Meanings of asteroid names (3501-4000)

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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.

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Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
3501-3600
3501 Olegiya 1971 QU Oleg Nikolaevich Korotsev, Russian astronomer [†]
3502 Huangpu *
3503 Brandt John Conrad Brandt, American astronomer and author [†]
3504 Kholshevnikov Konstantin Vladislavovich Kholshevnikov, Russian astronomer*
3505 Byrd 1983 AM Deborah Byrd, producer of the Earth & Sky radio series [†]
3506 French *
3507 Vilas 1982 UX Faith Vilas, American planetary scientist and (2005- ) Director of the MMT Observatory in Arizona
3508 Pasternak Boris Pasternak, Russian writer*
3509 Sanshui *
3510 Veeder 1982 TP Glenn John Veeder, American astronomer*
3511 Tsvetaeva Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet*
3512 Eriepa Erie, Pennsylvania*
3513 Quqinyue 1965 UZ Qu Qinyue, Chinese astronomer [MPC 34619]
3514 Hooke 1971 UJ Robert Hooke, English scientist*
3515 Jindra Lumír Jindra, Czech pharmacologist and friend of the discoverer [†]
3516 Rusheva Nadya Rusheva, Russian painter*
3517 Tatianicheva *
3518 Florena *
3519 Ambiorix 1984 DO Ambiorix, leader of Belgian tribe in time of the Romans [†]
3520 Klopsteg 1952 SG probably American physicist Paul E. Klopsteg*
3521 Comrie 1982 MH Leslie Comrie, New Zealand-born astronomer and pioneer in mathematical computation*
3522 Becker 1941 SW Ludwig Becker, German astronomer*
3523 Arina *
3524 Schulz *
3525 Paul *
3526 Jeffbell 1984 CN probably space scientist/writer Jeffrey F. Bell*
3527 McCord Thomas Bard McCord, American astronomer (planetary geologist)*
3528 Counselman Charles Claude Counselman, American planetary scientist [†]
3529 Dowling Timothy Edward Dowling, American planetary scientist [†]
3530 Hammel Heidi Beth Hammel, American planetary scientist [†] [‡]
3531 Cruikshank 1981 FB Dale Cruikshank, NASA space scientist [†]
3532 Tracie *
3533 Toyota 1986 UE Toyota, Aichi, Japan*
3534 Sax 1936 XA Antoine Joseph Adolphe Sax, Belgian musical instrument designer, best known for inventing the saxophone*
3535 Ditte *
3536 Schleicher David Glenn Schleicher, American astronomer [†]
3537 Jürgen 1982 VT *
3538 Nelsonia 6548 P-L *
3539 Weimar Weimar, Germany*
3540 Protesilaos Protesilaos, mythical person related to Trojan War*
3541 Graham 1984 ML *
3542 Tanjiazhen Tan Jiazhen, Chinese geneticist [MPC 34619]
3543 Ningbo *
3544 Borodino Village in Russia and location of the Battle of Borodino in 1812*
3545 Gaffey Michael James Gaffey, American planetary geologist*
3546 Atanasoff 1983 SC John Vincent Atanasoff, American (of Bulgarian descent) mathematician and physicist, inventor of the Atanasoff-Berry Computer*
3547 Serov *
3548 Eurybates 1973 SO Eurybates, mythological Greek soldier*
3549 Hapke 1981 YH Bruce William Hapke, American planetary scientist*
3550 Link 1981 YS František Link, Czech astronomer [†]
3551 Verenia 1983 RD *
3552 Don Quixote 1983 SA Don Quixote, eponymous hero of the novel by Cervantes*
3553 Mera 1985 JA *
3554 Amun 1986 EB Ammon, Egyptian god*
3555 Miyasaka *
3556 Lixiaohua 1964 UO *
3557 Sokolsky Andrei G. Sokolskii, Russian astronomer*
3558 Shishkin *
3559 Violaumayer 1980 PH Martin Mayer, German amateur astronomer, operating from the Volkssternwarte Violau (Violau Public Observatory) [†] [‡] [+]
3560 Chenqian *
3561 Devine 1983 HO *
3562 Ignatius 1984 AZ *
3563 Canterbury 1985 FE Canterbury, New Zealand*
3564 Talthybius Talthybius, mythological Greek soldier*
3565 Ojima 1986 YD Ojima, Gunma, Japan, where the discoverers' observatory was situated*
3566 Levitan Efrem Pavlovich Levitan, Russian astronomer*
3567 Alvema 1930 VD *
3568 ASCII 1936 UB ASCII, computer code*
3569 Kumon *
3570 Wuyeesun 1979 XO *
3571 Milanštefánik 1982 EJ Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak-French astronomer, meteorologist, general, one of the founders of Czechoslovakia [†]
3572 Leogoldberg Leo Goldberg, American astronomer*
3573 Holmberg Erik Holmberg, Swedish astronomer [†]
3574 Rudaux 1982 TQ Lucien Rudaux, French astronomer*
3575 Anyuta *
3576 Galina *
3577 Putilin 1969 TK *
3578 Carestia 1977 CC *
3579 Rockholt 1977 YA *
3580 Avery *
3581 Alvarez 1985 HC *
3582 Cyrano Cyrano de Bergerac, French dramatist*
3583 Burdett 1929 TQ *
3584 Aisha 1981 TW *
3585 Goshirakawa 1987 BE *
3586 Vasnetsov *
3587 Descartes René Descartes, French philosopher*
3588 Kirik *
3589 Loyola Ignatius of Loyola, Jesuit priest*
3590 Holst 1984 CQ Gustav Holst, composer*
3591 Vladimirskij *
3592 Nedbal 1980 CT Oskar Nedbal, Czech composer [†]
3593 Osip *
3594 Scotti 1983 CN *
3595 Gallagher *
3596 Meriones 1985 VO Meriones, mythical Greek warrior*
3597 Kakkuri 1941 UL Juhani Kakkuri, geodesist*
3598 Saucier *
3599 Basov *
3600 Archimedes Archimedes, Greek scientist*
3601-3700
3601 Velikhov *
3602 Lazzaro Daniela Lazzaro, Brazilian astronomer*
3603 Gajdušek 1981 RM Vilém Gajdušek, Czech telescope maker [†]
3604 Berkhuijsen 5550 P-L Ellie Berkhuijsen, Dutch astronomer [†]
3605 Davy 1932 WB Humphry Davy, chemist*
3606 Pohjola 1939 SF Pohjola, location in Finnish mythology*
3607 Naniwa *
3608 Kataev *
3609 Liloketai *
3610 Decampos *
3611 Dabu Dabu (大埔), county in Guangdong [MPC 34619]
3612 Peale 1982 TW *
3613 Kunlun Kunlun, mountain range in China [MPC 34619]
3614 Tumilty Jodi Anne Tumilty Thomas, daughter-in-law of the discoverer [MPC 25443]
3615 Safronov 1983 WZ *
3616 Glazunov *
3617 Eicher 1984 LJ *
3618 Kuprin *
3619 Nash *
3620 Platonov *
3621 Curtis *
3622 Ilinsky *
3623 Chaplin *
3624 Mironov *
3625 Fracastoro Mario Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian astronomer*
3626 Ohsaki 1929 PA *
3627 Sayers 1973 DS Dorothy Leigh Sayers, British author [MPC 34619]
3628 Božněmcová 1979 WD Božena Němcová, Czech writer [†]
3629 Lebedinskij 1982 WK Aleksandr Ignatevich Lebedinski, Russian astronomer [†]
3630 Lubomír 1984 QN Slavic first name [†]
3631 Sigyn Daughter of the discoverer*
3632 Grachevka *
3633 Mira *
3634 Iwan 1980 FV Iwan P. Williams, British astronomer [†]
3635 Kreutz Heinrich Kreutz, German astronomer*
3636 Pajdušáková Ľudmila Pajdušáková, Slovak astronomer [†]
3637 O'Meara 1984 UQ Stephen James O'Meara, American astronomer, astronomy writer and author and contributing editor to Sky and Telescope [†]
3638 Davis 1984 WX *
3639 Weidenschilling 1985 TX Stuart J. Weidenschilling, American planetary scientist [†]
3640 Gostin *
3641 Williams Bay A922 WC Williams Bay, Wisconsin, home of Yerkes Observatory*
3642 Frieden *
3643 Tienchanglin Chang-Lin Tien, former Chancellor of the University of California at Berkeley [†] [‡]
3644 Kojitaku 1931 TW *
3645 Fabini 1981 QZ Tatiana Fabini, Italian astronomy writer [†]
3646 Aduatiques *
3647 Dermott Stanley Frederick Dermott, American astronomer*
3648 Raffinetti 1957 HK *
3649 Guillermina 1976 HQ *
3650 Kunming *
3651 Friedman Named after Louis and Connie Friedman. Louis Friedman was a co-founder of the Planetary Society [†]
3652 Soros George Soros (György Soros), Hungarian-born American businessman and philosopher [†] [‡] [┼]
3653 Klimishin *
3654 AAS American Astronomical Society*
3655 Eupraksia *
3656 Hemingway 1978 QX Ernest Hemingway, US writer*
3657 Ermolova *
3658 Feldman 1982 TR Paul D. Feldman, American astronomer, and Paul A. Feldman, Canadian radioastronomer [†]
3659 Bellingshausen Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Antarctic explorer*
3660 Lazarev *
3661 Dolmatovskij *
3662 Dezhnev *
3663 Tisserand Félix Tisserand, French astronomer*
3664 Anneres 4260 P-L *
3665 Fitzgerald 1979 FE Ella Fitzgerald, American jazz singer [†]
3666 Holman 1979 HP Matthew J. Holman, American astronomer [MPC 34619] [†]
3667 Anne-Marie 1981 EF *
3668 Ilfpetrov *
3669 Vertinskij *
3670 Northcott 1983 BN Ruth Josephine Northcott, Canadian astronomer [†]
3671 Dionysus 1984 KD *
3672 Stevedberg 1985 QQ Stephen J. Edberg, American astronomer*
3673 Levy 1985 QS David Levy, Canadian astronomer and author [†]
3674 Erbisbühl 1963 RH *
3675 Kemstach *
3676 Hahn 1984 GA Otto Hahn, physicist*
3677 Magnusson *
3678 Mongmanwai 1966 BO *
3679 Condruses 1984 DT Condruzes or Condruses, ancient inhabitants of what is now the Condroz, Belgium*
3680 Sasha 1987 MY *
3681 Boyan *
3682 Welther A923 NB Barbara L. Welther*
3683 Baumann 1987 MA Paul and Helene Baumann, German amateur astronomers [†] [‡]
3684 Berry 1983 AK *
3685 Derdenye *
3686 Antoku 1987 EB *
3687 Dzus A908 TC *
3688 Navajo 1981 FD *
3689 Yeates *
3690 Larson 1981 PM *
3691 Bede 1982 FT *
3692 Rickman *
3693 Barringer 1982 RU *
3694 Sharon *
3695 Fiala Alan Fiala, American astronomer*
3696 Herald 1980 OF *
3697 Guyhurst 1984 EV Guy Hurst, British amateur astronomer*
3698 Manning *
3699 Milbourn *
3700 Geowilliams *
3701-3800
3701 Purkyně 1985 DW Jan Evangelista Purkyně (Johannes Evangelists Purkinje), Czech anatomist, patriot, and physiologist [†]
3702 Trubetskaya 1970 NB *
3703 Volkonskaya *
3704 Gaoshiqi *
3705 Hotellasilla *
3706 Sinnott *
3707 Schröter 1934 CC Johann Hieronymus Schröter, German astronomer and selenographer*
3708 - -
3709 Polypoites Polypoites, mythical Greek warrior*
3710 Bogoslovskij *
3711 Ellensburg 1983 QD *
3712 Kraft 1984 YC *
3713 Pieters *
3714 Kenrussell Ken Russell, British film director*
3715 Štohl 1980 DS Ján Štohl, Slovak astronomer [†]
3716 Petzval 1980 TG József Miska Petzval, Hungarian engineer and mathematician [†] [‡] [+]
3717 Thorenia 1964 CG *
3718 Dunbar *
3719 Karamzin *
3720 Hokkaido Hokkaido, Japan*
3721 Widorn 1982 TU Thomas Widorn, Austrian astronomer*
3722 Urata 1927 UE Takeshi Urata, Japanese asteroid hunter*
3723 Voznesenskij *
3724 Annenskij *
3725 Valsecchi *
3726 Johnadams 1981 LJ John Adams, American president*
3727 Maxhell 1981 PQ Maximilian Hell (Miksa Hell), S.J., Slovak astronomer [†] [‡] [+]
3728 IRAS 1983 QF The Infrared Astronomical Satellite [MPC 34619] [†]
3729 Yangzhou *
3730 Hurban *
3731 Hancock John Hancock, American politician*
3732 Vávra Anton Alfred Vávra, father of the discoverer [†]
3733 Yoshitomo 1985 AF *
3734 Waland 9527 P-L Robert L. Waland, Scottish optician who developed new techniques for making the optics of Schmidt telescopes*
3735 Třeboň 1983 XS Třeboň, Czech Republic [†]
3736 Rokoske *
3737 Beckman 1983 PA *
3738 Ots *
3739 Rem *
3740 Menge 1981 EM *
3741 Rogerburns Roger Burns? *
3742 Sunshine *
3743 Pauljaniczek 1983 EW Paul Janiczek? *
3744 Horn-d'Arturo 1983 VE Guido Horn d'Arturo, Italian astronomer*
3745 Petaev 1949 SF *
3746 Heyuan *
3747 Belinskij *
3748 Tatum 1981 JQ Jeremy B. Tatum, Canadian astronomer [†]
3749 Balam David D. Balam, Canadian astronomer [†]
3750 Ilizarov *
3751 Kiang 1983 NK *
3752 Camillo 1985 PA *
3753 Cruithne 1986 TO Cruithne, ancient British tribe*
3754 Kathleen 1931 FM *
3755 Lecointe 1950 SJ *
3756 Ruscannon Russell David Cannon, British astronomer*
3757 - 1982 XB -
3758 Karttunen 1983 WP Hannu Karttunen, Finnish astronomer*
3759 Piironen 1984 AP Jukka Piironen, Finnish astronomer*
3760 Poutanen 1984 AQ Markku Poutanen, Finnish astronomer and geodesist*
3761 Romanskaya 1936 OH *
3762 Amaravella *
3763 Qianxuesen Qian Xuesen*
3764 Holmesacourt *
3765 Texereau Jean Texereau, optical engineer in the optical laboratory at Paris Observatory and author of the classic How to Make a Telescope*
3766 Junepatterson 1983 BF June Patterson? *
3767 DiMaggio 1986 LC Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player [MPC 34619]
3768 Monroe 1937 RB Marilyn Monroe, American actress [MPC 34619]
3769 Arthurmiller 1967 UV Arthur Miller, American playwright, essayist, and author*
3770 Nizami *
3771 Alexejtolstoj Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian poet*
3772 Piaf Édith Piaf, French singer*
3773 Smithsonian 1984 YY Smithsonian Institution, American museum*
3774 Megumi 1987 YC *
3775 Ellenbeth *
3776 Vartiovuori 1938 GG *
3777 McCauley *
3778 Regge *
3779 Kieffer Hugh H. Kieffer and/or Susan W. Kieffer, American planetary scientists*
3780 Maury 1985 RL Alain J. Maury, French astronomer [†]
3781 Dufek Rear Admiral George J. Dufek (US Navy), American Antarctic explorer [†]
3782 Celle 1986 TE *
3783 Morris *
3784 Chopin Frédéric Chopin, Polish composer*
3785 Kitami 1986 WM Kitami, Japan*
3786 Yamada 1988 AE *
3787 Aivazovskij *
3788 Steyaert Christian Steyaert, Belgian amateur astronomer, president of the Belgian (Flemish) astronomical society Vereniging voor Sterrenkunde from 1988–2004 [†]
3789 Zhongguo 1928 UF China*
3790 Raywilson 1937 UE *
3791 Marci Johannes Marcus Marci (Jan Marek Markù), Czech physician, physicist, astronomer, and natural philosopher [†]
3792 Preston 1985 FA *
3793 Leonteus Leonteus, mythical person related to Trojan War*
3794 Sthenelos Sthenelos, mythical person related to Trojan War*
3795 Nigel Nigel Henbest, British author, co-founder of Pioneer TV Productions [†]
3796 Lene 1986 XJ *
3797 Ching-Sung Yu 1987 YL *
3798 de Jager 2402 T-3 Cornelis de Jager (Kees de Jager), Dutch astronomer [†]
3799 Novgorod Novgorod, Russia*
3800 Karayusuf 1984 AB *
3801-3900
3801 Thrasymedes 1985 VS Thrasymedes, mythical person related to Trojan War*
3802 Dornburg *
3803 Tuchkova *
3804 Drunina *
3805 Goldreich Peter Goldreich*
3806 Tremaine Scott D. Tremaine, Canadian astronomer [†]
3807 Pagels Heinz Rudolf Pagels*
3808 Tempel Ernst Tempel, astronomer*
3809 Amici 1984 FA *
3810 Aoraki 1985 DX *
3811 Karma 1953 TH Karma, Hindu philosophy*
3812 Lidaksum *
3813 Fortov *
3814 Hoshi-no-mura 1981 JA *
3815 König 1959 GG *
3816 Chugainov *
3817 Lencarter Len Carter, of the British Interplanetary Society*
3818 Gorlitsa *
3819 Robinson 1983 AR *
3820 Sauval 1984 DV *
3821 Sonet *
3822 Segovia Andrés Segovia, guitarist*
3823 Yorii *
3824 Brendalee 1929 TK *
3825 Nürnberg 1967 UR *
3826 Handel George Frideric Handel, composer*
3827 Zdeněkhorský 1986 VU Zdeněk Horský, Czech historian-astronomer [†]
3828 Hoshino 1986 WC *
3829 Gunma 1988 EM *
3830 Trelleborg 1986 RL *
3831 Pettengill *
3832 Shapiro 1981 QJ *
3833 Calingasta 1971 SC *
3834 Zappafrank 1980 JE Frank Zappa, American musician [†]
3835 Korolenko *
3836 Lem Stanisław Lem, Russian science fiction writer*
3837 Carr *
3838 Epona 1986 WA *
3839 Bogaevskij 1971 OU *
3840 Mimistrobell *
3841 Dicicco Dennis DiCicco, editor of Sky & Telescope*
3842 Harlansmith Harlan Smith, American astronomer*
3843 OISCA 1987 DM *
3844 Lujiaxi 1966 BZ Lu Jiaxi, Chinese physical chemist*
3845 Neyachenko *
3846 Hazel *
3847 Šindel Jan Ondřejův (Šindel), medieval Czech astronomer, mathematician, physician, and professor [†]
3848 Analucia Ana Lucia Martins, friend of discoverer
3849 Incidentia 1984 FC *
3850 Peltier Leslie Peltier, American amateur astronomer*
3851 Alhambra 1986 UZ Alhambra palace in Spain*
3852 - -
3853 Haas *
3854 George 1983 EA *
3855 Pasasymphonia *
3856 Lutskij 1976 QX *
3857 Cellino *
3858 Dorchester 1986 TG *
3859 Börngen 1987 EW Freimut Börngen, German astronomer*
3860 Plovdiv Plovdiv, Bulgaria*
3861 Lorenz A910 FA *
3862 Agekian 1972 KM *
3863 Gilyarovskij *
3864 Søren 1986 XF *
3865 Lindbloom *
3866 Langley *
3867 Shiretoko 1988 HG *
3868 Mendoza 4575 P-L *
3869 Norton 1981 JE Arthur Philip Norton, British amateur astronomer (Norton's Star Atlas)*
3870 Mayré Daughter of the discoverer*
3871 Reiz Anders Reiz, Danish astronomer*
3872 Akirafujii 1983 AV *
3873 Roddy 1984 WB *
3874 Stuart *
3875 Staehle 1988 KE *
3876 Quaide 1988 KJ *
3877 Braes 3108 P-L *
3878 Jyoumon *
3879 Machar 1983 QA Josef Svatopluk Machar, Czech writer and poet [†]
3880 Kaiserman 1984 WK Saul Kaiserman?
3881 Doumergua 1925 VF *
3882 Johncox 1962 RN John Cox*
3883 Verbano 1972 RQ *
3884 Alferov Zhores Ivanovich Alferov, Russian physicist [†]
3885 Bogorodskij *
3886 Shcherbakovia *
3887 Gerstner 1985 QX František Josef Gerstner and his son František Antonín Gerstner, Czech physicist and railway engineers [†]
3888 Hoyt 1984 FO William Graves Hoyt, latterly Research Associate at Lowell Observatory, historian of science*
3889 Menshikov *
3890 Bunin *
3891 Werner *
3892 Dezsö 1941 HD Lóránt Dezsõ, Hungarian astronomer [†] [‡]
3893 DeLaeter *
3894 Williamcooke William Cooke*
3895 Earhart 1987 DE Amelia Earhart, aviator*
3896 Pordenone 1987 WB *
3897 Louhi 1942 RT *
3898 Curlewis *
3899 Wichterle Otto Wichterle, Czech chemist, inventor of the contact lens [†]
3900 Knežević 1985 RK *
3901-4000
3901 Nanjingdaxue 1958 GQ Nanjing University*
3902 Yoritomo 1986 AL *
3903 Kliment Ohridski Kliment Ohridski, philosopher*
3904 Honda 1988 DQ *
3905 Doppler 1984 QO Christian Doppler, Austrian mathematician and physicist [†]
3906 Chao *
3907 Kilmartin A904 PC Pamela M. Kilmartin, New Zealand astronomer*
3908 Nyx 1980 PA Nyx, Greek goddess*
3909 Gladys *
3910 Liszt 1988 SF Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist and composer [†] [‡]
3911 Otomo 1940 QB *
3912 Troja 1988 SG Troy, ancient legendary city*
3913 Chemin *
3914 Kotogahama 1987 SE Kotogahama, beach in Geisei, Japan*
3915 Fukushima *
3916 Maeva Maeva d'Alloy d'Hocquincourt Vitry
3917 Franz Schubert 1961 CX Franz Schubert, composer*
3918 Brel Jacques Brel, Belgian songwriter and performer*
3919 Maryanning 1984 DS Mary Anning, English fossil hunter [MPC 34619]
3920 Aubignan 1948 WF *
3921 Klement'ev 1971 OH *
3922 Heather *
3923 Radzievskij Vladimir Vyacheslavovich Radzievskii, Russian astronomer [†]
3924 Birch 1977 CU *
3925 Tret'yakov *
3926 Ramirez *
3927 Feliciaplatt Felicia Platt, mother of the discoverer [MPC 25443]
3928 Randa 1981 PG *
3929 Carmelmaria *
3930 Vasilev *
3931 Batten 1984 EN Alan H. Batten, Canadian astronomer [†]
3932 Edshay *
3933 Portugal Portugal*
3934 Tove *
3935 Toatenmongakkai 1987 PB Japanese for Oriental Astronomical Association*
3936 Elst 2321 T-3 Eric Walter Elst, astronomer [†]
3937 Bretagnon 1932 EO *
3938 Chapront 1949 PL *
3939 Huruhata 1953 GO *
3940 Larion *
3941 Haydn Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer*
3942 Churivannia *
3943 Silbermann *
3944 Halliday Ian Halliday, Canadian astronomer [†]
3945 Gerasimenko 1982 PL *
3946 Shor *
3947 Swedenborg 1983 XD Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher*
3948 Bohr 1985 RF Niels Henrik David Bohr, Danish physicist*
3949 Mach 1985 UL Ernst Mach, Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher [†]
3950 - 1986 CH *
3951 Zichichi Antonino Zichichi, Italian astrophysicist*
3952 Russellmark Russell Mark Group has assisted Minor Planet Center with editing asteroid citations [MPC 34619]
3953 Perth *
3954 Mendelssohn 1987 HU Felix Mendelssohn, German composer*
3955 Bruckner Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer*
3956 Caspar *
3957 Sugie 1933 OD Atsushi Sugie, Japanese astronomer*
3958 Komendantov 1953 TC *
3959 Irwin *
3960 Chaliubieju 1955 BG *
3961 Arthurcox 1962 OB *
3962 Valyaev 1967 CC *
3963 Paradzhanov *
3964 Danilevskij *
3965 Konopleva *
3966 Cherednichenko *
3967 Shekhtelia *
3968 Koptelov *
3969 Rossi Karl Ivanovich Rossi (Carlo Rossi), Italian-Russian architect [†]
3970 Herran *
3971 Voronikhin *
3972 Richard *
3973 Ogilvie *
3974 Verveer 1982 FS Arie Verveer, Dutch-born astronomer, Director of Perth Observatory in Western Australia [†]
3975 Verdi Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer*
3976 Lise 1983 JM *
3977 Maxine 1983 LM *
3978 Klepešta Josef Klepešta, Czech astronomer [†]
3979 Brorsen Theodor Brorsen, Danish astronomer [†]
3980 Hviezdoslav 1983 XU Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet [†]
3981 Stodola 1984 BL Aurel Stodola, Slovak engineer, physicist, and inventor [†]
3982 Kastel *
3983 Sakiko 1984 SX Sakiko Nakano, sister of Japanese astronomer Syuichi Nakano [†]
3984 Chacos Albert Anthony Chacos, American space engineer [†]
3985 Raybatson 1985 CX Raymond M. Batson, American planetary geologist*
3986 Rozhkovskij *
3987 Wujek *
3988 - 1986 LA *
3989 Odin 1986 RM Odin, Norse god*
3990 Heimdal Heimdall, Norse god*
3991 Basilevsky Aleksandr T. Basilevskii, Russian planetary geologist*
3992 Wagner Richard Wagner, German composer, music theorist, and essayist*
3993 Šorm František Šorm, Czech scientist, president of the Czechoslovak academy of Sciences during the International Geophysical year, founder of the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry in Prague [†]
3994 Ayashi 1988 XF *
3995 Sakaino 1988 XM *
3996 Fugaku One of ancient names for Mount Fuji in Japan [MPC 34619]
3997 Taga *
3998 Tezuka 1989 AB *
3999 Aristarchus 1989 AL Aristarchus of Samos, Ancient Greek astronomer and mathematician*
4000 Hipparchus 1989 AV Hipparchus, Ancient Greek scientist*

Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
3501-3600
3501 Olegiya	1971 QU	Oleg Nikolaevich Korotsev, Russian astronomer [†]
3502 Huangpu		*
3503 Brandt		John Conrad Brandt, American astronomer and author [†]
3504 Kholshevnikov		Konstantin Vladislavovich Kholshevnikov, Russian astronomer*
3505 Byrd	1983 AM	Deborah Byrd, producer of the Earth & Sky radio series [†]
3506 French		*
3507 Vilas	1982 UX	Faith Vilas, American planetary scientist and (2005- ) Director of the MMT Observatory in Arizona
3508 Pasternak		Boris Pasternak, Russian writer*
3509 Sanshui		*
3510 Veeder	1982 TP	Glenn John Veeder, American astronomer*
3511 Tsvetaeva		Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet*
3512 Eriepa		Erie, Pennsylvania*
3513 Quqinyue	1965 UZ	Qu Qinyue, Chinese astronomer [MPC 34619]
3514 Hooke	1971 UJ	Robert Hooke, English scientist*
3515 Jindra		Lumír Jindra, Czech pharmacologist and friend of the discoverer [†]
3516 Rusheva		Nadya Rusheva, Russian painter*
3517 Tatianicheva		*
3518 Florena		*
3519 Ambiorix	1984 DO	Ambiorix, leader of Belgian tribe in time of the Romans [†]
3520 Klopsteg	1952 SG	probably American physicist Paul E. Klopsteg*
3521 Comrie	1982 MH	Leslie Comrie, New Zealand-born astronomer and pioneer in mathematical computation*
3522 Becker	1941 SW	Ludwig Becker, German astronomer*
3523 Arina		*
3524 Schulz		*
3525 Paul		*
3526 Jeffbell	1984 CN	probably space scientist/writer Jeffrey F. Bell*
3527 McCord		Thomas Bard McCord, American astronomer (planetary geologist)*
3528 Counselman		Charles Claude Counselman, American planetary scientist [†]
3529 Dowling		Timothy Edward Dowling, American planetary scientist [†]
3530 Hammel		Heidi Beth Hammel, American planetary scientist [†] [‡]
3531 Cruikshank	1981 FB	Dale Cruikshank, NASA space scientist [†]
3532 Tracie		*
3533 Toyota	1986 UE	Toyota, Aichi, Japan*
3534 Sax	1936 XA	Antoine Joseph Adolphe Sax, Belgian musical instrument designer, best known for inventing the saxophone*
3535 Ditte		*
3536 Schleicher		David Glenn Schleicher, American astronomer [†]
3537 Jürgen	1982 VT	*
3538 Nelsonia	6548 P-L	*
3539 Weimar		Weimar, Germany*
3540 Protesilaos		Protesilaos, mythical person related to Trojan War*
3541 Graham	1984 ML	*
3542 Tanjiazhen		Tan Jiazhen, Chinese geneticist [MPC 34619]
3543 Ningbo		*
3544 Borodino		Village in Russia and location of the Battle of Borodino in 1812*
3545 Gaffey		Michael James Gaffey, American planetary geologist*
3546 Atanasoff	1983 SC	John Vincent Atanasoff, American (of Bulgarian descent) mathematician and physicist, inventor of the Atanasoff-Berry Computer*
3547 Serov		*
3548 Eurybates	1973 SO	Eurybates, mythological Greek soldier*
3549 Hapke	1981 YH	Bruce William Hapke, American planetary scientist*
3550 Link	1981 YS	František Link, Czech astronomer [†]
3551 Verenia	1983 RD	*
3552 Don Quixote	1983 SA	Don Quixote, eponymous hero of the novel by Cervantes*
3553 Mera	1985 JA	*
3554 Amun	1986 EB	Ammon, Egyptian god*
3555 Miyasaka		*
3556 Lixiaohua	1964 UO	*
3557 Sokolsky		Andrei G. Sokolskii, Russian astronomer*
3558 Shishkin		*
3559 Violaumayer	1980 PH	Martin Mayer, German amateur astronomer, operating from the Volkssternwarte Violau (Violau Public Observatory) [†] [‡] [+]
3560 Chenqian		*
3561 Devine	1983 HO	*
3562 Ignatius	1984 AZ	*
3563 Canterbury	1985 FE	Canterbury, New Zealand*
3564 Talthybius		Talthybius, mythological Greek soldier*
3565 Ojima	1986 YD	Ojima, Gunma, Japan, where the discoverers' observatory was situated*
3566 Levitan		Efrem Pavlovich Levitan, Russian astronomer*
3567 Alvema	1930 VD	*
3568 ASCII	1936 UB	ASCII, computer code*
3569 Kumon		*
3570 Wuyeesun	1979 XO	*
3571 Milanštefánik	1982 EJ	Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak-French astronomer, meteorologist, general, one of the founders of Czechoslovakia [†]
3572 Leogoldberg		Leo Goldberg, American astronomer*
3573 Holmberg		Erik Holmberg, Swedish astronomer [†]
3574 Rudaux	1982 TQ	Lucien Rudaux, French astronomer*
3575 Anyuta		*
3576 Galina		*
3577 Putilin	1969 TK	*
3578 Carestia	1977 CC	*
3579 Rockholt	1977 YA	*
3580 Avery		*
3581 Alvarez	1985 HC	*
3582 Cyrano		Cyrano de Bergerac, French dramatist*
3583 Burdett	1929 TQ	*
3584 Aisha	1981 TW	*
3585 Goshirakawa	1987 BE	*
3586 Vasnetsov		*
3587 Descartes		René Descartes, French philosopher*
3588 Kirik		*
3589 Loyola		Ignatius of Loyola, Jesuit priest*
3590 Holst	1984 CQ	Gustav Holst, composer*
3591 Vladimirskij		*
3592 Nedbal	1980 CT	Oskar Nedbal, Czech composer [†]
3593 Osip		*
3594 Scotti	1983 CN	*
3595 Gallagher		*
3596 Meriones	1985 VO	Meriones, mythical Greek warrior*
3597 Kakkuri	1941 UL	Juhani Kakkuri, geodesist*
3598 Saucier		*
3599 Basov		*
3600 Archimedes		Archimedes, Greek scientist*
3601-3700
3601 Velikhov		*
3602 Lazzaro		Daniela Lazzaro, Brazilian astronomer*
3603 Gajdušek	1981 RM	Vilém Gajdušek, Czech telescope maker [†]
3604 Berkhuijsen	5550 P-L	Ellie Berkhuijsen, Dutch astronomer [†]
3605 Davy	1932 WB	Humphry Davy, chemist*
3606 Pohjola	1939 SF	Pohjola, location in Finnish mythology*
3607 Naniwa		*
3608 Kataev		*
3609 Liloketai		*
3610 Decampos		*
3611 Dabu		Dabu (大埔), county in Guangdong [MPC 34619]
3612 Peale	1982 TW	*
3613 Kunlun		Kunlun, mountain range in China [MPC 34619]
3614 Tumilty		Jodi Anne Tumilty Thomas, daughter-in-law of the discoverer [MPC 25443]
3615 Safronov	1983 WZ	*
3616 Glazunov		*
3617 Eicher	1984 LJ	*
3618 Kuprin		*
3619 Nash		*
3620 Platonov		*
3621 Curtis		*
3622 Ilinsky		*
3623 Chaplin		*
3624 Mironov		*
3625 Fracastoro		Mario Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian astronomer*
3626 Ohsaki	1929 PA	*
3627 Sayers	1973 DS	Dorothy Leigh Sayers, British author [MPC 34619]
3628 Božněmcová	1979 WD	Božena Němcová, Czech writer [†]
3629 Lebedinskij	1982 WK	Aleksandr Ignatevich Lebedinski, Russian astronomer [†]
3630 Lubomír	1984 QN	Slavic first name [†]
3631 Sigyn		Daughter of the discoverer*
3632 Grachevka		*
3633 Mira		*
3634 Iwan	1980 FV	Iwan P. Williams, British astronomer [†]
3635 Kreutz		Heinrich Kreutz, German astronomer*
3636 Pajdušáková		Ľudmila Pajdušáková, Slovak astronomer [†]
3637 O'Meara	1984 UQ	Stephen James O'Meara, American astronomer, astronomy writer and author and contributing editor to Sky and Telescope [†]
3638 Davis	1984 WX	*
3639 Weidenschilling	1985 TX	Stuart J. Weidenschilling, American planetary scientist [†]
3640 Gostin		*
3641 Williams Bay	A922 WC	Williams Bay, Wisconsin, home of Yerkes Observatory*
3642 Frieden		*
3643 Tienchanglin		Chang-Lin Tien, former Chancellor of the University of California at Berkeley [†] [‡]
3644 Kojitaku	1931 TW	*
3645 Fabini	1981 QZ	Tatiana Fabini, Italian astronomy writer [†]
3646 Aduatiques		*
3647 Dermott		Stanley Frederick Dermott, American astronomer*
3648 Raffinetti	1957 HK	*
3649 Guillermina	1976 HQ	*
3650 Kunming		*
3651 Friedman		Named after Louis and Connie Friedman. Louis Friedman was a co-founder of the Planetary Society [†]
3652 Soros		George Soros (György Soros), Hungarian-born American businessman and philosopher [†] [‡] [┼]
3653 Klimishin		*
3654 AAS		American Astronomical Society*
3655 Eupraksia		*
3656 Hemingway	1978 QX	Ernest Hemingway, US writer*
3657 Ermolova		*
3658 Feldman	1982 TR	Paul D. Feldman, American astronomer, and Paul A. Feldman, Canadian radioastronomer [†]
3659 Bellingshausen		Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Antarctic explorer*
3660 Lazarev		*
3661 Dolmatovskij		*
3662 Dezhnev		*
3663 Tisserand		Félix Tisserand, French astronomer*
3664 Anneres	4260 P-L	*
3665 Fitzgerald	1979 FE	Ella Fitzgerald, American jazz singer [†]
3666 Holman	1979 HP	Matthew J. Holman, American astronomer [MPC 34619] [†]
3667 Anne-Marie	1981 EF	*
3668 Ilfpetrov		*
3669 Vertinskij		*
3670 Northcott	1983 BN	Ruth Josephine Northcott, Canadian astronomer [†]
3671 Dionysus	1984 KD	*
3672 Stevedberg	1985 QQ	Stephen J. Edberg, American astronomer*
3673 Levy	1985 QS	David Levy, Canadian astronomer and author [†]
3674 Erbisbühl	1963 RH	*
3675 Kemstach		*
3676 Hahn	1984 GA	Otto Hahn, physicist*
3677 Magnusson		*
3678 Mongmanwai	1966 BO	*
3679 Condruses	1984 DT	Condruzes or Condruses, ancient inhabitants of what is now the Condroz, Belgium*
3680 Sasha	1987 MY	*
3681 Boyan		*
3682 Welther	A923 NB	Barbara L. Welther*
3683 Baumann	1987 MA	Paul and Helene Baumann, German amateur astronomers [†] [‡]
3684 Berry	1983 AK	*
3685 Derdenye		*
3686 Antoku	1987 EB	*
3687 Dzus	A908 TC	*
3688 Navajo	1981 FD	*
3689 Yeates		*
3690 Larson	1981 PM	*
3691 Bede	1982 FT	*
3692 Rickman		*
3693 Barringer	1982 RU	*
3694 Sharon		*
3695 Fiala		Alan Fiala, American astronomer*
3696 Herald	1980 OF	*
3697 Guyhurst	1984 EV	Guy Hurst, British amateur astronomer*
3698 Manning		*
3699 Milbourn		*
3700 Geowilliams		*
3701-3800
3701 Purkyně	1985 DW	Jan Evangelista Purkyně (Johannes Evangelists Purkinje), Czech anatomist, patriot, and physiologist [†]
3702 Trubetskaya	1970 NB	*
3703 Volkonskaya		*
3704 Gaoshiqi		*
3705 Hotellasilla		*
3706 Sinnott		*
3707 Schröter	1934 CC	Johann Hieronymus Schröter, German astronomer and selenographer*
3708 -		-
3709 Polypoites		Polypoites, mythical Greek warrior*
3710 Bogoslovskij		*
3711 Ellensburg	1983 QD	*
3712 Kraft	1984 YC	*
3713 Pieters		*
3714 Kenrussell		Ken Russell, British film director*
3715 Štohl	1980 DS	Ján Štohl, Slovak astronomer [†]
3716 Petzval	1980 TG	József Miska Petzval, Hungarian engineer and mathematician [†] [‡] [+]
3717 Thorenia	1964 CG	*
3718 Dunbar		*
3719 Karamzin		*
3720 Hokkaido		Hokkaido, Japan*
3721 Widorn	1982 TU	Thomas Widorn, Austrian astronomer*
3722 Urata	1927 UE	Takeshi Urata, Japanese asteroid hunter*
3723 Voznesenskij		*
3724 Annenskij		*
3725 Valsecchi		*
3726 Johnadams	1981 LJ	John Adams, American president*
3727 Maxhell	1981 PQ	Maximilian Hell (Miksa Hell), S.J., Slovak astronomer [†] [‡] [+]
3728 IRAS	1983 QF	The Infrared Astronomical Satellite [MPC 34619] [†]
3729 Yangzhou		*
3730 Hurban		*
3731 Hancock		John Hancock, American politician*
3732 Vávra		Anton Alfred Vávra, father of the discoverer [†]
3733 Yoshitomo	1985 AF	*
3734 Waland	9527 P-L	Robert L. Waland, Scottish optician who developed new techniques for making the optics of Schmidt telescopes*
3735 Třeboň	1983 XS	Třeboň, Czech Republic [†]
3736 Rokoske		*
3737 Beckman	1983 PA	*
3738 Ots		*
3739 Rem		*
3740 Menge	1981 EM	*
3741 Rogerburns		Roger Burns? *
3742 Sunshine		*
3743 Pauljaniczek	1983 EW	Paul Janiczek? *
3744 Horn-d'Arturo	1983 VE	Guido Horn d'Arturo, Italian astronomer*
3745 Petaev	1949 SF	*
3746 Heyuan		*
3747 Belinskij		*
3748 Tatum	1981 JQ	Jeremy B. Tatum, Canadian astronomer [†]
3749 Balam		David D. Balam, Canadian astronomer [†]
3750 Ilizarov		*
3751 Kiang	1983 NK	*
3752 Camillo	1985 PA	*
3753 Cruithne	1986 TO	Cruithne, ancient British tribe*
3754 Kathleen	1931 FM	*
3755 Lecointe	1950 SJ	*
3756 Ruscannon		Russell David Cannon, British astronomer*
3757 -	1982 XB	-
3758 Karttunen	1983 WP	Hannu Karttunen, Finnish astronomer*
3759 Piironen	1984 AP	Jukka Piironen, Finnish astronomer*
3760 Poutanen	1984 AQ	Markku Poutanen, Finnish astronomer and geodesist*
3761 Romanskaya	1936 OH	*
3762 Amaravella		*
3763 Qianxuesen		Qian Xuesen*
3764 Holmesacourt		*
3765 Texereau		Jean Texereau, optical engineer in the optical laboratory at Paris Observatory and author of the classic How to Make a Telescope*
3766 Junepatterson	1983 BF	June Patterson? *
3767 DiMaggio	1986 LC	Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player [MPC 34619]
3768 Monroe	1937 RB	Marilyn Monroe, American actress [MPC 34619]
3769 Arthurmiller	1967 UV	Arthur Miller, American playwright, essayist, and author*
3770 Nizami		*
3771 Alexejtolstoj		Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian poet*
3772 Piaf		Édith Piaf, French singer*
3773 Smithsonian	1984 YY	Smithsonian Institution, American museum*
3774 Megumi	1987 YC	*
3775 Ellenbeth		*
3776 Vartiovuori	1938 GG	*
3777 McCauley		*
3778 Regge		*
3779 Kieffer		Hugh H. Kieffer and/or Susan W. Kieffer, American planetary scientists*
3780 Maury	1985 RL	Alain J. Maury, French astronomer [†]
3781 Dufek		Rear Admiral George J. Dufek (US Navy), American Antarctic explorer [†]
3782 Celle	1986 TE	*
3783 Morris		*
3784 Chopin		Frédéric Chopin, Polish composer*
3785 Kitami	1986 WM	Kitami, Japan*
3786 Yamada	1988 AE	*
3787 Aivazovskij		*
3788 Steyaert		Christian Steyaert, Belgian amateur astronomer, president of the Belgian (Flemish) astronomical society Vereniging voor Sterrenkunde from 1988–2004 [†]
3789 Zhongguo	1928 UF	China*
3790 Raywilson	1937 UE	*
3791 Marci		Johannes Marcus Marci (Jan Marek Markù), Czech physician, physicist, astronomer, and natural philosopher [†]
3792 Preston	1985 FA	*
3793 Leonteus		Leonteus, mythical person related to Trojan War*
3794 Sthenelos		Sthenelos, mythical person related to Trojan War*
3795 Nigel		Nigel Henbest, British author, co-founder of Pioneer TV Productions [†]
3796 Lene	1986 XJ	*
3797 Ching-Sung Yu	1987 YL	*
3798 de Jager	2402 T-3	Cornelis de Jager (Kees de Jager), Dutch astronomer [†]
3799 Novgorod		Novgorod, Russia*
3800 Karayusuf	1984 AB	*
3801-3900
3801 Thrasymedes	1985 VS	Thrasymedes, mythical person related to Trojan War*
3802 Dornburg		*
3803 Tuchkova		*
3804 Drunina		*
3805 Goldreich		Peter Goldreich*
3806 Tremaine		Scott D. Tremaine, Canadian astronomer [†]
3807 Pagels		Heinz Rudolf Pagels*
3808 Tempel		Ernst Tempel, astronomer*
3809 Amici	1984 FA	*
3810 Aoraki	1985 DX	*
3811 Karma	1953 TH	Karma, Hindu philosophy*
3812 Lidaksum		*
3813 Fortov		*
3814 Hoshi-no-mura	1981 JA	*
3815 König	1959 GG	*
3816 Chugainov		*
3817 Lencarter		Len Carter, of the British Interplanetary Society*
3818 Gorlitsa		*
3819 Robinson	1983 AR	*
3820 Sauval	1984 DV	*
3821 Sonet		*
3822 Segovia		Andrés Segovia, guitarist*
3823 Yorii		*
3824 Brendalee	1929 TK	*
3825 Nürnberg	1967 UR	*
3826 Handel		George Frideric Handel, composer*
3827 Zdeněkhorský	1986 VU	Zdeněk Horský, Czech historian-astronomer [†]
3828 Hoshino	1986 WC	*
3829 Gunma	1988 EM	*
3830 Trelleborg	1986 RL	*
3831 Pettengill		*
3832 Shapiro	1981 QJ	*
3833 Calingasta	1971 SC	*
3834 Zappafrank	1980 JE	Frank Zappa, American musician [†]
3835 Korolenko		*
3836 Lem		Stanisław Lem, Russian science fiction writer*
3837 Carr		*
3838 Epona	1986 WA	*
3839 Bogaevskij	1971 OU	*
3840 Mimistrobell		*
3841 Dicicco		Dennis DiCicco, editor of Sky & Telescope*
3842 Harlansmith		Harlan Smith, American astronomer*
3843 OISCA	1987 DM	*
3844 Lujiaxi	1966 BZ	Lu Jiaxi, Chinese physical chemist*
3845 Neyachenko		*
3846 Hazel		*
3847 Šindel		Jan Ondřejův (Šindel), medieval Czech astronomer, mathematician, physician, and professor [†]
3848 Analucia		Ana Lucia Martins, friend of discoverer
3849 Incidentia	1984 FC	*
3850 Peltier		Leslie Peltier, American amateur astronomer*
3851 Alhambra	1986 UZ	Alhambra palace in Spain*
3852 -		-
3853 Haas		*
3854 George	1983 EA	*
3855 Pasasymphonia		*
3856 Lutskij	1976 QX	*
3857 Cellino		*
3858 Dorchester	1986 TG	*
3859 Börngen	1987 EW	Freimut Börngen, German astronomer*
3860 Plovdiv		Plovdiv, Bulgaria*
3861 Lorenz	A910 FA	*
3862 Agekian	1972 KM	*
3863 Gilyarovskij		*
3864 Søren	1986 XF	*
3865 Lindbloom		*
3866 Langley		*
3867 Shiretoko	1988 HG	*
3868 Mendoza	4575 P-L	*
3869 Norton	1981 JE	Arthur Philip Norton, British amateur astronomer (Norton's Star Atlas)*
3870 Mayré		Daughter of the discoverer*
3871 Reiz		Anders Reiz, Danish astronomer*
3872 Akirafujii	1983 AV	*
3873 Roddy	1984 WB	*
3874 Stuart		*
3875 Staehle	1988 KE	*
3876 Quaide	1988 KJ	*
3877 Braes	3108 P-L	*
3878 Jyoumon		*
3879 Machar	1983 QA	Josef Svatopluk Machar, Czech writer and poet [†]
3880 Kaiserman	1984 WK	Saul Kaiserman?
3881 Doumergua	1925 VF	*
3882 Johncox	1962 RN	John Cox*
3883 Verbano	1972 RQ	*
3884 Alferov		Zhores Ivanovich Alferov, Russian physicist [†]
3885 Bogorodskij		*
3886 Shcherbakovia		*
3887 Gerstner	1985 QX	František Josef Gerstner and his son František Antonín Gerstner, Czech physicist and railway engineers [†]
3888 Hoyt	1984 FO	William Graves Hoyt, latterly Research Associate at Lowell Observatory, historian of science*
3889 Menshikov		*
3890 Bunin		*
3891 Werner		*
3892 Dezsö	1941 HD	Lóránt Dezsõ, Hungarian astronomer [†] [‡]
3893 DeLaeter		*
3894 Williamcooke		William Cooke*
3895 Earhart	1987 DE	Amelia Earhart, aviator*
3896 Pordenone	1987 WB	*
3897 Louhi	1942 RT	*
3898 Curlewis		*
3899 Wichterle		Otto Wichterle, Czech chemist, inventor of the contact lens [†]
3900 Knežević	1985 RK	*
3901-4000
3901 Nanjingdaxue	1958 GQ	Nanjing University*
3902 Yoritomo	1986 AL	*
3903 Kliment Ohridski		Kliment Ohridski, philosopher*
3904 Honda	1988 DQ	*
3905 Doppler	1984 QO	Christian Doppler, Austrian mathematician and physicist [†]
3906 Chao		*
3907 Kilmartin	A904 PC	Pamela M. Kilmartin, New Zealand astronomer*
3908 Nyx	1980 PA	Nyx, Greek goddess*
3909 Gladys		*
3910 Liszt	1988 SF	Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist and composer [†] [‡]
3911 Otomo	1940 QB	*
3912 Troja	1988 SG	Troy, ancient legendary city*
3913 Chemin		*
3914 Kotogahama	1987 SE	Kotogahama, beach in Geisei, Japan*
3915 Fukushima		*
3916 Maeva		Maeva d'Alloy d'Hocquincourt Vitry
3917 Franz Schubert	1961 CX	Franz Schubert, composer*
3918 Brel		Jacques Brel, Belgian songwriter and performer*
3919 Maryanning	1984 DS	Mary Anning, English fossil hunter [MPC 34619]
3920 Aubignan	1948 WF	*
3921 Klement'ev	1971 OH	*
3922 Heather		*
3923 Radzievskij		Vladimir Vyacheslavovich Radzievskii, Russian astronomer [†]
3924 Birch	1977 CU	*
3925 Tret'yakov		*
3926 Ramirez		*
3927 Feliciaplatt		Felicia Platt, mother of the discoverer [MPC 25443]
3928 Randa	1981 PG	*
3929 Carmelmaria		*
3930 Vasilev		*
3931 Batten	1984 EN	Alan H. Batten, Canadian astronomer [†]
3932 Edshay		*
3933 Portugal		Portugal*
3934 Tove		*
3935 Toatenmongakkai	1987 PB	Japanese for Oriental Astronomical Association*
3936 Elst	2321 T-3	Eric Walter Elst, astronomer [†]
3937 Bretagnon	1932 EO	*
3938 Chapront	1949 PL	*
3939 Huruhata	1953 GO	*
3940 Larion		*
3941 Haydn		Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer*
3942 Churivannia		*
3943 Silbermann		*
3944 Halliday		Ian Halliday, Canadian astronomer [†]
3945 Gerasimenko	1982 PL	*
3946 Shor		*
3947 Swedenborg	1983 XD	Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher*
3948 Bohr	1985 RF	Niels Henrik David Bohr, Danish physicist*
3949 Mach	1985 UL	Ernst Mach, Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher [†]
3950 -	1986 CH	*
3951 Zichichi		Antonino Zichichi, Italian astrophysicist*
3952 Russellmark		Russell Mark Group has assisted Minor Planet Center with editing asteroid citations [MPC 34619]
3953 Perth		*
3954 Mendelssohn	1987 HU	Felix Mendelssohn, German composer*
3955 Bruckner		Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer*
3956 Caspar		*
3957 Sugie	1933 OD	Atsushi Sugie, Japanese astronomer*
3958 Komendantov	1953 TC	*
3959 Irwin		*
3960 Chaliubieju	1955 BG	*
3961 Arthurcox	1962 OB	*
3962 Valyaev	1967 CC	*
3963 Paradzhanov		*
3964 Danilevskij		*
3965 Konopleva		*
3966 Cherednichenko		*
3967 Shekhtelia		*
3968 Koptelov		*
3969 Rossi		Karl Ivanovich Rossi (Carlo Rossi), Italian-Russian architect [†]
3970 Herran		*
3971 Voronikhin		*
3972 Richard		*
3973 Ogilvie		*
3974 Verveer	1982 FS	Arie Verveer, Dutch-born astronomer, Director of Perth Observatory in Western Australia [†]
3975 Verdi		Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer*
3976 Lise	1983 JM	*
3977 Maxine	1983 LM	*
3978 Klepešta		Josef Klepešta, Czech astronomer [†]
3979 Brorsen		Theodor Brorsen, Danish astronomer [†]
3980 Hviezdoslav	1983 XU	Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet [†]
3981 Stodola	1984 BL	Aurel Stodola, Slovak engineer, physicist, and inventor [†]
3982 Kastel		*
3983 Sakiko	1984 SX	Sakiko Nakano, sister of Japanese astronomer Syuichi Nakano [†]
3984 Chacos		Albert Anthony Chacos, American space engineer [†]
3985 Raybatson	1985 CX	Raymond M. Batson, American planetary geologist*
3986 Rozhkovskij		*
3987 Wujek		*
3988 -	1986 LA	*
3989 Odin	1986 RM	Odin, Norse god*
3990 Heimdal		Heimdall, Norse god*
3991 Basilevsky		Aleksandr T. Basilevskii, Russian planetary geologist*
3992 Wagner		Richard Wagner, German composer, music theorist, and essayist*
3993 Šorm		František Šorm, Czech scientist, president of the Czechoslovak academy of Sciences during the International Geophysical year, founder of the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry in Prague [†]
3994 Ayashi	1988 XF	*
3995 Sakaino	1988 XM	*

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