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Minor planet

An asteroid group or minor-planet group is a population of minor planets that have a share broadly similar orbits. Members are generally unrelated to each other, unlike in an asteroid family, which often results from the break-up of a single asteroid...

 names. Those meanings marked with an asterisk (*) are guesswork, and should be checked against Lutz D. Schmadel

Lutz D. Schmadel

Lutz D. Schmadel is a German astronomer who works at the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut of the University of Heidelberg.He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids. His special interest is the orbit/course of the asteroids...

's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names or Paul Herget

Paul Herget

Paul Herget was an American astronomer.Herget taught astronomy at the University of Cincinnati. He was a pioneer in the use of machine methods, and eventually digital computers, in the solving of scientific and specifically astronomical problems .During World War II he applied these same talents...

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Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
1501–1600
1501 Baade 1501 Baade 1501 Baade is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 20, 1938 by Wachmann, A. at Bergedorf.- External links :*...	1938 UJ	Walter Baade Walter Baade Wilhelm Heinrich Walter Baade was a German astronomer who worked in the USA from 1931 to 1959.-Biography:He took advantage of wartime blackout conditions during World War II, which reduced light pollution at Mount Wilson Observatory, to resolve stars in the center of the Andromeda galaxy for the... , German astronomer †
1502 Arenda 1502 Arenda 1502 Arenda is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 17, 1938 by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1938 WB	Sylvain Julien Victor Arend Sylvain Julien Victor Arend Sylvain Julien Victor Arend was a Belgian astronomer born in Robelmont, Luxembourg . His main interest was astrometry.Together with Georges Roland, he discovered the bright comet C/1956 R1... , Belgian astronomer [H]
1503 Kuopio 1503 Kuopio 1503 Kuopio is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 15, 1938 by Yrjö Väisälä at Turku.- External links :*...	1938 XD	Kuopio Kuopio Kuopio is a city and a municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia, Finland. A population of makes it the ninth biggest city in the country. The city has a total area of , of which is water and half forest... , Finland
1504 Lappeenranta 1504 Lappeenranta 1504 Lappeenranta is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 23, 1939 by L. Oterma at Turku.- External links :*...	1939 FM	Lappeenranta Lappeenranta Lappeenranta is a city and municipality that resides on the shore of the lake Saimaa in South-Eastern Finland, about from the Russian border. It belongs to the region of South Karelia. With approximately inhabitants Lappeenranta is the largest city in Finland... , Finland
1505 Koranna 1505 Koranna 1505 Koranna is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 21, 1939 by Cyril V. Jackson at Union Observatory. It is named for a tribe of bushmen from the Kalahari Desert.- References :...	1939 HH	The Koranna, a tribe of Bushmen Bushmen The indigenous people of Southern Africa, whose territory spans most areas of South Africa, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Mozambique, Swaziland, Botswana, Namibia, and Angola, are variously referred to as Bushmen, San, Sho, Barwa, Kung, or Khwe...  from the Kalahari Desert Kalahari Desert The Kalahari Desert is a large semi-arid sandy savannah in Southern Africa extending , covering much of Botswana and parts of Namibia and South Africa, as semi-desert, with huge tracts of excellent grazing after good rains. The Kalahari supports more animals and plants than a true desert...  † [H]
1506 Xosa 1506 Xosa 1506 Xosa is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 15, 1939 by C. Jackson at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	1939 JC	Xhosa people of Africa † [H]
1507 Vaasa 1507 Vaasa 1507 Vaasa is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 12, 1939 by L. Oterma at Turku.- External links :*...	1939 RD	Vaasa Vaasa Vaasa is a city on the west coast of Finland. It received its charter in 1606, during the reign of Charles IX of Sweden and is named after the Royal House of Vasa... , Finland
1508 Kemi 1508 Kemi 1508 Kemi is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on October 21, 1938 by H. Alikoski at Turku.- External links :*...	1938 UP	Kemi Kemi Kemi is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located very near the city of Tornio. It was founded in 1869 by royal decree, because of its proximity to a deep water harbour.... , Finland
1509 Esclangona 1509 Esclangona 1509 Esclangona is a small inner main belt asteroid discovered on December 21, 1938 by André Patry from Nice, France. It is a member of the Hungaria family. Its provisional designation was 1938 YG. It measures 12 km in diameter...	1938 YG	Ernest Esclangon Ernest Esclangon Ernest Benjamin Esclangon was a French astronomer and mathematician.Born in Mison, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, in 1895 he started to study mathematics at the École Normale Supérieure, graduating in 1898... , French astronomer [H]
1510 Charlois 1510 Charlois 1510 Charlois is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 22, 1939 by André Patry at Nice.- External links :*...	1939 DC	Auguste Charlois Auguste Charlois Auguste Honoré Charlois was a French astronomer who discovered 99 asteroids while working in Nice.His first discovery was the asteroid 267 Tirza in 1887... , French astronomer
1511 Daléra 1511 Daléra 1511 Daléra is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1322.3803508 days .The asteroid was discovered on March 22, 1939.-References:...	1939 FB	Paul Daléra, friend of discoverer [H]
1512 Oulu 1512 Oulu 1512 Oulu is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on March 18, 1939 by H. Alikoski at Turku.- External links :*...	1939 FE	Oulu Oulu Oulu is a city and municipality of inhabitants in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia, in Finland. It is the most populous city in Northern Finland and the sixth most populous city in the country. It is one of the northernmost larger cities in the world.... , Finland, birthplace of discoverer [H]
1513 Mátra 1513 Mátra 1513 Mátra is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1185.8611749 days .The asteroid was discovered on March 10, 1940.-References:...	1940 EB	Mátra Mátra Mátra is a mountain range in northern Hungary, between the towns Gyöngyös and Eger. The country's highest peak, Kékestető , belongs to this mountain range.... , a mountain range in Hungary Hungary Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...  †
1514 Ricouxa 1514 Ricouxa 1514 Ricouxa is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on August 22, 1906. Its provisional designation was 1906 UR.- References :...	1906 UR	*
1515 Perrotin 1515 Perrotin 1515 Perrotin is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 15, 1936 by A. Patry at Nice.- External links :*...	1936 VG	Joseph Athanase Perrotin, French astronomer
1516 Henry 1516 Henry 1516 Henry is a dark main belt asteroid.It was discovered on January 28, 1938 by André Patry and named after Paul and Prosper Henry, two brothers who discovered many asteroids.Little is known about Henry....	1938 BG	Paul and Prosper Henry Paul Henry and Prosper Henry Paul-Pierre Henry and his brother Mathieu-Prosper Henry were French opticians and astronomers.... , French astronomers
1517 Beograd 1517 Beograd 1517 Beograd is a minor planet or asteroid. It was discovered on March 20, 1938 by Milorad B. Protić at Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, now Serbia.It was named for the city of Belgrade....	1938 FD	Belgrade Belgrade Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe... , Serbia, discoverer's native city [H]
1518 Rovaniemi 1518 Rovaniemi 1518 Rovaniemi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 15, 1938 by Y. Vaisala at Turku.- External links :*...	1938 UA	Rovaniemi Rovaniemi Rovaniemi is a city and municipality of Finland. It is the administrative capital and commercial centre of Finland's northernmost province, Lapland. It is situated close to the Arctic Circle and is between the hills of Ounasvaara and Korkalovaara, at the confluence of the Kemijoki River and its... , Finland
1519 Kajaani 1519 Kajaani 1519 Kajaani is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 15, 1938, by Y. Vaisala at Turku.- External links :*...	1938 UB	Kajaani Kajaani Kajaani is a town and municipality in Finland.It is the capital of the Kainuu region. It is located southeast of Oulujärvi , which drains to the Gulf of Bothnia along the Oulujoki . There are inhabitants and city surface area is of which is water. The population density is . The town is... , Finland
1520 Imatra 1520 Imatra 1520 Imatra is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 22, 1938 by Vaisala, Y. at Turku.- External links :*...	1938 UY	Imatra Imatra Imatra is a town and municipality in eastern Finland, founded in 1948 around three industrial settlements near the Finnish–Russian border. In the course of the last 50 years, this amorphous group of settlements has grown into a modern industrial town dominated by Lake Saimaa, the Vuoksi River and... , Finland
1521 Seinäjoki 1521 Seinäjoki 1521 Seinäjoki is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1755.3497820 days . The asteroid was discovered on October 22, 1938.-References:...		Seinäjoki Seinäjoki Seinäjoki is a city located in Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland. Seinäjoki originated around the Östermyra bruk iron and gunpowder factories founded in 1798. Seinäjoki became a municipality in 1868, market town in 1931 and town in 1960... , Finland
1522 Kokkola 1522 Kokkola 1522 Kokkola is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 18, 1938 by L. Oterma at Turku.- External links :*...	1938 WO	Kokkola Kokkola Kokkola is a town and municipality of Finland.The town is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The town has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is... , Finland
1523 Pieksämäki 1523 Pieksämäki 1523 Pieksämäki is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1225.7458519 days . The asteroid was discovered on January 18, 1939.-References:...	1939 BC	Pieksämäki Pieksämäki Pieksämäki is a town and municipality of Finland. Its original name was Haukivuori .It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Southern Savonia region.The town has a population of and covers an area of of which is water... , Finland
1524 Joensuu 1524 Joensuu 1524 Joensuu is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 18, 1939 by Y. Vaisala at Turku.- External links :*...	1939 SB	Joensuu Joensuu Joensuu is a city and municipality in North Karelia in eastern Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of North Karelia region. It was founded in 1848... , Finland
1525 Savonlinna 1525 Savonlinna 1525 Savonlinna is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 18, 1939 by Y. Vaisala at Turku.- External links :*...	1939 SC	Savonlinna Savonlinna Savonlinna is a town and a municipality of inhabitants in the southeast of Finland, in the heart of the Saimaa lake region. The Finnish name of the town means "Castle of Savonia" and the Swedish name means "Newcastle".- History :... , Finland
1526 Mikkeli 1526 Mikkeli 1526 Mikkeli is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 7, 1939 by Y. Vaisala at Turku.- External links :*...	1939 TF	Mikkeli Mikkeli Mikkeli is a town and municipality in Finland. It is located in what used to be the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Southern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water... , Finland
1527 Malmquista 1527 Malmquista 1527 Malmquista is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 18, 1939 by Y. Vaisala at Turku. It is named for the Swedish astronomer Gunnar Malmquist.- External links :*...	1939 UG	Gunnar Malmquist Gunnar Malmquist Karl Gunnar Malmquist was a Swedish astronomer.-Biography:Gunnar Malmquist was born in Ystad, where he completed his secondary school education before matriculating at the Lund University in 1911. He received his Ph.D. in 1921, was an amanuensis at the Lund Observatory 1915-1920 and a docent from... , Swedish astronomer [H]
1528 Conrada 1528 Conrada 1528 Conrada is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 10, 1940 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1940 CA	Fritz Conrad, admiral in the German Navy during World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...  [H]
1529 Oterma 1529 Oterma 1529 Oterma is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on January 26, 1938 by Y. Väisälä at Turku. It was named after Liisi Oterma.- External links :*...	1938 BC	Liisi Oterma Liisi Oterma Liisi Oterma was a Finnish astronomer, the first woman to get a Ph.D. degree in astronomy in Finland.She discovered or co-discovered some comets, including periodic comets 38P/Stephan-Oterma and 39P/Oterma, and quite a number of asteroids. The asteroid 1529 Oterma was named in her honour.-... , Finnish astronomer
1530 Rantaseppä 1530 Rantaseppä 1530 Rantaseppä is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1231.1780240 days . The asteroid was discovered on 16 September 1938.- References :...	1938 SG	Hilkka Rantaseppä Hilkka Rantaseppä-Helenius Hilkka Rantaseppä-Helenius was a Finnish astronomer.- Biography :Rantaseppä-Helenius began studying mathematics in hopes of becoming a teacher. Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä inspired her to become an astronomer instead....  (Hilkka Rantaseppä-Helenius), Finnish astronomer
1531 Hartmut 1531 Hartmut 1531 Hartmut is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 17, 1938 by Alfred Bohrmann at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1938 SH	Hartmut Neckel, grandson of discoverer
1532 Inari 1532 Inari 1532 Inari is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 16, 1938 by Vaisala, Y. at Turku.- External links :*...	1938 SM	Lake Inari Lake Inari Lake Inari is the third largest lake in Finland and the largest lake in Sápmi. It is located in the northern part of Lapland, north of the Arctic Circle. The lake is 117–119 meters above sea level and it is regulated at the Kaitakoski power plant in Russia... , Finland
1533 Saimaa 1533 Saimaa 1533 Saimaa is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 19, 1939 by Y. Vaisala at Turku.- External links :*...	1939 BD	Lake Saimaa Saimaa Saimaa is a lake in southeastern Finland. At approximately , it is the largest lake in Finland, and the fourth largest in Europe. It was formed by glacial melting at the end of the Ice Age. Major towns on the lakeshore include Lappeenranta, Imatra, Savonlinna, Mikkeli, Varkaus, and Joensuu. The... , Finland
1534 Näsi 1534 Näsi 1534 Näsi is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1649.3803209 days .The asteroid was discovered on January 20, 1939.-References:...	1939 BK	Lake Näsi Näsijärvi Näsijärvi is a lake above sea level, in Pirkanmaa region, Finland. Näsijärvi is the biggest lake in the Tampere region at in size. The city of Tampere was built around the rapids of Tammerkoski, through which the lake drains into Pyhäjärvi. The water quality of the lake has improved as forest... , Finland
1535 Päijänne 1535 Päijänne 1535 Päijänne is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 2057.4959234 days . The asteroid was discovered on September 9, 1939.-References:...	1939 RC	Lake Päijänne, in Päijänne National Park, Finland
1536 Pielinen 1536 Pielinen 1536 Pielinen is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 18, 1939 by Y. Vaisala at Turku.- References :...	1939 SE	Lake Pielinen Pielinen Pielinen is the fourth largest lake of Finland, with a drainage basin area of that is equally distributed between eastern Finland and Russia. The creation of the lake and its outlet is attributed to a post-glacial isostatic rebound, which resulted in uplift of the land... , in Koli National Park, Finland
1537 Transylvania 1537 Transylvania 1537 Transylvania is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 27, 1940 by G. Strommer at Budapest.It was a lost asteroid until L. K. Kristensen at Aarhus University rediscovered it along with 452 Hamiltonia along with numerous other small objects in 1981- External links :...	1940 QA	Transylvania Transylvania Transylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountain range, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term sometimes encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical... , Romania Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...  †
1538 Detre 1538 Detre 1538 Detre is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 8, 1940 by György Kulin at Budapest.- External links :*...	1940 RF	László Detre, Hungarian astronomer †
1539 Borrelly 1539 Borrelly 1539 Borrelly is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 29, 1940 by Patry, A. at Nice.- External links :*...	1940 UB	Alphonse Louis Nicolas Borrelly Alphonse Louis Nicolas Borrelly Alphonse Louis Nicolas Borrelly was a French astronomer.Working in Marseille, he discovered asteroids and comets.He discovered the periodic comet 19P/Borrelly.The asteroid 1539 Borrelly was named in his honour.... , French astronomer
1540 Kevola 1540 Kevola 1540 Kevola is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 16, 1938 by L. Oterma at Turku.- External links :*...	1938 WK	Kevola, Kevola Observatory Kevola Observatory The Kevola Observatory is located in Kevola in Paimio in South-Western Finland, some 35 km east from the city of Turku. The observatory is currently owned by Turun Ursa ry, a local astronomical association operating in Turku area...  in Finland operated by Hilkka Rantaseppä
1541 Estonia 1541 Estonia 1541 Estonia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 12, 1939 by Vaisala, Y. at Turku. It was named after the country of Estonia.- External links :*...	1939 CK	Estonia Estonia Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...  [H]
1542 Schalén 1542 Schalén 1542 Schalén is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1991.3244631 days . The asteroid was discovered on August 26, 1941.-References:...	1941 QE	Carl Schalén, Swedish astronomer
1543 Bourgeois 1543 Bourgeois 1543 Bourgeois is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 21, 1941 by Delporte, E. at Uccle.- External links :*...	1941 SJ	Paul Bourgeois, Belgian astronomer
1544 Vinterhansenia 1544 Vinterhansenia 1544 Vinterhansenia is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1335.4920821 days . The asteroid was discovered on October 15, 1941.-References:...	1941 UK	Julie Marie Vinter Hansen, Danish astronomer [H]
1545 Thernöe 1545 Thernöe 1545 Thernöe is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1685.9164766 days . The asteroid was discovered on October 15, 1941.-References:...	1941 UW	Karl August Oscar Thernøe, Danish astronomer
1546 Izsák 1546 Izsák 1546 Izsák is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 2069.0085621 days named for the astronomer, Imre Izsák, who later worked at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Imre Izsák was born in Hungary and later worked at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. The asteroid was...		Imre Gyula Izsák, Hungarian astronomer † ‡
1547 Nele 1547 Nele 1547 Nele is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 12, 1929 by P. Bourgeois at Uccle.- External links :*...	1929 CZ	Nele, wife of folk-hero Till Eulenspiegel Till Eulenspiegel Till Eulenspiegel was an impudent trickster figure originating in Middle Low German folklore. His tales were disseminated in popular printed editions narrating a string of lightly connected episodes that outlined his picaresque career, primarily in Germany, the Low Countries and France...
1548 Palomaa 1548 Palomaa 1548 Palomaa is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 26, 1935 by Y. Vaisala at Turku.- External links :*...	1935 FK	Matti Herman Palomaa, Finnish chemist [H]
1549 Mikko 1549 Mikko 1549 Mikko is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 2, 1937 by Y. Vaisala at Turku.- External links :*...	1937 GA	Mikko Arthur Levander, Finnish pastor, amateur astronomer, and father-in-law of discoverer [H]
1550 Tito 1550 Tito 1550 Tito is a minor planet or asteroid. It was discovered on November 29, 1937 by Milorad B. Protić at Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, now Serbia.It was named for the Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito....	1937 WD	Josip Broz Tito Josip Broz Tito Marshal Josip Broz Tito – 4 May 1980) was a Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman. While his presidency has been criticized as authoritarian, Tito was a popular public figure both in Yugoslavia and abroad, viewed as a unifying symbol for the nations of the Yugoslav federation... , Yugoslav leader [H]
1551 Argelander 1551 Argelander 1551 Argelander is a main belt asteroid discovered on February 24, 1938 by Yrjö Väisälä at the Iso-Heikkilä Observatory in Turku, Finland. It is named after Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander, a 19th century head of the observatory at Turku.- External links :*...		Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander, German astronomer [H]
1552 Bessel 1552 Bessel 1552 Bessel is a Main Belt asteroid.It was discovered on February 24, 1938 by Yrjö Väisälä at Turku, Finland. It was named in honor of the German astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel....		Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel, German astronomer and mathematician [H]
1553 Bauersfelda 1553 Bauersfelda 1553 Bauersfelda is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 13, 1940 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1940 AD	Walther Bauersfeld Walther Bauersfeld Walther Bauersfeld was a German engineer, employed by the Zeiss Corporation, who, on a suggestion by the German astronomer Max Wolf, started work on the first projection planetarium in 1912. This work was stopped by military needs during World War I, but resumed after the war... , German engineer, designer of the Zeiss planetaria [H]
1554 Yugoslavia 1554 Yugoslavia 1554 Yugoslavia is a minor planet or asteroid. It was discovered on September 6, 1940 by Milorad B. Protić, a Serbian astronomer, at Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, now Serbia. It was named for the country of Yugoslavia....	1940 RE	Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,... , discoverer's fatherland [H]
1555 Dejan 1555 Dejan 1555 Dejan is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 15, 1941 by Rigaux, F. at Uccle.Asteroid 1555 Dejan was named after Serb astronomer Petar Đurković's son.- External links :*...	1941 SA	Son of Petar Đurković, Yugoslav astronomer [H]
1556 Wingolfia 1556 Wingolfia 1556 Wingolfia is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on January 14, 1942 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg. The discoverer named it after the German Studentenverbindung Heidelberger Wingolf.- External links :**...	1942 AA	Wingolf, a fraternity at Heidelberg University [H]
1557 Roehla 1557 Roehla 1557 Roehla is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 14, 1942 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1942 AD	Lars Ruehl, Swedish-German doctor in Heidelberg Heidelberg -Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of... , in gratitude for restoring the discoverer's health [H]
1558 Järnefelt 1558 Järnefelt 1558 Järnefelt is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 2120.9061430 days . The asteroid was discovered on January 20, 1942.-References:...	1942 BD	Gustaf Järnefelt, Finnish astronomer
1559 Kustaanheimo 1559 Kustaanheimo 1559 Kustaanheimo is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 20, 1942 by L. Oterma at Turku. The discoverer named it after Finnish astronomer Paul Kustaanheimo.- External links :*...	1942 BF	Paul Kustaanheimo, Finnish astronomer
1560 Strattonia 1560 Strattonia 1560 Strattonia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 3, 1942 by E. Delporte at Uccle.- External links :*...	1942 XB	Frederick John Marrian Stratton, British astronomer [H]
1561 Fricke 1561 Fricke 1561 Fricke is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 15, 1941 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1941 CG	Walter Ernst Fricke, German astronomer
1562 Gondolatsch 1562 Gondolatsch 1562 Gondolatsch is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 9, 1943 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1943 EE	Friedrich Gondolatsch, German astronomer
1563 Noël 1563 Noël 1563 Noël is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1184.8564680 days .The asteroid was discovered on March 7, 1943.-References:...	1943 EG	Emanuel Arend, the discoverer's son [H]
1564 Srbija 1564 Srbija 1564 Srbija is a minor planet or asteroid. It was discovered on October 15, 1936 by Milorad B. Protić at Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, now Serbia.It was named for the country of Serbia....	1936 TB	Serbia Serbia Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...  (first minor planet discovered from Belgrade) [H]
1565 Lemaître 1565 Lemaître 1565 Lemaître is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1352.5541294 days .The asteroid was discovered on November 25, 1948.-References:...	1948 WA	Canon Georges Lemaître Georges Lemaître Monsignor Georges Henri Joseph Édouard Lemaître was a Belgian priest, astronomer and professor of physics at the Catholic University of Louvain. He was the first person to propose the theory of the expansion of the Universe, widely misattributed to Edwin Hubble... , Belgian astronomer
1566 Icarus 1566 Icarus 1566 Icarus is an Apollo asteroid that at perihelion comes closer to the Sun than Mercury, i.e. it is a Mercury-crossing asteroid. It is also a Venus and Mars-crosser. It is named after Icarus of Greek mythology, who flew too close to the Sun...	1949 MA	Icarus Icarus (mythology) In Greek mythology, Icarus is the son of the master craftsman Daedalus. The main story told about Icarus is his attempt to escape from Crete by means of wings that his father constructed from feathers and wax... , mythological Greek aeronaut
1567 Alikoski 1567 Alikoski 1567 Alikoski is an outer main belt asteroid discovered on April 22, 1941 by Yrjö Väisälä at Turku. It is named after Finnish astronomer Heikki A. Alikoski.- External links :*...	1941 HN	Heikki A. Alikoski Heikki A. Alikoski Heikki A. Alikoski was a Finnish astronomer.The asteroid 1567 Alikoski was named in his honour while he was an observatory assistant at Turku Observatory, under Yrjö Väisälä, 1937 to 1956. He later helped establish the Turku Astronomical–Optical Institute.-External links:*... , observatory assistant at Turku Observatory Turku observatory Turku observatory may refer to:*Vartiovuori observatory, an old observatory building in Turku, Finland*Iso-Heikkilä Observatory, a former university observatory in Iso-Heikkilä district of Turku, now used by amateur astronomers...  in Finland †
1568 Aisleen 1568 Aisleen 1568 Aisleen is a main belt asteroid discovered on August 21, 1946 by Johnson, E. L. at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	1946 QB	Wife of discoverer
1569 Evita 1569 Evita 1569 Evita is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 3, 1948 by Miguel Itzigsohn. This object is named for former Argentine first lady Eva Perón, who was commonly known by the affectionate Spanish diminutive form of her name, Evita...	1948 PA	Eva Perón Eva Perón María Eva Duarte de Perón was the second wife of President Juan Perón and served as the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. She is often referred to as simply Eva Perón, or by the affectionate Spanish language diminutive Evita.She was born in the village of Los Toldos in... , First Lady of Argentina
1570 Brunonia 1570 Brunonia 1570 Brunonia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 9, 1948 by Sylvain Julien Victor Arend at the Royal Observatory of Belgium in Uccle, Belgium. In 1954, he named the asteroid after Brown University....	1948 TX	Brown University Brown University Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
1571 Cesco 1571 Cesco 1571 Cesco is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 20, 1950 by Itzigsohn, M. at La Plata.- External links :*...	1950 FJ	Reynaldo Cesco and Carlos Ulrrico Cesco Carlos Ulrrico Cesco Carlos Ulrico Cesco was an Argentine astronomer. He lived most of his life in San Juan, Argentina.He discovered numerous asteroids.The Carlos Ulrico Cesco Observatory is named after him.... , Argentine astronomers [S&T, Dec 1982, p. 542]
1572 Posnania 1572 Posnania 1572 Posnania is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 22, 1949 by Andrzej Kwiek and Jerzy Dobrzycki in Poznan, Poland.- External links :*...	1949 SC	Poznań Poznan Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be... , Poland Poland Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
1573 Väisälä 1573 Väisälä 1573 Väisälä is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1333.4672727 days . The asteroid was discovered on October 27, 1949, and is named after the Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä.-References:...	1949 UA	Yrjö Väisälä Yrjö Väisälä Yrjö Väisälä was a Finnish astronomer and physicist.His main contributions were in the field of optics, but he was also very active in geodetics, astronomy and optical metrology... , Finnish astronomer
1574 Meyer 1574 Meyer 1574 Meyer is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on March 22, 1949 by L. Boyer at Algiers.- External links :*...	1949 FD	G. Meyer, French astronomer*
1575 Winifred 1575 Winifred 1575 Winifred is the name of an asteroid which was discovered at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana by the Indiana Asteroid Program.-External links:...	1950 HH	Winifred Sawtell Cameron, American planetary geologist*
1576 Fabiola 1576 Fabiola 1576 Fabiola is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 30, 1948 by Arend, S. at Uccle.- External links :*...	1948 SA	Fabiola de Mora y Aragón, former Queen of Belgium Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
1577 Reiss 1577 Reiss 1577 Reiss is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 19, 1949 by L. Boyer at Algiers.- External links :*...	1949 BA	Guy Reiss, French astronomer
1578 Kirkwood 1578 Kirkwood 1578 Kirkwood, also known as 1944 DF, 1949 TF, 1951 AT and 1952 FK, is an asteroid which was discovered January 10, 1951 at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana by the Indiana Asteroid Program. This program was conceived and directed by Frank K. Edmondson of Indiana University. The...	1951 AT	Daniel Kirkwood Daniel Kirkwood Daniel Kirkwood was an American astronomer.Born in Harford County, Maryland, he was graduated in mathematics from the York County Academy in York, Pennsylvania in 1838... , American astronomer
1579 Herrick 1579 Herrick 1579 Herrick is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on September 30, 1948 by Arend, S. at Uccle.- External links :*...	1948 SB	Samuel Herrick Samuel Herrick (astronomer) Samuel Herrick was an American astronomer who specialized in celestial mechanics and made important studies preceding the development of manned space flight.-External links:*University of California,... , American astronomer and mathematician
1580 Betulia 1580 Betulia 1580 Betulia is an Amor asteroid discovered on May 22, 1950 by Ernest Leonard Johnson at the Union Observatory, Johannesburg, South Africa...	1950 KA	Wife of Samuel Herrick Samuel Herrick (astronomer) Samuel Herrick was an American astronomer who specialized in celestial mechanics and made important studies preceding the development of manned space flight.-External links:*University of California,...
1581 Abanderada 1581 Abanderada 1581 Abanderada is a main belt asteroid discovered on June 15, 1950 by Miguel Itzigsohn at the La Plata Astronomical Observatory in La Plata, Argentina...		Spanish Spanish language Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...  for leader carrying a banner, in honour of Eva Perón Eva Perón María Eva Duarte de Perón was the second wife of President Juan Perón and served as the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. She is often referred to as simply Eva Perón, or by the affectionate Spanish language diminutive Evita.She was born in the village of Los Toldos in...
1582 Martir 1582 Martir 1582 Martir is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 15, 1950 by Miguel Itzigsohn at La Plata. at the La Plata Astronomical Observatory in La Plata, Argentina. The object was named for Argentine first lady Eva Perón, and its name translates from Spanish to "martyr", a term sometimes given her...	1950 LY	Spanish Spanish language Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...  for martyr, in honour of Eva Perón Eva Perón María Eva Duarte de Perón was the second wife of President Juan Perón and served as the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. She is often referred to as simply Eva Perón, or by the affectionate Spanish language diminutive Evita.She was born in the village of Los Toldos in...
1583 Antilochus 1583 Antilochus 1583 Antilochus is a Jupiter Trojan asteroid that orbits in the Lagrangian point of the Sun-Jupiter system, in the "Greek Camp" of Trojan asteroids. It was named after the Greek hero Antilochus. It was discovered by Sylvain Julien Victor Arend on September 19, 1950 in Uccle, Belgium.-External...	1950 SA	Antilochus Antilochus In Greek mythology, Antilochus was the son of Nestor, king of Pylos. One of the suitors of Helen of Troy, he accompanied his father and his brother Thrasymedes to the Trojan War. He was distinguished for his beauty, swiftness of foot, and skill as a charioteer... , mythological Greek warrior
1584 Fuji 1584 Fuji 1584 Fuji is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 7, 1927 by Oikawa, O. at Tokyo.- External links :*...	1927 CR	Mount Fuji Mount Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan at . An active stratovolcano that last erupted in 1707–08, Mount Fuji lies about south-west of Tokyo, and can be seen from there on a clear day. Mount Fuji's exceptionally symmetrical cone is a well-known symbol of Japan and it is frequently depicted in art and... , Japan
1585 Union 1585 Union 1585 Union is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 7, 1947 by E. L. Johnson at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	1947 RG	Union Observatory Union Observatory Union Observatory was an astronomical observatory located in the suburb Observatory, Johannesburg, South Africa. It bears IAU code 078.Known as the Transvaal Observatory in its early years, it became the Republic Observatory in 1961... , Johannesburg Johannesburg Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...
1586 Thiele 1586 Thiele 1586 Thiele is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 13, 1939 by A. Wachmann at Bergedorf.- External links :*...	1939 CJ	Thorvald Nicolai Thiele, Danish astronomer
1587 Kahrstedt 1587 Kahrstedt 1587 Kahrstedt is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 25, 1933 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.- External links :*...		Albrecht Kahrstedt, German astronomer
1588 Descamisada 1588 Descamisada 1588 Descamisada is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 27, 1951 by Miguel Itzigsohn. at the La Plata Astronomical Observatory in La Plata, Argentina. The object was named for Argentine first lady Eva Perón, and its name is a feminized form of "descamisado" - a term used to denote the working...	1951 MH	Spanish for shirtless (worker), in honour of Eva Perón Eva Perón María Eva Duarte de Perón was the second wife of President Juan Perón and served as the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. She is often referred to as simply Eva Perón, or by the affectionate Spanish language diminutive Evita.She was born in the village of Los Toldos in...
1589 Fanatica 1589 Fanatica 1589 Fanatica is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 13, 1950 by Miguel Itzigsohn at Observatorio Astronómico de La Plata.- External links :*...	1950 RK	Spanish for fanatical woman, in honour of Eva Perón Eva Perón María Eva Duarte de Perón was the second wife of President Juan Perón and served as the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. She is often referred to as simply Eva Perón, or by the affectionate Spanish language diminutive Evita.She was born in the village of Los Toldos in...
1590 Tsiolkovskaja 1590 Tsiolkovskaja 1590 Tsiolkovskaja is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 1, 1933 by G. Neujmin at Simeis.- External links :*...	1933 NA	Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky was an Imperial Russian and Soviet rocket scientist and pioneer of the astronautic theory. Along with his followers the German Hermann Oberth and the American Robert H. Goddard, he is considered to be one of the founding fathers of rocketry and astronautics... , Russian rocket scientist
1591 Baize 1591 Baize 1591 Baize is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 31, 1951 by Arend, S. at Uccle.- External links :*...	1951 KA	Paul Baize Paul Baize Paul Baize was a French pediatrician and amateur astronomer specialising in double star observations.He started with his observations of double stars in 1925. Between 1933 and 1971 he was allowed to observe from the Paris Observatory. He made 20,044 measures over 47 years... , French physician and amateur astronomer
1592 Mathieu 1592 Mathieu 1592 Mathieu is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 1, 1951 by S. Arend at Uccle.- External links :*...	1951 LA	Grandchild of discoverer
1593 Fagnes 1593 Fagnes 1593 Fagnes is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on June 1, 1951 by Sylvain Julien Victor Arend in Uccle, Brussels, Belgium.- External links :*...	1951 LB	Hautes Fagnes, plateau in Belgium Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
1594 Danjon 1594 Danjon 1594 Danjon is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 23, 1949 by Boyer, L. at Algiers.- External links :*...	1949 WA	André Danjon André Danjon André-Louis Danjon was a French astronomer born in Caen.Danjon devised a method to measure "Earthshine" on the Moon using a telescope in which a prism split the Moon's image into two identical side-by-side images... , French astronomer
1595 Tanga 1595 Tanga 1595 Tanga is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 19, 1930 by C. Jackson and H. E. Wood at Johannesburg.- External links :*...	1930 ME	Tanga Tanga, Tanzania Tanga is both the name of the most northerly seaport city of Tanzania, and the surrounding Tanga Region. It is the Regional Headquarters of the region.With a population of 243,580 in 2002, Tanga is one of the largest cities in the country... , Tanzania Tanzania The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...  †
1596 Itzigsohn 1596 Itzigsohn 1596 Itzigsohn is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 8, 1951 by M. Itzigsohn at La Plata.- External links :*...	1951 EV	Miguel Itzigsohn Miguel Itzigsohn Miguel Itzigsohn was an Argentine astronomer.He discovered a number of asteroids, and also studied comets.He was a department director at the Observatorio Astronómico de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata, specializing in astrometry and celestial mechanics, from 1955 to 1972.-External links:*... , Argentinian astronomer
1597 Laugier 1597 Laugier 1597 Laugier is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 7, 1949 by Louis Boyer at Algiers.It was probably named after French astronomer and asteroid discoverer Marguerite Laugier , but possibly after French astronomer Paul Auguste Ernest Laugier .- External links :*...	1949 EB	Marguerite Laugier Marguerite Laugier Marguerite Laugier was a French astronomer active at the Nice Observatory from the 1930s to the 1950s. Contemporary astronomical articles refer to her as "Madame Laugier".... , French astronomer
1598 Paloque 1598 Paloque 1598 Paloque is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 11, 1950 by L. Boyer at Algiers.- External links :*...	1950 CA	Émile Paloque, French astronomer
1599 Giomus 1599 Giomus 1599 Giomus is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 17, 1950 by Boyer, L. at Algiers.- External links :*...	1950 WA	Gien-sur-Loire Gien Gien is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.Gien is on the Loire River, from Orléans. The town was bought for the royal property by Philip II of France. The town is twinned with Malmesbury in England.-Sights:*Faience de Gien... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
1600 Vyssotsky 1600 Vyssotsky 1600 Vyssotsky is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 918.2610207 days . The asteroid was discovered on October 22, 1947.-References:...	1947 UC	Emma Vyssotsky Emma Vyssotsky Emma Vyssotsky , born Emma T. R. Williams in Media, Pennsylvania was an American astronomer.-Biography:She received a Ph.D. in astronomy from Harvard College in 1930... , American astronomer
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1601 Patry 1601 Patry 1601 Patry is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 18, 1942 by L. Boyer at Algiers.- External links :*...	1942 KA	André Patry André Patry André Patry was a French astronomer.Patry was orphaned at a young age, and began working at the Observatoire de Nice aged 17. He studied asteroids and discovered several himself. The Asteroid 1601 Patry is named after him.-Obituary:*... , French astronomer
1602 Indiana 1602 Indiana 1602 Indiana is the name of an asteroid which was discovered at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana by the Indiana Asteroid Program,in 1950.-References:...	1950 GF	Indiana Indiana Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...  and Indiana University Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington is a public research university located in Bloomington, Indiana, in the United States. IU Bloomington is the flagship campus of the Indiana University system. Being the flagship campus, IU Bloomington is often referred to simply as IU or Indiana...
1603 Neva 1603 Neva 1603 Neva is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 4, 1926 by G. Neujmin at Simeis.- External links :*...	1926 VH	Neva, river running through Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
1604 Tombaugh 1604 Tombaugh 1604 Tombaugh is an asteroid discovered by Carl Otto Lampland on March 24, 1931 at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. It was named after Clyde W. Tombaugh, who discovered the dwarf planet Pluto in 1930. The asteroid's original designation was 1931 FH.-External links:*...	1931 FH	Clyde Tombaugh Clyde Tombaugh Clyde William Tombaugh was an American astronomer. Although he is best known for discovering the dwarf planet Pluto in 1930, the first object to be discovered in what would later be identified as the Kuiper Belt, Tombaugh also discovered many asteroids; he also called for serious scientific... , American astronomer; 1931 FH was amongst the numerous asteroids recorded by Tombaugh during the search for Pluto
1605 Milankovitch 1605 Milankovitch 1605 Milankovitch is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 13, 1936 by P. Djurkovic at Uccle.- External links :*...	1936 GA	Milutin Milanković Milutin Milankovic Milutin Milanković was a Serbian geophysicist and civil engineer, best known for his theory of ice ages, suggesting a relationship between Earth's long-term climate changes and periodic changes in its orbit, now known as Milankovitch cycles. Milanković gave two fundamental contributions to global... , Serbian astronomer
1606 Jekhovsky 1606 Jekhovsky 1606 Jekhovsky is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 14, 1950 by L. Boyer at Algiers.- External links :*...	1950 RH	Benjamin Jekhovsky, Russian-born French astronomer
1607 Mavis 1607 Mavis 1607 Mavis is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 3, 1950 by E. L. Johnson at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	1950 RA	Wife of Jacobus Albertus Bruwer, South African astronomer
1608 Muñoz 1608 Muñoz 1608 Muñoz is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1203.3565223 days .The asteroid was discovered on September 1, 1951.-References:...	1951 RZ	F. A. Muñoz, astronomer*
1609 Brenda 1609 Brenda 1609 Brenda is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 10, 1951 by Johnson, E. L. at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	1951 NL	Granddaughter of discoverer
1610 Mirnaya 1610 Mirnaya 1610 Mirnaya is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 11, 1928 by P. Shajn at Simeis.- External links :*...	1928 RT	Russian Russian language Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...  for peaceful
1611 Beyer 1611 Beyer 1611 Beyer is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 17, 1950 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1950 DJ	Max Beyer, German astronomer †
1612 Hirose 1612 Hirose 1612 Hirose is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 23, 1950 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1950 BJ	Hideo Hirose (広瀬秀雄), Japanese astronomer
1613 Smiley 1613 Smiley 1613 Smiley is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 16, 1950 by S. Arend at Uccle.- External links :*...	1950 SD	Charles Hugh Smiley, American astronomer †
1614 Goldschmidt 1614 Goldschmidt 1614 Goldschmidt is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 18, 1952 by Alfred Schmitt at Uccle.- External links :*...	1952 HA	Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt was a German-French astronomer and painter who spent much of his life in France. He started out as a painter, but after attending a lecture by the famous French astronomer Urbain Le Verrier turned to astronomy... , astronomer
1615 Bardwell 1615 Bardwell 1615 Bardwell is the name of an asteroid which was discovered at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana by the Indiana Asteroid Program....	1950 BW	Conrad Bardwell, American astronomer
1616 Filipoff 1616 Filipoff 1616 Filipoff is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 15, 1950 by Boyer, L. at Algiers.- External links :*...	1950 EA	Lionel Filipoff, astronomer
1617 Alschmitt 1617 Alschmitt 1617 Alschmitt is a main belt asteroid discovered on March 20, 1952 by Louis Boyer at Algiers.Boyer named the asteroid after his colleague, astronomer Alfred Schmitt who, 20 years earlier, had named the asteroid 1215 Boyer in his honor....	1952 FB	Alfred Schmitt Alfred Schmitt Alfred Schmitt was a French astronomer.Schmitt worked at Algiers Observatory in the 1930s and 1940s and at the Royal Observatory in Uccle, Belgium in the 1950s.He is credited with having discovered a number of asteroids.-Publications:... , French astronomer
1618 Dawn 1618 Dawn 1618 Dawn is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 5, 1948 by Johnson, E. L. at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	1948 NF	Granddaughter of discoverer
1619 Ueta 1619 Ueta 1619 Ueta is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 11, 1953 by Tetsuyasu Mitani at the Kwasan Observatory of Kyoto University.- External links :*- References :...	1953 TA	Jo Ueta (上田穣), Japanese astronomer
1620 Geographos 1620 Geographos The asteroid 1620 Geographos was discovered on September 14, 1951 at the Palomar Observatory by Albert George Wilson and Rudolph Minkowski. It was originally given the provisional designation 1951 RA...	1951 RA	National Geographic Society National Geographic Society The National Geographic Society , headquartered in Washington, D.C. in the United States, is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational institutions in the world. Its interests include geography, archaeology and natural science, the promotion of environmental and historical...
1621 Druzhba 1621 Druzhba 1621 Druzhba is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 1, 1926 by S. Belyavskij at Simeis.- External links :*...	1926 TM	Russian Russian language Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...  for friendship
1622 Chacornac 1622 Chacornac 1622 Chacornac is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 15, 1952 by Alfred Schmitt at Uccle.- External links :*...	1952 EA	Jean Chacornac Jean Chacornac Jean Chacornac was a French astronomer.He was born in Lyon and died in St Jean en Royans. Working in Marseille and Paris, he discovered six asteroids. The asteroid 1622 Chacornac and the crater Chacornac on the Moon are named in his honour.... , French astronomer
1623 Vivian 1623 Vivian 1623 Vivian is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 2034.3341353 days . The asteroid was discovered on August 9, 1948.-References:...	1948 PL	Daughter of William Hirst William Hirst William Hirst was a British Labour Co-operative politician who was the Member of Parliament for Bradford South from 1924 to 1931.... , British astronomer
1624 Rabe 1624 Rabe 1624 Rabe is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 9, 1931 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.- External links :*...		Eugene Rabe Eugene Rabe -External links:... , American astronomer
1625 The NORC 1625 The NORC 1625 The NORC is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on September 1, 1953 by S. Arend at Uccle. It was named after the IBM Naval Ordnance Research Calculator.- External links :*...	1953 RB	NORC IBM NORC The IBM Naval Ordnance Research Calculator was a one-of-a-kind first-generation electronic computer built by IBM for the United States Navy's Bureau of Ordnance. It went into service in December 1954 and was likely the most powerful computer at the time...  (Naval Ordnance Research Calculator)
1626 Sadeya 1626 Sadeya 1626 Sadeya is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 10, 1927 by Josep Comas Solá at Barcelona. The asteroid was named after the Spanish and American Astronomical Society founded by Solá.- External links :*...	1927 AA	Sociedad Astronómica de España y America
1627 Ivar 1627 Ivar 1627 Ivar is a large Mars-crosser asteroid that was discovered in 1929 by Ejnar Hertzsprung at the Union Observatory in Johannesburg, South Africa...	1929 SH	Late brother of discoverer
1628 Strobel 1628 Strobel 1628 Strobel is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 11, 1923 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1923 OG	Willy Strobel, German astronomer
1629 Pecker 1629 Pecker 1629 Pecker is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 28, 1952 by L. Boyer at Algiers.- External links :*...	1952 DB	Jean-Claude Pecker Jean-Claude Pecker Jean-Claude Pecker is a French astronomer, member of the Académie des sciences, and former director of the Nice Observatory. He served as the secretary-general of the International Astronomical Union from 1964 to 1967. He was awarded the Prix Jules Janssen of the French Astronomical Society in... , French astronomer
1630 Milet 1630 Milet 1630 Milet is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 28, 1952 by L. Boyer at Algiers.- External links :*...	1952 DA	Bernard Milet, French astronomer
1631 Kopff 1631 Kopff 1631 Kopff is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 11, 1936 by Y. Vaisala at Turku. The asteroid was named in memory of August Kopff.- External links :*...	1936 UC	August Kopff August Kopff August Kopff was a German astronomer who discovered several comets and asteroids. He worked in Heidelberg, then joined the Humboldt University of Berlin where he became the Director of the Institute for Astronomical Calculation.He discovered some comets, including periodic comet 22P/Kopff and the... , German astronomer
1632 Sieböhme 1632 Sieböhme 1632 Sieböhme is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1580.2798632 days . The asteroid was discovered on February 26, 1941.-References:...	1941 DF	Siegfried Böhme, German astronomer
1633 Chimay 1633 Chimay 1633 Chimay is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 3, 1929 by Sylvain Julien Victor Arend at Uccle.- External links :*...	1929 EC	Chimay Chimay Chimay a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. On January 1, 2006, Chimay had a total population of 9,774. The total area is 197.10 km² which gives a population density of 50 inhabitants per km²... , Belgium Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
1634 Ndola 1634 Ndola 1634 Ndola is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 19, 1935 by C. Jackson at Johannesburg.- External links :*...	1935 QP	Ndola Ndola Ndola is the third largest city in Zambia, with a population of 495,000 . It is the industrial, commercial, on the Copperbelt, Zambia's copper-mining region, and capital of Copperbelt Province. It is also the commercial capital city of Zambia and has one of the three international airports, others... , Zambia Zambia Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....  †
1635 Bohrmann 1635 Bohrmann 1635 Bohrmann is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 7, 1924 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1924 QW	Alfred Bohrmann Alfred Bohrmann Alfred Bohrmann was a German astronomer.He did his Ph.D. dissertation in 1927 at the Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl at the University of Heidelberg.... , German astronomer
1636 Porter 1636 Porter 1636 Porter is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 23, 1950 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1950 BH	Jermain Gildersleeve Porter and John Guy Porter, British amateur astronomers
1637 Swings 1637 Swings 1637 Swings is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 28, 1936 by J. Hunaerts at Uccle.It is named after Pol Swings, a Belgian astronomer.- External links :*...	1936 QO	Pol Swings Pol Swings Pol F. Swings 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, in particular, comets... , Belgian astronomer
1638 Ruanda 1638 Ruanda 1638 Ruanda is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 3, 1935 by C. Jackson at Johannesburg.- External links :*...	1935 JF	Ruanda-Urundi Ruanda-Urundi Ruanda-Urundi was a Belgian suzerainty from 1916 to 1924, a League of Nations Class B Mandate from 1924 to 1945 and then a United Nations trust territory until 1962, when it became the independent states of Rwanda and Burundi.- Overview :...  [MPC 5182]
1639 Bower 1639 Bower 1639 Bower is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 12, 1951 by Sylvain Julien Victor Arend at Uccle.- External links :*...	1951 RB	Ernest Clare Bower, American mathematician and astronomer (Pluto Pluto Pluto, formal designation 134340 Pluto, is the second-most-massive known dwarf planet in the Solar System and the tenth-most-massive body observed directly orbiting the Sun... 's orbit)
1640 Nemo 1640 Nemo 1640 Nemo is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on August 31, 1951 by S. Arend at Uccle.- External links :*...	1951 QA	Captain Nemo Captain Nemo Captain Nemo, also known as Prince Dakkar, is a fictional character featured in Jules Verne's novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and The Mysterious Island .... , fictional character
1641 Tana 1641 Tana 1641 Tana is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 25, 1935 by C. Jackson at Johannesburg.- External links :*...	1935 OJ	Tana River Tana River (Kenya) The long Tana River is the longest river in Kenya, and gives its name to the Tana River District. Its tributaries include the Thika. The river rises in the Aberdare Mountains to the west of Nyeri. Initially it runs east before turning south around the massif of Mount Kenya. The river then runs... , Kenya Kenya Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...  †
1642 Hill 1642 Hill 1642 Hill is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 4, 1951 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1951 RU	George William Hill George William Hill George William Hill , was an American astronomer and mathematician.Hill was born in New York City, New York to painter and engraver John William Hill. and Catherine Smith Hill. He moved to West Nyack with his family when he was eight years old. After attending high school, Hill graduated from... , American mathematician and astronomer
1643 Brown 1643 Brown 1643 Brown is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 4, 1951 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1951 RQ	Ernest William Brown Ernest William Brown Ernest William Brown FRS was a British mathematician and astronomer, who spent the majority of his career working in the United States.... , British astronomer
1644 Rafita 1644 Rafita 1644 Rafita is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 16, 1935 by R. Carrasco at Madrid.- External links :*...	1935 YA	Late son of discoverer
1645 Waterfield 1645 Waterfield 1645 Waterfield is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 24, 1933 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1933 OJ	Reginald Lawson Waterfield and William Francis Herschel Waterfield, British astronomers
1646 Rosseland 1646 Rosseland 1646 Rosseland is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 19, 1939 by Y. Vaisala at Turku.- External links :*...	1939 BG	Svein Rosseland Svein Rosseland Svein Rosseland was a Norwegian astrophysicist and a pioneer in the field of theoretical astrophysics. -Biography:... , Norwegian astrophysicist
1647 Menelaus 1647 Menelaus 1647 Menelaus is a Jupiter Trojan asteroid that orbits in the Lagrangian point of the Sun-Jupiter system, in the "Greek Camp" of Trojan asteroids. It was named after the Greek hero Menelaus. It was discovered by Seth Barnes Nicholson on June 23, 1957 in Palomar, California at the Palomar...	1957 MK	Menelaus Menelaus Menelaus may refer to;*Menelaus, one of the two most known Atrides, a king of Sparta and son of Atreus and Aerope*Menelaus on the Moon, named after Menelaus of Alexandria.*Menelaus , brother of Ptolemy I Soter... , mythological Greek king
1648 Shajna 1648 Shajna 1648 Shajna is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 5, 1935 by P. Shajn at Simeis.- External links :*...	1935 RF	Grigory Abramovich Shajn Grigory Abramovich Shajn Grigory Abramovich Shajn was a Soviet/Russian astronomer. In modern English transliteration, his surname would be given as Shayn, but his astronomical discoveries are credited under the name G. Shajn... , Russian astronomer, husband of the discoverer; †, Pelageya Shajn, Russian astronomerhttp://scully.cfa.harvard.edu/~cgi/ShowCitation.COM?num=001648
1649 Fabre 1649 Fabre 1649 Fabre is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 27, 1951 by Boyer, L. at Algiers.- External links :*...	1951 DE	Hervé Fabre, French astronomer
1650 Heckmann 1650 Heckmann 1650 Heckmann is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 11, 1937 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg.It is named for astronomer Otto Heckmann .- External links :*...	1937 TG	Otto Heckmann Otto Heckmann Otto Hermann Leopold Heckmann was a German astronomer.He directed the Hamburg Observatory from 1941 to 1962, after which he became the first director of the European Southern Observatory. , Otto Heckmann He actively contributed to the creation of the third issue of the Astronomische Gesellschaft... , German astronomer †
1651 Behrens 1651 Behrens 1651 Behrens is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 23, 1936 by Marguerite Laugier at Nice.According to a proposal by Otto Kippes, who verified the discovery, it was named after German astronomer Johann Gerhard Behrens ....	1936 HD	Johann Gerhard Behrens, German astronomer
1652 Hergé 1652 Hergé 1652 Hergé is a main belt asteroid discovered August 9, 1953 by Sylvain Julien Victor Arend in Uccle, and named in honour of Georges Remi, also known as Hergé.- See also :*Asteroids list...	1953 PA	Hergé Hergé Georges Prosper Remi , better known by the pen name Hergé, was a Belgian comics writer and artist. His best known and most substantial work is the 23 completed comic books in The Adventures of Tintin series, which he wrote and illustrated from 1929 until his death in 1983, although he was also...  (Georges Remi), Belgian cartoonist
1653 Yakhontovia 1653 Yakhontovia 1653 Yakhontovia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 30, 1937 by G. Neujmin at Simeis.- External links :*...	1937 RA	Nataliya Sergeevna Samoilova-Yakhontova, Russian astronomer
1654 Bojeva 1654 Bojeva 1654 Bojeva is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 8, 1931 by Shajn, P. at Simeis.- External links :*...	1931 TL	Nina Fedorovna Bojeva, Russian astronomer †
1655 Comas Solá 1655 Comas Solá 1655 Comas Solà is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1693.5024076 days . It has an average orbital speed of 17.85430271 km/s.The asteroid was discovered on November 28, 1929 at the Fabra Observatory....	1929 WG	Josep Comas Solà Josep Comas Solá Josep Comas i Solà was a Catalan Spanish astronomer.He observed planets including Mars and Saturn, measuring the period of rotation of the latter... , Catalan astronomer
1656 Suomi 1656 Suomi 1656 Suomi is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on March 11, 1942 by Y. Vaisala at Turku.- External links :*...	1942 EC	Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
1657 Roemera 1657 Roemera The minor planet 1657 Roemera was discovered in 1961 by Paul Wild, and named for Elizabeth Roemer, an American astronomer.-References:* * * telnet://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov:6775 telnet for JPL Horizons, easier and more comprehensive than web version...	1961 EA	Elizabeth Roemer Elizabeth Roemer Elizabeth Roemer is an American astronomer whose research interests center on comets and asteroids.She discovered the asteroids 1930 Lucifer and 1983 Bok... , American astronomer
1658 Innes 1658 Innes 1658 Innes is a main-belt asteroid discovered from Johannesburg on 13 July 1953 by J. A. Bruwer and named after the Scottish-South African astronomer Robert T. A. Innes.- External links :**...	1953 NA	Robert Thorburn Ayton Innes, Scottish amateur-turned-professional astronomer and first director of the Transvaal (afterwards Union) Observatory
1659 Punkaharju 1659 Punkaharju 1659 Punkaharju is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 28, 1940 by Yrjö Väisälä at Turku. It is named after the municipality of Punkaharju, Finland.- External links :*...	1940 YL	Punkaharju Punkaharju Punkaharju is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Southern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is... , Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
1660 Wood 1660 Wood 1660 Wood is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 7, 1953, by the astronomet J. A. Bruwer at The Johannesburg Observatory in South Africa....	1953 GA	Harry Edwin Wood Harry Edwin Wood Harry Edwin Wood was an English astronomer.Wood was born in Manchester, England, graduating from Manchester University in 1902 with first class honours in physics, going on to gain an M.Sc in 1905... , South African astronomer
1661 Granule 1661 Granule 1661 Granule is a Main-belt asteroid discovered on March 31, 1916 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg.It was named after Gall's granule, a feature of lymphocytes discovered by Edward Gall.- External links :*...	A916 FA	Gall's granule (also known as a "Gall body"), a feature of lymphocyte Lymphocyte A lymphocyte is a type of white blood cell in the vertebrate immune system.Under the microscope, lymphocytes can be divided into large lymphocytes and small lymphocytes. Large granular lymphocytes include natural killer cells... s discovered by Edward Gall
1662 Hoffmann 1662 Hoffmann 1662 Hoffmann is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 11, 1923 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	A923 RB	Irmtraud Hoffmann, daughter-in-law of discoverer
1663 van den Bos 1663 van den Bos 1663 van den Bos is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 4, 1926 by H. E. Wood at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	1926 PE	Willem Hendrik van den Bos Willem Hendrik van den Bos Willem Hendrik van den Bos was a Dutch-South African astronomer. At least one source refers to him as Van der Bos, but this seems to be an error.... , Dutch astronomer †
1664 Felix 1664 Felix 1664 Felix is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 4, 1929 by Delporte, E. at Uccle.- External links :*...	1929 CD	Felix Timmermans Felix Timmermans Leopold Maximiliaan Felix Timmermans is a much translated author of Flanders.Timmermans was born in the Belgian city of Lier, as the thirteenth of fourteen children in the family. He died in Lier, aged 60. He was an autodidact, and wrote plays, historical novels, religious works, and poems. His... , Belgian writer
1665 Gaby 1665 Gaby 1665 Gaby is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 27, 1930 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1930 DQ	Gaby Reinmuth, daughter-in-law of discoverer
1666 van Gent 1666 van Gent 1666 van Gent is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 22, 1930 by H. van Gent at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	1930 OG	Hendrik van Gent Hendrik van Gent Hendrik van Gent was a Dutch astronomer.He moved to South Africa in 1928 in order to observe the southern sky at the Leiden Southern Station and the Union Observatory in Johannesburg. He studied variable stars, and also discovered a number of asteroids and comets... , Dutch astronomer †
1667 Pels 1667 Pels 1667 Pels is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 16, 1930 by H. van Gent at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	1930 SY	G. Pels G. Pels Gerrit Pels was a Dutch astronomer, a lifelong member of the scientific staff of the Leiden observatory. After following secondary school in Utrecht, he was appointed "computer" at the Leiden observatory in 1919... , computational assistant at Sterrewacht Leiden (Leiden Observatory) †
1668 Hanna 1668 Hanna 1668 Hanna is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 24, 1933 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1933 OK	Hanna Reinmuth, daughter-in-law of discoverer
1669 Dagmar 1669 Dagmar 1669 Dagmar is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 7, 1934 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1934 RS	Dagmar, female given name
1670 Minnaert 1670 Minnaert 1670 Minnaert is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 9, 1934 by H. van Gent at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	1934 RZ	Marcel Gilles Jozef Minnaert, Belgian astronomer
1671 Chaika 1671 Chaika 1671 Chaika is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 3, 1934 by Neujmin, G. at Simeis. The name commemorates the call sign of cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space.- External links :...	1934 TD	Russian for seagull, in honour of Valentina Tereshkova Valentina Tereshkova Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova is a retired Soviet cosmonaut, and was the first woman in space. She was selected out of more than four hundred applicants, and then out of five finalists, to pilot Vostok 6 on the 16 June, 1963, becoming both the first woman and the first civilian to fly in...
1672 Gezelle 1672 Gezelle 1672 Gezelle is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 29, 1935 by Delporte, E. at Uccle.- External links :*...	1935 BD	Guido Gezelle Guido Gezelle Guido Pieter Theodorus Josephus Gezelle was an influential Flemish language writer and poet and a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium.- Life :... , Flemish poet
1673 van Houten 1673 van Houten 1673 van Houten is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 11, 1937 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1937 TH	Cornelis Johannes van Houten Cornelis Johannes van Houten Cornelis Johannes van Houten was a Dutch astronomer, sometimes referred to as Kees van Houten.Born in The Hague, he spent his entire career at Leiden University except for a brief period as research assistant at Yerkes Observatory... , Dutch astronomer †
1674 Groeneveld 1674 Groeneveld 1674 Groeneveld is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on February 7, 1938 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1938 DS	Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld is a Dutch astronomer.In a jointly-credited trio with Tom Gehrels and her husband Cornelis Johannes van Houten, she was an extremely prolific discoverer of many thousands of asteroids... , Dutch astronomer †
1675 Simonida 1675 Simonida 1675 Simonida is a Main-belt asteroid discovered on March 20, 1938 by Milorad B. Protić at Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia.It was named after Queen Simonida, the wife of medieval Serbian king Stefan Milutin.- External links :*...	1938 FB	A gracious Serbian Queen Simonida from the Middle Ages
1676 Kariba 1676 Kariba 1676 Kariba is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 15, 1939 by C. Jackson at Johannesburg.- External links :*...	1939 LC	Kariba Lake, Zambia Zambia Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west.... /Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...  †
1677 Tycho Brahe 1677 Tycho Brahe 1677 Tycho Brahe is an asteroid in the main asteroid belt, of the group . It is named for the pre-telescopic era astronomer Tycho Brahe .- See also :*Asteroids list...	1940 RO	Tycho Brahe Tycho Brahe Tycho Brahe , born Tyge Ottesen Brahe, was a Danish nobleman known for his accurate and comprehensive astronomical and planetary observations... , Danish astronomer
1678 Hveen 1678 Hveen 1678 Hveen is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 28, 1940 by Vaisala, Y. at Turku.- External links :*...	1940 YH	Hven Hven Ven is a small Swedish island in the Öresund strait, between Scania and Zealand . It is situated in Landskrona Municipality, Skåne County. The island has 371 inhabitants and an area of . During the 1930s, the population was at its peak, with approximately 1,300 inhabitants...  (Hveen), island in Oresund Oresund The Sound , is the strait that separates the Danish island Zealand from the southern Swedish province of Scania. Its width is just at the narrowest point between Helsingør, Denmark, and Helsingborg, Sweden...  with Tycho Brahe Tycho Brahe Tycho Brahe , born Tyge Ottesen Brahe, was a Danish nobleman known for his accurate and comprehensive astronomical and planetary observations... 's castle Uraniborg Uraniborg Uranienborg was a Danish astronomical observatory operated by Tycho Brahe; built circa 1576-1580 on Hven, an island in the Øresund between Zealand and Scania, which at that time was part of Denmark. The observatory was shortly after its construction expanded with an underground facility,...  and observatory Stjerneborg Stjerneborg Stjerneborg was Tycho Brahe's underground observatory next to his palace-observatory Uraniborg, located on the island of Hven in Oresund....
1679 Nevanlinna 1679 Nevanlinna 1679 Nevanlinna is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 18, 1941 by Liisi Oterma at Turku.- External links :*...	1941 FR	Rolf Herman Nevanlinna, Finnish mathematician
1680 Per Brahe 1680 Per Brahe 1680 Per Brahe is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 12, 1942 by L. Oterma at Turku. It is named after Per Brahe, who was Governor General of Finland in the 17th century.- External links :*...	1942 CH	Per Brahe Per Brahe Per Brahe may refer to:*Count Per Brahe the Elder , Swedish statesman*Count Per Brahe the Younger , Swedish soldier and statesman* The Swedish steamer ferry Per Brahe, wrecked in 1918... , 17th century governor-general of Finland
1681 Steinmetz 1681 Steinmetz 1681 Steinmetz is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 23, 1948 by Marguerite Laugier at Nice.According to a proposal by Otto Kippes, who verified the discovery, it was named after German amateur astronomer Julius Steinmetz from Gerolfingen.- External links :*...	1948 WE	Julius Steinmetz, German pastor and orbit computer
1682 Karel 1682 Karel 1682 Karel is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 2, 1949 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1949 PH	Son of Cornelis Johannes van Houten Cornelis Johannes van Houten Cornelis Johannes van Houten was a Dutch astronomer, sometimes referred to as Kees van Houten.Born in The Hague, he spent his entire career at Leiden University except for a brief period as research assistant at Yerkes Observatory...  and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld is a Dutch astronomer.In a jointly-credited trio with Tom Gehrels and her husband Cornelis Johannes van Houten, she was an extremely prolific discoverer of many thousands of asteroids...  †
1683 Castafiore 1683 Castafiore 1683 Castafiore is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 19, 1950 by Sylvain Arend at Uccle. It is named after the fictional Adventures of Tintin character, Bianca Castafiore.- External links :*...	1950 SL	Bianca Castafiore Bianca Castafiore Bianca Castafiore, the "Milanese Nightingale", is a fictional character in The Adventures of Tintin, the series of classic Belgian comic books written and illustrated by Hergé... , cartoon character (Tintin), opera singer
1684 Iguassú 1684 Iguassú 1684 Iguassú is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1988.7912828 days . The asteroid was discovered on August 23, 1951.-References:...	1951 QE	Iguazu Falls Iguazu Falls Iguazu Falls, Iguassu Falls, or Iguaçu Falls are waterfalls of the Iguazu River located on the border of the Brazilian State of Paraná and the Argentine Province of Misiones. The falls divide the river into the upper and lower Iguazu. The Iguazu River originates near the city of Curitiba. It flows... , on the Iguazu River Iguazu River The Iguazu River is a river in Brazil and Argentina. It is an important tributary of the Paraná River. The Iguazu River is long, with a drainage basin of .-Course:... , Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people... /Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
1685 Toro 1685 Toro 1685 Toro is an Apollo asteroid that orbits the Sun in an 8:5 resonance with Earth, and a 13:5 resonance with Venus. Because of this unusual orbit, it is sometimes referenced as "Earth's second satellite"....	1948 OA	from maiden name of Samuel Herrick Samuel Herrick (astronomer) Samuel Herrick was an American astronomer who specialized in celestial mechanics and made important studies preceding the development of manned space flight.-External links:*University of California,... 's wife
1686 De Sitter 1686 De Sitter 1686 De Sitter is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 28, 1935 by Van Gent, H. at Johannesburg .- External links :*...		Willem de Sitter Willem de Sitter Willem de Sitter was a Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer.-Life and work:Born in Sneek, De Sitter studied mathematics at the University of Groningen and then joined the Groningen astronomical laboratory. He worked at the Cape Observatory in South Africa... , Dutch astronomer †
1687 Glarona 1687 Glarona 1687 Glarona is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 19, 1965 by Wild, P. at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	1965 SC	Canton of Glarus Canton of Glarus The Canton of Glarus is a canton in east central Switzerland. The capital is Glarus.The population speaks a variety of Alemannic German.The majority of the population identifies as Christian, about evenly split between the Protestant and Catholic confessions.-History:According to legend, the... , Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
1688 Wilkens 1688 Wilkens 1688 Wilkens is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 3, 1951 by M. Itzigsohn at La Plata.- External links :*...		Alexander Wilkens, Argentine astronomer
1689 Floris-Jan 1689 Floris-Jan 1689 Floris-Jan is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1400.7294299 days .The asteroid was discovered on September 16, 1930.-References:...	1930 SO	Floris-Jan van der Meulen, 5000th visitor to an astronomical exhibition †
1690 Mayrhofer 1690 Mayrhofer 1690 Mayrhofer is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 8, 1948 by Marguerite Laugier at Nice.According to a proposal by Otto Kippes, who verified the discovery, it was named after Austrian amateur astronomer Karl Mayrhofer from Ried im Innkreis.- External links :*...	1948 VB	Karl Mayrhofer, Austrian mathematician and amateur astronomer † ‡
1691 Oort 1691 Oort 1691 Oort is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 9, 1956 by Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at Heidelberg. It was named after the Dutch astronomer Jan Oort.- External links :...	1956 RB	Jan Oort Jan Oort Jan Hendrik Oort was a Dutch astronomer. He was a pioneer in the field of radio astronomy. The Oort cloud of comets bears his name.... , Dutch astronomer †
1692 Subbotina 1692 Subbotina 1692 Subbotina is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 16, 1936 by G. Neujmin at Simeis.- External links :*...	1936 QD	Mikhail Subbotin, Russian astronomer
1693 Hertzsprung 1693 Hertzsprung 1693 Hertzsprung is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 5, 1935 by Van Gent, H. at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	1935 LA	Ejnar Hertzsprung Ejnar Hertzsprung Ejnar Hertzsprung was a Danish chemist and astronomer.Hertzsprung was born in Copenhagen. In the period 1911–1913, together with Henry Norris Russell, he developed the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.... , Danish astronomer
1694 Kaiser 1694 Kaiser 1694 Kaiser is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 29, 1934 by H. van Gent at Johannesburg . It was named after the Dutch astronomer Frederik Kaiser.- External links :*...	1934 SB	Frederik Kaiser Frederik Kaiser Frederik Kaiser was a Dutch astronomer.He was director of the Leiden Observatory from 1838 until his death.... , Dutch astronomer †
1695 Walbeck 1695 Walbeck 1695 Walbeck is an asteroid. It is named after Finnish scientist Henrik Johan Walbeck....	1941 UO	Henrik Johan Walbeck Henrik Johan Walbeck Henrik Johan Walbeck was a Finnish geodesist studying the size and figure of the Earth by means of grade measurement.In 1817, he was made a corresponding member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.-External links:*... , Finnish geodesist
1696 Nurmela 1696 Nurmela 1696 Nurmela is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 18, 1939 by Y. Vaisala at Turku.- External links :*...	1939 FF	Tauno Kalervo Nurmela, Finnish academic
1697 Koskenniemi 1697 Koskenniemi 1697 Koskenniemi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 11, 1940 by H. Alikoski at Turku.- External links :*...	1940 RM	Veikko Antero Koskenniemi Veikko Antero Koskenniemi Veikko Antero Koskenniemi was a Finnish poet born in Oulu. In 1921 he took the title of Professor of Literary History in University of Turku, Finland. In 1948 he became a member of the Finnish Academy. He died in Turku.... , Finnish poet
1698 Christophe 1698 Christophe 1698 Christophe is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 10, 1934 by Delporte, E. at Uccle.- External links :*...	1934 CS	Grand-nephew of Georges Roland, French astronomer, or Ginette Roland, Belgian astronomer*
1699 Honkasalo 1699 Honkasalo 1699 Honkasalo is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 26, 1941 by Y. Vaisala at Turku.- External links :*...	1941 QD	Tauno Bruno Honkasalo, Finnish mathematician
1700 Zvezdara 1700 Zvezdara 1700 Zvezdara is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 27, 1940 by P. Djurkovic at Belgrade.- External links :*...	1940 QC	Zvezdara Zvezdara Zvezdara is a hill, forest, urban neighborhood and one of 17 municipalities which constitute City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.- Location :... , Belgrade Belgrade Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe... , Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro was a country in southeastern Europe, formed from two former republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia : Serbia and Montenegro. Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, it was established in 1992 as a federation called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...
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1701 Okavango 1701 Okavango 1701 Okavango is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 6, 1953 by J. Churms at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	1953 NJ	Okavango River Okavango River The Okavango River is a river in southwest Africa. It is the fourth-longest river system in southern Africa, running southeastward for . It begins in Angola, where it is known as the Cubango River... , Africa Africa Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
1702 Kalahari 1702 Kalahari 1702 Kalahari is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 7, 1924 by E. Hertzsprung at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	A924 NC	Kalahari Desert Kalahari Desert The Kalahari Desert is a large semi-arid sandy savannah in Southern Africa extending , covering much of Botswana and parts of Namibia and South Africa, as semi-desert, with huge tracts of excellent grazing after good rains. The Kalahari supports more animals and plants than a true desert...
1703 Barry 1703 Barry 1703 Barry is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on September 2, 1930. Its provisional designation was 1930 RB. It was named after Roger Barry, an astronomer.- References :...	1930 RB	Roger Barry, German(?) astronomer
1704 Wachmann 1704 Wachmann 1704 Wachmann is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 7, 1924 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	A924 EE	Arno Arthur Wachmann Arno Arthur Wachmann Arthur Arno Wachmann was a German astronomer.With Arnold Schwassmann he co-discovered the periodic comets 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann, 31P/Schwassmann-Wachmann and 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann.... , German astronomer †
1705 Tapio 1705 Tapio 1705 Tapio is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 29, 1941 by L. Oterma at Turku.- External links :*...		Tapio Tapio Tapio may refer to*Tapio, a Finnish male given name*Tapio, an East Finnish forest spirit or god. He lends his name in the form of*Forestry Development Centre Tapio, Finnish organisation, that produces solutions for sustainable forest management.... , Finnish mythological figure from the Kalevala Kalevala The Kalevala is a 19th century work of epic poetry compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Finnish and Karelian oral folklore and mythology.It is regarded as the national epic of Finland and is one of the most significant works of Finnish literature...
1706 Dieckvoss 1706 Dieckvoss 1706 Dieckvoss is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 5, 1931 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1931 TS	Wilhelm Dieckvoss, German astronomer †
1707 Chantal 1707 Chantal 1707 Chantal is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 8, 1932 by Delporte, E. at Uccle.- External links :*...	1932 RL	Niece of Georges Roland, French astronomer, or of Ginette Roland, Belgian astronomer*
1708 Pólit 1708 Pólit 1708 Polit is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1819.5038072 days . The asteroid was discovered on November 30, 1929.-References:...	1929 XA	Isidre Pólit (i Boixareu), Spanish astronomer
1709 Ukraina 1709 Ukraina 1709 Ukraina is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 16, 1925 by G. Shajn at Simeis.- External links :*...	1925 QA	Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
1710 Gothard 1710 Gothard 1710 Gothard is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 20, 1941 by György Kulin at Budapest.- External links :*...	1941 UF	Jenõ Gothard, Hungarian amateur astronomer † ‡
1711 Sandrine 1711 Sandrine 1711 Sandrine is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 29, 1935 by E. Delporte at Uccle.-External links:*...	1935 BB	Grand-niece of Georges Roland, French astronomer, or Ginette Roland, Belgian astronomer*
1712 Angola 1712 Angola 1712 Angola is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 28, 1935 by C. Jackson at Johannesburg.- External links :*...	1935 KC	Angola Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...  †
1713 Bancilhon 1713 Bancilhon 1713 Bancilhon is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 27, 1951 by Louis Boyer at Algiers.It was named after Odette Bancilhon, Boyer's colleague and wife of astronomer Alfred Schmitt.- External links :*...	1951 SC	Odette Bancilhon Odette Bancilhon Odette Bancilhon was a French astronomer. She is known for her work during the 1930s and 1940s at the Algiers Observatory, where she discovered the asteroid 1333 Cevenola. All of her publications are signed O. Bancilhon, a practice of her profession at that time.She later married her colleague... , French astronomer, wife of Alfred Schmitt Alfred Schmitt Alfred Schmitt was a French astronomer.Schmitt worked at Algiers Observatory in the 1930s and 1940s and at the Royal Observatory in Uccle, Belgium in the 1950s.He is credited with having discovered a number of asteroids.-Publications:...
1714 Sy 1714 Sy 1714 Sy is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1502.1767167 days . The asteroid was discovered on July 25, 1951.- References :...	1951 OA	Frédéric Sy Frédéric Sy Frédéric Sy was a French astronomer.He worked at the Paris Observatory from 1879 to 1887, and as the assistant astronomer at the Algiers Observatory from 1887 to 1918... , French astronomer
1715 Salli 1715 Salli 1715 Salli is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 9, 1938 by H. Alikoski at Turku.- External links :*...	1938 GK	Wife of discoverer
1716 Peter 1716 Peter 1716 Peter is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 4, 1934 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1934 GF	Grandson of discoverer
1717 Arlon 1717 Arlon 1717 Arlon is a main belt asteroid discovered on January 8, 1954 by Sylvain Arend at the Royal Observatory of Belgium in Uccle. It is named after the Belgian town of Arlon.Arlon is roughly 9 km in diameter...	1954 AC	Arlon, Belgium Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
1718 Namibia 1718 Namibia - External links :*...	1942 RX	Namibia Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...
1719 Jens 1719 Jens 1719 Jens is a main belt asteroid about in diameter with an orbital period of 1583.2978264 days . It rotates every 5.9 hours....	1950 DP	Grandson of discoverer
1720 Niels 1720 Niels 1720 Niels is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 7, 1935 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1935 CQ	Grandson of discoverer
1721 Wells 1721 Wells 1721 Wells is the name of an asteroid which was discovered at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana by the Indiana Asteroid Program....		German Wells, Indiana University Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington is a public research university located in Bloomington, Indiana, in the United States. IU Bloomington is the flagship campus of the Indiana University system. Being the flagship campus, IU Bloomington is often referred to simply as IU or Indiana...  administrator
1722 Goffin 1722 Goffin 1722 Goffin is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 23, 1938 by Delporte, E. at Uccle.- External links :*...	1938 EG	Edwin Goffin, Belgian astronomer
1723 Klemola 1723 Klemola 1723 Klemola is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 18, 1936 by Y. Vaisala at Turku.- External links :*...	1936 FX	Irja Klemola, amateur astronomer, and Arnold Richard Klemola, American astronomer
1724 Vladimir 1724 Vladimir 1724 Vladimir is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1629.7307065 days . The asteroid was discovered on February 28, 1932.- References :...	1932 DC	Grandson of Milorad B. Protić Milorad B. Protic Milorad B. Protić was a Serbian astronomer.He has discovered a handful of asteroids. 1675 Simonida is named after queen Simonida, wife of medieval Serbian king Stefan Milutin; 2348 Michkovitch is named after Vojislav V...
1725 CrAO 1725 CrAO 1725 CrAO is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 20, 1930 by Neujmin, G. at Simeis.- External links :*...	1930 SK	Crimean Astrophysical Observatory Crimean Astrophysical Observatory The Crimean Astrophysical Observatory is located in Ukraine. CrAO has been publishing the Bulletin of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory since 1947, in English since 1977. The observatory facilities are located near the settlement of Nauchny since the mid-1950s; before that, they were further...
1726 Hoffmeister 1726 Hoffmeister 1726 Hoffmeister is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 24, 1933 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1933 OE	Cuno Hoffmeister Cuno Hoffmeister Cuno Hoffmeister was a German astronomerand founder of Sonneberg Observatory.Born in Sonneberg in 1892, Hoffmeister obtained his first telescope in 1905 and became an avid amateur astronomer. After his father lost most of his money in 1914, Hoffmeister had to leave school in 1916 to start an... , German astronomer
1727 Mette 1727 Mette 1727 Mette is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on January 25, 1965 by A. D. Andrews at Bloemfontein.- External links :*...	1965 BA	Wife of discoverer
1728 Goethe Link 1728 Goethe Link 1728 Goethe Link is an asteroid in the main belt of the asteroid belt. It was discovered by the Indiana Asteroid Program on October 12, 1964 at the Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana, USA....	1964 TO	Goethe Link Observatory Goethe Link Observatory The Goethe Link Observatory is an astronomical observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana , owned by Indiana University and operated by the Indiana Astronomical Society. It is named in honour of Dr. Goethe Link, an Indianapolis surgeon, who built it with his private funds. Construction of the observatory...
1729 Beryl 1729 Beryl 1729 Beryl is the name of an asteroid which was discovered at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana by the Indiana Asteroid Program on 19 September 1963....	1963 SL	Beryl Potter, staff member at Indiana University Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington is a public research university located in Bloomington, Indiana, in the United States. IU Bloomington is the flagship campus of the Indiana University system. Being the flagship campus, IU Bloomington is often referred to simply as IU or Indiana...
1730 Marceline 1730 Marceline 1730 Marceline is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 17, 1936 by M. Laugier at Nice.- External links :*...	1936 UA	Heroine of L'Immoraliste, novel by André Gide André Gide André Paul Guillaume Gide was a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1947. Gide's career ranged from its beginnings in the symbolist movement, to the advent of anticolonialism between the two World Wars.Known for his fiction as well as his autobiographical works, Gide...
1731 Smuts 1731 Smuts 1731 Smuts is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 9, 1948 by E. L. Johnson at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	1948 PH	Jan Christiaan Smuts, prime minister of South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
1732 Heike 1732 Heike 1732 Heike is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 9, 1943 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1943 EY	Heike Neckel, granddaughter of Alfred Bohrmann Alfred Bohrmann Alfred Bohrmann was a German astronomer.He did his Ph.D. dissertation in 1927 at the Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl at the University of Heidelberg.... , German astronomer
1733 Silke 1733 Silke 1733 Silke is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 19, 1938 by A. Bohrmann at Heidelberg.- External links :*...		Silke Neckel, discoverer's granddaughter
1734 Zhongolovich 1734 Zhongolovich 1734 Zhongolovich is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 11, 1928 by G. Neujmin at Simeis.- External links :*...	1928 TJ	Ivan Danilovich Zhongolovich, Russian astronomer
1735 ITA 1735 ITA 1735 ITA is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 10, 1948 by P. F. Shajn at Simeis.- External links :*...		Institute for Theoretical Astronomy
1736 Floirac 1736 Floirac 1736 Floirac is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 6, 1967 by Soulie, G. at Bordeaux.Visible at http://www.sky-map.org with RA/DEC = 01:21:34.15 +05 55'14.3"...	1967 RA	Suburb of Bordeaux Bordeaux Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
1737 Severny 1737 Severny 1737 Severny is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 13, 1966 by L. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...	1966 TJ	Andrei Borisovich Severnyi, Russian astronomer
1738 Oosterhoff 1738 Oosterhoff 1738 Oosterhoff is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 16, 1930 by H. van Gent at Johannesburg , and named after dutch astronomer Pieter Oosterhoff.- External links :*...	1930 SP	P. Th. Oosterhoff, Dutch astronomer †
1739 Meyermann 1739 Meyermann 1739 Meyermann is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 15, 1939 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.-External links:...	1939 PF	Bruno Meyermann, astronomer
1740 Paavo Nurmi 1740 Paavo Nurmi 1740 Paavo Nurmi is a minor planet. It was discovered by Y. Vaisala on October 18, 1939 in Turku, Finland. It is named for famed Finnish distance runner Paavo Nurmi, who won nine Olympic gold medals.-External links:*...	1939 UA	Paavo Nurmi Paavo Nurmi Paavo Johannes Nurmi was a Finnish runner. Born in Turku, he was known as one of the "Flying Finns," a term given to him, Hannes Kolehmainen, Ville Ritola, and others for their distinction in running... , Finnish runner
1741 Giclas 1741 Giclas 1741 Giclas is the name of an asteroid which was discovered at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana by the Indiana Asteroid Program. It is named after American astronomer Henry L. Giclas....	1960 BC	Henry Lee Giclas, American astronomer
1742 Schaifers 1742 Schaifers 1742 Schaifers is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 7, 1934 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1934 RO	Karl Schaifers, German astronomer
1743 Schmidt 1743 Schmidt 1743 Schmidt is a Main-belt asteroid that was discovered on September 24, 1960 at Palomar by C.J. van Houten, Lewis Daly and Bernhard Schmidt . It was the first asteroid to be co-discovered by three people.....	4109 P-L	Bernhard Schmidt Bernhard Schmidt Bernhard Woldemar Schmidt was a German optician. In 1930 he invented the Schmidt telescope which corrected for the optical errors of spherical aberration, coma, and astigmatism, making possible for the first time the construction of very large, wide-angled reflective cameras of short exposure time... , inventor
1744 Harriet 1744 Harriet 1744 Harriet is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*...	6557 P-L	Wife of Paul Herget Paul Herget Paul Herget was an American astronomer.Herget taught astronomy at the University of Cincinnati. He was a pioneer in the use of machine methods, and eventually digital computers, in the solving of scientific and specifically astronomical problems .During World War II he applied these same talents... , American astronomer
1745 Ferguson 1745 Ferguson 1745 Ferguson is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 17, 1941 by Willis, J. at Washington.- External links :*...		James Ferguson James Ferguson (astronomer) James Ferguson was an American astronomer and engineer born in Scotland who made the first discovery of an asteroid from North America . Starting in 1847, he worked at the U.S... , astronomer
1746 Brouwer 1746 Brouwer 1746 Brouwer is the name of an asteroid which was discovered at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana by the Indiana Asteroid Program....	1963 RF	Dirk Brouwer Dirk Brouwer Dirk Brouwer was a Dutch-American astronomer.He received his Ph.D. in 1927 at Leiden University in the Netherlands and then went to Yale University... , Dutch-born American astronomer †
1747 Wright 1747 Wright 1747 Wright is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on July 14, 1947 by C. A. Wirtanen at Mount Hamilton.- External links :*...	1947 NH	*
1748 Mauderli 1748 Mauderli 1748 Mauderli is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on September 7, 1966 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	1966 RA	Sigmund Mauderli, Swiss astronomer
1749 Telamon 1749 Telamon 1749 Telamon is a Jupiter Trojan asteroid that orbits in the Lagrangian point of the Sun-Jupiter system, in the "Greek Camp" of Trojan asteroids. It was named after the Greek hero Telamon. It was discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth on September 29, 1949 in Heidelberg, Germany.-External links:* * ...	1949 SB	Telamon Telamon In Greek mythology, Telamon , son of the king Aeacus, of Aegina, and Endeis and brother of Peleus, accompanied Jason as one of his Argonauts, and was present at the hunt for the Calydonian Boar. In the Iliad he was the father of Greek heroes Ajax the Great and Teucer the Archer by different... , mythological Greek King
1750 Eckert 1750 Eckert 1750 Eckert is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on July 15, 1950 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg.- External links :*...		Wallace John Eckert Wallace John Eckert Wallace John Eckert was an American astronomer, who directed the Thomas J. Watson Astronomical Computing Bureau at Columbia University which evolved into the research division of IBM.-Life:... , American astronomer*
1751 Herget 1751 Herget 1751 Herget is the name of an asteroid which was discovered at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana by the Indiana Asteroid Program....	1955 OC	Paul Herget Paul Herget Paul Herget was an American astronomer.Herget taught astronomy at the University of Cincinnati. He was a pioneer in the use of machine methods, and eventually digital computers, in the solving of scientific and specifically astronomical problems .During World War II he applied these same talents... , American astronomer
1752 van Herk 1752 van Herk 1752 van Herk is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 22, 1930 by H. van Gent at Johannesburg.- External links :*...	1930 OK	Gijsbert van Herk, Dutch astronomer, and author with Herman Kleibrink and Willem Bijleveld of a history of the Sterrewacht Leiden (Leiden Observatory) (De Leidse Sterrewacht: vier eeuwen wacht bij dag en bij nacht. Zwolle: Waanders/De Kler, 1983 †
1753 Mieke 1753 Mieke 1753 Mieke is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 10, 1934 by H. van Gent at Johannesburg.- External links :*...	1934 JM	Wife of Jan Oort Jan Oort Jan Hendrik Oort was a Dutch astronomer. He was a pioneer in the field of radio astronomy. The Oort cloud of comets bears his name.... , Dutch astronomer †
1754 Cunningham 1754 Cunningham 1754 Cunningham is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on March 29, 1935 by Delporte, E. at Uccle.- External links :*...	1935 FE	Leland E. Cunningham, American astronomer
1755 Lorbach 1755 Lorbach 1755 Lorbach is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 8, 1936 by Marguerite Laugier at Nice.It is named after Anne Lorbach Herget, the wife of American astronomer Paul Herget.- External links :*...	1936 VD	After Anne Lorbach Herget, wife of Paul Herget Paul Herget Paul Herget was an American astronomer.Herget taught astronomy at the University of Cincinnati. He was a pioneer in the use of machine methods, and eventually digital computers, in the solving of scientific and specifically astronomical problems .During World War II he applied these same talents... , American astronomer
1756 Giacobini 1756 Giacobini 1756 Giacobini is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 24, 1937 by Patry, A. at Nice.- External links :*...	1937 YA	Michel Giacobini Michel Giacobini Michel Giacobini was a French astronomer.He discovered a number of comets, including 21P/Giacobini-Zinner , 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak, and 205P/Giacobini... , French astronomer
1757 Porvoo 1757 Porvoo 1757 Porvoo is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 17, 1939 by Y. Vaisala at Turku.- External links :*...	1939 FC	Porvoo Porvoo Porvoo is a city and a municipality situated on the southern coast of Finland approximately east of Helsinki. Porvoo is one of the six medieval towns in Finland, first mentioned as a city in texts from 14th century... , Finland
1758 Naantali 1758 Naantali 1758 Naantali is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 18, 1942 by L. Oterma at Turku.- External links :*...	1942 DK	Naantali Naantali Naantali is a city in south-western Finland, known as one of the most important tourist centres of the country. The municipality has a population of , and is located in the region of Finland Proper, west of Turku.... , Finland
1759 Kienle 1759 Kienle 1759 Kienle is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 11, 1942 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1942 RF	Hans Kienle, German astrophysicist
1760 Sandra 1760 Sandra 1760 Sandra is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 10, 1950 by E. L. Johnson at Johannesburg .-External links:*...	1950 GB	Granddaughter of discoverer
1761 Edmondson 1761 Edmondson 1761 Edmondson is a main-belt asteroid discovered March 30, 1952 by the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana. It is named for astronomer Frank K. Edmondson of Indiana University, the program's founder and director....	1952 FN	Frank Kelley Edmondson Frank K. Edmondson Frank K. Edmondson was an American astronomer.-Life and career:Edmondson was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and grew up in Seymour, Indiana... , American astronomer
1762 Russell 1762 Russell 1762 Russell is an asteroid which was discovered at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana by the Indiana Asteroid Program. It is named after astronomer Henry Norris Russell....	1953 TZ	Henry Norris Russell Henry Norris Russell Henry Norris Russell was an American astronomer who, along with Ejnar Hertzsprung, developed the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram . In 1923, working with Frederick Saunders, he developed Russell–Saunders coupling which is also known as LS coupling.-Biography:Russell was born in 1877 in Oyster Bay, New... , American astronomer
1763 Williams 1763 Williams 1763 Williams is the name of an asteroid which was discovered at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana by the Indiana Asteroid Program....		Ken P. Williams, British mathematician and writer
1764 Cogshall 1764 Cogshall 1764 Cogshall is the name of an asteroid which was discovered at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana by the Indiana Asteroid Program....		Wilbur A. Cogshall, American astronomer
1765 Wrubel 1765 Wrubel 1765 Wrubel is the name of an asteroid which was discovered at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana by the Indiana Asteroid Program....	1957 XB	Marshal Wrubel, American astronomer
1766 Slipher 1766 Slipher 1766 Slipher is the name of an asteroid which was discovered at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana by the Indiana Asteroid Program. It is named for Vesto Melvin Slipher....	1962 RF	Vesto Melvin Slipher and Earl C. Slipher Earl C. Slipher Earl Charles Slipher was an American astronomer. He was the brother of astronomer Vesto Slipher.Slipher was born in Mulberry, Indiana. He first joined Lowell Observatory in 1908 and became a noted planetary astronomer, concentrating on Mars. He published Photographic History of Mars ... , American astronomers
1767 Lampland 1767 Lampland 1767 Lampland is the name of an asteroid which was discovered on September 7, 1962 at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana by the Indiana Asteroid Program. It is named after Carl Otto Lampland.-References:...	1962 RJ	Carl Otto Lampland Carl Otto Lampland Carl Otto Lampland was an American astronomer.Carl Otto Lampland was born near Hayfield in Dodge County, Minnesota. He was born into a family of ten children... , American astronomer
1768 Appenzella 1768 Appenzella 1768 Appenzella is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 23, 1965 by Wild, P. at Zimmerwald.- External links :**...	1965 SA	Appenzell Appenzell Appenzell is a region and historical canton in the northeast of Switzerland, entirely surrounded by the Canton of St. Gallen.... , Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
1769 Carlostorres 1769 Carlostorres 1769 Carlostorres is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 25, 1966 by Pereyra, Z. at Córdoba.- External links :*...	1966 QP	Carlos G. Torres, Argentine astronomer, and Carlos Torres, Chilean astronomer [S&T, Dec 1982, p. 542]
1770 Schlesinger 1770 Schlesinger 1770 Schlesinger is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 10, 1967 by C. U. and Klemola Cesco at El Leoncito.- External links :*...	1967 JR	Frank Schlesinger Frank Schlesinger Frank Schlesinger was an American astronomer. His work concentrated on using photographic plates rather than direct visual studies for astronomical research.-Biography:... , American astronomer
1771 Makover 1771 Makover 1771 Makover is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 24, 1968 by L. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...	1968 BD	Samuel Gdalevich Makover, Russian astronomer
1772 Gagarin 1772 Gagarin 1772 Gagarin is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 6, 1968 by Chernykh, L. at Nauchnyj.The asteroid is named after the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.- External links :*...	1968 CB	Yuri Gagarin Yuri Gagarin Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on April 12, 1961.... , Russian cosmonaut
1773 Rumpelstilz 1773 Rumpelstilz 1773 Rumpelstilz is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 17, 1968 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	1968 HE	Rumpelstiltskin Rumpelstiltskin Rumpelstiltskin is the eponymous character and protagonist of a fairy tale which originated in Germany . The tale was collected by the Brothers Grimm, who first published it in the 1812 edition of Children's and Household Tales... , folk-tale character
1774 Kulikov 1774 Kulikov 1774 Kulikov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 22, 1968 by T. Smirnova at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Dmitri Kuzmich Kulikov, Russian astronomer
1775 Zimmerwald 1775 Zimmerwald 1775 Zimmerwald is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 13, 1969 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	1969 JA	Zimmerwald Zimmerwald Zimmerwald was until 31 December 2003 an independent municipality in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland. It is located on a hill in the proximity of the city of Bern in the Bernese Mittelland... , Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
1776 Kuiper 1776 Kuiper 1776 Kuiper is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*...	2520 P-L	Gerard P. Kuiper, Dutch-born American astronomer †
1777 Gehrels 1777 Gehrels 1777 Gehrels is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*...	4007 P-L	Tom Gehrels Tom Gehrels Tom Gehrels , was an American astronomer, Professor Planetary Sciences, and Astronomer at the University of Arizona, Tucson.... , Dutch-born American astronomer †
1778 Alfvén 1778 Alfvén 1778 Alfvén is a main belt asteroid, discovered on September 26, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory. It was named after Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén.-References:...	4506 P-L	Hannes Alfvén Hannes Alfvén Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén was a Swedish electrical engineer, plasma physicist and winner of the 1970 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on magnetohydrodynamics . He described the class of MHD waves now known as Alfvén waves... , Swedish astrophysicist
1779 Paraná 1779 Paraná 1779 Paraná is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1172.2059040 days . The asteroid was discovered on June 15, 1950.-References:...	1950 LZ	Paraná River Paraná River The Paraná River is a river in south Central South America, running through Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina for some . It is second in length only to the Amazon River among South American rivers. The name Paraná is an abbreviation of the phrase "para rehe onáva", which comes from the Tupi language... , Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
1780 Kippes 1780 Kippes 1780 Kippes is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 12, 1906 by A. Kopff at Heidelberg. It was named after German amateur astronomer Otto Kippes, acknowledged for his work in asteroid orbit calculations.- External links :*...	A906 RA	Otto Kippes Otto Kippes Otto Kippes was a German Catholic priest and amateur astronomer. He was acknowledged especially for his work in asteroid orbit calculations, which brought him the Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific in 1991. The main belt asteroid 1780 Kippes was named in his honour... , German amateur astronomer † ‡
1781 Van Biesbroeck 1781 Van Biesbroeck 1781 Van Biesbroeck is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 17, 1906 by A. Kopff at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	A906 UB	George Van Biesbroeck George Van Biesbroeck George A. Van Biesbroeck was a Belgian-American astronomer. He worked at observatories in Belgium, Germany and the United States. He specialized in the observation of double stars, asteroids and comets... , Belgian-born American astronomer
1782 Schneller 1782 Schneller 1782 Schneller is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 6, 1931 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.- External links :*...		Heribert Schneller, German astronomer
1783 Albitskij 1783 Albitskij 1783 Albitskij is a main belt asteroid discovered on March 24, 1935 by Grigory Neujmin at the Simeiz Observatory. It is named after Soviet astronomer Vladimir Aleksandrovich Albitzky.- External links :*...	1935 FJ	Vladimir Aleksandrovich Albitskii, Russian astronomer †
1784 Benguella 1784 Benguella 1784 Benguella is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 30, 1935 by C. Jackson at Johannesburg.The asteroid is named after Benguela in Angola.- External links :*...	1935 MG	Benguela Benguela Benguela is a city in western Angola, south of Luanda, and capital of Benguela Province. It lies on a bay of the same name, in 12° 33’ S., 13° 25’ E... , Angola Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...  †
1785 Wurm 1785 Wurm 1785 Wurm is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 15, 1941 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1941 CD	Karl Wurm, German astrophysicist †
1786 Raahe 1786 Raahe 1786 Raahe is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 9, 1948 by H. Alikoski at Turku.- External links :*...	1948 TL	Raahe Raahe Raahe is a town and municipality of Finland. Founded by Swedish statesman and Governor General of Finland Count Per Brahe the younger in 1649, it is one of 10 historic wooden towns remaining in Finland. Examples of other Finnish historic wooden towns are Kaskinen , Old Rauma, Porvoo , Jakobstad ,... , Finland
1787 Chiny 1787 Chiny 1787 Chiny is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 19, 1950 by Sylvain Julien Victor Arend at Uccle.- External links :*...	1950 SK	Chiny Chiny Chiny is a Walloon municipality of Belgium located in the province of Luxembourg.On 1 January 2007 the municipality, which covers , had 5,021 inhabitants, giving a population density of 44.2 inhabitants per km²... , Belgium Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
1788 Kiess 1788 Kiess 1788 Kiess is the name of an asteroid which was discovered at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana by the Indiana Asteroid Program....	1952 OZ	Carl Clarence Kiess Carl Clarence Kiess Carl Clarence Kiess was an American astronomer.While working at the Lick Observatory on July 6, 1911, Kiess discovered comet C/1911 N1, which was named after him.... , American astronomer
1789 Dobrovolsky 1789 Dobrovolsky 1789 Dobrovolsky is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 19, 1966 by Chernykh, L. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...	1966 QC	Georgi Dobrovolski, Russian cosmonaut
1790 Volkov 1790 Volkov 1790 Volkov is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1223.7667329 days . The asteroid was discovered on March 9, 1967.-References:...	1967 ER	Vladislav Volkov Vladislav Volkov Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 11 missions. The second mission terminated fatally.-Biography:... , Russian cosmonaut
1791 Patsayev 1791 Patsayev 1791 Patsayev is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 4, 1967 by T. Smirnova at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...	1967 RE	Viktor Patsayev Viktor Patsayev Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 11 mission and had the unfortunate distinction of being part of the second crew to die during a space flight... , Russian cosmonaut
1792 Reni 1792 Reni 1792 Reni is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 24, 1968 by L. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...	1968 BG	Reni Reni -People:* Guido Reni , Italian Baroque painter* Alan Wren , nicknamed Reni, drummer for The Stone Roses* Reni Mimura, a Japanese pop singer who is known for using cosplay in her performances.... , Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia... , birthplace of A. N. Deutsch Alexander Nikolaevich Deutsch Alexander Nikolaevich Deutsch was a Soviet astronomer who worked at Pulkovo Observatory.Deutsch was born in the night from December 31, 1900, to January 1, 1901, in Bessarabian town of Reni in family of German , Greek and Romanian descent. When he was a small child, the family moved to Ryazan and...  †
1793 Zoya 1793 Zoya 1793 Zoya is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 28, 1968 by Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova at Nauchnyj. It is named after Soviet world war 2 hero Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya.- External links :*...	1968 DW	Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya Zoya Anatolyevna Kosmodemyanskaya, alternatively Romanised as Kosmodem'yanskaya was a Soviet partisan, and a Hero of the Soviet Union... , Russian World War II heroine †
1794 Finsen 1794 Finsen 1794 Finsen is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 7, 1970 by Bruwer, J. A. at Hartbeespoort.- External links :*...	1970 GA	William Stephen Finsen William Stephen Finsen William Stephen Finsen was a South African astronomer.He discovered a number of double stars and took many photographs of Mars. He developed the Finsen eyepiece interferometer to measure very close double stars... , South African astronomer
1795 Woltjer 1795 Woltjer 1795 Woltjer is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*...	4010 P-L	Jan Woltjer Jan Woltjer (astronomer) Jan Woltjer was a Dutch astronomer.Woltjer was the son of the classical scholar Jan Woltjer. On Dec 13, 1916 he married Hillegonda de Vries in Groningen. He worked and taught at Leiden University, where Gerard P. Kuiper was one of his students... , Dutch astronomer †
1796 Riga 1796 Riga 1796 Riga is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on May 16, 1966 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...	1966 KB	Riga Riga Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,... , Latvia
1797 Schaumasse 1797 Schaumasse 1797 Schaumasse is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 15, 1936 by A. Patry at Nice.- External links :*...	1936 VH	Alexandre Schaumasse Alexandre Schaumasse Alexandre Schaumasse was a French astronomer.He discovered the periodic comet 24P/Schaumasse. He also discovered two non-periodic comets: C/1913 J1 or 1913 II; and C/1917 H1 or 1917 II.... , French astronomer
1798 Watts 1798 Watts 1798 Watts is the name of an asteroid which was discovered at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana by the Indiana Asteroid Program....	1949 GC	Chester Burleigh Watts Chester Burleigh Watts Chester Burleigh Watts was an American astronomer.He was born in Winchester, Indiana and he attended the Indiana University where he studied astronomy. In 1911 he joined the United States Naval Observatory, but returned to Indiana to complete his B.A. and graduated in 1914... , American astronomer
1799 Koussevitzky 1799 Koussevitzky 1799 Koussevitzky is the name of an asteroid which was discovered at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana by the Indiana Asteroid Program. It is named for the conductor Serge Koussevitzky....	1950 OE	Serge Koussevitzky Serge Koussevitzky Serge Koussevitzky , was a Russian-born Jewish conductor, composer and double-bassist, known for his long tenure as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1924 to 1949.-Early career:... , Russian conductor
1800 Aguilar 1800 Aguilar 1800 Aguilar is a main belt asteroid discovered on September 12, 1950 by Itzigsohn, M. at La Plata.- External links :*...	1950 RJ	Félix Aguilar, Argentine astronomer, or Antonio Aguilar Antonio Aguilar José Pascual Antonio Aguilar Barraza most commonly known as Antonio Aguilar, nicknamed "El Charro de México", was a Mexican film actor, singer, producer and screenwriter. During his career, he made over 150 albums, which sold 25 million copies, and made 167 movies... , Spanish astronomer*
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1801 Titicaca 1801 Titicaca 1801 Titicaca is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 23, 1952 by M. Itzigsohn at La Plata.- External links :*...		Lake Titicaca Lake Titicaca Lake Titicaca is a lake located on the border of Peru and Bolivia. It sits 3,811 m above sea level, making it the highest commercially navigable lake in the world... , Peru
1802 Zhang Heng 1802 Zhang Heng 1802 Zhang Heng is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 9, 1964 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.- External links :*...		Zhang Heng Zhang Heng Zhang Heng was a Chinese astronomer, mathematician, inventor, geographer, cartographer, artist, poet, statesman, and literary scholar from Nanyang, Henan. He lived during the Eastern Han Dynasty of China. He was educated in the capital cities of Luoyang and Chang'an, and began his career as a... , Ancient Chinese astronomer, mathematician, inventor, artist and scholar
1803 Zwicky 1803 Zwicky 1803 Zwicky is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 6, 1967 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	1967 CA	Fritz Zwicky Fritz Zwicky Fritz Zwicky 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 and observational astronomy.- Biography :Fritz Zwicky was born in Varna, Bulgaria to a Swiss father.... , American (of Swiss extraction) astronomer
1804 Chebotarev 1804 Chebotarev 1804 Chebotarev is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 6, 1967 by Smirnova, T. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...	1967 GG	Gleb Aleksandrovich Chebotarev, Russian astronomer
1805 Dirikis 1805 Dirikis 1805 Dirikis is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 1, 1970 by Chernykh, L. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...	1970 GD	Matiss Dīriķis, Latvian astronomer
1806 Derice 1806 Derice - External links :*...	1971 LC	Wife of Dennis N. Harwood, Australian astronomer
1807 Slovakia 1807 Slovakia 1807 Slovakia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 20, 1971 by M. Antal at Skalnaté Pleso Observatory.- External links :*...	1971 QA	Slovakia Slovakia The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
1808 Bellerophon 1808 Bellerophon 1808 Bellerophon is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*...	2517 P-L	Bellerophon Bellerophon Bellerophon or Bellerophontes is a hero of Greek mythology. He was "the greatest hero and slayer of monsters, alongside of Cadmus and Perseus, before the days of Heracles", and his greatest feat was killing the Chimera, a monster that Homer depicted with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a... , mythological Greek hero
1809 Prometheus 1809 Prometheus 1809 Prometheus is an asteroid that shares the name of one of the lesser-known Saturnian moons, Prometheus....	2522 P-L	Prometheus Prometheus In Greek mythology, Prometheus is a Titan, the son of Iapetus and Themis, and brother to Atlas, Epimetheus and Menoetius. He was a champion of mankind, known for his wily intelligence, who stole fire from Zeus and gave it to mortals... , mythological Greek Titan
1810 Epimetheus 1810 Epimetheus 1810 Epimetheus is an asteroid that was discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes Van Houten, Ingrid Van Houten-Groeneveld, and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory near Pauma Valley, California....	4196 P-L	Epimetheus Epimetheus (mythology) In Greek mythology, Epimetheus was the brother of Prometheus , a pair of Titans who "acted as representatives of mankind" . They were the inseparable sons of Iapetus, who in other contexts was the father of Atlas... , mythological Greek Titan
1811 Bruwer 1811 Bruwer 1811 Bruwer is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*...	4576 P-L	Jacobus Albertus Bruwer, South African astronomer
1812 Gilgamesh 1812 Gilgamesh 1812 Gilgamesh is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*...	4645 P-L	Gilgamesh Gilgamesh Gilgamesh was the fifth king of Uruk, modern day Iraq , placing his reign ca. 2500 BC. According to the Sumerian king list he reigned for 126 years. In the Tummal Inscription, Gilgamesh, and his son Urlugal, rebuilt the sanctuary of the goddess Ninlil, in Tummal, a sacred quarter in her city of... , mythological Sumerian hero
1813 Imhotep 1813 Imhotep 1813 Imhotep is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 17, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*...	7589 P-L	Imhotep Imhotep Imhotep , fl. 27th century BC was an Egyptian polymath, who served under the Third Dynasty king Djoser as chancellor to the pharaoh and high priest of the sun god Ra at Heliopolis... , Egyptian architect
1814 Bach 1814 Bach 1814 Bach is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 9, 1931 by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at Heidelberg.- External links :*...		Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity... , German composer
1815 Beethoven 1815 Beethoven - External links :*...		Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of... , German composer
1816 Liberia 1816 Liberia 1816 Liberia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 29, 1936 by Cyril Jackson at Johannesburg.- External links :*...	1936 BD	Liberia Liberia Liberia , officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Sierra Leone on the west, Guinea on the north and Côte d'Ivoire on the east. Liberia's coastline is composed of mostly mangrove forests while the more sparsely populated inland consists of forests that open...  †
1817 Katanga 1817 Katanga 1817 Katanga is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 20, 1939 by Cyril Jackson at Johannesburg.- External links :*...	1939 MB	Katanga Katanga Province Katanga Province is one of the provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Between 1971 and 1997, its official name was Shaba Province. Under the new constitution, the province was to be replaced by four smaller provinces by February 2009; this did not actually take place.Katanga's regional... , Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...  †
1818 Brahms 1818 Brahms 1818 Brahms is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 15, 1939 by Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg. It is named for the composer Johannes Brahms.- External links :*...	1939 PE	Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist, and one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene... , German composer
1819 Laputa 1819 Laputa 1819 Laputa is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 9, 1948 by Ernest Johnson at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	1948 PC	Laputa Laputa Laputa is a fictional place from the book Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift.Laputa is a fictional flying island or rock, about 4.5 miles in diameter, with an adamantine base, which its inhabitants can maneuver in any direction using magnetic levitation... , fictional island in Gulliver's Travels Gulliver's Travels Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships, better known simply as Gulliver's Travels , is a novel by Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of...
1820 Lohmann 1820 Lohmann 1820 Lohmann is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 2, 1949 by Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1949 PO	Werner Lohmann, German astronomer
1821 Aconcagua 1821 Aconcagua 1821 Aconcagua is a main belt asteroid discovered on June 24, 1950 by Itzigsohn, M. at La Plata.-References:...	1950 MB	Aconcagua Aconcagua Aconcagua is the highest mountain in the Americas at . It is located in the Andes mountain range, in the Argentine province of Mendoza and it lies west by north of its capital, the city of Mendoza. The summit is also located about 5 kilometres from San Juan Province and 15 kilometres from the... , mountain in the Andes Andes The Andes is the world's longest continental mountain range. It is a continual range of highlands along the western coast of South America. This range is about long, about to wide , and of an average height of about .Along its length, the Andes is split into several ranges, which are separated...
1822 Waterman 1822 Waterman 1822 Waterman is the name of an asteroid which was discovered at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana by the Indiana Asteroid Program. The name honors the memory of Alan Tower Waterman , first director of the U.S. National Science Foundation.-Notes and references:...	1950 OO	Alan Tower Waterman Alan Tower Waterman Alan Tower Waterman was an American physicist.Born in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, he grew up in Northampton, Massachusetts. His father was a professor of physics at Smith College. Alan also became a physicist, doing his undergraduate and doctoral work at Princeton University, from which he... , American physicist, first director of the U.S. National Science Foundation National Science Foundation The National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health...  (NSF)
1823 Gliese 1823 Gliese 1823 Gliese is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 4, 1951 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1951 RD	Wilhelm Gliese Wilhelm Gliese Wilhelm Gliese was a German astronomer who specialized in the study and cataloging of nearby stars.-Life:Gliese was born in Goldberg, now in Polish Silesia, the son of judge Wilhelm Gliese. He worked at the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, first in Berlin and then in Heidelberg... , German astronomer
1824 Haworth 1824 Haworth 1824 Haworth is the name of an asteroid which was discovered at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana by the Indiana Asteroid Program....	1952 FM	Leland Haworth, American physicist and NSF administrator
1825 Klare 1825 Klare 1825 Klare is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 31, 1954 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1954 QH	Gerhard Klare, German astronomer
1826 Miller 1826 Miller 1826 Miller is an asteroid which was discovered at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana by the Indiana Asteroid Program...		John Anthony Miller, American astronomer
1827 Atkinson 1827 Atkinson 1827 Atkinson is the name of an asteroid which was discovered at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana by the Indiana Asteroid Program....	1962 RK	Robert d'Escourt Atkinson Robert d'Escourt Atkinson Robert d'Escourt Atkinson was a British astronomer, physicist and inventor.-Biography:... , British astronomer
1828 Kashirina 1828 Kashirina 1828 Kashirina is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 14, 1966 by L. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...	1966 PH	Valentin Semenovich Kashirin, Russian physician
1829 Dawson 1829 Dawson 1829 Dawson is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 6, 1967 by Cesco, C. U. and Klemola, A. R. at El Leoncito.- External links :*...	1967 JJ	Bernhard Dawson Bernhard Dawson Bernhard Hildebrandt Dawson was a U.S.-born Argentine astronomer.He was born in Kansas City, Missouri and earned a B.S. from the University of Michigan, 1916. From 1913 onward, he worked at the La Plata Observatory, Argentina. In 1933 he was awarded a Ph.D. from Michigan with a thesis titled, "The... , Argentinian astronomer
1830 Pogson 1830 Pogson 1830 Pogson is a main belt asteroid discovered on April 17, 1968 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald. It is named after the astronomer N.R. Pogson.- External links :*...	1968 HA	Norman Robert Pogson, British astronomer
1831 Nicholson 1831 Nicholson 1831 Nicholson is a main belt asteroid discovered on April 17, 1968 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald. It is named after the astronomer Seth B. Nicholson.- External links :*...	1968 HC	Seth Barnes Nicholson Seth Barnes Nicholson Seth Barnes Nicholson was an American astronomer.Nicholson was born in Springfield, Illinois and was raised in rural Illinois... , American astronomer
1832 Mrkos 1832 Mrkos 1832 Mrkos is an outer main belt asteroid discovered on August 11, 1969 by L. Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. It is named after the astronomer Antonín Mrkos.- External links :*...	1969 PC	Antonin Mrkos Antonín Mrkos Antonín Mrkos was a Czech astronomer, born in Střemchoví, Czechoslovakia.- Biography :Mrkos entered the University in Brno in 1938. His studies were interrupted by the onset of World War II, and in 1945 he became a staff member at the Skalnaté Pleso Observatory in Slovakia... , Czech astronomer
1833 Shmakova 1833 Shmakova 1833 Shmakova is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 11, 1969 by L. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...	1969 PN	Marina Valentinovna Shmakova, Russian-born physicist (astrophysicist), now at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)
1834 Palach 1834 Palach 1834 Palach is a main belt asteroid discovered on August 22, 1969 by Luboš Kohoutek at the Hamburg-Bergedorf Observatory, West Germany. It was named in memory of the Czech anti-Soviet protester Jan Palach.- External links :*...	1969 QP	Jan Palach Jan Palach Jan Palach was a Czech student who committed suicide by self-immolation as a political protest.- Death :... , Czech protester
1835 Gajdariya 1835 Gajdariya 1835 Gajdariya is a main belt asteroid discovered on July 30, 1970 by Tamara Smirnova at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, USSR. It is named after the Soviet children's author Arkady Gaidar.- External links :*...	1970 OE	Arkady Gaidar Arkady Gaidar Arkady Petrovich Golikov Gaidar was born in the town of Lgov in Imperial Russia, now in Kursk Oblast, Russia, to a family of teachers. Gaidar spent his childhood in Arzamas. In August 1918, Gaidar became a member of the Bolsheviks, volunteering for the Red Army in December of that year, still aged... , Russian writer
1836 Komarov 1836 Komarov 1836 Komarov is a main belt asteroid discovered on July 26, 1971 by N. Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, USSR. It is named after the cosmonaut Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov.- External links :*...	1971 OT	Vladimir Komarov, Russian cosmonaut
1837 Osita 1837 Osita 1837 Osita is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 16, 1971 by J. Gibson at El Leoncito.- External links :*...		Spanish form of Ursula, wife of discoverer
1838 Ursa 1838 Ursa 1838 Ursa is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on October 20, 1971 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	1971 UC	Ursula, wife of discover and Urs, son of discoverer
1839 Ragazza 1839 Ragazza 1839 Ragazza is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 20, 1971 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	1971 UF	Italian Italian language Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...  for girl, and Bad Ragaz Bad Ragaz Bad Ragaz is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.It is the home of a famous natural spring and is a popular spa and health resort destination. Bad Ragaz is also surprisingly known as one of the best pizza towns in all of Europe... , Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
1840 Hus 1840 Hus 1840 Hus is a main belt asteroid discovered in 1971 by the Czech astronomer Luboš Kohoutek. It is named after Jan Hus, the fifteenth century Bohemian theologian and reformer.-External links:*...	1971 UY	Jan Hus Jan Hus Jan Hus , often referred to in English as John Hus or John Huss, was a Czech priest, philosopher, reformer, and master at Charles University in Prague... , Czech (Bohemian) theologian
1841 Masaryk 1841 Masaryk 1841 Masaryk is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on October 26, 1971 by L. Kohoutek at Bergedorf. It is named after Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, the first Czech president.- External links :*...		Tomáš Masaryk Tomáš Masaryk Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk , sometimes called Thomas Masaryk in English, was an Austro-Hungarian and Czechoslovak politician, sociologist and philosopher, who as an eager advocate of Czechoslovak independence during World War I became the founder and first President of Czechoslovakia, also was... , Czechoslovak statesman
1842 Hynek 1842 Hynek 1842 Hynek is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 14, 1972 by Kohoutek, L. at Bergedorf.- External links :*...	1972 AA	Hynek Kohoutek, father of discoverer
1843 Jarmila 1843 Jarmila 1843 Jarmila is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 14, 1972 by L. Kohoutek at Bergedorf.- External links :*...	1972 AB	Jarmila Kohoutkova, mother of discoverer
1844 Susilva 1844 Susilva 1844 Susilva is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1912.1331274 days . The asteroid was discovered on October 30, 1972.-References:...	1972 UB	Susi, schoolmate of discoverer
1845 Helewalda 1845 Helewalda 1845 Helewalda is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 30, 1972 by Wild, P. at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	1972 UC	Helen, schoolmate of discoverer, from Wald AR Wald AR Wald is a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland.-Geography:Wald has an area, , of . Of this area, 66% is used for agricultural purposes, while 28.4% is forested... , Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
1846 Bengt 1846 Bengt 1846 Bengt is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory. It is also known as "Bengts hest".- External links :*...	6553 P-L	Bengt Georg Daniel Strömgren, Danish-American astronomer †
1847 Stobbe 1847 Stobbe 1847 Stobbe is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 1, 1916 by H. Thiele at Bergedorf.- External links :*...	A916 CA	Joachim Otto Stobbe, German astronomer
1848 Delvaux 1848 Delvaux 1848 Delvaux is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 18, 1933 by Delporte, E. at Uccle.- External links :*...	1933 QD	Sister-in-law of Belgian astronomer Ginette Roland or French astronomer Georges Roland*
1849 Kresák 1849 Kresák 1849 Kresák is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1952.7442403 days . The asteroid was discovered on January 14, 1942.-References:...	1942 AB	Ľubor Kresák Lubor Kresák Ľubor Kresák was a Slovak astronomer.He discovered two comets: the periodic comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak and the non-periodic C/1954 M2 .... , Czech astronomer
1850 Kohoutek 1850 Kohoutek 1850 Kohoutek is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 23, 1942 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1942 EN	Luboš Kohoutek Luboš Kohoutek Luboš Kohoutek is a Czech astronomer.Kohoutek has been interested with astronomy since high school. He studied physics and astronomy at universities in Brno and Prague... , Czech astronomer
1851 Lacroute 1851 Lacroute 1851 Lacroute is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 9, 1950 by L. Boyer at Algiers.- External links :*...	1950 VA	Pierre Lacroute, French astronomer
1852 Carpenter 1852 Carpenter 1852 Carpenter is the name of an asteroid which was discovered at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana by the Indiana Asteroid Program....	1955 GA	Edwin Francis Carpenter Edwin Francis Carpenter Edwin Francis Carpenter was an American astronomer.He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and received his A.B. and A.M. from Harvard University. In 1925 he was awarded a Ph.D. from University of California at Berkeley. He became an instructor at the University of Arizona, and by 1936 he was heading... , American astronomer*
1853 McElroy 1853 McElroy 1853 McElroy is the name of an asteroid which was discovered at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana by the Indiana Asteroid Program....	1957 XE	William David McElroy, American biologist and biochemist [Schmadel]
1854 Skvortsov 1854 Skvortsov 1854 Skvortsov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 22, 1968 by T. Smirnova at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Evgenii Fedorovich Skvortsov, Russian astronomer
1855 Korolev 1855 Korolev 1855 Korolev is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 8, 1969 by L. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Sergei Korolev, Soviet rocket scientist
1856 Růžena 1856 Ružena 1856 Růžena is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1221.7211431 days . The asteroid was discovered on October 8, 1969.-References:...		Růžena Petrovičová, staff member, Kleť Observatory Klet Observatory Kleť Observatory is an astronomical observatory in the Czech Republic. It is situated in South Bohemia, south of the summit of Mount Kleť, near the town of České Budějovice...
1857 Parchomenko 1857 Parchomenko 1857 Parchomenko is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 30, 1971 by T. Smirnova at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Praskoviya Georgievna Parchomenko, Ukrainian astronomer †
1858 Lobachevskij 1858 Lobachevskij 1858 Lobachevskij is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 18, 1972 by L. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.It is named for mathematician Nikolai Lobachevsky.- External links :...	1972 QL	Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky was a Russian mathematician and geometer, renowned primarily for his pioneering works on hyperbolic geometry, otherwise known as Lobachevskian geometry... , Russian mathematician
1859 Kovalevskaya 1859 Kovalevskaya 1859 Kovalevskaya is an asteroid discovered September 4, 1972 by L. V. Zhuravleva. The asteroid was named in honor of Sofia Kovalevskaya, a Russian mathematician. It is an outer main-belt asteroid with a diameter of 46.02 kilometers....		Sofia Kovalevskaya Sofia Kovalevskaya Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya , was the first major Russian female mathematician, responsible for important original contributions to analysis, differential equations and mechanics, and the first woman appointed to a full professorship in Northern Europe.She was also one of the first females to... , Russian mathematician
1860 Barbarossa 1860 Barbarossa 1860 Barbarossa is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 28, 1973 by Wild, P. at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	1973 SK	Nickname of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa was a German Holy Roman Emperor. He was elected King of Germany at Frankfurt on 4 March 1152 and crowned in Aachen on 9 March, crowned King of Italy in Pavia in 1155, and finally crowned Roman Emperor by Pope Adrian IV, on 18 June 1155, and two years later in 1157 the term... , and one of the discoverer's teachers
1861 Komenský 1861 Komenský 1861 Komenský is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1917.4515790 days . The asteroid was discovered on November 24, 1970.-References:...	1970 WB	Jan Amos Komenský (Comenius) Comenius John Amos Comenius ; ; Latinized: Iohannes Amos Comenius) was a Czech teacher, educator, and writer. He served as the last bishop of Unity of the Brethren, and became a religious refugee and one of the earliest champions of universal education, a concept eventually set forth in his book Didactica... , Czech (Moravian) theologian and educator
1862 Apollo 1862 Apollo 1862 Apollo is a Q-type asteroid, discovered by Karl Reinmuth in 1932, but lost and not recovered until 1973. It is named after the Greek god Apollo....	1932 HA	Apollo Apollo Apollo is one of the most important and complex of the Olympian deities in Greek and Roman mythology... , Greek god
1863 Antinous 1863 Antinous 1863 Antinous is an Apollo and Mars crosser asteroid, discovered in 1948 by Carl A. Wirtanen. It was named after Antinous of Greek mythology.In the 20th century Antinous passed within 30 Gm of the Earth five times; it will do so only once in the 21st...	1948 EA	Antinous Antinous Antinoüs or Antinoös was a beautiful Bithynian youth and the favourite of the Roman emperor Hadrian... , Roman lover
1864 Daedalus 1864 Daedalus 1864 Daedalus is a Apollo asteroid and Near-Earth object discovered on March 24, 1971 by Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*...	1971 FA	Daedalus Daedalus In Greek mythology, Daedalus was a skillful craftsman and artisan.-Family:... , mythological Greek inventor
1865 Cerberus 1865 Cerberus 1865 Cerberus is an Apollo and a Mars crosser asteroid, discovered in 1971 by L. Kohoutek.Cerberus passes within 30 Gm of the Earth 7 times from the year 1900 to the year 2100, each time at a distance of 24.4 Gm to 25.7 Gm.- References :...	1971 UA	Cerberus Cerberus Cerberus , or Kerberos, in Greek and Roman mythology, is a multi-headed hound which guards the gates of the Underworld, to prevent those who have crossed the river Styx from ever escaping... , Greek monster
1866 Sisyphus 1866 Sisyphus 1866 Sisyphus is a binary Apollo asteroid which, at approximately 10 km in diameter, is the largest of the Earth-crossing asteroids. It is comparable in size to the Chicxulub object whose impact may have killed off the dinosaurs....	1972 XA	Sisyphus Sisyphus In Greek mythology Sisyphus was a king punished by being compelled to roll an immense boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll back down, and to repeat this throughout eternity... , mythological Greek
1867 Deiphobus 1867 Deiphobus 1867 Deiphobus is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on March 3, 1971 by Carlos Ulrrico Cesco and Samuel, A. at El Leoncito.- External links :*...	1971 EA	Deiphobus Deiphobus In Greek mythology, Deiphobus was a son of Priam and Hecuba. He was a prince of Troy, and the greatest of Priam's sons after Hector and Paris... , mythological Greek
1868 Thersites 1868 Thersites 1868 Thersites is a Jupiter Trojan asteroid that orbits in the Lagrangian point of the Sun-Jupiter system, in the "Greek Camp" of Trojan asteroids. It was named after the Greek hero Thersites, who fought during the Trojan War...	2008 P-L	Thersites Thersites In Greek mythology, Thersites was a soldier of the Greek army during the Trojan War. In the Iliad, he does not have a father's name, which may suggest that he should be viewed as a commoner rather than an aristocratic hero... , mythological Greek warrior
1869 Philoctetes 1869 Philoctetes 1869 Philoctetes is a Jupiter Trojan asteroid that orbits in the Lagrangian point of the Sun-Jupiter system, in the "Greek Camp" of Trojan asteroids. It was named after the Greek hero Philoctetes, who fought during the Trojan War...	4596 P-L	Philoctetes Philoctetes Philoctetes or Philocthetes according to Greek mythology, the son of King Poeas of Meliboea in Thessaly. He was a Greek hero, famed as an archer, and was a participant in the Trojan War. He was the subject of at least two plays by Sophocles, one of which is named after him, and one each by both... , mythological Greek warrior
1870 Glaukos 1870 Glaukos 1870 Glaukos is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on March 24, 1971 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*...	1971 FE	Glaucus, various Greek figures
1871 Astyanax 1871 Astyanax 1871 Astyanax is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on March 24, 1971 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*...	1971 FF	Astyanax Astyanax In Greek mythology, Astyanax was the son of Hector, Crown Prince of Troy and Princess Andromache of Cilician Thebe. His birth name was Scamandrius , but the people of Troy nicknamed him Astyanax In Greek mythology, Astyanax was the son of Hector, Crown Prince of Troy and Princess Andromache of... , infant son of Hector Hector In Greek mythology, Hectōr , or Hektōr, is a Trojan prince and the greatest fighter for Troy in the Trojan War. As the first-born son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba, a descendant of Dardanus, who lived under Mount Ida, and of Tros, the founder of Troy, he was a prince of the royal house and the...
1872 Helenos 1872 Helenos 1872 Helenos is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on March 24, 1971 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*...	1971 FG	Helenus Helenus Helenus was a Trojan soldier and prophet in the Trojan War.In Greek mythology, Helenus was the son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy, and the twin brother of the prophetess Cassandra. He was also called Scamandrios. According to legend, Cassandra, having been given the power of prophecy by... , mythological Trojan
1873 Agenor 1873 Agenor 1873 Agenor is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on March 25, 1971 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*...	1971 FH	Agenor Agenor Agenor was in Greek mythology and history a Phoenician king of Tyre. Herodotus estimates that Agenor lived sometime before the year 2000 B.C..-Genealogy:... , mythological Greek king
1874 Kacivelia 1874 Kacivelia 1874 Kacivelia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 5, 1924 by S. Belyavskij at Simeis.- External links :*...	A924 RC	Kaciveli, Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
1875 Neruda 1875 Neruda 1875 Neruda is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 22, 1969 by L. Kohoutek at Bergedorf.- External links :*...	1969 QQ	Jan Neruda Jan Neruda Jan Nepomuk Neruda was a Czech journalist, writer and poet, one of the most prominent representatives of Czech Realism and a member of "the May school".-Early life:... , Czech writer
1876 Napolitania 1876 Napolitania 1876 Napolitania is an inner main-belt asteroid discovered on January 31, 1970 by C. Kowal at Palomar.- External links :*...	1970 BA	Naples Naples Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples... , Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
1877 Marsden 1877 Marsden 1877 Marsden is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on March 24, 1971 by C. J. Van Houten at Palomar.- External links :*...	1971 FC	Brian G. Marsden Brian G. Marsden Brian Geoffrey Marsden was a British astronomer born in Cambridge, England, and educated at The Perse School in Cambridge, New College, Oxford and Yale University. Dr... , astronomer and Director of the Minor Planet Center Minor Planet Center The Minor Planet Center operates at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory , which is part of the Center for Astrophysics along with the Harvard College Observatory ....
1878 Hughes 1878 Hughes 1878 Hughes is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 18, 1933 by Delporte, E. at Uccle.- External links :*...	1933 QC	Son of Mireille Demiddelaer, granddaughter of discoverer
1879 Broederstroom 1879 Broederstroom 1879 Broederstroom is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 16, 1935 by Van Gent, H. at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	1935 UN	Broederstroom, South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
1880 McCrosky 1880 McCrosky 1880 McCrosky is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 13, 1940 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1940 AN	Richard Eugene McCrosky, American astronomer
1881 Shao 1881 Shao 1881 Shao is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 3, 1940 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1940 PC	Cheng-yuan Shao, assistant of Richard Eugene McCrosky
1882 Rauma 1882 Rauma 1882 Rauma is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 15, 1941 by L. Oterma at Turku.- External links :*...	1941 UJ	Rauma Rauma, Finland Rauma is a town and municipality of ca. inhabitants on the west coast of Finland, north of Turku, and south of Pori. Granted town privileges on May 17, 1442 , Rauma is known of its high quality lace , and of the old wooden architecture of its centre , which is a Unesco world heritage... , Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
1883 Rimito 1883 Rimito 1883 Rimito is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 4, 1942 by Y. Vaisala at Turku.- External links :*...	1942 XA	Rymattyla Rymättylä Rymättylä is a former municipality of Finland. It was, together with Merimasku and Velkua, consolidated with the town of Naantali on January 1, 2009.... , Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
1884 Skip 1884 Skip 1884 Skip is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 2, 1943 by M. Laugier at Nice.- External links :...		Gunter "Skip" Schwartz, American astronomer
1885 Herero 1885 Herero 1885 Herero is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 9, 1948 by Johnson, E. L. at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	1948 PJ	Herero, Bantu tribe
1886 Lowell 1886 Lowell 1886 Lowell is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 21, 1949 by H. L. Giclas at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1949 MP	Percival Lowell Percival Lowell Percival Lawrence Lowell was a businessman, author, mathematician, and astronomer who fueled speculation that there were canals on Mars, founded the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, and formed the beginning of the effort that led to the discovery of Pluto 14 years after his death... , American astronomer
1887 Virton 1887 Virton 1887 Virton is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1904.6623383 days . The asteroid was discovered on October 5, 1950.-References:...	1950 TD	Virton Virton Virton is the most southerly town in Belgium and the administrative centre of a Walloon municipality and district of the same name, located in the Belgian province of Luxembourg... , Belgium Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
1888 Zu Chong-Zhi 1888 Zu Chong-Zhi 1888 Zu Chong-Zhi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 9, 1964 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.- External links :*...		Zu Chongzhi Zu Chongzhi Zu Chongzhi , courtesy name Wenyuan , was a prominent Chinese mathematician and astronomer during the Liu Song and Southern Qi Dynasties.-Life and works:... , Chinese mathematician and astronomer
1889 Pakhmutova 1889 Pakhmutova 1889 Pakhmutova is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 24, 1968 by L. Chernykh at Nauchnyj. Named after Soviet composer Aleksandra Pakhmutova.- External links :*...	1968 BE	Aleksandra Nikolaevna Pakhmutova, Russian composer
1890 Konoshenkova 1890 Konoshenkova 1890 Konoshenkova is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on February 6, 1968 by L. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...	1968 CD	Olga Petrovna Konoshenkova, schoolmistress at the Crimean Observatory
1891 Gondola 1891 Gondola 1891 Gondola is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 11, 1969 by Wild, P. at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	1969 RA	The gondola Gondola The gondola is a traditional, flat-bottomed Venetian rowing boat, well suited to the conditions of the Venetian Lagoon. For centuries gondolas were the chief means of transportation and most common watercraft within Venice. In modern times the iconic boats still have a role in public transport in...
1892 Lucienne 1892 Lucienne 1892 Lucienne is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 16, 1971 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	1971 SD	Lucienne Divan, French astrophysicist
1893 Jakoba 1893 Jakoba 1893 Jakoba is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 20, 1971 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	1971 UD	Jakob Oberholzer, Swiss geologist, grandfather of discoverer
1894 Haffner 1894 Haffner 1894 Haffner is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 26, 1971, by Kohoutek, L. at Bergedorf.- External links :*...	1971 UH	Hans Haffner, Austrian astronomer
1895 Larink 1895 Larink 1895 Larink is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 26, 1971 by L. Kohoutek at Bergedorf.- External links :*...	1971 UZ	Johannes Larink, German astronomer †
1896 Beer 1896 Beer 1896 Beer is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 26, 1971 by Kohoutek, L. at Bergedorf.- External links :*...		Arthur Beer, German-born British astronomer[MPC 3827]
1897 Hind 1897 Hind 1897 Hind is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 26, 1971 by Kohoutek, L. at Bergedorf.- External links :*...		John Russell Hind John Russell Hind John Russell Hind FRS was an English astronomer.- Life and work :John Russell Hind was born in 1823 in Nottingham, the son of lace manufacturer John Hind, and was educated at Nottingham High School... , British astronomer
1898 Cowell 1898 Cowell 1898 Cowell is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 26, 1971 by Kohoutek, L. at Bergedorf.- External links :*...		Philip Herbert Cowell Philip Herbert Cowell Philip Herbert Cowell was a British astronomer.Philip Herbert Cowell was born in calcutta, India and educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. He became second chief assistant at the Royal Greenwich Observatory in 1896 and later became the Superintendent of HM Nautical Almanac Office during... , British astronomer
1899 Crommelin 1899 Crommelin 1899 Crommelin is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 26, 1971 by Kohoutek, L. at Bergedorf.- External links :*...		Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin was a Irish-born, British astronomer of Huguenot descent. He was born in Cushendun, County Antrim, and educated in England at Marlborough College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He worked at the Royal Greenwich Observatory and went on several solar eclipse... , British astronomer
1900 Katyusha 1900 Katyusha 1900 Katyusha is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 16, 1971 by T. Smirnova at Nauchnyj.- External links :...	1971 YB	Ekaterina Ivanovna Zelenko, Russian airwoman
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1901 Moravia 1901 Moravia 1901 Moravia is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on January 14, 1972 by L. Kohoutek at Bergedorf.- External links :*...	1972 AD	Moravia Moravia Moravia is a historical region in Central Europe in the east of the Czech Republic, and one of the former Czech lands, together with Bohemia and Silesia. It takes its name from the Morava River which rises in the northwest of the region... , a region in the east of the Czech Republic Czech Republic The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
1902 Shaposhnikov 1902 Shaposhnikov 1902 Shaposhnikov is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on April 18, 1972 by T. Smirnova at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...	1972 HU	Vladimir Grigorevich Shaposhnikov, Russian astrometrist †
1903 Adzhimushkaj 1903 Adzhimushkaj 1903 Adzhimushkaj is a main belt asteroid discovered on May 9, 1972 by T.M. Smirnova at Nauchnyj.-External links:*...	1972 JL	Adzhimushkaj, battle site in World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
1904 Massevitch 1904 Massevitch 1904 Massevitch is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 9, 1972 by T. Smirnova at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...	1972 JM	Alla Genrikhovna Massevich, Russian astronomer
1905 Ambartsumian 1905 Ambartsumian 1905 Ambartsumian is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 14, 1972 by Smirnova, T. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...	1972 JZ	Viktor Amazaspovich Ambartsumian, Armenian-Russian astronomer †
1906 Naef 1906 Naef 1906 Naef is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 5, 1972 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	1972 RC	Robert-A. Naef, Swiss amateur astronomer † ‡
1907 Rudneva 1907 Rudneva 1907 Rudneva is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 11, 1972 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Evgeniya Rudneva Evgeniya Rudneva Evgeniya Maksimovna Rudneva , also known as Zhenya Rudneva was a Soviet military air navigator, a Hero of the Soviet Union, a member of the Moscow branch of the Astronomical-Geodesical Society of the USSR, and head of the Solar Department. She was Ukrainian, born into the family of an office worker... , Russian World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...  heroine
1908 Pobeda 1908 Pobeda 1908 Pobeda is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 11, 1972 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Russian for victory
1909 Alekhin 1909 Alekhin 1909 Alekhin is an asteroid discovered on September 4, 1972 by Lyudmila Zhuravlyova. The asteroid was named in honor of Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Alekhin, a Russian-French chess champion...		Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Alekhin Alexander Alekhine Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine was the fourth World Chess Champion. He is often considered one of the greatest chess players ever.By the age of twenty-two, he was already among the strongest chess players in the world. During the 1920s, he won most of the tournaments in which he played... , Russian chess player
1910 Mikhailov 1910 Mikhailov 1910 Mikhailov is an asteroid discovered by Lyudmila Zhuravlyova October 8, 1972 at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.The asteroid was named in honor of...		Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Mikhailov Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Mikhailov Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Mikhailov was a Russian astronomer who was a member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. He worked at Pulkovo Observatory from 1947 to 1982... , Russian astronomer †
1911 Schubart 1911 Schubart 1911 Schubart is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on October 25, 1973 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	1973 UD	Joachim Schubart, German astronomer
1912 Anubis 1912 Anubis 1912 Anubis is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld at Leiden from Schmidt plates taken at the Palomar Observatory by Tom Gehrels. It is named after the jackal-headed Egyptian god Anubis.- External links :*...	6534 P-L	Anubis Anubis Anubis is the Greek name for a jackal-headed god associated with mummification and the afterlife in ancient Egyptian religion. In the ancient Egyptian language, Anubis is known as Inpu . According to the Akkadian transcription in the Amarna letters, Anubis' name was vocalized as Anapa... , Ancient Egyptian god
1913 Sekanina 1913 Sekanina 1913 Sekanina is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 22, 1928 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1928 SF	Zdeněk Sekanina, Czech-born American astronomer †
1914 Hartbeespoortdam 1914 Hartbeespoortdam 1914 Hartbeespoortdam is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 28, 1930 by Van Gent, H. at Johannesburg .- External links :*...		Hartbeespoortdam, lake in South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
1915 Quetzálcoatl 1915 Quetzálcoatl 1915 Quetzálcoatl is an Amor asteroid with an orbital period of 1479.7878569 days . The asteroid was discovered on March 9, 1953.-References:...	1953 EA	Quetzalcoatl Quetzalcoatl Quetzalcoatl is a Mesoamerican deity whose name comes from the Nahuatl language and has the meaning of "feathered serpent". The worship of a feathered serpent deity is first documented in Teotihuacan in the first century BCE or first century CE... , Aztec god
1916 Boreas 1916 Boreas 1916 Boreas is an Amor asteroid discovered on September 1, 1953 by Sylvain Julien Victor Arend at the Royal Observatory of Belgium. This asteroid was lost shortly after discovery and only rediscovered in 1974 by Richard Eugene McCrosky , G. Schwartz and JH Bulger based on a predicted position by...	1953 RA	Boreas, Greek god
1917 Cuyo 1917 Cuyo 1917 Cuyo is an Amor asteroid discovered on January 1, 1968 by Carlos Ulrrico Cesco and Samuel, A. at El Leoncito.- External links :...	1968 AA	University of Cuyo, Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
1918 Aiguillon 1918 Aiguillon 1918 Aiguillon is a main belt asteroid discovered on October 19, 1968 by Guy Soulie at Bordeaux. It is named after the small town of Aiguillon, France.- External links :*...	1968 UA	Aiguillon, France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
1919 Clemence 1919 Clemence 1919 Clemence is an inner main-belt asteroid discovered on September 16, 1971 by Gibson, J. and Carlos Ulrrico Cesco at El Leoncito. It is named for American astronomer Gerald Maurice Clemence.- External links :...	1971 SA	Gerald Maurice Clemence Gerald Maurice Clemence Gerald Maurice Clemence was an American astronomer. Inspired by the life and work of Simon Newcomb, his career paralleled the huge advances in astronomy brought about by the advent of the electronic computer. Clemence did much to revive the prestige of the U.S... , American astronomer
1920 Sarmiento 1920 Sarmiento 1920 Sarmiento is an inner main-belt asteroid discovered on November 11, 1971 by J. and Carlos Ulrrico Cesco at El Leoncito.- External links :*...	1971 VO	Domingo Sarmiento, former president of Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...  who supported American astronomer Benjamin Apthorp Gould Benjamin Apthorp Gould Benjamin Apthorp Gould was a pioneering American astronomer. He is notable for creating the Astronomical Journal, discovering the Gould Belt, and for founding of the Argentine National Observatory and the Argentine National Weather Service.-Biography:He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, son of...  in founding the Argentine National Observatory in Cordoba (Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba), or Antonio Sarmiento (Antonio Fernando Sarmiento Galan), Mexican astronomer*
1921 Pala 1921 Pala 1921 Pala is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on September 20, 1973 by Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory. It is one of very few asteroids located in the 2 : 1 mean motion resonance with Jupiter.- References :...	1973 SE	Pala, tribe of Native Americans
1922 Zulu 1922 Zulu 1922 Zulu is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on April 25, 1949 by Ernest Leonard Johnson at Johannesburg . It is one of very few asteroids located in the 2 : 1 mean motion resonance with Jupiter...	1949 HC	The Zulu people of Africa
1923 Osiris 1923 Osiris 1923 Osiris is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld at Leiden, on Palomar Observatory Schmidt plates taken by Tom Gehrels.- External links :*...	4011 P-L	Osiris Osiris Osiris is an Egyptian god, usually identified as the god of the afterlife, the underworld and the dead. He is classically depicted as a green-skinned man with a pharaoh's beard, partially mummy-wrapped at the legs, wearing a distinctive crown with two large ostrich feathers at either side, and... , Ancient Egyptian god
1924 Horus 1924 Horus 1924 Horus is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld at Leiden, on Palomar Observatory Schmidt plates taken by Tom Gehrels.- External links :*...	4023 P-L	Horus Horus Horus is one of the oldest and most significant deities in the Ancient Egyptian religion, who was worshipped from at least the late Predynastic period through to Greco-Roman times. Different forms of Horus are recorded in history and these are treated as distinct gods by Egyptologists... , Ancient Egyptian god
1925 Franklin-Adams 1925 Franklin-Adams 1925 Franklin-Adams is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1489.3272944 days .The asteroid was discovered on September 9, 1934. It is named after English amateur astronomer John Franklin-Adams , who created one of the earliest detailed, photographic atlases of the complete night sky...	1934 RY	John Franklin-Adams, British amateur astronomer
1926 Demiddelaer 1926 Demiddelaer 1926 Demiddelaer is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 2, 1935 by Delporte, E. at Uccle.- External links :*...	1935 JA	Mireille Demiddelaer, granddaughter of the discoverer
1927 Suvanto 1927 Suvanto 1927 Suvanto is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 18, 1936 by R. Suvanto at Turku.- External links :*...	1936 FP	Winter War Winter War The Winter War was a military conflict between the Soviet Union and Finland. It began with a Soviet offensive on 30 November 1939 – three months after the start of World War II and the Soviet invasion of Poland – and ended on 13 March 1940 with the Moscow Peace Treaty...  battlefield
1928 Summa 1928 Summa 1928 Summa is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 21, 1938 by Y. Vaisala at Turku.- External links :*...	1938 SO	Winter War Winter War The Winter War was a military conflict between the Soviet Union and Finland. It began with a Soviet offensive on 30 November 1939 – three months after the start of World War II and the Soviet invasion of Poland – and ended on 13 March 1940 with the Moscow Peace Treaty...  battlefield
1929 Kollaa 1929 Kollaa 1929 Kollaa is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 20, 1939 by Yrjö Väisälä at Turku, Finland. It is named after the Kollaa River in Karelia, the focal point on the Winter War.- External links :*...	1939 BS	Winter War Winter War The Winter War was a military conflict between the Soviet Union and Finland. It began with a Soviet offensive on 30 November 1939 – three months after the start of World War II and the Soviet invasion of Poland – and ended on 13 March 1940 with the Moscow Peace Treaty...  battlefield
1930 Lucifer 1930 Lucifer 1930 Lucifer is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 29, 1964 by E. Roemer at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1964 UA	Lucifer Lucifer Traditionally, Lucifer is a name that in English generally refers to the devil or Satan before being cast from Heaven, although this is not the original meaning of the term. In Latin, from which the English word is derived, Lucifer means "light-bearer"... , dark angel
1931 Čapek 1931 Capek 1931 Čapek is a main belt asteroid. It has an eccentricity of 0.2732038 and an orbital period of 1478.3027655 days .This asteroid was discovered on August 22, 1969 by Luboš Kohoutek.-References:...	1969 QB	Karel Čapek Karel Capek Karel Čapek was Czech writer of the 20th century.-Biography:Born in 1890 in the Bohemian mountain village of Malé Svatoňovice to an overbearing, emotional mother and a distant yet adored father, Čapek was the youngest of three siblings... , Czech playwright
1932 Jansky 1932 Jansky 1932 Jansky is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 26, 1971 by L. Kohoutek at Bergedorf.- External links :*...		Karl Guthe Jansky Karl Guthe Jansky Karl Guthe Jansky was an American physicist and radio engineer who in August 1931 first discovered radio waves emanating from the Milky Way. He is considered one of the founding figures of radio astronomy.- Early life :... , American astronomer
1933 Tinchen 1933 Tinchen 1933 Tinchen is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 14, 1972 by L. Kohoutek at Bergedorf.- External links :*...	1972 AC	Christine Kohoutek, wife of discoverer
1934 Jeffers 1934 Jeffers 1934 Jeffers is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 2, 1972 by A. R. Klemola at Mount Hamilton.- External links :*...	1972 XB	Hamilton Jeffers Hamilton Jeffers Hamilton Moore Jeffers was a noted astronomer.Jeffers was born in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, to Presbyterian minister William Hamilton Jeffers, and Annie Robinson Tuttle... , American astronomer
1935 Lucerna 1935 Lucerna 1935 Lucerna is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 2, 1973 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	1973 RB	Lucerne Lucerne Lucerne is a city in north-central Switzerland, in the German-speaking portion of that country. Lucerne is the capital of the Canton of Lucerne and the capital of the district of the same name. With a population of about 76,200 people, Lucerne is the most populous city in Central Switzerland, and... , Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
1936 Lugano 1936 Lugano 1936 Lugano is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 24, 1973 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	1973 WD	Lugano Lugano Lugano is a city of inhabitants in the city proper and a total of over 145,000 people in the agglomeration/city region, in the south of Switzerland, in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, which borders Italy... , Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
1937 Locarno 1937 Locarno 1937 Locarno is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 19, 1973 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	1973 YA	Locarno Locarno Locarno is the capital of the Locarno district, located on the northern tip of Lake Maggiore in the Swiss canton of Ticino, close to Ascona at the foot of the Alps. It has a population of about 15,000... , Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
1938 Lausanna 1938 Lausanna 1938 Lausanna is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 19, 1974 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	1974 HC	Lausanne Lausanne Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west... , Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
1939 Loretta 1939 Loretta 1939 Loretta is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 17, 1974 by C. Kowal at Palomar.- External links :*...	1974 UC	Daughter of discoverer
1940 Whipple 1940 Whipple 1940 Whipple is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 2, 1975 by Harvard College at Agassiz Station.- External links :*...	1975 CA	Fred Lawrence Whipple Fred Lawrence Whipple Fred Lawrence Whipple was an American astronomer, who worked at the Harvard College Observatory for over 70 years... , American astronomer
1941 Wild 1941 Wild 1941 Wild is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on October 6, 1931 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.- External links :*...		Paul Wild Paul Wild (Swiss astronomer) Professor Paul Wild of Berne, Switzerland, is an astronomer who discovered numerous comets and asteroids.- Career :Professor Wild was director of the Astronomical Institute of the University of Berne from 1980 to 1991... , Swiss astronomer
1942 Jablunka 1942 Jablunka 1942 Jablunka is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 30, 1972 by L. Kohoutek at Bergedorf.- External links :*...	1972 SA	Jablunka Jablůnka Jablůnka is a village and municipality in Vsetín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic.The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 2,030 .... , a village in Moravia Moravia Moravia is a historical region in Central Europe in the east of the Czech Republic, and one of the former Czech lands, together with Bohemia and Silesia. It takes its name from the Morava River which rises in the northwest of the region...
1943 Anteros 1943 Anteros 1943 Anteros is an Amor asteroid discovered on March 13, 1973 by Gibson, J. at El Leoncito.- External links :*...	1973 EC	Anteros Anteros In Greek mythology, Anteros was the god of requited love, literally "love returned" or "counter-love" and also the punisher of those who scorn love and the advances of others, or the avenger of unrequited love.... , Greek mythology
1944 Günter 1944 Günter 1944 Günter is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1224.1712199 days .The asteroid was discovered on September 14, 1925.-References:...	1925 RA	Günter Reinmuth, son of discoverer
1945 Wesselink 1945 Wesselink 1945 Wesselink is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 22, 1930 by H. van Gent at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	1930 OL	Adriaan Jan Wesselink, Dutch astronomer †
1946 Walraven 1946 Walraven 1946 Walraven is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 8, 1931 by H. van Gent at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	1931 PH	Theodore Walraven, Dutch astronomer †
1947 Iso-Heikkilä 1947 Iso-Heikkilä 1947 Iso-Heikkilä is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 2045.9444096 days . The asteroid was discovered on March 4, 1935 by Yrjö Väisälä.-References:...	1935 EA	Iso-Heikkilä Iso-Heikkilä Iso-Heikkilä is a district of the city of Turku, in Finland. It is located to the west of the city centre, bordering on the city centre's VIII District .... , Finnish observatory
1948 Kampala 1948 Kampala 1948 Kampala is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 3, 1935 by C. Jackson at Johannesburg.- External links :*...	1935 GL	Kampala Kampala Kampala is the largest city and capital of Uganda. The city is divided into five boroughs that oversee local planning: Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division and Lubaga Division. The city is coterminous with Kampala District.-History: of Buganda, had chosen... , Uganda †
1949 Messina 1949 Messina 1949 Messina is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 8, 1936 by C. Jackson at Johannesburg.- External links :*...	1936 NE	Messina, South Africa †
1950 Wempe 1950 Wempe 1950 Wempe is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 23, 1942 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1942 EO	Johann Wempe, German astronomer
1951 Lick 1951 Lick 1951 Lick is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on July 26, 1949 by C. A. Wirtanen at Mount Hamilton.- External links :*...	1949 OA	James Lick James Lick James Lick was an American carpenter, piano builder, land baron, and patron of the sciences. At the time of his death, he was the wealthiest man in California, and left the majority of his estate to social and scientific causes.-Early years:James Lick was born in Stumpstown Pennsylvania on August... , American patron of science
1952 Hesburgh 1952 Hesburgh 1952 Hesburgh is the name of an asteroid which was discovered at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana by the Indiana Asteroid Program....	1951 JC	Theodore Hesburgh Theodore Hesburgh The Rev. Theodore Martin Hesburgh, CSC, STD , a priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross, is President Emeritus of the University of Notre Dame. He is the namesake for TIAA-CREF's Hesburgh Award.... , American president of University of Notre Dame University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...
1953 Rupertwildt 1953 Rupertwildt 1953 Rupertwildt is the name of an asteroid which was discovered at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana by the Indiana Asteroid Program....	1951 UK	Rupert Wildt Rupert Wildt Rupert Wildt was a German-American astronomer.He was born in Munich, Germany, and grew up in that country during World War I and its aftermath. In 1927 he was awarded a Ph.D. from the University of Berlin... , German-born American astronomer [S&T, Dec 1982, p. 542]
1954 Kukarkin 1954 Kukarkin 1954 Kukarkin is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 15, 1952 by P. F. Shajn at Simeis.- External links :*...	1952 PH	Boris Vasilyevich Kukarkin, Russian astronomer
1955 McMath 1955 McMath 1955 McMath is the name of an asteroid which was discovered at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana by the Indiana Asteroid Program. 1955 McMath was discovered on September 22, 1963 by F. K. Edmondson. Mr Edmonson named the asteroid in memory of Robert R. McMath . Robert McMath was a...	1963 SR	Robert Raynolds McMath Robert Raynolds McMath Robert Raynolds McMath was a U.S. solar astronomer.Robert R. McMath was a bridge engineer, businessman, and astronomer. Robert's father, Francis C. McMath, had made a fortune as a bridge builder. They both had a keen interest in amateur astronomy. So in 1922, the McMaths, along with Judge Henry S... , American astronomer
1956 Artek 1956 Artek 1956 Artek is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on October 8, 1969 by Chernykh, L. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		International Children's Center 'Artek Artek (camp) Artek is a Young Pioneer camp near Gurzuf, Ukraine. It was established on June 16 1925 on the Black Sea in the town of Gurzuf located on the Crimean peninsula, near Medved Mountain, Ukraine. The camp first hosted only 80 children but then grew rapidly. In 1969 it had an area of 3.2 km²... ', Crimea, Ukraine
1957 Angara 1957 Angara 1957 Angara is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 1, 1970 by Chernykh, L. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...	1970 GF	Angara Angara River The Angara River is a long river in Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai, south-east Siberia, Russia. It is the only river flowing out of Lake Baikal, and is the headwater tributary of the Yenisei River.... , river in Siberia Siberia Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...
1958 Chandra 1958 Chandra 1958 Chandra is an asteroid named after Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, an Indian-American physicist.- Notes :...	1970 SB	Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, FRS ) was an Indian origin American astrophysicist who, with William A. Fowler, won the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics for key discoveries that led to the currently accepted theory on the later evolutionary stages of massive stars... , Indian astrophysicist
1959 Karbyshev 1959 Karbyshev 1959 Karbyshev is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 14, 1972 by L. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...	1972 NB	Dmitrii Michailovich Karbyshev, Soviet military leader
1960 Guisan 1960 Guisan 1960 Guisan is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 25, 1973 by Wild, P. at Zimmerwald Observatory. It is named after Swiss general Henri Guisan.- External links :*...	1973 UA	Henri Guisan Henri Guisan Henri Guisan was a Swiss army officer, and held the office of the General of the Swiss Army during World War II. He was the fourth and the most recent man to be appointed to the rarely used Swiss rank of General, and was possibly Switzerland's most famous soldier... , Swiss general in World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
1961 Dufour 1961 Dufour 1961 Dufour is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 19, 1973 by Wild, P. at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	1973 WA	Henri Dufour, Swiss general
1962 Dunant 1962 Dunant 1962 Dunant is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 24, 1973 by Wild, P. at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	1973 WE	Jean Henri Dunant, Swiss founder of the Red Cross
1963 Bezovec 1963 Bezovec 1963 Bezovec is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 9, 1975 by Kohoutek, L. at Bergedorf.- External links :*...	1975 CB	Bezovec, mountain in Slovakia Slovakia The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
1964 Luyten 1964 Luyten 1964 Luyten is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld at Leiden, on Palomar Observatory Schmidt plates taken by Tom Gehrels.- External links :*...	2007 P-L	Willem Jacob Luyten Willem Jacob Luyten Willem Jacob Luyten was a Dutch-American astronomer.-Life:Jacob Luyten was born in Semarang, Java, at the time part of the Dutch East Indies. His mother was Cornelia M. Francken and his father Jacob Luyten, a French teacher.At the age of 11 he observed Halley's comet, which started his... , Dutch-born American astronomer †
1965 van de Kamp 1965 van de Kamp 1965 van de Kamp is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld at Leiden, on Palomar Observatory Schmidt plates taken by Tom Gehrels.- External links :*...	2521 P-L	Peter van de Kamp Peter van de Kamp Piet van de Kamp , known as Peter van de Kamp in the United States, was a Dutch astronomer who lived most of his life in the United States. He was professor of astronomy at Swarthmore College and director of the college's Sproul Observatory from 1937 until 1972... , Dutch-born American astronomer †
1966 Tristan 1966 Tristan 1966 Tristan is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*...	2552 P-L	Tristan Tristan Tristan is one of the main characters of the Tristan and Iseult story, a Cornish hero and one of the Knights of the Round Table featuring in the Matter of Britain... , Knight of the Round Table
1967 Menzel 1967 Menzel 1967 Menzel is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on November 1, 1905. Its provisional designation was A905 VC. It was named after Donald Howard Menzel, an American astronomer.- References :...	A905 VC	Donald Howard Menzel Donald Howard Menzel Donald Howard Menzel was one of the first theoretical astronomers and astrophysicists in the US. He discovered the physical properties of the solar chromosphere, the chemistry of stars, the atmosphere of Mars, and the nature of gaseous neblulae.-Biography:Born in Florence, Colorado in 1901 and... , American astronomer
1968 Mehltretter 1968 Mehltretter 1968 Mehltretter is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 29, 1932 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1932 BK	Johannes Peter Mehltretter, German astronomer
1969 Alain 1969 Alain 1969 Alain is a main belt asteroid discovered on February 3, 1935 by Sylvain Julien Victor Arend at Uccle.- External links :*...	1935 CG	Alain Vanheste, husband of discoverer's granddaughter
1970 Sumeria 1970 Sumeria 1970 Sumeria is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 12, 1954 by M. Itzigsohn at La Plata.- External links :...	1954 ER	Sumer Sumer Sumer was a civilization and historical region in southern Mesopotamia, modern Iraq during the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age.... , ancient kingdom
1971 Hagihara 1971 Hagihara 1971 Hagihara is the name of an asteroid which was discovered at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana by the Indiana Asteroid Program....		Yusuke Hagihara Yusuke Hagihara was a Japanese astronomer noted for his contributions to celestial mechanics.Hagihara graduated from Tokyo Imperial University with a degree in astronomy in 1921 and became an assistant professor of astronomy there two years later. In 1923 the Japanese government sent him abroad as a traveling... , Japanese astronomer
1972 Yi Xing 1972 Yi Xing 1972 Yi Xing is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 9, 1964 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.- External links :*...		Yi Xing Yi Xing Yi Xing , born Zhang Sui , was a Chinese astronomer, mathematician, mechanical engineer,and Buddhist monk of the Tang Dynasty... , Chinese astronomer
1973 Colocolo 1973 Colocolo 1973 Colocolo is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 18, 1968 by C. Torres on exposures by S. Cofre and himself at the University of Chile, Cerro El Roble Station.- External links :*...	1968 OA	Colocolo (chief), Araucanian Mapuche The Mapuche are a group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina. They constitute a wide-ranging ethnicity composed of various groups who shared a common social, religious and economic structure, as well as a common linguistic heritage. Their influence extended...  chief
1974 Caupolican 1974 Caupolican 1974 Caupolican is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 18, 1968 by C. Torres on exposures by S. Cofre and himself at the University of Chile, Cerro El Roble Station.- External links :*...	1968 OE	Caupolican Caupolican Caupolicán was a Toqui, the military leader of the Mapuche people of Chile, that commanded their army during the first Mapuche rising against the Spanish conquistadors from 1553 to 1558.... , Araucanian Mapuche The Mapuche are a group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina. They constitute a wide-ranging ethnicity composed of various groups who shared a common social, religious and economic structure, as well as a common linguistic heritage. Their influence extended...  chief
1975 Pikelner 1975 Pikelner 1975 Pikelner is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 11, 1969 by L. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...	1969 PH	Solomon Borisovich Pikelner Solomon Borisovich Pikelner Solomon Borisovich Pikelner was a Russian astronomer who had made a significant contribution to the theory of the interstellar medium, solar plasma physics, stellar atmospheres, and magnetohydrodynamics. He was professor of astronomy at Moscow State University since 1959... , Russian astronomer
1976 Kaverin 1976 Kaverin 1976 Kaverin is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 1, 1970 by L. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...	1970 GC	N. S. Kaverin, Russian astronomer, or Veniamin Aleksandrovich Kaverin, Russian writer*
1977 Shura 1977 Shura 1977 Shura is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 30, 1970 by T. Smirnova at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...	1970 QY	Aleksandr Kosmodemyanskii, Soviet war hero
1978 Patrice 1978 Patrice - External links :*...	1971 LD	Daughter of Dennis N. Harwood, Australian astronomer
1979 Sakharov 1979 Sakharov 1979 Sakharov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.It is named in honour of a distinguished Russian physicist Andrei Sakharov....	2006 P-L	Andrei Sakharov Andrei Sakharov Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov was a Soviet nuclear physicist, dissident and human rights activist. He earned renown as the designer of the Soviet Union's Third Idea, a codename for Soviet development of thermonuclear weapons. Sakharov was an advocate of civil liberties and civil reforms in the... , Russian physicist
1980 Tezcatlipoca 1980 Tezcatlipoca 1980 Tezcatlipoca is an Amor asteroid discovered on June 19, 1950 by A. G. Wilson at Palomar.- External links :*...	1950 LA	Tezcatlipoca Tezcatlipoca Tezcatlipoca was a central deity in Aztec religion. One of the four sons of Ometeotl, he is associated with a wide range of concepts, including the night sky, the night winds, hurricanes, the north, the earth, obsidian, enmity, discord, rulership, divination, temptation, jaguars, sorcery, beauty,... , Aztec god
1981 Midas 1981 Midas The asteroid 1981 Midas was discovered on March 6, 1973 by Charles T. Kowal at Palomar Observatory. It is named after Midas, the king of Phrygia in Greek mythology who turned objects to gold when he touched them...	1973 EA	Midas Midas For the legend of Gordias, a person who was taken by the people and made King, in obedience to the command of the oracle, see Gordias.Midas or King Midas is popularly remembered in Greek mythology for his ability to turn everything he touched into gold. This was called the Golden touch, or the... , mythological Greek king
1982 Cline 1982 Cline 1982 Cline is an asteroid discovered on November 4, 1975 by Eleanor Helin. 1982 Cline was named to honor the memory of a friend, Edwin Lee Cline, who was a distinguished inventor in the automotive field who looked to space as the new frontier.Reference...	1975 VA	Edwin Lee Cline, inventor
1983 Bok 1983 Bok 1983 Bok is an asteroid discovered June 9, 1975 by Elizabeth Roemer. It is named for astronomer Bart Jan Bok.See also: List of asteroids...	1975 LB	Bart Jan Bok, Dutch-born American astronomer and his wife Priscilla Fairfield Bok Priscilla Fairfield Bok Priscilla Fairfield Bok was an American astronomer and the wife of Dutch-born astronomer Bart Bok, whom she married in 1929. The two worked together over much of the twentieth century. They mapped the spiral arms of the Milky Way Galaxy and studied the make-up and changes of star clusters...  †
1984 Fedynskij 1984 Fedynskij 1984 Fedynskij is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 10, 1926 by S. I. Belyavskij at Simeis.- External links :*...	1926 TN	Vsevolod Vladimirovich Fedynskii, Russian geophysicist
1985 Hopmann 1985 Hopmann 1985 Hopmann is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 13, 1929 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1929 AE	Josef Hopmann Josef Hopmann Josef Hopmann was a German astronomer.He was born in Berlin and received his education at universities in Bonn and Berlin, then became an assistant at Bonn Observatory in 1914. In 1930 he became a full professor and was appointed director of the Leipzig Observatory. Between 1918 and 1974 he... , German astronomer
1986 Plaut 1986 Plaut 1986 Plaut is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 28, 1935 by H. van Gent at Johannesburg .- External links :*...		Lukas Plaut, Dutch astronomer †
1987 Kaplan 1987 Kaplan 1987 Kaplan is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 11, 1952 by P. F. Shajn at Simeis.- External links :*...	1952 RH	Samuil Aronovich Kaplan, Russian astronomer and veteran of the Russian front in World War II †
1988 Delores 1988 Delores 1988 Delores is the name of an asteroid which was discovered at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana by the Indiana Asteroid Program....	1952 SV	Delores Owings, staff member, Indiana University Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington is a public research university located in Bloomington, Indiana, in the United States. IU Bloomington is the flagship campus of the Indiana University system. Being the flagship campus, IU Bloomington is often referred to simply as IU or Indiana...
1989 Tatry 1989 Tatry 1989 Tatry is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 20, 1955 by A. Paroubek and R. Podstanicka at Skalnate Pleso Observatory.- External links :*...	1955 FG	Vysoké Tatry, mountain range in Slovakia Slovakia The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
1990 Pilcher 1990 Pilcher 1990 Pilcher is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 9, 1956 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1956 EE	Frederick Pilcher, American astronomer
1991 Darwin 1991 Darwin 1991 Darwin is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 6, 1967 by C. U. Cesco and A. R. Klemola at the Yale-Columbia Southern Station, El Leoncito. It is named after the famous English naturalist Charles Darwin.- External links :*...	1967 JL	Charles Darwin Charles Darwin Charles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory... , British naturalist, and Sir George Darwin George Darwin Sir George Howard Darwin, FRS was an English astronomer and mathematician.-Biography:Darwin was born at Down House, Kent, the second son and fifth child of Charles and Emma Darwin... , British astronomer and mathematician
1992 Galvarino 1992 Galvarino Asteroid Galvarino was discovered on July 18, 1968 by Carlos Torres and S. Cofre at Cerro El Roble. It received the provisional designation 1968 OD....	1968 OD	Galvarino Galvarino Galvarino is a Chilean town and commune , part of Cautín Province, in the Araucanía Region.The town, named for the Mapuche warrior Galvarino, was founded on April 22, 1882 within the frame of the occupation of Araucanía by general Gregorio Urrutia, next to river Quillem as a fort of . Its... , Araucanian Mapuche The Mapuche are a group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina. They constitute a wide-ranging ethnicity composed of various groups who shared a common social, religious and economic structure, as well as a common linguistic heritage. Their influence extended...  chief
1993 Guacolda 1993 Guacolda 1993 Guacolda is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 25, 1968 by H. Wroblewski on exposures by G. Plouguin and I. Belyaiev at the University of Chile, Cerro El Roble Station.- External links :*...		Guacolda, wife of Araucanian Mapuche The Mapuche are a group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina. They constitute a wide-ranging ethnicity composed of various groups who shared a common social, religious and economic structure, as well as a common linguistic heritage. Their influence extended...  chief Lautaro
1994 Shane 1994 Shane 1994 Shane is the name of an asteroid which was discovered at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana by the Indiana Asteroid Program....	1961 TE	Charles Donald Shane, American astronomer
1995 Hajek 1995 Hajek 1995 Hajek is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 26, 1971 by Kohoutek, L. at Bergedorf.- External links :*...		Tadeáš Hájek Tadeáš Hájek Tadeáš Hájek z Hájku , also known as Tadeáš Hájek of Hájek, Thaddaeus Hagecius ab Hayek or Thaddeus Nemicus, was the personal physician of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II and a Bohemian astronomer.Tadeáš Hájek was the son of Šimon Hájek from an old Prague family... , Czech astronomer
1996 Adams 1996 Adams 1996 Adams is the name of an asteroid that was discovered at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana by the Indiana Asteroid Program. It is named in honour of John Couch Adams, British mathematician and astronomer who, simultaneously with Urbain Le Verrier, predicted the existence and...	1961 UA	John Couch Adams John Couch Adams John Couch Adams was a British mathematician and astronomer. Adams was born in Laneast, near Launceston, Cornwall, and died in Cambridge. The Cornish name Couch is pronounced "cooch".... , British mathematician and astronomer
1997 Leverrier 1997 Leverrier 1997 Leverrier is a main belt asteroid. It was discovered by the Indiana Asteroid Program and was named after Urbain Le Verrier, the French mathematician who, simultaneously with John Couch Adams, predicted the existence and position of the planet Neptune....	1963 RC	Urbain Le Verrier, French astronomer
1998 Titius 1998 Titius 1998 Titius is an asteroid. It is named after the German astronomer Johann Daniel Titius, best known for formulating the Titius-Bode law along with Johann Elert Bode....		Johann Daniel Titius Johann Daniel Titius Johann Daniel Titius was a German astronomer and a professor at Wittenberg.Titius was born in Konitz , Royal Prussia, and died in Wittenberg... , German astronomer
1999 Hirayama 1999 Hirayama 1999 Hirayama is an asteroid. It is named after Kiyotsugu Hirayama, the 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....	1973 DR	Kiyotsugu Hirayama 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.... , Japanese astronomer
2000 Herschel 2000 Herschel 2000 Herschel is an asteroid discovered on July 29, 1960 by Joachim Schubart. It is named in honour of the English astronomer of German origin Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel who discovered Uranus....	1960 OA	Sir William Herschel William Herschel Sir Frederick William Herschel, KH, FRS, German: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel was a German-born British astronomer, technical expert, and composer. Born in Hanover, Wilhelm first followed his father into the Military Band of Hanover, but emigrated to Britain at age 19... , German-born British astronomer and composer †