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340 Eduarda Eduarda (minor planet designation: 340 Eduarda) is a main belt asteroid that was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on 25 September 1892 in Heidelberg. It was named after German banker and amateur astronomer Heinrich Eduard von Lade. Ph ...
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Heinrich Eduard von Lade Heinrich Eduard von Lade (24 February 1817 – 7 August 1904) was a German banker and amateur astronomer. He was born in Geisenheim, located along the banks of the Rhine river, the son of a wine merchant. He worked as a banker and exporter in ...
, German) * 792 Metcalfia (
Joel Hastings Metcalf Joel Hastings Metcalf (January 4, 1866 – February 23, 1925) was an American astronomer, humanitarian and minister. Reverend Metcalf graduated from Harvard Divinity School in 1892. He served as a Unitarian minister in Burlington, Vermont and i ...
, American) *
828 Lindemannia 828 Lindemannia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun with an orbital period of five years and 255 days. It was discovered on 29 August 1916 at the University of Vienna by Johann Palisa. It is named after Adolph Friedrich Lindemann, a British astr ...
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Adolph Friedrich Lindemann Adolph Friedrich Lindemann (13 May 1846 – 25 August 1931) was a British engineer, businessman, and amateur astronomer of German origin. Life Lindemann was born in the Palatinate to a Roman Catholic family established in Alsace-Lorraine under ...
, German-British) * 1955 McMath (
Robert Raynolds McMath Robert Raynolds McMath (May 11, 1891 – January 2, 1962) was a U.S. solar astronomer. Robert R. McMath (1891-1962) was a bridge engineer, businessman, and astronomer. Robert's father, Francis C. McMath, had made a fortune as a bridge build ...
, American) * 2602 Moore (Sir
Patrick Moore Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore (; 4 March 1923 – 9 December 2012) was an English amateur astronomer who attained prominence in that field as a writer, researcher, radio commentator and television presenter. Moore was president of the Bri ...
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3184 Raab 3184 Raab, provisional designation , is a dark background asteroid and a potentially slow rotator from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 22 August 1949, by South African astronomer Ernest ...
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Herbert Raab Herbert Raab (born 24 January 1969 in Linz, Austria) is an Austrian software engineer, amateur astronomer and discoverer of astronomical objects. Biography Raab finished his studies of computer science at the Johannes Kepler University of Linz ...
, Austrian) * 4143 Huziak ( Richard Huziak, Canadian) * 6822 Horálek (
Petr Horálek Petr Horálek (born July 21, 1986) is a Czech astrophotographer, popularizer of astronomy and an artist. Astronomy and Astrophotography Early life He worked as a volunteer of the Pardubice observatory in 1999–2010 and studied Theoreti ...
, Czech) *
9121 Stefanovalentini 91 may refer to: Years * 91 BC * AD 91 * 1991 * 2091 * etc. Transportation * List of highways numbered * 91 Line, a rail line * Saab 91, an aircraft Other uses * 91 (number) * '' 91:an'', a Swedish comic * ''91'', a 2017 album by Jamie Grace * ...
(Stefano Valentini, Italian) * 12787 Abetadashi (Tadashi Abe, Japanese) * 13624 Abeosamu (Osamu Abe, Japanese) * 16217 Peterbroughton (Peter Broughton, Canadian) * 23771 Emaitchar (Martin H. Robinson, British) *
22406 Garyboyle 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest ...
(Gary Boyle, Canadian) * 24898 Alanholmes (Alan W. Holmes, American) * 29483 Boeker (Karolin Kleemann-Boeker and Andreas Boeker, German) *
32622 Yuewaichun 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societie ...
(Wai Chun Yue, Hongkonger) * 35461 Mazzucato ( Michele T. Mazzucato, Italian) *
37729 Akiratakao __NOTOC__ Year 377 ( CCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Merobaudes (or, less frequently, year 11 ...
(Akira Takao, Japanese) *
49109 Agnesraab __NOTOC__ Year 491 ( CDXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Olybrius without colleague (or, less frequently, year 12 ...
(Agnes Raab, Austrian) *
60406 Albertosuci 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second smal ...
(Alberto Suci, Italian) *
103422 Laurisirén 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. ...
(Lauri Sirén, Finnish) * 117032 Davidlane (Dave Lane, Canadian) * 144907 Whitehorne (Mary Lou Whitehorne, Canadian) * 161693 Attilladanko (Attilla Danko, Canadian) * 171153 Allanrahill (Allan Rahill, Canadian) * 260235 Attwood (Randy Attwood, Canadian) * 263906 Yuanfengfang (Fengfang Yuan, Chinese)


Professional

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107 Camilla Camilla (minor planet designation: 107 Camilla) is one of the largest asteroids from the outermost edge of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It is a member of the Sylvia family and located within the Cybele group. It was discovered ...
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Camille Flammarion Nicolas Camille Flammarion FRAS (; 26 February 1842 – 3 June 1925) was a French astronomer and author. He was a prolific author of more than fifty titles, including popular science works about astronomy, several notable early science ficti ...
; also Camilla, mythological
Volsci The Volsci (, , ) were an Italic tribe, well known in the history of the first century of the Roman Republic. At the time they inhabited the partly hilly, partly marshy district of the south of Latium, bounded by the Aurunci and Samnites on the ...
an queen) * 162 Laurentia (
Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent (or Joseph Laurent) (died 1900) was a French amateur astronomer and chemist who discovered the asteroid 51 Nemausa in 1858, for which he was a recipient of the Lalande Prize awarded by the French Academ ...
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238 Hypatia Hypatia (minor planet designation: 238 Hypatia) is a very large main-belt asteroid that was discovered by Russian astronomer Viktor Knorre on July 1, 1884, in Berlin. It was the third of his four asteroid discoveries. The name was given in honour ...
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Hypatia Hypatia, Koine pronunciation (born 350–370; died 415 AD) was a neoplatonist philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician, who lived in Alexandria, Egypt, then part of the Eastern Roman Empire. She was a prominent thinker in Alexandria where ...
) * 281 Lucretia ( Caroline Lucretia Herschel) *
339 Dorothea Dorothea (minor planet designation: 339 Dorothea) is a large main belt asteroid that was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on 25 September 1892 in Heidelberg. This is a member of the dynamic Eos family The Eos family (''adj. Eoan'' ; ) is ...
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Dorothea Klumpke Dorothea Klumpke Roberts (August 9, 1861 in San Francisco – October 5, 1942 in San Francisco) was an American astronomer. She was Director of the Bureau of Measurements at the Paris Observatory and was made a Chevalier de la Légion d'Honn ...
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349 Dembowska Dembowska (minor planet designation: 349 Dembowska) is a large asteroid of the main belt, discovered on 9 December 1892, by the French astronomer Auguste Charlois while working at the observatory in Nice, France. It is named in honor of the Baro ...
( Ercole Dembowski) *
366 Vincentina Vincentina (minor planet designation: 366 Vincentina) is a fairly large main belt asteroid. Vincentina was discovered on 21 March 1893 by Auguste Charlois, and named after Vincenzo Cerulli, an Italian astronomer An astronomer is a scientist i ...
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Vincenzo Cerulli Vincenzo Cerulli (20 April 1859 – 30 May 1927) was an Italian astronomer and founder of the Collurania-Teramo Observatory in Teramo, central Italy, where he was born. He earned a degree in physics from the Sapienza University of Rome in 1881 ...
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511 Davida Davida (minor planet designation: 511 Davida) is a large C-type asteroid. It is the one of the largest asteroids; approximately tied for 7th place, to within measurement uncertainties, and the 5th or 6th most massive. It was discovered by R. S. ...
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David Peck Todd David Peck Todd (March 19, 1855 — June 1, 1939) was an American astronomer. He produced a complete set of photographs of the 1882 transit of Venus. Biography Todd was born in Lake Ridge, New York, the son of Sereno Edwards Todd and Rhoda (Pec ...
) * 676 Melitta ( Philibert Jacques Melotte) * 729 Watsonia (
James Craig Watson James Craig Watson (January 28, 1838 – November 22, 1880) was a Canadian-American astronomer, discoverer of comets and minor planets, director of the University of Michigan's Detroit Observatory in Ann Arbor, and awarded with the Lalande Priz ...
) * 761 Brendelia ( Martin Brendel) *
767 Bondia 767 Bondia ('' prov. designation:'' ''or'' ) is a Themis asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 23 September 1913, by American astronomer Joel Hastings Metcalf at his observatory ...
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William Cranch Bond William Cranch Bond (September 9, 1789 – January 29, 1859) was an American astronomer, and the first director of Harvard College Observatory. Upbringing William Cranch Bond was born in Falmouth, Maine (near Portland) on September 9, 1789. ...
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George Phillips Bond George Phillips Bond (May 20, 1825February 17, 1865) was an American astronomer. He was the son of William Cranch Bond. Some sources give his year of birth as 1826. His early interest was in nature and birds, but after his elder brother Willia ...
) * 768 Struveana (
Otto Wilhelm von Struve Otto Wilhelm von Struve (May 7, 1819 (Julian calendar: April 25) – April 14, 1905) was a Russian astronomer of Baltic German origins. In Russian, his name is normally given as Otto Vasil'evich Struve (Отто Васильевич Струв ...
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Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (russian: link=no, Василий Яковлевич Струве, trans. ''Vasily Yakovlevich Struve''; 15 April 1793 – ) was a Baltic German astronomer and geodesist from the famous Struve family. He is be ...
and Karl Hermann Struve) *
784 Pickeringia 784 Pickeringia ('' prov. designation:'' ''or'' ) is a large background asteroid, approximately in diameter, located in the outer region of the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 20 March 1914, by American astronomer Joel Hastings Metcalf at ...
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Edward Charles Pickering Edward Charles Pickering (July 19, 1846 – February 3, 1919) was an American astronomer and physicist and the older brother of William Henry Pickering. Along with Carl Vogel, Pickering discovered the first spectroscopic binary stars. He wrote ' ...
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William Henry Pickering William Henry Pickering (February 15, 1858 – January 16, 1938) was an American astronomer. Pickering constructed and established several observatories or astronomical observation stations, notably including Percival Lowell's Flagstaff Obser ...
) * 786 Bredichina ( Fyodor Aleksandrovich Bredikhin) * 806 Gyldenia ( Hugo Gyldén) * 818 Kapteynia (
Jacobus Kapteyn Prof Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn FRS FRSE LLD (19 January 1851 – 18 June 1922) was a Dutch astronomer. He carried out extensive studies of the Milky Way and was the discoverer of evidence for galactic rotation. Kapteyn was also among the f ...
) * 819 Barnardiana ( Edward Emerson Barnard) * 827 Wolfiana (
Max Wolf Maximilian Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf (21 June 1863 – 3 October 1932) was a German astronomer and a pioneer in the field of astrophotography. He was the chairman of astronomy at the University of Heidelberg and director of the Heidelberg-K ...
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834 Burnhamia 834 Burnhamia ( ''prov. designation'': ''or'' ) is a large background asteroid, approximately in diameter, that is located in the outer region of the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 20 September 1916, by German astronomer Max Wolf at the H ...
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Sherburne Wesley Burnham Sherburne Wesley Burnham (December 12, 1838 – March 11, 1921) was an American astronomer. For more than 50 years Burnham spent all his free time observing the heavens, mainly concerning himself with binary stars. Biography Sherburne ...
) * 854 Frostia (
Edwin Brant Frost Edwin Brant Frost II (July 14, 1866 – May 14, 1935) was an American astronomer. Biography He was born in Brattleboro, Vermont. His father, Carlton Pennington Frost, was dean of Dartmouth Medical School. Frost graduated from Dartmouth in ...
) * 855 Newcombia (
Simon Newcomb Simon Newcomb (March 12, 1835 – July 11, 1909) was a Canadian–American astronomer, applied mathematician, and autodidactic polymath. He served as Professor of Mathematics in the United States Navy and at Johns Hopkins University. Born in N ...
) * 856 Backlunda ( Oskar Backlund) * 857 Glasenappia (
Sergey Glazenap Sergey Pavlovich Glazenap (russian: Серге́й Павлович Глазенап; 13(25) September 1848 - 12 April 1937) was a Russian and Soviet astronomer, honorary member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences (1929), and Hero of Socialist Labo ...
) * 872 Holda ( Edward S. Holden) * 892 Seeligeria (
Hugo von Seeliger Hugo von Seeliger (23 September 1849 – 2 December 1924), also known as Hugo Hans Ritter von Seeliger, was a German astronomer, often considered the most important astronomer of his day. Biography He was born in Biala, completed high school in ...
) * 914 Palisana (
Johann Palisa Johann Palisa (6 December 1848 – 2 May 1925) was an Austrian astronomer, born in Troppau, Austrian Silesia, now Czech Republic. He was a prolific discoverer of asteroids, discovering 122 in all, from 136 Austria in 1874 to 1073 G ...
) * 993 Moultona (
Forest Ray Moulton Forest Ray Moulton (April 29, 1872 – December 7, 1952) was an American astronomer. Biography He was born in Le Roy, Michigan, and was educated at Albion College. After graduating in 1894 ( A.B.), he performed his graduate studies at the Uni ...
) * 995 Sternberga ( Pavel Shternberg) *
999 Zachia 999 Zachia is a main-belt asteroid that was discovered by German astronomer Karl W. Reinmuth in 1923 and named after Hungarian astronomer Franz Xaver von Zach. Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 1999 show a rotation per ...
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Franz Xaver, Baron von Zach Baron Franz Xaver von Zach (''Franz Xaver Freiherr von Zach''; 4 June 1754 – 2 September 1832) was a Hungarian astronomer born at Pest, Hungary (now Budapest in Hungary). Biography Zach studied physics at the Royal University of Pest, and s ...
) * 1000 Piazzia (
Giuseppe Piazzi Giuseppe Piazzi ( , ; 16 July 1746 – 22 July 1826) was an Italian Catholic priest of the Theatine order, mathematician, and astronomer. He established an observatory at Palermo, now the '' Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo – Giuseppe S ...
, discoverer of the asteroid
1 Ceres Ceres (; minor-planet designation: 1 Ceres) is a dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. It was the first asteroid discovered, on 1 January 1801, by Giuseppe Piazzi at Palermo Astronomical Observatory in Sic ...
) * 1002 Olbersia (
Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (; ; 11 October 1758 – 2 March 1840) was a German physician and astronomer. Life and career Olbers was born in Arbergen, Germany, today part of Bremen, and studied to be a physician at Göttingen (1777–80 ...
) * 1004 Belopolskya (
Aristarkh Belopolsky Aristarkh Apollonovich Belopolsky (Аристарх Аполлонович Белопольский) (, Moscow – 16 May 1934, Pulkovo (Saint Petersburg), Pulkovo, Leningrad Oblast, Leningrad) was a Russian astronomer. He was born in Moscow ...
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1021 Flammario 1021 Flammario, provisional designation , is a dark background asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 11 March 1924, by German astronomer Max Wolf at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl St ...
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Camille Flammarion Nicolas Camille Flammarion FRAS (; 26 February 1842 – 3 June 1925) was a French astronomer and author. He was a prolific author of more than fifty titles, including popular science works about astronomy, several notable early science ficti ...
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1024 Hale 1024 Hale, provisional designation , is a carbonaceous background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. The asteroid was discovered on 2 December 1923, by Belgian–American astronomer George Van Biesbro ...
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George Ellery Hale George Ellery Hale (June 29, 1868 – February 21, 1938) was an American solar astronomer, best known for his discovery of magnetic fields in sunspots, and as the leader or key figure in the planning or construction of several world-lead ...
) * 1040 Klumpkea (
Dorothea Klumpke Dorothea Klumpke Roberts (August 9, 1861 in San Francisco – October 5, 1942 in San Francisco) was an American astronomer. She was Director of the Bureau of Measurements at the Paris Observatory and was made a Chevalier de la Légion d'Honn ...
) * 1111 Reinmuthia (
Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth (4 April 1892 in Heidelberg – 6 May 1979 in Heidelberg) was a German astronomer and a prolific discoverer of 395 minor planets. Scientific career From 1912 to 1957, Reinmuth was working as an astronomer at the Heide ...
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1120 Cannonia 1120 Cannonia, provisional designation , is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 10 kilometers in diameter. Discovered by Pelageya Shajn at Simeiz in 1928, it was named after American astronomer Anni ...
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Annie Jump Cannon Annie Jump Cannon (; December 11, 1863 – April 13, 1941) was an American astronomer whose cataloging work was instrumental in the development of contemporary stellar classification. With Edward C. Pickering, she is credited with the creation of ...
) * 1123 Shapleya (
Harlow Shapley Harlow Shapley (November 2, 1885 – October 20, 1972) was an American scientist, head of the Harvard College Observatory (1921–1952), and political activist during the latter New Deal and Fair Deal. Shapley used Cepheid variable stars to estim ...
) * 1129 Neujmina (
Grigory Neujmin Grigory Nikolayevich Neujmin (russian: Григорий Николаевич Неуймин; – 17 December 1946) was a Georgian–Russian astronomer, native of Tbilisi in Georgia, and a discoverer of numerous minor planets as well as 6 periodi ...
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1134 Kepler 1134 Kepler, provisional designation , is a stony asteroid and eccentric Mars-crosser from the asteroid belt, approximately 4 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 25 September 1929, by German astronomer Max Wolf at Heidelberg Observatory i ...
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Johannes Kepler Johannes Kepler (; ; 27 December 1571 – 15 November 1630) was a German astronomer, mathematician, astrologer, natural philosopher and writer on music. He is a key figure in the 17th-century Scientific Revolution, best known for his laws ...
) * 1186 Turnera (
Herbert Hall Turner Herbert Hall Turner (13 August 1861 – 20 August 1930) was a British astronomer and seismologist. Biography Herbert Hall Turner was educated at the Leeds Modern School, Clifton College, Bristol and Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1884 he ...
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1215 Boyer 1215 Boyer, provisional designation , is a stony Eunomian asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 20 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by astronomer Alfred Schmitt in 1932, who named it after French astronome ...
( Louis Boyer) * 1239 Queteleta (
Adolphe Quetelet Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet FRSF or FRSE (; 22 February 1796 – 17 February 1874) was a Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist who founded and directed the Brussels Observatory and was influential in intro ...
) * 1241 Dysona (Sir Frank Watson Dyson) *
1303 Luthera 1303 Luthera, provisional designation , is a dark asteroid and the parent body of the Luthera family, located in the outermost regions of the asteroid belt. It measures approximately 90 kilometers in diameter. The asteroid was discovered on 16 M ...
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Karl Theodor Robert Luther Karl Theodor Robert Luther (April 16, 1822, Świdnica – February 15, 1900 Düsseldorf), normally published as Robert Luther, was a German astronomer. While working at the Bilk Observatory in Düsseldorf, Germany, he searched for asteroids and ...
) * 1322 Coppernicus (
Nicolaus Copernicus Nicolaus Copernicus (; pl, Mikołaj Kopernik; gml, Niklas Koppernigk, german: Nikolaus Kopernikus; 19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543) was a Renaissance polymath, active as a mathematician, astronomer, and Catholic canon, who formulat ...
) * 1412 Lagrula ( Joanny-Philippe Lagrula) * 1455 Mitchella (
Maria Mitchell Maria Mitchell (Help:IPA/English, /məˈraɪə/; August 1, 1818 – June 28, 1889) was an American astronomer, librarian, naturalist, and educator. In 1847, she discovered a comet named 1847 VI (modern designation C/1847 T1) that was later kno ...
) * 1501 Baade (
Walter Baade Wilhelm Heinrich Walter Baade (March 24, 1893 – June 25, 1960) was a German astronomer who worked in the United States from 1931 to 1959. Biography The son of a teacher, Baade finished school in 1912. He then studied maths, physics and astr ...
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1510 Charlois 1510 Charlois, provisional designation , is a carbonaceous Eunomia asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt, approximately 24 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 22 February 1939, by French astronomer André Patry at Nice Ob ...
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Auguste Charlois Auguste Honoré Charlois (November 26, 1864 – March 26, 1910) was a French astronomer who discovered 99 asteroids while working at the Nice Observatory in southeastern France. Asteroid Discovery His first discovery was the asteroid 267 Tir ...
) * 1529 Oterma (
Liisi Oterma Liisi Oterma (; 6 January 1915 – 4 April 2001) was a Finnish astronomer, the first woman to get a Ph.D. degree in astronomy in Finland. She studied mathematics and astronomy at the University of Turku, and soon became Yrjö Väisälä's a ...
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1539 Borrelly __NOTOC__ Year 1539 ( MDXXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January – Toungoo–Hanthawaddy War – Battle of Naungyo, Burm ...
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Alphonse Louis Nicolas Borrelly Alphonse Louis Nicolas Borrelly (December 8, 1842 – February 28, 1926) was a French astronomer. He joined the Marseille Observatory in 1864. In the course of his career, he discovered a number of asteroids and comets, including the periodic c ...
) * 1551 Argelander (
Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander (22 March 1799 – 17 February 1875) was a German astronomer. He is known for his determinations of stellar brightnesses, positions, and distances. Life and work Argelander was born in Memel in the Kingd ...
) * 1573 Väisälä (
Yrjö Väisälä Yrjö Väisälä (; 6 September 1891 – 21 July 1971) was a Finnish astronomer and physicist. His main contributions were in the field of optics. He was also active in geodetics, astronomy and optical metrology. He had an affectionate ni ...
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1578 Kirkwood 1578 Kirkwood, provisional designation , is a Hilda asteroid from the outermost regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 52 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 10 January 1951, by astronomers of the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe L ...
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Daniel Kirkwood Daniel Kirkwood (September 27, 1814 – June 11, 1895) was an American astronomer. Kirkwood was born in Harford County, Maryland to John and Agnes (née Hope) Kirkwood. He graduated in mathematics from the York County Academy in York, Pennsylv ...
) * 1591 Baize ( Paul Baize) * 1594 Danjon ( André-Louis Danjon) * 1600 Vyssotsky ( Emma T. R. Williams Vyssotsky) *
1601 Patry Sixteen or 16 may refer to: *16 (number), the natural number following 15 and preceding 17 *one of the years 16 BC, AD 16, 1916, 2016 Films * ''Pathinaaru'' or ''Sixteen'', a 2010 Tamil film * ''Sixteen'' (1943 film), a 1943 Argentine film dir ...
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André Patry André Patry (22 November 1902 – 20 June 1960) was a French astronomer and discoverer of 9 minor planets in the late 1930s. Patry was orphaned at a young age, and began working as a 17-year-old at the Nice Observatory in southeastern France. ...
) * 1614 Goldschmidt ( Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt) *
1622 Chacornac 1622 Chacornac, provisional designation , is a stony Flora asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 9 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 15 March 1952, by French astronomer Alfred Schmitt at the Royal Observat ...
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Jean Chacornac Jean Chacornac (21 June 1823 – 23 September 1873) was a French astronomer and discoverer of a comet and several asteroids. He was born in Lyon and died in Saint-Jean-en-Royans, southeastern France. Working in Marseille and Paris, he discove ...
) * 1637 Swings (
Pol Swings Pol F. Swings (24 September 1906 – 28 October 1983) was a Belgian astrophysicist who was known for his studies of the composition and structure of stars and comets. He used spectroscopy to identify the elements in astronomical bodies, and, i ...
) * 1642 Hill (
George William Hill George William Hill (March 3, 1838 – April 16, 1914) was an American astronomer and mathematician. Working independently and largely in isolation from the wider scientific community, he made major contributions to celestial mechanics and t ...
) * 1655 Comas Solà ( Josep Comas Solá) * 1686 De Sitter ( Willem de Sitter) *
1677 Tycho Brahe 1677 Tycho Brahe, provisional designation , is a stony Marian asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 6 September 1940, by Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku Observatory i ...
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Tycho Brahe Tycho Brahe ( ; born Tyge Ottesen Brahe; generally called Tycho (14 December 154624 October 1601) was a Danish astronomer, known for his comprehensive astronomical observations, generally considered to be the most accurate of his time. He was ...
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1691 Oort 1691 Oort, provisional designation , is a rare-type carbonaceous Themistian asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 33 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 9 September 1956, by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth an ...
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Jan Oort Jan Hendrik Oort ( or ; 28 April 1900 – 5 November 1992) was a Dutch astronomer who made significant contributions to the understanding of the Milky Way and who was a pioneer in the field of radio astronomy. His ''New York Times'' obituary ...
) * 1693 Hertzsprung (
Ejnar Hertzsprung Ejnar Hertzsprung (; Copenhagen, 8 October 1873 – 21 October 1967, Roskilde) was a Danish chemist and astronomer. Career Hertzsprung was born in Frederiksberg, Denmark, the son of Severin and Henriette. He studied chemical engineering at Cop ...
) * 1714 Sy ( Frédéric Sy) *
1741 Giclas 1741 Giclas ( ''prov. designation'': ) is a stony Koronis asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 13 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 26 January 1960, by IU's Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observa ...
( Henry L. Giclas) * 1743 Schmidt (
Bernhard Schmidt Bernhard Woldemar Schmidt (, Nargen – 1 December 1935, Hamburg) was an Estonian optician. In 1930 he invented the Schmidt telescope which corrected for the optical errors of spherical aberration, coma, and astigmatism, making possible for t ...
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1745 Ferguson Events January–March * January 7 – War of the Austrian Succession: The Austrian Army, under the command of Field Marshal Károly József Batthyány, makes a surprise attack at Amberg and the winter quarters of the Bavari ...
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James Ferguson James Ferguson may refer to: Entertainment * Jim Ferguson (born 1948), American jazz and classical guitarist * Jim Ferguson, American guitarist, past member of Lotion * Jim Ferguson, American movie critic, Board of Directors member for the Broadc ...
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1761 Edmondson 1761 Edmondson, provisional designation , is a dark background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 21 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 30 March 1952, by the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observ ...
( Frank K. Edmondson) *
1766 Slipher 1766 Slipher, provisional designation , is a Paduan asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 18 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 7 September 1962, by astronomers of the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Li ...
( V. M. Slipher and E. C. Slipher) * 1776 Kuiper (
Gerard Kuiper Gerard Peter Kuiper (; ; born Gerrit Pieter Kuiper; 7 December 1905 – 23 December 1973) was a Dutch astronomer, planetary scientist, selenographer, author and professor. He is the eponymous namesake of the Kuiper belt. Kuiper is ...
) * 1778 Alfvén ( Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén) * 1780 Kippes (
Otto Kippes Otto Kippes (23 July 1905 – 2 February 1994) was a Germans, German Roman Catholic Church, Catholic priest and amateur astronomy, amateur astronomer, born in Bamberg, Bavaria. He was acknowledged especially for his work in asteroid orbit calculati ...
) * 1803 Zwicky (
Fritz Zwicky Fritz Zwicky (; ; February 14, 1898 – February 8, 1974) was a Swiss astronomer. He worked most of his life at the California Institute of Technology in the United States of America, where he made many important contributions in theoretical an ...
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1830 Pogson 1830 Pogson, provisional designation , is a stony Florian asteroid and an asynchronous binary system from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 17 April 1968, by Swiss astronomer Paul Wild at th ...
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Norman Robert Pogson Norman Robert Pogson, CIE (23 March 1829 – 23 June 1891) was an English astronomer who worked in India at the Madras observatory. He discovered several minor planets and made observations on comets. He introduced a mathematical scale of stel ...
) * 1831 Nicholson (
Seth Barnes Nicholson Seth Barnes Nicholson (November 12, 1891 – July 2, 1963) was an American astronomer. He worked at the Lick observatory in California, and is known for discovering several moons of Jupiter in the 20th century. Nicholson was born in Springfield, ...
) * 1832 Mrkos ( Antonín Mrkos) * 1846 Bengt (
Bengt Strömgren Bengt Georg Daniel Strömgren (21 January 1908 – 4 July 1987) was a Danish astronomer and astrophysicist. Life and career Bengt Strömgren was born in Gothenburg. His parents were Hedvig Strömgren (née Lidforss) and Elis Strömgren, who ...
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1850 Kohoutek 1850 Kohoutek, provisional designation , is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6 kilometers in diameter. It was named after Czech astronomer Luboš Kohoutek. Discovery ''Kohoutek'' was discovere ...
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Luboš Kohoutek Luboš Kohoutek (, born 29 January 1935) is a Czech astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets and comets, including Comet Kohoutek which was visible to the naked eye in 1973. He also discovered a large number of planetary nebulae. Biography ...
) * 1851 Lacroute ( Pierre Lacroute French astronomer) * 1877 Marsden (
Brian G. Marsden Brian Geoffrey Marsden (5 August 1937 – 18 November 2010) was a British astronomer and the longtime director of the Minor Planet Center (MPC) at the Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian (director emeritus from 2006 to 2010). ...
) * 1886 Lowell (
Percival Lowell Percival Lowell (; March 13, 1855 – November 12, 1916) was an American businessman, author, mathematician, and astronomer who fueled speculation that there were canals on Mars, and furthered theories of a ninth planet within the Solar System. ...
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1896 Beer Events January–March * January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers. * January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. * January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wil ...
( Wilhelm Beer) * 1913 Sekanina ( Zdeněk Sekanina) * 1940 Whipple (
Fred Lawrence Whipple Fred Lawrence Whipple (November 5, 1906 – August 30, 2004) was an American astronomer, who worked at the Harvard College Observatory for more than 70 years. Amongst his achievements were asteroid and comet discoveries, the " dirty snowball" h ...
) * 1965 van de Kamp ( Peter van de Kamp) * 1983 Bok ( Bart Bok) * 1995 Hajek ( Tadeáš Hájek) *
1998 Titius 1998 Titius, provisional designation , is a metallic–carbonaceous asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 14 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 24 February 1938, by German astronomer Alfred Bohrmann at Hei ...
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Johann Daniel Titius Johann Daniel Titius (born Johann Daniel Tietz(e), 2 January 1729 – 16 December 1796) was a German astronomer and a professor at Wittenberg.
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1999 Hirayama 1999 Hirayama (Minor planet provisional designation, ''prov. designation'': ) is a dark background asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 27 February 1973, by Czech astronomer Luboš ...
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Kiyotsugu Hirayama was a Japanese astronomer, best known for his discovery that many asteroid orbits were more similar to one another than chance would allow, leading to the concept of asteroid families, now called "Hirayama families" in his honour. Biography H ...
) * 2000 Herschel (
William Herschel Frederick William Herschel (; german: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel; 15 November 1738 – 25 August 1822) was a German-born British astronomer and composer. He frequently collaborated with his younger sister and fellow astronomer Caroline ...
) * 2003 Harding (
Karl Ludwig Harding Karl Ludwig Harding (29 September 1765 – 31 August 1834) was a German astronomer, who discovered 3 Juno, the third asteroid of the main-belt in 1804. The lunar crater '' Harding'' and the asteroid 2003 Harding are named in his honor. ...
) * 2005 Hencke (
Karl Ludwig Hencke Karl Ludwig Hencke (8 April 1793 – 21 September 1866) was a German amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets. He is sometimes confused with Johann Franz Encke, another German astronomer. Biography Hencke was born in Driesen, Branden ...
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2012 Guo Shou-Jing 2012 Guo Shou-Jing, provisional designation , is a carbonaceous asteroid and Florian interloper from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 13 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 9 October 1964, by astronomers at the Purple ...
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Guo Shoujing Guo Shoujing (, 1231–1316), courtesy name Ruosi (), was a Chinese astronomer, hydraulic engineer, mathematician, and politician of the Yuan dynasty. The later Johann Adam Schall von Bell (1591–1666) was so impressed with the preserved astr ...
) * 2018 Schuster (
Hans-Emil Schuster Hans-Emil Schuster (born September 19, 1934 in Hamburg) is a German astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets and comets, who retired in October 1991. He worked at Hamburg Observatory at Bergedorf and European Southern Observatory (ESO), ...
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2069 Hubble 2069 Hubble, provisional designation , is a carbonaceous asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 40 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 29 March 1955, by the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory, ...
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Edwin Hubble Edwin Powell Hubble (November 20, 1889 – September 28, 1953) was an American astronomer. He played a crucial role in establishing the fields of extragalactic astronomy and observational cosmology. Hubble proved that many objects previousl ...
) * 2074 Shoemaker (
Eugene Shoemaker Eugene Merle Shoemaker (April 28, 1928 – July 18, 1997) was an American geologist. He co-discovered Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 with his wife Carolyn S. Shoemaker and David H. Levy. This comet hit Jupiter in July 1994: the impact was televise ...
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2097 Galle 97 may refer to: * 97 (number) Years * 97 BC * AD 97 * 1997 * 2097 Other uses * 97%, the figure from a seminal study of scientific consensus on climate change (i.e. 97% of surveyed articles on climate change agreed that humans are causing globa ...
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Johann Gottfried Galle Johann Gottfried Galle (9 June 1812 – 10 July 1910) was a German astronomer from Radis, Germany, at the Berlin Observatory who, on 23 September 1846, with the assistance of student Heinrich Louis d'Arrest, was the first person to view the pl ...
) * 2099 Öpik (
Ernst Julius Öpik Ernst is both a surname and a given name, the German, Dutch, and Scandinavian form of Ernest. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Adolf Ernst (1832–1899) German botanist known by the author abbreviation "Ernst" * Anton Ernst (1975 ...
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2126 Gerasimovich 2126 Gerasimovich, provisional designation , is a stony background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 8 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 30 August 1970, by Soviet astronomer Tamara Smirnova at the Crime ...
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Boris Gerasimovich Boris Petrovich Gerasimovich (russian: Борис Петрович Герасимович; – June 1937) was a Russian and Soviet astronomer and astrophysicist. Biography Gerasimovich was born in Kremenchuk (now in Poltava Oblast, Ukraine ...
) * 2136 Jugta ( Jay U. Gunter) * 2165 Young ( Charles Augustus Young) * 2198 Ceplecha ( Zdeněk Ceplecha) *
2227 Otto Struve 2227 Otto Struve, provisional designation , is an asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 4.7 kilometers in diameter. The asteroid was discovered on 13 September 1955, by the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Obs ...
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Otto Struve Otto Struve (August 12, 1897 – April 6, 1963) was a Russian-American astronomer of Baltic German origins. In Russian, his name is sometimes given as Otto Lyudvigovich Struve (Отто Людвигович Струве); however, he spent most o ...
) * 2234 Schmadel (
Lutz Schmadel Lutz Dieter Schmadel (2 July 1942, in Berlin – 21 October 2016) was a German astronomer and a prolific discoverer of asteroids, who worked at the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut (ARI) of the University of Heidelberg. His special interest was t ...
) * 2281 Biela ( Wilhelm von Biela) * 2308 Schilt ( Jan Schilt) *
2325 Chernykh 2325 Chernykh, provisional designation , is a dark Themistian asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 25 September 1979, by Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos at the Klet Observatory in ...
( Lyudmila Ivanovna Chernykh and
Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh (russian: Никола́й Степа́нович Черны́х) (6 October 1931 – 25 May 2004Казакова, Р.К. Памяти Николая Степановича Черных'. Труды Государст ...
) * 2383 Bradley (
James Bradley James Bradley (1692–1762) was an English astronomer and priest who served as the third Astronomer Royal from 1742. He is best known for two fundamental discoveries in astronomy, the aberration of light (1725–1728), and the nutation of th ...
) * 2439 Ulugbek (
Ulugh Beg Mīrzā Muhammad Tāraghay bin Shāhrukh ( chg, میرزا محمد طارق بن شاہ رخ, fa, میرزا محمد تراغای بن شاہ رخ), better known as Ulugh Beg () (22 March 1394 – 27 October 1449), was a Timurid sultan, as ...
) * 2635 Huggins (
William Huggins Sir William Huggins (7 February 1824 – 12 May 1910) was an English astronomer best known for his pioneering work in astronomical spectroscopy together with his wife, Margaret. Biography William Huggins was born at Cornhill, Middlesex, in ...
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2646 Abetti __NOTOC__ Year 646 ( DCXLVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 646 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era ...
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Antonio Abetti Antonio Abetti (19 June 1846 – 20 February 1928) was an Italian astronomer. Born in San Pietro di Gorizia ( Šempeter-Vrtojba), he earned a degree in mathematics and engineering at the University of Padua. He was married to Giovanna Colba ...
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Giorgio Abetti Prof Giorgio Abetti HFRSE (5 October 1882 – 24 August 1982) was an Italian solar astronomer.G. GodolABETTI, Giorgio Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian) Life He was born in Padua, the son of noted astronomer Antonio Abetti. He w ...
) * 2650 Elinor (Elinor Gates, American astronomer) * 2688 Halley (
Edmond Halley Edmond (or Edmund) Halley (; – ) was an English astronomer, mathematician and physicist. He was the second Astronomer Royal in Britain, succeeding John Flamsteed in 1720. From an observatory he constructed on Saint Helena in 1676–77, H ...
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2709 Sagan 2709 Sagan, provisional designation , is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6.7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 21 March 1982, by American astronomer Edward Bowell at Lowell's Anderso ...
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Carl Sagan Carl Edward Sagan (; ; November 9, 1934December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, planetary scientist, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, and science communicator. His best known scientific contribution is research on ex ...
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2751 Campbell 2751 Campbell, provisional designation , is a stony Nysian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 7 September 1962, by IU's Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Obse ...
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William Wallace Campbell William Wallace Campbell (April 11, 1862 – June 14, 1938) was an American astronomer, and director of Lick Observatory from 1901 to 1930. He specialized in spectroscopy. He was the tenth president of the University of California from 1923 to 1 ...
) * 2772 Dugan ( Raymond Smith Dugan) * 2780 Monnig (
Oscar Monnig Oscar E. Monnig (September 4, 1902 – May 4, 1999) was an American amateur astronomer, acknowledged for his contributions to meteoritics. Private life Monnig was born in Fort Worth, Texas, the United States. In 1925 he received a law de ...
) * 2801 Huygens (
Christiaan Huygens Christiaan Huygens, Lord of Zeelhem, ( , , ; also spelled Huyghens; la, Hugenius; 14 April 1629 – 8 July 1695) was a Dutch mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor, who is regarded as one of the greatest scientists o ...
) * 2813 Zappalà (
Vincenzo Zappalà Vincenzo Zappalà (born 1945) is an Italian astronomer and discoverer of several main-belt asteroids. He is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovered of 9 minor planets. All of his discoveries he made at ESO's Chilean La Silla Ob ...
) * 2842 Unsöld (
Albrecht Unsöld Albrecht Otto Johannes Unsöld (20 April 1905 – 23 September 1995) was a German astrophysicist known for his contributions to spectroscopic analysis of stellar atmospheres. Career Albrecht Unsöld was born in Bolheim, Württemberg, Germany. ...
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2849 Shklovskij __NOTOC__ Year 849 (Roman numerals, DCCCXLIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Summer – Battle of Ostia: A Saracen Arab fleet from Sardi ...
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Iosif Shklovsky Iosif Samuilovich Shklovsky (russian: Ио́сиф Самуи́лович Шкло́вский; sometimes transliterated ''Josif, Josif, Shklovskii, Shklovskij'') (1 July 1916 – 3 March 1985) was a Soviet astronomer and astrophysicist. He ...
) * 2874 Jim Young (
James Whitney Young James Whitney Young (born January 24, 1941) is an American astronomer who worked in the field of asteroid research. After nearly 47 years with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at their Table Mountain Facility, Young retired July 16, 2009. He wa ...
) * 2875 Lagerkvist ( Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist) * 2897 Ole Römer (
Ole Rømer Ole Christensen Rømer (; 25 September 1644 – 19 September 1710) was a Danish astronomer who, in 1676, made the first measurement of the speed of light. Rømer also invented the modern thermometer showing the temperature between two fi ...
) * 2900 Luboš Perek ( Luboš Perek) * 2917 Sawyer Hogg ( Helen Battles Sawyer Hogg) * 2996 Bowman ( Fred N. Bowman) * 3070 Aitken (
Robert Grant Aitken Robert Grant Aitken (December 31, 1864 – October 29, 1951) was an American astronomer. Early life and education Robert Grant Aitken was born in Jackson, California, to Scottish immigrant Robert Aitken and Wilhelmina Depinau. Aitken atten ...
) * 3078 Horrocks (
Jeremiah Horrocks Jeremiah Horrocks (16183 January 1641), sometimes given as Jeremiah Horrox (the Latinised version that he used on the Emmanuel College register and in his Latin manuscripts), – See footnote 1 was an English astronomer. He was the first person ...
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3095 Omarkhayyam 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societie ...
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Omar Khayyám Ghiyāth al-Dīn Abū al-Fatḥ ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm Nīsābūrī (18 May 1048 – 4 December 1131), commonly known as Omar Khayyam ( fa, عمر خیّام), was a polymath, known for his contributions to mathematics, astronomy, philosophy, an ...
) *
3115 Baily While the future cannot be predicted with certainty, present understanding in various scientific fields allows for the prediction of some far-future events, if only in the broadest outline. These fields include astrophysics, which studies how ...
( Francis Baily) * 3116 Goodricke ( John Goodricke) * 3123 Dunham ( David Waring Dunham) * 3169 Ostro (
Steven J. Ostro Steven Jeffrey Ostro (March 9, 1946 – December 15, 2008) was an American scientist specializing in radar astronomy. He worked at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Ostro led radar observations of numerous asteroids, as well as the moons of Jupiter ...
) *
3174 Alcock 3174 Alcock ( ''prov. designation'': ) is a carbonaceous Themistian asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt. It was discovered by American astronomer Edward Bowell at Lowell's U.S. Anderson Mesa Station in Flagstaff, Arizona, on 26 Oc ...
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George Alcock George Eric Deacon Alcock, MBE (28 August 1912, in Peterborough, Northamptonshire – 15 December 2000) was an English astronomer. He was one of the most successful visual discoverers of novae and comets. George’s interest in astronomy was ...
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3216 Harrington 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many soci ...
( Robert Sutton Harrington) * 3236 Strand (
Kaj Aage Gunnar Strand Kaj Aage Gunnar Strand (27 February 1907 – 31 October 2000) was a Danish astronomer who worked in Denmark and the United States. He was Scientific Director of the U.S. Naval Observatory from 1963 to 1977. He specialized in astrometry, esp ...
) * 3255 Tholen ( David J Tholen) *
3267 Glo 3267 Glo, provisional designation , is an eccentric Phocaean asteroid and sizable Mars-crosser from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 3 January 1981, by American astronomer Edward Bowell at Lo ...
( Eleanor "Glo" Helin) * 3277 Aaronson (
Marc Aaronson Marc Aaronson (24 August 1950 – 30 April 1987) was an American astronomer. Life Aaronson was born in Los Angeles. He was educated at the California Institute of Technology, where he received a BS in 1972. He completed his Ph.D. in 1977 ...
) * 3282 Spencer Jones (
Harold Spencer Jones Sir Harold Spencer Jones KBE FRS FRSE PRAS (29 March 1890 – 3 November 1960) was an English astronomer. He became renowned as an authority on positional astronomy and served as the tenth Astronomer Royal for 23 years. Although born " ...
) * 3299 Hall ( Asaph Hall) * 3337 Miloš (
Miloš Tichý Miloš Tichý (born 1966 in Počátky) is a Czech astronomer. He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids. He also discovered the periodic comet 196P/Tichý. He works together with his ex-wife at Kleť Observatory Kleť Observatory ( cz, Hvěz ...
) * 3449 Abell ( George O. Abell) *
3467 Bernheim While the future cannot be predicted with certainty, present understanding in various scientific fields allows for the prediction of some far-future events, if only in the broadest outline. These fields include astrophysics, which studies how ...
(
Robert Burnham Jr. Robert Burnham Jr. (June 16, 1931 – March 20, 1993) was an American astronomer, best known for writing the classic three-volume ''Burnham's Celestial Handbook''. He is the discoverer of numerous asteroids including the Mars crossing asteroid ...
) * 3487 Edgeworth (
Kenneth Edgeworth Kenneth Essex Edgeworth (26 February 1880 – 10 October 1972) was an Irish army officer, engineer, economist and independent theoretical astronomer. He was born in Street, County Westmeath. Edgeworth is best known for proposing the existence ...
) * 3506 French ( Linda M. French) * 3507 Vilas (
Faith Vilas Faith Vilas is an American planetary scientist and Director of the MMT Observatory in Arizona. Career Vilas earned her BA in Astronomy in 1973 at Wellesley College and her SM in Earth and Planetary Sciences in 1975 at MIT. She completed her Do ...
) * 3545 Gaffey (
Michael James Gaffey Michael James Gaffey (born December 1, 1945) is a planetary scientist who specializes in deriving the mineralogies of asteroids from their reflectance spectra. Biography He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in geology from the Univers ...
American Geologist) * 3549 Hapke ( Bruce William Hapke) * 3594 Scotti ( James V. Scotti) *
3673 Levy 3673 Levy, provisional designation , is a binary Flora asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 22 August 1985, by American astronomer Edward Bowell at Lowell's Anderson Mes ...
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David H. Levy David Howard Levy (born May 22, 1948) is a Canadian amateur astronomer, science writer and discoverer of comets and minor planets, who co-discovered Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 in 1993, which collided with the planet Jupiter in 1994. Biography ...
) * 3722 Urata (
Takeshi Urata was a Japanese astronomer. He was a prolific discoverer of asteroid An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of asteroids vary significantly, ranging from 1-meter rocks to a dwarf planet almost 1000 km ...
) *
3808 Tempel 38 may refer to: *38 (number), the natural number following 37 and preceding 39 *one of the years 38 BC, AD 38, 1938, 2038 *.38, a caliber of firearms and cartridges **.38 Special, a revolver cartridge *'' Thirty-Eight: The Hurricane That Transfor ...
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Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel (4 December 1821 – 16 March 1889), normally known as Wilhelm Tempel, was a German astronomer who worked in Marseille until the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, then later moved to Italy. Tempel was ...
) * 3847 Šindel (
Jan Šindel Jan Šindel (1370s – between 1455 and 1457), also known as Jan Ondřejův ( or ''Joannes de Praga''), was a Czechs, Czech medieval scientist and Catholic priest. He was a professor at Charles University in Prague and became the Rector (academia), ...
) * 3866 Langley (
Samuel Pierpont Langley Samuel Pierpont Langley (August 22, 1834 – February 27, 1906) was an American aviation pioneer, astronomer and physicist who invented the bolometer. He was the third secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and a professor of astronomy a ...
) * 3936 Elst (
Eric Walter Elst Eric Walter Elst (30 November 1936 – 2 January 2022) was a Belgian astronomer at the Royal Observatory of Belgium in Uccle and a prolific discoverer of asteroids. The Minor Planet Center ranks him among the top 10 discoverers of minor planet ...
) * 3962 Valyaev ( Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova) * 3999 Aristarchus (
Aristarchus of Samos Aristarchus of Samos (; grc-gre, Ἀρίσταρχος ὁ Σάμιος, ''Aristarkhos ho Samios''; ) was an ancient Greek astronomer and mathematician who presented the first known heliocentric model that placed the Sun at the center of the ...
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4000 Hipparchus 4000 Hipparchus is a dark background asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 4 January 1989, by Japanese astronomers Seiji Ueda and Hiroshi Kaneda at the Kushiro Observatory on H ...
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Hipparchus Hipparchus (; el, Ἵππαρχος, ''Hipparkhos'';  BC) was a Greek astronomer, geographer, and mathematician. He is considered the founder of trigonometry, but is most famous for his incidental discovery of the precession of the e ...
) *
4001 Ptolemaeus 4001 Ptolemaeus, provisional designation , is a Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 2 August 1949, by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State O ...
(Ptolemy) *4037 Ikeya (Kaoru Ikeya) *4062 Schiaparelli (Giovanni Schiaparelli) *4151 Alanhale (Alan Hale (Astronomer), Alan Hale) *4169 Celsius (Anders Celsius) *4279 De Gasparis (Annibale de Gasparis) *4298 Jorgenúnez (Jorge Núnez (astronomer), Jorge Núnez, Spanish astronomer) *4364 Shkodrov (Vladimir Georgiev Shkodrov) *4549 Burkhardt (Gernot Burkhardt) *4567 Bečvář (Antonín Bečvář) *4587 Rees (Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow) *4593 Reipurth (Bo Reipurth, Danish astronomer) *4713 Steel (Duncan Steel) *4790 Petrpravec (Petr Pravec) *4859 Fraknoi (Andrew Fraknoi) *4866 Badillo (Fr. Victor L. Badillo, Jesuit astronomer and former director of the Manila Observatory) *5080 Oja (Tarmo Oja) *5100 Pasachoff (Jay Pasachoff) *5704 Schumacher (Heinrich Christian Schumacher) *5035 Swift (Lewis Swift) *5036 Tuttle (Horace Parnell Tuttle) *5392 Parker (Donald C. Parker) *5430 Luu (Jane Luu) *5655 Barney (Ida Barney) *5726 Rubin (Vera Rubin) *5757 Tichá (Jana Tichá) *5826 Bradstreet (David Bradstreet) *5943 Lovi (George Lovi, astronomical columnist and planetarium educator) *6006 Anaximandros (Anaximander) *6075 Zajtsev (Alexander L. Zaitsev) *6076 Plavec (:cs:Miroslav Plavec, Miroslav Plavec) *6391 Africano (John L. Africano) *6398 Timhunter (Tim Hunter (astronomer), Tim Hunter) *6696 Eubanks (Marshall Eubanks) *6779 Perrine (Charles Dillon Perrine) *7086 Bopp (Thomas Bopp) *7291 Hyakutake (Yuji Hyakutake) *7359 Messier (Charles Messier) *7948 Whitaker (Ewen A. Whitaker) *8068 Vishnureddy (Vishnu Reddy Indian Astronomer) *8140 Hardersen (Paul Hardersen, American Astronomer/Planetary Scientist) *8216 Melosh (H. Jay Melosh) *8391 Kring (David A. Kring) *8408 Strom (Robert G. Strom) *8558 Hack (Margherita Hack) *8690 Swindle (Timothy D. Swindle) *8785 Boltwood (Paul Boltwood) *9122 Hunten (Donald M. Hunten) *9133 d'Arrest (Heinrich Louis d'Arrest) *9134 Encke (Johann Franz Encke) *9207 Petersmith (Peter Smith (physicist), Peter H. Smith) *9494 Donici (Nicolae Donici, Romanian astronomer) *9531 Jean-Luc (Jean-Luc Margot) *10633 Akimasa (Akimasa Nakamura, Japanese astronomer) *10689 Pinillaalonso (Noemi Pinilla-Alonso, Spaniard astronomer/Planetary Scientist) *10950 Albertjansen (Albert Jansen, German astronomer) *10969 Perryman (Michael Perryman, British astronomer) *11156 Al-Khwarismi (Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, Persian astronomer) *11577 Einasto (Jaan Einasto) *11695 Mattei (Janet Akyüz Mattei, Turkish-American astronomer) *11755 Paczynski (Bohdan Paczyński, Polish astronomer) *11762 Vogel (Hermann Carl Vogel) *12621 Alsufi (Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi / Azophi, Persian astronomer) *12742 Delisle (Joseph-Nicolas Delisle) *14124 Kamil (Kamil Hornoch) *14120 Espenak (Fred Espenak) *14322 Shakura (Nikolai Ivanovich Shakura) *14335 Alexosipov and 152217 Akosipov (Alexandr Kuzmich Osipov, Russian-Ukrainian astronomer) *14825 Fieber-Beyer (Sherry Fieber-Beyer, American Astronomer/Planetary Scientist) *15395 Rükl (Antonín Rükl) *15420 Aedouglass (Andrew Ellicott Douglass, American astronomer) *15467 Aflorsch (Alphonse Florsch, French astronomer) *15955 Johannesgmunden (John of Gmunden) *15963 Koeberl (Christian Koeberl) *16682 Donati (Giovanni Battista Donati) *18150 Lopez-Moreno (José J. Lopez-Moreno, Spanish astronomer) *19139 Apian (Petrus Apianus, Peter Apian) *24988 Alainmilsztajn (Alain Milsztajn, French astronomer) *30785 Greeley (Ronald Greeley, American Planetary Geologist, Regents' Professor, Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona *32200 Seiicyoshida (Seiichi Yoshida, Japanese astronomer) *36445 Smalley (Kyle E. Smalley) *68730 Straizys (Vytautas Straižys, Lithuanian astronomer, the founder of Vilnius photometric system) *72021 Yisunji (Yi Sunji, Yi, Sunji, Korean astronomer in the 15th century) *92893 Michaelperson (Michael Person, American astronomer) *95593 Azusienis (:lt:Algimantas Ažusienis, Algimantas Ažusienis, Lithuanian astronomer) *99503 Leewonchul (Lee Wonchul, Lee, Wonchul, Korean astronomer) *106817 Yubangtaek (Yu Bangtaek, Yu, Bangtaek, Korean astronomer in the 13th century) *165347 Philplait (Phil Plait, American astronomer, known as TheBadAstronomer) *234750 Amymainzer (Amy Mainzer, American astronomer) *260906 Robichon (Noël Robichon, French astronomer) *347940 Jorgezuluaga (Jorge Zuluaga, Jorge I. Zuluaga Callejas, Colombian astronomer)


Planetarium directors

*4897 Tomhamilton (Thomas William Hamilton, American astronomer, author, and planetarium director) *9108 Toruyusa (Toru Yusa, Japanese planetarium director and comet chaser) *13123 Tyson (Neil deGrasse Tyson, American astronomer and planetarium director) *17601 Sheldonschafer (Sheldon Schafer, Professor of astronomy and Director of the Riverview Museum Planetarium, Peoria, IL)


Relatives of astronomers

*42 Isis (Isis Pogson, Elizabeth Isis Pogson, daughter of the astronomer
Norman Robert Pogson Norman Robert Pogson, CIE (23 March 1829 – 23 June 1891) was an English astronomer who worked in India at the Madras observatory. He discovered several minor planets and made observations on comets. He introduced a mathematical scale of stel ...
; also Ancient Egyptian goddess Isis) *87 Sylvia (Sylvie Petiaux-Hugo Flammarion, first wife of the astronomer
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; also Rhea Sylvia, the mythical mother of the twins Romulus and Remus) *153 Hilda (Hilda von Oppolzer, daughter of the astronomer Theodor von Oppolzer) *154 Bertha (Berthe Martin-Flammarion, sister of the astronomer
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) *1280 Baillauda (Jules Baillaud, son of the astronomer Benjamin Baillaud) *1563 Noël (Emanuel Arend, son of the astronomer Sylvain Arend, Sylvain Julien Victor Arend) * 3664 Anneres (Anna Theresia ("Anneres") Schmadel, the wife of astronomer
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) * 68109 Naomipasachoff (Naomi Pasachoff, a science writer and educator, and wife of astronomer Jay Pasachoff of Williams College 5100 Pasachoff)


Biologists

*1991 Darwin (Charles Darwin, an English naturalist, geologist and biologist) *2496 Fernandus (Fernandus Payne, zoologist) *2766 Leeuwenhoek (Anton van Leeuwenhoek, pioneering cell biologist) *4804 Pasteur (Louis Pasteur, father of microbiology) *7412 Linnaeus (Carl Linnaeus, father of modern taxonomy) *8357 O'Connor (J. Dennis O'Connor, biological scientist and provost at the Smithsonian Institution) *9364 Clusius (Carolus Clusius, botanist) *15565 Benjaminsteele (Benjamin Steele (biologist), Benjamin Steele, biologist)


Cartographers

*4798 Mercator (Gerardus Mercator) *19139 Apian (Petrus Apianus, Peter Apian)


Chemists

*1449 Virtanen (Artturi Ilmari Virtanen) *2143 Jimarnold (James R. Arnold) *2638 Gadolin (Johan Gadolin) *2769 Mendeleev (Dmitri Mendeleev, father of the periodic table of the chemical elements) *3069 Heyrovský (Jaroslav Heyrovský) *3605 Davy (Humphry Davy) *3676 Hahn (Otto Hahn), father of nuclear chemistry *3899 Wichterle (Otto Wichterle) *4564 Clayton (Robert Clayton (chemist), Robert Clayton) *4674 Pauling (Linus Pauling) *4716 Urey (Harold Urey) *4856 Seaborg (Glenn T. Seaborg) *5697 Arrhenius (Svante Arrhenius) *6032 Nobel (Alfred Nobel) *6826 Lavoisier (Antoine Lavoisier) *9680 Molina (Mario Molina) *11967 Boyle (Robert Boyle) *12292 Dalton (John Dalton)


Computer scientists and programmers

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(Stefano Valentini) *9793 Torvalds (Linus Torvalds) *9882 Stallman (Richard M. Stallman) *21656 Knuth (Donald Knuth) *27433 Hylak (Benjamin Hylak) *90479 Donalek (Ciro Donalek) *132718 Kemény (John George Kemeny) *294727 Dennisritchie (Dennis Ritchie) *300909 Kenthompson (Ken Thompson)


Mathematicians

*187 Lamberta (Johann Heinrich Lambert) *843 Nicolaia (Thorvald N. Thiele, Thorvald Nicolai Thiele) *1001 Gaussia (Carl Friedrich Gauss) *1005 Arago (François Arago) *1006 Lagrangea (Joseph Louis Lagrange) *1552 Bessel (Friedrich Bessel) *1858 Lobachevskij (Nikolai Lobachevsky) *1859 Kovalevskaya (Sofia Kovalevskaya) *1888 Zu Chong-Zhi (Zu Chongzhi) *1996 Adams (John Couch Adams) *1997 Leverrier (Urbain Le Verrier) *2002 Euler (Leonhard Euler) *2010 Chebyshev (Pafnuti Chebyshev) *2587 Gardner (Martin Gardner) *3251 Eratosthenes (Eratosthenes) *3600 Archimedes (Archimedes) *4283 Stöffler (Johannes Stöffler) *4354 Euclides (Euclid) *4628 Laplace (Pierre-Simon Laplace) *5956 d'Alembert (Jean le Rond d'Alembert) *6143 Pythagoras (Pythagoras) *6765 Fibonacci (Leonardo of Pisa, Leonardo Fibonacci of Pisa) *7057 Al-Fārābī (Al-Farabi, scientist, cosmologist, mathematician and music scholar) *7058 Al-Ṭūsī (Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī, Persian mathematician) *7655 Adamries (Adam Ries, German mathematician) *8128 Nicomachus(Nicomachus, ancient Greek mathematician) *9689 Freudenthal (Hans Freudenthal) *9936 Al-Biruni (Abū Rayḥān al-Bīrūnī, Persian mathematician) *9999 Wiles (Andrew Wiles) *11156 Al-Khwarismi (Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, Persian mathematician) *12493 Minkowski (Hermann Minkowski) *14100 Weierstrass (Karl Weierstrass) *13498 Al Chwarizmi (Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, Persian mathematician) *16765 Agnesi (Maria Gaetana Agnesi) *16856 Banach (Stefan Banach) *19139 Apian (Petrus Apianus, Peter Apian) *27500 Mandelbrot (Benoît Mandelbrot) *27947 Emilemathieu (Émile Léonard Mathieu) *28516 Möbius (August Ferdinand Möbius) *29552 Chern (Shiing-Shen Chern) *38237 Roche (Édouard Roche) *50033 Perelman (Grigori Perelman) *59239 Alhazen (Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham, Arab Muslim scientist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher)


Physicists

*697 Galilea (Galileo Galilei) *837 Schwarzschilda (Karl Schwarzschild) *1069 Planckia (Max Planck) *1565 Lemaitre (Georges Lemaître) *1979 Sakharov (Andrei Sakharov) *2001 Einstein (Albert Einstein) *2244 Tesla (Nikola Tesla) *2352 Kurchatov (Igor Kurchatov) *3069 Heyrovský (Jaroslav Heyrovský) *3581 Alvarez (Luis Walter Alvarez, Luis Alvarez) *3905 Doppler (Christian Doppler) *3948 Bohr (Niels Bohr) *3949 Mach (Ernst Mach) *4065 Meinel (Aden Meinel) *4530 Smoluchowski (Roman Smoluchowski) *5103 Diviš (Václav Prokop Diviš, Prokop Václav Diviš) *5224 Abbe (Ernst Abbe) *5668 Foucault (Léon Foucault) *6999 Meitner (Lise Meitner) *7000 Curie (Maria Sklodowska-Curie, Maria Skłodowska-Curie) *7279 Hagfors (Tor Hagfors) *7495 Feynman (Richard Feynman) *7672 Hawking (Stephen Hawking) *8000 Isaac Newton (Isaac Newton) *8103 Fermi (Enrico Fermi) *9253 Oberth (Hermann Oberth) *10506 Rydberg (Johannes Rydberg) *10979 Fristephenson (F. R. Stephenson, Professor F. Richard Stephenson) *11013 Kullander (Sven Kullander (physicist), Sven Kullander) *11063 Poynting (John Henry Poynting) *11150 Bragg (William Lawrence Bragg) *11349 Witten (Edward Witten) *11438 Zel'dovich (Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich) *11451 Aarongolden (Aaron Golden, Irish astrophysicist) *11528 Mie (Gustav Mie) *11577 Einasto (Jaan Einasto) *11779 Zernike (Frits Zernike) *12301 Eötvös (Loránd Eötvös) *12320 Loschmidt (Johann Josef Loschmidt) *12423 Slotin) (Louis Slotin) *12628 Ackworthorr (Mary Ackworth Orr, solar physicist) *12755 Balmer (Johann Jakob Balmer) *12759 Joule (James Prescott Joule) *12760 Maxwell (James Clerk Maxwell) *12766 Paschen (Friedrich Paschen) *12773 Lyman (Theodore Lyman IV, Theodore Lyman) *12774 Pfund (August Herman Pfund) *12775 Brackett (Frederick Sumner Brackett) *13092 Schrödinger (Erwin Schrödinger) *13093 Wolfgangpauli (Wolfgang Pauli) *13149 Heisenberg (Werner Heisenberg) *13219 Cailletet (Louis Paul Cailletet) *13478 Fraunhofer (Joseph von Fraunhofer) *13531 Weizsäcker (Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker) *13954 Born (Max Born) *14413 Geiger (Hans Geiger) *14468 Ottostern (Otto Stern) *16583 Oersted (Hans Christian Ørsted) *16761 Hertz (Heinrich Hertz) *17649 Brunorossi (Bruno Rossi) *18169 Amaldi (Edoardo Amaldi) *19126 Ottohahn (Otto Hahn), father of nuclear fission *19178 Walterbothe (Walther Bothe) *20081 Occhialini (Giuseppe Occhialini) *24988 Alainmilsztajn (Alain Milsztajn, French particle physicist) *29137 Alanboss, (Alan Boss, American astrophysicist) *29212 Zeeman (Pieter Zeeman) *30828 Bethe (Hans Bethe) *32809 Sommerfeld (Arnold Sommerfeld) *37582 Faraday (Michael Faraday) *48798 Penghuanwu (Peng Huanwu) *52337 Compton (Arthur Compton) *55753 Raman (C. V. Raman) *58215 von Klitzing (Klaus von Klitzing) *67085 Oppenheimer (J. Robert Oppenheimer) *163244 Matthewhill (Matthew E. Hill) *177770 Saulanwu (Sau Lan Wu)


Physiologists

*1007 Pawlowia (Ivan Pavlov) *15262 Abderhalden (Emil Abderhalden) *117413 Ramonycajal (Santiago Ramón y Cajal)


Psychologists, psychiatrists, and psychoanalysts

*635 Vundtia (Wilhelm Wundt) *4342 Freud (Sigmund Freud) *11040 Wundt (Wilhelm Wundt) *11041 Fechner (Gustav Fechner) *11299 Annafreud (Anna Freud) *11518 Jung (Carl Jung) *11519 Adler (Alfred Adler) *11520 Fromm (Erich Fromm) *11521 Erikson (Erik Homburger Erikson) *11582 Bleuler (Eugen Bleuler) *11584 Ferenczi (Sándor Ferenczi)


Space exploration

*Astrobiologists **2410 Morrison (David Morrison) **9826 Ehrenfreund (Pascale Ehrenfreund) **12859 Marlamoore (Marla Moore) *Planetary scientists **2710 Veverka (Joseph Veverka) **4815 Anders (Edward Anders) **7231 Porco (Carolyn Porco) **8356 Wadhwa (Meenakshi Wadhwa, meteorite analyst) **13358 Revelle (Douglas ReVelle) **21774 O'Brien (David P. O'Brien) **133432 Sarahnoble (Sarah K. Noble) **274860 Emilylakdawalla (Emily Lakdawalla) *Rocket scientists **1590 Tsiolkovskaja (Konstantin Tsiolkovsky) **1855 Korolev (Sergei Korolev) **8062 Okhotsymskij (Dmitry Okhotsimsky) **9252 Goddard (Robert Goddard) **25143 Itokawa (Hideo Itokawa) *Soyuz 11 crew members: **1789 Dobrovolsky (Georgi Dobrovolski) **1790 Volkov (Vladislav Volkov) **1791 Patsayev (Viktor Patsayev) *Other USSR/Russian cosmonauts **1772 Gagarin (Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space) **1836 Komarov (Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov, Vladimir Komarov) *Apollo 11 crew members: **6469 Armstrong (Neil Armstrong) **6470 Aldrin (Buzz Aldrin, "Buzz" Aldrin) **6471 Collins (Michael Collins (astronaut), Michael Collins) *STS-51-L crew members: **3350 Scobee (Dick Scobee, Francis "Dick" Scobee) **3351 Smith (Michael J. Smith (astronaut), Michael J. Smith) **3352 McAuliffe (Christa McAuliffe) **3353 Jarvis (Gregory Jarvis) **3354 McNair (Ronald McNair) **3355 Onizuka (Ellison Onizuka) **3356 Resnik (Judith Resnik) *STS-107 crew members: **51823 Rickhusband (Rick Husband) **51824 Mikeanderson (Michael P. Anderson) **51825 Davidbrown (David M. Brown) **51826 Kalpanachawla (Kalpana Chawla) **51827 Laurelclark (Laurel B. Clark) **51828 Ilanramon (Ilan Ramon, first Israeli astronaut) **51829 Williemccool (William C. McCool) *Other United States, American astronauts: **4763 Ride (Sally Ride) **7749 Jackschmitt (Harrison H. Schmitt) **12790 Cernan (Eugene Cernan) **13606 Bean (Alan Bean) **22442 Blaha (John E. Blaha) *People's Republic of China, Chinese astronauts: **9512 Feijunlong (Fei Junlong) **9517 Niehaisheng (Nie Haisheng) **21064 Yangliwei (Yang Liwei) *Other astronauts: **2552 Remek (Vladimír Remek, Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovak cosmonaut) **9496 Ockels (Wubbo Ockels, Netherlands, Dutch astronaut) **14143 Hadfield (Chris Hadfield, Canadian astronaut) **15006 Samcristoforetti (Samantha Cristoforetti, Italy, Italian astronaut) **22901 Ivanbella (Ivan Bella, Slovakia, Slovak cosmonaut) **37627 Lucaparmitano (Luca Parmitano, Italy, Italian astronaut) **135268 Haigneré (Claudie Haigneré, Claudie and Jean-Pierre Haigneré, France, French astronauts) **374354 Pesquet (Thomas Pesquet, France, French astronaut)


Other scientists, engineers and inventors

*335 Roberta (Carl Robert Osten-Sacken, entomologist) *742 Edisona (Thomas Edison, inventor) *775 Lumière (Auguste and Louis Lumière, cinematic pioneers) *777 Gutemberga (Johannes Gutenberg, pioneer printer) *2177 Oliver (Bernard M. Oliver, research scientist) *2243 Lönnrot (Elias Lönnrot, physician, philologist, botanist, compiler of ''Kalevala'') *2784 Domeyko (Ignacy Domeyko, mineralogist) *2809 Vernadskij (Vladimir Vernadsky, mineralogist, pioneer geochemist) *3256 Daguerre (Louis Daguerre, photographic pioneer) *3313 Mendel (Gregor Mendel, father of genetics) *3701 Purkyně (Jan Evangelista Purkyně, physiologist) *4217 Engelhardt (Wolf von Engelhardt, geologist) *4565 Grossman (Lawrence Grossman (geochemist), Lawrence Grossman, geochemist) *5102 Benfranklin (Benjamin Franklin, scientist) *5864 Montgolfier (Montgolfier brothers, hot air balloon pioneers) *5958 Barrande (Joachim Barrande, geologist and paleontologist) *6175 Cori (Carl Ferdinand Cori and Gerty Theresa Cori, biochemists) *7552 Sephton (Mark Sephton, geochemist) *8373 Stephengould (Stephen Jay Gould, evolutionist and essayist) *9969 Braille (Louis Braille, inventor of braille) *10093 Diesel (Rudolf Diesel, inventor of the diesel engine). *13609 Lewicki (Chris Lewicki), spacecraft systems engineer *14345 Gritsevich (Maria Gritsevich, research scientist) *15465 Buchroeder (Richard A. Buchroeder, optical engineer) *16518 Akihikoito (Akihiko Ito, Japanese CCD astrophotographer) *20259 Alanhoffman (Alan Hoffman, pioneer in infrared detectors) *29227 Wegener (Alfred Wegener, geologist and meteorologist) *37683 Gustaveeiffel (Gustave Eiffel, a French civil engineer and architect) *44103 Aldana (Fernando Aldana Mayor, electrical engineer, professor and politician) *52270 Noamchomsky (Noam Chomsky, an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist) *61404 Očenášek (Ludvík Očenášek, handyman who constructed a monoplane, a radial engine for airplanes, and two-stage rockets) *73079 Davidbaltimore (David Baltimore, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Laureate) *172850 Coppens (Yves Coppens, paleoanthropologist)


Monarchs and royalty

*12 Victoria (officially named after the Roman Victoria (mythology), goddess of victory, but also honours Victoria of the United Kingdom, Queen Victoria) *45 Eugenia (Empress Eugénie), with its moon Petit-Prince (moon), Petit-Prince in part for her son Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial *115 Thyra (Thyra, consort of King Gorm the Old of Denmark) *216 Kleopatra (Cleopatra VII of Egypt) *220 Stephania (Princess Stéphanie of Belgium) *295 Theresia (Maria Theresa, Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire and Queen consort of Germany) *326 Tamara (Tamar of Georgia, Queen Tamar of Georgia) *344 Desiderata (Désirée Clary, Queen Desideria of Sweden and Norway) *359 Georgia (George II of Great Britain, King George II of Great Britain) *392 Wilhelmina (Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands) *525 Adelaide (Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Queen Adelaide, consort of William IV of the United Kingdom) *545 Messalina (Valeria Messalina, Messalina, Roman empress) *546 Herodias (Herodias, wife of Herod II and mother of Salome) *562 Salome (Salome, daughter of Herod II and Herodias) *598 Octavia (Octavia the Younger, sister of Augustus) *650 Amalasuntha (Amalasuntha, queen of the Ostrogoths) *653 Berenike (Berenice II, Egyptian queen) *689 Zita (Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Empress Zita of Bourbon-Parma) *816 Juliana (Juliana of the Netherlands, Queen Juliana of the Netherlands) *823 Sisigambis (Sisygambis, mother of Darius III of Persia) *831 Stateira (Stateira (wife of Artaxerxes II), Stateira, wife of Artaxerxes II of Persia) *832 Karin (Karin Månsdotter, wife of Eric XIV of Sweden) *888 Parysatis (Parysatis, wife of Darius II of Persia) *911 Agamemnon (Agamemnon) *1068 Nofretete (Nefertiti) *1128 Astrid (Astrid of Sweden) *2436 Hatshepsut (Pharaoh Hatshepsut) *3362 Khufu (Pharaoh Khufu) *4414 Sesostris (Greek version of Senusret, name of four pharaohs) *4415 Echnaton (Pharaoh Akhenaten; German spelling of his name) *4416 Ramses (Pharaoh Ramses II) *4568 Menkaure (Pharaoh Menkaure) *4721 Atahualpa (Atahuallpa) *4846 Tuthmosis (Thutmose, name of four pharaohs) *4847 Amenhotep (Pharaoh Akhenaten, Amenhotep IV) *4848 Tutenchamun (Pharaoh Tutankhamun) *4906 Seneferu (Pharaoh Sneferu) *5009 Sethos (Greek version of Seti, name of two pharaohs) *5010 Amenemhet (Amenemhat (disambiguation), Amenemhet, name of four pharaohs) *5242 Kenreimonin (Taira no Tokuko, Empress Dowager Kenrei) *7117 Claudius (Emperor Claudius) *7207 Hammurabi (Hammurabi) *7208 Ashurbanipal (Ashurbanipal) *7209 Cyrus (Cyrus II of Persia) *7210 Darius (Darius I of Persia) *7211 Xerxes (Xerxes I of Persia) *7212 Artaxerxes (Artaxerxes II of Persia) *8740 Václav (Wenceslas I, Duke of Bohemia, Václav I, Duke of Bohemia) *10293 Pribina (Pribina, ruler of Nitrian Principality) *11014 Svätopluk (Svatopluk I, Svätopluk, ruler of Great Moravia) *16951 Carolus Quartus (Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia) *18349 Dafydd (Dafydd ap Llywelyn, prince of Wales) *20969 Samo (Samo, ruler of Samo's Empire) *25340 Segoves (Segoves, Celtic duke) *44613 Rudolf (Rudolph II, Holy Roman Emperor, king of Bohemia and Hungary) *48844 Belloves (Belloves, Celtic duke) *53285 Mojmír (Mojmír I, ruler of Great Moravia) *151834 Mongkut (King Mongkut, or Rama IV, the king of Siam) *326290 Akhenaten (Akhenaten, a pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt)


Nobility

*17702 Kryštofharant (Kryštof Harant)


Politicians and statespeople

*712 Boliviana (Simon Bolivar) *852 Wladilena (Vladimir Lenin) *886 Washingtonia (George Washington) *932 Hooveria and 1363 Herberta (Herbert Hoover) *944 Hidalgo (Miguel Hidalgo) *1569 Evita (Eva Perón, former First Lady of Argentina) *1841 Masaryk (Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, 1st Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovak president) *2351 O'Higgins (Bernardo O'Higgins, Chilean independence leader) *3571 Milanštefánik (Milan Rastislav Štefánik) *4317 Garibaldi (Giuseppe Garibaldi) *4927 O'Connell (Daniel O'Connell) *5102 Benfranklin (Benjamin Franklin) *7586 Bismarck (Otto von Bismarck) *9275 Persson (Jöran Persson) *11830 Jessenius (Jan Jesenius, Jan Jessenius) *23238 Ocasio-Cortez (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) * Note: earned prior to election to U.S. House of Representatives *188693 Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt)


Teachers


High school/technical school teachers

*3352 McAuliffe (Christa McAuliffe, high school teacher from New Hampshire, U.S.A.) * 12787 Abetadashi (Tadashi Abe, high school teacher from Japan) *13241 Biyo (Josette Biyo, high school teacher from Iloilo, Philippines) *13928 Aaronrogers (Aaron Rogers, mathematics teacher from London, U.K.) *14158 Alananderson (Alan Anderson, middle school teacher from Florida, U.S.A.) *14684 Reyes (Cynthia L. Reyes, middle school teacher from Florida, U.S.A.) *16265 Lemay (Ron LeMay, high school teacher from Wisconsin, U.S.A.) *17225 Alanschorn (Alan Schorn, high school teacher from New York, U.S.A.) *20341 Alanstack (Alan Stack, high school teacher from New York, U.S.A.) *20342 Trinh (Jonathan Trinh, high school teacher from Texas, U.S.A.) *20574 Ochinero (Marcia Collin Ochinero, middle school teacher from Florida, U.S.A.) *21395 Albertofilho (Alberto Filho, a technical school teacher from Rio Grande Do Sul, Brasil) *21435 Aharon (Terri Aharon, high school teacher from New York, U.S.A.) *22619 Ajscheetz (A. J. Scheetz, high school teacher from Connecticut, U.S.A.) *22993 Aferrari (Andrew Ferrari, high school teacher from North Carolina, U.S.A.) *23017 Advincula (Rigoberto Advincula, high school teacher from Texas, U.S.A.) *23975 Akran (Erkan Akran, middle school teacher from Arkansas, U.S.A.) *24032 Aimeemcarthy (Aimee McCarthy, middle school teacher from Florida, U.S.A.) *24052 Nguyen (Thuy-Anh Nguyen, teacher at Challenger School in Sunnyvale, California, U.S.A.) *24238 Adkerson (Timothy Adkerson, high school teacher from Missouri, U.S.A.) *27286 Adedmondson (Adam Edmondson, high school teacher from Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) *27740 Obatomoyuki (Tomoyuki Oba, junior high school teacher and presenter at Geisei Observatory, Japan) *27748 Lee (Thomas Lee, middle school teacher from California, U.S.A)


College/University professors

*6669 Obi (Shinya Obi, professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo and retired president of the The Open University of Japan, University of the Air) *10051 Albee (Arden L. Albee, professor of geology and planetary sciences and dean of graduate studies at the California Institute of Technology) *15870 Oburka (Oto Oburka, professor at Brno University of Technology and founder of the Nicholas Copernicus Observatory) *153298 Paulmyers (PZ Myers, American scientist and associate professor of biology at the University of Minnesota Morris (UMM).)


War heroes and veterans


World War II heroes and veterans

*1793 Zoya (Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya) *1907 Rudneva (Evgeniya Rudneva) *2009 Voloshina (Vera Danilovna Voloshina, Russian partisan) *2132 Zhukov (Georgy Zhukov) *3348 Pokryshkin (Aleksandr Ivanovich Pokryshkin) *11572 Schindler (Oskar Schindler, rescuer of 1,200 Jewish people) *17038 Wake (Nancy Wake, who served as a British spy) *19384 Winton (Nicholas Winton, rescuer of 669 Jewish children) *99949 Miepgies (Miep Gies, hid Anne Frank during World War II and discovered and preserved The Diary of Anne Frank, Anne's diary after her arrest and deportation.


Other war heroes

*1834 Palach (Jan Palach, Czech student who self-immolation, self-immolated in protest against Prague Spring, Soviet occupation of his country) *20164 Janzajíc (Jan Zajíc, Czech student who self-immolation, self-immolated in protest against Prague Spring, Soviet occupation of his country)


Children who died in war

*2127 Tanya (Tanya Savicheva) *5535 Annefrank (Anne Frank) *50413 Petrginz (Petr Ginz, Jewish boy who was murdered in Auschwitz concentration camp)


Religion

*89 Julia (Julia of Corsica, martyr and patron saint, 5th century) *127 Johanna (believed to be named after Joan of Arc) *330 Adalberta (Adalbert Merx, German theologian and orientalist) *898 Hildegard (Hildegard of Bingen, abbess, composer and polymath) *1840 Hus (John Huss, Czech language, Czech Jan Hus, religious reformer) *5275 Zdislava (Zdislava Berka, in Czech Zdislava z Lemberka) *7100 Martin Luther (Martin Luther) *7256 Bonhoeffer (Dietrich Bonhoeffer) *8661 Ratzinger (Joseph Alois Ratzinger – Pope Benedict XVI) *20006 Albertus Magnus (Albertus Magnus, German theologian, philosopher and naturalist)


Explorers

*54 Alexandra (Alexander von Humboldt, naturalist and explorer) *327 Columbia (Christopher Columbus) *853 Nansenia (Fridtjof Nansen, polar explorer) *876 Scott (Robert Falcon Scott, polar explorer) *1065 Amundsenia (Roald Amundsen, polar explorer) *2473 Heyerdahl (Thor Heyerdahl, explorer and writer) *2785 Sedov (Georgy Sedov, Arctic explorer) *3130 Hillary (Edmund Hillary, mountaineer [see Tenzing, below]) *3357 Tolstikov (Yevgeny Tolstikov, polar explorer) *4055 Magellan (Ferdinand Magellan, circumnavigator) *6481 Tenzing (Tenzing Norgay, Sherpa [see Hillary, above]) *6542 Jacquescousteau (Jacques-Yves Cousteau, marine explorer) *8291 Bingham (Hiram Bingham III, explorer) *15425 Welzl (Jan Eskymo Welzl, Jan Welzl, Arctic explorer) *43806 Augustepiccard (Auguste Piccard, explorer)


Historians

*879 Ricarda (Ricarda Huch) *3092 Herodotus (Herodotus) *3097 Tacitus (Tacitus) *5946 Hrozný (Bedřich Hrozný, archaeologist, orientalist and linguist) *6174 Polybius (Polybius) *6304 Josephus Flavius (Josephus) *16413 Abulghazi (Abulghazi Bahadur) *40444 Palacký (František Palacký)


Other social scientists

*1861 Komenský (Jan Amos Komenský (Comenius), teacher of nations) *12838 Adamsmith (Adam Smith, social philosopher) *13916 Bernolák (Anton Bernolák, linguist) *40440 Dobrovský (Josef Dobrovský, linguist)


Philosophers

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(Hypatia of Alexandria) *423 Diotima (Diotima of Mantinea) *2431 Skovoroda (Hryhorii Skovoroda) *2755 Avicenna (Avicenna) *2807 Karl Marx (Karl Marx) *2940 Bacon (Francis Bacon) *2950 Rousseau (Jean-Jacques Rousseau) *5102 Benfranklin (Benjamin Franklin) *5148 Giordano (Giordano Bruno) *5329 Decaro (Mario De Caro) *5450 Sokrates (Socrates) *5451 Plato (Plato) *6001 Thales (Thales) *6123 Aristoteles (Aristotle) *6629 Kurtz (Paul Kurtz) *7009 Hume (David Hume) *7010 Locke (John Locke) *7012 Hobbes (Thomas Hobbes) *7014 Nietzsche (Friedrich Nietzsche) *7015 Schopenhauer (Arthur Schopenhauer) *7056 Kierkegaard (Søren Kierkegaard) *7083 Kant (Immanuel Kant) *7142 Spinoza (Baruch Spinoza) *7853 Confucius (Confucius) *7854 Laotse (Laozi) *8318 Averroes (Averroes or Ibn Rushd) *14845 Hegel (Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel) *16561 Rawls (John Rawls) *15911 Davidgauthier (David Gauthier) *19730 Machiavelli (Niccolò Machiavelli) *21665 Frege (Gottlob Frege) *22356 Feyerabend (Paul Feyerabend) *48435 Jaspers (Karl Jaspers) *73687 Thomas Aquinas (Thomas Aquinas) *90481 Wollstonecraft (Mary Wollstonecraft) *100027 Hannaharendt (Hannah Arendt)


The arts


Literature


General authors

*254 Augusta (Auguste von Littrow) *1931 Čapek (Karel Čapek) *2428 Kamenyar (Ivan Franko) *2616 Lesya (Lesya Ukrainka) *2681 Ostrovskij (Nikolai Ostrovsky) *3047 Goethe (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) *3412 Kafka (Franz Kafka) *4112 Hrabal (Bohumil Hrabal) *5418 Joyce (James Joyce) *5535 Annefrank (Anne Frank) *5666 Rabelais (François Rabelais) *5676 Voltaire (Voltaire) *6984 Lewiscarroll (Lewis Carroll or Charles Dodgson) *7328 Casanova (Giacomo Casanova) *8315 Bajin (Bajin) *8379 Straczynski (J. Michael Straczynski) *8382 Mann (brothers Heinrich Mann and Thomas Mann) *13406 Sekora (Ondřej Sekora) *26314 Škvorecký (Josef Škvorecký) *40106 Erben (Karel Jaromír Erben) *44597 Thoreau (Henry David Thoreau) *79144 Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes) *91007 Ianfleming (Ian Lancaster Fleming, creator of the character James Bond ("007")) *308306 Dainere (Dainere Anthoney)


Novelists

*348 May (Karl May) *2362 Mark Twain (Mark Twain) *2448 Sholokhov (Mikhail Sholokhov) *2578 Saint-Exupéry (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) *2625 Jack London (Jack London) *2675 Tolkien (J.R.R. Tolkien) *2817 Perec (Georges Perec) *3204 Lindgren (Astrid Lindgren) *3453 Dostoevsky (Fyodor Dostoevsky) *3479 Malaparte (Curzio Malaparte) *3628 Božněmcová (Božena Němcová) *3836 Lem (Stanisław Lem) *4124 Herriot (James Herriot) *4266 Waltari (Mika Waltari) *4370 Dickens (Charles Dickens) *4474 Proust (Marcel Proust) *4923 Clarke (Arthur C. Clarke) *5020 Asimov (Isaac Asimov) *5099 Iainbanks (Iain Banks) *6223 Dahl (Roald Dahl) *6440 Ransome (Arthur Ransome) *7016 Conandoyle (Arthur Conan Doyle) *7232 Nabokov (Vladimir Nabokov) *7390 Kundera (Milan Kundera) *7644 Cslewis (C. S. Lewis) *7758 Poulanderson (Poul Anderson) *9766 Bradbury (Ray Bradbury) *10177 Ellison (Harlan Ellison) *10251 Mulisch (Harry Mulisch) *10733 Georgesand (George Sand) *10930 Jinyong (Jin Yong, Jinyong) *11020 Orwell (George Orwell) *11379 Flaubert (Gustave Flaubert) *12284 Pohl (Frederik Pohl) *17776 Troska (J. M. Troska) *25399 Vonnegut (Kurt Vonnegut) *25924 Douglasadams (Douglas Adams) *39415 Janeausten (Jane Austen) *39427 Charlottebrontë (Charlotte Brontë) *39428 Emilybrontë (Emily Brontë) *39429 Annebrontë (Anne Brontë) *77185 Cherryh (C. J. Cherryh) *127005 Pratchett (Terry Pratchett) *227641 Nothomb (Amélie Nothomb)


Poets

*1875 Neruda (Jan Neruda) *2106 Hugo (Victor Hugo) *2208 Pushkin (Aleksandr Pushkin) *2222 Lermontov (Mikhail Lermontov) *2427 Kobzar (Taras Shevchenko) *2604 Marshak (Samuil Marshak) *3067 Akhmatova (Anna Akhmatova) *3112 Velimir (Velimir Khlebnikov) *4110 Keats (John Keats) *4369 Seifert (Jaroslav Seifert) *4635 Rimbaud (Arthur Rimbaud) *7855 Tagore (Rabindranath Tagore) *9495 Eminescu (Mihai Eminescu) *11306 Åkesson (Sonja Åkesson) *12163 Manilius (Marcus Manilius) *18624 Prévert (Jacques Prévert) *59830 Reynek (Bohuslav Reynek) *110288 Libai (Li Bai) *110289 Dufu (Du Fu)


Playwrights

*496 Gryphia (Andreas Gryphius) *615 Roswitha (Hrotsvitha) *2930 Euripides (Euripides) *2985 Shakespeare (William Shakespeare) *2921 Sophocles (Sophocles) *2934 Aristophanes (Aristophanes) *3046 Molière (Molière, France, French playwright) *3079 Schiller (Friedrich Schiller, Germany, German playwright) *5696 Ibsen (Henrik Ibsen)


Satirists

*2734 Hašek (Jaroslav Hašek) *3244 Petronius (Petronius) *3668 Ilfpetrov (Ilf and Petrov, Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov) *15017 Cuppy (Will Cuppy) *15946 Satinský (Július Satinský)


Other

*4049 Noragalʹ (Nora Galʹ, Russian translator) *12608 Aesop (Aesop, fabulist)


Visual arts

*2730 Barks (Carl Barks, cartoonist) *3001 Michelangelo (Michelangelo Buonarroti, painter and sculptor) *3246 Bidstrup (Herluf Bidstrup, caricaturist) *3566 Levitan (Isaac Levitan, painter) *4426 Roerich (Nicholas Roerich, painter) *4457 van Gogh (Vincent van Gogh, painter) *4511 Rembrandt (Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Rembrandt van Rijn, painter) *4671 Drtikol (František Drtikol, photographer) *4691 Toyen, (Toyen), painter and graphic artist) *4942 Munroe (Randall Munroe, former NASA roboticist and cartoonist, creator of webcomic xkcd) *5055 Opekushin (Alexander Opekushin, sculptor) *5122 Mucha (Alfons Mucha, painter and graphic artist) *5363 Kupka (František Kupka, painter and graphic artist) *5800 Pollock (Jackson Pollock, painter) *6056 Donatello (Donatello, painter) *6584 Ludekpesek (Ludek Pesek, painter) *6592 Goya (Francisco Goya, painter) *6674 Cézanne (Paul Cézanne, painter) *6676 Monet (Claude Monet, painter) *6677 Renoir (Pierre-Auguste Renoir, painter) *6701 Warhol (Andy Warhol, artist) *6768 Mathiasbraun (Mathias Braun, also known as Matyáš Braun, sculptor and carver) *6769 Brokoff (Jan Brokoff, Johann Brokoff, also known as Jan Brokoff, sculptor and carver) *7701 Zrzavý (Jan Zrzavý, painter) *7867 Burian (Zdeněk Burian, painter and book illustrator) *8236 Gainsborough (Thomas Gainsborough, landscape and portrait artist) *8237 Constable (John Constable, painter) *8240 Matisse (Henri Matisse, painter) *10189 Normanrockwell (Norman Rockwell, artist) *10218 Bierstadt (Albert Bierstadt, Landscape artist) *10343 Church (Frederick Edwin Church, painter) *10372 Moran (Thomas Moran, landscape artist) *10404 McCall (Robert T. McCall, space artist) *13227 Poor (Kim Poor, space artist) *13329 Davidhardy (David A. Hardy, space artist) *13330 Dondavis (Don Davis (artist), Don Davis, astronomical artist) *13543 Butler (Chris Butler (artist), Chris Butler, space artist) *13562 Bobeggleton (Bob Eggleton, painter) *14976 Josefčapek (Josef Čapek, painter and writer) *17625 Joseflada (Josef Lada, painter) *17806 Adolfborn (Adolf Born, painter) *20364 Zdeněkmiler (Zdeněk Miler, animator and illustrator) *21501 Acevedo (Tony Acevedo, multimedia graphic designer) *29490 Myslbek (Josef Václav Myslbek, sculptor) *43724 Pechstein (Max Pechstein, painter) *43775 Tiepolo (Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, painter) *46280 Hollar (Václav Hollar, graphic artist and painter) *48434 Maxbeckmann (Max Beckmann, painter) *85411 Paulflora (Paul Flora, graphic artist) *98127 Vilgusová (:cs:Hedvika Vilgusová, Hedvika Vilgusová, painter and illustrator of books for children) *184878 Gotlib (Gotlib, Marcel Gottlieb, cartoonist)


Architects

*3062 Wren (Christopher Wren) *5318 Dientzenhofer (Dientzenhofer family or architects, like Christoph Dientzenhofer and his son Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer) *6055 Brunelleschi (Filippo Brunelleschi) *6266 Letzel (Jan Letzel) *6550 Parléř (Peter Parler, cs, Petr Parléř) *19129 Loos (Adolf Loos) *24666 Miesvanrohe (Ludwig Mies van der Rohe) *35233 Krčín (Jakub Krčín)


Classical music


Composers

*734 Benda (Karel Bendl) *1034 Mozartia (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) *1059 Mussorgskia (Modest Mussorgsky) *1405 Sibelius (Jean Sibelius) *1814 Bach (member of Bach family, probably Johann Sebastian Bach) *1815 Beethoven (Ludwig van Beethoven) *1818 Brahms (Johannes Brahms) *2047 Smetana (Bedřich Smetana) *2055 Dvořák (Antonín Dvořák) *2073 Janáček (Leoš Janáček) *2205 Glinka (Mikhail Glinka) *2266 Tchaikovsky (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) *2420 Čiurlionis (Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis) *2523 Ryba (Jakub Jan Ryba) *2669 Shostakovich (Dmitri Shostakovich) *3081 Martinůboh (Bohuslav Martinů) *3590 Holst (Gustav Holst) *3592 Nedbal (Oskar Nedbal) *3784 Chopin (Frédéric Chopin) *3826 Handel (George Frideric Handel) *3917 Franz Schubert (Franz Schubert) *3941 Haydn (Joseph Haydn) *3954 Mendelssohn (Felix Mendelssohn) *3955 Bruckner (Anton Bruckner) *3975 Verdi (Giuseppe Verdi) *3992 Wagner (Richard Wagner) *4003 Schumann (probably Robert Schumann) *4040 Purcell (Henry Purcell) *4079 Britten (Benjamin Britten) *4132 Bartók (Béla Bartók) *4134 Schütz (Heinrich Schütz) *4330 Vivaldi (Antonio Vivaldi) *4345 Rachmaninoff (Sergei Rachmaninoff) *4382 Stravinsky (Igor Stravinsky) *4406 Mahler (Gustav Mahler) *4492 Debussy (Claude Debussy) *4515 Khrennikov (Tikhon Khrennikov) *4527 Schoenberg (Arnold Schoenberg) *4528 Berg (Alban Berg) *4529 Webern (Anton Webern) *4532 Copland (Aaron Copland) *4534 Rimskij-Korsakov (Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov) *4546 Franck (César Franck) *4559 Strauss (Johann Strauss I, Johann Strauss family or Richard Strauss) *4579 Puccini (Giacomo Puccini) *4625 Shchedrin (Rodion Shchedrin) *4727 Ravel (Maurice Ravel) *4734 Rameau (Jean-Philippe Rameau) *4802 Khatchaturian (Aram Khatchaturian) *4818 Elgar (Edward Elgar) *4850 Palestrina (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina) *4972 Pachelbel (Johann Pachelbel) *5004 Bruch (Max Bruch) *5063 Monteverdi (Claudio Monteverdi) *5157 Hindemith (Paul Hindemith) *5177 Hugowolf (Hugo Wolf) *5210 Saint-Saëns (Camille Saint-Saëns) *6354 Vangelis (Vangelis Papathanassiou) *6480 Scarlatti (Alessandro Scarlatti, Alessandro and Domenico Scarlatti) *6549 Skryabin (Alexander Scriabin) *6777 Balakirev (Mily Balakirev) *6780 Borodin (Alexander Borodin) *6798 Couperin (François Couperin) *7622 Pergolesi (Giovanni Battista Pergolesi) *7624 Gluck (Christoph Willibald Gluck) *7625 Louisspohr (Louis Spohr) *7903 Albinoni (Tomaso Albinoni) *8181 Rossini (Gioacchino Rossini) *8249 Gershwin (George Gershwin) *8877 Rentaro (Taki Rentaro) *9438 Satie (Erik Satie) *9493 Enescu (George Enescu) *9912 Donizetti (Gaetano Donizetti) *9913 Humperdinck (Engelbert Humperdinck (composer), Engelbert Humperdinck) *10055 Silcher (Friedrich Silcher) *10116 Robertfranz (Robert Franz) *10186 Albéniz (Isaac Albéniz, Spanish Catalan composer and pianist) *10820 Offenbach (Jacques Offenbach) *10875 Veracini (Francesco Maria Veracini) *11050 Messiaen (Olivier Messiaen) *11289 Frescobaldi (Girolamo Frescobaldi) *11530 d'Indy (Vincent d'Indy) *11899 Weill (Kurt Weill) *12782 Mauersberger (Brothers Rudolf Mauersberger, Rudolf and Erhard Mauersberger, composers and conductors) *:it:14403 de Machault (Guillaume de Machaut) *15808 Zelter (Carl Friedrich Zelter) *16590 Brunowalter (Bruno Walter, composer and conductor) *17509 Ikumadan (Ikuma Dan) *53159 Mysliveček (Josef Mysliveček) *69288 Berlioz (Hector Berlioz) *300128 Panditjasraj (Pandit Jasraj)


Conductors

*5230 Asahina (Takashi Asahina) *6432 Temirkanov (Yuri Temirkanov) *11201 Talich (Václav Talich) *21801 Ančerl (Karel Ančerl) *21804 Václavneumann (Václav Neumann) *36226 Mackerras (Charles Mackerras)


Opera Singers

*218 Bianca (Bertha Schwarz, stage name Bianca Bianchi) *5203 Pavarotti (Luciano Pavarotti) *6583 Destinn (Ema Destinnová, also known as Emmy Destinn) *18460 Pecková (:cs:Dagmar Pecková, Dagmar Pecková) *37573 Enricocaruso (Enrico Caruso) *260508 Alagna (Roberto Alagna)


Others

*644 Cosima (Cosima Wagner, director of the Bayreuth Festival and wife of Richard Wagner) *677 Aaltje (Aaltje Noordewier-Reddingius, soprano) *5184 Cavaillé-Coll (Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, Organ builder) *8471 Obrant (Arkadij Efimovich Obrant, ballet-master, producer, and teacher-humanist) *9914 Obukhova (Nadezhda Andreevna Obukhova, soloist at the Bolshoj Theater and People's Artist of the U.S.S.R.) *11305 Ahlqvist (David Ahlqvist, Swedish artist, author, and musician) *33434 Scottmanley (Scott Manley) *58373 Albertoalonso (Alberto Alonso, Cuban choreographer and dance visionary)


Entertainment


Popular music

*1889 Pakhmutova (Aleksandra Pakhmutova, composer) *2620 Santana (Carlos Santana, musician) *2644 Victor Jara (Víctor Jara, musician) *3738 Ots (Georg Ots, musician) *3834 Zappafrank (Frank Zappa, musician) * 8749 Beatles (The Beatles, band). In addition, there are four consecutively numbered minor planets named after the individual members of The Beatles: **4147 Lennon (John Lennon) **4148 McCartney (Paul McCartney) **4149 Harrison (George Harrison) **4150 Starr (Ringo Starr) *4305 Clapton (Eric Clapton, musician) *4422 Jarre (Maurice Jarre and Jean Michel Jarre, French composers) *4442 Garcia (Jerry Garcia, musician) *(4738) 1985 RZ4, 4738 Jimihendrix (Jimi Hendrix, musician) *(4749) 1989 WE1, 4749 Ledzeppelin (Led Zeppelin, the UK band) *5656 Oldfield (Mike Oldfield, composer) *5892 Milesdavis (Miles Davis, musician) *5945 Roachapproach (Steve Roach (musician), Steve Roach, musician) *6354 Vangelis (Vangelis, Vangelis Papathanassiou, composer) *6433 Enya (Enya, musician) *7226 Kryl (Karel Kryl, musician) *7707 Yes (Yes (band), Yes, band) *7934 Sinatra (Frank Sinatra, vocalist) *8249 Gershwin (George Gershwin, composer) *9179 Satchmo (Louis Armstrong, musician) *10313 Vanessa-Mae (Vanessa-Mae, musician) *12272 Geddylee (Geddy Lee, Canadian musician) *13644 Lynnanderson (Lynn Anderson, an American country music singer) *14024 Procol Harum (Procol Harum, band) *15092 Beegees (Bee Gees, band) *16155 Buddy (Buddy Holly, musician) *17059 Elvis (Elvis Presley, musician) *17473 Freddiemercury (Freddie Mercury, musician) *18132 Spector (Phil Spector, musician) *18125 Brianwilson (Brian Wilson, musician) *19155 Lifeson (Alex Lifeson, Canadian musician) *19367 Pink Floyd (Pink Floyd, band) *19383 Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones, band) *19398 Creedence (Creedence Clearwater Revival, band) *21891 Andreabocelli (Andrea Bocelli, tenor singer) *22521 ZZ Top (ZZ Top, band) *23469 Neilpeart (Neil Peart, Canadian musician) *23990 Springsteen (Bruce Springsteen, musician) *24997 Petergabriel (Peter Gabriel, musician) *28151 Markknopfler (Mark Knopfler, a Scottish composer) *40248 Yukikajiura (Yuki Kajiura, a Japanese composer) *40775 Kalafina (Kalafina, a Japanese vocal group). In addition, there are four minor planets named after the individual members and former member of Kalafina: **41199 Wakanaootaki (Wakana Ootaki) **42271 Keikokubota (Keiko Kubota) **44475 Hikarumasai (Hikaru Masai) **47466 Mayatoyoshima (Maya Toyoshima – former member) *41981 Yaobeina (Yao Beina, singer) *42522 Chuckberry (Chuck Berry, an American guitarist, singer and songwriter) *44016 Jimmypage (Jimmy Page, musician) *52344 Yehudimenuhin (Yehudi Menuhin, violist and conductor) *52665 Brianmay (Brian May, musician, a member of band Queen (band)) *65769 Mahalia, (Mahalia Jackson, singer) *72801 Manzanera, (Phil Manzanera, musician) *72802 Wetton, (John Wetton, musician) *79896 Billhaley (Bill Haley (musician), Bill Haley, musician) *81947 Fripp (Robert Fripp, musician, leader of King Crimson) *81948 Eno (Brian Eno, musician) *90125 Chrissquire (Chris Squire, musician, a member of band Yes (band)) *91287 Simon-Garfunkel (Simon and Garfunkel, band) *94291 Django (Django Reinhardt, musician) *110393 Rammstein (Rammstein, band) *144296 Steviewonder (Stevie Wonder, a blind American songwriter and singer) *242516 Lindseystirling (Lindsey Stirling, an American violinist) *243002 Lemmy (Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister, British rock musician, member of Hawkwind, The Head Cat, and Motörhead) *249516 Aretha (Aretha Franklin, musician) *250840 Motörhead (The British heavy metal group Motörhead) *List of minor planets: 257001–258000#248, 257248 Chouchiehlun (Chou Chieh Lun, mostly referred to as Jay Chou, a Taiwanese musician and singer-songwriter) *274213 Satriani (Joe Satriani, guitarist) *292872 Anoushankar (Anoushka Shankar, a sitar musician) *327695 Yokoono (Yoko Ono, musician) *337044 Bobdylan (Bob Dylan, musician) *342843 Davidbowie (David Bowie, musician) *365443 Holiday (Billie Holiday, jazz musician) *495181 Rogerwaters (Roger Waters, musician, one of Pink Floyd founders) *495253 Hanszimmer (Hans Zimmer, a German composer) *10026 Sophiexeon (Sophie (musician), Sophie Xeon, a Scottish electronic producer)


Film, TV and Theatre

*2374 Vladvysotskij, (Vladimir Vysotsky, singer, poet, writer, movie and theatre actor) *2816 Pien, (Armand Pien (1920–2003), Belgian TV weatherman) *3252 Johnny (Johnny Carson, Talk Show Host) *3768 Monroe (Marilyn Monroe, an American actress, model, and singer) *3998 Tezuka (Osamu Tezuka, pioneering Japanese comic artist and animator) *4238 Audrey (Audrey Hepburn, actress) *4495 Dassanowsky (Elfi Dassanowsky, Austrian-born singer, studio founder, producer) *4535 Adamcarolla (Adam Carolla, comedian, television and radio host) *4536 Drewpinsky (Drew Pinsky, television and radio host, actor) *4659 Roddenberry (Gene Roddenberry, ''Star Trek'' creator) *4864 Nimoy (Leonard Nimoy, of ''Star Trek'' fame) *4901 Ó Briain (Dara Ó Briain, comedian and science presenter) *5608 Olmos (Edward James Olmos, actor) *6318 Cronkite (Walter Cronkite, TV newsreader) *6377 Cagney (James Cagney, actor) *6546 Kaye (Danny Kaye, actor and comedian) *7032 Hitchcock (Alfred Hitchcock, film director) *7037 Davidlean (David Lean, film director) *7307 Takei (George Takei, actor) *8299 Téaleoni (Téa Leoni, actress) *8347 Lallaward (Lalla Ward, actress) *8353 Megryan (Meg Ryan, actress) *8664 Grigorijrichters (Grigorij Richters, film director and co-founder of Asteroid Day) *8883 Miyazakihayao (Hayao Miyazaki, animator) *9081 Hideakianno (Hideaki Anno, Japanese animator, film director and actor) *9341 Gracekelly (Grace Kelly, actress) *9342 Carygrant (Cary Grant, actor) *Monty Python members: **9617 Grahamchapman (Graham Chapman) **9618 Johncleese (John Cleese) **9619 Terrygilliam (Terry Gilliam) **9620 Ericidle (Eric Idle) **9621 Michaelpalin (Michael Palin) **9622 Terryjones (Terry Jones) *9974 Brody (Adrien Brody) *10221 Kubrick (Stanley Kubrick) *10378 Ingmarbergman (Ingmar Bergman, film director) *11333 Forman (Miloš Forman, film director) *11548 Jerrylewis (Jerry Lewis, comedian and actor) *12561 Howard (Ron Howard, actor, director, producer) *12562 Briangrazer (Brian Grazer, producer) *12818 Tomhanks (Tom Hanks, actor, producer) *12820 Robinwilliams (Robin Williams, actor, comedian) *13070 Seanconnery (Sean Connery, actor) *132904 Notkin (Geoffrey Notkin, TV science educator, film producer) *13441 Janmerlin (Jan Merlin, actor and author) *15131 Alanalda (Alan Alda, actor, director, screenwriter, author) *17023 Abbott (Bud Abbott, actor, producer, comedian) *17062 Bardot (Brigitte Bardot, a French former actress, singer and fashion model) *17744 Jodiefoster (Jodie Foster, actress) *19291 Karelzeman (Karel Zeman, film director) *19578 Kirkdouglas (Kirk Douglas, actor) *19695 Billnye (Bill Nye, TV science educator) *22903 Georgeclooney (George Clooney, actor) *25930 Spielberg (Steven Spielberg, American film director) *26733 Nanavisitor (Nana Visitor, actress) *26734 Terryfarrell (Terry Farrell (actress), Terry Farrell, actress) *26858 Misterrogers (Fred Rogers, US children's television host) *27899 Letterman (David Letterman, talk show host) *29132 Bradpitt (Brad Pitt, actor) *28600 Georgelucas (George Lucas, the director of the films ''American Graffiti'' and ''Star Wars'') *28980 Chowyunfat (Chow Yun-fat, actor) *31556 Shatner (William Shatner, actor) *38461 Jiřítrnka (Jiří Trnka, puppet maker and puppet-film director) *39557 Gielgud (John Gielgud, actor) *64291 Anglee (Ang Lee, film director) *68410 Nichols (Nichelle Nichols, actress) *71000 Hughdowns (Hugh Downs, Television and radio anchorman) *78453 Bullock (Sandra Bullock, an American actress and producer) *110026 Hamill (Mark Hamill, actor) *116939 Jonstewart (Jon Stewart, comedian and TV host) *132874 Latinovits (Zoltán Latinovits, actor) *133161 Ruttkai (Éva Ruttkai, actress) *166614 Zsazsa (Zsa Zsa Gábor, actress and socialite) *224693 Morganfreeman (Morgan Freeman, actor) *231307 Peterfalk (Peter Falk, actor) *261690 Jodorowsky (Alejandro Jodorowsky, Chilean-French filmmaker) *262876 Davidlynch (David Lynch, American filmmaker) *560354 Chrisnolan (Christopher Nolan, film director)


Sports


Olympic medalists

*1740 Nurmi (Paavo Nurmi, middle- and long-distance runner) *5910 Zátopek (Emil Zátopek, long-distance runner) *8217 Dominikhasek, 8217 Dominikhašek (Dominik Hašek, ice hockey player) *9224 Železný (Jan Železný, javelin thrower) *26986 Čáslavská (Věra Čáslavská, gymnast) *128036 Rafaelnadal (Rafael Nadal, Rafael Nadal Parera, tennis player) *151659 Egerszegi (Krisztina Egerszegi, swimmer) *175281 Kolonics (György Kolonics, canoeist) *230975 Rogerfederer (Roger Federer, tennis player)


Other sports

*1909 Alekhin (Alexander Alekhine, chess world champion) *4538 Vishyanand (Viswanathan Anand, chess world champion) *2472 Bradman (Donald Bradman, cricketer) *3027 Shavarsh (Shavarsh Karapetyan, finswimmer) *5891 Gehrig (Lou Gehrig, baseball player) *6758 Jesseowens (Jesse Owens, athlete) *7835 Myroncope (Myron Cope, sportscaster and journalist) *10634 Pepibican (Josef Bican, called "Pepi", football player) *10675 Kharlamov (Valeri Kharlamov, hockey player) *12373 Lancearmstrong (Lance Armstrong, cyclist) *12413 Johnnyweir (Johnny Weir, figure skater) *12414 Bure (Pavel Bure, ice hockey player) *14282 Cruijff (Johan Cruijff, Dutch football player) *33179 Arsènewenger (Arsène Wenger, football manager) *78071 Vicent (Francesc Vicent, chess writer) *79647 Ballack (Michael Ballack, German footballer) *82656 Puskás (Ferenc Puskás, football player) *85386 Payton (Walter Payton, American football player) *90414 Karpov (Anatoly Karpov, chess world champion) *316020 Linshuhow (Jeremy Lin, basketball player)


Other entertainers

*3163 Randi (James Randi, magician and skeptic)


Contest winners


Broadcom MASTERS

*2015 winner **31641 Cevasco (Hannah Olivia Cevasco, a middle school student from California, U.S.A)


Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge

*2001 winners **15155 Ahn (Ryan J. Ahn, a middle school student from Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) **15559 Abigailhines (Abigail M. Hines, a middle school student from Indiana, U.S.A.) *2002 winners **13434 Adamquade (Adam Robert Quade, a middle school student from Minnesota, U.S.A.) *2003 winners **19564 Ajburnetti (Anthony James Burnetti, a middle school student from Maryland, U.S.A.) *2004 winners **20503 Adamtazi (Adam Ryoma Tazi, a middle school student from Florida, U.S.A.) *2005 winners **21850 Abshir (Iftin Mohamed Abshir, a middle school student from Colorado, U.S.A.) **21933 Aaronrozon (Aaron Alexander Rozon, a middle school student from Hawaii, U.S.A.) *2006 winners **22638 Abdulla (Almas Ugurgizi Abdulla, a middle school student from Florida, U.S.A.) **22656 Aaronburrows (Aaron Phillip Burrows, a middle school student from Texas, U.S.A.) **22786 Willipete (William Garrett Pete, a middle school student from Minnesota, U.S.A.) *2007 winners **23768 Abu-Rmaileh (Muhammad Akef Abu-Rmaileh, a middle school student from Arkansas, U.S.A.) **23924 Premt (Prem Thottumkara, a middle school student from Illinois, U.S.A)


Intel International Science and Engineering Fair

*2002 winners **10237 Adzic (Vladislav Adzic, high school student from New York, U.S.A.) **11685 Adamcurry (Adam Michael Curry, high school student from Colorado, U.S.A.) **11697 Estrella (Allan Noriel Estrella, high school student from Manila, Philippines) **12088 Macalintal (Jeric Valles Macalintal, high school student from Manila, Philippines) **12522 Rara (Prem Vilas Fortran Rara, high school student from Iligan, Philippines) **12553 Aaronritter (Aaron M. Ritter, high school student from Indiana, U.S.A.) **13241 Biyo (Josette Biyo, high school teacher from Iloilo, Philippines, former Executive Director of the Philippine Science High School System) *2003 winners **16999 Ajstewart (Andrew James Stewart, high school student from NSW, Australia) **17984 Ahantonioli (Alexandra Hope Antonioli, high school student from Montana, U.S.A.) **18084 Adamwohl (Adam Richard Wohl, high school student from North Dakota, U.S.A.) **18142 Adamsidman (Adam Daniel Sidman, high school student from Colorado, U.S.A.) **18796 Acosta (Iyen Abdon Acosta, high school student from Maryland, U.S.A.) **19444 Addicott (Charles Michael Addicott, high school student from Florida, U.S.A.) **19488 Abramcoley (Abram Levi Coley, high school student from Montana, U.S.A.) **21395 Albertofilho (Alberto Filho, a technical school teacher from Rio Grande Do Sul, Brasil) *2004 winners **20779 Xiajunchao (Junchao Xia, high school student from Shanghai, China) **20780 Chanyikhei (Chan Yik Hei, high school student from Hong Kong, China) **20813 Aakashshah (Aakash Shah, high school student from New Jersey, U.S.A.) *2005 winners **21483 Abdulrasool (Ameen Abdulrasool, high school student from Illinois, U.S.A.) **21712 Obaid (Sami Obaid, college student from Quebec, Canada.) **21758 Adrianveres (Adrian Veres, high school student from Quebec, Canada) *2006 winners **21400 Ahdout (Zimra Payvand Ahdout, high school student from New York, U.S.A.) **21623 Albertshieh (Albert David Shieh, high school student from Arizona, U.S.A.) **21725 Zhongyuechen (Zhong Yuechen, Middle School student from Beijing, China) *2007 winners **23113 Aaronhakim (Aaron Hakim, high school student from Ontario, Canada) **23238 Ocasio-Cortez (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, high school student from New York, U.S.A.) **23306 Adamfields (Adam Chaplin Fields, high school student from New York, U.S.A.) *2008 winners **24520 Abramson (Ronit Batya Roth Abramson, high school student from California, U.S.A.) **24346 Lehienphan (Le Hien Thi Phan, high school student from Georgia, U.S.A.) *2009 winners **25638 Ahissar (Shira Ahissar, high school student from Rehovot, Israel.) **25642 Adiseshan (Tara Anjali Adiseshan, high school student from Virginia, U.S.A.) **25677 Aaronenten (Aaron Christopher Enten, high school student from Florida, U.S.A.) *2010 winners **26386 Adelinacozma (Adelina Corina Cozma, high school student from Ontario, Canada) **26447 Akrishnan (Akash Krishnan, high school student from Oregon, U.S.A.) **26462 Albertcui (Albert Cui, high school student from Utah, U.S.A.) **26544 Ajjarapu (Avanthi Sai Ajjarapu, high school student from Iowa, U.S.A.) **26557 Aakritijain (Aakriti Jain, high school student from California, U.S.A.) **26737 Adambradley (Adam Bradley Halverson, high school student from South Dakota, U.S.A.) **26740 Camacho (Martin Ayalde Camacho, high school student from Minnesota, U.S.A.) **28400 Morgansinko (Morgan Walker Sinko, high school student from Texas. U.S.A.) *2011 winners **28167 Andrewkim (Andrew Wooyoung Kim, high school student from Georgia, U.S.A.) **28439 Miguelreyes (Miguel Arnold Silverio Reyes, high school student from Quezon City, Philippines) **28442 Nicholashuey (Nicholas Michael Huey, high school student from Missouri, U.S.A.) **28443 Crisara (Alexander Raymond Crisara, high school student from Texas, U.S.A.) **28444 Alexrabii (Jahan Rabii, high school student from Texas, U.S.A.) **28446 Davlantes (Christopher Joseph Davlantes, high school student from Florida, U.S.A.) **28447 Arjunmathur (Arjun Mathur, high school student from Florida, U.S.A.) **28449 Ericlau (Eric Lau, high school student from Georgia, U.S.A.) **28450 Saravolz (Sara Ellen Volz, high school student from Colorado, U.S.A.) **28451 Tylerhoward (Tyler Trettel Howard, high school student from Kansas, U.S.A.) **28452 Natkondamuri (Nathan Sai Kondamuri, high school student from Indiana, U.S.A.) **28453 Alexcecil (Alexander Michael Cecil, high school student from North Carolina, U.S.A.) **List of minor planets: 28001-29000, 28511 Marggraff (Blake Christopher Marggraff, high school student from California, U.S.A.) **28538 Ruisong (Rui Song, high school student from Saskatchewan, Canada) *2014 winners **Justin Lafazan, (high school student from Syosset, New York) **31460 Jongsowfei, (Faye Jong Sow Fei, high school student from Sarawak, Malaysia)


Intel Science Talent Search

* 2002 Winners **16113 Ahmed (Tahir Ahmed, high school student from New York, U.S.A.) **16215 Venkatraman (Dheera Venkatraman, high school senior) **16214 Venkatachalam (Vivek Venkatachalam, high school senior) **16238 Chappe (Sean Chappe, high school teacher from New Jersey, U.S.A.) * 2003 Winners **15421 Adammalin (Adam Mikah Malin, a high school senior from New York, U.S.A.) * 2005 Winners **21411 Abifraeman (Abigail Ann Fraeman, a high school senior from Maryland, U.S.A.) **21413 Albertsao (Albert Tsao, a high school senior from Massachusetts, U.S.A.) * 2006 Winners **22551 Adamsolomon (Adam Ross Solomon, a high school senior from New York, U.S.A.) * 2008 Winners **24121 Achandran (Ashok Chandran, a high school senior from New York, U.S.A.) * 2009 Winners **25410 Abejar (Patrick Jeffrey Abejar, a high school senior from New York, U.S.A.) **25422 Abigreene (Abigail Sara Greene, a high school senior from New York, U.S.A.) * 2010 Winners **25966 Akhilmathew (Akhil Mathew, a high school senior from New Jersey, U.S.A.) **25979 Alansage (Alan Robert Sage, a high school senior from New York, U.S.A.) **27239 O'Dorney (Evan Michael O'Dorney, a high school senior from California, U.S.A.) * 2011 Winners **27072 Aggarwal (Amol Aggarwal, a high school senior from California, U.S.A.) **27257 Tang-Quan (David Tang-Quan, a high school senior from California, U.S.A) * 2012 Winners **26200 Van Doren (Benjamin Van Doren, a high school senior from New York, U.S.A.)


Editors and publishers

*305 Gordonia (James Gordon Bennett Jr., publisher of the ''New York Herald'') *6282 Edwelda (Edwin L. Aguirre and Imelda B. Joson, Filipino editors of ''Sky & Telescope'') *Editors of the Japanese monthly astronomical magazine ''Gekkan Tenmon Guide'': **9067 Katsuno (Gentaro Katsuno) **11928 Akimotohiro (Hiroyuki Akimoto)


Discoverers' relatives

*2839 Annette (Annette Tombaugh, the discoverer's daughter) *3044 Saltykov (Nikita Saltykov, one of the discoverers' grandfathers) *10588 Adamcrandall (Adam Crandall Rees, the discoverer's stepson) *12848 Agostino (Agostino Boattini, the discoverer's father) *13691 Akie (Akie Asami, the discoverer's wife) *19524 Acaciacoleman (Acacia Coleman, the discoverer's granddaughter) *60001 Adélka (Adélka Kotková, the discoverer's daughter)


Others

*83 Beatrix (Beatrice Portinari, immortalized in Dante Alighieri, Dante's ''Divine Comedy'') *156 Xanthippe (Xanthippe, wife of Socrates) *323 Brucia (Catherine Wolfe Bruce, astronomical philanthropist) *609 Fulvia (Fulvia, wife of Mark Antony) *719 Albert (Albert Salomon von Rothschild, banker and benefactor of the Vienna Observatory) *904 Rockefellia (John D. Rockefeller, philanthropist) *1038 Tuckia (Edward Tuck, philanthropist) *1462 Zamenhof (L. L. Zamenhof, father of Esperanto) *3018 Godiva (Lady Godiva) *3147 Samantha (Samantha Smith, peace activist) *4318 Baťa (Tomáš Baťa, founder of the Bata Shoes Company) *4487 Pocahontas (Pocahontas) *4987 Flamsteed (Ethelwin ("Win") Frances Flamsteed Moffatt, a direct descendant of the brother of John Flamsteed, the first Astronomer Royal of England) *6235 Burney (Venetia Burney, suggested the name "Pluto" for the planet discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930) *7166 Kennedy (Malcolm Kennedy, secretary of the Astronomical Society of Glasgow) *19718 Albertjarvis (Albert G. Jarvis, inventor) *69275 Wiesenthal (Simon Wiesenthal, Nazi hunter) *80652 Albertoangela (Alberto Angela, Italian science writer) *241528 Tubman (Harriet Tubman, American abolitionist) *249521 Truth (Sojurner Truth, American abolitionist) *316201 Malala (Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani activist for female education)


Fictional characters


Characters in classic fiction

*92 Undina (Undine, heroine of the novella ''Undine (novella), Undine'' by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué) *171 Ophelia (Ophelia, love interest of Prince Hamlet in William Shakespeare’s ''Hamlet'') *211 Isolda (Iseult, lover of the Arthurian knight Tristan) *264 Libussa (Libuše, mythical Bohemians (tribe), Bohemian prophetess) *588 Achilles (Achilles, Greek hero of the Iliad) *617 Patroclus (Patroclus, Greek hero of the Iliad) *624 Hektor (Hector, Trojan hero of the Iliad) *911 Agamemnon (Agamemnon, Greek hero of the Iliad) *1143 Odysseus (Odysseus, legendary king of Ithaca) *1172 Äneas (Aeneas, prince of Troy) *1966 Tristan (Arthurian knight) *2041 Lancelot (Arthurian knight) *2054 Gawain (Arthurian knight) *2082 Galahad (Arthurian knight) *2095 Parsifal (Arthurian knight) *2483 Guinevere (Guinevere, King Arthur's queen) *2597 Arthur (King Arthur, legendary king of England) *2598 Merlin (Merlin (wizard), Merlin, wizard who helped King Arthur) *3102 Krok (Duke Krok, Krok, mythical Bohemians (tribe), Bohemian duke, father of Libuše, Kazi (Czech legend), Kazi and Teta (Czech legend), Teta) *3180 Morgan (Morgan le Fay, enchantress in Arthurian legend) *3552 Don Quixote (Don Quixote, hero of the novel ''Don Quixote de la Mancha'' by Miguel de Cervantes) *5797 Bivoj (Bivoj, mythical Bohemians (tribe), Bohemian hero) *7695 Přemysl (Přemysl, the Ploughman, Přemysl the Ploughman, mythical founder of the Přemyslid dynasty) *9551 Kazi (Kazi (Czech legend), Kazi, Bohemians (tribe), Bohemian mythical female healer) *9713 Oceax (Oceax, son of Nauplius of Euboea and brother of Palamedes) *10764 Rübezahl (Rübezahl, Czech language, Czech Krakonoš, giant ruler of the Giant Mountains) *12927 Pinocchio (Pinocchio, a fictional character and the main protagonist of the children's novel ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' (1883) by the Italian writer Carlo Collodi. *15374 Teta (Teta (Czech legend), Teta, mythical Bohemians (tribe), Bohemian prophetess) *24601 Valjean (Jean Valjean, protagonist of the novel ''Les Misérables'' by Victor Hugo) *38086 Beowulf (Beowulf)


Characters in modern fiction

*1683 Castafiore (Bianca Castafiore, the diva in Hergé's ''The Adventures of Tintin'') *2309 Mr. Spock (Mr. Spock, the famous Vulcan (Star Trek), Vulcan, by way of the discoverer's cat) *2521 Heidi (title character in Johanna Spyri's well-known book ''Heidi'') *2991 Bilbo (Bilbo Baggins, hero of ''The Hobbit'') *4512 Sinuhe (title hero of ''The Egyptian'' by Mika Waltari) *Characters created by Arthur Conan Doyle: **5048 Moriarty (Professor Moriarty, archenemy of Sherlock Holmes) **5049 Sherlock (Sherlock Holmes, detective) **5050 Doctorwatson (Doctor Watson, sidekick of Sherlock Holmes) *Characters created by Lewis Carroll in ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Alice in Wonderland'': **6042 Cheshirecat (the Cheshire cat) **6735 Madhatter (the The Hatter, Mad Hatter) **6736 Marchare (the March Hare) *Fabulous beasts described or mentioned by Lewis Carroll in ''Jabberwocky'': **7470 Jabberwock (the Jabberwock) *7796 Járacimrman (Jára Cimrman, a fictional Czech genius) *7896 Švejk (The Good Soldier Švejk, Josef Švejk, the good soldier) *9007 James Bond (James Bond, fictional spy created by Ian Fleming) *10160 Totoro (Totoro (character), Totoro, character in the 1988 Japanese animated film ''My Neighbor Totoro'') *12410 Donald Duck (Donald Duck, a funny animal cartoon character created in 1934 at Walt Disney Productions *12448 Mr. Tompkins (Mr. Tompkins, hero of science books by George Gamow) *12796 Kamenrider (Kamen Rider, Japanese hero created by Shotaro Ishinomori) *18610 Arthurdent (Arthur Dent, hapless protagonist in ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' series) *18996 Torasan (Tora-san, vagabond protagonist of the ''Otoko wa Tsurai yo'' film series) *20496 Jeník (Jeník, hero of Bedřich Smetana’s opera ''The Bartered Bride'') *20497 Mařenka (Mařenka, hero of Bedřich Smetana’s opera ''The Bartered Bride'') *Comic strip characters by Goscinny and Uderzo: **29401 Asterix (Asterix) **29402 Obelix (Obélix) *29471 Spejbl (Spejbl, popular puppet character created by Josef Skupa) *29472 Hurvínek (Hurvínek, son of Spejbl, popular puppet character created by Josef Skupa) *33377 Večerníček (Večerníček, animated character inviting Czech Republic, Czech children to watch evening TV fairytale) *46737 Anpanman (hero of the Japanese ''Anpanman'' picture book series whose head is made of bread filled with sweet bean paste) *58345 Moomintroll (Moomintroll, hero of books by Tove Jansson) *98494 Marsupilami (Marsupilami, character created by André Franquin) *99942 Apophis (Apophis (Stargate), Apophis, character from sci-fi TV show ''Stargate SG-1'') *Petit-Prince (moon), Petit-Prince, moon of 45 Eugenia (The Little Prince, hero of book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)


See also

*List of minor planets *List of exceptional asteroids *List of minor planets named after animals and plants *List of minor planets named after places *List of minor planets named after rivers *Meanings of minor planet names *Stars named after people *List of people with craters of the Moon named after them


References

*Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser" http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi (accessed 15 December 2012). *Kleť Observatory. "Kleť numbered minor planets" (9 May 2004). http://www.klet.org/names/ (accessed 12 May 2004). *Minor Planet Center. "Minor Planet Names: Alphabetical List" (21 April 2011). http://www.minorplanetcenter.org/iau/lists/MPNames.html (was updated 4 June 2011). *Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. "Asteroids with a Canadian Connection" http://www.rasc.ca/canadian-asteroids (accessed 25 September 2013). *Schmadel, Lutz D. ''Dictionary of Minor Planet Names'' (2nd ed.). Berlin; New York: Springer-Verlag, 1993. {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Minor Planets Named After People Lists of eponyms, Minor Planets Lists of meanings of minor planet names, Lists of minor planets by name, People Lists of Solar System objects Lists of astronomical objects named after people, minor planets Lists of things named after people, Planets