Meanings of asteroid names (11001-12000)
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This is a list of the sources of asteroid names. Those meanings marked with an asterisk (*) are guesswork, and should be checked against Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names to ensure that the identification is correct. Names established from other sources should quote the reference.
Asteroids not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
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| Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name |
|---|---|---|
| 11001-11100 | ||
| 11001 Andrewulff | 1979 MF | André Wulff, German amateur astronomer [†] [‡] |
| 11002 Richardlis | * | |
| 11003 Andronov | * | |
| 11004 Stenmark | Lars Stenmark, Swedish nanotechnology specialist [†] | |
| 11006 Gilson | * | |
| 11011 KIAM | Moscow's Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics* | |
| 11012 Henning | * | |
| 11013 Kullander | Sven Kullander, Swedish physicist [†] | |
| 11014 Svätopluk | Svätopluk, king of Great Moravia* | |
| 11015 Romanenko | Yuri Victorovitch Romanenko, Russian cosmonaut* | |
| 11016 Borisov | Galin Borisov, Bulgarian astronomer* | |
| 11017 Billputnam | 1983 BD | * |
| 11019 Hansrott | 1984 HR | Hans Rott, Austrian composer [†] |
| 11020 Orwell | 1984 OG | George Orwell, British writer [†] |
| 11021 Foderà | Giorgia Foderà Serio, Associate Professor of History of Astronomy at the University of Palermo* | |
| 11022 Serio | Giorgia Foderà Serio, Associate Professor of History of Astronomy at the University of Palermo* | |
| 11027 Astaf'ev | * | |
| 11037 Distler | * | |
| 11039 Raynal | Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French historian and philosopher* | |
| 11040 Wundt | Wilhelm Wundt, German physiologist and psychologist* | |
| 11041 Fechner | Gustav Fechner, German experimental psychologist* | |
| 11042 Ernstweber | Ernst Heinrich Weber, German physician* | |
| 11043 Pepping | Ernst Pepping, German composer* | |
| 11050 Messiaen | Olivier Messiaen, French composer, organist, and ornithologist* | |
| 11051 Racine | Jean Racine, French playwright, or René Racine, Canadian astronomer* | |
| 11055 Honduras | Honduras* | |
| 11056 Volland | Hans Volland, German astronomer* | |
| 11061 Lagerlöf | Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish author, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1909* | |
| 11063 Poynting | John Henry Poynting, English physicist* | |
| 11064 Dogen | 1991 WB | * |
| 11066 Sigurd | * | |
| 11067 Greenancy | * | |
| 11072 Hiraoka | 1992 GP | * |
| 11073 Cavell | Edith Cavell, English nurse who was executed by the Germans in World War I* | |
| 11074 Kuniwake | * | |
| 11075 Dönhoff | Countess Marion Dönhoff (Marion Hedda Ilse, Gräfin Dönhoff), German journalist and Hitler resistance participant [†] | |
| 11079 Mitsunori | 1993 AJ | * |
| 11083 Caracas | Caracas, Venezuela* | |
| 11084 Giò | Nickname of Giuseppe Schilirò, Italian student [†] | |
| 11085 Isala | * | |
| 11086 Nagatayuji | * | |
| 11087 Yamasakimakoto | * | |
| 11090 Popelin | Claudius Popelin, French poet* | |
| 11091 Thelonious | 1994 DP | Thelonious Sphere Monk, jazz pianist and composer* |
| 11092 Iwakisan | 1994 ED | * |
| 11094 Cuba | Cuba* | |
| 11095 Havana | Havana, Cuba* | |
| 11098 Ginsberg | * | |
| 11099 Sonodamasaki | 1995 HL | * |
| 11100 Lai | 1995 KC | * |
| 11101-11200 | ||
| 11101 Českáfilharmonie | 1995 SH | Czech Philharmonic Orchestra* |
| 11102 Bertorighini | Alberto Righini, Professor of Astronomy at the University of Florence and Arcetri Observatory [†] | |
| 11103 Miekerouppe | Mieke Rouppe, member of the Dutch resistance in The Hague in World War II [†] | |
| 11104 Airion | 1995 TQ | * |
| 11105 Puchnarová | Dana Puchnarová, Czech painter and graphic artist [†] | |
| 11107 Hakkoda | * | |
| 11108 Hachimantai | * | |
| 11109 Iwatesan | * | |
| 11111 Repunit | 1995 WL | * |
| 11112 Cagnoli | * | |
| 11115 Kariya | * | |
| 11118 Modra | 1996 PK | Astronomické observatórium Modra-Piesok (Astronomical Observatory of Modra-Piesok), near Modra, Slovakia [†] |
| 11119 Taro | * | |
| 11120 Pancaldi | * | |
| 11121 Malpighi | Marcello Malpighi, Italian physiologist* | |
| 11122 Eliscolombini | * | |
| 11123 Aliciaclaire | * | |
| 11124 Mikulášek | Zdeněk Mikulášek, Czech astronomer [†] | |
| 11126 Doleček | * | |
| 11127 Hagi | * | |
| 11128 Ostravia | 1996 VP | Latin name for Ostrava, Czech Republic [†] |
| 11129 Hayachine | * | |
| 11132 Horne | 1996 WU | * |
| 11133 Kumotori | 1996 XY | * |
| 11134 České Budějovice | České Budějovice, Czech Republic [†] | |
| 11135 Ryokami | * | |
| 11136 Shirleymarinus | * | |
| 11137 Yarigatake | * | |
| 11138 Hotakadake | * | |
| 11140 Yakedake | [[Talk:Meanings_of_asteroid_names#2005_September_20_contents>†]] [‡] | |
| 11141 Jindrawalter | Jindřich Walter, Czech physicist [†] | |
| 11142 Facchini | * | |
| 11144 Radiocommunicata | Radio communication, in honour of the Kleť broadcasting tower staff [†] | |
| 11145 Emanuelli | Pio Emanuelli, Italian astronomer [†] | |
| 11146 Kirigamine | Kirigamine, one of the 100 most celebrated mountains of Japan [†] | |
| 11147 Delmas | * | |
| 11148 Einhardress | * | |
| 11149 Tateshina | Tateshina volcano, one of the 100 most celebrated mountains of Japan [†] | |
| 11150 Bragg | Sir William Henry Bragg, English physicist* | |
| 11151 Oodaigahara | Oodaigahara, one of the 100 celebrated mounatins of Japan, in the National Park of Yoshino-Kumano and a UNESCO world heritage site [†] | |
| 11152 Oomine | Oomine mountain chain, in the middle of the Kii peninsula, in the National Park of Yoshino-Kumano, one of the 100 celebrated mountains of Japan, a UNESCO world heritage site [†] | |
| 11154 Kobushi | Kobushi, one of the 100 most celebrated mountains in Japan, in the Oku-Chichibu area, stretching over the three states of Koshu, Bushu, and Shinshu [†] | |
| 11155 Kinpu | Kinpu, one of the 100 most celebrated mountains of Japan, in the Oku-Chichibu area [†] | |
| 11156 Al-Khwarismi | Al-Khwarizmi, Persian scientist* | |
| 11158 Cirou | * | |
| 11163 Milešovka | 1998 CR | Czech České středohoří), on the occasion of 100 years of observations from the meteorological observatory there [‡] |
| 11166 Anatolefrance | Anatole France, French writer | |
| 11167 Kunžak | Kunžak, a village with a little observatory in south Bohemia, the Czech Republic* | |
| 11169 Alkon | Family name of a Ceres Connection program winner's grandfather* | |
| 11173 Jayanderson | * | |
| 11174 Carandrews | * | |
| 11176 Batth | * | |
| 11184 Postma | Sep Postma, member of the Dutch resistance in World War II [†] | |
| 11187 Richoliver | * | |
| 11189 Rabeaton | * | |
| 11190 Jennibell | * | |
| 11191 Paskvić | Ivan Paskvić (Paquich Ja'nos), Croatian founder and director of the Buda Observatory on St. Gellért's Hill, built by Nagyszombat University after its move [†] | |
| 11193 Mérida | * | |
| 11194 Mirna | 1998 YE | Mirna river, Croatia [†] |
| 11195 Woomera | Woomera, South Australia | |
| 11196 Michanikos | * | |
| 11197 Beranek | * | |
| 11201-11300 | ||
| 11201 Talich | * | |
| 11202 Teddunham | * | |
| 11203 Danielbetten | Daniel Betten, American finalist, 2002 Exxon-Mobil Texas Science & Engineering Fair (TSEF), and American Meteorological Society Award winner?* | |
| 11206 Bibee | * | |
| 11207 Black | * | |
| 11212 Tebbutt | 1999 HS | John Tebbutt, Australian astronomer* |
| 11219 Benbohn | * | |
| 11225 Borden | * | |
| 11227 Ksenborisova | * | |
| 11228 Botnick | * | |
| 11229 Brookebowers | * | |
| 11238 Johanmaurits | 2044 P-L | Duke Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen, Dutch humanist who governed Dutch Brazil in the 17th century [†] |
| 11239 Marcgraf | 4141 P-L | Georg Marcgraf, Dutch astronomer who studied the southern skies from Brazil in the 17th century [†] |
| 11240 Piso | 4175 P-L | Willem Piso, Dutch physician who studied the flora and fauna of Brazil in the 17th century [†] |
| 11241 Eckhout | 6792 P-L | Albert Eckhout, Dutch painter who took part in an expedition to Brazil in the 17th century [†] |
| 11242 Franspost | 2144 T-1 | Frans Post, Dutch painter, one of the first European artists active in the Americas in the 17th century [†] |
| 11246 Orvillewright | 4250 T-3 | Orville Wright, American aviator |
| 11247 Wilburwright | 4280 T-3 | Wilbur Wright, American aviator |
| 11248 Blériot | 4354 T-3 | Louis Blériot, French aviator |
| 11249 Etna | 1971 FD | Mount Etna, Sicily* |
| 11251 Icarion | * | |
| 11252 Laërtes | Laërtês, Argonaut, son of Arcesius and father of Odysseus* | |
| 11253 Mesyats | * | |
| 11254 Konkohekisui | * | |
| 11255 Fujiiekio | * | |
| 11257 Rodionta | * | |
| 11258 Aoyama | * | |
| 11264 Claudiomaccone | Claudio Maccone, Italian scientist at the Alenia Spazio in Turin, participant in the design of several scientific space missions [†] | |
| 11268 Spassky | Boris Spassky, Russian chess player* | |
| 11269 Knyr | * | |
| 11277 Ballard | * | |
| 11278 Telesio | * | |
| 11280 Sakurai | * | |
| 11282 Hanakusa | * | |
| 11284 Belenus | 1990 BA | Belenus, Celtic god* |
| 11289 Frescobaldi | Girolamo Frescobaldi, Italian composer* | |
| 11292 Bunjisuzuki | Suzuki Bunji, Japanese founder of the Nippon Rodo Sodomei (Japanese Work Federation)* | |
| 11298 Gide | André Gide, French author* | |
| 11299 Annafreud | Anna Freud, Austrian psychoanalyst* | |
| 11301-11400 | ||
| 11302 Rubicon | Rubicon, ancient Latin name for a small river in northern Italy* | |
| 11309 Malus | Apple and crabapple trees, genus Malus* | |
| 11311 Peleus | Pēleús, son of Aeacus, King of Aegina* | |
| 11313 Kügelgen | * | |
| 11314 Charcot | Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist* | |
| 11315 Salpêtrière | Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris* | |
| 11316 Fuchitatsuo | * | |
| 11317 Hitoshi | * | |
| 11321 Tosimatumoto | Toshikazu Matsumoto, Japanese amateur astronomer | |
| 11322 Aquamarine | 1995 QT | * |
| 11323 Nasu | * | |
| 11324 Hayamizu | * | |
| 11325 Slavický | 1995 SG | * |
| 11326 Ladislavschmied | 1995 SL | Ladislav Schmied, Czech amateur astronomer [†] |
| 11332 Jameswatt | James Watt, Scottish mathematician and engineer* | |
| 11333 Forman | 1996 HU | * |
| 11334 Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| 11335 Santiago | Santiago, Chile | |
| 11337 Sandro | * | |
| 11338 Schiele | Egon Schiele, Austrian painter [†] | |
| 11339 Orlík | Orlík, castle in South Bohemia, Czech Republic [†] | |
| 11341 Babbage | Charles Babbage, British computer pioneer | |
| 11348 Allegra | * | |
| 11349 Witten | Louis or Edward Witten, American physicists* | |
| 11350 Teresa | * | |
| 11352 Koldewey | Robert Koldewey, German architect and archaeologist* | |
| 11353 Guillaume | * | |
| 11356 Chuckjones | 1997 YA | Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones, American animator, artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films* |
| 11359 Piteglio | Piteglio, a village in Tuscany [†] | |
| 11360 Formigine | * | |
| 11363 Vives | * | |
| 11364 Karlštejn | * | |
| 11365 NASA | NASA | |
| 11369 Brazelton | * | |
| 11370 Nabrown | * | |
| 11371 Camley | * | |
| 11373 Carbonaro | * | |
| 11374 Briantaylor | * | |
| 11376 Taizomuta | * | |
| 11377 Nye | * | |
| 11378 Dauria | * | |
| 11379 Flaubert | Gustave Flaubert, French author* | |
| 11384 Sartre | Jean-Paul Sartre, French writer and philosopher* | |
| 11385 Beauvoir | Simone de Beauvoir, French author, philosopher, and feminist* | |
| 11400 Raša | Raša river, Croatia [†] | |
| 11401-11500 | ||
| 11401 Pierralba | * | |
| 11406 Ucciocontin | Aurelio (Uccio) Contin, Croatian pharmacist, amateur scientist, diver and naturalist [†] | |
| 11409 Horkheimer | Jack Horkheimer, American astronomer popularizer [†] | |
| 11413 Catanach | Therese Ann Catanach, American finalist, 2002 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF)* | |
| 11414 Allanchu | Allan Chu, American finalist, 2002 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF)* | |
| 11417 Chughtai | * | |
| 11419 Donjohnson | Don Johnson, American actor* | |
| 11421 Cardano | Gerolamo Cardano (a.k.a. Jérôme Cardan), Italian mathematician, physician, astrologer, and gambler* | |
| 11422 Alilienthal | Alfred Lilienthal, Jewish author, or Alfred Lilienthal, businessman in Berlin in the 1930s, or Andor Lilienthal, Soviet chess player?* | |
| 11423 Cronin | * | |
| 11425 Wearydunlop | 1999 MF | Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop, Australian surgeon* |
| 11428 Alcinoös | 4139 P-L | Alcinoös, King of the Phaiacians, father of Nausicaa* |
| 11429 Demodokus | 4655 P-L | Demodokus, blind minstrel in the Odyssey* |
| 11438 Zel'dovich | Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Soviet physicist* | |
| 11442 Seijin-Sanso | * | |
| 11444 Peshekhonov | [[Talk:Meanings_of_asteroid_names#2005_September_20_contents>†]] [‡] | |
| 11445 Fedotov | * | |
| 11446 Betankur | * | |
| 11450 Shearer | Andrew Shearer, Irish astrophysicist [†] | |
| 11451 Aarongolden | Aaron Golden, Irish astrophysicist [†] | |
| 11473 Barbaresco | 1982 SC | * |
| 11480 Velikij Ustyug | Velikii Ustyug, Russia* | |
| 11481 Znannya | * | |
| 11484 Daudet | Alphonse Daudet, French novelist* | |
| 11485 Zinzendorf | * | |
| 11492 Shimose | * | |
| 11494 Hibiki | Sea of Hibiki, between the Fukuoka and Yamaguchi prefectures [†] | |
| 11495 Fukunaga | 1988 XR | * |
| 11496 Grass | * | |
| 11498 Julgeerts | * | |
| 11499 Duras | 1989 RL | Marguerite Duras (Marguerite Donnadieu), French writer and film director* |
| 11501-11600 | ||
| 11504 Kazo | 1990 BT | * |
| 11506 Toulouse-Lautrec | Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter* | |
| 11508 Stolte | * | |
| 11509 Thersilochos | Thersilochos, a Paione slain by Achilles during the Trojan war* | |
| 11510 Borges | Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer* | |
| 11514 Tsunenaga | * | |
| 11518 Jung | Carl Gustav Jung, Swiss psychiatrist* | |
| 11519 Adler | Alfred Adler, Austrian medical doctor and psychologist* | |
| 11520 Fromm | Erich Fromm, German-American psychologist and humanistic philosopher* | |
| 11521 Erikson | Erik Homburger Erikson, Danish-German psychologist and psychoanalyst* | |
| 11524 Pleyel | Ignaz Pleyel, Austrian composer and piano maker* | |
| 11528 Mie | 1991 XH | Gustav Mie, German physicist* |
| 11530 d'Indy | * | |
| 11537 Guericke | Otto von Guericke, German scientist, inventor, and politician* | |
| 11545 Hashimoto | * | |
| 11547 Griesser | Markus Griesser, Swiss amateur astronomer [†] [‡] | |
| 11548 Jerrylewis | Jerry Lewis, American comedian* | |
| 11552 Boucolion | * | |
| 11554 Asios | * | |
| 11569 Virgilsmith | * | |
| 11571 Daens | * | |
| 11572 Schindler | Oskar Schindler, German businessman* | |
| 11573 Helmholtz | Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz, German physician and physicist* | |
| 11574 d'Alviella | * | |
| 11579 Tsujitsuka | 1994 JN | * |
| 11580 Bautzen | Bautzen, Germany* | |
| 11581 Philipdejager | * | |
| 11582 Bleuler | * | |
| 11583 Breuer | * | |
| 11584 Ferenczi | Sándor Ferenczi, Hungarian psychoanalyst [†] [‡] | |
| 11588 Gottfriedkeller | Gottfried Keller, Swiss poet* | |
| 11592 Clintkelly | * | |
| 11593 Uchikawa | 1995 HK | * |
| 11595 Monsummano | 1995 KN | Monsummano Terme, a village in Northern Tuscany [†] |
| 11598 Kubík | 1995 OJ | * |
| 11600 Cipolla | * | |
| 11601-11700 | ||
| 11605 Ranfagni | * | |
| 11606 Almary | Piero Ranfagni, technician at Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory; on the staff of the TIRGO Telescope and in the project office of the Large Binocular Telescope [†] | |
| 11612 Obu | * | |
| 11614 Istropolitana | Universitas Istropolitana (Academia Istropolitana), Bratislava, Slovakia* | |
| 11615 Naoya | * | |
| 11621 Duccio | * | |
| 11622 Samuele | Samuele Marconi, amateur astronomer at the Pian dei Termini Observatory in San Marcello Pistoiese* | |
| 11623 Kagekatu | * | |
| 11625 Francelinda | Francesca and Linda Tesi, grandaughters of the co-discoverer Luciano Tesi [†] | |
| 11636 Pezinok | * | |
| 11637 Yangjiachi | * | |
| 11652 Johnbrownlee | John W. Brownlee, planetary geologist, who worked on Mars Pathfinder and the Catalina Sky Survey [†] | |
| 11656 Lipno | Lipno dam, South Bohemia, Czech Republic [†] | |
| 11657 Antonhajduk | Anton Hajduk, Slovak astronomer* | |
| 11664 Kashiwagi | * | |
| 11665 Dirichlet | Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, German mathematician* | |
| 11666 Bracker | Steve Bracker, astronomy computer programmer* | |
| 11667 Testa | Augusto Testa, Italian amateur astronomer [†] | |
| 11668 Balios | * | |
| 11669 Pascalscholl | * | |
| 11670 Fountain | * | |
| 11672 Cuney | * | |
| 11673 Baur | Johann M. Baur, German amateur astronomer, founder of the Chaonis Observatory in northern Italy [†] | |
| 11675 Billboyle | * | |
| 11678 Brevard | * | |
| 11679 Brucebaker | * | |
| 11682 Shiwaku | * | |
| 11685 Adamcurry | Adam Curry, American broadcaster* | |
| 11688 Amandugan | * | |
| 11690 Carodulaney | * | |
| 11691 Easterwood | * | |
| 11693 Grantelliott | * | |
| 11694 Esterhuysen | * | |
| 11695 Mattei | Janet Akyüz Mattei, American astronomer, for her leadership of the AAVSO [†] [‡] | |
| 11696 Capen | * | |
| 11697 Estrella | Allan Noriel Estrella, Filipino student, winner of the 2002 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) [†] [‡] [+] | |
| 11698 Fichtelman | * | |
| 11701-11800 | ||
| 11702 Mifischer | * | |
| 11703 Glassman | * | |
| 11704 Gorin | * | |
| 11707 Grigery | * | |
| 11709 Eudoxos | Eudoxus* | |
| 11710 Nataliehale | * | |
| 11711 Urquiza | * | |
| 11712 Kemcook | * | |
| 11713 Stubbs | * | |
| 11714 Mikebrown | Michael E. Brown, astronomer* | |
| 11715 Harperclark | * | |
| 11716 Amahartman | Amanda Nicole Hartman, American Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) 2002 grantee [link]* | |
| 11718 Hayward | Nicholas Mark Edward Alexander Hayward, British Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) 2002 grantee [link]* | |
| 11719 Hicklen | * | |
| 11720 Horodyskyj | Ulyana N. Horodyskyj, American Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) 2002 grantee [link]* | |
| 11724 Ronaldhsu | Ronald Hsu, American Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) 2002 grantee [link]* | |
| 11725 Victoriahsu | Victoria Hsu, American Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) 2002 grantee [link]* | |
| 11726 Edgerton | 1998 JA | * |
| 11727 Sweet | * | |
| 11728 Einer | * | |
| 11730 Yanhua | * | |
| 11736 Viktorfischl | [[Talk:Meanings_of_asteroid_names#2005_September_20_contents>†]] [‡] | |
| 11739 Baton Rouge | Baton Rouge, Louisiana* | |
| 11740 Georgesmith | * | |
| 11743 Jachowski | * | |
| 11746 Thomjansen | * | |
| 11753 Geoffburbidge | 2064 P-L | Geoffrey Ronald Burbidge, British-American physicist* |
| 11754 Herbig | 2560 P-L | George H. Herbig, American astronomer* |
| 11755 Paczynski | 2691 P-L | Bohdan Paczynski, Polish astronomer [†] (link is in Polish) |
| 11756 Geneparker | 2779 P-L | Eugene Parker, American astronomer* |
| 11757 Salpeter | 2799 P-L | Edwin Ernest Salpeter, Austrian astronomer* |
| 11758 Sargent | 4035 P-L | Wallace Sargent, American astronomer* |
| 11759 Sunyaev | 4075 P-L | Rashid Sunyaev, Uzbek astrophysicist* |
| 11771 Maestlin | 4136 T-2 | Michael Maestlin, German astronomer* |
| 11772 Jacoblemaire | 4210 T-2 | Jacob Le Maire, Dutch explorer, after whom the Straits of Lemaire are named; he was, along with Schouten, one of the first westerners to visit Tonga [†] |
| 11773 Schouten | 1021 T-3 | Willem Schouten, Dutch explorer who discovered Cape Horn [†] |
| 11774 Jerne | 1128 T-3 | Niels Kaj Jerne, British-born (of Danish parentage) immunologist, joint winner of the 1984 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology* |
| 11775 Köhler | 3224 T-3 | Georges J. F. Kohler, German biologist, joint winner of the 1984 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology* |
| 11776 Milstein | 3460 T-3 | César Milstein, Argentinian biochemist, joint winner of the 1984 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology* |
| 11777 Hargrave | 3526 T-3 | * |
| 11778 Kingsford Smith | 4102 T-3 | Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith, Australian aviator* |
| 11779 Zernike | 4197 T-3 | Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist, winner of the 1953 Nobel Prize for Physics [†] |
| 11785 Migaic | * | |
| 11786 Bakhchivandji | 1977 QW | * |
| 11787 Baumanka | * | |
| 11788 Nauchnyj | Crimea, Ukraine, created at the same time as the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in 1945 [[Talk:Meanings_of_asteroid_names#2005_July_21_contents>†]] | |
| 11789 Kempowski | 1977 RK | * |
| 11790 Goode | 1978 RU | * |
| 11791 Sofiyavarzar | * | |
| 11792 Sidorovsky | * | |
| 11793 Chujkovia | * | |
| 11795 Fredrikbruhn | Fredrik Bruhn, Swedish systems engineer specialised in miniaturisation and robotics, co-founder of Rotundus AB [†] [‡] [+] | |
| 11796 Nirenberg | * | |
| 11797 Warell | Johan Warell, Swedish astronomer [†] | |
| 11798 Davidsson | Björn Davidsson, Swedish astronomer [†] | |
| 11801-11900 | ||
| 11823 Christen | 1981 VF | * |
| 11826 Yurijgromov | * | |
| 11827 Wasyuzan | * | |
| 11830 Jessenius | 1984 JE | Ján Jesenský ('Jessenius'), Czech physician [†] |
| 11833 Dixon | 1985 RW | Roger Dixon, staff physicist at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory* |
| 11836 Eileen | 1986 CB | * |
| 11842 Kap'bos | * | |
| 11847 Winckelmann | * | |
| 11849 Fauvel | * | |
| 11852 Shoumen | 1988 RD | * |
| 11853 Runge | * | |
| 11854 Ludwigrichter | * | |
| 11855 Preller | * | |
| 11860 Uedasatoshi | 1988 UP | Satoshi Ueda, Japanese amateur astronomer [†] |
| 11868 Kleinrichert | 1989 TY | Michelle Kleinrichert Binzel, American adjunct professor of business management at Bentley College, wife of the discoverer [†] |
| 11870 Sverige | Swedish name for Sweden* | |
| 11871 Norge | Norwegian name for Norway* | |
| 11874 Gringauz | Konstantin Iosifovich Gringauz, Russian solar physicist* | |
| 11876 Doncarpenter | * | |
| 11881 Mirstation | Mir space station* | |
| 11886 Kraske | * | |
| 11887 Echemmon | * | |
| 11895 Dehant | * | |
| 11896 Camelbeeck | Thierry Camelbeeck, Belgian astronomer* | |
| 11897 Lemaire | * | |
| 11898 Dedeyn | * | |
| 11899 Weill | * | |
| 11900 Spinoy | * | |
| 11901-12000 | ||
| 11905 Giacometti | Alberto Giacometti, Italian surrealist sculptor and painter* | |
| 11911 Angel | 1992 LF | * |
| 11912 Piedade | * | |
| 11913 Svarna | * | |
| 11914 Sinachopoulos | * | |
| 11915 Nishiinoue | Tsuyoshi Nishiinoue, Japanese scholar and popularizer of astronomy [†] | |
| 11916 Wiesloch | Wiesloch, Germany* | |
| 11921 Mitamasahiro | * | |
| 11928 Akimotohiro | * | |
| 11929 Uchino | * | |
| 11930 Osamu | * | |
| 11933 Himuka | 1993 ES | * |
| 11941 Archinal | * | |
| 11942 Guettard | 1993 NV | Jean-Étienne Guettard, French naturalist and mineralogist* |
| 11943 Davidhartley | David Hartley, English philosopher* | |
| 11944 Shaftesbury | Shaftesbury, England, or, (the most likely candidate, given his significance in British history) Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, English philanthropist; the 3rd Earl Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philosopher, is possible but a less likely candidate* | |
| 11946 Bayle | Pierre Bayle, French philosopher* | |
| 11947 Kimclijsters | Kim Clijsters, Belgian tennis player [†] | |
| 11948 Justinehénin | Justine Hénin-Hardenne, Belgian tennis player [†] | |
| 11949 Kagayayutaka | * | |
| 11950 Morellet | André Morellet, French economist, philosopher, and writer* | |
| 11955 Russrobb | Russell Robb, Canadian astronomer [†] | |
| 11956 Tamarakate | * | |
| 11958 Galiani | * | |
| 11959 Okunokeno | * | |
| 11963 Ignace | * | |
| 11964 Prigogine | Ilya Prigogine, Belgian-Russian chemist* | |
| 11966 Plateau | * | |
| 11967 Boyle | Robert Boyle, Irish natural philosopher* | |
| 11968 Demariotte | * | |
| 11969 Gay-Lussac | Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist and physicist* | |
| 11970 Palitzsch | 1994 TD | Johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer[†] |
| 11974 Yasuhidefujita | 1994 YF | Yasuhide Fujita, Japanese amateur astronomer* |
| 11976 Josephthurn | 1995 JG | * |
| 11978 Makotomasako | * | |
| 11980 Ellis | Kerry Ellis, Canadian physicist [†] | |
| 11981 Boncompagni | Balthasar Boncompagni, Italian mathematician* | |
| 11987 Yonematsu | * | |
| 11997 Fassel | Deborah and Charles Fassel, Canadian amateur astronomers [†] | |
| 11998 Fermilab | Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, USA | |
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