Meanings of asteroid names (2501-3000)

Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
2501–2600
2501 Lohja 2501 Lohja 2501 Lohja is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 14, 1942 by L. Oterma at Turku.- External links :*...	1942 GD	Lohja Lohja Lohja , is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The town has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water... , Finland
2502 Nummela 2502 Nummela 2502 Nummela is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 3, 1943 by Yrjö Väisälä at Turku.- External links :*...	1943 EO	Nummela, Finland
2503 Liaoning 2503 Liaoning 2503 Liaoning is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 16, 1965 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.- External links :*...		Liaoning Liaoning ' is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the northeast of the country. Its one-character abbreviation is "辽" , a name taken from the Liao River that flows through the province. "Níng" means "peace"... , China
2504 Gaviola 2504 Gaviola 2504 Gaviola is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 6, 1967 by Carlos Ulrrico Cesco and Klemola, A. R. at El Leoncito.- External links :*...	1967 JO	Enrique Gaviola Enrique Gaviola Ramón Enrique Gaviola ). Born and died in Mendoza, Argentina was an Argentine astrophysicist of worldwide renown. Student of Richard Gans at the Universidad de La Plata went in 1922 to Germany where he continued his studies... (Ramón Enrique Gaviola), Argentinian astrophysicist †
2505 Hebei 2505 Hebei 2505 Hebei is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 31, 1975 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.- External links :*...	1975 UJ	Hebei Hebei ' is a province of the People's Republic of China in the North China region. Its one-character abbreviation is "" , named after Ji Province, a Han Dynasty province that included what is now southern Hebei... , China
2506 Pirogov 2506 Pirogov 2506 Pirogov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 26, 1976 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Nikolai Ivanovich Pirogov, Russian surgeon
2507 Bobone 2507 Bobone 2507 Bobone is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 18, 1976 by Felix Aguilar Observatory at El Leoncito.- External links :*...		Jorge Bobone Jorge Bobone Jorge E. Bobone was an Argentinian astronomer.He performed his work at the Observatorio Nacional Argentino in Córdoba, established in the 1870s by Benjamin Apthorp Gould and now belonging to the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba.... , Argentinian astronomer
2508 Alupka 2508 Alupka 2508 Alupka is a main belt asteroid discovered on March 13, 1977 by Chernykh, N. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Alupka Alupka Alupka is a resort city located in Crimea, Ukraine, situated to the west of Yalta. It is famous for the Vorontsov's Palace, designed by English architect Edward Blore in an extravagant mixture of Scottish baronial and Neo-Moorish styles and built in 1828–1846 for prince Mikhail Semyonovich... , 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...
2509 Chukotka 2509 Chukotka 2509 Chukotka is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 14, 1977 by Chernykh, N. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...	1977 NG	Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Chukotka Autonomous Okrug , or Chukotka , is a federal subject of Russia located in the Russian Far East.Chukotka has a population of 53,824 according to the 2002 Census, and a surface area of . The principal town and the administrative center is Anadyr... , Russia †
2510 Shandong 2510 Shandong 2510 Shandong is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 10, 1979 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.- External links :*...	1979 TH	Shandong Shandong ' is a Province located on the eastern coast of the People's Republic of China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history from the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River and served as a pivotal cultural and religious site for Taoism, Chinese... , China
2511 Patterson 2511 Patterson 2511 Patterson is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 11, 1980 by C. Shoemaker at Palomar.- External links :*...	1980 LM	Clair C. Patterson, American geochemist [S&T, Dec 1982, p. 542]
2512 Tavastia 2512 Tavastia 2512 Tavastia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 3, 1940 by Aust Redmin at Turku.- External links :*...	1940 GG	Tavastia Region Tavastia Tavastia may refer to:* Tavastia , a historical province of the kingdom of Sweden, located in modern-day Finland* Tavastia Proper, a modern region of Finland* Päijänne Tavastia, another region of Finland... , Finland
2513 Baetslé 2513 Baetslé 2513 Baetslé is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1262.4733241 days .The asteroid was discovered on September 19, 1950.-References:...	1950 SH	Paul-Louis Baetslé, astronomer †
2514 Taiyuan 2514 Taiyuan 2514 Taiyuan is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 8, 1964 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.- External links :*...		Taiyuan Taiyuan Taiyuan is the capital and largest city of Shanxi province in North China. At the 2010 census, it had a total population of 4,201,591 inhabitants on 6959 km² whom 3,212,500 are urban on 1,460 km². The name of the city literally means "Great Plains", referring to the location where the Fen River... , Shaanxi Shaanxi ' is a province in the central part of Mainland China, and it includes portions of the Loess Plateau on the middle reaches of the Yellow River in addition to the Qinling Mountains across the southern part of this province... , China
2515 Gansu 2515 Gansu 2515 Gansu is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 9, 1964 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.- External links :*...		Gansu Gansu ' is a province located in the northwest of the People's Republic of China.It lies between the Tibetan and Huangtu plateaus, and borders Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, and Ningxia to the north, Xinjiang and Qinghai to the west, Sichuan to the south, and Shaanxi to the east... , China
2516 Roman 2516 Roman 2516 Roman is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 6, 1964 by Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn.- External links :*...	1964 VY	Nancy Grace Roman Nancy Roman Nancy Grace Roman is an American astronomer. Throughout her career, Roman has also been an active public speaker and educator, and an advocate for women in the sciences.... , American astronomer
2517 Orma 2517 Orma 2517 Orma is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 28, 1968 by Paul Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	1968 SB	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 trace; anagram of 1257 Móra 1257 Móra 1257 Móra is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1433.8875667 days .The asteroid was discovered on August 8, 1932.-References:...
2518 Rutllant 2518 Rutllant 2518 Rutllant is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 22, 1974 by C. Torres at Cerro El Roble.- External links :*...	1974 FG	Federico Rutllant Alcina, Spanish-born director of the national observatory in Chile
2519 Annagerman 2519 Annagerman 2519 Annagerman is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 2, 1975 by Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova at Nauchnyj. It was named after the Polish singer Anna German.-External links:*...		Anna German Anna German Anna Viktoria German was a popular Soviet-born Polish singer of German/Dutch origin.-Biography:Anna German was born in Urgench, a city with a 22-thousand population in northwestern Uzbekistan, USSR. Her mother, Irma Martens, was the descendent of Dutch Mennonites invited to Russia by Catherine II... , Polish singer
2520 Novorossijsk 2520 Novorossijsk 2520 Novorossijsk is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 26, 1976 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Novorossiysk Novorossiysk Novorossiysk is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. It is the country's main port on the Black Sea and the leading Russian port for importing grain. It is one of the few cities honored with the title of the Hero City. Population: -History:... , Russia
2521 Heidi 2521 Heidi This small asteroid is named after Johanna Spyri's well-known book, Heidi....	1979 DK	Heidi Heidi Heidi is a Swiss work of fiction, published in two parts as Heidi's years of learning and travel and Heidi makes use of what she has learned.It is a novel about the events in the life of a young girl in her grandfather's care, in the Swiss Alps... , book by Johanna Spyri Johanna Spyri Johanna Spyri was an author of children's stories, and is best known for her book Heidi. Born Johanna Louise Heusser in the rural area of Hirzel, Switzerland, as a child she spent several summers in the area around Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later would use in her novels.-Biography:In...
2522 Triglav 2522 Triglav 2522 Triglav is a main belt asteroid named after the Slavic deity Triglav. It was discovered on August 16, 1980 by Zdeňka Vávrová at Kleť.- External links :*...	1980 PP	Triglav Triglav (mythology) Triglav also sometimes called troglav is a deity in Slavic mythology.It is generally believed that Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia and Troglav, highest peak of Dinara in Bosnia and... , Slavic god †
2523 Ryba 2523 Ryba 2523 Ryba is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 6, 1980 by Z. Vavrova at Klet.- External links :*...	1980 PV	Jakub Jan Ryba Jakub Jan Ryba Jakub Šimon Jan Ryba was a Czech teacher and composer of classical music. His most famous work is Czech Christmas Mass "Hey, Master!" .... , Czech composer †
2524 Budovicium 2524 Budovicium 2524 Budovicium is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 28, 1981 by Vavrova, Z. at Klet.- External links :*...		Latin for České Budějovice Ceské Budejovice České Budějovice is a city in the Czech Republic. It is the largest city in the South Bohemian Region and is the political and commercial capital of the region and centre of the Roman Catholic Diocese of České Budějovice and of the University of South Bohemia and the Academy of Sciences... , Czech Republic †
2525 O'Steen 2525 O'Steen 2525 O'Steen is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 2, 1981 by B. A. Skiff at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1981 VG	Mary Elizabeth O'Steen Skiff, mother of discoverer
2526 Alisary 2526 Alisary 2526 Alisary is a main belt asteroid discovered on May 19, 1979 by Richard Martin West at La Silla.- External links :*...	1979 KX	Alice Benedicta West and Harry Richard West, parents of discoverer
2527 Gregory 2527 Gregory 2527 Gregory is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 3, 1981 by Thomas, N. G. at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1981 RE	Bruce Gregory Thomas, youngest son of discoverer, named after James Gregory James Gregory (astronomer and mathematician) James Gregory FRS was a Scottish mathematician and astronomer. He described an early practical design for the reflecting telescope – the Gregorian telescope – and made advances in trigonometry, discovering infinite series representations for several trigonometric functions.- Biography :The... , Scottish astronomer
2528 Mohler 2528 Mohler 2528 Mohler is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 8, 1953 by Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn.- External links :*...		Orren Cuthbert Mohler, American astronomer
2529 Rockwell Kent 2529 Rockwell Kent 2529 Rockwell Kent is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 21, 1977 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Rockwell Kent Rockwell Kent Rockwell Kent was an American painter, printmaker, illustrator, and writer.- Biography :Rockwell Kent was born in Tarrytown, New York, the same year as fellow American artists George Bellows and Edward Hopper... , artist
2530 Shipka 2530 Shipka 2530 Shipka is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 9, 1978 by L. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Shipka Pass Battle of Shipka Pass Four battles were fought between the Russian Empire, aided by Bulgarian volunteers known as Opalchentsi, and the Ottoman Empire for control over the vital Shipka Pass during the Russo-Turkish War... , battle site from the Russo-Turkish War
2531 Cambridge 2531 Cambridge 2531 Cambridge is a main belt asteroid with a perihelion of 1.8584973 AU. It has an eccentricity of 0.0570984 and an orbital period of 1905.3683966 days ....	1980 LD	Cambridge Cambridge The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the... , England, and Cambridge, Massachusetts Cambridge, Massachusetts Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...
2532 Sutton 2532 Sutton 2532 Sutton is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 9, 1980 by C. Shoemaker at Palomar.- External links :*...		Robert L. Sutton, American geologist [S&T, Dec 1982, p. 542]
2533 Fechtig 2533 Fechtig 2533 Fechtig is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 3, 1905 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	A905 VA	Hugo Fechtig, German astrophysicist
2534 Houzeau 2534 Houzeau 2534 Houzeau is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 2, 1931 by Delporte, E. at Uccle.- External links :*...	1931 VD	Jean-Charles Houzeau Jean-Charles Houzeau Jean-Charles Houzeau de Lehaie was a Belgian astronomer and journalist.-Life:He was born in Havré , then in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, later in Belgium. From 1842, he worked as a voluntary assistant at the Brussels Observatory and began writing papers. He eventually became the... , Belgian astronomer [MPC 8800]
2535 Hämeenlinna 2535 Hämeenlinna 2535 Hämeenlinna is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1223.9388569 days .The asteroid was discovered on February 17, 1939.-References:...	1939 DH	Hämeenlinna Hämeenlinna Hämeenlinna is a city and municipality of about inhabitants in the heart of the historical province of Häme in the south of Finland and is the birthplace of composer Jean Sibelius. Today, it belongs to the region of Tavastia Proper, and until 2010 it was the residence city for the Governor of the... , Finland
2536 Kozyrev 2536 Kozyrev 2536 Kozyrev is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 15, 1939 by G. Neujmin at Simeis.- External links :*...	1939 PJ	Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev Nikolai Alexandrovich Kozyrev was a Russian astronomer/astrophysicist.-Biography:He was born in St. Petersburg, and by 1928 he had graduated from the Leningrad State University. In 1931 he began working at the Pulkovo Observatory, located to the south of Leningrad... , Russian astronomer †
2537 Gilmore 2537 Gilmore 2537 Gilmore is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 4, 1951 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1951 RL	Alan C. Alan C. Gilmore Alan Charles Gilmore is a New Zealand astronomer.He has discovered some forty asteroids, each one in collaboration with Pamela M. Kilmartin; both of them are also active "nova-" and "comet-hunters". He works at Mount John University Observatory and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of... and Pamela M. Gilmore, astronomers
2538 Vanderlinden 2538 Vanderlinden 2538 Vanderlinden is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 30, 1954 by S. Arend at Uccle.- External links :*...	1954 UD	Henri Vanderlinden, Belgian astronomer
2539 Ningxia 2539 Ningxia 2539 Ningxia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 8, 1964 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.- External links :*...		Ningxia Ningxia Ningxia, formerly transliterated as Ningsia, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. Located in Northwest China, on the Loess Plateau, the Yellow River flows through this vast area of land. The Great Wall of China runs along its northeastern boundary... , China
2540 Blok 2540 Blok 2540 Blok is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 13, 1971 by Chernykh, L. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok, Russian poet
2541 Edebono 2541 Edebono 2541 Edebono is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 27, 1973 by Kohoutek, L. at Bergedorf.- External links :*...	1973 DE	Edward de Bono Edward de Bono Edward de Bono is a physician, author, inventor, and consultant. He originated the term lateral thinking, wrote a best selling book Six Thinking Hats and is a proponent of the deliberate teaching of thinking as a subject in schools.- Biography :Edward Charles Francis Publius de Bono was born to... , lateral thinker Lateral thinking Lateral thinking is solving problems through an indirect and creative approach, using reasoning that is not immediately obvious and involving ideas that may not be obtainable by using only traditional step-by-step logic...
2542 Calpurnia 2542 Calpurnia 2542 Calpurnia is a main belt asteroid. It has an eccentricity of 0.0726098 and an orbital period of 2023.4812635 days .Calinger has an average orbital speed of 16.82965053 km/s and an inclination of 4.63093°....	1980 CF	Calpurnia Calpurnia Calpurnia can refer to:In ancient Rome:* Gens Calpurnia, a noble familyCalpurnia Pisonis, third and last wife of Julius CaesarCalpurnia, third and last wife of Pliny the Younger and grand-daughter of Calpurnius Fabatus... , Roman noblewoman
2543 Machado 2543 Machado 2543 Machado is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 1, 1980 by H. Debehogne at La Silla.- External links :*...	1980 LJ	Luiz Eduardo da Silva Machado, Argentinian astronomer*
2544 Gubarev 2544 Gubarev 2544 Gubarev is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 6, 1980 by Vavrova, Z. at Klet.- External links :*...	1980 PS	Aleksei Gubarev Aleksei Gubarev Aleksei Aleksandrovich Gubarev was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on two space flights: Soyuz 17 and Soyuz 28.Gubarev graduated from the Soviet Naval Aviation School in 1952 and went on to serve with the Soviet Air Force... , Russian cosmonaut †
2545 Verbiest 2545 Verbiest 2545 Verbiest is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 26, 1933 by E. Delporte at Uccle.- External links :*...	1933 BB	Father Ferdinand Verbiest Ferdinand Verbiest Father Ferdinand Verbiest was a Flemish Jesuit missionary in China during the Qing dynasty. He was born in Pittem near Tielt in Flanders, later part of the modern state of Belgium. He is known as Nan Huairen in Chinese... , Belgian missionary and astronomer [MPC 8800]
2546 Libitina 2546 Libitina 2546 Libitina is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 23, 1950 by E. L. Johnson at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	1950 FC	Libitina Libitina In Roman mythology, Libitina was the goddess of death, corpses and funerals. Her name was also a synonym for death [see Horace Odes 3.30].Her face was seldom portrayed; hardly any sacrifices were offered to her, as they were to Orcus, her male equivalent. Today, her very name has sunk into such... , Roman goddess of funerals
2547 Hubei 2547 Hubei 2547 Hubei is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 9, 1964 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.- External links :*...		Hubei Hubei ' Hupeh) is a province in Central China. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Lake Dongting... , China
2548 Leloir 2548 Leloir 2548 Leloir is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 16, 1975 by Felix Aguilar Observatory at El Leoncito.- External links :*...	1975 DA	Luis Federico Leloir Luis Federico Leloir Luis Federico Leloir was an Argentine doctor and biochemist who received the 1970 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He was the first Spanish-speaking scientist to ever receive the award... , Argentinian chemist
2549 Baker 2549 Baker 2549 Baker is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 23, 1976 by Harvard College at Agassiz Station.- External links :*...	1976 UB	James G. Baker, American astronomer [MPC 8800]
2550 Houssay 2550 Houssay 2550 Houssay is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 21, 1976 by Felix Aguilar Observatory at El Leoncito.- External links :*...		Bernardo Alberto Houssay, Argentinian physioloist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology in 1947
2551 Decabrina 2551 Decabrina 2551 Decabrina is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 16, 1976 by Chernykh, L. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Decembrists Decembrist revolt The Decembrist revolt or the Decembrist uprising took place in Imperial Russia on 14 December , 1825. Russian army officers led about 3,000 soldiers in a protest against Nicholas I's assumption of the throne after his elder brother Constantine removed himself from the line of succession... , Russian revolutionaries
2552 Remek 2552 Remek 2552 Remek is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1978 by Antonín Mrkos at Kleť Observatory and named after Czechoslovak cosmonaut Vladimír Remek.- External links :*...	1978 SP	Vladimír Remek Vladimír Remek Vladimír Remek is the first Czechoslovak in space and the first cosmonaut from a country other than the Soviet Union or the United States. As of 2004, with the entry of the Czech Republic into the European Union Vladimír Remek is considered to be the first astronaut from the EU... , Czech cosmonaut †
2553 Viljev 2553 Viljev 2553 Viljev is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1979.9393644 days . The asteroid was discovered on May 29, 1979.-References:...		Mikhail Anatolyevich Vilyev, Russian astronomer †
2554 Skiff 2554 Skiff 2554 Skiff is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 17, 1980 by Edward Bowell at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1980 OB	Brian A. Skiff Brian A. Skiff Brian A. Skiff is an American astronomer noted for discovering a number of comets including the periodic comets 114P/Wiseman-Skiff and 140P/Bowell-Skiff... , Research assistant at Lowell Observatory Lowell Observatory Lowell Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. Lowell Observatory was established in 1894, placing it among the oldest observatories in the United States, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965....
2555 Thomas 2555 Thomas 2555 Thomas is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 17, 1980 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1980 OC	Norman G. Thomas Norman G. Thomas Norman G. Thomas is an American astronomer.He worked at Lowell Observatory using the blink comparator alongside Robert Burnham, Jr., author of the famous three-volume Celestial Handbook.... , former Research assistant at Lowell Observatory Lowell Observatory Lowell Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. Lowell Observatory was established in 1894, placing it among the oldest observatories in the United States, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965....
2556 Louise 2556 Louise 2556 Louise is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 8, 1981 by N. G. Thomas at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1981 CS	Carol Louise Thomas-Baltutis, youngest daughter of discoverer
2557 Putnam 2557 Putnam 2557 Putnam is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 26, 1981 by B. A. Skiff and N. G. Thomas http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi at Flagstaff .- External links :*...		Roger Lowell Putnam Roger Putnam Roger Lowell Putnam was an American politician and businessman. A member of the prominent Lowell family of Boston, he served as Mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts, from 1937 until 1943, and as director of the Economic Stabilization Administration from 1951 until 1952... and Michael C. J. Putnam Michael C. J. Putnam Michael Courtney Jenkins Putnam is an American classicist specializing in Latin literature, but has also studied literature written in many other languages. Putnam has been particularly influential in his publications concerning Virgil's Aeneid. He is the son of politician and businessman Roger... , astronomy supporters
2558 Viv 2558 Viv 2558 Viv is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1204.8253254 days . The asteroid was discovered on September 26, 1981.-References:...		Vivian Russell Thomas, father of discoverer
2559 Svoboda 2559 Svoboda 2559 Svoboda is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 23, 1981 by A. Mrkos at Klet.- External links :*...	1981 UH	Jindřich Svoboda Jindrich Svoboda Jindřich Svoboda is a Czech football player. He played for Czechoslovakia.He was a participant at the 1980 Olympic Games, where Czechoslovakia won the gold medal, thanks to his winning goal in the final match.... , Czech astronomer †
2560 Siegma 2560 Siegma 2560 Siegma is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 14, 1932 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1932 CW	Siegfried Marx, German astronomer
2561 Margolin 2561 Margolin 2561 Margolin is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 8, 1969 by L. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Mikhail Vladimirovich Margolin, blind inventor
2562 Chaliapin 2562 Chaliapin 2562 Chaliapin is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 27, 1973 by Zhuravleva, L. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Feodor Ivanovich Chaliapin Feodor Chaliapin Feodor Ivanovich Chaliapin was a Russian opera singer. The possessor of a large and expressive bass voice, he enjoyed an important international career at major opera houses and is often credited with establishing the tradition of naturalistic acting in his chosen art form.During the first phase... , Russian singer and actor
2563 Boyarchuk 2563 Boyarchuk 2563 Boyarchuk is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 22, 1977 by Chernykh, N. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...	1977 FZ	Alexander Alexeyevich Boyarchuk, Russian astronomer
2564 Kayala 2564 Kayala 2564 Kayala is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 19, 1977 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...	1977 QX	Kayala, river in The Tale of Igor's Campaign The Tale of Igor's Campaign The Tale of Igor's Campaign is an anonymous epic poem written in the Old East Slavic language.The title is occasionally translated as The Song of Igor's Campaign, The Lay of Igor's Campaign, and The Lay of...
2565 Grögler 2565 Grögler 2565 Grögler is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1320.9700808 days .The asteroid was discovered on October 12, 1977.-References:...		Norbert Grögler, mineralogist and planetologist
2566 Kirghizia 2566 Kirghizia 2566 Kirghizia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 29, 1979 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic is one of the world's six independent Turkic states . Located in Central Asia, landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east...
2567 Elba 2567 Elba 2567 Elba is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 19, 1979 by Pizarro, O. and Pizarro, G. at La Silla.- External links :*...	1979 KA	Elba Aguilera de Pizarro, mother of discoverers
2568 Maksutov 2568 Maksutov 2568 Maksutov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 13, 1980 by Z. Vavrova at Klet.- External links :*...	1980 GH	Dmitri Dmitrievich Maksutov Dmitri Dmitrievich Maksutov Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov was a Russian / Soviet optical engineer and amateur astronomer. He is best known as the inventor of the Maksutov telescope.-Biography:... , Russian optical engineer, inventor of the Maksutov telescope Maksutov telescope The Maksutov is a catadioptric telescope design that combines a spherical mirror with a weakly negative meniscus lens in a design that takes advantage of all the surfaces being nearly "spherically symmetrical". The negative lens is usually full diameter and placed at the entrance pupil of the... † ‡
2569 Madeline 2569 Madeline 2569 Madeline is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 18, 1980 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1980 MA	Heroine of John Keats John Keats John Keats was an English Romantic poet. Along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley, he was one of the key figures in the second generation of the Romantic movement, despite the fact that his work had been in publication for only four years before his death.Although his poems were not... ' poem, "The Eve of St. Agnes"
2570 Porphyro 2570 Porphyro 2570 Porphyro is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 6, 1980 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1980 PG	Hero of John Keats John Keats John Keats was an English Romantic poet. Along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley, he was one of the key figures in the second generation of the Romantic movement, despite the fact that his work had been in publication for only four years before his death.Although his poems were not... ' poem, "The Eve of St. Agnes"
2571 Geisei 2571 Geisei 2571 Geisei is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 23, 1981 by Seki, T. at Geisei.- External links :*...	1981 UC	Geisei, Japan
2572 Annschnell 2572 Annschnell 2572 Annschnell is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 17, 1950 by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1950 DL	Anneliese Schnell, Austrian astronomer
2573 Hannu Olavi 2573 Hannu Olavi 2573 Hannu Olavi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 10, 1953 by Alikoski, H. at Turku.- External links :*...	1953 EN	Son of discoverer
2574 Ladoga 2574 Ladoga 2574 Ladoga is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 22, 1968 by T. Smirnova at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...	1968 UP	Lake Ladoga Lake Ladoga Lake Ladoga is a freshwater lake located in the Republic of Karelia and Leningrad Oblast in northwestern Russia, not far from Saint Petersburg. It is the largest lake in Europe, and the 14th largest lake by area in the world.-Geography:... [MPC 8912]
2575 Bulgaria 2575 Bulgaria 2575 Bulgaria is a small S-type main belt asteroid. It was discovered by astronomer Tamara M. Smirnova in 1970 and is named after the Republic of Bulgaria.- External links :*...	1970 PL	Bulgaria Bulgaria Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east... [MPC 8912]
2576 Yesenin 2576 Yesenin 2576 Yesenin is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 17, 1974 by L. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...	1974 QL	Sergei Alexandrovich Esenin (also written Yesenin), poet
2577 Litva 2577 Litva 2577 Litva is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on March 12, 1975 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj. "Litva" means "Lithuania" in the Russian language.- External links :*...		Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic †
2578 Saint-Exupéry 2578 Saint-Exupéry 2578 Saint-Exupéry is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered by Tamara M. Smirnova on November 2, 1975. It is named after Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the French aviator and writer. The name is appropriate, as Saint-Exupéry's best-known character, The Little Prince, lives on an asteroid.In...		Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Antoine de Saint-Exupéry , officially Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint Exupéry , was a French writer, poet and pioneering aviator. He became a laureate of France's highest literary awards, and in 1939 was the winner of the U.S. National Book Award... , writer
2579 Spartacus 2579 Spartacus 2579 Spartacus is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 14, 1977 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Spartacus Spartacus Spartacus was a famous leader of the slaves in the Third Servile War, a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic. Little is known about Spartacus beyond the events of the war, and surviving historical accounts are sometimes contradictory and may not always be reliable... , Roman revolutionary
2580 Smilevskia 2580 Smilevskia 2580 Smilevskia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 18, 1977 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Moisei Vasil'evich Smilevskii, Ukrainian journalist
2581 Radegast 2581 Radegast 2581 Radegast is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 11, 1980 by Z. Vavrova at Klet.- External links :...	1980 VX	Radegast, Slavic god †
2582 Harimaya-Bashi 2582 Harimaya-Bashi 2582 Harimaya-Bashi is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 2094.6735419 days .The asteroid was discovered on September 26, 1981.-References:...	1981 SA	Harimaya Bridge, Kōchi Kochi, Kochi is the capital city of Kōchi Prefecture on Shikoku island of Japan.Kōchi is the main city of the prefecture with over 40% of its population. As of May 31, 2008, the city had an estimated population of 340,515 and a density of... , Japan
2583 Fatyanov 2583 Fatyanov 2583 Fatyanov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 3, 1975 by Smirnova, T. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Aleksei Ivanovich Fat'yanov, Soviet poet and songwriter
2584 Turkmenia 2584 Turkmenia 2584 Turkmenia is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered by Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh in 1979. It is named after the Soviet Republic of Turkmen ....		Turkmenistan Turkmenistan Turkmenistan , formerly also known as Turkmenia is one of the Turkic states in Central Asia. Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic . Turkmenistan is one of the six independent Turkic states...
2585 Irpedina 2585 Irpedina 2585 Irpedina is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 21, 1979 by Chernykh, N. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Irkutsk Pedagogical Institute
2586 Matson 2586 Matson 2586 Matson is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 17, 1980 by C. Shoemaker at Palomar.- External links :*...	1980 LO	Dennis L. Matson, American planetary scientist [S&T, Dec 1982, p. 542]
2587 Gardner 2587 Gardner 2587 Gardner is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 17, 1980 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1980 OH	Martin Gardner Martin Gardner Martin Gardner was an American mathematics and science writer specializing in recreational mathematics, but with interests encompassing micromagic, stage magic, literature , philosophy, scientific skepticism, and religion... , American mathematician and writer †
2588 Flavia 2588 Flavia 2588 Flavia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 2, 1981 by Skiff, B. A. at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1981 VQ	Flavius Flavius Flavius was a gens of ancient Rome, meaning "blond". The feminine form was Flavia.After the end of the popular Flavian dynasty of emperors, Flavius/Flavia became a praenomen, common especially among royalty: the adoption of this praenomen by Constantine I set a precedent for some imperial... , Roman gens Gens In ancient Rome, a gens , plural gentes, referred to a family, consisting of all those individuals who shared the same nomen and claimed descent from a common ancestor. A branch of a gens was called a stirps . The gens was an important social structure at Rome and throughout Italy during the... ; also an asteroid in A Torrent of Faces by James Blish James Blish James Benjamin Blish was an American author of fantasy and science fiction. Blish also wrote literary criticism of science fiction using the pen-name William Atheling, Jr.-Biography:... and Norman L. Knight Norman L. Knight Norman Louis Knight was an accomplished chemist and an American author of fantasy and science fiction.-Biography:...
2589 Daniel 2589 Daniel 2589 Daniel is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 22, 1979 by Lagerkvist, C.-I. at La Silla.- External links :*...		Daniel Lagerkvist, son of the discoverer †
2590 Mourão 2590 Mourão 2590 Mourão is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1309.1352293 days .The asteroid was discovered on May 22, 1980 and it is named after its dicoverer, the Brazilian astronomer Ronaldo R.F.Mourao.-References:...	1980 KJ	Ronaldo Rogério de Freitas Mourão Ronaldo Rogério de Freitas Mourão Ronaldo Rogério de Freitas Mourão , is a Brazilian astronomer and the founder of the Museum of Astronomy and Related Sciences , as well as a researcher and titular partner at the Brazilian History and Geography Institute .-External links:**... , Brazilian astronomer
2591 Dworetsky 2591 Dworetsky 2591 Dworetsky is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 2, 1949 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1949 PS	Michael M. Dworetsky, British astronomer
2592 Hunan 2592 Hunan 2592 Hunan is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 30, 1966 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.- External links :*...	1966 BW	Hunan Hunan ' is a province of South-Central China, located to the south of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting... , China
2593 Buryatia 2593 Buryatia 2593 Buryatia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 2, 1976 by Chernykh, N. at Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. It is named after the Russian republic of Buryatia.- External links :*...		Buryat Republic, Russia
2594 Acamas 2594 Acamas 2594 Acamas is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on October 4, 1978 by Kowal, C. at Palomar.-References:...	1978 TB	Acamas Acamas Acamas was a name attributed to several characters in Greek mythology. The following three all fought in the Trojan War, and only the first was not mentioned by Homer.... , Greek warrior
2595 Gudiachvili 2595 Gudiachvili 2595 Gudiachvili is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 19, 1979 by Richard Martin West at La Silla Observatory.- External links :...	1979 KL	Lado Gudiachvili, Georgian painter
2596 Vainu Bappu 2596 Vainu Bappu 2596 Vainu Bappu is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 19, 1979 by R. M. West at La Silla.- External links :*...	1979 KN	Manali Kallat Vainu Bappu, Indian astrophysicist
2597 Arthur 2597 Arthur 2597 Arthur is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered by Edward L. G. Bowell in 1980. It is named after King Arthur, the legendary British ruler....	1980 PN	King Arthur King Arthur King Arthur is a legendary British leader of the late 5th and early 6th centuries, who, according to Medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against Saxon invaders in the early 6th century. The details of Arthur's story are mainly composed of folklore and literary invention, and... , mythological British king
2598 Merlin 2598 Merlin 2598 Merlin is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered by Edward L. G. Bowell in 1980. It is named after Merlin, the legendary wizard who helped King Arthur.Merlin is a C-type asteroid, meaning it is dark in color and carbonaceous in composition....	1980 RY	Merlin, wizard in Arthurian legend
2599 Veselí 2599 Veselí 2599 Veselí is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1474.2433712 days . The asteroid was discovered on September 29, 1980.-References:...	1980 SO	Veselí nad Lužnicí Veselí nad Lužnicí Veselí nad Lužnicí is a town in South Bohemia, Czech Republic and has population of 6,600. It lies on the confluence of the Lužnice and Nežárka rivers.... , Czech Republic †
2600 Lumme 2600 Lumme 2600 Lumme is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 9, 1980 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1980 VP	Kari Lumme, Finnish astronomer [S&T, Dec 1982, p. 542]
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2601 Bologna 2601 Bologna 2601 Bologna is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 8, 1980 by Osservatorio San Vittore at Bologna.- External links :*...	1980 XA	Bologna Bologna Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,... , Italy
2602 Moore 2602 Moore 2602 Moore is a small main belt asteroid. It was discovered in 1982 by E. Bowell. It is named after Patrick Moore, the TV astronomer....	1982 BR	Patrick Moore Patrick Moore Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore, CBE, FRS, FRAS is a British amateur astronomer who has attained prominent status in astronomy as a writer, researcher, radio commentator and television presenter of the subject, and who is credited as having done more than any other person to raise the profile of... , British amateur astronomer †
2603 Taylor 2603 Taylor 2603 Taylor is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 30, 1982 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff .- External links :*...		Gordon E. Taylor, British amateur astronomer †
2604 Marshak 2604 Marshak 2604 Marshak is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 13, 1972 by T. Smirnova at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak, Russian poet and writer
2605 Sahade 2605 Sahade 2605 Sahade is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 16, 1974 by Felix Aguilar Observatory at El Leoncito.- External links :*...	1974 QA	Jorge Sahade, Argentinian astronomer
2606 Odessa 2606 Odessa 2606 Odessa is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 1, 1976 by Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. This asteroid was named in honour of the black Sea port city of Odessa.- References :...		Odessa Odessa Odessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,... , 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...
2607 Yakutia 2607 Yakutia 2607 Yakutia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 14, 1977 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...	1977 NR	Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Russia
2608 Seneca 2608 Seneca 2608 Seneca is an Amor asteroid discovered on February 17, 1978 by H.-E. Schuster at La Silla.- External links :*...	1978 DA	Seneca the Younger Seneca the Younger Lucius Annaeus Seneca was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work humorist, of the Silver Age of Latin literature. He was tutor and later advisor to emperor Nero... , Roman writer
2609 Kiril-Metodi 2609 Kiril-Metodi 2609 Kiril-Metodi is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1209.1617379 days . The asteroid was discovered on August 9, 1978.-References:...		Saint Cyril Saints Cyril and Methodius Saints Cyril and Methodius were two Byzantine Greek brothers born in Thessaloniki in the 9th century. They became missionaries of Christianity among the Slavic peoples of Bulgaria, Great Moravia and Pannonia. Through their work they influenced the cultural development of all Slavs, for which they... and Saint Methodius, inventors of the Cyrillic alphabet Cyrillic alphabet The Cyrillic script or azbuka is an alphabetic writing system developed in the First Bulgarian Empire during the 10th century AD at the Preslav Literary School...
2610 Tuva 2610 Tuva 2610 Tuva is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 5, 1978 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Tuva Republic Tuva The Tyva Republic , or Tuva , is a federal subject of Russia . It lies in the geographical center of Asia, in southern Siberia. The republic borders with the Altai Republic, the Republic of Khakassia, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Irkutsk Oblast, and the Republic of Buryatia in Russia and with Mongolia to the... , Russia
2611 Boyce 2611 Boyce 2611 Boyce is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 7, 1978 by Helin, E. F. and Bus, S. J. at Palomar.- External links :*...		Joseph M. Boyce, American planetary scientist [S&T, Dec 1982, p. 542]
2612 Kathryn 2612 Kathryn 2612 Kathryn is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 28, 1979 by N. G. Thomas at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1979 DE	Kathryn Gail Thomas-Hazelton, daughter of discoverer
2613 Plzeň 2613 Plzen 2613 Plzeň is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1935.3146870 days . The asteroid was discovered on August 30, 1979. It is named for the Czech city of Plzeň , birthplace of the discoverer.-References:...	1979 QE	Plzeň (Pilsen), Czech Republic, birthplace of the discoverer †
2614 Torrence 2614 Torrence 2614 Torrence is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 11, 1980 by C. Shoemaker at Palomar.- External links :*...	1980 LP	Torrence V. Johnson, American planetary scientist [S&T, Dec 1982, p. 542]
2615 Saito 2615 Saito 2615 Saito is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 4, 1951 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1951 RJ	Keiji Saito, Japanese astrophysicist
2616 Lesya 2616 Lesya 2616 Lesya is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 28, 1970 by T. Smirnova at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...	1970 QV	Larisa Petrovna Kosach(a.k.a. Lesya Ukrainka Lesya Ukrainka Larysa Petrivna Kosach-Kvitka better known under her literary pseudonym Lesya Ukrainka , was one of Ukraine's best-known poets and writers and the foremost woman writer in Ukrainian literature. She also was a political, civil, and female activist.... ), Ukrainian poet [MPC 8912]
2617 Jiangxi 2617 Jiangxi 2617 Jiangxi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 26, 1975 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.- External links :*...		Jiangxi Jiangxi ' is a southern province in the People's Republic of China. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze River in the north into hillier areas in the south, it shares a border with Anhui to the north, Zhejiang to the northeast, Fujian to the east, Guangdong to the south, Hunan to the west, and Hubei to... , China
2618 Coonabarabran 2618 Coonabarabran 2618 Coonabarabran is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 25, 1979 by Helin, E. F. and Bus, S. J. at Siding Spring.- External links :*...		Coonabarabran, Australia. The Siding Spring Observatory Siding Spring Observatory Siding Spring Observatory near Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia, part of the Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics at the Australian National University , incorporates the Anglo-Australian Telescope along with a collection of other telescopes owned by the Australian National... of the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the Australian National University Australian National University The Australian National University is a teaching and research university located in the Australian capital, Canberra.As of 2009, the ANU employs 3,945 administrative staff who teach approximately 10,000 undergraduates, and 7,500 postgraduate students... is located close by (40 km distant)
2619 Skalnaté Pleso 2619 Skalnaté Pleso 2619 Skalnaté Pleso is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1907.3244810 days . The asteroid was discovered on June 25, 1979.-References:...		Skalnaté Pleso Skalnaté Pleso Skalnaté Pleso refers to:* a mountain in Slovakia* Skalnaté Pleso Observatory on the mountain.* a shorthand for the Atlas Coeli Skalnate Pleso 1950.0, a popular sky atlas for amateur astronomers that was compiled at the observatory. It was reissued by Sky Publishing Corporation as the Skalnate... , observatory 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...
2620 Santana 2620 Santana 2620 Santana is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 3, 1980 by Z. Vavrova at Klet.- External links :*...	1980 TN	Carlos Santana Carlos Santana Carlos Augusto Alves Santana is a Mexican rock guitarist. Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered rock, salsa and jazz fusion... , American musician †
2621 Goto 2621 Goto 2621 Goto is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 9, 1981 by Seki, T. at Geisei.- External links :*...	1981 CA	Seizo Goto, businessman [S&T, Dec 1982, p. 542]
2622 Bolzano 2622 Bolzano 2622 Bolzano is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 9, 1981 by Ladislav Brožek at Kleť Observatory. It is named for mathematician Bernard Bolzano.- External links :...	1981 CM	Bernard Bolzano Bernard Bolzano Bernhard Placidus Johann Nepomuk Bolzano , Bernard Bolzano in English, was a Bohemian mathematician, logician, philosopher, theologian, Catholic priest and antimilitarist of German mother tongue.-Family:Bolzano was the son of two pious Catholics... , mathematician †
2623 Zech 2623 Zech 2623 Zech is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 22, 1919 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	A919 SA	Gert Zech, German astronomer, member of the editorial team of Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts, or, Julius August Christoph Zech, German astronomer
2624 Samitchell 2624 Samitchell 2624 Samitchell is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on September 7, 1962 by Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn.- External links :*...	1962 RE	Samuel Alfred Mitchell Samuel Alfred Mitchell Samuel Alfred Mitchell was an astronomer who studied solar eclipses and set up a program to use photographic techniques to determine the distance to stars at McCormick Observatory, where he served as the director.-Early years:Mitchell was the son of John Cook and Sarah Chown Mitchell,... , American astronomer
2625 Jack London 2625 Jack London 2625 Jack London is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 2, 1976 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Jack London Jack London John Griffith "Jack" London was an American author, journalist, and social activist. He was a pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction and was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone... , writer
2626 Belnika 2626 Belnika 2626 Belnika is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 8, 1978 by Chernykh, N. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Nikolay Alexeyevich Belyayev, Russian astronomer
2627 Churyumov 2627 Churyumov 2627 Churyumov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 8, 1978 by Chernykh, N. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Klim Ivanovich Churyumov, Ukrainian astronomer
2628 Kopal 2628 Kopal 2628 Kopal is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 25, 1979 by E. F. Helin and S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.- External links :*...		Zdenek Kopal Zdenek Kopal Zdeněk Kopal was a Czech astronomer who mainly worked in England.Kopal was born and grew up in Litomyšl . In his early astronomical career, he studied variable stars and in particular close eclipsing binary stars. He attended Cambridge University and later went to Harvard College Observatory not... , Czech-born astronomer
2629 Rudra 2629 Rudra 2629 Rudra is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on September 13, 1980 by C. Kowal at Palomar.- References :...		Rudra Rudra ' is a Rigvedic God, associated with wind or storm, and the hunt. The name has been translated as "The Roarer", or "The Howler".... , destroyer aspect of the Hindu god Siva Shiva Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...
2630 Hermod 2630 Hermod 2630 Hermod is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 14, 1980 by Tomas Janik at Haute-Provence Observatory.- External links :*...		Hermóðr Hermóðr Hermóðr the Brave is a figure in Norse mythology, the son of god Odin.-Prose Edda:Hermóðr appears distinctly in section 49 of the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning. There, it is described that the gods were speechless and devastated at the death of Baldr, unable to react due to their grief... , hero in Norse mythology
2631 Zhejiang 2631 Zhejiang 2631 Zhejiang is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 7, 1980 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.- External links :*...		Zhejiang Zhejiang Zhejiang is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. The word Zhejiang was the old name of the Qiantang River, which passes through Hangzhou, the provincial capital... , China
2632 Guizhou 2632 Guizhou 2632 Guizhou is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 6, 1980 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.- External links :*...		Guizhou Guizhou ' is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the southwestern part of the country. Its provincial capital city is Guiyang.- History :... , China
2633 Bishop 2633 Bishop 2633 Bishop is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 24, 1981 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff .- External links :*...		George Bishop George Bishop George Arthur Bishop was a Welsh association football player. He played professionally for Gillingham and Merthyr Town between 1926 and 1932.-References:... , British wine merchant and patron of astronomy
2634 James Bradley 2634 James Bradley 2634 James Bradley is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on February 21, 1982 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff .It is named in honor of James Bradley, British Astronomer Royal from 1742, best known for discovering the aberration of light while attempting to detect stellar parallax.- External links :*...	1982 DL	James Bradley James Bradley James Bradley FRS was an English astronomer and served as Astronomer Royal from 1742, succeeding Edmund Halley. He is best known for two fundamental discoveries in astronomy, the aberration of light , and the nutation of the Earth's axis... , English astronomer
2635 Huggins 2635 Huggins 2635 Huggins is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 21, 1982 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1982 DS	Sir William Huggins William Huggins Sir William Huggins, OM, KCB, FRS was an English amateur astronomer best known for his pioneering work in astronomical spectroscopy.-Biography:... , spectroscopist
2636 Lassell 2636 Lassell 2636 Lassell is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 20, 1982 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1982 DZ	William Lassell William Lassell William Lassell FRS was an English merchant and astronomer.Born in Bolton and educated in Rochdale after the death of his father, he was apprenticed from 1814 to 1821 to a merchant in Liverpool. He then made his fortune as a beer brewer, which enabled him to indulge his interest in astronomy... , British amateur astronomer
2637 Bobrovnikoff 2637 Bobrovnikoff 2637 Bobrovnikoff is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 22, 1919 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	A919 SB	Nicholas T. Bobrovnikoff, American astronomer
2638 Gadolin 2638 Gadolin 2638 Gadolin is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 19, 1939 by Vaisala, Y. at Turku.- External links :*...	1939 SG	Jacob Gadolin, Finnish astronomer, and Johan Gadolin Johan Gadolin Johan Gadolin was a Finnish chemist, physicist and mineralogist. Gadolin discovered the chemical element yttrium... , chemist
2639 Planman 2639 Planman 2639 Planman is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 9, 1940 by Y. Vaisala at Turku.- External links :*...	1940 GN	Anders Planman, Swedish astronomer
2640 Hällström 2640 Hällström 2640 Hällström is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1355.9467588 days .The asteroid was discovered on March 18, 1941.-References:...	1941 FN	Gustav Gabriel Hällström, Finnish physicist
2641 Lipschutz 2641 Lipschutz 2641 Lipschutz is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 4, 1949 by Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn.- External links :*...	1949 GJ	Michael E. Lipschutz, American geochemist
2642 Vésale 2642 Vésale 2642 Vésale is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1380.5282246 days . The asteroid was discovered on September 14, 1961. bu astreoid benım dogdugum gun ortaya cıkmıs, onemlı yani :)-References:...	1961 RA	Andreas Vesalius, Flemish anatomist
2643 Bernhard 2643 Bernhard 2643 Bernhard is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 19, 1973 by Gehrels, T. at Palomar.- External links :*...	1973 SD	Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, astronomical supporter
2644 Victor Jara 2644 Victor Jara 2644 Victor Jara is a minor planet orbiting the Sun in the Solar System. Initially it received the designation 1973 SO2. The numerical designation indicates that it was the 2644 minor planet/asteroid discovered...		Víctor Jara Víctor Jara Víctor Lidio Jara Martínez was a Chilean teacher, theatre director, poet, singer-songwriter, political activist and member of the Communist Party of Chile... , folk singer [MPC 8800]
2645 Daphne Plane 2645 Daphne Plane 2645 Daphne Plane is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 30, 1976 by Helin, E. F. at Palomar.- External links :*...	1976 QD	Daphne Plane, librarian and friend of discoverer
2646 Abetti 2646 Abetti 2646 Abetti is a main belt asteroid discovered on March 13, 1977 by Chernykh, N. at Nauchnyj.-References:...		Antonio Abetti Antonio Abetti Antonio Abetti was an Italian astronomer.Born in San Pietro di Gorizia , he earned a degree in mathematics and engineering at the University of Padua. Later he became director of the Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri and a professor at the University of Florence... and Giorgio Abetti Giorgio Abetti Giorgio Abetti was an Italian solar astronomer.He was born in Padua, the son of noted astronomer Antonio Abetti. He was educated at the Universities of Padua and of Rome.... , Italian astronomers
2647 Sova 2647 Sova 2647 Sova is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 29, 1980 by Z. Vavrova at Klet.- External links :*...	1980 SP	Antonín Sova Antonín Sova Antonín Sova was a Czech poet. He was one of the foremost representatives of the literary Impressionism and Symbolism in Czech literature.-External links:*... , Czech poet †
2648 Owa 2648 Owa 2648 Owa is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 8, 1980 by Edward L. G. Bowell at Anderson Mesa. It is named for the Hopi Indian word for rock.- References :...	1980 VJ	Hopi Hopi The Hopi are a federally recognized tribe of indigenous Native American people, who primarily live on the Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona. The Hopi area according to the 2000 census has a population of 6,946 people. Their Hopi language is one of the 30 of the Uto-Aztecan language... for rock
2649 Oongaq 2649 Oongaq 2649 Oongaq is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 29, 1980 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1980 WA	Hopi Hopi The Hopi are a federally recognized tribe of indigenous Native American people, who primarily live on the Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona. The Hopi area according to the 2000 census has a population of 6,946 people. Their Hopi language is one of the 30 of the Uto-Aztecan language... for from up there
2650 Elinor 2650 Elinor 2650 Elinor is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 14, 1931 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1931 EG	Elinor Gates, 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 .... assistant
2651 Karen 2651 Karen 2651 Karen is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 28, 1949 by E. L. Johnson at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	1949 QD	Karen S. Mayer, sister-in-law of, and Karen S. Franz, friend of F. N. Bowman
2652 Yabuuti 2652 Yabuuti 2652 Yabuuti is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 7, 1953 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1953 GM	Kiyosi Yabuuti, Japanese astronomer and historian
2653 Principia 2653 Principia 2653 Principia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 4, 1964 by Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn. It is named after the ground-breaking Principia Mathematica by Isaac Newton.- External links :*...	1964 VP	Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, Latin for "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy", often referred to as simply the Principia, is a work in three books by Sir Isaac Newton, first published 5 July 1687. Newton also published two further editions, in 1713 and 1726... , Isaac Newton Isaac Newton Sir Isaac Newton PRS was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian, who has been "considered by many to be the greatest and most influential scientist who ever lived."... 's magnum opus
2654 Ristenpart 2654 Ristenpart 2654 Ristenpart is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 18, 1968 by C. Torres at Cerro El Roble.- External links :*...	1968 OG	Friedrich Wilhelm Ristenpart, German astronomer
2655 Guangxi 2655 Guangxi 2655 Guangxi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 14, 1974 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.- External links :*...	1974 XX	Guangxi Guangxi Guangxi, formerly romanized Kwangsi, is a province of southern China along its border with Vietnam. In 1958, it became the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, a region with special privileges created specifically for the Zhuang people.Guangxi's location, in... , China
2656 Evenkia 2656 Evenkia 2656 Evenkia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 25, 1979 by Chernykh, N. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Evenk Autonomous Okrug Evenk Autonomous Okrug Evenk Autonomous Okrug , or Evenkia, was a federal subject of Russia . It had been created in 1930. Its administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Tura... , Russia
2657 Bashkiria 2657 Bashkiria 2657 Bashkiria is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 23, 1979 by Chernykh, N. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Republic of Bashkortostan Bashkortostan The Republic of Bashkortostan , also known as Bashkiria is a federal subject of Russia . It is located between the Volga River and the Ural Mountains. Its capital is the city of Ufa... , Russia
2658 Gingerich 2658 Gingerich 2658 Gingerich is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 13, 1980 by Harvard College at Agassiz Station. It rotates quickly, with a spin period of 2.9415 hours. Gingerich is also suspected to be a binary asteroid, due to a decrease in the magnitude of its lightcurve observed on Nov. 20,...	1980 CK	Owen Gingerich Owen Gingerich Dr. Owen Jay Gingerich is a former Research Professor of Astronomy and of the History of Science at Harvard University, and a senior astronomer emeritus at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory... , American astrophysicist and historian of astronomy
2659 Millis 2659 Millis 2659 Millis is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 5, 1981 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1981 JX	Robert Lowell Millis, American astronomer
2660 Wasserman 2660 Wasserman 2660 Wasserman is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 21, 1982 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1982 FG	Lawrence Harvey Wasserman, American astronomer
2661 Bydžovský 2661 Bydžovský 2661 Bydžovský is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1920.5527095 days . It has an average orbital speed of 17.12571864 km/s.The asteroid was discovered on March 23, 1982 at the Klet Observatory.-References:...		Bohumil Bydžovský, Czech mathematician †
2662 Kandinsky 2662 Kandinsky 2662 Kandinsky 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 :*...	4021 P-L	Wassily Kandinsky Wassily Kandinsky Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky was an influential Russian painter and art theorist. He is credited with painting the first purely-abstract works. Born in Moscow, Kandinsky spent his childhood in Odessa. He enrolled at the University of Moscow, studying law and economics... , Russian painter
2663 Miltiades 2663 Miltiades 2663 Miltiades 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 :*...	6561 P-L	Miltiades Miltiades Miltiades or Miltiadis is a Greek name. Several historic persons have been called Miltiades .* Miltiades the Elder wealthy Athenian, and step-uncle of Miltiades the Younger... , Athenian commander
2664 Everhart 2664 Everhart 2664 Everhart is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 7, 1934 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1934 RR	Edgar Everhart, American astronomer
2665 Schrutka 2665 Schrutka 2665 Schrutka is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 24, 1938 by A. Bohrmann at Heidelberg.- External links :*...		Guntram Schrutka-Rechtenstamm, Austrian astronomer
2666 Gramme 2666 Gramme 2666 Gramme is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 8, 1951 by Arend, S. at Uccle.- External links :*...	1951 TA	Zénobe Gramme Zénobe Gramme Zénobe Théophile Gramme was a Belgian electrical engineer. He invented the Gramme machine, a type of direct current dynamo capable of generating smoother and much higher voltages than the dynamos known to that point.In 1873 he and Hippolyte Fontaine accidentally discovered that the device was... , Belgian electrical engineer and inventor
2667 Oikawa 2667 Oikawa 2667 Oikawa is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on October 30, 1967 by L. Kohoutek at Bergedorf.- External links :*...	1967 UO	Okuro Oikawa Okuro Oikawa was a Japanese astronomer.He discovered 8 asteroids.The asteroid 2667 Oikawa is named after him.... , Japanese astronomer
2668 Tataria 2668 Tataria 2668 Tataria is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 26, 1976 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...	1976 QV	Republic of Tatarstan Tatarstan The Republic of Tatarstan is a federal subject of Russia located in the Volga Federal District. Its capital is the city of Kazan, which is one of Russia's largest and most prosperous cities. The republic borders with Kirov, Ulyanovsk, Samara, and Orenburg Oblasts, and with the Mari El, Udmurt,... , Russia
2669 Shostakovich 2669 Shostakovich 2669 Shostakovich is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 16, 1976 by L. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :...		Dmitri Shostakovich Dmitri Shostakovich Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich was a Soviet Russian composer and one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century.... , Russian composer
2670 Chuvashia 2670 Chuvashia 2670 Chuvashia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 14, 1977 by Chernykh, N. at Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. It is named after the Russian republic of Chuvashia.- External links :*...		Chuvash Republic, Russia
2671 Abkhazia 2671 Abkhazia 2671 Abkhazia is a main belt asteroid discovered on August 21, 1977 by Chernykh, N. at Nauchnyj.-References:...		Abkhazia Abkhazia Abkhazia is a disputed political entity on the eastern coast of the Black Sea and the south-western flank of the Caucasus.Abkhazia considers itself an independent state, called the Republic of Abkhazia or Apsny... , Georgia
2672 Písek 2672 Písek 2672 Písek is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1542.1926561 days . The asteroid was discovered on May 31, 1979.-References:...	1979 KC	Písek Písek Písek is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has a population of 29 909 .-About:Písek is usually called "The Athens of the South", although Athens is much more southerly, because it has many high schools and schools of higher education, e.g. the Film School in Písek... , Czech Republic †
2673 Lossignol 2673 Lossignol 2673 Lossignol is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on May 22, 1980 by Henri Debehogne at La Silla.- External links :*...	1980 KN	Lossignol, family name of friends of discoverer
2674 Pandarus 2674 Pandarus 2674 Pandarus is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on January 27, 1982 by Oak Ridge Observatory at Oak Ridge.- External links :*...		Pandarus Pandarus Pandarus is a Trojan aristocrat who appears in stories about the Trojan War. In Homer's Iliad he is portrayed as an energetic and impetuous warrior, but in medieval literature he becomes a witty and licentious figure who facilitates the affair between Troilus and Cressida... , mythological Greek warrior
2675 Tolkien 2675 Tolkien 2675 Tolkien is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered by M. Watt in 1982. It is named after J.R.R. Tolkien, a philologist, university professor, and author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings....	1982 GB	J. R. R. Tolkien J. R. R. Tolkien John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.Tolkien was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Pembroke College,... , British writer
2676 Aarhus 2676 Aarhus 2676 Aarhus is a main belt asteroid discovered on August 25, 1933 by Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg. It is named after a city in Denmark.- External links :*...	1933 QV	Aarhus Aarhus Aarhus or Århus is the second-largest city in Denmark. The principal port of Denmark, Aarhus is on the east side of the peninsula of Jutland in the geographical center of Denmark... , Denmark, seat of the Ole Rømer Observatory of the University of Aarhus
2677 Joan 2677 Joan 2677 Joan is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 25, 1935, by Marguerite Laugier at Nice.- External links :*...	1935 FF	Joan Jordan, secretary at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics The Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics is one of the largest and most diverse astrophysical institutions in the world, where scientists carry out a broad program of research in astronomy, astrophysics, earth and space sciences, and science education...
2678 Aavasaksa 2678 Aavasaksa 2678 Aavasaksa is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 24, 1938 by Yrjö Väisälä at Turku. It is named after the Aavasaksa hill in Ylitornio, Finland....		Aavasaksa Aavasaksa Aavasaksa is a sharp-edged hill in Ylitornio municipality in Finnish Lapland. It has an elevation of . Aavasaksa is famous for its sights both towards Finland and Sweden and it is included to the list of the National Views of Finland. The emperor Alexander II of Russia visited the site in 1876... , mountain in Finland (Lapland), one of the sites used by Maupertuis' expedition to determine the length of a degree of the meridian in 1736–1737
2679 Kittisvaara 2679 Kittisvaara 2679 Kittisvaara is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 7, 1939 by Yrjö Väisälä at Turku.- External links :*...	1939 TG	Kittisvaara, mountain in Finland (Lapland), one of the sites used by Maupertuis Pierre Louis Maupertuis Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis was a French mathematician, philosopher and man of letters. He became the Director of the Académie des Sciences, and the first President of the Berlin Academy of Science, at the invitation of Frederick the Great.... ' expedition to determine the length of a degree of the meridian in 1736–1737
2680 Mateo 2680 Mateo 2680 Mateo is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 1, 1975 by Felix Aguilar Observatory at El Leoncito.- External links :*...	1975 NF	José Mateo, Argentinian astronomer
2681 Ostrovskij 2681 Ostrovskij 2681 Ostrovskij is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 2, 1975 by T. Smirnova at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Nikolai Ostrovsky Nikolai Ostrovsky Nikolai Alexeevich Ostrovsky was a Soviet socialist realist writer, who published his works during the Stalin era... , writer
2682 Soromundi 2682 Soromundi 2682 Soromundi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 25, 1979 by E. F. and Bus Helin at Siding Spring.- External links :*...		From Latin Latin Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and... for sisters of the world, after the YWCA YWCA The YWCA USA is the United States branch of a women's membership movement that strives to create opportunities for women's growth, leadership and power in order to attain a common vision—to eliminate racism and empower women. The YWCA is a non-profit organization, the first of which was founded in...
2683 Brian 2683 Brian 2683 Brian is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 10, 1981 by Thomas, N. G. at Flagstaff .Don't confuze it with 2488 Bryan.- External links :*...		Eldest son of discoverer
2684 Douglas 2684 Douglas 2684 Douglas is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 3, 1981 by Thomas, N. G. at Flagstaff .- External links :*...		Douglas B. Thomas, brother of discoverer and physicist
2685 Masursky 2685 Masursky The asteroid 2685 Masursky is a main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by Edward Bowell in 1981. It was named after Harold Masursky , a planetary geologist at the U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, who worked on numerous space missions....	1981 JN	Harold Masursky Harold Masursky Harold Masursky was an American geologist and astronomer.He started his career working for the US Geological Survey and later joined NASA as a senior science member. He was responsible for investigation of planetary and lunar surfaces, being interested in finding scientifically valuable landing... , American astronomer
2686 Linda Susan 2686 Linda Susan 2686 Linda Susan is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 5, 1981 by C. Shoemaker at Palomar.- External links :*...		Linda Susan Salazar, discoverer's youngest daughter
2687 Tortali 2687 Tortali 2687 Tortali is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 18, 1982 by M. Watt at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1982 HG	Tortali, Vanuatu Vanuatu Vanuatu , officially the Republic of Vanuatu , is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is some east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, west of Fiji, and southeast of the Solomon Islands, near New Guinea.Vanuatu was... n spirit of daytime
2688 Halley 2688 Halley 2688 Halley is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 25, 1982 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff .- External links :*...		Edmund Halley, English astronomer
2689 Bruxelles 2689 Bruxelles 2689 Bruxelles is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 3, 1935 by Arend, S. at Uccle.- External links :*...	1935 CF	Brussels Brussels Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union... , Belgium
2690 Ristiina 2690 Ristiina 2690 Ristiina is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 24, 1938 by Y. Vaisala at Turku.- External links :*...		Ristiina Ristiina Ristiina is a municipality of Finland. It was founded in 1649 and it was named after Kristina Stenbock, the wife of Governor General and Count Per Brahe.... , Finland
2691 Sersic 2691 Sersic 2691 Sersic is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 18, 1974 by Felix Aguilar Observatory at El Leoncito.- External links :*...	1974 KB	José Luis Sersic, Argentinian astronomer
2692 Chkalov 2692 Chkalov 2692 Chkalov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 16, 1976 by Chernykh, L. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Valerij Pavlovich Chkalov, pilot
2693 Yan'an 2693 Yan'an 2693 Yan'an is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 3, 1977 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.- External links :*...		Yan'an Yan'an Yan'an , is a prefecture-level city in the Shanbei region of Shaanxi province in China, administering several counties, including Zhidan County , which served as the Chinese communist capital before the city of Yan'an proper took that role.... , Shaanxi Shaanxi ' is a province in the central part of Mainland China, and it includes portions of the Loess Plateau on the middle reaches of the Yellow River in addition to the Qinling Mountains across the southern part of this province... , China
2694 Pino Torinese 2694 Pino Torinese 2694 Pino Torinese is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 22, 1979 by C.-I. Lagerkvist at La Silla.- External links :*...		Pino Torinese Pino Torinese Pino Torinese is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 6 km southeast of Turin... , Italy, site of Turin Observatory †
2695 Christabel 2695 Christabel 2695 Christabel is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 17, 1979 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1979 UE	Christabel, poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, Romantic, literary critic and philosopher who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets. He is probably best known for his poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla...
2696 Magion 2696 Magion 2696 Magion is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 16, 1980 by Ladislav Brožek at Kleť.- External links :*...	1980 HB	Magion, first Czech artificial satellite †
2697 Albina 2697 Albina 2697 Albina is an outer main belt asteroid discovered on October 9, 1969 by Burnasheva, B. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Albina Alekseevna Serova, friend of discoverer
2698 Azerbajdzhan 2698 Azerbajdzhan 2698 Azerbajdzhan is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered by astronomers at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in 1971. It is named after the Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan .-External links:...	1971 TZ	Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...
2699 Kalinin 2699 Kalinin 2699 Kalinin is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 16, 1976 by L. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :**...	1976 YX	Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin, Russian statesman
2700 Baikonur 2700 Baikonur 2700 Baikonur is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 20, 1976 by Chernykh, N. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Baikonur Cosmodrome Baikonur Cosmodrome The Baikonur Cosmodrome , also called Tyuratam, is the world's first and largest operational space launch facility. It is located in the desert steppe of Kazakhstan, about east of the Aral Sea, north of the Syr Darya river, near Tyuratam railway station, at 90 meters above sea level... , Kazakhstan
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2701 Cherson 2701 Cherson 2701 Cherson is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 1, 1978 by Chernykh, N. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...	1978 RT	Chersonesos, Crimea Crimea Crimea , or the Autonomous Republic of Crimea , is a sub-national unit, an autonomous republic, of Ukraine. It is located on the northern coast of the Black Sea, occupying a peninsula of the same name... , 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...
2702 Batrakov 2702 Batrakov 2702 Batrakov is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on September 26, 1978 by Zhuravleva, L. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Yury Vasilyevich Batrakov, Russian astronomer
2703 Rodari 2703 Rodari 2703 Rodari is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 29, 1979 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Gianni Rodari Gianni Rodari Gianni Rodari was an Italian writer and journalist, most famous for his books for children. He won the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1970 and is considered by many to be Italy's most important twentieth-century children's author... , writer
2704 Julian Loewe 2704 Julian Loewe 2704 Julian Loewe is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 25, 1979 by E. F. Helin and S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.- External links :*...		Julian Loewe, journalist
2705 Wu 2705 Wu 2705 Wu is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1183.5173900 days . The asteroid was discovered on October 9, 1980.-References:...		Sherman S. C. Wu, photogrammetrist
2706 Borovský 2706 Borovský 2706 Borovský is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1915.1402423 days .The asteroid was discovered on November 11, 1980.-References:...	1980 VW	Karel Havlíček Borovský Karel Havlícek Borovský Karel Havlíček Borovský was a Czech writer, poet, critic, politician, journalist, and publisher. He lived and studied at the Gymnasium in Německý Brod , and his house on the main square is today the Havlíček Museum... , Czech writer and political journalist †
2707 Ueferji 2707 Ueferji 2707 Ueferji is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 28, 1981 by H. Debehogne at La Silla.- External links :*...		Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro is one of the largest federal universities of Brazil, where public universities comprise the majority of the best and most qualified institutions...
2708 Burns 2708 Burns 2708 Burns is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 24, 1981 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1981 WT	Joseph Arthur Burns, American astronomer
2709 Sagan 2709 Sagan 2709 Sagan is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered by Edward L. G. Bowell in 1982. It is named after the late astronomer Carl Sagan.Sagan is an S-type asteroid, meaning that it is stony in composition....	1982 FH	Carl Sagan Carl Sagan Carl Edward Sagan was an American astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, science popularizer and science communicator in astronomy and natural sciences. He published more than 600 scientific papers and articles and was author, co-author or editor of more than 20 books... , American astronomer and author, co-founder of the Planetary Society Planetary Society The Planetary Society is a large, publicly supported, non-government and non-profit organization that has many research projects related to astronomy... †
2710 Veverka 2710 Veverka 2710 Veverka is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1379.4413125 days . The asteroid was discovered on March 23, 1982. It was named after astronomer Joseph Veverka.-References:...	1982 FQ	Joseph Veverka Joseph Veverka Joseph Veverka is the James A. Weeks Professor of Physical Sciences, professor of Astronomy at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. His research area is in planetary sciences, with a focus on physical studies of satellite surfaces and planetary rings... , American astronomer
2711 Aleksandrov 2711 Aleksandrov 2711 Aleksandrov is a main belt asteroid discovered on August 31, 1978 by Chernykh, N. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Anatoly Petrovich Alexandrov Anatoly Petrovich Alexandrov Anatoly Petrovich Alexandrov was a Russian physicist, director of the Kurchatov Institute, academician and the President of the Soviet Academy of Sciences... , Russian physicist
2712 Keaton 2712 Keaton 2712 Keaton is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 29, 1937 by György Kulin at Budapest.- External links :*...	1937 YD	Buster Keaton Buster Keaton Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton was an American comic actor, filmmaker, producer and writer. He was best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression, earning him the nickname "The Great Stone Face".Keaton was recognized as the... , film comedian
2713 Luxembourg 2713 Luxembourg 2713 Luxembourg is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 19, 1938 by E. Delporte at Uccle.- External links :*...	1938 EA	Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...
2714 Matti 2714 Matti 2714 Matti is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 5, 1938 by H. Alikoski at Turku.- External links :*...	1938 GC	Son of discoverer
2715 Mielikki 2715 Mielikki 2715 Mielikki is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 22, 1938 by Y. Vaisala at Turku.- External links :*...	1938 US	Mielikki Mielikki Mielikki is the Finnish goddess of forests and the hunt. She is referred to in various tales as either the wife or the daughter-in-law of Tapio. She is said to have played a central role in the creation of the bear.... , Finnish mythology Finnish mythology Finnish mythology is the mythology that went with Finnish paganism which was practised by the Finnish people prior to Christianisation. It has many features shared with fellow Finnic Estonian mythology and its non-Finnic neighbours, the Balts and the Scandinavians...
2716 Tuulikki 2716 Tuulikki 2716 Tuulikki is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 7, 1939 by Y. Vaisala at Turku.- External links :*...	1939 TM	Tuulikki, Finnish mythology Finnish mythology Finnish mythology is the mythology that went with Finnish paganism which was practised by the Finnish people prior to Christianisation. It has many features shared with fellow Finnic Estonian mythology and its non-Finnic neighbours, the Balts and the Scandinavians... , Goddess of the woods
2717 Tellervo 2717 Tellervo 2717 Tellervo is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 29, 1940 by L. Oterma at Turku.- External links :*...	1940 WJ	Tellervo, Finnish mythology Finnish mythology Finnish mythology is the mythology that went with Finnish paganism which was practised by the Finnish people prior to Christianisation. It has many features shared with fellow Finnic Estonian mythology and its non-Finnic neighbours, the Balts and the Scandinavians...
2718 Handley 2718 Handley 2718 Handley is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 30, 1951 by Johnson, E. L. at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	1951 OM	Tommy Handley Tommy Handley Thomas Reginald "Tommy" Handley was a British comedian, mainly known for the BBC radio programme ITMA . He was born at Toxteth Park, Liverpool in Lancashire.... , British radio comedian
2719 Suzhou 2719 Suzhou 2719 Suzhou is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 22, 1965 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.- External links :*...	1965 SU	Suzhou Suzhou Suzhou , previously transliterated as Su-chou, Suchow, and Soochow, is a major city located in the southeast of Jiangsu Province in Eastern China, located adjacent to Shanghai Municipality. The city is situated on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and on the shores of Taihu Lake and is a part... , Jiangsu Jiangsu ' is a province of the People's Republic of China, located along the east coast of the country. The name comes from jiang, short for the city of Jiangning , and su, for the city of Suzhou. The abbreviation for this province is "苏" , the second character of its name... , China
2720 Pyotr Pervyj 2720 Pyotr Pervyj 2720 Pyotr Pervyj is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 6, 1972 by L. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Peter I of Russia Peter I of Russia Peter the Great, Peter I or Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov Dates indicated by the letters "O.S." are Old Style. All other dates in this article are New Style. ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his half-brother, Ivan V...
2721 Vsekhsvyatskij 2721 Vsekhsvyatskij 2721 Vsekhsvyatskij is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 2123.1706747 days . The asteroid was discovered on September 22, 1973.-References:...		Sergey Konstantinovich Vsekhsvyatsky, Russian astronomer †
2722 Abalakin 2722 Abalakin 2722 Abalakin is an outer main belt asteroid discovered on April 1, 1976 by Chernykh, N. at Nauchnyj.-References:...		Viktor Kuzmich Abalakin, Russian astronomer †
2723 Gorshkov 2723 Gorshkov 2723 Gorshkov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 31, 1978 by Chernykh, N. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Pyotr Mikhaylovich Gorshkov, Russian astronomer
2724 Orlov 2724 Orlov 2724 Orlov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 13, 1978 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Sergey Vladimirovich Orlov, and Alexander Yakovlevich Orlov, Russian astronomers †
2725 David Bender 2725 David Bender 2725 David Bender is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 7, 1978 by Helin, E. F. and Bus, S. J. at Palomar.- External links :*...		David F. Bender, American astronomer, latterly of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Jet Propulsion Laboratory Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center and NASA field center located in the San Gabriel Valley area of Los Angeles County, California, United States. The facility is headquartered in the city of Pasadena on the border of La Cañada Flintridge and Pasadena...
2726 Kotelnikov 2726 Kotelnikov 2726 Kotelnikov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 22, 1979 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.The asteroid is named in honor of Soviet scientist Vladimir Kotelnikov.- External links :*...		Vladimir Alexandrovich Kotelnikov Vladimir Kotelnikov Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kotelnikov was an information theory and radar astronomy pioneer from the Soviet Union... , Russian radio engineer
2727 Paton 2727 Paton 2727 Paton is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 22, 1979 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Evgeny Oskarovich Paton Evgeny Paton Professor Evgeny Oscarovich Paton was a Ukrainian and Soviet engineer who established the E. O. Paton Electric Welding Institute in Kiev. He is father of Borys Paton.... and Borys Yevhenovych Paton Borys Paton Borys Yevhenovych Paton is the long-term chairman of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. He was born in Kiev... , Soviet Ukrainian scientists
2728 Yatskiv 2728 Yatskiv 2728 Yatskiv is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 22, 1979 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Yaroslav Stepanovich Yatskiv, Ukrainian astrometrist
2729 Urumqi 2729 Urumqi 2729 Urumqi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 18, 1979 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.- External links :*...		Urumqi Ürümqi Ürümqi , formerly Tihwa , is the capital of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, in the northwest of the country.... , Xinjiang Xinjiang Xinjiang is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. It is the largest Chinese administrative division and spans over 1.6 million km2... , China
2730 Barks 2730 Barks 2730 Barks is an asteroid discovered by Ted Bowell in 1981. The asteroid was named for comic book artist Carl Barks who wrote "Island in the Sky", an Uncle Scrooge adventure.-External links:*...	1981 QH	Carl Barks Carl Barks Carl Barks was an American Disney Studio illustrator and comic book creator, who invented Duckburg and many of its inhabitants, such as Scrooge McDuck , Gladstone Gander , the Beagle Boys , The Junior Woodchucks , Gyro Gearloose , Cornelius Coot , Flintheart Glomgold , John D... , American writer and illustrator
2731 Cucula 2731 Cucula 2731 Cucula is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 21, 1982 by Wild, P. at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	1982 KJ	The cuckoo Cuckoo The cuckoos are a family, Cuculidae, of near passerine birds. The order Cuculiformes, in addition to the cuckoos, also includes the turacos . Some zoologists and taxonomists have also included the unique Hoatzin in the Cuculiformes, but its taxonomy remains in dispute...
2732 Witt 2732 Witt 2732 Witt is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 19, 1926 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1926 FG	Carl Gustav Witt Carl Gustav Witt Carl Gustav Witt was a German astronomer who used to work at the popular observatory of the Urania astronomical association of Berlin .... , German astronomer
2733 Hamina 2733 Hamina 2733 Hamina is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 22, 1938 by Vaisala, Y. at Turku.- External links :*...	1938 DQ	Hamina Hamina Hamina is a town and a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Kymenlaakso region. The town has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water. The population density is... , Finland
2734 Hašek 2734 Hašek 2734 Hašek is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 2053.7166710 days .The asteroid was discovered on April 1, 1976.-References:...		Jaroslav Hašek Jaroslav Hašek Jaroslav Hašek was a Czech humorist, satirist, writer and socialist anarchist best known for his novel The Good Soldier Švejk, an unfinished collection of farcical incidents about a soldier in World War I and a satire on the ineptitude of authority figures, which has been translated into sixty... , Czech writer
2735 Ellen 2735 Ellen 2735 Ellen is an inner main-belt asteroid discovered on September 13, 1977 by Bus, S. J. and Lauer, T. at Palomar.- External links :*...	1977 RB	Wife of discoverer
2736 Ops 2736 Ops 2736 Ops is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 23, 1979 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1979 OC	Ops Ops In ancient Roman religion, Ops or Opis, was a fertility deity and earth-goddess of Sabine origin.-Mythology:Her husband was Saturn, the bountiful monarch of the Golden Age. Just as Saturn was identified with the Greek deity Cronus, Opis was identified with Rhea, Cronus' wife... , Roman goddess
2737 Kotka 2737 Kotka 2737 Kotka is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 22, 1938 by Y. Vaisala at Turku.- External links :*...	1938 DU	Kotka Kotka Kotka is a town and municipality of Finland. Its former name is Rochensalm.Kotka is located on the coast of the Gulf of Finland at the mouth of Kymi River and it is part of the Kymenlaakso region in southern Finland. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water.... , Finland
2738 Viracocha 2738 Viracocha 2738 Viracocha is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1640.0743045 days . The asteroid was discovered on March 12, 1940.-References:...	1940 EC	Viracocha Viracocha Viracocha is the great creator god in the pre-Inca and Inca mythology in the Andes region of South America. Full name and some spelling alternatives are Apu Qun Tiqsi Wiraqutra and Con-Tici Viracocha... , supreme god of the Inca Inca Empire The Inca Empire, or Inka Empire , was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The administrative, political and military center of the empire was located in Cusco in modern-day Peru. The Inca civilization arose from the highlands of Peru sometime in the early 13th century...
2739 Taguacipa 2739 Taguacipa 2739 Taguacipa is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 17, 1952 by J. L. Brady at Mount Wilson.- External links :*...		Taguacipa, god of the Inca Inca Empire The Inca Empire, or Inka Empire , was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The administrative, political and military center of the empire was located in Cusco in modern-day Peru. The Inca civilization arose from the highlands of Peru sometime in the early 13th century... and companion of Viracocha Viracocha Viracocha is the great creator god in the pre-Inca and Inca mythology in the Andes region of South America. Full name and some spelling alternatives are Apu Qun Tiqsi Wiraqutra and Con-Tici Viracocha...
2740 Tsoj 2740 Tsoj 2740 Tsoj is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 26, 1974 by L. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.Named in memory of Viktor Tsoi , poet, composer, and soloist of the Soviet rock-group Kino.- External links :*...		Victor Robertovich Tsoj Viktor Tsoi Viktor Robertovich Tsoi ; 21 June 1962 – 15 August 1990) was a Soviet rock musician, leader of the band Kino.He is regarded as one of the pioneers of Russian rock and has many devoted fans across the countries of the former Soviet Union even today... , poet and rock musician
2741 Valdivia 2741 Valdivia 2741 Valdivia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 1, 1975 by C. Torres at Cerro El Roble.- External links :*...	1975 XG	Captain Pedro de Valdivia Pedro de Valdivia Pedro Gutiérrez de Valdivia or Valdiva was a Spanish conquistador and the first royal governor of Chile. After serving with the Spanish army in Italy and Flanders, he was sent to South America in 1534, where he served as lieutenant under Francisco Pizarro in Peru, acting as his second in command... , conqueror of Chile Chile Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
2742 Gibson 2742 Gibson 2742 Gibson is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 6, 1981 by Shoemaker, C. at Palomar.- External links :*...		James B. Gibson (astronomer), astronomer
2743 Chengdu 2743 Chengdu 2743 Chengdu is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 21, 1965 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.- External links :*...	1965 WR	Chengdu Chengdu Chengdu , formerly transliterated Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. It holds sub-provincial administrative status... , Sichuan Sichuan ' , known formerly in the West by its postal map spellings of Szechwan or Szechuan is a province in Southwest China with its capital in Chengdu... , China
2744 Birgitta 2744 Birgitta 2744 Birgitta is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on September 4, 1975 by Lagerkvist, C.-I. at Kvistaberg.- External links :*...	1975 RB	Anna Birgitta Angelica Lagerkvist, daughter of the discoverer [MPC 8800]†
2745 San Martin 2745 San Martin 2745 San Martin is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 25, 1976 by Felix Aguilar Observatory at El Leoncito.- External links :*...		General José de San Martín José de San Martín José Francisco de San Martín, known simply as Don José de San Martín , was an Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of South America's successful struggle for independence from Spain.Born in Yapeyú, Corrientes , he left his mother country at the... , "father 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... "
2746 Hissao 2746 Hissao 2746 Hissao is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 22, 1979 by Chernykh, N. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Hissar Astronomical Observatory, Dushanbe Dushanbe -Economy:Coal, lead, and arsenic are mined nearby in the cities of Nurek and Kulob allowing for the industrialization of Dushanbe. The Nurek Dam, the world's highest as of 2008, generates 95% of Tajikistan's electricity, and another dam, the Roghun Dam, is planned on the Vakhsh River... , Tajikistan Tajikistan Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east....
2747 Český Krumlov 2747 Ceský Krumlov 2747 Český Krumlov is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered by the Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos in 1980. It is named after the historic Czech town of Český Krumlov....	1980 DW	Český Krumlov Český Krumlov Český Krumlov is a small city in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic, best known for the fine architecture and art of the historic old town and Český Krumlov Castle... , Czech Republic †
2748 Patrick Gene 2748 Patrick Gene 2748 Patrick Gene is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 5, 1981 by C. Shoemaker at Palomar.- External links :*...		Patrick Gene Shoemaker, son of discoverer
2749 Walterhorn 2749 Walterhorn 2749 Walterhorn is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 11, 1937 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1937 TD	Walter Horn Walter Horn Walter W. Horn was a medievalist scholar noted for his work on the timber vernacular architecture of the Middle Ages. He was born in Germany, but fled Nazism and spent most of his academic career at the University of California, Berkeley, where he became the university system's first art historian... , founder of the public observatory and amateur astronomical society in Solingen, Germany † ‡
2750 Loviisa 2750 Loviisa 2750 Loviisa is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 30, 1940 by Y. Vaisala at Turku.- External links :*...	1940 YK	Loviisa Loviisa Loviisa is a municipality and town of inhabitants on the southern coast of Finland. About 43 per cent of the population is Swedish-speaking.The municipality covers an area of of which is water... , Finland
2751 Campbell 2751 Campbell 2751 Campbell is a main belt asteroid with a perihelion of 2.7152179 AU. It has an eccentricity of 0.1739676 and an orbital period of 1363.4843145 days .Campbell has an average orbital speed of 19.20184334 km/s and an inclination of 1.48689°....	1962 RP	William Wallace Campbell William Wallace Campbell William Wallace Campbell was an American astronomer, and director of Lick Observatory from 1900 to 1930. He specialized in spectroscopy.-Biography:... , American astronomer
2752 Wu Chien-Shiung 2752 Wu Chien-Shiung 2752 Wu Chien-Shiung is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 20, 1965 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.- External links :*...	1965 SP	Wu Jianxiong
2753 Duncan 2753 Duncan 2753 Duncan is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 18, 1966 by Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn.- External links :*...	1966 DH	John Charles Duncan, American astronomer
2754 Efimov 2754 Efimov 2754 Efimov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 13, 1966 by Smirnova, T. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...	1966 PD	Mikhail Nikiforovich Efimov, aviator
2755 Avicenna 2755 Avicenna 2755 Avicenna is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 26, 1973 by Chernykh, L. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Avicenna Avicenna Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sīnā , commonly known as Ibn Sīnā or by his Latinized name Avicenna, was a Persian polymath, who wrote almost 450 treatises on a wide range of subjects, of which around 240 have survived... , medieval philosopher and scientist
2756 Dzhangar 2756 Dzhangar 2756 Dzhangar is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 19, 1974 by Chernykh, L. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Epics of the Kalmyk Kalmyk people Kalmyk people is the name given to the Oirats, western Mongols in Russia, whose descendants migrated from Dzhungaria in 1607. Today they form a majority in the autonomous Republic of Kalmykia on the western shore of the Caspian Sea. Kalmykia is Europe's only Buddhist government... people [MPC 8912]
2757 Crisser 2757 Crisser 2757 Crisser is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 11, 1977 by Barros, S. at Cerro El Roble.- External links :*...	1977 VN	Cristina, wife of discoverer, and Sergio, discoverer
2758 Cordelia 2758 Cordelia 2758 Cordelia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on 1 September 1978 by Chernykh, N. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...	1978 RF	Cordelia Cordelia Cordelia is a common first name in English. It is an elaboration of the word 'cor', which means 'heart' in Latin. In Celtic usages, the name is generally understood to mean 'daughter of the sea' or 'jewel of the sea' , due to its association with the mythological Welsh figure of... , character in Shakespeare's King Lear King Lear King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The title character descends into madness after foolishly disposing of his estate between two of his three daughters based on their flattery, bringing tragic consequences for all. The play is based on the legend of Leir of Britain, a mythological...
2759 Idomeneus 2759 Idomeneus 2759 Idomeneus 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 Idomeneus, who fought during the Trojan War. It was discovered by Edward L. G...	1980 GC	Idomeneus Idomeneus In Greek mythology, Idomeneus , "strength of Ida") was a Cretan warrior, father of Orsilochus and Chalkiope, son of Deucalion, grandson of Minos and king of Crete. He led the Cretan armies to the Trojan War and was also one of Helen's suitors. Meriones was his charioteer and brother-in-arms... , Greek warrior
2760 Kacha 2760 Kacha 2760 Kacha is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on October 8, 1980 by L. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Kacha Kacha Kacha may refer to:Kacha , an urban-type settlement in Crimea, UkraineKacha , a mythological sage in Hinduism*Kacha Bira, one of the 77 woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia... , cosmonaut training centre in the Crimea Crimea Crimea , or the Autonomous Republic of Crimea , is a sub-national unit, an autonomous republic, of Ukraine. It is located on the northern coast of the Black Sea, occupying a peninsula of the same name... [MPC 8913]
2761 Eddington 2761 Eddington 2761 Eddington is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 1, 1981 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1981 AE	Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington Arthur Stanley Eddington Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington, OM, FRS was a British astrophysicist of the early 20th century. He was also a philosopher of science and a popularizer of science... , British astrophysicist, on the occasion of the centennial of his birth †
2762 Fowler 2762 Fowler 2762 Fowler is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 14, 1981 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1981 AT	Ralph Howard Fowler, British astrophysicist
2763 Jeans 2763 Jeans 2763 Jeans is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 24, 1982 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1982 OG	Sir James Hopwood Jeans James Hopwood Jeans Sir James Hopwood Jeans OM FRS MA DSc ScD LLD was an English physicist, astronomer and mathematician.-Background:... , British physicist, astronomer, and mathematician
2764 Moeller 2764 Moeller 2764 Moeller is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 8, 1981 by N. G. Thomas at Lowell Observatory, Anderson Mesa Station, near Flagstaff, Arizona, in the United States of America.- External links :*...	1981 CN	Sonia Louise Moeller-Thomas, mother of discoverer
2765 Dinant 2765 Dinant 2765 Dinant is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 4, 1981 by Debehogne, H. at La Silla.- External links :*...	1981 EY	Dinant Dinant Dinant is a Walloon city and municipality located on the River Meuse in the Belgian province of Namur, Belgium. The Dinant municipality includes the old communes of Anseremme, Bouvignes-sur-Meuse, Dréhance, Falmagne, Falmignoul, Foy-Notre-Dame, Furfooz, Lisogne, Sorinnes, and Thynes.-Origins to... , Belgium
2766 Leeuwenhoek 2766 Leeuwenhoek 2766 Leeuwenhoek is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 23, 1982 by Z. Vavrova at Klet.- External links :*...		Anton van Leeuwenhoek Anton van Leeuwenhoek Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek was a Dutch tradesman and scientist from Delft, Netherlands. He is commonly known as "the Father of Microbiology", and considered to be the first microbiologist... , Dutch inventor †
2767 Takenouchi 2767 Takenouchi 2767 Takenouchi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 30, 1967 by L. Kohoutek at Bergedorf.- External links :*...	1967 UM	Tadeo Takenouchi, Japanese astronomer
2768 Gorky 2768 Gorky 2768 Gorky is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered by L. V. Zhuravleva in 1978. It is named after Maxim Gorky, the Russian writer....		Maxim Gorky Maxim Gorky Alexei Maximovich Peshkov , primarily known as Maxim Gorky , was a Russian and Soviet author, a founder of the Socialist Realism literary method and a political activist.-Early years:... (Alexey Maksimovich Peshkov), Russian writer [MPC 8913]
2769 Mendeleev 2769 Mendeleev 2769 Mendeleev is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 1, 1976 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Dmitri Mendeleev Dmitri Mendeleev Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev , was a Russian chemist and inventor. He is credited as being the creator of the first version of the periodic table of elements... , Russian chemist
2770 Tsvet 2770 Tsvet 2770 Tsvet is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 19, 1977 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Mikhail Tsvet Mikhail Tsvet -External links:* * Berichte der Deutschen botanischen Gesellschaft 24, 316–323... , Russian physiologist
2771 Polzunov 2771 Polzunov 2771 Polzunov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 26, 1978 by L. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Ivan Ivanovich Polzunov, Russian inventor
2772 Dugan 2772 Dugan 2772 Dugan is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 14, 1979 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1979 XE	Raymond Smith Dugan Raymond Smith Dugan Raymond Smith Dugan was an American astronomer and a graduate of Amherst College in Massachusetts .Dugan obtained his Masters Degree from Amherst College in 1902, and then received his Ph.D... , American astronomer
2773 Brooks 2773 Brooks 2773 Brooks is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 6, 1981 by Shoemaker, C. at Palomar.- External links :*...		William R. Brooks William Robert Brooks William Robert Brooks was a British-born American astronomer, mainly noted as being one of the most prolific discoverers of new comets of all time, second only to Jean-Louis Pons... , American astronomer
2774 Tenojoki 2774 Tenojoki 2774 Tenojoki is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 3, 1942 by L. Oterma at Turku.- External links :*...	1942 TJ	Tenojoki, river
2775 Odishaw 2775 Odishaw 2775 Odishaw is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 14, 1953 by Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn.- External links :*...		Hugh Odishaw, American geophysicist
2776 Baikal 2776 Baikal 2776 Baikal is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 25, 1976 by Chernykh, N. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Lake Baikal Lake Baikal Lake Baikal is the world's oldest at 30 million years old and deepest lake with an average depth of 744.4 metres.Located in the south of the Russian region of Siberia, between Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Buryat Republic to the southeast, it is the most voluminous freshwater lake in the... , Russia
2777 Shukshin 2777 Shukshin 2777 Shukshin is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1979 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Vasilii Makarovich Shukshin, Russian writer and actor
2778 Tangshan 2778 Tangshan 2778 Tangshan is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 14, 1979 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.- External links :*...	1979 XP	Tangshan Tangshan "唐山"redirects here. For an alternative name of China, see Names of China#TangTangshan is a largely industrial prefecture-level city in Hebei province, People's Republic of China. It has become known for the 1976 Tangshan earthquake which measured 7.8 on the Richter scale and killed at least... in China, location of a massive (Magnitude 7.8) earthquake in 1976
2779 Mary 2779 Mary 2779 Mary is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 6, 1981 by N. G. Thomas at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1981 CX	Maryanna Ruth Thomas, wife of discoverer
2780 Monnig 2780 Monnig 2780 Monnig is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 28, 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring. It was named after Oscar Monnig, an American amateur astronomer acknowledged for his contributions to meteoritics.- External links :*...		Oscar Monnig Oscar Monnig Oscar E. Monnig was an American amateur astronomer, acknowledged for his contributions to meteoritics.-Private life:... , American businessman, meteorite hunter and founder of the collection that bears his name. He donated the collection to Texas Christian University Texas Christian University Texas Christian University is a private, coeducational university located in Fort Worth, Texas, United States and founded in 1873. TCU is affiliated with, but not governed by, the Disciples of Christ...
2781 Kleczek 2781 Kleczek 2781 Kleczek is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 19, 1982 by Z. Vavrova at Klet.- External links :*...	1982 QH	Josip Kleczek, Czech astronomer †
2782 Leonidas 2782 Leonidas 2782 Leonidas 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 :*...	2605 P-L	Leonidas I Leonidas I Leonidas I was a hero-king of Sparta, the 17th of the Agiad line, one of the sons of King Anaxandridas II of Sparta, who was believed in mythology to be a descendant of Heracles, possessing much of the latter's strength and bravery... , Spartan king
2783 Chernyshevskij 2783 Chernyshevskij 2783 Chernyshevskij is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 14, 1974 by Chernykh, N. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Nikolay Gavrilovich Chernyshevsky Nikolai Chernyshevsky Nikolay Gavrilovich Chernyshevsky was a Russian revolutionary democrat, materialist philosopher, critic, and socialist... , Russian writer and philosopher
2784 Domeyko 2784 Domeyko 2784 Domeyko is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 15, 1975 by Torres, C. at Cerro El Roble.It was named for Polish mineralogist Ignacy Domeyko.- External links :*...	1975 GA	Ignacio Domeyko, Polish-born chemist and mineralogist, latterly Rector of the University of Chile
2785 Sedov 2785 Sedov 2785 Sedov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 31, 1978 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Leonid Ivanovich Sedov, Russian astronomer or Georgy Sedov Georgy Sedov Georgy Yakovlevich Sedov was a Russian Arctic explorer.Born in the village of Krivaya Kosa of Taganrog district in a fisherman's family. In 1898, Sedov finished navigation courses in Rostov-on-Don and acquired the rank of long voyage navigator... , Russian polar explorer
2786 Grinevia 2786 Grinevia 2786 Grinevia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 6, 1978 by Chernykh, N. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Alexander Stepanovich Grinevsky Alexander Grin Alexander Grin was a Russian writer, notable for his romantic novels and short stories, mostly set in an unnamed fantasy land with a European or Latin American flavor... , Russian writer
2787 Tovarishch 2787 Tovarishch 2787 Tovarishch is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 13, 1978 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Tovarishch Tovarishch Tovarishch or tovarisch is a Russian word meaning comrade, friend, colleague, or ally. In pre-revolutionary Russia also any official's assistant... , Russian sailing ship [MPC 8800]
2788 Andenne 2788 Andenne 2788 Andenne is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 1, 1981 by Debehogne, H. at La Silla.- External links :*...	1981 EL	Andenne Andenne Andenne is a Belgian municipality located in the Walloon province of Namur. On January 1, 2006 Andenne had a total population of 25,240. The total area is 86.17 km² which gives a population density of 292 inhabitants per km². The city extends on both sides of the river Meuse... , Belgium
2789 Foshan 2789 Foshan 2789 Foshan is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 6, 1956 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.- External links :*...	1956 XA	Foshan Foshan Foshan is a city in central Guangdong province in southern China. The prefectural area under the city's jurisdiction over an area of about 3,840 km² and a population of 5.4 million of which 1.1 million reside in the city proper .... , Guangdong Guangdong Guangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province... , China
2790 Needham 2790 Needham 2790 Needham is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 19, 1965 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.- External links :*...		Joseph Needham Joseph Needham Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham, CH, FRS, FBA , also known as Li Yuese , was a British scientist, historian and sinologist known for his scientific research and writing on the history of Chinese science. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1941, and as a fellow of the British... , British sinologist
2791 Paradise 2791 Paradise 2791 Paradise is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 13, 1977 by S. J. Bus at Palomar.- External links :*...	1977 CA	Paradise, California Paradise, California Paradise is an incorporated town in Butte County, in the northwest foothills of California's Central Valley, in the Sierra. The town is considered part of the Chico Metropolitan Area. The population was 26,218 at the 2010 census, down from 26,408 at the 2000 census...
2792 Ponomarev 2792 Ponomarev 2792 Ponomarev is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 13, 1977 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Nikolay Georgiyevich Ponomaryov, Russian designer of astronomical instruments †
2793 Valdaj 2793 Valdaj 2793 Valdaj is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 19, 1977 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...	1977 QV	Valdai Hills Valdai Hills The Valdai Hills are an upland region in north-west of central Russia running north-south, about midway between Saint Petersburg and Moscow, spanning the Novgorod, Tver, Pskov, and Smolensk Oblasts.... , near Moscow
2794 Kulik 2794 Kulik 2794 Kulik is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 8, 1978 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Leonid Alexeyevich Kulik Leonid Kulik Leonid Alekseyevich Kulik was a Russian mineralogist who is noted for his research into meteorites.... , Russian mineralogist
2795 Lepage 2795 Lepage 2795 Lepage is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 16, 1979 by H. Debehogne at La Silla.- External links :*...	1979 YM	Théophile Lepage, Belgian mathematician
2796 Kron 2796 Kron 2796 Kron is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 13, 1980 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1980 EC	Gerald E. Kron, American astronomer [MPC 8800]
2797 Teucer 2797 Teucer 2797 Teucer 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 Teucer, who fought during the Trojan War. It was discovered by Edward L. G. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa station of the...	1981 LK	Teucer Teucer In Greek mythology Teucer, also Teucrus or Teucris , was the son of King Telamon of Salamis Island and his second wife Hesione, daughter of King Laomedon of Troy. He fought alongside his half-brother, Ajax, in the Trojan War and is the legendary founder of the city Salamis on Cyprus... , Greek soldier
2798 Vergilius 2798 Vergilius 2798 Vergilius 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 :*...	2009 P-L	Virgil Virgil Publius Vergilius Maro, usually called Virgil or Vergil in English , was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He is known for three major works of Latin literature, the Eclogues , the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid... , Roman poet
2799 Justus 2799 Justus 2799 Justus is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 25, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*...	3071 P-L	Justus Cramer, descendent of H. G. van de Sande Bakhuyzen H. G. van de Sande Bakhuyzen Hendricus Gerardus van de Sande Bakhuyzen was a Dutch astronomer. His surname, van de Sande Bakhuyzen, is sometimes erroneously given as Backhuyzen or Bakhuysen. His first name is sometimes given as Hendrik Gerard... , Dutch astronomer
2800 Ovidius 2800 Ovidius 2800 Ovidius 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 :*...	4585 P-L	Ovid Ovid Publius Ovidius Naso , known as Ovid in the English-speaking world, was a Roman poet who is best known as the author of the three major collections of erotic poetry: Heroides, Amores, and Ars Amatoria... , Roman poet
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2801 Huygens 2801 Huygens 2801 Huygens is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered by Hendrik van Gent in 1935. It belongs to the Gefion family of asteroids. It is named after Christiaan Huygens, the Dutch astronomer, mathematician and physicist....		Christiaan Huygens, Dutch astronomer
2802 Weisell 2802 Weisell 2802 Weisell is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 19, 1939 by Y. Vaisala at Turku.- External links :*...	1939 BU	The discoverer's father
2803 Vilho 2803 Vilho 2803 Vilho is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 2037.4290430 days . The asteroid was discovered on November 29, 1940.-References:...	1940 WG	Vilho Väisälä Vilho Väisälä Vilho Väisälä was a Finnish meteorologist and physicist, and founder of Vaisala.After graduation in mathematics in 1912, Väisälä worked for the Finnish Meteorological Institute in aerological measurements, specializing in the research of the higher troposphere... , Finnish meteorologist and physicist, brother of Kalle and Yrjö 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...
2804 Yrjö 2804 Yrjö 2804 Yrjö is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1913.5995962 days . The asteroid was discovered on April 19, 1941.-References:...	1941 HF	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, brother of Vilho Vilho Väisälä Vilho Väisälä was a Finnish meteorologist and physicist, and founder of Vaisala.After graduation in mathematics in 1912, Väisälä worked for the Finnish Meteorological Institute in aerological measurements, specializing in the research of the higher troposphere... and Kalle
2805 Kalle 2805 Kalle 2805 Kalle is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 15, 1941 by L. Oterma at Turku.- External links :*...	1941 UM	Kalle Väisälä, Finnish scientist, brother of Vilho Vilho Väisälä Vilho Väisälä was a Finnish meteorologist and physicist, and founder of Vaisala.After graduation in mathematics in 1912, Väisälä worked for the Finnish Meteorological Institute in aerological measurements, specializing in the research of the higher troposphere... and Yrjö 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...
2806 Graz 2806 Graz 2806 Graz is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 7, 1953 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1953 GG	Graz Graz The more recent population figures do not give the whole picture as only people with principal residence status are counted and people with secondary residence status are not. Most of the people with secondary residence status in Graz are students... , Austria
2807 Karl Marx 2807 Karl Marx 2807 Karl Marx is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered by Lyudmila Ivanovna Chernykh in 1969. It is named after Karl Marx, the German philosopher whose theories comprise the basis of modern communist thought....		Karl Marx Karl Marx Karl Heinrich Marx was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. His ideas played a significant role in the development of social science and the socialist political movement... , German philosopher and political economist
2808 Belgrano 2808 Belgrano 2808 Belgrano is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 23, 1976 by Felix Aguilar Observatory at El Leoncito.- External links :*...	1976 HS	Manuel Belgrano Manuel Belgrano Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano , usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano, was an Argentine economist, lawyer, politician, and military leader. He took part in the Argentine Wars of Independence and created the Flag of Argentina... , Argentine general
2809 Vernadskij 2809 Vernadskij 2809 Vernadskij is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 31, 1978 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky Vladimir Vernadsky Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky was a Russian/Ukrainian and Soviet mineralogist and geochemist who is considered one of the founders of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and of radiogeology. His ideas of noosphere were an important contribution to Russian cosmism. He also worked in Ukraine where he... , Russian geochemist and mineralogist
2810 Lev Tolstoj 2810 Lev Tolstoj 2810 Lev Tolstoj is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 13, 1978 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Leo Tolstoy Leo Tolstoy Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy was a Russian writer who primarily wrote novels and short stories. Later in life, he also wrote plays and essays. His two most famous works, the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, are acknowledged as two of the greatest novels of all time and a pinnacle of realist... , Russian writer [MPC 8801]
2811 Střemchoví 2811 Stremchoví 2811 Střemchoví is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1771.4021297 days . The asteroid was discovered on May 10, 1980.-References:...	1980 JA	Střemchoví Střemchoví Střemchoví is a district of Dolní Loučky.* 2811 Střemchoví, an asteroid, was named after this municipality.- Gallery :... , Czech Republic, where the discoverer was born †
2812 Scaltriti 2812 Scaltriti 2812 Scaltriti is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 30, 1981 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1981 FN	Franco Scaltriti, Italian astronomer
2813 Zappalà 2813 Zappalà 2813 Zappalà is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 2030.3075284 days . The asteroid was discovered on November 24, 1981.-References:...	1981 WZ	Vincenzo Zappalà Vincenzo Zappalà Vincenzo Zappalà is an Italian astronomer.He has discovered numerous asteroids, and 2813 Zappalà is named in his honour.-External links:* *... , Italian astronomer
2814 Vieira 2814 Vieira 2814 Vieira is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1773.5574992 days . The asteroid was discovered on March 18, 1982.-References:...		Gilson Vieira, Brazilian astronomer
2815 Soma 2815 Soma 2815 Soma is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 15, 1982 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff .Named for the Soma cube, a three-dimensional mathematical game inventedby the Danish writer Piet Hein and popularized in articles by Martin Gardner....	1982 RL	The Soma cube Soma cube The Soma cube is a solid dissection puzzle invented by Piet Hein in 1933 during a lecture on quantum mechanics conducted by Werner Heisenberg. Seven pieces made out of unit cubes must be assembled into a 3x3x3 cube... , mathematical game
2816 Pien 2816 Pien 2816 Pien is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 22, 1982 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1982 SO	Armand Nicolas Pien, Belgian (Flemish) television meteorologist †
2817 Perec 2817 Perec 2817 Perec is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 17, 1982 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1982 UJ	Georges Perec Georges Perec Georges Perec was a French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist and essayist. He is a member of the Oulipo group... , French novelist, filmmaker and essayist
2818 Juvenalis 2818 Juvenalis 2818 Juvenalis is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels in 1960. It is named after Juvenal, the Roman satirical poet....	2580 P-L	Juvenal Juvenal The Satires are a collection of satirical poems by the Latin author Juvenal written in the late 1st and early 2nd centuries AD.Juvenal is credited with sixteen known poems divided among five books; all are in the Roman genre of satire, which, at its most basic in the time of the author, comprised a... , Roman satirist
2819 Ensor 2819 Ensor 2819 Ensor is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 20, 1933 by Delporte, E. at Uccle.- External links :*...	1933 UR	James Ensor James Ensor James Sidney Edouard, Baron Ensor was a Flemish-Belgian painter and printmaker, an important influence on expressionism and surrealism who lived in Ostend for almost his entire life... , Belgian expressionist painter
2820 Iisalmi 2820 Iisalmi 2820 Iisalmi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 8, 1942 by Vaisala, Y. at Turku.Iisalmi is a town and municipality of Finland.- External links :*...	1942 RU	Iisalmi Iisalmi Iisalmi is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is... , Finland
2821 Slávka 2821 Slávka 2821 Slávka is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1392.8489433 days . The asteroid was discovered on September 24, 1978.-References:...	1978 SQ	Sláva Vávrová, the discoverer's mother †
2822 Sacajawea 2822 Sacajawea 2822 Sacajawea is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 14, 1980 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff . It is named after the guide Sacagawea.- External links :*...	1980 EG	Sacagawea Sacagawea Sacagawea ; was a Lemhi Shoshone woman, who accompanied the Lewis and Clark Expedition, acting as an interpreter and guide, in their exploration of the Western United States... , Shoshone explorer
2823 van der Laan 2823 van der Laan 2823 van der Laan 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 :*...	2010 P-L	Harry van der Laan, Dutch astrophysicist
2824 Franke 2824 Franke 2824 Franke is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 4, 1934 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1934 CZ	Ernst H. Franke, American biophysicist
2825 Crosby 2825 Crosby 2825 Crosby is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 19, 1938 by Jackson, C. at Johannesburg .- External links :*...		Harry Lillis Bing Crosby, American singer and actor †
2826 Ahti 2826 Ahti 2826 Ahti is an outer main belt asteroid discovered on October 18, 1939 by Yrjö Väisälä at Turku.- External links :*...	1939 UJ	Ahti Ahti This article is about the Finnish mythic hero. For the fictional city in the Star Wars universe, go to Manaan.In Finnish mythology, Ahti or Ahto is one of the heroic figures Elias Lönnrot compiled in the character of Lemminkäinen... , Finnish sea god
2827 Vellamo 2827 Vellamo 2827 Vellamo is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 11, 1942 by L. Oterma at Turku.- External links :*...	1942 CC	Vellamo Vellamo In Finnish mythology, Vellamo is the goddess of the sea, the wife of Ahti. The name is derived from velloa, "to rock oneself." She is sometimes described as "cold hearted". Along with Ahti, she dwells in the undersea palace of Ahtola. She is often pictured as a mermaid.-External links:*"Vellamo."... , Finnish sea goddess, consort of Ahti
2828 Iku-Turso	1942 DL	Iku-Turso Iku-Turso Iku-Turso is a malevolent sea monster in the Finnish mythology. Nowadays Meritursas means octopus in Finnish, named after Iku-Turso, but originally tursas is an old name for walrus while the more common term is mursu. However, it is more common to see the word Iku-Turso is a malevolent sea... , Finnish sea monster
2829 Bobhope 2829 Bobhope 2829 Bobhope is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered by E. L. Johnson in 1948. It is named after American comedian Bob Hope.Little is known about Bobhope, but it is known to measure 38.26 km in diameter, and to have a rotation period of 0.25 days ....	1948 PK	Bob Hope Bob Hope Bob Hope, KBE, KCSG, KSS was a British-born American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in radio, television and movies. He was also noted for his work with the US Armed Forces and his numerous USO shows entertaining American military personnel... , American comedian
2830 Greenwich 2830 Greenwich 2830 Greenwich is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered by Edward L. G. Bowell in 1980. It is named after Greenwich, the London borough that is home to the Royal Greenwich Observatory, home of the Astronomer Royal....	1980 GA	Royal Greenwich Observatory, London, UK [MPC 8801]
2831 Stevin 2831 Stevin 2831 Stevin is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 17, 1930 by H. van Gent at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	1930 SZ	Simon Stevin Simon Stevin Simon Stevin was a Flemish mathematician and military engineer. He was active in a great many areas of science and engineering, both theoretical and practical... , Flemish scientist
2832 Lada 2832 Lada 2832 Lada is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 6, 1975 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Lada Lada and Lado Lada or Lado is the names of a putative Slavic pagan deity of harmony, merriment, youth, love and beauty .The word 'Lado' does indeed appear in many Slavic and Baltic wedding and folk songs, particularly those sung during Ivan Kupala and other summer festivals. Its meaning, if indeed it has any, is... , Slavic goddess
2833 Radishchev 2833 Radishchev 2833 Radishchev is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 9, 1978 by L. Chernykh and N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Alexander Nikolayevich Radishchev Alexander Radishchev Alexander Nikolayevich Radishchev was a Russian author and social critic who was arrested and exiled under Catherine the Great. He brought the tradition of radicalism in Russian literature to prominence with the publication in 1790 of his Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow... , Russian author and social critic [MPC 8913]
2834 Christy Carol 2834 Christy Carol 2834 Christy Carol is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 9, 1980 by Shoemaker, C. and Bus, S. J. at Palomar.- External links :*...		Daughter of the discoverer
2835 Ryoma 2835 Ryoma 2835 Ryoma is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 20, 1982 by T. Seki at Geisei.- External links :*...	1982 WF	Ryoma Sakamoto, Japanese samurai
2836 Sobolev 2836 Sobolev 2836 Sobolev is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 22, 1978 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...	1978 YQ	Viktor Viktorovich Sobolev, Russian astrophysicist
2837 Griboedov 2837 Griboedov 2837 Griboedov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 13, 1971 by Chernykh, L. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Aleksandr Sergeevich Griboedov, Russian playwright [MPC 8913]
2838 Takase 2838 Takase 2838 Takase is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 26, 1971 by L. Kohoutek at Bergedorf.- External links :*...		Bunshiro Takase, Japanese astronomer
2839 Annette 2839 Annette 2839 Annette is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 5, 1929 by Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff during his search for Pluto. It is named after his daughter Annette.- External links :*...	1929 TP	Daughter of the discoverer
2840 Kallavesi 2840 Kallavesi 2840 Kallavesi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 15, 1941 by L. Oterma at Turku.- External links :*...	1941 UP	Lake Kallavesi Kallavesi Kallavesi is a lake in Northern Savonia, eastern Finland located around the town of Kuopio. Combined with the lakes Suvasvesi, Juurusvesi, Muuruvesi, Melavesi, and Riistavesi Kallavesi forms an lake system named Iso-Kalla.... , Finland
2841 Puijo 2841 Puijo 2841 Puijo is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 26, 1943 by L. Oterma at Turku.- External links :*...	1943 DM	Puijo Hill, Lake Kallavesi, Finland †
2842 Unsöld 2842 Unsöld 2842 Unsöld is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1545.9427120 days . The asteroid was discovered on July 25, 1950.-References:...	1950 OD	Albrecht Unsöld Albrecht Unsöld Albrecht Otto Johannes Unsöld was a German astrophysicist known for his contributions to spectroscopic analysis of stellar atmospheres.-Career:... , German astronomer
2843 Yeti 2843 Yeti 2843 Yeti is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 7, 1975 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	1975 XQ	Yeti Yeti The Yeti or Abominable Snowman is an ape-like cryptid said to inhabit the Himalayan region of Nepal, and Tibet. The names Yeti and Meh-Teh are commonly used by the people indigenous to the region, and are part of their history and mythology... , cryptozoological Himalayan humanoid
2844 Hess 2844 Hess 2844 Hess is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 3, 1981 by Bowell, E. at the Anderson Mesa Station of Flagstaff . It is named for Frederick Hess, Professor of Natural Sciences at the New York State Maritime College in Fort Schuyler, The Bronx, New York...	1981 JP	Frederick Hess, American astronomer
2845 Franklinken 2845 Franklinken 2845 Franklinken is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 26, 1981 by Bowell, E. at the Anderson Mesa Station of Flagstaff . This asteroid is named for Dr. Kenneth Linn Franklin, a member of the staff of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City, and co-discoverer in 1955 of the radio noise...	1981 OF	Kenneth Linn Franklin, American astronomer
2846 Ylppö 2846 Ylppö 2846 Ylppö is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 2114.1382112 days . The asteroid was discovered on February 12, 1942.-References:...	1942 CJ	Arvo Ylppö Arvo Ylppö Arvo Henrik Ylppö was a Finnish pediatrician who significantly decreased Finnish infant mortality during the 20th century. He is credited as the father of Finland's public child welfare clinic system, and held the title of archiater for forty years. He is often referred to as the Dr... , Finnish pediatrician
2847 Parvati 2847 Parvati 2847 Parvati is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 1, 1959 by Lowell Observatory at Flagstaff .- External links :*...		Parvati Parvati Parvati is a Hindu goddess. Parvati is Shakti, the wife of Shiva and the gentle aspect of Mahadevi, the Great Goddess... , Hindu goddess, consort of Siva Shiva Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...
2848 ASP 2848 ASP 2848 ASP is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 8, 1959 by Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn.- External links :*...	1959 VF	Astronomical Society of the Pacific Astronomical Society of the Pacific The Astronomical Society of the Pacific is a scientific and educational organization, founded in San Francisco on February 7, 1889. Its name derives from its origins on the Pacific Coast, but today it has members all over the country and the world...
2849 Shklovskij		Iosif Samuilovich Shklovsky Iosif Shklovsky Iosif Samuilovich Shklovsky was a Soviet astronomer and astrophysicist... , Russian astronomer
2850 Mozhaiskij 2850 Mozhaiskij 2850 Mozhaiskij is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 2, 1978 by L. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Alexander Fyodorovich Mozhaysky, Russian aviation pioneer
2851 Harbin 2851 Harbin 2851 Harbin is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 30, 1978 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.- External links :...		Harbin Harbin Harbin ; Manchu language: , Harbin; Russian: Харби́н Kharbin ), is the capital and largest city of Heilongjiang Province in Northeast China, lying on the southern bank of the Songhua River... , China
2852 Declercq 2852 Declercq 2852 Declercq is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 23, 1981 by Debehogne, H. at La Silla.- External links :*...		Maiden name of the discovere'rs wife
2853 Harvill 2853 Harvill 2853 Harvill is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 14, 1963 by Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn.- External links :*...	1963 RG	Richard A. Harvill, astronomical supporter
2854 Rawson 2854 Rawson 2854 Rawson is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 6, 1964 by D. McLeish at Córdoba.- External links :*...	1964 JE	Guillermo Colesbery Rawson, Argentine physician
2855 Bastian 2855 Bastian 2855 Bastian is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 10, 1931 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg.- External links :*...		Ulrich Bastian, German astronomer
2856 Röser 2856 Röser 2856 Röser is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1927.6905084 days . The asteroid was discovered on August 14, 1933.-References:...	1933 GB	Siegfried Röser, German astronomer
2857 NOT 2857 NOT 2857 NOT is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 17, 1942 by L. Oterma at Turku.- External links :*...	1942 DA	Nordic Optical Telescope Nordic Optical Telescope The Nordic Optical Telescope is an astronomical telescope located at Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma in the Canary Islands. First light came in 1988, with regular observing beginning in 1989. It is funded by Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, Norway and Finland...
2858 Carlosporter 2858 Carlosporter 2858 Carlosporter is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 1, 1975 by Wroblewski, H. at Cerro El Roble.- External links :*...	1975 XB	Carlos Porter, Chilean zoologist
2859 Paganini 2859 Paganini 2859 Paganini is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 5, 1978 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj and named for the famous Italian musician Niccolò Paganini.- External links :...		Niccolò Paganini Niccolò Paganini Niccolò Paganini was an Italian violinist, violist, guitarist, and composer. He was one of the most celebrated violin virtuosi of his time, and left his mark as one of the pillars of modern violin technique... , Italian violinist †
2860 Pasacentennium 2860 Pasacentennium 2860 Pasacentennium is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 8, 1978 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.- External links :*...	1978 TA	The centennial of the city of Pasadena, California Pasadena, California Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Although famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home to many scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet...
2861 Lambrecht 2861 Lambrecht 2861 Lambrecht is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 3, 1981 by K. Kirsch and Freimut Börngen at Tautenburg.- External links :*...		Hermann Lambrecht, German astronomer
2862 Vavilov 2862 Vavilov 2862 Vavilov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 15, 1977 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...	1977 JP	Nikolai Vavilov Nikolai Vavilov Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov was a prominent Russian and Soviet botanist and geneticist best known for having identified the centres of origin of cultivated plants... , Soviet botanist, Sergey Vavilov, Soviet physicist † ‡
2863 Ben Mayer 2863 Ben Mayer 2863 Ben Mayer is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 30, 1981, by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff .- External links :*...		Ben Mayer Ben Mayer Ben Mayer was an amateur astronomer perhaps best known for the invention of the Projection Blink Comparator . This low-cost version of a tool used by professional astronomers allowed amateurs to contribute to some phases of serious research.Mayer was the first ever to photograph a nova in its... , American astronomer
2864 Soderblom 2864 Soderblom 2864 Soderblom is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 12, 1983 by B. A. Skiff at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1983 AZ	Laurence A. Soderblom, American planetary scientist
2865 Laurel 2865 Laurel 2865 Laurel is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered by Cyril V. Jackson in 1935. It measures 14.72 km in diameter and is named after Stan Laurel, the film comedian.See also 2866 Hardy....	1935 OK	Stan Laurel Stan Laurel Arthur Stanley "Stan" Jefferson , better known as Stan Laurel, was an English comic actor, writer and film director, famous as the first half of the comedy team Laurel and Hardy. His film acting career stretched between 1917 and 1951 and included a starring role in the Academy Award winning film... , British comedian †
2866 Hardy 2866 Hardy 2866 Hardy is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered by S. V. Arend in 1935. It is named after Oliver Hardy, the film comedian.See also 2865 Laurel....	1961 TA	Oliver Hardy Oliver Hardy Oliver Hardy was an American comic actor famous as one half of Laurel and Hardy, the classic double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted nearly 30 years, from 1927 to 1955.-Early life:... , American comedian
2867 Šteins 2867 Šteins 2867 Šteins is a small main-belt asteroid that was discovered in 1969 by N. S. Chernykh. It is named after Kārlis Šteins, a Latvian and Soviet astronomer...	1969 VC	Karlis Augustovich Šteins, Latvian astronomer †
2868 Upupa 2868 Upupa 2868 Upupa is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 30, 1972 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald. It is named after a bird, the hoopoe .- External links :...	1972 UA	Upupa epops, the hoopoe Hoopoe The Hoopoe is a colourful bird that is found across Afro-Eurasia, notable for its distinctive 'crown' of feathers. It is the only extant species in the family Upupidae. One insular species, the Giant Hoopoe of Saint Helena, is extinct, and the Madagascar subspecies of the Hoopoe is sometimes...
2869 Nepryadva 2869 Nepryadva 2869 Nepryadva is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 7, 1980 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj. It is named after Russian river Nepryadva, where Battle of Kulikovo was fought.- External links :*...		Russian victory over Tataro-Mongols in the Battle of Kulikovo Battle of Kulikovo The Battle of Kulikovo was a battle between Tatar Mamai and Muscovy Dmitriy and portrayed by Russian historiography as a stand-off between Russians and the Golden Horde. However, the political situation at the time was much more complicated and concerned the politics of the Northeastern Rus'... near Nepryadva River †
2870 Haupt 2870 Haupt 2870 Haupt is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 4, 1981 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1981 LD	Hermann Haupt Hermann Haupt Hermann Haupt was a German entomologist who worked mainly on Homoptera and Hymenoptera.He was an intermediate school teacher. He described many new species... , Austrian astronomer
2871 Schober 2871 Schober 2871 Schober is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 30, 1981 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff .- External links :*...		Hans Josef Schober, Austrian astronomer
2872 Gentelec 2872 Gentelec 2872 Gentelec is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1656.9404264 days .The asteroid was discovered on September 5, 1981.-References:...	1981 RU	GTE Research Laboratories, Waltham, Massachusetts Waltham, Massachusetts Waltham is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, was an early center for the labor movement, and major contributor to the American Industrial Revolution. The original home of the Boston Manufacturing Company, the city was a prototype for 19th century industrial city planning,...
2873 Binzel 2873 Binzel 2873 Binzel is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 28, 1982 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1982 FR	Richard P. Binzel Richard P. Binzel Richard "Rick" P. Binzel is a Professor of Planetary Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the inventor of the Torino Scale, a method for categorizing the impact hazard associated with near-Earth objects such as asteroids and comets.Binzel was awarded the H. C. Urey Prize... , American astronomer †
2874 Jim Young 2874 Jim Young 2874 Jim Young is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 13, 1982 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1982 TH	James W. Young, American astronomer †
2875 Lagerkvist 2875 Lagerkvist 2875 Lagerkvist is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 11, 1983 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1983 CL	Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist is a Swedish astronomer at the Uppsala Astronomical Observatory. He is known for his work on the shapes and spin properties of minor planets.... , Swedish astronomer
2876 Aeschylus 2876 Aeschylus 2876 Aeschylus is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered at Palomar Observatory by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels on 24 September 1960. It is named after Aeschylus, the ancient Greek tragic dramatist....	6558 P-L	Aeschylus Aeschylus Aeschylus was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose work has survived, the others being Sophocles and Euripides, and is often described as the father of tragedy. His name derives from the Greek word aiskhos , meaning "shame"... , Greek playwright
2877 Likhachev 2877 Likhachev 2877 Likhachev is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 8, 1969 by L. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Dmitry Sergeevich Likhachev, Soviet philologist [MPC 8913] † ‡
2878 Panacea 2878 Panacea 2878 Panacea is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 7, 1980 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1980 RX	Panacea Panacea In Greek mythology, Panacea was a goddess of healing. She was the daughter of Asclepius and Epione. Panacea and her five sisters each performed a facet of Apollo's art: Panacea was the goddess of cures, Iaso was the goddess of recuperation, Hygieia was the goddess of disease prevention, Aceso was... , Roman goddess
2879 Shimizu 2879 Shimizu 2879 Shimizu is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 14, 1932 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.- External links :*...		Shin-ichi Shimizu, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 8801]
2880 Nihondaira 2880 Nihondaira 2880 Nihondaira is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 8, 1983 by T. Seki at Geisei.- External links :*...	1983 CA	Nihondaira Nihondaira is a scenic area located in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Japan.At the centre of Shizuoka city, from the altitude of 308 m, Nihondaira is famous for the view of Mt. Fuji, the Izu Peninsula, the Japanese Southern Alps, Shimizu Port, and Suruga Bay. It was selected as one of the top 100 sightseeing spots of... , Shizuoka Shizuoka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Shizuoka.- History :Shizuoka prefecture was formed from the former Tōtōmi, Suruga and Izu provinces.The area was the home of the first Tokugawa Shogun... , Japan
2881 Meiden 2881 Meiden 2881 Meiden is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 12, 1983 by B. A. Skiff at Flagstaff .- External links :*...		Meiden, Lithuanian god
2882 Tedesco 2882 Tedesco 2882 Tedesco is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 26, 1981 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1981 OG	Edward Francis Tedesco, American astronomer
2883 Barabashov 2883 Barabashov 2883 Barabashov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 13, 1978 by Chernykh, N. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Nikolai P. Barabashov Nikolai P. Barabashov Nikolay Pavlovich Barabashov was a Soviet Russian astronomer.Barabashov graduated from Kharkov University, Ukraine, 1919; served as Director, Kharkov Observatory, 1930; Professor, Kharkov University, 1934; Rector, Kharkov University, 1943-1946... , Soviet astronomer †
2884 Reddish 2884 Reddish 2884 Reddish is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 2, 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.- External links :*...		Vincent Cartledge Reddish, British astronomer
2885 Palva 2885 Palva 2885 Palva is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 7, 1939 by Yrjö Väisälä at Turku.- External links :*...	1939 TC	Tauno Pavla, Finnish ear surgeon, son-in-law of the discoverer
2886 Tinkaping 2886 Tinkaping 2886 Tinkaping is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 20, 1965 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.- External links :*...	1965 YG	Tinkaping, Hong Kong industrialist
2887 Krinov 2887 Krinov 2887 Krinov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 22, 1977 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Yevgeny Leonidovich Krinov Yevgeny Krinov Yevgeny Leonidovich Krinov , D.G.S., was a Soviet Russian astronomer and geologist, born in Otyassakh in the Tambov region of the Russian Empire... , Soviet meteoriticist †
2888 Hodgson 2888 Hodgson 2888 Hodgson is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 13, 1982 by Ted Bowell at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1982 TO	Richard G. Hodgson, American astronomer [MPC 8801]
2889 Brno 2889 Brno 2889 Brno is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered by the Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos in 1981. It is named after the Czech city of Brno....		Brno Brno Brno by population and area is the second largest city in the Czech Republic, the largest Moravian city, and the historical capital city of the Margraviate of Moravia. Brno is the administrative centre of the South Moravian Region where it forms a separate district Brno-City District... , Czech Republic †
2890 Vilyujsk 2890 Vilyujsk 2890 Vilyujsk is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1241.7994239 days . The asteroid was discovered on September 26, 1978.-References:...		Vilyuysk Vilyuysk Vilyuysk is a town and the administrative center of Vilyuysky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located about from Yakutsk on the Vilyuy River... , Yakut ASSR Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic The Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR within the Soviet Union.It was created on April 27, 1922, during the Yakut Revolt. It is now Sakha Republic of Russia. Yakut ASSR is known for its rich oil deposits, and refineries... , Russia [MPC 8913] †
2891 McGetchin 2891 McGetchin 2891 McGetchin is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on June 18, 1980 by Carolyn S. Shoemaker at Palomar.- External links :*...	1980 MD	Thomas Richard McGetchin, American planetary scientist
2892 Filipenko 2892 Filipenko 2892 Filipenko is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 13, 1983 by Lyudmila Karachkina at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Aleksandr Grigorievich Filipenko, Chief of Surgery at the Crimean Regional Hospital at Bakhchisarai [MPC 8913] †
2893 Peiroos 2893 Peiroos 2893 Peiroos is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on August 30, 1975 by Felix Aguilar Observatory at El Leoncito.- External links :*...	1975 QD	Peiroos, mythical hero in the Trojan War
2894 Kakhovka 2894 Kakhovka 2894 Kakhovka is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 27, 1978 by Lyudmila Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Kakhovka Kakhovka Kakhovka is a port city on the Dnieper River in the Kherson Oblast of southern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Kakhovsky Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast, and is located at around .It is home to the KZEZO as well as the Tavria... , Ukraine[MPC 8913]
2895 Memnon 2895 Memnon 2895 Memnon is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on January 10, 1981 by Norman G. Thomas at Flagstaff .- External links :*...		Memnon Memnon Memnon may refer to:* Saint Memnon the Wonderworker — early Christian saint from Egypt, hermit and hegumen of one of Egyptian monasteries* Memnon and those erroneously named after him in the Graeco-Roman era:... , Ethiopian king, ally of Troy
2896 Preiss 2896 Preiss 2896 Preiss is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 15, 1931 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1931 RN	Gunter Preiss, astronomical supporter
2897 Ole Römer 2897 Ole Römer 2897 Ole Römer is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1230.1054785 days . The asteroid was discovered on February 2, 1932.-References:...	1932 CK	Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer
2898 Neuvo 2898 Neuvo 2898 Neuvo is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 20, 1938 by Yrjö Väisälä at Turku.- External links :*...	1938 DN	Yrjö Neuvo, the discoverer's grandson
2899 Runrun Shaw 2899 Runrun Shaw 2899 Runrun Shaw is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered by astronomers at the Purple Mountain Observatory, China, in 1964. It is named after Sir Run Run Shaw, the film producer who dominated Hong Kong cinema in the 1960s and 1970s....		Sir Run Run Shaw Run Run Shaw Sir Run Run Shaw CBE, GBM is a Hong Kong media mogul.-Overview:Sir Run Run Shaw was born in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China in 1907. There has been no official or formal announcement on the exact day and month of his birth. According to A&C Black published Who's Who 2007, Shaw Run Run was born on 14... , Chinese film producer
2900 Luboš Perek 2900 Luboš Perek 2900 Luboš Perek is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1923.2155138 days .The asteroid was discovered on January 14, 1972.-References:...	1972 AR	Luboš Perek Luboš Perek Luboš Perek is a Czech astronomer, born in 1919.He is most renowned for his Catalogue of Galactic Planetary Nebulae with Luboš Kohoutek in 1967... , Czech astronomer
2901–3000
2901 Bagehot 2901 Bagehot 2901 Bagehot is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 27, 1973 by Luboš Kohoutek at Bergedorf.- External links :*...	1973 DP	Walter Bagehot Walter Bagehot Walter Bagehot was an English businessman, essayist, and journalist who wrote extensively about literature, government, and economic affairs.-Early years:... , British writer
2902 Westerlund 2902 Westerlund 2902 Westerlund is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 16, 1980 by Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist at La Silla Observatory.- External links :*...		Bengt E. Westerlund, Swedish astronomer †
2903 Zhuhai 2903 Zhuhai 2903 Zhuhai is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 23, 1981 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.- External links :...		Zhuhai Zhuhai Zhuhai is a prefecture-level city on the southern coast of Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in the Pearl River Delta, Zhuhai borders Jiangmen to the northwest, Zhongshan to the north, and Macau to the south. Zhuhai was one of the original Special Economic Zones... , China
2904 Millman 2904 Millman 2904 Millman is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 20, 1981 by Ted Bowell at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1981 YB	Peter Millman Peter Millman Peter Mackenzie Millman was a Canadian astronomer. He worked at the Dunlap Observatory from 1933 until 1940. In early 1941 he enlisted with the Royal Canadian Air Force. In 1946 he joined the Dominion Observatory in Ottawa... , Canadian astronomer †
2905 Plaskett 2905 Plaskett 2905 Plaskett is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 24, 1982 by Ted Bowell at Flagstaff . It is named after the Canadian astronomers John Stanley Plaskett and Harry Hemley Plaskett.-References:...		John Stanley Plaskett John Stanley Plaskett John Stanley Plaskett FRS was a Canadian astronomer.He worked as a machinist, and was offered a job as a mechanician at the Department of Physics at the University of Toronto, constructing apparatuses and assisting with demonstrations during lectures... , Canadian astronomer †
2906 Caltech 2906 Caltech 2906 Caltech is a main belt asteroid with a diameter of 57.98 kilometers and with a perihelion of 2.8018555 AU. It has an eccentricity of 0.1122644 and an orbital period of 2057.8994586 days ....		California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology The California Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Pasadena, California, United States. Caltech has six academic divisions with strong emphases on science and engineering...
2907 Nekrasov 2907 Nekrasov 2907 Nekrasov is an asteroid discovered by Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh on October 3, 1975. Its provisional designation was 1975 TT2. Nekrasov has an absolute magnitude of 11.50 and is thus assumed to be 13 km to 30 km in diameter....		Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov Nikolay Alexeyevich Nekrasov was a Russian poet, writer, critic and publisher, whose deeply compassionate poems about peasant Russia won him Fyodor Dostoyevsky's admiration and made him the hero of liberal and radical circles of Russian intelligentsia, as represented by Vissarion Belinsky and... , Russian poet [MPC 8913]
2908 Shimoyama 2908 Shimoyama 2908 Shimoyama is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 18, 1981 by Toshimasa Furuta at Tokai.- External links :*...	1981 WA	Shimoyama, village in Japan [MPC 8801]
2909 Hoshi-no-ie 2909 Hoshi-no-ie 2909 Hoshi-no-ie is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1915.6794532 days .The asteroid was discovered on May 9, 1983.-References:...	1983 JA	Hoshi-no-ie Observatory, Japan; the name means 'star house' [Schmadel]
2910 Yoshkar-Ola 2910 Yoshkar-Ola 2910 Yoshkar-Ola is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1193.4884860 days . The asteroid was discovered on October 11, 1980.-References:...		Yoshkar-Ola Yoshkar-Ola Yoshkar-Ola is the capital city of the Mari El Republic, Russia. Population: Yoshkar-Ola means red city in Mari. The current name is the third to have been given to the city. The city was known as Tsaryovokokshaysk before 1919 and as Krasnokokshaysk between 1919 and 1927... , Russia [Schmadel]
2911 Miahelena 2911 Miahelena 2911 Miahelena is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 8, 1938 by H. Alikoski at Turku.- External links :*...	1938 GJ	The discoverer's wife [Schmadel]
2912 Lapalma 2912 Lapalma 2912 Lapalma is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 18, 1942 by L. Oterma at Turku.- External links :*...	1942 DM	La Palma La Palma La Palma is the most north-westerly of the Canary Islands. La Palma has an area of 706 km2 making it the fifth largest of the seven main Canary Islands... , the Spanish island, home to many observatories [Schmadel]
2913 Horta 2913 Horta 2913 Horta is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 12, 1931 by Delporte, E. at Uccle. The asteroid is named after Belgian Architect Victor Horta.- External links :*...	1931 TK	Victor Horta Victor Horta Victor, Baron Horta was a Belgian architect and designer. John Julius Norwich described him as "undoubtedly the key European Art Nouveau architect." Indeed, Horta is one of the most important names in Art Nouveau architecture; the construction of his Hôtel Tassel in Brussels in 1892-3 means that... , Belgian architect [Schmadel]
2914 Glärnisch 2914 Glärnisch 2914 Glärnisch is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1241.7339324 days .The asteroid was discovered on September 19, 1965.-References:...	1965 SB	Glärnisch Glärnisch The Glärnisch is a mountain of the Glarus Alps, overlooking the valley of the Linth in the canton of Glarus. It consists of several summits of which the highest is distinguished by the name Bächistock, followed by the Vrenelisgärtli and the Ruchen .The massif of the Glärnisch consists of two... mountain, summit of the Swiss Alps Swiss Alps The Swiss Alps are the portion of the Alps mountain range that lies within Switzerland. Because of their central position within the entire Alpine range, they are also known as the Central Alps.... [Schmadel]
2915 Moskvina 2915 Moskvina 2915 Moskvina is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 22, 1977 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Valentina Nikolaevna Moskvina, Russian doctor [Schmadel]
2916 Voronveliya 2916 Voronveliya 2916 Voronveliya is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1220.6631001 days . The asteroid was discovered on August 8, 1978.-References:...		Boris Alexandrovich Vorontsov-Velyaminov Boris Vorontsov-Velyaminov Boris Aleksandrovich Vorontsov-Velyaminov was a Soviet/Russian astrophysicist. His name is sometimes given as Vorontsov-Vel'yaminov.... , Russian astronomer [Schmadel]
2917 Sawyer Hogg 2917 Sawyer Hogg 2917 Sawyer Hogg is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 2, 1980 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1980 RR	Helen Sawyer Hogg Helen Sawyer Hogg Helen Battles Sawyer Hogg, CC was a prolific astronomer noted for her research into globular clusters... , American-Canadian astronomer [MPC 8801] †
2918 Salazar 2918 Salazar 2918 Salazar is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 9, 1980 by C. Shoemaker at Palomar.- External links :*...		Frederick Salazar, the discoverer's son-in-law [Schmadel]
2919 Dali 2919 Dali 2919 Dali is a small Themistian asteroid discovered by Schelte J. Bus in 1981. It is named after Salvador Dalí, the Spanish surrealist artist. It has a period of 5 years 218 days....		Salvador Dalí Salvador Dalí Salvador Domènec Felip Jacint Dalí i Domènech, Marquis de Púbol , commonly known as Salvador Dalí , was a prominent Spanish Catalan surrealist painter born in Figueres,Spain.... , Catalan-Spanish artist [MPC 8802]
2920 Automedon 2920 Automedon 2920 Automedon 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 Automedon, who fought during the Trojan War. It was discovered by Edward L. G. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa station...	1981 JR	Automedon Automedon In Greek mythology, Automedon , son of Diores, was Achilles' charioteer. In Homer's Iliad, he rides into battle once Patroclus has donned Achilles's armor, commanding Achilles' horses Balius and Xanthos. After Patroclus's death, Automedon is driven to the rear of the battle, where he attempts to... , mythological Greek soldier [Schmadel]
2921 Sophocles 2921 Sophocles 2921 Sophocles is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels in 1960. It is named after Sophocles, the ancient Greek tragic dramatist....	6525 P-L	Sophocles Sophocles Sophocles is one of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived. His first plays were written later than those of Aeschylus, and earlier than or contemporary with those of Euripides... , Greek dramatist [Schmadel]
2922 Dikan'ka 2922 Dikan'ka 2922 Dikan'ka is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 1, 1976 by Chernykh, N. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Gogol's Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka is a collection of short stories by Nikolai Gogol, written from 1831-1832. They appeared in various magazines and were published in book form when Gogol, who had spent his life in Ukraine up to the age of nineteen, was twenty two. He put his early impressions and... [Schmadel]
2923 Schuyler 2923 Schuyler 2923 Schuyler is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 22, 1977 by Harvard College at Agassiz Station.- External links :*...	1977 DA	Catherine Schuyler, 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 .... administrator [Schmadel]
2924 Mitake-mura 2924 Mitake-mura 2924 Mitake-mura is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1794.1782504 days .The asteroid was discovered on February 18, 1977.-References:...		Mitake-mura, town in Japan [MPC 8914]
2925 Beatty 2925 Beatty 2925 Beatty is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 7, 1978 by Helin, E. F. and Bus, S. J. at Palomar.- External links :*...		J. Kelly Beatty, astronomy writer and editor of Sky and Telescope †
2926 Caldeira 2926 Caldeira 2926 Caldeira is a main belt asteroid with a perihelion of 2.003887 AU. It has an eccentricity of 0.1189267 and an orbital period of 1252.79 days .Caldeira has an average orbital speed of 19.74977514 km/s and an inclination of 3.4828 °....	1980 KG	J.F.C. Caldeira, Brazilian astronomer [Schmadel]
2927 Alamosa 2927 Alamosa 2927 Alamosa is a main belt asteroid discovered on October 5, 1981 by Thomas, N. G. at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1981 TM	Alamosa, Colorado Alamosa, Colorado The city of Alamosa is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Alamosa County, Colorado, United States. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the city population was 8,682 in 2005... [Schmadel]
2928 Epstein 2928 Epstein 2928 Epstein is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 5, 1976 by Felix Aguilar Observatory at El Leoncito.- External links :*...		Isadore Epstein Isadore Epstein This article is about the distinguished astronomer. For the noted rabbinical scholar of a similar name see: Isidore EpsteinIsadore Epstein was an astronomer. Epstein taught astronomy at Columbia University for 37 years. He completed his Ph.D... , American astronomer
2929 Harris 2929 Harris 2929 Harris is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 24, 1982 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff .- External links :*...		Alan W. Harris, American astronomer [Schmadel]
2930 Euripides 2930 Euripides 2930 Euripides is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels in 1960. It is named after Euripides, the ancient Greek dramatist....	6554 P-L	Euripides Euripides Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him but according to the Suda it was ninety-two at most... , Greek dramatist [Schmadel]
2931 Mayakovsky 2931 Mayakovsky 2931 Mayakovsky is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 16, 1969 by L. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...	1969 UC	Vladimir Mayakovsky Vladimir Mayakovsky Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky was a Russian and Soviet poet and playwright, among the foremost representatives of early-20th century Russian Futurism.- Early life :... , Russian poet [MPC 8914]
2932 Kempchinsky 2932 Kempchinsky 2932 Kempchinsky is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on October 9, 1980 by C. Shoemaker at Palomar.- External links :*...		Paula Kempchinsky, daughter-in-law of the discoverer [Schmadel]
2933 Amber 2933 Amber 2933 Amber is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 18, 1983 by Norman G. Thomas at the Anderson Mesa Observatory near Flagstaff.-External links:*...	1983 HN	The discoverer's granddaughter [Schmadel]
2934 Aristophanes 2934 Aristophanes 2934 Aristophanes is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels in 1960. It is named after Aristophanes, the ancient Greek comic dramatist....	4006 P-L	Aristophanes Aristophanes Aristophanes , son of Philippus, of the deme Cydathenaus, was a comic playwright of ancient Athens. Eleven of his forty plays survive virtually complete... , Greek dramatist [Schmadel]
2935 Naerum 2935 Naerum 2935 Naerum is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 24, 1976 by R. M. West at La Silla.- External links :*...	1976 UU	Nærum, a suburb north of Copenhagen Copenhagen Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region... [Schmadel]
2936 Nechvíle 2936 Nechvíle 2936 Nechvíle is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1601.2312401 days .The asteroid was discovered on September 17, 1979.-References:...	1979 SF	Vincence Nechvíle, Czech astronomer † ‡
2937 Gibbs 2937 Gibbs 2937 Gibbs is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on June 14, 1980 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1980 LA	Josiah Willard Gibbs Josiah Willard Gibbs Josiah Willard Gibbs was an American theoretical physicist, chemist, and mathematician. He devised much of the theoretical foundation for chemical thermodynamics as well as physical chemistry. As a mathematician, he invented vector analysis . Yale University awarded Gibbs the first American Ph.D... , American scientist [Schmadel]
2938 Hopi 2938 Hopi 2938 Hopi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 14, 1980 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1980 LB	The Hopi Hopi The Hopi are a federally recognized tribe of indigenous Native American people, who primarily live on the Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona. The Hopi area according to the 2000 census has a population of 6,946 people. Their Hopi language is one of the 30 of the Uto-Aztecan language... , the Native American Native Americans in the United States Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as... people [Schmadel]
2939 Coconino 2939 Coconino 2939 Coconino is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 21, 1982 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1982 DP	Coconino County, Arizona Coconino County, Arizona -2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:61.7% White1.2% Black27.3% Native American1.4% Asian0.1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander3.1% Two or more races5.2% Other races13.5% Hispanic or Latino -2000:... containing the Hopi Hopi The Hopi are a federally recognized tribe of indigenous Native American people, who primarily live on the Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona. The Hopi area according to the 2000 census has a population of 6,946 people. Their Hopi language is one of the 30 of the Uto-Aztecan language... and Navajo Nation Navajo Nation The Navajo Nation is a semi-autonomous Native American-governed territory covering , occupying all of northeastern Arizona, the southeastern portion of Utah, and northwestern New Mexico... Reservations. The Lowell Observatory Lowell Observatory Lowell Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. Lowell Observatory was established in 1894, placing it among the oldest observatories in the United States, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965.... is in the county seat, Flagstaff Flagstaff, Arizona Flagstaff is a city located in northern Arizona, in the southwestern United States. In 2010, the city's population was 65,870. The population of the Metropolitan Statistical Area was at 134,421 in 2010. It is the county seat of Coconino County... [Schmadel]
2940 Bacon 2940 Bacon 2940 Bacon 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 was named in honour of Sir Francis Bacon- External links :*...	3042 P-L	Francis Bacon Francis Bacon Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Albans, KC was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist, author and pioneer of the scientific method. He served both as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England... , English philosopher, statesman, and essayist [Schmadel]
2941 Alden 2941 Alden 2941 Alden is a main belt asteroid discovered on December 24, 1930 by Tombaugh, C. W. at Lowell Observatory. It is named for his son, Alden- External links :*...	1930 YV	Son of 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... , the discoverer. [Schmadel]
2942 Cordie 2942 Cordie 2942 Cordie is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 29, 1932 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1932 BG	Cordula "Cordie" Robinson, American plantary geologist [Schmadel]
2943 Heinrich 2943 Heinrich 2943 Heinrich is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 25, 1933 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1933 QU	Inge Heinrich, German astronomer [Schmadel]
2944 Peyo 2944 Peyo 2944 Peyo is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 31, 1935 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	1935 QF	Peyo, pseudonym of Pierre Culliford, Belgian illustrator [Schmadel]
2945 Zanstra 2945 Zanstra 2945 Zanstra is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 28, 1935 by H. van Gent at Johannesburg .- External links :*...		Herman Zanstra Herman Zanstra Herman Zanstra was a Dutch astronomer.Zanstra was born near Heerenveen in Friesland. In 1917 he graduated with an Engineer's degree in chemical engineering from the Delft Institute of Technology... , Dutch astronomer [Schmadel]
2946 Muchachos 2946 Muchachos 2946 Muchachos is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 15, 1941 by L. Oterma at Turku.- External links :*...	1941 UV	Roque de los Muchachos Roque de los Muchachos Roque de los Muchachos is a rocky mound at the highest point on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, Spain... , site in the Canary Islands Canary Islands The Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union... of several international observatories [Schmadel]
2947 Kippenhahn 2947 Kippenhahn 2947 Kippenhahn is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 22, 1955 by I. Groeneveld at Heidelberg.- External links :*...		Rudolf Kippenhahn Rudolf Kippenhahn Rudolf Kippenhahn is a German astrophysicist and science author.-Biography:Professor Dr. Rudolf Kippenhahn originally studied mathematics and physics at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg before changing to Astronomy... , German astronomer [Schmadel]
2948 Amosov 2948 Amosov 2948 Amosov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 8, 1969 by Chernykh, L. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Nikolai Mikhailovich Amosov, Ukrainian cardiologist
2949 Kaverznev 2949 Kaverznev 2949 Kaverznev is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 09, 1970 by Crimean Astrophysical Observatory at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...	1970 PR	Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kaverznev, Soviet television journalist [MPC 8914]
2950 Rousseau 2950 Rousseau 2950 Rousseau is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 9, 1974 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...		Jean-Jacques Rousseau Jean-Jacques Rousseau Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer of 18th-century Romanticism. His political philosophy influenced the French Revolution as well as the overall development of modern political, sociological and educational thought.His novel Émile: or, On Education is a treatise... , Swiss-French philosopher [Schmadel]
2951 Perepadin 2951 Perepadin 2951 Perepadin is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 13, 1977 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Aleksandr Ivanovich Perepadin Soviet agriculturalist [Schmadel]
2952 Lilliputia 2952 Lilliputia 2952 Lilliputia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 22, 1979 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Lilliput Lilliput and Blefuscu Lilliput and Blefuscu are two fictional island nations that appear in the first part of the 1726 novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. The two islands are neighbors in the South Indian Ocean, separated by a channel eight hundred yards wide. Both are inhabited by tiny people who are about... , fictional land 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... [Schmadel]
2953 Vysheslavia 2953 Vysheslavia 2953 Vysheslavia is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1737.1987872 days . The asteroid was discovered on September 24, 1979.-References:...		Leonid Nikolaevich Vysheslavskii (Leonid Vysheslavsky), Soviet poet [Schmadel]
2954 Delsemme 2954 Delsemme 2954 Delsemme is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 30, 1982 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff .- External links :*...		Armand Hubert Delsemme, Belgian astronomer [Schmadel]
2955 Newburn 2955 Newburn 2955 Newburn is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 30, 1982 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff .- External links :*...		Ray L. Newburn, American astronomer [Schmadel]
2956 Yeomans 2956 Yeomans 2956 Yeomans is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 28, 1982 by Edward L. G. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory. It is named after Donald Keith Yeomans, an American astronomer.- External links :*...		Donald Keith Yeomans, American astronomer †
2957 Tatsuo 2957 Tatsuo 2957 Tatsuo is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 5, 1934 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.- External links :*...		Tatsuo Yamada Tatsuo Yamada was a Japanese actor best known for his portrayal of biker Jin, the protagonist of Sōgo Ishii's 1980 film Crazy Thunder Road.- External links :... , Japanese astronomer [Schmadel]
2958 Arpetito 2958 Arpetito 2958 Arpetito is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 28, 1981 by Debehogne, H. at La Silla.- External links :*...	1981 DG	Composite name honouring E. Araya, J. Perez, R. Tighe and A Torrecon, workers at Grand Prism Objectif, La Silla [Schmadel]
2959 Scholl 2959 Scholl 2959 Scholl is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on September 4, 1983 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff . It was named after the German astronomer Hans Scholl....		Hans Scholl Hans Scholl (astronomer) Hans Scholl, born 1942, is a German astronomer working at the Côte d'Azur Observatory in Nice, France. In 1999, he was part of a team that discovered the satellites Prospero, Setebos and Stephano of the planet Uranus.-External links:*-References:... , German astronomer [MPC 8802]
2960 Ohtaki 2960 Ohtaki 2960 Ohtaki is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 18, 1977 by Kiichiro Hurukawa and Hiroki Kosai at Kiso Station.- External links :*...		Ohtaki, town in Japan [MPC 8914]
2961 Katsurahama 2961 Katsurahama 2961 Katsurahama is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 7, 1982 by T. Seki at Geisei.- External links :*...	1982 XA	Katsurahama, seashore resort in Kōchi Kochi, Kochi is the capital city of Kōchi Prefecture on Shikoku island of Japan.Kōchi is the main city of the prefecture with over 40% of its population. As of May 31, 2008, the city had an estimated population of 340,515 and a density of... , Japan [MPC 8802]
2962 Otto 2962 Otto 2962 Otto is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 28, 1940 by Y. Vaisala at Turku.- External links :...	1940 YF	The discoverer's great-grandfather
2963 Chen Jiageng 2963 Chen Jiageng 2963 Chen Jiageng is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 9, 1964 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.- External links :...		Chen Jiageng (Tan Kah Kee), Singaporean businessman, community leader, and philanthropist [Schmadel]
2964 Jaschek 2964 Jaschek 2964 Jaschek is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 16, 1974 by Felix Aguilar Observatory at El Leoncito.- External links :*...		Carlos Jaschek (Carlos Oton Rüdiger Jaschek), German-born Argentinian astronomer [Schmadel]
2965 Surikov 2965 Surikov 2965 Surikov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 18, 1975 by L. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...	1975 BX	Vasili Ivanovich Surikov, Russian painter [Schmadel]
2966 Korsunia 2966 Korsunia 2966 Korsunia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 13, 1977 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Korsun, Ukrainian city [Schmadel]
2967 Vladisvyat 2967 Vladisvyat 2967 Vladisvyat is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 2090.5765520 days . The asteroid was discovered on September 19, 1977.-References:...		Vladimir Svyatoslavich, medieval prince of Kiev
2968 Iliya 2968 Iliya 2968 Iliya is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on August 31, 1978 by Chernykh, N. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...	1978 QJ	Ilya Muromets Ilya Muromets Ilya Muromets is a Kievan Rus' epic hero. He is celebrated in numerous byliny . Along with Dobrynya Nikitich and Alyosha Popovich he is regarded as the greatest of all the legendary bogatyrs... , legendary Russian hero
2969 Mikula 2969 Mikula 2969 Mikula is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 5, 1978 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :...		Mikula Selyaninovich, Russian legendary hero
2970 Pestalozzi 2970 Pestalozzi 2970 Pestalozzi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 27, 1978 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald. This Asteroid is named after the Swiss pedagogue Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi.- External links :*...	1978 UC	Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi was a Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer who exemplified Romanticism in his approach.... , Swiss educational reformer [Schmadel]
2971 Mohr 2971 Mohr 2971 Mohr is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1229.6049105 days .The asteroid was discovered on December 30, 1980. It is named after Czech astronomer Josef M. Mohr.-References:...	1980 YL	Josef M. Mohr, Czech astronomer † ‡
2972 Niilo 2972 Niilo 2972 Niilo is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 7, 1939 by Y. Vaisala at Turku.- External links :*...	1939 TB	The discoverer's great-grandson
2973 Paola 2973 Paola 2973 Paola is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 10, 1951 by S. Arend at Uccle.- External links :*\...	1951 AJ	Her Majesty Queen Paola of Belgium Queen Paola of Belgium Paola, Queen of the Belgians , is the queen consort of Albert II of Belgium.... (née Ruffo di Calabria) †
2974 Holden 2974 Holden 2974 Holden is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 23, 1955 by Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn.- External links :*...	1955 QK	Edward Singleton Holden Edward Singleton Holden Edward Singleton Holden was an American astronomer.-Early years:He was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1846 to Jeremiah and Sarah Holden. From 1862-66, he attended Washington University in St. Louis, where he obtained a B.S. degree... , American astronomer [Schmadel]
2975 Spahr 2975 Spahr 2975 Spahr is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 8, 1970 by H. Potter and A. Lokalov at Cerro El Roble.It is named after Timothy B. Spahr, director of the Minor Planet Center.- External links :*...		Timothy B. Spahr Timothy B. Spahr Timothy B. Spahr is an American astronomer.He works at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics as director of the Minor Planet Center, has discovered numerous asteroids and is credited as a co-discoverer of one satellite of Jupiter and one of Saturn .He also discovered two periodic comets... , American astronomer [Schmadel]
2976 Lautaro 2976 Lautaro 2976 Lautaro is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on April 22, 1974 by C. Torres at Cerro El Roble.- External links :*...	1974 HR	Lautaro, leader of the Araucanians 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... of Chile [Schmadel]
2977 Chivilikhin 2977 Chivilikhin 2977 Chivilikhin is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 19, 1974 by Chernykh, L. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...	1974 SP	Vladimir Alekseevich Chivilikhin, Russian author or Anatolii Timofeevich Chivilikhin, Russian poet [Schmadel]
2978 Roudebush 2978 Roudebush 2978 Roudebush is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 26, 1978 by Harvard College at Agassiz Station.- External links :*...	1978 SR	Susan Roudebush, astronomical administrator [Schmadel]
2979 Murmansk 2979 Murmansk 2979 Murmansk is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 2, 1978 by L. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Murmansk Murmansk Murmansk is a city and the administrative center of Murmansk Oblast, Russia. It serves as a seaport and is located in the extreme northwest part of Russia, on the Kola Bay, from the Barents Sea on the northern shore of the Kola Peninsula, not far from Russia's borders with Norway and Finland... , Russia [MPC 8914]
2980 Cameron 2980 Cameron 2980 Cameron is a main belt asteroid with a perihelion of 2.1088066 AU. It has an eccentricity of 0.1804063 and an orbital period of 1503.4783598 days ....		Alastair G. W. Cameron, American astronomer †
2981 Chagall 2981 Chagall 2981 Chagall is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 2, 1981 by Bus, S. J. at Siding Spring.- External links :*...		Marc Chagall Marc Chagall Marc Chagall Art critic Robert Hughes referred to Chagall as "the quintessential Jewish artist of the twentieth century."According to art historian Michael J... , Belarus Belarus Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,... ian artist [MPC 8802] †
2982 Muriel 2982 Muriel 2982 Muriel is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 6, 1981 by C. Shoemaker at Palomar.- External links :*...		The discoverer's mother-in-law
2983 Poltava 2983 Poltava 2983 Poltava is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 2, 1981 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		Poltava Poltava Poltava is a city in located on the Vorskla River in central Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Poltava Oblast , as well as the surrounding Poltava Raion of the oblast. Poltava's estimated population is 298,652 .... , Ukrainian SSR Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic or in short, the Ukrainian SSR was a sovereign Soviet Socialist state and one of the fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union lasting from its inception in 1922 to the breakup in 1991... (now 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... ) [Schmadel] †
2984 Chaucer 2984 Chaucer 2984 Chaucer is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered by Edward L. G. Bowell in 1981. It is named after Geoffrey Chaucer, the medieval English poet....	1981 YD	Geoffrey Chaucer Geoffrey Chaucer Geoffrey Chaucer , known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages and was the first poet to have been buried in Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey... , English author [Schmadel]
2985 Shakespeare 2985 Shakespeare 2985 Shakespeare is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered by Edward L. G. Bowell in 1983. It is named after William Shakespeare, the English renaissance dramatist and poet....		William Shakespeare William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"... , English playwright [Schmadel]
2986 Mrinalini 2986 Mrinalini 2986 Mrinalini 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 :*...	2525 P-L	Mrinalini Sarabhai Mrinalini Sarabhai Mrinalini Sarabhai is a celebrated Indian classical dancer, choreographer and instructor. She is the founder director of the Darpana Academy of Performing Arts, an institute for imparting training in dance, drama, music and puppetry, in the city of Ahmedabad... , classical Indian dancer and choreographer [Schmadel]
2987 Sarabhai 2987 Sarabhai 2987 Sarabhai 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 :*...	4583 P-L	Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, Indian space scientist [Schmadel]
2988 Korhonen 2988 Korhonen 2988 Korhonen is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 1, 1943 by L. Oterma at Turku.- External links :*...	1943 EM	Tapio Korhonen, Finnish astronomer [Schmadel]
2989 Imago 2989 Imago 2989 Imago is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 22, 1976 by Wild, P. at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...		The Latin word for 'image' [Schmadel]
2990 Trimberger 2990 Trimberger 2990 Trimberger is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 2, 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.- External links :*...		Stephen M. Trimberger, American astronomer and computer scientist
2991 Bilbo 2991 Bilbo 2991 Bilbo is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 21, 1982 by Watt, M. at Flagstaff .- External links :*...	1982 HV	Bilbo Baggins Bilbo Baggins Bilbo Baggins is the protagonist and titular character of The Hobbit and a supporting character in The Lord of the Rings, two of the most well-known of J. R. R... , character in The Lord of the Rings The Lord of the Rings The Lord of the Rings is a high fantasy epic written by English philologist and University of Oxford professor J. R. R. Tolkien. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien's earlier, less complex children's fantasy novel The Hobbit , but eventually developed into a much larger work. It was written in... [Schmadel]
2992 Vondel 2992 Vondel 2992 Vondel is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1660.2370911 days . The asteroid was discovered on September 24, 1960.-References:...	2540 P-L	Joost van den Vondel Joost van den Vondel Joost van den Vondel was a Dutch writer and playwright. He is considered the most prominent Dutch poet and playwright of the 17th century. His plays are the ones from that period that are still most frequently performed, and his epic Joannes de Boetgezant , on the life of John the Baptist, has... , Dutch poet and playwright [Schmadel]
2993 Wendy 2993 Wendy 2993 Wendy is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 4, 1970 by Perth Observatory at Perth, Western Australia.- External links :*...	1970 PA	The discoverer's wife [Schmadel]
2994 Flynn 2994 Flynn 2994 Flynn is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 14, 1975 at Perth Observatory, Perth, Western Australia.- External links :*...	1975 PA	The discoverer's wife [Schmadel]
2995 Taratuta 2995 Taratuta 2995 Taratuta is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 31, 1978 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...	1978 QK	Evgeniya Aleksandrovna Taratuta, Soviet writer [Schmadel]
2996 Bowman 2996 Bowman 2996 Bowman is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 5, 1954 by Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn.- External links :*...	1954 RJ	Fred Bowman, American astronomer
2997 Cabrera 2997 Cabrera 2997 Cabrera is a main belt asteroid with a perihelion of 2.0537252 AU. It has an eccentricity of 0.1969663 and an orbital period of 1493.83 days .Cabrera has an average orbital speed of 18.62466418 km/s and an inclination of 7.19247 °....	1974 MJ	Laurentino Ascencio Cabrera (1917–2003), Argentinian astronomer
2998 Berendeya 2998 Berendeya 2998 Berendeya is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 3, 1975 by Chernykh, L. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...		The magical land in The Snow Maiden The Snow Maiden The Snow Maiden: A Spring Fairy Tale is an opera in four acts with a prologue by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, composed during 1880–1881. The Russian libretto, by the composer, is based on the like-named play by Alexander Ostrovsky .The first performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's opera took place at the... by Alexander Ostrovsky [Schmadel]
2999 Dante 2999 Dante 2999 Dante is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered by Norman G. Thomas in 1981. It is named after Dante Alighieri, the medieval Florentine poet.-References:...	1981 CY	Dante Alighieri Dante Alighieri Durante degli Alighieri, mononymously referred to as Dante , was an Italian poet, prose writer, literary theorist, moral philosopher, and political thinker. He is best known for the monumental epic poem La commedia, later named La divina commedia ... , Florentine (Italian) poet [Schmadel]
3000 Leonardo 3000 Leonardo 3000 Leonardo is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 2, 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.- External links :*...		Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer whose genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance... , Florentine (Italian) genius [Schmadel]

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