Meanings of asteroid names (4001-4500)

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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.

: 4001... 4101... 4201... 4301... 4401...

Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
4001-4100
4001 Ptolemaeus 1949 PV Ptolemy, Greek astronomer*
4002 Shinagawa 1950 JB Seishi Shinagawa, first to use electronic computers for orbit computation in Japan [MPC 22500]
4003 Schumann 1964 ED Robert Schumann, German composer [MPC 14634]
4004 List'ev *
4005 Dyagilev Sergey Diaghilev, Russian impresario*
4006 Sandler 1972 YR *
4007 Euryalos 1973 SR Euryalos, mythical Greek warrior*
4008 Corbin 1977 BY Thomas E. Corbin, American astronomer, and his wife Brenda Corbin, Librarian, both at the US Naval Observatory [†] [‡]
4009 Drobyshevskij *
4010 Nikol'skij *
4011 Bakharev *
4012 Geballe Tom Geballe, American astronomer*
4013 Ogiria Maiya Borisovna Ogir', Russian solar physicist [MPC 22500] [†]
4014 Heizman *
4015 Wilson-Harrington 1979 VA Albert G. Wilson and Robert G. Harrington, American astronomers, co-discoverers † [MPC 22246]
4016 Sambre 1979 XK The Sambre River, France and Belgium*
4017 Disneya Walt Disney, American animator*
4018 Bratislava 1980 YM Bratislava, Slovakia [†]
4019 Klavetter *
4020 Dominique *
4021 Dancey Roy and Bruce D. Dancey, Canadian designers of telescope mirrors [†]
4022 Nonna *
4023 Jarník 1981 UN Vojtěch Jarník, Czech mathematician [†]
4024 Ronan 1981 WQ Colin Ronan, author and writer on astronomy [†]
4025 Ridley 1981 WU *
4026 Beet Ernest Agar Beet, teacher and amateur astronomer*
4027 Mitton 1982 DN Simon Mitton, astronomer and author*
4028 Pancratz Chris Pancratz, formerly of the National Space Society*
4029 Bridges *
4030 Archenhold The Archenhold Observatory (Archenhold-Sternwarte) or its first director Friedrich Simon Archenhold, or his son and successor Günter Archenhold*
4031 Mueller 1985 CL *
4032 Chaplygin *
4033 Yatsugatake 1986 FA Mount Yatsugatake, one of Japan's 100 famous mountains*
4034 - 1986 PA -
4035 - 1986 WD -
4036 Whitehouse David Whitehouse, British science journalist and BBC Online's Science Editor, recipient of the European Internet Journalist of the Year award in 2002 [†]
4037 Ikeya 1987 EC Kaoru Ikeya, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 16443]
4038 Kristina Kristina Leterme, Dutch literature professor and partner of the discoverer (MPC 15090) [†]
4039 Souseki 1987 SH Souseki Natsume, Japanese novelist (MPC 16246)
4040 Purcell Henry Purcell, British composer (MPC 16592)
4041 Miyamotoyohko *
4042 Okhotsk Sea of Okhotsk, between Japan and Russia [MPC 15427]
4043 Perolof 1175 T-3 Per Olof Hulth, Swedish astrophysicist*
4044 Erikhøg 5142 T-3 Erik Høg, Danish astronomer*
4045 Lowengrub 1953 RG *
4046 Swain 1953 TV *
4047 - *
4048 Samwestfall 1964 UC Richard Samuel Westfall, American historian of science [MPC 34619]
4049 Noragal' *
4050 Mebailey 1976 SF Mark Edward Bailey, British astronomer [†]
4051 Hatanaka 1978 VP *
4052 Crovisier Jacques Crovisier, French astronomer*
4053 Cherkasov Nikolai Cherkasov, Soviet actor*
4054 Turnov 1983 TL Turnov, Czech Republic [†]
4055 Magellan Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese explorer*
4056 Timwarner Tim Warner? *
4057 Demophon 1985 TQ Demophon, mythical king of Athens*
4058 Cecilgreen 1986 JV Cecil Howard Green, British geophysicist, co-founder of Texas Instruments and philanthropist extraordinary [†]
4059 Balder Balder, Norse god [MPC 22500]
4060 Deipylos Deipylos, mythical Greek hero [MPC 15090]
4061 Martelli Giuseppe Martelli, Italian architect and engineer [MPC 14972]
4062 Schiaparelli 1989 BF Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer [MPC 15090]
4063 Euforbo Euforbo, mythical person related to Trojan War [MPC 15091]
4064 Marjorie 2126 P-L *
4065 Meinel 2820 P-L Aden Baker Meinel, American astronomer*
4066 Haapavesi 1940 RG *
4067 Mikhel'son 1966 TP *
4068 Menestheus 1973 SW Menestheus, mythical king of Athens*
4069 Blakee Lawrence E. Blakee, observatory assistant [MPC 16247]
4070 Rozov *
4071 Rostovdon *
4072 Yayoi *
4073 Ruianzhongxue Ruianzhongxue (Ruian Middle School), Zhejiang, China, 110-year old school of mathematics [†]
4074 Sharkov *
4075 Sviridov Georgii Vasilievich Sviridov, Russian composer [†]
4076 Dörffel Georg Samuel Dörffel, German pastor and astronomer [MPC 14972]
4077 Asuka *
4078 Polakis 1983 AC *
4079 Britten 1983 CS Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, British composer (MPC 16592)
4080 Galinskij 1983 PW *
4081 Tippett Sir Michael Tippett, British composer (MPC 16592)
4082 Swann *
4083 Jody 1985 CV *
4084 Hollis 1985 GM *
4085 Weir 1985 JR *
4086 Podalirius Podalirius, mythical Greek warrior [MPC 22246]
4087 Pärt Arvo Pärt, Estonian composer (MPC 16593)
4088 Baggesen 1986 GG Jens Baggesen, Danish poet and satirist*
4089 - 1986 JG -
4090 Říšehvězd Říše hvězd, Czech astronomy journal [MPC 27734] [†]
4091 Lowe Andrew Lowe, Canadian geophysicist and amateur astronomer [MPC 16247] [†] [‡]
4092 Tyr Tyr, Norse god [MPC 22500]
4093 Bennett 1986 VD Jack C. Bennett, South African amateur astronomer [MPC 14973]
4094 Aoshima 1987 QC Masaki Aoshima, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 15427]
4095 Ishizuchisan 1987 SG Ishizuchisan, mountain in Ehime, Japan [MPC 15427]
4096 Kushiro 1987 VC Kushiro, city in Japan [MPC 15427]
4097 Tsurugisan 1987 WW Tsurugisan, mountain in Tokushima, Japan [MPC 15427]
4098 Thraen Anton Karl Thraen, German amateur astronomer and Catholic priest [MPC 15091]
4099 - *
4100 Sumiko 1988 BF Sumiko Hioki, wife of one of the discoverers [MPC 34619]
4101-4200
4101 Ruikou 1988 CE Ruikou Kuroiwa, Japanese writer [MPC 16247]
4102 Gergana *
4103 Chahine 1989 EB Moustafa Chahine, American scientist [MPC 15427]
4104 Alu 1989 ED Jeff Alu, American astronomer [MPC 15261]
4105 Tsia 1989 EK Tsia, ancient sun symbol used by Zia tribe in New Mexico [MPC 16443]
4106 Nada 1989 EW Nada Junior and Senior High School, in Kobe, Japan [MPC 15091]
4107 Rufino 1989 GT Rufus J. Walker, friend of the discoverer [MPC 15428]
4108 Rakos 3439 T-3 Karl D. Rakos, Austrian astronomer [MPC 18138]
4109 Anokhin 1969 OW Sergei Nikolayevich Anokhin, Russian test pilot and cosmonaut-select [MPC 28089] [†] *
4110 Keats 1977 CZ John Keats, English poet [MPC 16247]
4111 Lamy Philippe Louis Lamy, French-born American astronomer* or Hervé Lamy, Belgian astrophysicist*
4112 Hrabal 1981 ST Bohumil Hrabal, Czech writer [†] [‡]
4113 Rascana 1982 BQ Royal Astronomical Society of Canada [MPC 16247] [†]
4114 Jasnorzewska Maria Jasnorzewska-Pawlikowska, Polish poet [MPC 22247] [†] [‡]
4115 Peternorton Peter Norton, American software engineer*
4116 Elachi 1982 SU Charles Elachi, American scientist [MPC 15428]
4117 Wilke Alfred Wilke, German optician [MPC 15261]
4118 Sveta Svetlana Evgen'evna Savitskaya, Russian cosmonaut [MPC 22500]
4119 Miles 1983 BE *
4120 Denoyelle Jozef Denoyelle, Belgian astronomer*
4121 Carlin 1986 JH *
4122 Ferrari 1986 OA *
4123 - *
4124 Herriot 1986 SE James Herriot, British writer [†] [‡]
4125 Lew Allen 1987 MO Lew Allen, American physicist*
4126 Mashu 1988 BU Mashu, lake in Japan [MPC 15428]
4127 Kyogoku Kyogoku, town in Japan [MPC 15428]
4128 UKSTU United Kingdom Schmidt Telescope Unit (UKSTU) [MPC 15261]
4129 Richelen 1988 DM Richard A. Keen and Helen C. Duran, friends of the discoverer [MPC 15262]
4130 Ramanujan Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician [MPC 15262]
4131 Stasik John S. Stasik, American educator [MPC 15091]
4132 Bartók 1988 EH Béla Bartók, Austro-Hungarian composer [MPC 15091] [†] and [‡] [+]
4133 Heureka 1942 DB *
4134 Schütz 1961 CR *
4135 Svetlanov 1966 PG Yevgeny Svetlanov, Soviet conductor*
4136 Artmane 1968 FJ Vija Artmane, Latvian actress [MPC 28089]
4137 Crabtree 1970 WC William Crabtree, a cloth merchant in Salford, near Manchester, second person to knowingly observe a transit of Venus, in 1639 [[Talk:Meanings_of_asteroid_names#2005_September_20_contents>†]] [‡]
4138 Kalchas 1973 SM Kalchas, mythical person related to Trojan War*
4139 Ul'yanin Sergej Alekseevich Ul'yanin, Russian pilot [MPC 28089]
4140 Branham 1976 VA *
4141 Nintanlena *
4142 Dersu-Uzala 1981 KE Dersu Uzala, character in eponymous novel by Vladimir Arsenyev [†] [‡]
4143 Huziak Richard Huziak, Canadian astronomer [†]
4144 Vladvasil'ev *
4145 Maximova *
4146 Rudolfinum The Rudolfinum, important building in Prague [†] [‡]
4147 Lennon 1983 AY John Lennon, Beatle [MPC 16247] [†]
4148 McCartney 1983 NT Paul McCartney, Beatle [MPC 16248] [†]
4149 Harrison 1984 EZ George Harrison, Beatle [MPC 16248] [†]
4150 Starr Ringo Starr, Beatle [MPC 16248] [†]
4151 Alanhale Alan Hale, American astronomer [MPC 18138]
4152 Weber 1985 JF Carl Maria von Weber, German composer (MPC 16593)
4153 Roburnham Robert Burnham, American astronomer, author, and senior editor of Astronomy magazine [MPC 18139] [†]
4154 Rumsey 1985 NE *
4155 Watanabe Kazuro Watanabe, Japanese astronomer (MPC 16593)
4156 Okadanaboru 1988 BE Noboru Okada, Japanese adventurer, photographer, mountain-climber and amateur astronomer [†]
4157 Izu *
4158 Santini 1989 BE *
4159 Freeman 1989 GK Ann Freeman, friend of discoverer
4160 Sabrina-John 1989 LE Sabrina M. Gonsalves and John H. Riggins
4161 Amasis 6627 P-L Amasis (Ahmose II), Egyptian pharaoh [MPC 22501]
4162 SAF 1940 WA Société Astronomique de France [MPC 22501]
4163 Saaremaa 1941 HC *
4164 Shilov 1969 UR Alexander Maxovich Shilov, Russian painter*
4165 Didkovskij *
4166 Pontryagin *
4167 Riemann Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician*
4168 Millan 1979 EE *
4169 Celsius Anders Celsius, Swedish physicist and astronomer [†]
4170 Semmelweis 1980 PT Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis (Ignác), Hungarian physician [†] [‡] [+]
4171 Carrasco *
4172 Rochefort Rochefort, Belgian town
4173 Thicksten Robert P. Thicksten, superintendent of Palomar Observatory [MPC 18139]
4174 Pikulia *
4175 Billbaum 1985 GX William A. Baum, American astronomer [MPC 18139]
4176 Sudek 1987 DS Josef Sudek, Czech photographer [†] [‡]
4177 Kohman *
4178 - *
4179 Toutatis 1989 AC Toutatis, Celtic god [MPC 16444] [†]
4180 Anaxagoras 6092 P-L Anaxagoras, Greek philosopher [MPC 22501] [†]
4181 Kivi *
4182 Mount Locke 1951 JQ Mount Locke, one of two mountains atop which the McDonald Observatory facilities are located*
4183 Cuno 1959 LM Cuno Hoffmeister, German astronomer [†]
4184 Berdyayev Nikolai Berdyayev, Russian philosopher*
4185 Phystech 1975 ED *
4186 Tamashima *
4187 Shulnazaria *
4188 Kitezh Kitezh, phantom city of Russian folklore*
4189 Sayany *
4190 Kvasnica 1980 JH Jozef Kvasnica, Czech physicist [†] [‡]
4191 Assesse 1980 KH *
4192 Breysacher 1981 DH Jacques Breysacher, French astronomer*
4193 Salanave *
4194 Sweitzer 1982 RE Paul A. Sweitzer, American reporter [MPC 28089]
4195 Esambaev Makhmut Esambaev, great Chechen folk dancer*
4196 Shuya Shuya, Russia*
4197 - 1982 TA *
4198 Panthera Panthera, Latin word for panther [MPC 25443]
4199 Andreev *
4200 Shizukagozen 1983 WA *
4201-4300
4201 Orosz Elizabeth Orosz Warner, American astronomer [†]
4202 - *
4203 Brucato John Robert Brucato, American astronomer specializing in cosmochemistry and small bodies of the solar system, or Robert Joseph Brucato, American astronomer*
4204 Barsig Walter Barsig, German science teacher [MPC 18139]
4205 David Hughes 1985 YP Prof David Hughes (Astronomer), British astronomer [†]
4206 Verulamium 1986 QL Ancient British Roman city, now St Albans, Hertfordshire [†]
4207 Chernova *
4208 Kiselev *
4209 Briggs *
4210 Isobelthompson Isobel Thompson, British archaeologist [†]
4211 Rosniblett 1987 RT Rosalind Niblett, British archaeologist [†]
4212 Sansyu-Asuke *
4213 Njord Njord, Norse god of winds, navigation and prosperity [MPC 22501]
4214 Veralynn Dame Vera Lynn, British singer, famous during World War II*
4215 Kamo Akira Kamo, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 22501]
4216 Neunkirchen Neunkirchen, town in Austria [MPC 16248]
4217 Engelhardt Wolf von Engelhardt, German meteorite researcher*
4218 Demottoni Glauco de Mottoni (Glauco de Mottoni y Palacios), Italian electrotechnical engineer and amateur astronomer [MPC 16444] [†]
4219 Nakamura 1988 DB *
4220 Flood 1988 DN *
4221 Picasso 1988 EJ Pablo Picasso, Spanish artist*
4222 Nancita *
4223 Shikoku 1988 JM Shikoku, Japan (MPC 16593)
4224 Susa 1988 KG *
4225 - 1989 BN *
4226 Damiaan 1989 RE Jozef de Veuster (Pater Damiaan), Belgian priest [†]
4227 Kaali 1942 DC Kaali crater, Estonia*
4228 Nemiro *
4229 Plevitskaya 1971 BK *
4230 van den Bergh Sidney van den Bergh, Dutch-born Canadian astronomer [†] and [‡]
4231 Fireman 1976 WD Edward Leonard Fireman, American planetary geologist*
4232 Aparicio 1977 CD Antonio Aparicio, Spanish astronomer*
4233 Pal'chikov *
4234 Evtushenko Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian poet*
4235 Tatishchev Vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman, historian and ethnographer*
4236 Lidov Mikhail L'vovich Lidov, Russian astronomer [MPC 22501]
4237 Raushenbakh Boris Viktorovich Raushenbakh, Russian space scientist*
4238 Audrey 1980 GF Audrey Hepburn, actress, born in Brussels, Belgium, to an English father and Dutch mother (a baroness) [†] [‡]
4239 Goodman 1980 OE *
4240 Grün Eberhard Grün, German astronomer [†]
4241 Pappalardo Robert Theodore Pappalardo, American planetary geologist*
4242 Brecher 1981 FQ Kenneth Brecher, American astronomer*
4243 Nankivell *
4244 Zakharchenko *
4245 - *
4246 Telemann Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer*
4247 Grahamsmith 1983 WC Francis Graham Smith, British astronomer, former Astronomer Royal*
4248 Ranald 1984 HX *
4249 Křemže Křemže, Czech Republic [†]
4250 Perun 1984 UG Perun, Slavic god of thunder [MPC 16444] [†]
4251 Kavasch Julius Kavasch and Wulf-Dietrich Kavasch, German amateur geologists [MPC 18140]
4252 - *
4253 Märker Wolfgang Märker, associated with Ries impact crater [MPC 18140]
4254 Kamél Lars Kamél, Swedish astronomer [†]
4255 Spacewatch 1986 GW The Spacewatch project*
4256 Kagamigawa 1986 TX Kagami River, Japan*
4257 Ubasti 1987 QA *
4258 Ryazanov *
4259 McCoy Timothy James McCoy, American planetary geologist*
4260 Yanai 1989 AX Masayuki Yanai, Japanese amateur astronomer (MPC 16593)
4261 Gekko 1989 BJ *
4262 - 1989 CO *
4263 Abashiri *
4264 Karljosephine 1989 TB *
4265 Kani 1989 TX *
4266 Waltari 1940 YE Mika Toimi Waltari, Finnish author [†]
4267 Basner 1971 QP *
4268 Grebenikov Evgenii Aleksandrovich Grebenikov (Eugeniu Grebenicov), Romanian-born Russian mathematician and astronomer [†] [‡]
4269 Bogado 1974 FN *
4270 Juanvictoria *
4271 Novosibirsk Novosibirsk, Russia [MPC 22501]
4272 Entsuji *
4273 Dunhuang *
4274 Karamanov Alemdar Sobitovich Karamanov, Ukrainian composer [MPC 22501]
4275 Bogustafson Bo Åke Sture Gustafson, Swedish-American astronomer [†]
4276 Clifford 1981 XA Clifford J. Cunningham, Canadian amateur astronomer and writer [MPC 16248] [†]
4277 Holubov 1982 AF Holubov, Czech Republic [†]
4278 Harvey 1982 SF G. Roger Harvey, American educator (MPC 16593)
4279 De Gasparis 1982 WB Annibale de Gasparis, Italian astronomer*
4280 Simonenko Alla Nikolaevna Simonenko, Russian (Ukrainian?) astronomer*
4281 Pounds Kenneth Pounds, British astronomer*
4282 Endate Kin Endate, Japanese amateur astronomer (MPC 16593)
4283 Stöffler 1988 BZ Dieter Stöffler, German astronomer [MPC 18140]
4284 Kaho *
4285 Hulkower 1988 NH *
4286 Rubtsov Nikolay Rubtsov, Russian poet*
4287 Třísov Třísov, Czech Republic [†]
4288 - *
4289 Biwako Biwako, largest lake in Japan [MPC 16248]
4290 Heisei The Heisei era, Japanese history [MPC 16444]
4291 Kodaihasu 1989 VH *
4292 Aoba 1989 VO *
4293 Masumi 1989 VT *
4294 Horatius 4016 P-L Horatius, Roman poet (MPC 16594)
4295 Wisse 6032 P-L Marijke Wisse-Schouten, staff member at Leiden Observatory (MPC 16594) [†]
4296 van Woerkom Adriaan van Woerkom, Dutch astronomer [MPC 18140] [†]
4297 Eichhorn 1938 HE *
4298 - 1941 WA *
4299 WIYN 1952 QX The WIYN Consortium of observatories [MPC 34619]
4300 Marg Edmondson Margaret Russell Edmondson, daughter of American astronomer Henry Norris Russell and wife of American astronomer Frank K. Edmondson [MPC 34620] [†]
4301-4400
4301 - 1966 PM *
4302 Markeev 1968 HP *
4303 Savitskij Evgenij Yakovlevich Savitskij, Russian aviator, father of cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskayha [MPC 22501]
4304 Geichenko Semyon Stepanovich Geichenko, Russian writer and literary scholar [MPC 22501]
4305 Clapton 1976 EC Eric Clapton, British musician [MPC 16249] [†]
4306 Dunaevskij Maxim Dunayevsky, Soviet composer*
4307 Cherepashchuk Anatolii Mikhailovich Cherepashchuk, Russian astronomer*
4308 Magarach Research Institute of wine-making and viticulture at Magarach, Yalta [MPC 22501]
4309 Marvin 1978 QC Ursula Bailey Marvin, American planetary geologist*
4310 Strömholm Stig Strömholm, Swedish legal scholar and writer [†]
4311 Zguridi Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Zguridi, Soviet producer [MPC 34620]
4312 Knacke Roger Fritz Knacke, American astronomer [†]
4313 Bouchet François Bouchet, French astronomer*
4314 - *
4315 Pronik Vladimir Pronik and/or Iraida Pronik, astronomers at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory*
4316 Babinkova *
4317 Garibaldi Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian nation-builder [†]
4318 Baťa Tomáš Baťa, Czech businessman [MPC 16444] [†]
4319 Jackierobinson Jack Roosevelt (Jackie) Robinson, American baseball player*
4320 Jarosewich *
4321 Zero Natural extension of the number: 4, 3, 2, 1, Zero*
4322 Billjackson Bill Jackson? *
4323 Hortulus 1981 QN Hortulus, Latin word for a small, cozy garden [MPC 34620]
4324 - *
4325 Guest 1982 HL John Edward Guest, British planetary scientist (MPC 16594)
4326 McNally Derek McNally, British astronomer (MPC 16594)
4327 Ries Judit Györgyey Ries, Hungarian-born American astronomer*
4328 Valina *
4329 - *
4330 Vivaldi Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, Italian composer*
4331 Hubbard 1983 HC *
4332 Milton 1983 RC *
4333 Sinton William M. Sinton, American astronomer [MPC 16444]
4334 - *
4335 Verona Verona, city in Italy [MPC 16249]
4336 Jasniewicz *
4337 Arecibo 1985 GB Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico [MPC 16445]
4338 Velez Reinaldo Velez, telescope operator at Arecibo Observatory [MPC 16445]
4339 Almamater 1985 UK Alma mater, in anticipation of the 650th anniversary of Prague's Univerzita Karlova (Charles University), the oldest university in central Europe [†]
4340 Dence 1986 JZ Michael R. Dence, Canadian geologist [†]
4341 Poseidon 1987 KF Poseidon, Greek god*
4342 Freud Sigmund Freud, Austrian founder of psychoanalysis*
4343 Tetsuya 1988 AC Tetsuya Fujii, Japanese astronomer*
4344 Buxtehude Dieterich Buxtehude, Danish or German organist and composer*
4345 Rachmaninoff Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff, Russian composer, pianist and conductor*
4346 Whitney Mary Watson Whitney, American astronomer*
4347 Reger Max Reger, German composer (MPC 16594)
4348 Poulydamas 1988 RU Poulydamas, mythical person related to Trojan War [MPC 18141]
4349 Tibúrcio 1989 LX Julio Cesar dos Santos Tibúrcio, Brazilian amateur astronomer [MPC 16445]
4350 Shibecha *
4351 Nobuhisa *
4352 Kyoto Kyoto, city in Japan [MPC 16249]
4353 Onizaki Onizaki, town in Japan [MPC 16249]
4354 Euclides 2142 P-L Euclides, Greek mathematician (MPC 16594)
4355 Memphis 3524 P-L Memphis, former capital of old Egyptian kingdom [MPC 18141]
4356 Marathon 9522 P-L Marathon, Greece [MPC 18141]
4357 Korinthos 2069 T-2 Korinthos, Greece [MPC 18141]
4358 Lynn A909 TF William Thynne Lynn, assistant at Greenwich Observatory [MPC 22502]
4359 Berlage 1935 TG Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Dutch meteorologist, son of the architect of the same name [MPC 18141] [†]
4360 Xuyi *
4361 Nezhdanova Antonina Nezhdanova, Russian opera singer*
4362 Carlisle *
4363 Sergej *
4364 Shkodrov Vladimir Georgiev Shkodrov, Bulgarian astronomer [†]
4365 Ivanova *
4366 Venikagan *
4367 Meech Karen Jean Meech, American astronomer*
4368 Pillmore Charles (Chuck) L. Pillmore, geologist [†]
4369 Seifert 1982 OR Jaroslav Seifert, Czech poet [MPC 25443] [†]
4370 Dickens 1982 SL Charles Dickens, English writer [MPC 16445]
4371 Fyodorov Svyatoslav Nikolaevich Fyodorov, Russian ophthalmologist [MPC 22502]
4372 Quincy 1984 TB *
4373 Crespo 1985 PB Antonio Crespo, electrical engineer at Arecibo Observatory [MPC 16446]
4374 Tadamori 1987 BJ *
4375 Kiyomori 1987 DQ *
4376 Shigemori 1987 FA Kiyoshi Shigemori, Japanese astrophysicist? *
4377 Koremori 1987 GD *
4378 Voigt 1988 JF Hans-Heinrich Voigt, German astronomer [MPC 16446]
4379 Snelling *
4380 Geyer Edward H. Geyer, astronomer [MPC 16249]
4381 Uenohara Uenohara, town in Japan [MPC 16446]
4382 Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovitch Stravinsky, Russian-American composer [MPC 16446]
4383 Suruga 1989 XP *
4384 - 1990 AA -
4385 Elsässer 2534 P-L Hans F. Elsässer, German astronomer, former director of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy [MPC 18141]
4386 Lüst 6829 P-L Reimar Lüst, German astrophysicist [MPC 18141] [†]
4387 Tanaka 4829 T-2 Yasuo Tanaka, Japanese astrophysicist [MPC 18142]
4388 Jürgenstock 1964 VE Jürgen Stock, German astronomer [†]*
4389 Durbin *
4390 Madreteresa Mother Teresa? *
4391 Balodis *
4392 Agita *
4393 Dawe John Dawe, British astronomer*
4394 Fritzheide Fritz Heide, German meteorite researcher*
4395 Danbritt *
4396 Gressmann 1981 JH Michael Gressmann, German astro-optician and amateur astronomer [MPC 16446] [†] [‡]
4397 Jalopez Jose Alberto Lopez, Argentinian-born astronomer?*
4398 Chiara *
4399 Ashizuri 1984 UA Cape Ashizuri, Kochi, Japan (MPC 16595)
4400 Bagryana Elisaveta Bagryana, Bulgarian poet, or Anna Bagryana, Ukrainian poet, or Bagryana Popov, Bulgarian-born Australian theatre director*
4401-4500
4401 Aditi 1985 TB *
4402 Tsunemori 1987 DP *
4403 Kuniharu 1987 EA *
4404 Enirac 1987 GG Wife of the discoverer, Alain Maury (MPC 16595) [†]
4405 Otava Otava River, Czech Republic [MPC 34620] [†]
4406 Mahler Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer [MPC 16446]
4407 Taihaku *
4408 Zlatá Koruna Zlatá Koruna, a gothic monastery and a village in South Bohemia, Czech Republic [†]
4409 Kissling 1989 MD *
4410 Kamuimintara 1989 YA *
4411 Kochibunkyo 1990 AF The Kochi Prefecture Cultural and Educational Association [MPC 25443]
4412 Chephren 2535 P-L Chephren, pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty of Egypt who built the eponymous pyramid at Giza and the Sphinx [MPC 18142]
4413 Mycerinos 4020 P-L Mycerinos, pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty of Egypt [MPC 18142]
4414 Sesostris 4153 P-L Sesostris I, Sesostris II, and Sesostris III, three pharaohs of the Twelfth dynasty of Egypt [MPC 18142]
4415 Echnaton 4237 P-L Echnaton, pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt [MPC 18142]
4416 Ramses 4530 P-L Ramses, pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt [MPC 18142]
4417 Lecar 1931 GC Myron Lecar, American astrophysicist [MPC 22502]
4418 Fredfranklin Fred Aldrich Franklin, American astronomer [MPC 22502]
4419 Allancook 1932 HD Allan F. Cook II, American astrophysicist [MPC 22502]
4420 Alandreev 1936 PB *
4421 Kayor 1942 AC Kay Williams and Roy Williams, parents of Gareth V. Williams, an astronomer at the Minor Planet Center [MPC 21131]
4422 Jarre 1942 UA Named in honour of the French composers Jean-Michel Jarre and his father Maurice Jarre*
4423 Golden 1949 GH *
4424 Arkhipova 1967 DB Vera Petrovna Arkhipova, Russian astronomer*
4425 - 1967 UQ -
4426 Roerich Nikolaj Konstantinovich Roerich, Russian painter, Elena Ivanovna Roerich, Russian writer, Yurij Nikolaevich Roerich, Russian scientist, and Svyatoslav Nikolaevich Roerich, Russian painter [MPC 22502]
4427 Burnashev *
4428 Khotinok 1977 SN Roman L'vovich Khotinok, Russian meteorite researcher [MPC 22502]
4429 Chinmoy *
4430 Govorukhin *
4431 Holeungholee *
4432 McGraw-Hill the McGraw-Hill Telescope at the MDM Observatory [†]
4433 Goldstone 1981 QP Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex, California [MPC 16447]
4434 Nikulin *
4435 Holt *
4436 - 1983 EX -
4437 Yaroshenko *
4438 Sykes 1983 WR *
4439 Muroto 1984 VA Muroto, Kochi, city in Japan [MPC 25443]
4440 Tchantchès 1984 YV *
4441 Toshie 1985 BB Toshie Seki, the discoverer's mother*
4442 Garcia *
4443 - *
4444 Escher 1985 SA Maurits Cornelis Escher, Dutch graphic artist [†]
4445 Jimstratton 1985 TC James Michael Stratton, American space engineer [†]
4446 Carolyn 1985 TT *
4447 Kirov After Kirov, the city in Russia, or after the Kirov Opera and Ballet Theatre*
4448 Phildavis 1986 EO *
4449 Sobinov Leonid Sobinov, Russian opera singer*
4450 Pan 1987 SY *
4451 Grieve 1988 JJ Richard Andrew Francis Grieve, Canadian geologist [†]
4452 Ullacharles 1988 RN *
4453 Bornholm 1988 VC Bornholm, Danish island*
4454 Kumiko 1988 VW *
4455 Ruriko 1988 XA *
4456 Mawson 1989 OG Sir Douglas Mawson, Antarctic explorer*
4457 van Gogh 1989 RU Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter (MPC 16595) [†]
4458 Oizumi 1990 BY *
4459 Nusamaibashi *
4460 Bihoro 1990 DS Bihoro, city in Japan (MPC 16595)
4461 Sayama 1990 EL *
4462 Vaughan *
4463 Marschwarzschild Martin Schwarzschild, German-American astrophysicist [†]
4464 Vulcano 1966 TE *
4465 Rodita Tat'yana Mikhajlovna Rodita, Soviet art critic [MPC 28089]
4466 Abai *
4467 Kaidanovskij Naum L'vovich Kaidanovskii, Russian astronomer*
4468 Pogrebetskij Mikhail Pogrebetskiy, Ukrainian mountaineer*
4469 Utting *
4470 Sergeev-Censkij Sergey Sergeev-Tsensky, Soviet writer*
4471 Graculus 1978 VB *
4472 Navashin Mikhail Sergeevich Navashin, Russian author of the Teleskop astronoma-lyubitelya (The Amateur Astronomer's Telescope)*
4473 Sears Derek Sears, professor at University of Arkansas [†]
4474 Proust Dominique Proust, French astrophysicist
4475 Voitkevich Georgii Vitol'dovich Voitkevich, Russian geochemist [MPC 22247]
4476 Bernstein 1983 DE *
4477 - 1983 SB -
4478 Blanco Victor Manuel Blanco, Chilean astronomer*
4479 Charlieparker Charlie "Bird" Parker, American saxophonist, principal inventor of bebop [†]
4480 Nikitibotania *
4481 Herbelin 1985 RR Claude Herbelin, friend of the discoverer [MPC 28089]
4482 Frèrebasile 1986 RB *
4483 Petőfi Sándor Petőfi, Hungarian poet [MPC 22247] [†] [‡]
4484 Sif 1987 DD Sif, Norse goddess [MPC 22502]
4485 Radonezhskij Sergij Radonezhskij, Russian church official [MPC 22502]
4486 Mithra 1987 SB Mithra, Indo-Iranian god*
4487 Pocahontas 1987 UA Pocahontas, Native American woman*
4488 Tokitada 1987 UK *
4489 - 1988 AK -
4490 Bambery 1988 ND Raymond Bambery, of the Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking Project*
4491 Otaru 1988 RP *
4492 Debussy 1988 SH Claude Debussy, French composer*
4493 - *
4494 Marimo *
4495 - 1988 VS *
4496 Kamimachi Kamimachi, Japan*
4497 Taguchi *
4498 Shinkoyama *
4499 Davidallen David Anthony Allen, British astronomer [†]
4500 Pascal 1989 CL Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher*

Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
4001-4100
4001 Ptolemaeus	1949 PV	Ptolemy, Greek astronomer*
4002 Shinagawa	1950 JB	Seishi Shinagawa, first to use electronic computers for orbit computation in Japan [MPC 22500]
4003 Schumann	1964 ED	Robert Schumann, German composer [MPC 14634]
4004 List'ev		*
4005 Dyagilev		Sergey Diaghilev, Russian impresario*
4006 Sandler	1972 YR	*
4007 Euryalos	1973 SR	Euryalos, mythical Greek warrior*
4008 Corbin	1977 BY	Thomas E. Corbin, American astronomer, and his wife Brenda Corbin, Librarian, both at the US Naval Observatory [†] [‡]
4009 Drobyshevskij		*
4010 Nikol'skij		*
4011 Bakharev		*
4012 Geballe		Tom Geballe, American astronomer*
4013 Ogiria		Maiya Borisovna Ogir', Russian solar physicist [MPC 22500] [†]
4014 Heizman		*
4015 Wilson-Harrington	1979 VA	Albert G. Wilson and Robert G. Harrington, American astronomers, co-discoverers † [MPC 22246]
4016 Sambre	1979 XK	The Sambre River, France and Belgium*
4017 Disneya		Walt Disney, American animator*
4018 Bratislava	1980 YM	Bratislava, Slovakia [†]
4019 Klavetter		*
4020 Dominique		*
4021 Dancey		Roy and Bruce D. Dancey, Canadian designers of telescope mirrors [†]
4022 Nonna		*
4023 Jarník	1981 UN	Vojtěch Jarník, Czech mathematician [†]
4024 Ronan	1981 WQ	Colin Ronan, author and writer on astronomy [†]
4025 Ridley	1981 WU	*
4026 Beet		Ernest Agar Beet, teacher and amateur astronomer*
4027 Mitton	1982 DN	Simon Mitton, astronomer and author*
4028 Pancratz		Chris Pancratz, formerly of the National Space Society*
4029 Bridges		*
4030 Archenhold		The Archenhold Observatory (Archenhold-Sternwarte) or its first director Friedrich Simon Archenhold, or his son and successor Günter Archenhold*
4031 Mueller	1985 CL	*
4032 Chaplygin		*
4033 Yatsugatake	1986 FA	Mount Yatsugatake, one of Japan's 100 famous mountains*
4034 -	1986 PA	-
4035 -	1986 WD	-
4036 Whitehouse		David Whitehouse, British science journalist and BBC Online's Science Editor, recipient of the European Internet Journalist of the Year award in 2002 [†]
4037 Ikeya	1987 EC	Kaoru Ikeya, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 16443]
4038 Kristina		Kristina Leterme, Dutch literature professor and partner of the discoverer (MPC 15090) [†]
4039 Souseki	1987 SH	Souseki Natsume, Japanese novelist (MPC 16246)
4040 Purcell		Henry Purcell, British composer (MPC 16592)
4041 Miyamotoyohko		*
4042 Okhotsk		Sea of Okhotsk, between Japan and Russia [MPC 15427]
4043 Perolof	1175 T-3	Per Olof Hulth, Swedish astrophysicist*
4044 Erikhøg	5142 T-3	Erik Høg, Danish astronomer*
4045 Lowengrub	1953 RG	*
4046 Swain	1953 TV	*
4047 -		*
4048 Samwestfall	1964 UC	Richard Samuel Westfall, American historian of science [MPC 34619]
4049 Noragal'		*
4050 Mebailey	1976 SF	Mark Edward Bailey, British astronomer [†]
4051 Hatanaka	1978 VP	*
4052 Crovisier		Jacques Crovisier, French astronomer*
4053 Cherkasov		Nikolai Cherkasov, Soviet actor*
4054 Turnov	1983 TL	Turnov, Czech Republic [†]
4055 Magellan		Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese explorer*
4056 Timwarner		Tim Warner? *
4057 Demophon	1985 TQ	Demophon, mythical king of Athens*
4058 Cecilgreen	1986 JV	Cecil Howard Green, British geophysicist, co-founder of Texas Instruments and philanthropist extraordinary [†]
4059 Balder		Balder, Norse god [MPC 22500]
4060 Deipylos		Deipylos, mythical Greek hero [MPC 15090]
4061 Martelli		Giuseppe Martelli, Italian architect and engineer [MPC 14972]
4062 Schiaparelli	1989 BF	Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer [MPC 15090]
4063 Euforbo		Euforbo, mythical person related to Trojan War [MPC 15091]
4064 Marjorie	2126 P-L	*
4065 Meinel	2820 P-L	Aden Baker Meinel, American astronomer*
4066 Haapavesi	1940 RG	*
4067 Mikhel'son	1966 TP	*
4068 Menestheus	1973 SW	Menestheus, mythical king of Athens*
4069 Blakee		Lawrence E. Blakee, observatory assistant [MPC 16247]
4070 Rozov		*
4071 Rostovdon		*
4072 Yayoi		*
4073 Ruianzhongxue		Ruianzhongxue (Ruian Middle School), Zhejiang, China, 110-year old school of mathematics [†]
4074 Sharkov		*
4075 Sviridov		Georgii Vasilievich Sviridov, Russian composer [†]
4076 Dörffel		Georg Samuel Dörffel, German pastor and astronomer [MPC 14972]
4077 Asuka		*
4078 Polakis	1983 AC	*
4079 Britten	1983 CS	Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, British composer (MPC 16592)
4080 Galinskij	1983 PW	*
4081 Tippett		Sir Michael Tippett, British composer (MPC 16592)
4082 Swann		*
4083 Jody	1985 CV	*
4084 Hollis	1985 GM	*
4085 Weir	1985 JR	*
4086 Podalirius		Podalirius, mythical Greek warrior [MPC 22246]
4087 Pärt		Arvo Pärt, Estonian composer (MPC 16593)
4088 Baggesen	1986 GG	Jens Baggesen, Danish poet and satirist*
4089 -	1986 JG	-
4090 Říšehvězd		Říše hvězd, Czech astronomy journal [MPC 27734] [†]
4091 Lowe		Andrew Lowe, Canadian geophysicist and amateur astronomer [MPC 16247] [†] [‡]
4092 Tyr		Tyr, Norse god [MPC 22500]
4093 Bennett	1986 VD	Jack C. Bennett, South African amateur astronomer [MPC 14973]
4094 Aoshima	1987 QC	Masaki Aoshima, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 15427]
4095 Ishizuchisan	1987 SG	Ishizuchisan, mountain in Ehime, Japan [MPC 15427]
4096 Kushiro	1987 VC	Kushiro, city in Japan [MPC 15427]
4097 Tsurugisan	1987 WW	Tsurugisan, mountain in Tokushima, Japan [MPC 15427]
4098 Thraen		Anton Karl Thraen, German amateur astronomer and Catholic priest [MPC 15091]
4099 -		*
4100 Sumiko	1988 BF	Sumiko Hioki, wife of one of the discoverers [MPC 34619]
4101-4200
4101 Ruikou	1988 CE	Ruikou Kuroiwa, Japanese writer [MPC 16247]
4102 Gergana		*
4103 Chahine	1989 EB	Moustafa Chahine, American scientist [MPC 15427]
4104 Alu	1989 ED	Jeff Alu, American astronomer [MPC 15261]
4105 Tsia	1989 EK	Tsia, ancient sun symbol used by Zia tribe in New Mexico [MPC 16443]
4106 Nada	1989 EW	Nada Junior and Senior High School, in Kobe, Japan [MPC 15091]
4107 Rufino	1989 GT	Rufus J. Walker, friend of the discoverer [MPC 15428]
4108 Rakos	3439 T-3	Karl D. Rakos, Austrian astronomer [MPC 18138]
4109 Anokhin	1969 OW	Sergei Nikolayevich Anokhin, Russian test pilot and cosmonaut-select [MPC 28089] [†] *
4110 Keats	1977 CZ	John Keats, English poet [MPC 16247]
4111 Lamy		Philippe Louis Lamy, French-born American astronomer* or Hervé Lamy, Belgian astrophysicist*
4112 Hrabal	1981 ST	Bohumil Hrabal, Czech writer [†] [‡]
4113 Rascana	1982 BQ	Royal Astronomical Society of Canada [MPC 16247] [†]
4114 Jasnorzewska		Maria Jasnorzewska-Pawlikowska, Polish poet [MPC 22247] [†] [‡]
4115 Peternorton		Peter Norton, American software engineer*
4116 Elachi	1982 SU	Charles Elachi, American scientist [MPC 15428]
4117 Wilke		Alfred Wilke, German optician [MPC 15261]
4118 Sveta		Svetlana Evgen'evna Savitskaya, Russian cosmonaut [MPC 22500]
4119 Miles	1983 BE	*
4120 Denoyelle		Jozef Denoyelle, Belgian astronomer*
4121 Carlin	1986 JH	*
4122 Ferrari	1986 OA	*
4123 -		*
4124 Herriot	1986 SE	James Herriot, British writer [†] [‡]
4125 Lew Allen	1987 MO	Lew Allen, American physicist*
4126 Mashu	1988 BU	Mashu, lake in Japan [MPC 15428]
4127 Kyogoku		Kyogoku, town in Japan [MPC 15428]
4128 UKSTU		United Kingdom Schmidt Telescope Unit (UKSTU) [MPC 15261]
4129 Richelen	1988 DM	Richard A. Keen and Helen C. Duran, friends of the discoverer [MPC 15262]
4130 Ramanujan		Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician [MPC 15262]
4131 Stasik		John S. Stasik, American educator [MPC 15091]
4132 Bartók	1988 EH	Béla Bartók, Austro-Hungarian composer [MPC 15091] [†] and [‡] [+]
4133 Heureka	1942 DB	*
4134 Schütz	1961 CR	*
4135 Svetlanov	1966 PG	Yevgeny Svetlanov, Soviet conductor*
4136 Artmane	1968 FJ	Vija Artmane, Latvian actress [MPC 28089]
4137 Crabtree	1970 WC	William Crabtree, a cloth merchant in Salford, near Manchester, second person to knowingly observe a transit of Venus, in 1639 [[Talk:Meanings_of_asteroid_names#2005_September_20_contents>†]] [‡]
4138 Kalchas	1973 SM	Kalchas, mythical person related to Trojan War*
4139 Ul'yanin		Sergej Alekseevich Ul'yanin, Russian pilot [MPC 28089]
4140 Branham	1976 VA	*
4141 Nintanlena		*
4142 Dersu-Uzala	1981 KE	Dersu Uzala, character in eponymous novel by Vladimir Arsenyev [†] [‡]
4143 Huziak		Richard Huziak, Canadian astronomer [†]
4144 Vladvasil'ev		*
4145 Maximova		*
4146 Rudolfinum		The Rudolfinum, important building in Prague [†] [‡]
4147 Lennon	1983 AY	John Lennon, Beatle [MPC 16247] [†]
4148 McCartney	1983 NT	Paul McCartney, Beatle [MPC 16248] [†]
4149 Harrison	1984 EZ	George Harrison, Beatle [MPC 16248] [†]
4150 Starr		Ringo Starr, Beatle [MPC 16248] [†]
4151 Alanhale		Alan Hale, American astronomer [MPC 18138]
4152 Weber	1985 JF	Carl Maria von Weber, German composer (MPC 16593)
4153 Roburnham		Robert Burnham, American astronomer, author, and senior editor of Astronomy magazine [MPC 18139] [†]
4154 Rumsey	1985 NE	*
4155 Watanabe		Kazuro Watanabe, Japanese astronomer (MPC 16593)
4156 Okadanaboru	1988 BE	Noboru Okada, Japanese adventurer, photographer, mountain-climber and amateur astronomer [†]
4157 Izu		*
4158 Santini	1989 BE	*
4159 Freeman	1989 GK	Ann Freeman, friend of discoverer
4160 Sabrina-John	1989 LE	Sabrina M. Gonsalves and John H. Riggins
4161 Amasis	6627 P-L	Amasis (Ahmose II), Egyptian pharaoh [MPC 22501]
4162 SAF	1940 WA	Société Astronomique de France [MPC 22501]
4163 Saaremaa	1941 HC	*
4164 Shilov	1969 UR	Alexander Maxovich Shilov, Russian painter*
4165 Didkovskij		*
4166 Pontryagin		*
4167 Riemann		Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician*
4168 Millan	1979 EE	*
4169 Celsius		Anders Celsius, Swedish physicist and astronomer [†]
4170 Semmelweis	1980 PT	Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis (Ignác), Hungarian physician [†] [‡] [+]
4171 Carrasco		*
4172 Rochefort		Rochefort, Belgian town
4173 Thicksten		Robert P. Thicksten, superintendent of Palomar Observatory [MPC 18139]
4174 Pikulia		*
4175 Billbaum	1985 GX	William A. Baum, American astronomer [MPC 18139]
4176 Sudek	1987 DS	Josef Sudek, Czech photographer [†] [‡]
4177 Kohman		*
4178 -		*
4179 Toutatis	1989 AC	Toutatis, Celtic god [MPC 16444] [†]
4180 Anaxagoras	6092 P-L	Anaxagoras, Greek philosopher [MPC 22501] [†]
4181 Kivi		*
4182 Mount Locke	1951 JQ	Mount Locke, one of two mountains atop which the McDonald Observatory facilities are located*
4183 Cuno	1959 LM	Cuno Hoffmeister, German astronomer [†]
4184 Berdyayev		Nikolai Berdyayev, Russian philosopher*
4185 Phystech	1975 ED	*
4186 Tamashima		*
4187 Shulnazaria		*
4188 Kitezh		Kitezh, phantom city of Russian folklore*
4189 Sayany		*
4190 Kvasnica	1980 JH	Jozef Kvasnica, Czech physicist [†] [‡]
4191 Assesse	1980 KH	*
4192 Breysacher	1981 DH	Jacques Breysacher, French astronomer*
4193 Salanave		*
4194 Sweitzer	1982 RE	Paul A. Sweitzer, American reporter [MPC 28089]
4195 Esambaev		Makhmut Esambaev, great Chechen folk dancer*
4196 Shuya		Shuya, Russia*
4197 -	1982 TA	*
4198 Panthera		Panthera, Latin word for panther [MPC 25443]
4199 Andreev		*
4200 Shizukagozen	1983 WA	*
4201-4300
4201 Orosz		Elizabeth Orosz Warner, American astronomer [†]
4202 -		*
4203 Brucato		John Robert Brucato, American astronomer specializing in cosmochemistry and small bodies of the solar system, or Robert Joseph Brucato, American astronomer*
4204 Barsig		Walter Barsig, German science teacher [MPC 18139]
4205 David Hughes	1985 YP	Prof David Hughes (Astronomer), British astronomer [†]
4206 Verulamium	1986 QL	Ancient British Roman city, now St Albans, Hertfordshire [†]
4207 Chernova		*
4208 Kiselev		*
4209 Briggs		*
4210 Isobelthompson		Isobel Thompson, British archaeologist [†]
4211 Rosniblett	1987 RT	Rosalind Niblett, British archaeologist [†]
4212 Sansyu-Asuke		*
4213 Njord		Njord, Norse god of winds, navigation and prosperity [MPC 22501]
4214 Veralynn		Dame Vera Lynn, British singer, famous during World War II*
4215 Kamo		Akira Kamo, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 22501]
4216 Neunkirchen		Neunkirchen, town in Austria [MPC 16248]
4217 Engelhardt		Wolf von Engelhardt, German meteorite researcher*
4218 Demottoni		Glauco de Mottoni (Glauco de Mottoni y Palacios), Italian electrotechnical engineer and amateur astronomer [MPC 16444] [†]
4219 Nakamura	1988 DB	*
4220 Flood	1988 DN	*
4221 Picasso	1988 EJ	Pablo Picasso, Spanish artist*
4222 Nancita		*
4223 Shikoku	1988 JM	Shikoku, Japan (MPC 16593)
4224 Susa	1988 KG	*
4225 -	1989 BN	*
4226 Damiaan	1989 RE	Jozef de Veuster (Pater Damiaan), Belgian priest [†]
4227 Kaali	1942 DC	Kaali crater, Estonia*
4228 Nemiro		*
4229 Plevitskaya	1971 BK	*
4230 van den Bergh		Sidney van den Bergh, Dutch-born Canadian astronomer [†] and [‡]
4231 Fireman	1976 WD	Edward Leonard Fireman, American planetary geologist*
4232 Aparicio	1977 CD	Antonio Aparicio, Spanish astronomer*
4233 Pal'chikov		*
4234 Evtushenko		Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian poet*
4235 Tatishchev		Vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman, historian and ethnographer*
4236 Lidov		Mikhail L'vovich Lidov, Russian astronomer [MPC 22501]
4237 Raushenbakh		Boris Viktorovich Raushenbakh, Russian space scientist*
4238 Audrey	1980 GF	Audrey Hepburn, actress, born in Brussels, Belgium, to an English father and Dutch mother (a baroness) [†] [‡]
4239 Goodman	1980 OE	*
4240 Grün		Eberhard Grün, German astronomer [†]
4241 Pappalardo		Robert Theodore Pappalardo, American planetary geologist*
4242 Brecher	1981 FQ	Kenneth Brecher, American astronomer*
4243 Nankivell		*
4244 Zakharchenko		*
4245 -		*
4246 Telemann		Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer*
4247 Grahamsmith	1983 WC	Francis Graham Smith, British astronomer, former Astronomer Royal*
4248 Ranald	1984 HX	*
4249 Křemže		Křemže, Czech Republic [†]
4250 Perun	1984 UG	Perun, Slavic god of thunder [MPC 16444] [†]
4251 Kavasch		Julius Kavasch and Wulf-Dietrich Kavasch, German amateur geologists [MPC 18140]
4252 -		*
4253 Märker		Wolfgang Märker, associated with Ries impact crater [MPC 18140]
4254 Kamél		Lars Kamél, Swedish astronomer [†]
4255 Spacewatch	1986 GW	The Spacewatch project*
4256 Kagamigawa	1986 TX	Kagami River, Japan*
4257 Ubasti	1987 QA	*
4258 Ryazanov		*
4259 McCoy		Timothy James McCoy, American planetary geologist*
4260 Yanai	1989 AX	Masayuki Yanai, Japanese amateur astronomer (MPC 16593)
4261 Gekko	1989 BJ	*
4262 -	1989 CO	*
4263 Abashiri		*
4264 Karljosephine	1989 TB	*
4265 Kani	1989 TX	*
4266 Waltari	1940 YE	Mika Toimi Waltari, Finnish author [†]
4267 Basner	1971 QP	*
4268 Grebenikov		Evgenii Aleksandrovich Grebenikov (Eugeniu Grebenicov), Romanian-born Russian mathematician and astronomer [†] [‡]
4269 Bogado	1974 FN	*
4270 Juanvictoria		*
4271 Novosibirsk		Novosibirsk, Russia [MPC 22501]
4272 Entsuji		*
4273 Dunhuang		*
4274 Karamanov		Alemdar Sobitovich Karamanov, Ukrainian composer [MPC 22501]
4275 Bogustafson		Bo Åke Sture Gustafson, Swedish-American astronomer [†]
4276 Clifford	1981 XA	Clifford J. Cunningham, Canadian amateur astronomer and writer [MPC 16248] [†]
4277 Holubov	1982 AF	Holubov, Czech Republic [†]
4278 Harvey	1982 SF	G. Roger Harvey, American educator (MPC 16593)
4279 De Gasparis	1982 WB	Annibale de Gasparis, Italian astronomer*
4280 Simonenko		Alla Nikolaevna Simonenko, Russian (Ukrainian?) astronomer*
4281 Pounds		Kenneth Pounds, British astronomer*
4282 Endate		Kin Endate, Japanese amateur astronomer (MPC 16593)
4283 Stöffler	1988 BZ	Dieter Stöffler, German astronomer [MPC 18140]
4284 Kaho		*
4285 Hulkower	1988 NH	*
4286 Rubtsov		Nikolay Rubtsov, Russian poet*
4287 Třísov		Třísov, Czech Republic [†]
4288 -		*
4289 Biwako		Biwako, largest lake in Japan [MPC 16248]
4290 Heisei		The Heisei era, Japanese history [MPC 16444]
4291 Kodaihasu	1989 VH	*
4292 Aoba	1989 VO	*
4293 Masumi	1989 VT	*
4294 Horatius	4016 P-L	Horatius, Roman poet (MPC 16594)
4295 Wisse	6032 P-L	Marijke Wisse-Schouten, staff member at Leiden Observatory (MPC 16594) [†]
4296 van Woerkom		Adriaan van Woerkom, Dutch astronomer [MPC 18140] [†]
4297 Eichhorn	1938 HE	*
4298 -	1941 WA	*
4299 WIYN	1952 QX	The WIYN Consortium of observatories [MPC 34619]
4300 Marg Edmondson		Margaret Russell Edmondson, daughter of American astronomer Henry Norris Russell and wife of American astronomer Frank K. Edmondson [MPC 34620] [†]
4301-4400
4301 -	1966 PM	*
4302 Markeev	1968 HP	*
4303 Savitskij		Evgenij Yakovlevich Savitskij, Russian aviator, father of cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskayha [MPC 22501]
4304 Geichenko		Semyon Stepanovich Geichenko, Russian writer and literary scholar [MPC 22501]
4305 Clapton	1976 EC	Eric Clapton, British musician [MPC 16249] [†]
4306 Dunaevskij		Maxim Dunayevsky, Soviet composer*
4307 Cherepashchuk		Anatolii Mikhailovich Cherepashchuk, Russian astronomer*
4308 Magarach		Research Institute of wine-making and viticulture at Magarach, Yalta [MPC 22501]
4309 Marvin	1978 QC	Ursula Bailey Marvin, American planetary geologist*
4310 Strömholm		Stig Strömholm, Swedish legal scholar and writer [†]
4311 Zguridi		Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Zguridi, Soviet producer [MPC 34620]
4312 Knacke		Roger Fritz Knacke, American astronomer [†]
4313 Bouchet		François Bouchet, French astronomer*
4314 -		*
4315 Pronik		Vladimir Pronik and/or Iraida Pronik, astronomers at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory*
4316 Babinkova		*
4317 Garibaldi		Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian nation-builder [†]
4318 Baťa		Tomáš Baťa, Czech businessman [MPC 16444] [†]
4319 Jackierobinson		Jack Roosevelt (Jackie) Robinson, American baseball player*
4320 Jarosewich		*
4321 Zero		Natural extension of the number: 4, 3, 2, 1, Zero*
4322 Billjackson		Bill Jackson? *
4323 Hortulus	1981 QN	Hortulus, Latin word for a small, cozy garden [MPC 34620]
4324 -		*
4325 Guest	1982 HL	John Edward Guest, British planetary scientist (MPC 16594)
4326 McNally		Derek McNally, British astronomer (MPC 16594)
4327 Ries		Judit Györgyey Ries, Hungarian-born American astronomer*
4328 Valina		*
4329 -		*
4330 Vivaldi		Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, Italian composer*
4331 Hubbard	1983 HC	*
4332 Milton	1983 RC	*
4333 Sinton		William M. Sinton, American astronomer [MPC 16444]
4334 -		*
4335 Verona		Verona, city in Italy [MPC 16249]
4336 Jasniewicz		*
4337 Arecibo	1985 GB	Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico [MPC 16445]
4338 Velez		Reinaldo Velez, telescope operator at Arecibo Observatory [MPC 16445]
4339 Almamater	1985 UK	Alma mater, in anticipation of the 650th anniversary of Prague's Univerzita Karlova (Charles University), the oldest university in central Europe [†]
4340 Dence	1986 JZ	Michael R. Dence, Canadian geologist [†]
4341 Poseidon	1987 KF	Poseidon, Greek god*
4342 Freud		Sigmund Freud, Austrian founder of psychoanalysis*
4343 Tetsuya	1988 AC	Tetsuya Fujii, Japanese astronomer*
4344 Buxtehude		Dieterich Buxtehude, Danish or German organist and composer*
4345 Rachmaninoff		Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff, Russian composer, pianist and conductor*
4346 Whitney		Mary Watson Whitney, American astronomer*
4347 Reger		Max Reger, German composer (MPC 16594)
4348 Poulydamas	1988 RU	Poulydamas, mythical person related to Trojan War [MPC 18141]
4349 Tibúrcio	1989 LX	Julio Cesar dos Santos Tibúrcio, Brazilian amateur astronomer [MPC 16445]
4350 Shibecha		*
4351 Nobuhisa		*
4352 Kyoto		Kyoto, city in Japan [MPC 16249]
4353 Onizaki		Onizaki, town in Japan [MPC 16249]
4354 Euclides	2142 P-L	Euclides, Greek mathematician (MPC 16594)
4355 Memphis	3524 P-L	Memphis, former capital of old Egyptian kingdom [MPC 18141]
4356 Marathon	9522 P-L	Marathon, Greece [MPC 18141]
4357 Korinthos	2069 T-2	Korinthos, Greece [MPC 18141]
4358 Lynn	A909 TF	William Thynne Lynn, assistant at Greenwich Observatory [MPC 22502]
4359 Berlage	1935 TG	Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Dutch meteorologist, son of the architect of the same name [MPC 18141] [†]
4360 Xuyi		*
4361 Nezhdanova		Antonina Nezhdanova, Russian opera singer*
4362 Carlisle		*
4363 Sergej		*
4364 Shkodrov		Vladimir Georgiev Shkodrov, Bulgarian astronomer [†]
4365 Ivanova		*
4366 Venikagan		*
4367 Meech		Karen Jean Meech, American astronomer*
4368 Pillmore		Charles (Chuck) L. Pillmore, geologist [†]
4369 Seifert	1982 OR	Jaroslav Seifert, Czech poet [MPC 25443] [†]
4370 Dickens	1982 SL	Charles Dickens, English writer [MPC 16445]
4371 Fyodorov		Svyatoslav Nikolaevich Fyodorov, Russian ophthalmologist [MPC 22502]
4372 Quincy	1984 TB	*
4373 Crespo	1985 PB	Antonio Crespo, electrical engineer at Arecibo Observatory [MPC 16446]
4374 Tadamori	1987 BJ	*
4375 Kiyomori	1987 DQ	*
4376 Shigemori	1987 FA	Kiyoshi Shigemori, Japanese astrophysicist? *
4377 Koremori	1987 GD	*
4378 Voigt	1988 JF	Hans-Heinrich Voigt, German astronomer [MPC 16446]
4379 Snelling		*
4380 Geyer		Edward H. Geyer, astronomer [MPC 16249]
4381 Uenohara		Uenohara, town in Japan [MPC 16446]
4382 Stravinsky		Igor Fyodorovitch Stravinsky, Russian-American composer [MPC 16446]
4383 Suruga	1989 XP	*
4384 -	1990 AA	-
4385 Elsässer	2534 P-L	Hans F. Elsässer, German astronomer, former director of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy [MPC 18141]
4386 Lüst	6829 P-L	Reimar Lüst, German astrophysicist [MPC 18141] [†]
4387 Tanaka	4829 T-2	Yasuo Tanaka, Japanese astrophysicist [MPC 18142]
4388 Jürgenstock	1964 VE	Jürgen Stock, German astronomer [†]*
4389 Durbin		*
4390 Madreteresa		Mother Teresa? *
4391 Balodis		*
4392 Agita		*
4393 Dawe		John Dawe, British astronomer*
4394 Fritzheide		Fritz Heide, German meteorite researcher*
4395 Danbritt		*
4396 Gressmann	1981 JH	Michael Gressmann, German astro-optician and amateur astronomer [MPC 16446] [†] [‡]
4397 Jalopez		Jose Alberto Lopez, Argentinian-born astronomer?*
4398 Chiara		*
4399 Ashizuri	1984 UA	Cape Ashizuri, Kochi, Japan (MPC 16595)
4400 Bagryana		Elisaveta Bagryana, Bulgarian poet, or Anna Bagryana, Ukrainian poet, or Bagryana Popov, Bulgarian-born Australian theatre director*
4401-4500
4401 Aditi	1985 TB	*
4402 Tsunemori	1987 DP	*
4403 Kuniharu	1987 EA	*
4404 Enirac	1987 GG	Wife of the discoverer, Alain Maury (MPC 16595) [†]
4405 Otava		Otava River, Czech Republic [MPC 34620] [†]
4406 Mahler		Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer [MPC 16446]
4407 Taihaku		*
4408 Zlatá Koruna		Zlatá Koruna, a gothic monastery and a village in South Bohemia, Czech Republic [†]
4409 Kissling	1989 MD	*
4410 Kamuimintara	1989 YA	*
4411 Kochibunkyo	1990 AF	The Kochi Prefecture Cultural and Educational Association [MPC 25443]
4412 Chephren	2535 P-L	Chephren, pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty of Egypt who built the eponymous pyramid at Giza and the Sphinx [MPC 18142]
4413 Mycerinos	4020 P-L	Mycerinos, pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty of Egypt [MPC 18142]
4414 Sesostris	4153 P-L	Sesostris I, Sesostris II, and Sesostris III, three pharaohs of the Twelfth dynasty of Egypt [MPC 18142]
4415 Echnaton	4237 P-L	Echnaton, pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt [MPC 18142]
4416 Ramses	4530 P-L	Ramses, pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt [MPC 18142]
4417 Lecar	1931 GC	Myron Lecar, American astrophysicist [MPC 22502]
4418 Fredfranklin		Fred Aldrich Franklin, American astronomer [MPC 22502]
4419 Allancook	1932 HD	Allan F. Cook II, American astrophysicist [MPC 22502]
4420 Alandreev	1936 PB	*
4421 Kayor	1942 AC	Kay Williams and Roy Williams, parents of Gareth V. Williams, an astronomer at the Minor Planet Center [MPC 21131]
4422 Jarre	1942 UA	Named in honour of the French composers Jean-Michel Jarre and his father Maurice Jarre*
4423 Golden	1949 GH	*
4424 Arkhipova	1967 DB	Vera Petrovna Arkhipova, Russian astronomer*
4425 -	1967 UQ	-
4426 Roerich		Nikolaj Konstantinovich Roerich, Russian painter, Elena Ivanovna Roerich, Russian writer, Yurij Nikolaevich Roerich, Russian scientist, and Svyatoslav Nikolaevich Roerich, Russian painter [MPC 22502]
4427 Burnashev		*
4428 Khotinok	1977 SN	Roman L'vovich Khotinok, Russian meteorite researcher [MPC 22502]
4429 Chinmoy		*
4430 Govorukhin		*
4431 Holeungholee		*
4432 McGraw-Hill		the McGraw-Hill Telescope at the MDM Observatory [†]
4433 Goldstone	1981 QP	Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex, California [MPC 16447]
4434 Nikulin		*
4435 Holt		*
4436 -	1983 EX	-
4437 Yaroshenko		*
4438 Sykes	1983 WR	*
4439 Muroto	1984 VA	Muroto, Kochi, city in Japan [MPC 25443]
4440 Tchantchès	1984 YV	*
4441 Toshie	1985 BB	Toshie Seki, the discoverer's mother*
4442 Garcia		*
4443 -		*
4444 Escher	1985 SA	Maurits Cornelis Escher, Dutch graphic artist [†]
4445 Jimstratton	1985 TC	James Michael Stratton, American space engineer [†]
4446 Carolyn	1985 TT	*
4447 Kirov		After Kirov, the city in Russia, or after the Kirov Opera and Ballet Theatre*
4448 Phildavis	1986 EO	*
4449 Sobinov		Leonid Sobinov, Russian opera singer*
4450 Pan	1987 SY	*
4451 Grieve	1988 JJ	Richard Andrew Francis Grieve, Canadian geologist [†]
4452 Ullacharles	1988 RN	*
4453 Bornholm	1988 VC	Bornholm, Danish island*
4454 Kumiko	1988 VW	*
4455 Ruriko	1988 XA	*
4456 Mawson	1989 OG	Sir Douglas Mawson, Antarctic explorer*
4457 van Gogh	1989 RU	Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter (MPC 16595) [†]
4458 Oizumi	1990 BY	*
4459 Nusamaibashi		*
4460 Bihoro	1990 DS	Bihoro, city in Japan (MPC 16595)
4461 Sayama	1990 EL	*
4462 Vaughan		*
4463 Marschwarzschild		Martin Schwarzschild, German-American astrophysicist [†]
4464 Vulcano	1966 TE	*
4465 Rodita		Tat'yana Mikhajlovna Rodita, Soviet art critic [MPC 28089]
4466 Abai		*
4467 Kaidanovskij		Naum L'vovich Kaidanovskii, Russian astronomer*
4468 Pogrebetskij		Mikhail Pogrebetskiy, Ukrainian mountaineer*
4469 Utting		*
4470 Sergeev-Censkij		Sergey Sergeev-Tsensky, Soviet writer*
4471 Graculus	1978 VB	*
4472 Navashin		Mikhail Sergeevich Navashin, Russian author of the Teleskop astronoma-lyubitelya (The Amateur Astronomer's Telescope)*
4473 Sears		Derek Sears, professor at University of Arkansas [†]
4474 Proust		Dominique Proust, French astrophysicist
4475 Voitkevich		Georgii Vitol'dovich Voitkevich, Russian geochemist [MPC 22247]
4476 Bernstein	1983 DE	*
4477 -	1983 SB	-
4478 Blanco		Victor Manuel Blanco, Chilean astronomer*
4479 Charlieparker		Charlie "Bird" Parker, American saxophonist, principal inventor of bebop [†]
4480 Nikitibotania		*
4481 Herbelin	1985 RR	Claude Herbelin, friend of the discoverer [MPC 28089]
4482 Frèrebasile	1986 RB	*
4483 Petőfi		Sándor Petőfi, Hungarian poet [MPC 22247] [†] [‡]
4484 Sif	1987 DD	Sif, Norse goddess [MPC 22502]
4485 Radonezhskij		Sergij Radonezhskij, Russian church official [MPC 22502]
4486 Mithra	1987 SB	Mithra, Indo-Iranian god*
4487 Pocahontas	1987 UA	Pocahontas, Native American woman*
4488 Tokitada	1987 UK	*
4489 -	1988 AK	-
4490 Bambery	1988 ND	Raymond Bambery, of the Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking Project*
4491 Otaru	1988 RP	*
4492 Debussy	1988 SH	Claude Debussy, French composer*
4493 -		*
4494 Marimo		*
4495 -	1988 VS	*

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