kitt Peak National Observatory || {{MPC|2466}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2466|2466}}

|-id=467

| 2467 Kollontai || 1966 PJ || Alexandra Kollontai (1872–1952), Russian ambassador || {{MPC|2467}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2467|2467}}

|-id=468

| 2468 Repin || {{mp|1969 TO|1}} || Ilya Repin (1844–1930), Russian painter || {{MPC|2468}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2468|2468}}

|-id=469

| 2469 Tadjikistan || 1970 HA || Tajikistan || {{DoMPN|2469}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2469|2469}}

|-id=470

| 2470 Agematsu || {{mp|1976 UW|15}} || Agematsu, Japan || {{MPC|2470}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2470|2470}}

|-id=471

| 2471 Ultrajectum || 6545 P-L || Latin name for the city of Utrecht || {{MPC|2471}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2471|2471}}

|-id=472

| 2472 Bradman || 1973 DG || Donald Bradman (1908–2001), Australian cricketer || {{MPC|2472}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2472|2472}}

|-id=473

| 2473 Heyerdahl || {{mp|1977 RX|7}} || Thor Heyerdahl (1914–2002), explorer || {{MPC|2473}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2473|2473}}

|-id=474

| 2474 Ruby || 1979 PB || Ruby, the discoverer's dog, which lives at the Kleť Observatory || {{DoMPN|2474}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2474|2474}}

|-id=475

| 2475 Semenov || {{mp|1972 TF|2}} || Pavel Afanes'evich Semenov (1912–1942), Commander of a Soviet tank battalion in World War II || {{DoMPN|2475}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2475|2475}}

|-id=476

| 2476 Andersen || {{mp|1976 JF|2}} || Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875), Danish fabulist || {{MPC|2476}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2476|2476}}

|-id=477

| 2477 Biryukov || {{mp|1977 PY|1}} || {{Ill|Nikolaj Zotovich Biryukov|ru|Бирюков, Николай Зотович}} (1912–1966), Russian writer || {{DoMPN|2477}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2477|2477}}

|-id=478

| 2478 Tokai || 1981 JC || Tōkai, Japan || {{DoMPN|2478}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2478|2478}}

|-id=479

| 2479 Sodankylä || 1942 CB || Sodankylä, Finland || {{MPC|2479}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2479|2479}}

|-id=480

| 2480 Papanov || {{mp|1976 YS|1}} || Anatoli Papanov (1922–1987), Russian actor || {{MPC|2480}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2480|2480}}

|-id=481

| 2481 Bürgi || 1977 UQ || Jost Bürgi (1552–1632), Swiss clockmaker and maker of scientific instruments, astronomer, and independent inventor of logarithms || {{MPC|2481}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2481|2481}}

|-id=482

| 2482 Perkin || 1980 CO || Richard S. and Gladys T. Perkin of Perkin-Elmer Corp., supporters of astronomy || {{MPC|2482}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2482|2482}}

|-id=483

| 2483 Guinevere || 1928 QB || Guinevere, Arthurian queen || {{MPC|2483}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2483|2483}}

|-id=484

| 2484 Parenago || 1928 TK || Pavel Petrovich Parenago (1906–1960), Russian astronomer || {{MPC|2484}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2484|2484}}

|-id=485

| 2485 Scheffler || 1932 BH || Helmut Scheffler (1928–), German astronomer at Heidelberg Observatory || {{MPC|2485}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2485|2485}}

|-id=486

| 2486 Metsähovi || 1939 FY || Metsähovi Observatory || {{MPC|2486}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2486|2486}}

|-id=487

| 2487 Juhani || 1940 RL || Juhani Alikoski, son of Finnish discoverer Heikki A. Alikoski || {{MPC|2487}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2487|2487}}

|-id=488

| 2488 Bryan || 1952 UT || William Lowe Bryan (1860–1955), university president || {{MPC|2488}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2488|2488}}

|-id=489

| 2489 Suvorov || 1975 NY || Alexander Suvorov (1729–1800), Russian general and military scientist || {{MPC|2489}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2489|2489}}

|-id=490

| 2490 Bussolini || 1976 AG || {{Ill|Juan A. Bussolini|es|Juan Antonio Bussolini}}, S.J. (1905–1966), Argentine astronomer || {{MPC|2490}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2490|2490}}

|-id=491

| 2491 Tvashtri || 1977 CB || Tvashtr, carpenter in mythology of India || {{MPC|2491}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2491|2491}}

|-id=492

| 2492 Kutuzov || 1977 NT || Mikhail Kutuzov (1745–1813), Russian military leader || {{MPC|2492}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2492|2492}}

|-id=493

| 2493 Elmer || 1978 XC || Charles Elmer (1872–1954), amateur astronomer || {{MPC|2493}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2493|2493}}

|-id=494

| 2494 Inge || 1981 LF || Jay L. Inge, cartographer with the USGS and friend of the discoverer || {{DoMPN|2494}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2494|2494}}

|-id=495

| 2495 Noviomagum || 7071 P-L || Latin name for the city of Nijmegen || {{MPC|2495}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2495|2495}}

|-id=496

| 2496 Fernandus || {{mp|1953 TC|1}} || Fernandus Payne (1881–1977), American zoologist || {{MPC|2496}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2496|2496}}

|-id=497

| 2497 Kulikovskij || {{mp|1977 PZ|1}} || Petr Grigor'evich Kulikovskii (1910–), Russian astronomer || {{DoMPN|2497}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2497|2497}}

|-id=498

| 2498 Tsesevich || {{mp|1977 QM|3}} || {{Ill|Vladimir Platonovich Tsesevich|ru|Цесевич, Владимир Платонович}} (1907–1983), Russian astronomer and director of the Odessa University Observatory || {{DoMPN|2498}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2498|2498}}

|-id=499

| 2499 Brunk || {{mp|1978 VJ|7}} || William E. Brunk (born 1928), American astronomer || {{MPC|2499}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2499|2499}}

|-id=500

| 2500 Alascattalo || 1926 GC || Alascattalo, mythical beast of Alaska || {{MPC|2500}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2500|2500}}

2501–2600

| 2501 Lohja || 1942 GD || Lohja, a city in Finland || {{MPC|2501}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2501|2501}}

|-id=502

| 2502 Nummela || 1943 EO || Nummela, a town located in the municipality of Vihti, Finland || {{MPC|2502}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2502|2502}}

|-id=503

| 2503 Liaoning || {{mp|1965 UB|1}} || Liaoning, a province in northeastern China || {{DoMPN|2503}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2503|2503}}

|-id=504

| 2504 Gaviola || 1967 JO || Enrique Gaviola (1900–1989), Argentinian astrophysicist || {{DoMPN|2504}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2504|2504}}

|-id=505

| 2505 Hebei || 1975 UJ || Hebei, China || {{MPC|2505}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2505|2505}}

|-id=506

| 2506 Pirogov || {{mp|1976 QG|1}} || Nikolay Pirogov (1810–1881), Russian surgeon and scientist || {{MPC|2506}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2506|2506}}

|-id=507

| 2507 Bobone || {{mp|1976 WB|1}} || Jorge Bobone (1901–1958), Argentinian astronomer || {{MPC|2507}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2507|2507}}

|-id=508

| 2508 Alupka || {{mp|1977 ET|1}} || Alupka, Ukraine || {{MPC|2508}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2508|2508}}

|-id=509

| 2509 Chukotka || 1977 NG || Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia || {{DoMPN|2509}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2509|2509}}

|-id=510

| 2510 Shandong || 1979 TH || Shandong, China || {{DoMPN|2510}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2510|2510}}

|-id=511

| 2511 Patterson || 1980 LM || Clair Cameron Patterson (1922–1995), American geochemist || {{MPC|2511}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2511|2511}}

|-id=512

| 2512 Tavastia || 1940 GG || Tavastia Region, Finland || {{MPC|2512}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2512|2512}}

|-id=513

| 2513 Baetslé || 1950 SH || Paul-Louis Baetslé (1909–1983), Belgian professor of astronomy and geodesy at the Royal Military Academy and friend of the discoverer, Sylvain Arend || {{MPC|2513}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2513|2513}}

|-id=514

| 2514 Taiyuan || {{mp|1964 TA|1}} || Taiyuan, Shaanxi, China || {{DoMPN|2514}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2514|2514}}

|-id=515

| 2515 Gansu || {{mp|1964 TX|1}} || Gansu, China || {{DoMPN|2515}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2515|2515}}

|-id=516

| 2516 Roman || 1964 VY || Nancy Roman (1925–2018), American astronomer || {{MPC|2516}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2516|2516}}

|-id=517

| 2517 Orma || 1968 SB || Italian for trace; anagram of 1257 Móra || {{MPC|2517}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2517|2517}}

|-id=518

| 2518 Rutllant || 1974 FG || Federico Rutllant Alcina (1904–1971), Spanish-born director of the national observatory in Chile || {{MPC|2518}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2518|2518}}

|-id=519

| 2519 Annagerman || {{mp|1975 VD|2}} || Anna German (1936–1982), Soviet-born Polish singer || {{MPC|2519}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2519|2519}}

|-id=520

| 2520 Novorossijsk || {{mp|1976 QF|1}} || Novorossiysk, Russia || {{DoMPN|2520}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2520|2520}}

|-id=521

| 2521 Heidi || 1979 DK || Heidi, book by Johanna Spyri || {{MPC|2521}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2521|2521}}

|-id=522

| 2522 Triglav || 1980 PP || Triglav, Slavic god || {{MPC|2522}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2522|2522}}

|-id=523

| 2523 Ryba || 1980 PV || Jakub Jan Ryba (1765–1815), Czech composer || {{MPC|2523}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2523|2523}}

|-id=524

| 2524 Budovicium || {{mp|1981 QB|1}} || Latin for České Budějovice, Czech Republic || {{DoMPN|2524}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2524|2524}}

|-id=525

| 2525 O'Steen || 1981 VG || Mary Elizabeth O'Steen Skiff, mother of discoverer || {{DoMPN|2525}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2525|2525}}

|-id=526

| 2526 Alisary || 1979 KX || Alice Benedicta Loethman West and Harry Richard West, parents of Danish astronomer Richard Martin West who discovered this minor planet || {{DoMPN|2526}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2526|2526}}

|-id=527

| 2527 Gregory || 1981 RE || Bruce Gregory Thomas, youngest son of discoverer, named after James Gregory, Scottish astronomer || {{DoMPN|2527}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2527|2527}}

|-id=528

| 2528 Mohler || {{mp|1953 TF|1}} || Orren Cuthbert Mohler (1908–1985), American astronomer || {{MPC|2528}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2528|2528}}

|-id=529

| 2529 Rockwell Kent || {{mp|1977 QL|2}} || Rockwell Kent (1882–1971), American artist || {{MPC|2529}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2529|2529}}

|-id=530

| 2530 Shipka || {{mp|1978 NC|3}} || Shipka Pass, battle site from the Russo-Turkish War || {{MPC|2530}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2530|2530}}

|-id=531

| 2531 Cambridge || 1980 LD || Cambridge, England, and Cambridge, Massachusetts || {{DoMPN|2531}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2531|2531}}

|-id=532

| 2532 Sutton || {{mp|1980 TU|5}} || Robert L. Sutton, American geologist with the USGS || {{MPC|2532}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2532|2532}}

|-id=533

| 2533 Fechtig || A905 VA || {{Ill|Hugo Fechtig|de}} (born 1929), German astrophysicist || {{MPC|2533}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2533|2533}}

|-id=534

| 2534 Houzeau || 1931 VD || Jean-Charles Houzeau (1820–1888), Belgian astronomer || {{MPC|2534}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2534|2534}}

|-id=535

| 2535 Hämeenlinna || 1939 DH || Hämeenlinna, Finland || {{MPC|2535}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2535|2535}}

|-id=536

| 2536 Kozyrev || 1939 PJ || Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev (1908–1983), Russian astronomer || {{MPC|2536}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2536|2536}}

|-id=537

| 2537 Gilmore || 1951 RL || Pamela M. Kilmartin and her husband Alan C. Gilmore (born 1944), New Zealand astronomers and minor-planet discoverers || {{MPC|2537}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2537|2537}}

|-id=538

| 2538 Vanderlinden || 1954 UD || Henri Vanderlinden (1892–1983), Belgian astronomer || {{MPC|2538}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2538|2538}}

|-id=539

| 2539 Ningxia || {{mp|1964 TS|2}} || Ningxia, China || {{DoMPN|2539}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2539|2539}}

|-id=540

| 2540 Blok || {{mp|1971 TH|2}} || Alexander Blok (1880–1921), Russian poet || {{MPC|2540}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2540|2540}}

|-id=541

| 2541 Edebono || 1973 DE || Edward de Bono (1933–2021), Maltese psychologist and philosopher || {{MPC|2541}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2541|2541}}

|-id=542

| 2542 Calpurnia || 1980 CF || Calpurnia, Roman noblewoman and the last wife of Julius Caesar || {{DoMPN|2542}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2542|2542}}

|-id=543

| 2543 Machado || 1980 LJ || Luiz Eduardo da Silva Machado, Brazilian astronomer and director of the Valongo Observatory || {{MPC|2543}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2543|2543}}

|-id=544

| 2544 Gubarev || 1980 PS || Aleksei Gubarev (1931–2015), Soviet cosmonaut || {{DoMPN|2544}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2544|2544}}

|-id=545

| 2545 Verbiest || 1933 BB || Ferdinand Verbiest (1623–1688), Belgian missionary and astronomer || {{MPC|2545}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2545|2545}}

|-id=546

| 2546 Libitina || 1950 FC || Libitina, Roman goddess of funerals || {{MPC|2546}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2546|2546}}

|-id=547

| 2547 Hubei || {{mp|1964 TC|2}} || Hubei, China || {{MPC|2547}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2547|2547}}

|-id=548

| 2548 Leloir || 1975 DA || Luis Federico Leloir (1906–1987), Argentinian chemist || {{MPC|2548}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2548|2548}}

|-id=549

| 2549 Baker || 1976 UB || James Gilbert Baker (1914–2005), American astronomer || {{MPC|2549}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2549|2549}}

|-id=550

| 2550 Houssay || {{mp|1976 UP|20}} || Bernardo Houssay (1887–1971), Argentinian physiologist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology in 1947 || {{MPC|2550}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2550|2550}}

|-id=551

| 2551 Decabrina || {{mp|1976 YX|1}} || Decembrists, Russian revolutionaries || {{MPC|2551}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2551|2551}}

|-id=552

| 2552 Remek || 1978 SP || Vladimír Remek (born 1948), Czech cosmonaut || {{DoMPN|2552}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2552|2552}}

|-id=553

| 2553 Viljev || {{mp|1979 FS|2}} || {{Ill|Mikhail Anatolyevich Vilyev|ru|Вильев, Михаил Анатольевич}} (1893–1919), Russian astronomer || {{DoMPN|2553}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2553|2553}}

|-id=554

| 2554 Skiff || 1980 OB || Brian A. Skiff, American astronomer at Lowell Observatory and a discoverer of minor planets || {{DoMPN|2554}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2554|2554}}

|-id=555

| 2555 Thomas || 1980 OC || Norman G. Thomas (born 1930), former Research assistant at Lowell Observatory and a discoverer of minor planets || {{DoMPN|2555}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2555|2555}}

|-id=556

| 2556 Louise || 1981 CS || Carol Louise Thomas-Baltutis, youngest daughter of discoverer || {{DoMPN|2556}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2556|2556}}

|-id=557

| 2557 Putnam || {{mp|1981 SL|1}} || Roger Putnam (1893–1972) and his son, Michael C. J. Putnam (born 1933), astronomy supporters || {{MPC|2557}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2557|2557}}

|-id=558

| 2558 Viv || {{mp|1981 SP|1}} || Vivian Russell Thomas, mother of discoverer || {{DoMPN|2558}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2558|2558}}

|-id=559

| 2559 Svoboda || 1981 UH || {{Ill|Jindřich Svoboda (astronomer)|lt=Jindřich Svoboda|cs|Jindřich Svoboda (astronom)}} (1884–1941), Czech astronomer || {{MPC|2559}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2559|2559}}

|-id=560

| 2560 Siegma || 1932 CW || Siegfried A. Marx (born 1934), German astronomer and director of the Karl Schwarzschild Observatory || {{MPC|2560}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2560|2560}}

|-id=561

| 2561 Margolin || {{mp|1969 TK|2}} || {{Ill|Mikhail Vladimirovich Margolin|ru|Марголин, Михаил Владимирович}} (1906–1975), blind inventor || {{DoMPN|2561}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2561|2561}}

|-id=562

| 2562 Chaliapin || {{mp|1973 FF|1}} || Feodor Chaliapin (1873–1938), Russian singer and actor || {{MPC|2562}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2562|2562}}

|-id=563

| 2563 Boyarchuk || 1977 FZ || Alexandr Boyarchuk (1931–2015), Russian astronomer || {{DoMPN|2563}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2563|2563}}

|-id=564

| 2564 Kayala || 1977 QX || Kayala, river in The Tale of Igor's Campaign || {{MPC|2564}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2564|2564}}

|-id=565

| 2565 Grögler || {{mp|1977 TB|1}} || {{Ill|Norbert Grögler|de}} (1928–1983), mineralogist and planetologist || {{MPC|2565}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2565|2565}}

|-id=566

| 2566 Kirghizia || {{mp|1979 FR|2}} || Kyrgyzstan || {{DoMPN|2566}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2566|2566}}

|-id=567

| 2567 Elba || 1979 KA || Elba Aguilera de Pizarro, mother of discoverers || {{DoMPN|2567}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2567|2567}}

|-id=568

| 2568 Maksutov || 1980 GH || Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov (1896–1964), Russian optical engineer, inventor of the Maksutov telescope || {{DoMPN|2568}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2568|2568}}

|-id=569

| 2569 Madeline || 1980 MA || Heroine of John Keats' poem, "The Eve of St. Agnes" || {{DoMPN|2569}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2569|2569}}

|-id=570

| 2570 Porphyro || 1980 PG || Hero of John Keats' poem, "The Eve of St. Agnes" || {{DoMPN|2570}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2570|2570}}

|-id=571

| 2571 Geisei || 1981 UC || Geisei, Japan || {{MPC|2571}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2571|2571}}

|-id=572

| 2572 Annschnell || 1950 DL || {{Ill|Anneliese Schnell|de}} (1941–2015), Austrian astronomer || {{MPC|2572}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2572|2572}}

|-id=573

| 2573 Hannu Olavi || 1953 EN || Son of discoverer || {{MPC|2573}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2573|2573}}

|-id=574

| 2574 Ladoga || 1968 UP || Lake Ladoga || {{MPC|2574}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2574|2574}}

|-id=575

| 2575 Bulgaria || 1970 PL || Bulgaria || {{MPC|2575}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2575|2575}}

|-id=576

| 2576 Yesenin || 1974 QL || Sergei Yesenin (1895–1925), a Russian lyric poet || {{DoMPN|2576}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2576|2576}}

|-id=577

| 2577 Litva || {{mp|1975 EE|3}} || Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic || {{MPC|2577}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2577|2577}}

|-id=578

| 2578 Saint-Exupéry || {{mp|1975 VW|3}} || Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944), French writer || {{MPC|2578}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2578|2578}}

|-id=579

| 2579 Spartacus || {{mp|1977 PA|2}} || Spartacus (c. 111–71 BC), Roman revolutionary || {{MPC|2579}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2579|2579}}

|-id=580

| 2580 Smilevskia || {{mp|1977 QP|4}} || Moisei Vasil'evich Smilevskii (1913–1944), Ukrainian journalist || {{MPC|2580}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2580|2580}}

|-id=581

| 2581 Radegast || 1980 VX || Radegast, Slavic god || {{DoMP|2581}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2581|2581}}

|-id=582

| 2582 Harimaya-Bashi || 1981 SA || Harimaya Bridge located in Kōchi, Japan || {{DoMPN|2582}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2582|2582}}

|-id=583

| 2583 Fatyanov || {{mp|1975 XA|3}} || Aleksej Ivanovich Fat'yanov (1919–1959), Soviet poet and songwriter || {{MPC|2583}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2583|2583}}

|-id=584

| 2584 Turkmenia || {{mp|1979 FG|2}} || Turkmenistan || {{DoMPN|2584}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2584|2584}}

|-id=585

| 2585 Irpedina || {{mp|1979 OJ|15}} || The Irkutsk Pedagogical Institute in Russia || {{MPC|2585}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2585|2585}}

|-id=586

| 2586 Matson || 1980 LO || Dennis L. Matson, American planetary scientist at JPL || {{MPC|2586}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2586|2586}}

|-id=587

| 2587 Gardner || 1980 OH || Martin Gardner (1914–2010), American mathematician and writer || {{DoMPN|2587}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2587|2587}}

|-id=588

| 2588 Flavia || 1981 VQ || Flavius, Roman gens; also an asteroid in A Torrent of Faces by James Blish and Norman L. Knight || {{MPC|2588}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2588|2588}}

|-id=589

| 2589 Daniel || {{mp|1979 QU|2}} || Daniel Lagerkvist, son of the discoverer || {{DoMPN|2589}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2589|2589}}

|-id=590

| 2590 Mourão || 1980 KJ || Ronaldo Rogério de Freitas Mourão (1935–2014), Brazilian astronomer || {{MPC|2590}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2590|2590}}

|-id=591

| 2591 Dworetsky || 1949 PS || Michael M. Dworetsky, British astronomer || {{MPC|2591}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2591|2591}}

|-id=592

| 2592 Hunan || 1966 BW || Hunan, China || {{DoMPN|2592}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2592|2592}}

|-id=593

| 2593 Buryatia || {{mp|1976 GB|8}} || Republic of Buryatia, Russia || {{DoMPN|2593}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2593|2593}}

|-id=594

| 2594 Acamas || 1978 TB || Acamas, Thracian warrior and ally of Troy against the Greek during the Trojan War || {{MPC|2594}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2594|2594}}

|-id=595

| 2595 Gudiachvili || 1979 KL || Lado Gudiashvili (1896–1980), Georgian painter || {{DoMPN|2595}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2595|2595}}

|-id=596

| 2596 Vainu Bappu || 1979 KN || Vainu Bappu (1927–1982), Indian astrophysicist || {{MPC|2596}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2596|2596}}

|-id=597

| 2597 Arthur || 1980 PN || King Arthur, mythological British king || {{DoMPN|2597}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2597|2597}}

|-id=598

| 2598 Merlin || 1980 RY || Merlin, wizard in Arthurian legend || {{DoMPN|2598}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2598|2598}}

|-id=599

| 2599 Veselí || 1980 SO || Veselí nad Lužnicí, a town in the Czech Republic || {{DoMPN|2599}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2599|2599}}

|-id=600

| 2600 Lumme || 1980 VP || Kari Lumme, Finnish astronomer of the University of Helsinki || {{MPC|2600}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2600|2600}}

2601–2700

| 2601 Bologna || 1980 XA || Bologna, Italy || {{DoMPN|2601}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2601|2601}}

|-id=602

| 2602 Moore || 1982 BR || Patrick Moore (1923–2012), British amateur astronomer || {{DoMPN|2602}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2602|2602}}

|-id=603

| 2603 Taylor || {{mp|1982 BW|1}} || Gordon E. Taylor, British amateur astronomer || {{DoMPN|2603}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2603|2603}}

|-id=604

| 2604 Marshak || {{mp|1972 LD|1}} || Samuil Marshak (1887–1964), Russian poet and writer || {{MPC|2604}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2604|2604}}

|-id=605

| 2605 Sahade || 1974 QA || Jorge Sahade (1915–2012), an Argentine astronomer, director of the La Plata and Cordoba Observatories, and former president of the IAU during 1985–1988 || {{MPC|2605}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2605|2605}}

|-id=606

| 2606 Odessa || {{mp|1976 GX|2}} || Odessa, Ukraine || {{DoMPN|2606}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2606|2606}}

|-id=607

| 2607 Yakutia || 1977 NR || Sakha Republic (Sakha Yakutia Republic) in Russia || {{DoMPN|2607}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2607|2607}}

|-id=608

| 2608 Seneca || 1978 DA || Seneca the Younger (c. 4 BC – AD 65), Roman writer || {{DoMPN|2608}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2608|2608}}

|-id=609

| 2609 Kiril-Metodi || {{mp|1978 PB|4}} || Saints Cyril and Methodius (826–869 and 815–885), brothers, Byzantine Christian theologians and Christian missionaries, as well as inventors of Cyrillic || {{DoMPN|2609}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2609|2609}}

|-id=610

| 2610 Tuva || {{mp|1978 RO|1}} || Tuva Republic, Russia || {{DoMPN|2610}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2610|2610}}

|-id=611

| 2611 Boyce || {{mp|1978 VQ|5}} || Joseph M. Boyce, American planetary scientist || {{MPC|2611}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2611|2611}}

|-id=612

| 2612 Kathryn || 1979 DE || Kathryn Gail Thomas-Hazelton, daughter of discoverer || {{MPC|2612}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2612|2612}}

|-id=613

| 2613 Plzeň || 1979 QE || Plzeň, Czech Republic, birthplace of the discoverer || {{DoMPN|2613}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2613|2613}}

|-id=614

| 2614 Torrence || 1980 LP || Torrence V. Johnson, American planetary scientist || {{MPC|2614}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2614|2614}}

|-id=615

| 2615 Saito || 1951 RJ || Keiji Saito, Japanese astrophysicist || {{MPC|2615}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2615|2615}}

|-id=616

| 2616 Lesya || 1970 QV || Larisa Petrovna Kosach(a.k.a. Lesya Ukrainka), Ukrainian poet || {{MPC|2616}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2616|2616}}

|-id=617

| 2617 Jiangxi || {{mp|1975 WO|1}} || Jiangxi, China || {{DoMPN|2617}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2617|2617}}

|-id=618

| 2618 Coonabarabran || {{mp|1979 MX|2}} || Coonabarabran, Australia. The Siding Spring Observatory of the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the Australian National University is located close by (40 km distant) || {{DoMPN|2618}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2618|2618}}

|-id=619

| 2619 Skalnaté Pleso || {{mp|1979 MZ|3}} || Skalnaté Pleso, observatory in Slovakia || {{DoMPN|2619}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2619|2619}}

|-id=620

| 2620 Santana || 1980 TN || Carlos Santana (born 1947), American musician || {{MPC|2620}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2620|2620}}

|-id=621

| 2621 Goto || 1981 CA || Seizo Goto, businessman || {{MPC|2621}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2621|2621}}

|-id=622

| 2622 Bolzano || 1981 CM || Bernard Bolzano (1781–1848), Bohemian mathematician and theologian || {{DoMPN|2622}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2622|2622}}

|-id=623

| 2623 Zech || A919 SA || Gert Zech (born 1941), German astronomer, member of the editorial team of Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts || {{MPC|2623}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2623|2623}}

|-id=624

| 2624 Samitchell || 1962 RE || Samuel Alfred Mitchell (1874–1960), American astronomer || {{MPC|2624}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2624|2624}}

|-id=625

| 2625 Jack London || {{mp|1976 JQ|2}} || Jack London (1876–1916), American writer || {{MPC|2625}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2625|2625}}

|-id=626

| 2626 Belnika || {{mp|1978 PP|2}} || Nikolai Belyaev, Russian astronomer || {{MPC|2626}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2626|2626}}

|-id=627

| 2627 Churyumov || {{mp|1978 PP|3}} || Klim Ivanovich Churyumov, Ukrainian astronomer || {{MPC|2627}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2627|2627}}

|-id=628

| 2628 Kopal || {{mp|1979 MS|8}} || Zdeněk Kopal (1914–1993), Czech astronomer || {{DoMPN|2628}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2628|2628}}

|-id=629

| 2629 Rudra || {{mp|1980 RB|1}} || Rudra, destroyer aspect of the Hindu god Siva || {{MPC|2629}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2629|2629}}

|-id=630

| 2630 Hermod || {{mp|1980 TF|3}} || Hermóðr, hero in Norse mythology || {{MPC|2630}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2630|2630}}

|-id=631

| 2631 Zhejiang || {{mp|1980 TY|5}} || Zhejiang, China || {{DoMPN|2631}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2631|2631}}

|-id=632

| 2632 Guizhou || {{mp|1980 VJ|1}} || Guizhou, China || {{DoMPN|2632}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2632|2632}}

|-id=633

| 2633 Bishop || {{mp|1981 WR|1}} || George Bishop (1785–1861), English wine merchant and patron of astronomy || {{MPC|2633}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2633|2633}}

|-id=634

| 2634 James Bradley || 1982 DL || James Bradley (1693–1762), English astronomer and Astronomer Royal || {{MPC|2634}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2634|2634}}

|-id=635

| 2635 Huggins || 1982 DS || William Huggins (1824–1910), English spectroscopist || {{MPC|2635}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2635|2635}}

|-id=636

| 2636 Lassell || 1982 DZ || William Lassell (1799–1880), English merchant and amateur astronomer || {{MPC|2636}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2636|2636}}

|-id=637

| 2637 Bobrovnikoff || A919 SB || Nicholas T. Bobrovnikoff, American astronomer || {{MPC|2637}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2637|2637}}

|-id=638

| 2638 Gadolin || 1939 SG || Jakob Gadolin (1719–1802), Swedish Lutheran bishop and astronomer, as well as Johan Gadolin (1760–1852), the "father of Finnish chemistry" || {{MPC|2638}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2638|2638}}

|-id=639

| 2639 Planman || 1940 GN || Anders Planman (1724–1803), Finnish astronomer || {{MPC|2639}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2639|2639}}

|-id=640

| 2640 Hällström || 1941 FN || Gustaf Gabriel Hällström (1775–1844), Finnish physicist || {{MPC|2640}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2640|2640}}

|-id=641

| 2641 Lipschutz || 1949 GJ || Michael E. Lipschutz, American geochemist || {{MPC|2641}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2641|2641}}

|-id=642

| 2642 Vésale || 1961 RA || Andreas Vesalius (1514–1564), Flemish anatomist || {{MPC|2642}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2642|2642}}

|-id=643

| 2643 Bernhard || 1973 SD || Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1911–2004), Dutch supporter of astronomy || {{MPC|2643}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2643|2643}}

|-id=644

| 2644 Victor Jara || {{mp|1973 SO|2}} || Víctor Jara (1932–1973), Chilean folk singer || {{MPC|2644}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2644|2644}}

|-id=645

| 2645 Daphne Plane || 1976 QD || Daphne Plane, librarian and friend of discoverer || {{DoMPN|2645}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2645|2645}}

|-id=646

| 2646 Abetti || {{mp|1977 EC|1}} || Antonio Abetti (1846–1928) and Giorgio Abetti (1882–1982), Italian astronomers || {{MPC|2646}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2646|2646}}

|-id=647

| 2647 Sova || 1980 SP || Antonín Sova (1864–1928), Czech poet || {{MPC|2647}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2647|2647}}

|-id=648

| 2648 Owa || 1980 VJ || Hopi for rock || {{DoMPN|2648}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2648|2648}}

|-id=649

| 2649 Oongaq || 1980 WA || Hopi for from up there || {{DoMPN|2649}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2649|2649}}

|-id=650

| 2650 Elinor || 1931 EG || Elinor Gates, assistant at the Minor Planet Center || {{MPC|2650}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2650|2650}}

|-id=651

| 2651 Karen || 1949 QD || Karen S. Mayer, sister-in-law of, and Karen S. Franz, friend of F. N. Bowman || {{DoMPN|2651}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2651|2651}}

|-id=652

| 2652 Yabuuti || 1953 GM || Kiyosi Yabuuti, Japanese astronomer and historian || {{MPC|2652}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2652|2652}}

|-id=653

| 2653 Principia || 1964 VP || Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, Isaac Newton's magnum opus || {{MPC|2653}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2653|2653}}

|-id=654

| 2654 Ristenpart || 1968 OG || Friedrich Wilhelm Ristenpart (1868–1913), German astronomer || {{MPC|2654}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2654|2654}}

|-id=655

| 2655 Guangxi || 1974 XX || Guangxi, China || {{DoMPN|2655}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2655|2655}}

|-id=656

| 2656 Evenkia || {{mp|1979 HD|5}} || Evenk Autonomous Okrug, Russia || {{DoMPN|2656}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2656|2656}}

|-id=657

| 2657 Bashkiria || {{mp|1979 SB|7}} || Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia || {{DoMPN|2657}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2657|2657}}

|-id=658

| 2658 Gingerich || 1980 CK || Owen Gingerich (1930–2023), American astrophysicist and historian of astronomy || {{MPC|2658}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2658|2658}}

|-id=659

| 2659 Millis || 1981 JX || Robert L. Millis, American astronomer || {{DoMPN|2659}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2659|2659}}

|-id=660

| 2660 Wasserman || 1982 FG || Lawrence H. Wasserman, American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets || {{DoMPN|2660}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2660|2660}}

|-id=661

| 2661 Bydžovský || {{mp|1982 FC|1}} || Bohumil Bydžovský (1880–1969), Czech mathematician || {{MPC|2661}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2661|2661}}

|-id=662

| 2662 Kandinsky || 4021 P-L || Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944), Russian painter || {{MPC|2662}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2662|2662}}

|-id=663

| 2663 Miltiades || 6561 P-L || Miltiades (c. 550–489 BC), Athenian commander in ancient Greece || {{MPC|2663}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2663|2663}}

|-id=664

| 2664 Everhart || 1934 RR || Edgar Everhart, American astronomer and director of the Chamberlin Observatory || {{MPC|2664}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2664|2664}}

|-id=665

| 2665 Schrutka || {{mp|1938 DW|1}} || Guntram Schrutka (1910–1995), Austrian astronomer and professor of astronomy at Vienna University [http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1996MitAG..79....9H Src] || {{MPC|2665}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2665|2665}}

|-id=666

| 2666 Gramme || 1951 TA || Zénobe Gramme (1826–1901), Belgian electrical engineer and inventor || {{MPC|2666}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2666|2666}}

|-id=667

| 2667 Oikawa || 1967 UO || Okuro Oikawa (1896–1980), Japanese astronomer and discoverer of minor planets || {{MPC|2667}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2667|2667}}

|-id=668

| 2668 Tataria || 1976 QV || Republic of Tatarstan, Russia || {{DoMPN|2668}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2668|2668}}

|-id=669

| 2669 Shostakovich || {{mp|1976 YQ|2}} || Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975), Russian composer || {{DoMPN|2669}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2669|2669}}

|-id=670

| 2670 Chuvashia || {{mp|1977 PW|1}} || Chuvash Republic, Russia || {{DoMPN|2670}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2670|2670}}

|-id=671

| 2671 Abkhazia || {{mp|1977 QR|2}} || Abkhazia, Georgia || {{DoMPN|2671}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2671|2671}}

|-id=672

| 2672 Písek || 1979 KC || Písek, Czech Republic || {{DoMPN|2672}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2672|2672}}

|-id=673

| 2673 Lossignol || 1980 KN || Lossignol, family name of friends of discoverer || {{MPC|2673}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2673|2673}}

|-id=674

| 2674 Pandarus || {{mp|1982 BC|3}} || Pandarus, mythological Greek warrior || {{MPC|2674}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2674|2674}}

|-id=675

| 2675 Tolkien || 1982 GB || J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973), British writer || {{DoMPN|2675}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2675|2675}}

|-id=676

| 2676 Aarhus || 1933 QV || Aarhus, Denmark, seat of the Ole Rømer Observatory of the University of Aarhus || {{DoMPN|2676}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2676|2676}}

|-id=677

| 2677 Joan || 1935 FF || Joan Jordan, secretary at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics || {{MPC|2677}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2677|2677}}

|-id=678

| 2678 Aavasaksa || {{mp|1938 DF|1}} || Aavasaksa, mountain in Finland (Lapland), one of the sites used by Maupertuis' expedition to determine the length of a degree of the meridian in 1736–1737 || {{MPC|2678}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2678|2678}}

|-id=679

| 2679 Kittisvaara || 1939 TG || Kittisvaara, mountain in Finland (Lapland), one of the sites used by Maupertuis' expedition to determine the length of a degree of the meridian in 1736–1737 || {{MPC|2679}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2679|2679}}

|-id=680

| 2680 Mateo || 1975 NF || José Mateo (1914–1978), Argentinian astronomer || {{MPC|2680}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2680|2680}}

|-id=681

| 2681 Ostrovskij || {{mp|1975 VF|2}} || Nikolai Ostrovsky (1904–1936), Soviet writer || {{MPC|2681}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2681|2681}}

|-id=682

| 2682 Soromundi || {{mp|1979 MF|4}} || From Latin for sisters of the world, after the YWCA || {{DoMPN|2682}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2682|2682}}

|-id=683

| 2683 Brian || {{mp|1981 AD|1}} || Eldest son of discoverer || {{DoMPN|2683}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2683|2683}}

|-id=684

| 2684 Douglas || {{mp|1981 AH|1}} || Douglas B. Thomas, American physicist at NIST and brother of astronomer Norman G. Thomas who discovered this minor planet || {{DoMPN|2684}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2684|2684}}

|-id=685

| 2685 Masursky || 1981 JN || Harold Masursky (1922–1990), American geologist and astronomer || {{DoMPN|2685}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2685|2685}}

|-id=686

| 2686 Linda Susan || {{mp|1981 JW|1}} || Linda Susan Salazar, discoverer's youngest daughter || {{MPC|2686}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2686|2686}}

|-id=687

| 2687 Tortali || 1982 HG || Tortali, Vanuatun spirit of daytime || {{MPC|2687}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2687|2687}}

|-id=688

| 2688 Halley || {{mp|1982 HG|1}} || Edmond Halley (1656–1742), English astronomer || {{DoMPN|2688}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2688|2688}}

|-id=689

| 2689 Bruxelles || 1935 CF || Brussels, Belgium || {{MPC|2689}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2689|2689}}

|-id=690

| 2690 Ristiina || {{mp|1938 DG|1}} || Ristiina, Finland || {{MPC|2690}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2690|2690}}

|-id=691

| 2691 Sersic || 1974 KB || José Luis Sérsic (1933–1993), Argentinian astronomer || {{MPC|2691}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2691|2691}}

|-id=692

| 2692 Chkalov || {{mp|1976 YT|3}} || Valery Chkalov (1904–1938), Soviet test pilot || {{DoMPN|2692}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2692|2692}}

|-id=693

| 2693 Yan'an || {{mp|1977 VM|1}} || Yan'an, Shaanxi, China || {{MPC|2693}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2693|2693}}

|-id=694

| 2694 Pino Torinese || {{mp|1979 QL|1}} || Pino Torinese, Italy, site of Turin Observatory || {{DoMPN|2694}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2694|2694}}

|-id=695

| 2695 Christabel || 1979 UE || Christabel, poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge || {{DoMPN|2695}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2695|2695}}

|-id=696

| 2696 Magion || 1980 HB || Magion 1, first Czech artificial satellite launched into orbit in 1978 || {{DoMPN|2696}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2696|2696}}

|-id=697

| 2697 Albina || {{mp|1969 TC|3}} || Albina Alekseevna Serova, friend of discoverer || {{MPC|2697}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2697|2697}}

|-id=698

| 2698 Azerbajdzhan || 1971 TZ || Azerbaijan || {{DoMPN|2698}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2698|2698}}

|-id=699

| 2699 Kalinin || 1976 YX || Mikhail Kalinin (1875–1946), Soviet statesman || {{MPC|2699}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2699|2699}}

|-id=700

| 2700 Baikonur || {{mp|1976 YP|7}} || Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan || {{DoMPN|2700}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2700|2700}}

2701–2800

| 2701 Cherson || 1978 RT || Kherson, Ukraine (not to be confused with Chersonesos, Crimea) || {{MPC|2701}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2701|2701}}

|-id=702

| 2702 Batrakov || {{mp|1978 SZ|2}} || {{Ill|Yury Vasilyevich Batrakov|ru|Батраков, Юрий Васильевич}}, Russian astronomer and deputy director of the Institute for Theoretical Astronomy (ITA) || {{MPC|2702}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2702|2702}}

|-id=703

| 2703 Rodari || {{mp|1979 FT|2}} || Gianni Rodari (1920–1980), Italian writer || {{MPC|2703}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2703|2703}}

|-id=704

| 2704 Julian Loewe || {{mp|1979 MR|4}} || Julian Loewe, an American journalist and science writer for the Pasadena Star-News || {{DoMP|2704}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2704|2704}}

|-id=705

| 2705 Wu || {{mp|1980 TD|4}} || Sherman S. C. Wu, photogrammetrist with the USGS || {{MPC|2705}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2705|2705}}

|-id=706

| 2706 Borovský || 1980 VW || Karel Havlíček Borovský (1821–1856), Czech writer and political journalist || {{MPC|2706}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2706|2706}}

|-id=707

| 2707 Ueferji || {{mp|1981 QS|3}} || Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro || {{MPC|2707}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2707|2707}}

|-id=708

| 2708 Burns || 1981 WT || Joseph A. Burns (born 1941), American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets || {{MPC|2708}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2708|2708}}

|-id=709

| 2709 Sagan || 1982 FH || Carl Sagan (1934–1996), American astronomer and author, co-founder of the Planetary Society || {{MPC|2709}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2709|2709}}

|-id=710

| 2710 Veverka || 1982 FQ || Joseph Veverka (born 1941), American astronomer || {{MPC|2710}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2710|2710}}

|-id=711

| 2711 Aleksandrov || {{mp|1978 QB|2}} || Anatoly Alexandrov (1903–1994), Russian physicist || {{MPC|2711}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2711|2711}}

|-id=712

| 2712 Keaton || 1937 YD || Buster Keaton (1895–1966), film comedian || {{MPC|2712}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2712|2712}}

|-id=713

| 2713 Luxembourg || 1938 EA || Luxembourg || {{MPC|2713}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2713|2713}}

|-id=714

| 2714 Matti || 1938 GC || Son of discoverer || {{MPC|2714}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2714|2714}}

|-id=715

| 2715 Mielikki || 1938 US || Mielikki from Finnish mythology || {{MPC|2715}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2715|2715}}

|-id=716

| 2716 Tuulikki || 1939 TM || Tuulikki from Finnish mythology, Goddess of the woods || {{MPC|2716}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2716|2716}}

|-id=717

| 2717 Tellervo || 1940 WJ || Tellervo from Finnish mythology || {{MPC|2717}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2717|2717}}

|-id=718

| 2718 Handley || 1951 OM || Tommy Handley (1892–1949), British radio comedian || {{MPC|2718}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2718|2718}}

|-id=719

| 2719 Suzhou || 1965 SU || Suzhou, Jiangsu, China || {{MPC|2719}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2719|2719}}

|-id=720

| 2720 Pyotr Pervyj || {{mp|1972 RV|3}} || Peter the Great (1672–1725), Russian tsar || {{DoMP|2720}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2720|2720}}

|-id=721

| 2721 Vsekhsvyatskij || {{mp|1973 SP|2}} || {{Ill|Sergej Konstantinovich Vsekhsvyatskij|ru|Всехсвятский, Сергей Константинович}}, Soviet astronomer and professor at Kiev University || {{MPC|2721}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2721|2721}}

|-id=722

| 2722 Abalakin || {{mp|1976 GM|2}} || {{Ill|Viktor Kuzmich Abalakin|ru|Абалакин, Виктор Кузьмич}}, Russian astronomer at the Institute for Theoretical Astronomy (ITA) || {{MPC|2722}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2722|2722}}

|-id=723

| 2723 Gorshkov || {{mp|1978 QL|2}} || Pyotr Mikhaylovich Gorshkov (1883–1975), Russian astronomer and geodesist at Leningrad University || {{MPC|2723}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2723|2723}}

|-id=724

| 2724 Orlov || {{mp|1978 RZ|5}} || Sergej Vladimirovich Orlov (1880–1958), professor at Moscow University, and Aleksandr Yakovlevich Orlov (1880–1954), founder and first director or the Golosseevo Astronomical Observatory || {{MPC|2724}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2724|2724}}

|-id=725

| 2725 David Bender || {{mp|1978 VG|3}} || David F. Bender, American astronomer, latterly of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory || {{MPC|2725}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2725|2725}}

|-id=726

| 2726 Kotelnikov || {{mp|1979 SE|9}} || Vladimir Kotelnikov (1908–2005), Russian radio engineer || {{MPC|2726}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2726|2726}}

|-id=727

| 2727 Paton || {{mp|1979 SO|9}} || Evgeny Paton (1870–1953) and Borys Paton (1918–), Soviet Ukrainian scientists || {{MPC|2727}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2727|2727}}

|-id=728

| 2728 Yatskiv || {{mp|1979 ST|9}} || {{Ill|Yaroslav Stepanovich Yatskiv|uk|Яцків Ярослав Степанович}}, Ukrainian astrometrist and geodynamicist || {{MPC|2728}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2728|2728}}

|-id=729

| 2729 Urumqi || {{mp|1979 UA|2}} || Urumqi, Xinjiang, China || {{MPC|2729}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2729|2729}}

|-id=730

| 2730 Barks || 1981 QH || Carl Barks (1901–2000), American writer and illustrator || {{MPC|2730}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2730|2730}}

|-id=731

| 2731 Cucula || 1982 KJ || The cuckoo || {{MPC|2731}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2731|2731}}

|-id=732

| 2732 Witt || 1926 FG || Carl Gustav Witt (1866–1946), German astronomer and discoverer of minor planets || {{MPC|2732}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2732|2732}}

|-id=733

| 2733 Hamina || 1938 DQ || Hamina, Finland || {{MPC|2733}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2733|2733}}

|-id=734

| 2734 Hašek || {{mp|1976 GJ|3}} || Jaroslav Hašek (1883–1923), Czech writer || {{MPC|2734}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2734|2734}}

|-id=735

| 2735 Ellen || 1977 RB || Ellen Howell (born 1961), American planetary scientist, discoverer of minor planets and of comet 88P/Howell. She was married to astronomer Schelte J. Bus. || {{DoMPN|2735}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2735|2735}}

|-id=736

| 2736 Ops || 1979 OC || Ops, Roman goddess || {{MPC|2736}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2736|2736}}

|-id=737

| 2737 Kotka || 1938 DU || Kotka, Finland || {{MPC|2737}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2737|2737}}

|-id=738

| 2738 Viracocha || 1940 EC || Viracocha, supreme god of the Inca || {{MPC|2738}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2738|2738}}

|-id=739

| 2739 Taguacipa || {{mp|1952 UZ|1}} || Taguacipa, god of the Inca and companion of Viracocha || {{MPC|2739}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2739|2739}}

|-id=740

| 2740 Tsoj || {{mp|1974 SY|4}} || Viktor Tsoi (1962–1990), poet and rock musician || {{MPC|2740}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2740|2740}}

|-id=741

| 2741 Valdivia || 1975 XG || Pedro de Valdivia (1497–1553), Spanish conquistador and first governor of Chile || {{MPC|2741}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2741|2741}}

|-id=742

| 2742 Gibson || {{mp|1981 JG|3}} || James B. Gibson, American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets including 1943 Anteros || {{DoMP|2742}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2742|2742}}

|-id=743

| 2743 Chengdu || 1965 WR || Chengdu, Sichuan, China || {{MPC|2743}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2743|2743}}

|-id=744

| 2744 Birgitta || 1975 RB || Anna Birgitta Angelica Lagerkvist, daughter of the discoverer || {{MPC|2744}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2744|2744}}

|-id=745

| 2745 San Martín || {{mp|1976 SR|10}} || José de San Martín (1778–1850), "father of Argentina" || {{MPC|2745}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2745|2745}}

|-id=746

| 2746 Hissao || {{mp|1979 SJ|9}} || Hissar Astronomical Observatory, Dushanbe, Tajikistan || {{MPC|2746}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2746|2746}}

|-id=747

| 2747 Český Krumlov || 1980 DW || Český Krumlov, Czech Republic || {{MPC|2747}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2747|2747}}

|-id=748

| 2748 Patrick Gene || {{mp|1981 JF|2}} || Patrick Gene Shoemaker, son of discoverer || {{MPC|2748}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2748|2748}}

|-id=749

| 2749 Walterhorn || 1937 TD || Walter Horn (1908–1995), founder of the public observatory and amateur astronomical society in Solingen, Germany || {{MPC|2749}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2749|2749}}

|-id=750

| 2750 Loviisa || 1940 YK || Loviisa, Finland || {{MPC|2750}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2750|2750}}

|-id=751

| 2751 Campbell || 1962 RP || William Wallace Campbell (1862–1938), American astronomer || {{MPC|2751}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2751|2751}}

|-id=752

| 2752 Wu Chien-Shiung || 1965 SP || Chien-Shiung Wu (1912–1997), || {{MPC|2752}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2752|2752}}

|-id=753

| 2753 Duncan || 1966 DH || John Charles Duncan (1882–1967), American astronomer || {{MPC|2753}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2753|2753}}

|-id=754

| 2754 Efimov || 1966 PD || Mikhail Efimov (1881–1919), Russian pioneering aviator || {{MPC|2754}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2754|2754}}

|-id=755

| 2755 Avicenna || {{mp|1973 SJ|4}} || Avicenna (c. 980–1037), medieval philosopher and scientist || {{MPC|2755}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2755|2755}}

|-id=756

| 2756 Dzhangar || {{mp|1974 SG|1}} || Epic of Jangar, then thought of the Kalmyk people, now known to originate among Mongols || {{MPC|2756}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2756|2756}}

|-id=757

| 2757 Crisser || 1977 VN || Cristina, wife of discoverer, and Sergio, discoverer || {{MPC|2757}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2757|2757}}

|-id=758

| 2758 Cordelia || 1978 RF || Cordelia, character in Shakespeare's King Lear || {{MPC|2758}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2758|2758}}

|-id=759

| 2759 Idomeneus || 1980 GC || Idomeneus, Greek warrior || {{MPC|2759}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2759|2759}}

|-id=760

| 2760 Kacha || {{mp|1980 TU|6}} || Kacha, cosmonaut training centre in the Crimea || {{MPC|2760}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2760|2760}}

|-id=761

| 2761 Eddington || 1981 AE || Arthur Eddington (1882–1944), British astrophysicist, on the occasion of the centennial of his birth || {{MPC|2761}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2761|2761}}

|-id=762

| 2762 Fowler || 1981 AT || Ralph H. Fowler (1889–1944), British astrophysicist || {{MPC|2762}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2762|2762}}

|-id=763

| 2763 Jeans || 1982 OG || James Jeans (1877–1946), British physicist, astronomer, and mathematician || {{MPC|2763}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2763|2763}}

|-id=764

| 2764 Moeller || 1981 CN || Sonia Louise Moeller-Thomas, mother of discoverer || {{MPC|2764}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2764|2764}}

|-id=765

| 2765 Dinant || 1981 EY || Dinant, Belgium || {{MPC|2765}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2765|2765}}

|-id=766

| 2766 Leeuwenhoek || {{mp|1982 FE|1}} || Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723), Dutch scientist and "Father of Microbiology" || {{MPC|2766}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2766|2766}}

|-id=767

| 2767 Takenouchi || 1967 UM || Tadeo Takenouchi (born 1922), Japanese astronomer || {{MPC|2767}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2767|2767}}

|-id=768

| 2768 Gorky || {{mp|1972 RX|3}} || Maxim Gorky (1868–1936), Russian writer || {{MPC|2768}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2768|2768}}

|-id=769

| 2769 Mendeleev || {{mp|1976 GZ|2}} || Dmitri Mendeleev (1834–1907), Russian chemist || {{MPC|2769}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2769|2769}}

|-id=770

| 2770 Tsvet || {{mp|1977 SM|1}} || Mikhail Tsvet (1872–1919), Russian-Italian physiologist and botanist who invented chromatography || {{MPC|2770}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2770|2770}}

|-id=771

| 2771 Polzunov || {{mp|1978 SP|7}} || Ivan Polzunov (1728–1766), Russian inventor || {{MPC|2771}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2771|2771}}

|-id=772

| 2772 Dugan || 1979 XE || Raymond Smith Dugan (1878–1940), American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets || {{MPC|2772}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2772|2772}}

|-id=773

| 2773 Brooks || {{mp|1981 JZ|2}} || William Robert Brooks (1844–1921), American astronomer || {{MPC|2773}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2773|2773}}

|-id=774

| 2774 Tenojoki || 1942 TJ || Tenojoki, river || {{MPC|2774}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2774|2774}}

|-id=775

| 2775 Odishaw || {{mp|1953 TX|2}} || Hugh Odishaw (1916–1984), American geophysicist || {{MPC|2775}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2775|2775}}

|-id=776

| 2776 Baikal || {{mp|1976 SZ|7}} || Lake Baikal, Russia || {{MPC|2776}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2776|2776}}

|-id=777

| 2777 Shukshin || {{mp|1979 SY|11}} || Vasilii Makarovich Shukshin (1929–1974), Russian writer and actor || {{MPC|2777}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2777|2777}}

|-id=778

| 2778 Tangshan || 1979 XP || Tangshan in China, location of a massive (Magnitude 7.8) earthquake in 1976 || {{MPC|2778}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2778|2778}}

|-id=779

| 2779 Mary || 1981 CX || Maryanna Ruth Thomas, wife of discoverer || {{MPC|2779}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2779|2779}}

|-id=780

| 2780 Monnig || {{mp|1981 DO|2}} || Oscar Monnig (1902–1999), American businessman, meteorite hunter and founder of the collection that bears his name. He donated the collection to Texas Christian University || {{MPC|2780}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2780|2780}}

|-id=781

| 2781 Kleczek || 1982 QH || {{interlanguage link|Josip Kleczek|cz}} (1923–2014), Czech astronomer || {{MPC|2781}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2781|2781}}

|-id=782

| 2782 Leonidas || 2605 P-L || Leonidas I (c. 540–480 BC), Spartan king in ancient Greece || {{MPC|2782}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2782|2782}}

|-id=783

| 2783 Chernyshevskij || {{mp|1974 RA|2}} || Nikolay Chernyshevsky (1828–1889), Russian writer and philosopher || {{MPC|2783}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2783|2783}}

|-id=784

| 2784 Domeyko || 1975 GA || Ignacy Domeyko (1802–1889), Polish-born chemist and mineralogist, latterly Rector of the University of Chile || {{MPC|2784}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2784|2784}}

|-id=785

| 2785 Sedov || {{mp|1978 QN|2}} || Leonid I. Sedov (1907–1999), Russian astronomer or Georgy Sedov, Russian polar explorer || {{MPC|2785}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2785|2785}}

|-id=786

| 2786 Grinevia || {{mp|1978 RR|5}} || Alexander Grin (1880–1932), Russian writer || {{MPC|2786}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2786|2786}}

|-id=787

| 2787 Tovarishch || {{mp|1978 RC|6}} || Tovarishch, Russian sailing ship || {{MPC|2787}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2787|2787}}

|-id=788

| 2788 Andenne || 1981 EL || Andenne, Belgium || {{MPC|2788}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2788|2788}}

|-id=789

| 2789 Foshan || 1956 XA || Foshan, Guangdong, China || {{MPC|2789}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2789|2789}}

|-id=790

| 2790 Needham || {{mp|1965 UU|1}} || Joseph Needham (1900–1995), British sinologist || {{MPC|2790}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2790|2790}}

|-id=791

| 2791 Paradise || 1977 CA || Paradise, California || {{MPC|2791}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2791|2791}}

|-id=792

| 2792 Ponomarev || {{mp|1977 EY|1}} || Nikolaj Georgievich Ponomarev (1900–1942), Russian designer of astronomical instruments || {{MPC|2792}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2792|2792}}

|-id=793

| 2793 Valdaj || 1977 QV || Valdai Hills, near Moscow || {{MPC|2793}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2793|2793}}

|-id=794

| 2794 Kulik || {{mp|1978 PS|3}} || Leonid Kulik (1883–1942), Russian mineralogist || {{MPC|2794}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2794|2794}}

|-id=795

| 2795 Lepage || 1979 YM || Théophile Lepage (1901–1991), Belgian mathematician || {{MPC|2795}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2795|2795}}

|-id=796

| 2796 Kron || 1980 EC || Gerald E. Kron, American astronomer at Lick Observatory and Flagstaff Station || {{MPC|2796}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2796|2796}}

|-id=797

| 2797 Teucer || 1981 LK || Teucer, Greek soldier || {{MPC|2797}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2797|2797}}

|-id=798

| 2798 Vergilius || 2009 P-L || Virgil, Roman poet || {{MPC|2798}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2798|2798}}

|-id=799

| 2799 Justus || 3071 P-L || Justus Cramer, descendant of H. G. van de Sande Bakhuyzen, Dutch astronomer || {{MPC|2799}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2799|2799}}

|-id=800

| 2800 Ovidius || 4585 P-L || Ovid, Roman poet || {{MPC|2800}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2800|2800}}

2801–2900

| 2801 Huygens || {{mp|1935 SU|1}} || Christiaan Huygens (1629–1695), Dutch astronomer who studied Saturn's rings and discovered its moon Titan || {{MPC|2801}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2801|2801}}

|-id=802

| 2802 Weisell || 1939 BU || Weisell Väisälä, father of the discoverer, Yrjö Väisälä (1891–1971) || {{MPC|2802}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2802|2802}}

|-id=803

| 2803 Vilho || 1940 WG || Vilho Väisälä (1889–1969), Finnish meteorologist and physicist, brother of Kalle and Yrjö Väisälä || {{MPC|2803}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2803|2803}}

|-id=804

| 2804 Yrjö || 1941 HF || Yrjö Väisälä (1891–1971), Finnish astronomer and discoverer of minor planets, brother of Vilho and Kalle || {{MPC|2804}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2804|2804}}

|-id=805

| 2805 Kalle || 1941 UM || {{Ill|Kalle Väisälä|fi}} (1893–1968), Finnish scientist, brother of Vilho and Yrjö || {{MPC|2805}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2805|2805}}

|-id=806

| 2806 Graz || 1953 GG || City of Graz, capital of the Austrian province of Styria || {{MPC|2806}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2806|2806}}

|-id=807

| 2807 Karl Marx || {{mp|1969 TH|6}} || Karl Marx (1818–1883), German philosopher and political economist || {{MPC|2807}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2807|2807}}

|-id=808

| 2808 Belgrano || 1976 HS || Manuel Belgrano (1770–1820), Argentine general || {{MPC|2808}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2808|2808}}

|-id=809

| 2809 Vernadskij || {{mp|1978 QW|2}} || Vladimir Vernadsky (1863–1945), Russian geochemist and mineralogist || {{MPC|2809}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2809|2809}}

|-id=810

| 2810 Lev Tolstoj || {{mp|1978 RU|5}} || Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910), Russian writer || {{MPC|2810}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2810|2810}}

|-id=811

| 2811 Střemchoví || 1980 JA || Střemchoví, a village in the Czech Republic, where the discoverer, Antonín Mrkos, was born || {{MPC|2811}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2811|2811}}

|-id=812

| 2812 Scaltriti || 1981 FN || Franco Scaltriti, Italian astronomer at the Observatory of Turin || {{MPC|2812}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2812|2812}}

|-id=813

| 2813 Zappalà || 1981 WZ || Vincenzo Zappalà (born 1945), Italian astronomer, discoverer of minor planets, and expert in the hierarchical clustering method to determine asteroid families || {{MPC|2813}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2813|2813}}

|-id=814

| 2814 Vieira || {{mp|1982 FA|3}} || Gilson Vieira, Brazilian astronomer at the Valongo Observatory || {{MPC|2814}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2814|2814}}

|-id=815

| 2815 Soma || 1982 RL || The Soma cube, mathematical game || {{MPC|2815}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2815|2815}}

|-id=816

| 2816 Pien || 1982 SO || Armand Pien, Belgian (Flemish) television meteorologist of the Royal Meteorological Institute in Uccle || {{MPC|2816}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2816|2816}}

|-id=817

| 2817 Perec || 1982 UJ || Georges Perec (1936–1982), French novelist, filmmaker and essayist || {{MPC|2817}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2817|2817}}

|-id=818

| 2818 Juvenalis || 2580 P-L || Juvenal, first and second-century Roman satirist || {{MPC|2818}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2818|2818}}

|-id=819

| 2819 Ensor || 1933 UR || James Ensor (1860–1949), Belgian expressionist painter || {{MPC|2819}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2819|2819}}

|-id=820

| 2820 Iisalmi || 1942 RU || Iisalmi, Finland || {{MPC|2820}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2820|2820}}

|-id=821

| 2821 Slávka || 1978 SQ || Sláva Vávrová, the discoverer's mother || {{MPC|2821}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2821|2821}}

|-id=822

| 2822 Sacajawea || 1980 EG || Sacagawea (1788–1812), Shoshone explorer || {{MPC|2822}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2822|2822}}

|-id=823

| 2823 van der Laan || 2010 P-L || {{Ill|Harry van der Laan (astronomer)|lt=Harry van der Laan|nl|Harry van der Laan (astronoom)}}, Dutch astrophysicist at the Leiden Observatory || {{MPC|2823}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2823|2823}}

|-id=824

| 2824 Franke || 1934 CZ || Ernst K. Franke, American biophysicist at the University of Cincinnati || {{MPC|2824}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2824|2824}}

|-id=825

| 2825 Crosby || {{mp|1938 SD|1}} || Bing Crosby (1903–1977), American singer and actor || {{MPC|2825}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2825|2825}}

|-id=826

| 2826 Ahti || 1939 UJ || Ahti, Finnish sea god || {{MPC|2826}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2826|2826}}

|-id=827

| 2827 Vellamo || 1942 CC || Vellamo, Finnish sea goddess, consort of Ahti || {{MPC|2827}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2827|2827}}

|-id=828

| 2828 Iku-Turso || 1942 DL || Iku-Turso, Finnish sea monster || {{MPC|2828}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2828|2828}}

|-id=829

| 2829 Bobhope || 1948 PK || Bob Hope (1903–2003), American comedian || {{MPC|2829}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2829|2829}}

|-id=830

| 2830 Greenwich || 1980 GA || Royal Greenwich Observatory, London, UK || {{MPC|2830}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2830|2830}}

|-id=831

| 2831 Stevin || 1930 SZ || Simon Stevin (1548–1620), Flemish scientist || {{MPC|2831}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2831|2831}}

|-id=832

| 2832 Lada || {{mp|1975 EC|1}} || Lada, Slavic goddess || {{MPC|2832}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2832|2832}}

|-id=833

| 2833 Radishchev || {{mp|1978 PC|4}} || Alexander Radishchev (1749–1802), Russian author and social critic || {{MPC|2833}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2833|2833}}

|-id=834

| 2834 Christy Carol || {{mp|1980 TB|4}} || Daughter of the discoverer || {{MPC|2834}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2834|2834}}

|-id=835

| 2835 Ryoma || 1982 WF || Sakamoto Ryōma (1836–1867), Japanese samurai || {{DoMPN|2835}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2835|2835}}

|-id=836

| 2836 Sobolev || 1978 YQ || Viktor Viktorovich Sobolev, Russian astrophysicist || {{MPC|2836}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2836|2836}}

|-id=837

| 2837 Griboedov || {{mp|1971 TJ|2}} || Alexander Griboyedov (1795–1829), Russian playwright || {{MPC|2837}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2837|2837}}

|-id=838

| 2838 Takase || {{mp|1971 UM|1}} || {{Ill|Bunshiro Takase|ja|高瀬文志郎}} (1924–2015), Japanese astronomer || {{MPC|2838}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2838|2838}}

|-id=839

| 2839 Annette || 1929 TP || Daughter of the discoverer || {{MPC|2839}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2839|2839}}

|-id=840

| 2840 Kallavesi || 1941 UP || Lake Kallavesi, Finland || {{MPC|2840}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2840|2840}}

|-id=841

| 2841 Puijo || 1943 DM || Puijo Hill, Lake Kallavesi, Finland || {{MPC|2841}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2841|2841}}

|-id=842

| 2842 Unsöld || 1950 OD || Albrecht Unsöld (1905–1995), German astronomer || {{MPC|2842}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2842|2842}}

|-id=843

| 2843 Yeti || 1975 XQ || Yeti, cryptozoological Himalayan humanoid || {{MPC|2843}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2843|2843}}

|-id=844

| 2844 Hess || 1981 JP || Frederick Hess, American astronomer || {{MPC|2844}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2844|2844}}

|-id=845

| 2845 Franklinken || 1981 OF || Kenneth Franklin (1923–2007), American astronomer || {{MPC|2845}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2845|2845}}

|-id=846

| 2846 Ylppö || 1942 CJ || Arvo Ylppö (1887–1992), Finnish pediatrician || {{MPC|2846}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2846|2846}}

|-id=847

| 2847 Parvati || {{mp|1959 CC|1}} || Parvati, Hindu goddess, consort of Siva || {{MPC|2847}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2847|2847}}

|-id=848

| 2848 ASP || 1959 VF || Astronomical Society of the Pacific || {{MPC|2848}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2848|2848}}

|-id=849

| 2849 Shklovskij || {{mp|1976 GN|3}} || Iosif Shklovsky (1916–1985), Russian astronomer || {{MPC|2849}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2849|2849}}

|-id=850

| 2850 Mozhaiskij || {{mp|1978 TM|7}} || Alexander Mozhaysky (1825–1890), Russian aviation pioneer || {{MPC|2850}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2850|2850}}

|-id=851

| 2851 Harbin || {{mp|1978 UQ|2}} || Harbin, China || {{MPC|2851}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2851|2851}}

|-id=852

| 2852 Declercq || {{mp|1981 QU|2}} || Maiden name of the discovere'rs wife || {{MPC|2852}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2852|2852}}

|-id=853

| 2853 Harvill || 1963 RG || Richard A. Harvill (1905–1988), astronomical supporter || {{MPC|2853}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2853|2853}}

|-id=854

| 2854 Rawson || 1964 JE || Guillermo Colesbery Rawson (1825–1890), Argentine physician || {{MPC|2854}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2854|2854}}

|-id=855

| 2855 Bastian || {{mp|1931 TB|2}} || Ulrich Bastian (born 1951), German astronomer || {{MPC|2855}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2855|2855}}

|-id=856

| 2856 Röser || 1933 GB || Siegfried Röser (born 1948), German astronomer || {{MPC|2856}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2856|2856}}

|-id=857

| 2857 NOT || 1942 DA || Nordic Optical Telescope || {{MPC|2857}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2857|2857}}

|-id=858

| 2858 Carlosporter || 1975 XB || Carlos Porter (1867–1942), Chilean zoologist || {{MPC|2858}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2858|2858}}

|-id=859

| 2859 Paganini || {{mp|1978 RW|1}} || Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840), Italian violinist || {{MPC|2859}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2859|2859}}

|-id=860

| 2860 Pasacentennium || 1978 TA || The U.S. city of Pasadena in California, on the occasion of its centennial anniversary of its incorporation into Los Angeles County in 1886 || {{MPC|2860}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2860|2860}}

|-id=861

| 2861 Lambrecht || {{mp|1981 VL|2}} || Hermann Lambrecht (1908–1983), German astronomer || {{MPC|2861}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2861|2861}}

|-id=862

| 2862 Vavilov || 1977 JP || Nikolai Vavilov (1887–1943), a Soviet botanist, as well as Sergey Vavilov (1891–1951), Soviet physicist || {{MPC|2862}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2862|2862}}

|-id=863

| 2863 Ben Mayer || {{mp|1981 QG|2}} || Ben Mayer (1925–1999), American astronomer || {{MPC|2863}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2863|2863}}

|-id=864

| 2864 Soderblom || 1983 AZ || Lawrence A. Soderblom, American planetary scientist with the United States Geological Survey || {{MPC|2864}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2864|2864}}

|-id=865

| 2865 Laurel || 1935 OK || Stan Laurel (1890–1965), British comedian || {{MPC|2865}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2865|2865}}

|-id=866

| 2866 Hardy || 1961 TA || Oliver Hardy (1892–1957), American comedian || {{MPC|2866}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2866|2866}}

|-id=867

| 2867 Šteins || 1969 VC || Kārlis Šteins (1911–1983), Latvian astronomer || {{MPC|2867}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2867|2867}}

|-id=868

| 2868 Upupa || 1972 UA || Upupa epops, the hoopoe || {{MPC|2868}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2868|2868}}

|-id=869

| 2869 Nepryadva || {{mp|1980 RM|2}} || Russian victory over Tataro-Mongols in the Battle of Kulikovo near || {{MPC|2869}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2869|2869}}

|-id=870

| 2870 Haupt || 1981 LD || Hermann Haupt (1873–1959), Austrian astronomer || {{MPC|2870}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2870|2870}}

|-id=871

| 2871 Schober || {{mp|1981 QC|2}} || {{Ill|Hans Josef Schober|de}}, Austrian astronomer at the University of Graz || {{MPC|2871}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2871|2871}}

|-id=872

| 2872 Gentelec || 1981 RU || GTE Research Laboratories, Waltham, Massachusetts || {{MPC|2872}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2872|2872}}

|-id=873

| 2873 Binzel || 1982 FR || Richard P. Binzel (born 1958), American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets || {{MPC|2873}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2873|2873}}

|-id=874

| 2874 Jim Young || 1982 TH || James Whitney Young (born 1941), American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets || {{MPC|2874}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2874|2874}}

|-id=875

| 2875 Lagerkvist || 1983 CL || Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist (born 1944), Swedish astronomer || {{MPC|2875}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2875|2875}}

|-id=876

| 2876 Aeschylus || 6558 P-L || Aeschylus, Greek playwright || {{MPC|2876}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2876|2876}}

|-id=877

| 2877 Likhachev || {{mp|1969 TR|2}} || Dmitry Likhachov (1906–1999), Soviet philologist || {{MPC|2877}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2877|2877}}

|-id=878

| 2878 Panacea || 1980 RX || Panacea, Greek goddess || {{MPC|2878}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2878|2878}}

|-id=879

| 2879 Shimizu || {{mp|1932 CB|1}} || Shin-ichi Shimizu (1889–) Japanese amateur astronomer || {{MPC|2879}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2879|2879}}

|-id=880

| 2880 Nihondaira || 1983 CA || Nihondaira, Shizuoka, Japan || {{MPC|2880}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2880|2880}}

|-id=881

| 2881 Meiden || {{mp|1983 AA|1}} || Medeina, Lithuanian god || {{MPC|2881}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2881|2881}}

|-id=882

| 2882 Tedesco || 1981 OG || Edward Francis Tedesco (Ed Tedesco), American astronomer and planetary scientist at JPL, PSI and member of the IAU ([https://www.iau.org/administration/membership/individual/5670/ Src]) || {{MPC|2882}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2882|2882}}

|-id=883

| 2883 Barabashov || {{mp|1978 RG|6}} || Nikolai P. Barabashov (1894–1971), Soviet astronomer || {{MPC|2883}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2883|2883}}

|-id=884

| 2884 Reddish || {{mp|1981 ES|22}} || Vincent Cartledge Reddish (1926–2015), British astronomer || {{MPC|2884}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2884|2884}}

|-id=885

| 2885 Palva || 1939 TC || Tauno Pavla, Finnish ear surgeon, son-in-law of astronomer Yrjö Väisälä, who discovered this minor planet || {{MPC|2885}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2885|2885}}

|-id=886

| 2886 Tinkaping || 1965 YG || Tin Ka Ping, Hong Kong industrialist || {{MPC|2886}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2886|2886}}

|-id=887

| 2887 Krinov || {{mp|1977 QD|5}} || Yevgeny Krinov (1906–1984), Soviet meteoriticist || {{MPC|2887}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2887|2887}}

|-id=888

| 2888 Hodgson || 1982 TO || Richard G. Hodgson, American astronomer and professor of physics at Dordt College, Sioux Center, Iowa || {{MPC|2888}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2888|2888}}

|-id=889

| 2889 Brno || {{mp|1981 WT|1}} || Brno, Czech Republic || {{MPC|2889}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2889|2889}}

|-id=890

| 2890 Vilyujsk || {{mp|1978 SY|7}} || Vilyuysk, Yakut ASSR, Russia || {{MPC|2890}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2890|2890}}

|-id=891

| 2891 McGetchin || 1980 MD || Thomas Richard McGetchin (1936–1979), American planetary scientist || {{MPC|2891}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2891|2891}}

|-id=892

| 2892 Filipenko || {{mp|1983 AX|2}} || Aleksandr Grigorevich Filipenko, Chief of Surgery at the hospital in Bakhchisarai on the Crimean peninsula || {{MPC|2892}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2892|2892}}

|-id=893

| 2893 Peiroos || 1975 QD || Peiroos (Peirous), Thracian war leader from the city of Aenus and an ally of King Priam against the Greek during the Trojan War || {{MPC|2893}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2893|2893}}

|-id=894

| 2894 Kakhovka || {{mp|1978 SH|5}} || Kakhovka, Ukraine || {{MPC|2894}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2894|2894}}

|-id=895

| 2895 Memnon || {{mp|1981 AE|1}} || Memnon, Ethiopian king, ally of Troy || {{MPC|2895}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2895|2895}}

|-id=896

| 2896 Preiss || 1931 RN || Gunter Preiss (born 1929), a German lawyer and administrator of the Max Planck Society who supported several astronomical projects such as the construction of the Calar Alto Observatory in Spain || {{MPC|2896}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2896|2896}}

|-id=897

| 2897 Ole Römer || 1932 CK || Ole Rømer (1644–1710), Danish astronomer || {{MPC|2897}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2897|2897}}

|-id=898

| 2898 Neuvo || 1938 DN || Yrjö Neuvo, grandson of Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä, who discovered this minor planet || {{MPC|2898}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2898|2898}}

|-id=899

| 2899 Runrun Shaw || {{mp|1964 TR|2}} || Run Run Shaw (1907–2014), Chinese film producer || {{MPC|2899}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2899|2899}}

|-id=900

| 2900 Luboš Perek || 1972 AR || Luboš Perek (1919–2020), Czech astronomer || {{MPC|2900}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2900|2900}}

2901–3000

| 2901 Bagehot || 1973 DP || Walter Bagehot (1826–1877), British writer || {{MPC|2901}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2901|2901}}

|-id=902

| 2902 Westerlund || {{mp|1980 FN|3}} || Bengt E. Westerlund, Swedish astronomer and director of the Uppsala Astronomical Observatory || {{MPC|2902}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2902|2902}}

|-id=903

| 2903 Zhuhai || {{mp|1981 UV|9}} || Zhuhai, China || {{MPC|2903}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2903|2903}}

|-id=904

| 2904 Millman || 1981 YB || Peter Millman (1906–1990), Canadian astronomer || {{MPC|2904}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2904|2904}}

|-id=905

| 2905 Plaskett || {{mp|1982 BZ|2}} || John Stanley Plaskett (1865–1941), Canadian astronomer || {{MPC|2905}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2905|2905}}

|-id=906

| 2906 Caltech || {{mp|1983 AE|2}} || California Institute of Technology || {{MPC|2906}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2906|2906}}

|-id=907

| 2907 Nekrasov || {{mp|1975 TT|2}} || Nikolay Nekrasov (1821–1878), Russian poet || {{MPC|2907}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2907|2907}}

|-id=908

| 2908 Shimoyama || 1981 WA || Shimoyama, village in Japan || {{MPC|2908}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2908|2908}}

|-id=909

| 2909 Hoshi-no-ie || 1983 JA || Hoshi-no-ie Observatory, Japan; the name means 'star house' || {{MPC|2909}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2909|2909}}

|-id=910

| 2910 Yoshkar-Ola || {{mp|1980 TK|13}} || Yoshkar-Ola, Russia || {{MPC|2910}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2910|2910}}

|-id=911

| 2911 Miahelena || 1938 GJ || Miahelena, wife of Finnish astronomer Heikki A. Alikoski (1912–1997), who discovered this minor planet || {{MPC|2911}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2911|2911}}

|-id=912

| 2912 Lapalma || 1942 DM || La Palma, the Spanish island, home to many observatories || {{MPC|2912}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2912|2912}}

|-id=913

| 2913 Horta || 1931 TK || Victor Horta (1861–1947), Belgian architect || {{MPC|2913}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2913|2913}}

|-id=914

| 2914 Glärnisch || 1965 SB || Glärnisch mountain, summit of the Swiss Alps || {{MPC|2914}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2914|2914}}

|-id=915

| 2915 Moskvina || {{mp|1977 QY|2}} || Valentina Nikolaevna Moskvina, Russian doctor at the Bakhchisaraj regional hospital on the Crimean peninsula || {{MPC|2915}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2915|2915}}

|-id=916

| 2916 Voronveliya || {{mp|1978 PW|2}} || Boris Vorontsov-Velyaminov (1904–1994), Soviet–Russian astrophysicist and astronomer || {{MPC|2916}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2916|2916}}

|-id=917

| 2917 Sawyer Hogg || 1980 RR || Helen Sawyer Hogg (1905–1993), American-Canadian astronomer || {{MPC|2917}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2917|2917}}

|-id=918

| 2918 Salazar || {{mp|1980 TU|4}} || Frederick Salazar, son-in-law of astronomer Carolyn S. Shoemaker who discovered this minor planet || {{MPC|2918}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2918|2918}}

|-id=919

| 2919 Dali || {{mp|1981 EX|18}} || Salvador Dalí (1904–1989), Catalan-Spanish artist || {{MPC|2919}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2919|2919}}

|-id=920

| 2920 Automedon || 1981 JR || Automedon, mythological Greek soldier || {{MPC|2920}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2920|2920}}

|-id=921

| 2921 Sophocles || 6525 P-L || Sophocles (c. 496–405 BC), Greek dramatist || {{MPC|2921}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2921|2921}}

|-id=922

| 2922 Dikanʹka || {{mp|1976 GY|1}} || Gogol's Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka || {{MPC|2922}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2922|2922}}

|-id=923

| 2923 Schuyler || 1977 DA || Catherine Schuyler, Minor Planet Center administrator || {{MPC|2923}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2923|2923}}

|-id=924

| 2924 Mitake-mura || {{mp|1977 DJ|2}} || Mitake, a former village in Japan || {{MPC|2924}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2924|2924}}

|-id=925

| 2925 Beatty || {{mp|1978 VC|5}} || J. Kelly Beatty, astronomy writer and editor of Sky & Telescope || {{MPC|2925}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2925|2925}}

|-id=926

| 2926 Caldeira || 1980 KG || J.F.C. Caldeira, Brazilian astronomer at the Valongo Observatory and professor at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro || {{MPC|2926}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2926|2926}}

|-id=927

| 2927 Alamosa || 1981 TM || Alamosa, Colorado || {{MPC|2927}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2927|2927}}

|-id=928

| 2928 Epstein || {{mp|1976 GN|8}} || Isadore Epstein (1919–1995), Estonian–American astronomer || {{MPC|2928}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2928|2928}}

|-id=929

| 2929 Harris || {{mp|1982 BK|1}} || Alan W. Harris, American planetary scientist and pioneer in the study of rotational lightcurves of minor planets || {{MPC|2929}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2929|2929}}

|-id=930

| 2930 Euripides || 6554 P-L || Euripides (c. 480–406 BC), Greek dramatist || {{MPC|2930}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2930|2930}}

|-id=931

| 2931 Mayakovsky || 1969 UC || Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930), Russian poet, artist and actor || {{MPC|2931}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2931|2931}}

|-id=932

| 2932 Kempchinsky || {{mp|1980 TK|4}} || Paula Kempchinsky, daughter-in-law of astronomer Carolyn S. Shoemaker who discovered this minor planet || {{MPC|2932}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2932|2932}}

|-id=933

| 2933 Amber || 1983 HN || Amber Marie Baltutis, granddaughter of astronomer Norman G. Thomas who discovered this minor planet || {{MPC|2933}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2933|2933}}

|-id=934

| 2934 Aristophanes || 4006 P-L || Aristophanes (c. 446–386 BC), Greek dramatist || {{MPC|2934}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2934|2934}}

|-id=935

| 2935 Naerum || 1976 UU || Nærum, a suburb north of Copenhagen || {{MPC|2935}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2935|2935}}

|-id=936

| 2936 Nechvíle || 1979 SF || Vincence Nechvíle (1890–1964), Czech astronomer || {{MPC|2936}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2936|2936}}

|-id=937

| 2937 Gibbs || 1980 LA || Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839–1903), American scientist || {{MPC|2937}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2937|2937}}

|-id=938

| 2938 Hopi || 1980 LB || The Hopi, the Native American people || {{MPC|2938}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2938|2938}}

|-id=939

| 2939 Coconino || 1982 DP || Coconino County, Arizona containing the Hopi and Navajo Nation Reservations. The Lowell Observatory is in the county seat, Flagstaff || {{MPC|2939}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2939|2939}}

|-id=940

| 2940 Bacon || 3042 P-L || Francis Bacon (1561–1626), English philosopher, statesman, and essayist || {{MPC|2940}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2940|2940}}

|-id=941

| 2941 Alden || 1930 YV || Alden, son of American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, who discovered this minor planet || {{MPC|2941}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2941|2941}}

|-id=942

| 2942 Cordie || 1932 BG || Cordula "Cordie" Robinson, American planetary geologist || {{MPC|2942}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2942|2942}}

|-id=943

| 2943 Heinrich || 1933 QU || Inge Heinrich (born 1941), German astronomer || {{MPC|2943}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2943|2943}}

|-id=944

| 2944 Peyo || 1935 QF || Peyo, pseudonym of Pierre Culliford, Belgian illustrator || {{MPC|2944}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2944|2944}}

|-id=945

| 2945 Zanstra || {{mp|1935 ST|1}} || Herman Zanstra (1894–1972), Dutch astronomer || {{MPC|2945}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2945|2945}}

|-id=946

| 2946 Muchachos || 1941 UV || Roque de los Muchachos, site in the Canary Islands of several international observatories || {{MPC|2946}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2946|2946}}

|-id=947

| 2947 Kippenhahn || {{mp|1955 QP|1}} || Rudolf Kippenhahn (1926–2020), German astrophysicist and science author || {{MPC|2947}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2947|2947}}

|-id=948

| 2948 Amosov || {{mp|1969 TD|2}} || Nikolai Mikhailovich Amosov, Ukrainian cardiologist || {{MPC|2948}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2948|2948}}

|-id=949

| 2949 Kaverznev || 1970 PR || {{Ill|Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kaverznev|ru|Каверзнев, Александр Александрович}} (1932–1983), Soviet television journalist || {{MPC|2949}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2949|2949}}

|-id=950

| 2950 Rousseau || {{mp|1974 VQ|2}} || Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778), Swiss philosopher from Geneva || {{MPC|2950}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2950|2950}}

|-id=951

| 2951 Perepadin || {{mp|1977 RB|8}} || Aleksandr Ivanovich Perepadin Soviet agriculturalist and friend of the discoverer, Nikolai Chernykh || {{MPC|2951}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2951|2951}}

|-id=952

| 2952 Lilliputia || {{mp|1979 SF|2}} || Lilliput, fictional land in Gulliver's Travels || {{MPC|2952}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2952|2952}}

|-id=953

| 2953 Vysheslavia || {{mp|1979 SV|11}} || Leonid Nikolaevich Vysheslavskii (Vysheslavsky), Soviet poet and author of "Stellar Sonnets" || {{MPC|2953}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2953|2953}}

|-id=954

| 2954 Delsemme || {{mp|1982 BT|1}} || {{Ill|Armand Delsemme|lt=Armand Hubert Delsemme|fr}}, a Belgian-born astronomer at the University of Toledo in Ohio. ({{MoMP|3218|3218 Delphine}} was named for his wife.) || {{MPC|2954}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2954|2954}}

|-id=955

| 2955 Newburn || {{mp|1982 BX|1}} || Ray L. Newburn, American astronomer || {{MPC|2955}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2955|2955}}

|-id=956

| 2956 Yeomans || {{mp|1982 HN|1}} || {{Ill|Donald Keith Yeomans|nl|Donald K. Yeomans}}, American astronomer and celestial mechanician at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory || {{MPC|2956}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2956|2956}}

|-id=957

| 2957 Tatsuo || {{mp|1934 CB|1}} || Tatsuo Yamada (1923–2009), Japanese astronomer and observer of variable stars. He was the director of the variable star section of the Oriental Astronomical Association. || {{MPC|2957}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2957|2957}}

|-id=958

| 2958 Arpetito || 1981 DG || E. Araya, J. Perez, R. Tighe and A Torrecon, staff personnel at ESO's La Silla Observatory, who prepared the photographic plates for observations of minor planets with the "Grand Prism Objectif" || {{MPC|2958}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2958|2958}}

|-id=959

| 2959 Scholl || {{mp|1983 RE|2}} || Hans Scholl (born 1942), German astronomer and discoverer of minor planets. He worked at the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut in Heidelberg. || {{MPC|2959}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2959|2959}}

|-id=960

| 2960 Ohtaki || {{mp|1977 DK|3}} || Ohtaki, town in Japan || {{MPC|2960}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2960|2960}}

|-id=961

| 2961 Katsurahama || 1982 XA || Katsurahama, seashore resort in Kōchi, home city of the discoverer, Tsutomu Seki || {{MPC|2961}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2961|2961}}

|-id=962

| 2962 Otto || 1940 YF || The discoverer's great-grandfather || {{MPC|2962}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2962|2962}}

|-id=963

| 2963 Chen Jiageng || {{mp|1964 VM|1}} || Tan Kah Kee (Chen Jiageng; 1874–1961), Singaporean businessman, community leader, and philanthropist || {{MPC|2963}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2963|2963}}

|-id=964

| 2964 Jaschek || {{mp|1974 OA|1}} || Carlos Jaschek (1926–1999), German-born Argentinian astronomer || {{MPC|2964}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2964|2964}}

|-id=965

| 2965 Surikov || 1975 BX || Vasily Surikov (1848–1916), Russian painter || {{MPC|2965}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2965|2965}}

|-id=966

| 2966 Korsunia || {{mp|1977 EB|2}} || Korsun, Ukrainian city || {{MPC|2966}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2966|2966}}

|-id=967

| 2967 Vladisvyat || {{mp|1977 SS|1}} || Vladimir Svyatoslavich (c. 958–1015), medieval prince of Kiev || {{MPC|2967}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2967|2967}}

|-id=968

| 2968 Iliya || 1978 QJ || Ilya Muromets, legendary Russian hero || {{MPC|2968}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2968|2968}}

|-id=969

| 2969 Mikula || {{mp|1978 RU|1}} || Mikula Selyaninovich, Russian legendary hero || {{MPC|2969}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2969|2969}}

|-id=970

| 2970 Pestalozzi || 1978 UC || Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746–1827), Swiss educational reformer || {{MPC|2970}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2970|2970}}

|-id=971

| 2971 Mohr || 1980 YL || Josef M. Mohr (1901–1979), Czech astronomer || {{MPC|2971}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2971|2971}}

|-id=972

| 2972 Niilo || 1939 TB || Niilo Anselmi Väisälä, great-grandson of the Finish discoverer, Yrjö Väisälä || {{MPC|2972}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2972|2972}}

|-id=973

| 2973 Paola || 1951 AJ || Her Majesty Queen Paola of Belgium (born 1937; née Ruffo di Calabria) || {{MPC|2973}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2973|2973}}

|-id=974

| 2974 Holden || 1955 QK || Edward S. Holden (1846–1914), American astronomer || {{MPC|2974}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2974|2974}}

|-id=975

| 2975 Spahr || {{mp|1970 AF|1}} || Timothy B. Spahr (born 1970), American astronomer || {{MPC|2975}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2975|2975}}

|-id=976

| 2976 Lautaro || 1974 HR || Lautaro (c. 1534–1557), leader of the Araucanians of Chile || {{MPC|2976}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2976|2976}}

|-id=977

| 2977 Chivilikhin || 1974 SP || {{Ill|Vladimir Alekseevich Chivilikhin|ru|Чивилихин, Владимир Алексеевич}} (1928–1984), Russian author || {{MPC|2977}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2977|2977}}

|-id=978

| 2978 Roudebush || 1978 SR || Susan Roudebush, astronomical administrator || {{MPC|2978}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2978|2978}}

|-id=979

| 2979 Murmansk || {{mp|1978 TB|7}} || The port city of Murmansk in Russia || {{MPC|2979}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2979|2979}}

|-id=980

| 2980 Cameron || {{mp|1981 EU|17}} || Alastair G. W. Cameron (1925–2005), Canadian astrophysicist || {{MPC|2980}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2980|2980}}

|-id=981

| 2981 Chagall || {{mp|1981 EE|20}} || Marc Chagall (1887–1985), Belarusian artist || {{MPC|2981}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2981|2981}}

|-id=982

| 2982 Muriel || {{mp|1981 JA|3}} || Muriel May Scott Shoemaker, mother-in-law of American astronomer Carolyn S. Shoemaker, who discovered this minor planet || {{MPC|2982}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2982|2982}}

|-id=983

| 2983 Poltava || {{mp|1981 RW|2}} || Poltava, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine) || {{MPC|2983}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2983|2983}}

|-id=984

| 2984 Chaucer || 1981 YD || Geoffrey Chaucer (1343–1400), English poet and author || {{MPC|2984}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2984|2984}}

|-id=985

| 2985 Shakespeare || {{mp|1983 TV|1}} || William Shakespeare (1564–1616), English playwright || {{MPC|2985}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2985|2985}}

|-id=986

| 2986 Mrinalini || 2525 P-L || Mrinalini Sarabhai (1918–2016), classical Indian dancer and choreographer || {{MPC|2986}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2986|2986}}

|-id=987

| 2987 Sarabhai || 4583 P-L || Vikram Sarabhai (1919–1971), Indian space scientist || {{MPC|2987}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2987|2987}}

|-id=988

| 2988 Korhonen || 1943 EM || Tapio Korhonen, Finnish maker of telescopes and optics. He created the optical system of the Nordic Optical Telescope. || {{MPC|2988}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2988|2988}}

|-id=989

| 2989 Imago || {{mp|1976 UF|1}} || The Latin word for 'image' || {{MPC|2989}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2989|2989}}

|-id=990

| 2990 Trimberger || {{mp|1981 EN|27}} || Stephen Trimberger (born 1955), American astronomer and computer scientist || {{MPC|2990}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2990|2990}}

|-id=991

| 2991 Bilbo || 1982 HV || Bilbo Baggins, character in The Lord of the Rings || {{MPC|2991}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2991|2991}}

|-id=992

| 2992 Vondel || 2540 P-L || Joost van den Vondel (1587–1679), Dutch poet and playwright || {{MPC|2992}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2992|2992}}

|-id=993

| 2993 Wendy || 1970 PA || Wendy, wife of astronomer Peter Birch. This was the first discovered made at the Bickley-Perth Observatory || {{MPC|2993}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2993|2993}}

|-id=994

| 2994 Flynn || 1975 PA || Vicki Marie Flynn, wife of Mike Candy, who was a staff member at the Bickley-Perth Observatory || {{MPC|2994}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2994|2994}}

|-id=995

| 2995 Taratuta || 1978 QK || Evgeniya Aleksandrovna Taratuta, Soviet writer || {{MPC|2995}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2995|2995}}

|-id=996

| 2996 Bowman || 1954 RJ || Fred N. Bowman, American volunteer astronomer at the Cincinnati Observatory || {{MPC|2996}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2996|2996}}

|-id=997

| 2997 Cabrera || 1974 MJ || Laurentino Ascencio Cabrera (1917–2003), Argentinian astronomer || {{MPC|2997}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2997|2997}}

|-id=998

| 2998 Berendeya || {{mp|1975 TR|3}} || Berendeya, the magical land in The Snow Maiden by Alexander Ostrovsky || {{MPC|2998}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2998|2998}}

|-id=999

| 2999 Dante || 1981 CY || Dante Alighieri (c. 1265–1321), Italian poet from Florence || {{MPC|2999}}{{·}}{{LoMP|2999|2999}}

|-id=000

| 3000 Leonardo || {{mp|1981 EG|19}} || Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), Italian genius from Florence || {{MPC|3000}}{{·}}{{LoMP|3000|3000}}

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