Meanings of asteroid names (4501-5000)

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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
4501-4600
4501 Eurypylos Eurypylos, mythical king of Thessalon [MPC 17031] [†]
4502 Elizabethann 1989 KG *
4503 Cleobulus 1989 WM *
4504 Jenkinson 1989 YO *
4505 Okamura Okamura Keiichiro, Japanese headmaster*
4506 Hendrie 1990 FJ Michael Hendrie, British amateur astronomer and author, astronomy correspondent for The Times*
4507 - 1990 FV *
4508 Takatsuki *
4509 Gorbatskij A917 SG Vitalii Gerasimovich Gorbatskii, Russian astronomer*
4510 Shawna 1930 XK *
4511 Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Dutch painter and engraver [†]
4512 Sinuhe 1939 BM Sinuhe, hero of The Egyptian by Mika Waltari*
4513 Louvre The Louvre, museum*
4514 Vilen 1972 HX *
4515 Khrennikov Tikhon Nikolayevich Khrennikov, Russian composer*
4516 Pugovkin Mikhail Ivanovich Pugovkin, Russian comic actor*
4517 Ralpharvey 1975 SV Ralph Harvey, American meteoriticist*
4518 Raikin Arkady Raikin, Russian artist [†]
4519 Voronezh Voronezh, Russia*
4520 Dovzhenko Alexander Dovzhenko, Ukrainian filmmaker*
4521 Akimov Nikolai Pavlovich Akimov, Ukrainian scenic designer and stage designer*
4522 Britastra 1980 BM British Astronomical Association*
4523 MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4524 Barklajdetolli Prince Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Russian field marshal of Scottish descent*
4525 Johnbauer John Bauer, American teacher of astronomy and physics [†]
4526 Konko *
4527 Schoenberg 1982 OK Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian-American composer*
4528 Berg 1983 PP Alban Berg, Austrian composer*
4529 Webern 1984 ED Anton Webern, Austrian composer*
4530 Smoluchowski 1984 EP Roman Smoluchowski, Polish-born physicist and astrophysicist [†]
4531 Asaro 1985 FC Frank Asaro, American nuclear chemist and colleague of Walter and Louis Alvarez*
4532 Copland Aaron Copland, American composer [MPC 18142]
4533 Orth 1986 EL Charles J. Orth, American geochemist*
4534 Rimskij-Korsakov Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer*
4535 Adamcarolla Adam Carolla, American comedic radio and television personality, former co-host of the syndicated radio program Loveline [†]
4536 Drewpinsky David Drew Pinsky (Dr. Drew), American doctor who co-hosts the syndicated radio program Loveline [†]
4537 Valgrirasp Valentin Grigorjevich Rasputin, Soviet writer [MPC 22502]
4538 - 1988 TP -
4539 Miyagino *
4540 Oriani Barnaba Oriani (Barnabus Oriani), Italian astronomer [†]
4541 Mizuno 1989 AF *
4542 Mossotti 1989 BO Ottaviano-Fabrizio Mossotti, Italian physicist and astronomer*
4543 Phoinix Phoinix, mythical Greek warrior [MPC 18143]
4544 Xanthus 1989 FB *
4545 - *
4546 Franck César Franck, Belgian composer [†]
4547 Massachusetts 1990 KP Massachusetts, United States*
4548 Wielen 2538 P-L Roland Wielen, German astronomer [MPC 18143]
4549 Burkhardt 1276 T-2 Gernot Burkhardt, German astronomer, co-editor of Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts [MPC 18143] [†]
4550 Royclarke Roy Slayton Clarke, American mineralogist and meteoriticist*
4551 Cochran 1979 MC Anita Light Cochran, American astronomer and William David Cochran, American astronomer*
4552 Nabelek 1980 JC Jan Nabelek, Moravian teacher [†]
4553 Doncampbell 1982 RH *
4554 Fanynka 1986 UT "Fanynka" Burian, friend of the discoverer [†]
4555 - 1987 QL *
4556 Gumilyov *
4557 Mika 1987 XD *
4558 Janesick 1988 NF James R. Janesick, American optical engineer*
4559 Strauss Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer [MPC 17031]
4560 Klyuchevskij Vasily Kluchevsky, Russian historian*
4561 Lemeshev Sergey Lemeshev, immensely popular Russian opera singer*
4562 Poleungkuk *
4563 Kahnia 1980 OG *
4564 Clayton Robert N. Clayton, Canadian-American cosmochemist*
4565 Grossman Lawrence Grossman, Canadian-American geophysicist [†]
4566 Chaokuangpiu *
4567 Bečvář Antonín Bečvář, Slovak astronomer [†]
4568 Menkaure *
4569 Baerbel *
4570 Runcorn 1985 PR Keith Runcorn (Stanley Keith Runcorn), British geophysicist*
4571 Grumiaux Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist*
4572 Brage 1986 RF Brage, Norse god of poetry and music [MPC 22502]
4573 Piešťany *
4574 Yoshinaka 1986 YB *
4575 Broman Brian Roman, American astronomer*
4576 - 1988 CC *
4577 Chikako 1988 WG *
4578 Kurashiki Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan*
4579 Puccini Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini, Italian operatic composer*
4580 Child 1989 EF Jack B. Child, astronomer*
4581 Asclepius 1989 FC Asclepius, god of medicine*
4582 Hank 1989 FW *
4583 Lugo Raymond Lugo, American deputy launch services manager on NASA's New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission [†]
4584 Akan 1990 FA *
4585 Ainonai 1990 KQ *
4586 Gunvor 6047 P-L Gunvor Ulla Marie Ollongren-Lundgren, wife of Dutch astronomer Alexander Ollongren [MPC 18143]
4587 Rees 3239 T-2 Martin J. Rees, English astronomer [MPC 18143]
4588 Wislicenus 1931 EE Johannes Wislicenus, German chemist*
4589 McDowell 1933 OB Jonathan Christopher McDowell, American astrophysicist [MPC 22502] [link]
4590 Dimashchegolev *
4591 Bryantsev 1975 VZ *
4592 Alkissia *
4593 Reipurth Bo Reipurth, Danish astronomer [†]
4594 Dashkova Ekaterina Romanovna Dashkova, Russian princess [MPC 22502]
4595 Prinz *
4596 - 1981 QB *
4597 Consolmagno Guy Joseph Consolmagno, American astronomer*
4598 Coradini Marcello Coradini, Italian planetary scientist or Angioletta Coradini, Italian planetary scientist*
4599 - *
4600 - *
4601-4700
4601 Ludkewycz 1986 LB The maiden name of the mother of the discoverer, Ukrainian-born American astronomer and special effects animator Marian Rudnyk [†]
4602 Heudier Jean Louis Heudier, French astronomer [†]
4603 Bertaud Charles Bertaud, French astronomer*
4604 - 1987 SK *
4605 Nikitin *
4606 Saheki Saheki Tsuneo, Japanese astronomer*
4607 Seilandfarm 1987 WR *
4608 Wodehouse Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, KBE, British comic writer [†]
4609 Pizarro Guido and Oscar Pizarro, Chilean astronomers [†]
4610 Kájov 1989 FO Kájov, Czech Republic [†]
4611 Vulkaneifel *
4612 Greenstein 1989 JG Jesse L. Greenstein, American astronomer*
4613 Mamoru 1990 OM Mamoru Mohri, Japanese astronaut [MPC 21131]
4614 Masamura 1990 QN *
4615 Zinner A923 RH Ernst Zinner, German astronomer and historian of astronomy [MPC 22502]
4616 Batalov 1975 BF Aleksej Vladimirovich Batalov, Russian actor [MPC 22503]
4617 Zadunaisky 1976 DK *
4618 Shakhovskoj *
4619 Polyakhova *
4620 Bickley 1978 OK *
4621 Tambov *
4622 Solovjova *
4623 Obraztsova Elena Vasilyevna Obraztsova, Russian singer [MPC 22503][†]
4624 Stefani *
4625 Shchedrin Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin, Russian composer*
4626 Plisetskaya Maya Plisetskaya, Russian ballerina, wife of Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin*
4627 - -
4628 Laplace Pierre-Simon Marquis de Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer [†]
4629 Walford *
4630 Chaonis 1987 WA *
4631 Yabu Yasuo Yabu, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 21131]
4632 - 1987 YB -
4633 - -
4634 Shibuya 1988 BA *
4635 Rimbaud Arthur Rimbaud, French poet [†]
4636 Chile Chile [†]
4637 Odorico 1989 CT Sandro D'Odorico, Italian astronomer*
4638 Estens 1989 EG *
4639 Minox Minox, a miniature camera
4640 Hara 1989 GA *
4641 - *
4642 Murchie Scott L. Murchie, of the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University and contributor to the NEAR Shoemaker mission [†]
4643 Cisneros *
4644 Oumu *
4645 Tentaikojo *
4646 Kwee 4009 P-L Kiem Keng Kwee, Dutch astronomer [†]
4647 Syuji *
4648 Tirion 1931 UE Wil Tirion, Dutch astronomical cartographer [MPC 22503] [†]
4649 Sumoto 1936 YD Sumoto, city in Japan [MPC 22503]
4650 Mori 1950 TF *
4651 Wongkwancheng *
4652 Iannini 1975 QO Gualberto M. Iannini, Argentinian astronomer*
4653 Tommaso *
4654 Gor'kavyj *
4655 Marjoriika 1978 RS *
4656 - *
4657 Lopez *
4658 Gavrilov *
4659 Roddenberry Eugene Wesley (Gene) Roddenberry, American creator of Star Trek
4660 Nereus 1982 DB Nereus, a Titan. The name was chosen following a competition organized by the Planetary Society [†]
4661 Yebes 1982 WM *
4662 - 1984 HL *
4663 - *
4664 Hanner 1985 PJ *
4665 Muinonen Karri Muinonen, Finnish astronomer*
4666 Dietz *
4667 Robbiesh 1986 VC *
4668 - *
4669 Høder Høder, Norse god [MPC 22503]
4670 Yoshinogawa 1987 YJ Yoshino River, Japan
4671 Drtikol František Drtikol, Czech photographer [†]
4672 Takuboku 1988 HB Takuboku Ishikawa, Japanese poet [MPC 21131]
4673 Bortle 1988 LF John E. Bortle, American amateur astronomer*
4674 Pauling 1989 JC Linus Carl Pauling, American chemist*
4675 Ohboke 1990 SD Oboke Gorge, Japan*
4676 Uedaseiji Seiji Ueda, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 22503]
4677 Hiroshi Hiroshi Kaneda, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 22503]
4678 Ninian *
4679 Sybil *
4680 Lohrmann 1937 QC Wilhelm Gotthelf Lohrmann, German geodesist and selenographer [†] [‡]
4681 Ermak *
4682 Bykov Oleg P. Bykov, Russian astronomer or Andrei Mikhailovich Bykov, Russian astronomer*
4683 Veratar *
4684 Bendjoya 1978 GJ *
4685 Karetnikov Valentin Grigor'evich Karetnikov, Ukrainian(?) astronomer*
4686 Maisica Maria Luisa Grima Garcia, Spanish hostess [MPC 22503]
4687 Brunsandrej Andrei V. Bruns, Ukrainian(?) astronomer*
4688 - 1980 WF *
4689 Donn 1980 YB Bertram Donn, American astronomer*
4690 Strasbourg 1983 AJ Strasbourg, France*
4691 Toyen 1983 TU Toyen (Marie Čermínová), Czech photographer [†]
4692 SIMBAD SIMBAD, the astronomical database at Strasbourg*
4693 Drummond 1983 WH Jack Donald Drummond, American astronomer*
4694 Festou 1985 PM Michel Festou, French astronomer*
4695 - *
4696 Arpigny 1985 TP Claude Arpigny, Belgian astronomer*
4697 - 1986 QO *
4698 Jizera Jizera River, Czech Republic [†]
4699 Sootan 1986 VE *
4700 Carusi Andrea Carusi, Italian astronomer [†]
4701-4800
4701 Milani Andrea Milani, Italian astronomer*
4702 Berounka 1987 HW Berounka River, Czech Republic [†]
4703 Kagoshima 1988 BL Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan [MPC 18143]
4704 Sheena *
4705 Secchi 1988 CK Angelo Secchi, Italian astronomer and spectroscopist*
4706 Dennisreuter 1988 DR Dennis Reuter, of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, co-investigator with NASA's Pluto-Kuiper Belt Mission*
4707 Khryses 1988 PY Khryses, priest of Apollo [MPC 18144]
4708 Polydoros 1988 RT Polydorus, Trojan prince [MPC 18144]
4709 Ennomos Ennomos, mythical person related to Trojan War [MPC 18144]
4710 Wade *
4711 Kathy 1989 KD *
4712 Iwaizumi 1989 QE *
4713 Steel 1989 QL Duncan Steel (Duncan I. Steel), British astronomer*
4714 Toyohiro 1989 SH Toyohiro Akiyama, Japanese cosmonaut [MPC 21131]
4715 - -
4716 Urey Harold Clayton Urey, American physicist*
4717 Kaneko 1989 WX *
4718 Araki Chikara Araki, Japanese astronomical photographer [MPC 22503]
4719 Burnaby Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada [MPC 21132] [†]
4720 Tottori 1990 YG Tottori, city in Japan [MPC 22503]
4721 Atahualpa 4239 T-2 Atahualpa, Inca ruler*
4722 Agelaos 4271 T-3 Agelaus, mythical person related to Trojan War*
4723 Wolfgangmattig 1937 TB Wolfgang Mattig, German solar physicist and cosmologist [MPC 22503]
4724 Brocken 1961 BC Brocken, mountain in Germany [MPC 18144]
4725 Milone 1975 YE Eugene Milone, American/Canadian astronomer*
4726 Federer Charles and Helen Federer, founders of Sky & Telescope*
4727 Ravel Joseph-Maurice Ravel, French composer [MPC 18144]
4728 Lyapidevskij 1979 VG Anatoly Lyapidevsky, Soviet aviator and general*
4729 Mikhailmil' *
4730 Xingmingzhou 1980 XZ Xing-Ming Zhou, Chinese amateur astronomer*
4731 Monicagrady Monica Grady, Head of Petrology and Meteoritics at the Natural History Museum in London*
4732 Froeschlé 1981 JG Claude Froeschlé, French astronomer*
4733 ORO *
4734 Rameau Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer [MPC 18144]
4735 Gary 1983 AN *
4736 Johnwood John A. Wood, American planetary geologist and mineralogist*
4737 Kiladze *
4738 - *
4739 Tomahrens Thomas J Ahrens, American geophysicist [†]
4740 Veniamina Veniamin Vasil'evich Somov, brother of the discoverer [MPC 22503]
4741 Leskov Nikolay Leskov, Russian short story writer*
4742 Caliumi 1986 WG *
4743 Kikuchi 1988 DA Ryoko Kikuchi, backup to first Japanese cosmonaut [MPC 21132]
4744 - -
4745 Nancymarie *
4746 Doi Takao Doi, backup payload specialist [MPC 21132]
4747 Jujo 1989 WB *
4748 Tokiwagozen 1989 WV Tokiwagozen, mother of Yoshitsune [MPC 21132]
4749 - -
4750 Mukai Chiaki Mukai, backup payload specialist [MPC 21132]
4751 Alicemanning 1991 BG Alice K. Manning, wife of the discoverer [MPC 18144]
4752 Myron 1309 T-2 *
4753 Phidias 4059 T-3 Phidias, Ancient Greek sculptor*
4754 Panthoos 5010 T-3 Panthoos, mythical person related to Trojan War*
4755 Nicky *
4756 Asaramas 1950 HJ Asociacion Argentina Amigos de la Astronomia, an amateur astronomical association in Argentina [MPC 22503]
4757 Liselotte 1973 ST *
4758 Hermitage *
4759 - -
4760 Jia-xiang *
4761 Urrutia 1981 QC *
4762 Dobrynya *
4763 Ride 1983 BM Sally Ride, American astronaut*
4764 Joneberhart 1983 CC Jonathan Eberhart, science writer [†]
4765 Wasserburg Gerald J. Wasserburg, professor of geology and geophysics at the California Institute of Technology [†]
4766 Malin Michael Charles Malin, American planetary scientist*
4767 Sutoku 1987 GC *
4768 Hartley Malcolm Hartley, British astronomer*
4769 Castalia 1989 PB Castalia, Greek nymph
4770 Lane 1989 PC *
4771 Hayashi *
4772 - 1989 VM *
4773 Hayakawa 1989 WF *
4774 Hobetsu Hobetsu, city in Japan [MPC 22503]
4775 Hansen 1927 TC *
4776 Luyi 1975 VD *
4777 Aksenov *
4778 Fuss *
4779 Whitley 1978 XQ *
4780 Polina *
4781 Sládkovič 1980 TP Andrej Sládkovič, Slovak poet [†]
4782 Gembloux Gembloux, Belgium*
4783 Wasson John Wasson, American geochemist [†]
4784 - *
4785 Petrov Andrei Pavlovich Petrov, Russian composer [†]
4786 Tatianina *
4787 Shul'zhenko Klavdia Shulzhenko, Soviet singer of war and popular songs*
4788 Simpson *
4789 Sprattia Chistopher E. Spratt, Canadian astronomer [†]
4790 Petrpravec 1988 PP Petr Pravec, Czech astronomer*
4791 Iphidamas Iphidamas, mythical person related to Trojan War*
4792 Lykaon Lycaon, son of Priam the king of Troy
4793 - -
4794 Bogard *
4795 Kihara Hideo Kihara, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 22503]
4796 Lewis 1989 LU Joseph Walter Lewis, Jr. and Anne Beech Lewis, friends of the discoverer [MPC 21956]
4797 Ako 1989 SJ *
4798 Mercator Gerardus Mercator (Gerard De Kremer), Flemish cartographer [†]
4799 Hirasawa *
4800 - -
4801-4900
4801 Ohře Ohře River, Czech Republic [†]
4802 Khatchaturian Aram Ilich Khachaturian, Georgian-Armenian-Russian composer*
4803 Birkle 1989 XA Kurt Birkle, German astronomer*
4804 Pasteur Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist [†]
4805 Asteropaios Asteropaios, mythical person related to Trojan War*
4806 Miho 1990 YJ *
4807 Noboru 1991 AO *
4808 Ballaero 1925 BA *
4809 Robertball 1928 RB Robert Stawell Ball, British astronomer*
4810 Ruslanova 1972 GL Lidiya Ruslanova, Russian folk singer*
4811 Semashko Nikolay Semashko, father of Soviet medicine*
4812 Hakuhou *
4813 Terebizh *
4814 Casacci 1978 RW Claudio Casacci, Italian space scientist*
4815 Anders Edward Anders, American geochemist*
4816 Connelly 1981 PK Robert Connelly, American astronomer*
4817 - *
4818 Elgar 1984 EM Sir Edward William Elgar, British composer*
4819 Gifford 1985 KC *
4820 Fay 1985 RZ *
4821 Bianucci Piero Bianucci, Italian science writer [†]
4822 Karge *
4823 Libenice Libenice, Czech archaeological site [†]
4824 Stradonice Stradonice, Czech Republic [†]
4825 Ventura Ventura, California [†]
4826 Wilhelms 1988 JO Don Edward Wilhelms, American planetary geologist*
4827 Dares 1988 QE Dares, mythical person related to Trojan War*
4828 Misenus 1988 RV Misenus, mythical Trojan warrior
4829 Sergestus Sergestus, mythical Trojan
4830 - -
4831 Baldwin *
4832 Palinurus Palinurus, mythical Trojan
4833 Meges Mégês Phyleïdês, mythical Greek warrior
4834 Thoas Thoas, mythical person related to Trojan War*
4835 - 1989 BQ -
4836 Medon Medôn, mythical Greek warrior
4837 Bickerton 1989 ME Steve Bickerton, Canadian astronomer, or, Alexander William Bickerton, New Zealand astronomer, Professor of Chemistry*
4838 Billmclaughlin 1989 NJ William McLaughlin, American astronomer and space scientist formerly of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory [†]
4839 Daisetsuzan 1989 QG *
4840 Otaynang 1989 UY *
4841 Manjiro John Manjiro, Japanese traveller*
4842 Atsushi 1989 WK Atsushi Takahashi, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 22503]
4843 Mégantic Mont Mégantic, observatory in Québec [†]
4844 Matsuyama Masanori Matsuyama, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 22503]
4845 Tsubetsu *
4846 Tuthmosis 6575 P-L Thutmose, pharaoh*
4847 Amenhotep 6787 P-L Amenhotep IV, pharaoh*
4848 Tutenchamun 3233 T-2 Tutankhamun, pharaoh*
4849 Ardenne 1936 QV *
4850 Palestrina Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Italian composer*
4851 Vodop'yanova *
4852 Pamjones 1977 JD *
4853 Marielukac 1979 ML Marie R. Lukac, Staff member, US Naval Observatory [link]
4854 Edscott Edward R. D. Scott, American meteoriticist*
4855 Tenpyou *
4856 Seaborg 1983 LJ Glenn Theodore Seaborg, American atomic scientist*
4857 Altgamia 1984 FM *
4858 - 1985 UA *
4859 Fraknoi Andrew Fraknoi, American astronomer and author [†]
4860 Gubbio 1987 EP Gubbio in Italy, site of the iridium anomaly of the K-T extinction boundary*
4861 Nemirovskij *
4862 Loke Loke, Norse god of mischief [MPC 22504]
4863 Yasutani Keiki Yasutani, Japanese astronomical photographer [MPC 22504]
4864 - *
4865 Sor 1988 UJ Fernando Sor, Spanish classical guitar composer*
4866 Badillo Father Victor L. Badillo, Filipino Jesuit astronomer, former director of the Manila Observatory, president of the Philippine Astronomical Society from 1972 to 1990, and honorary director of the Astronomical League of the Philippines [†] [‡] [+]
4867 Polites 1989 SZ *
4868 Knushevia *
4869 Piotrovsky Boris B. Piotrovsky, Russian orientalist, director of the Hermitage [†]
4870 Shcherban' *
4871 Riverside Riverside Astronomical Society*
4872 Grieg Edvard Hagerup Grieg, Norwegian composer*
4873 Fukaya 1990 EC *
4874 Burke 1991 AW James Burke, British science writer, author, television producer, and advisor to the Planetary Society [†]
4875 Ingalls 1991 DJ Albert Graham Ingalls, American science editor and writer on amateur astronomy and telescope making, author of the classic Amateur Telescope Making or James Gregory Ingalls, American astronomer, or Richard P. Ingalls, American astronomer*
4876 Strabo 1133 T-2 Strabo, Greek historian and geographer*
4877 Humboldt 5066 T-2 *
4878 - 1968 OF *
4879 Zykina 1974 VG Lyudmila Zykina, Soviet singer of folk songs, the favourite singer of Leonid Brezhnev*
4880 Tovstonogov Georgy Tovstonogov, Russian director, after whom a major theatre in St Petersburg is named*
4881 - 1975 XJ *
4882 Divari Nikolai Borisovich Divari, Ukrainian astronomer*
4883 Korolirina *
4884 Bragaria *
4885 Grange 1980 LU *
4886 Kojima *
4887 Takihiroi Takahiro Hiroi, Japanese planetary scientist, specializing in asteroid-meteorite relationship through reflectance spectroscopy*
4888 Doreen *
4889 Praetorius Michael Praetorius, German composer*
4890 Shikanosima Shikanosima, island in Japan [MPC 22504]
4891 Blaga 1984 GR *
4892 Chrispollas Christian Pollas, French astronomer*
4893 Seitter Waltraud Carola Seitter, German astronomer [†]
4894 Ask 1986 RJ Ask, the first man, in Norse mythology [MPC 22504]
4895 Embla Embla, the first woman, in Norse mythology [MPC 22504]
4896 Tomoegozen 1986 YA Tomoe Gozen, Japanese female samurai [MPC 21132]
4897 - *
4898 Nishiizumi 1988 FJ *
4899 Candace 1988 JU *
4900 Maymelou 1988 ME *
4901-5000
4901 - 1988 VJ *
4902 Thessandrus Thessandrus, mythical person related to Trojan War*
4903 Ichikawa 1989 UD *
4904 Makio 1989 WZ Makio Akiyama, Japanese astronomer*
4905 Hiromi Hiromi Takahashi, wife of one of the discoverers [MPC 22504]
4906 Seneferu 2533 P-L *
4907 Zoser 7618 P-L *
4908 Ward 1933 SD Steven Ward, electronics technician at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics [MPC 22504]
4909 Couteau Paul Couteau, French astronomer*
4910 Kawasato 1953 PR Nobuhiro Kawasato, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 22504]
4911 Rosenzweig 1953 UD Patricia Rosenzweig (Patricia Rosenzweig-Levy), Venezuelan astronomer*
4912 Emilhaury Emil Haury, American archaeologist*
4913 - 1965 SO *
4914 Pardina 1969 GD *
4915 Solzhenitsyn Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer*
4916 Brumberg 1970 PS Viktor Aleksandrovich Brumberg, Russian astronomer*
4917 Yurilvovia *
4918 Rostropovich Mstislav Rostropovich, a Russian cellist and conductor [†] [‡]
4919 Vishnevskaya Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian opera singer, wife of Mstislav Rostropovich [†]
4920 Gromov *
4921 Volonté 1980 SJ Gian Maria Volonté, Italian actor [†]
4922 Leshin *
4923 Clarke Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, British-Sri Lankan science fiction author [†]
4924 Hiltner William Albert Hiltner, American astronomer*
4925 - -
4926 Smoktunovskij Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Russian actor*
4927 O'Connell Daniel O'Connell, Irish politician [†] [‡]
4928 Vermeer Vermeer van Delft, Dutch painter [MPC 22504] [†]
4929 Yamatai 1982 XV Yamatai, region of ancient Japan [MPC 22504]
4930 Rephiltim *
4931 Tomsk Tomsk, Russia [†]
4932 Texstapa Texas Star Party, amateur astronomy gathering [†]
4933 - -
4934 Rhôneranger 1985 JJ Named after Randall Graham, wine producer [†]
4935 Maslachkova *
4936 Butakov *
4937 - *
4938 - *
4939 - *
4940 Polenov Vasilij Dmitrievich Polenov, Russian painter [MPC 22504]
4941 - 1986 UA *
4942 - *
4943 Lac d'Orient 1987 OQ Lac de la Forêt d'Orient, France, favourite vacation spot of the discoverer [†]
4944 Kozlovskij Ivan Semyonovich Kozlovskij, Russian opera singer [MPC 22504]
4945 Ikenozenni 1987 SJ *
4946 Askalaphus Askalaphus, mythical person related to Trojan War*
4947 Ninkasi *
4948 - *
4949 - 1988 WE *
4950 House *
4951 Iwamoto 1990 BM *
4952 Kibeshigemaro *
4953 - 1990 MU *
4954 Eric 1990 SQ *
4955 Gold Robert E. Gold, of the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University and contributor to the NEAR Shoemaker mission [†]
4956 Noymer *
4957 Brucemurray 1990 XJ Bruce Murray, American planetary scientist, co-founder with Carl Sagan of the Planetary Society [†]
4958 Wellnitz Dennis D. Wellnitz, American astronomer [†]
4959 Niinoama *
4960 Mayo 4657 P-L *
4961 Timherder Timothy Scott Herder, American deputy project manager of NASA's New Horizons-Pluto Kuiper Belt mission [†]
4962 Vecherka 1973 TP *
4963 Kanroku Kanroku, Pekche priest [MPC 22504]
4964 Kourovka *
4965 Takeda *
4966 Edolsen Edward John Olsen, American meteoriticist or Edward Tait Olsen, American astronomer*
4967 Glia *
4968 Suzamur 1986 PQ Suzanne Moss Murray, friend of the discoverer [MPC 22504]
4969 Lawrence 1986 TU *
4970 Druyan Ann Druyan, author and producer, wife of Carl Sagan*
4971 Hoshinohiroba 1989 BY Hoshinohiroba, Comet Observers Network in Japan [MPC 22504]
4972 Pachelbel Johann Pachelbel, German composer*
4973 Showa 1990 FT Manufacturer of telescopes in Japan [MPC 21132]
4974 Elford 1990 LA *
4975 Dohmoto Yoshio Dohmoto, Japanese astronomer [MPC 22504]
4976 Choukyongchol 1991 PM *
4977 Rauthgundis 2018 P-L Rauthgundis Seitz, friend of the discoverers*
4978 Seitz 4069 T-2 Horstmar Seitz, friend of one of the discoverers [MPC 22505]
4979 Otawara 1949 PQ Akira Otawara, Japanese photo artist and writer [MPC 22505]
4980 Magomaev Muslim Magomayev, Soviet crooner and opera singer*
4981 Sinyavskaya 1974 VS Tamara Sinyavskaya, Soviet opera singer, wife of Muslim Magomayev*
4982 Bartini *
4983 Schroeteria Johann Hieronymus Schröter, German astronomer [†] [‡]
4984 - *
4985 Fitzsimmons Alan Fitzsimmons, Irish astronomer [†]
4986 Osipovia *
4987 Flamsteed Ethelwin ("Win") Frances Flamsteed Moffatt, of South Australia, a direct descendant of the brother of the first Astronomer Royal of England, Rev. John Flamsteed [†] [‡]
4988 Chushuho Chu, Shu Ho David, Hong Kong physical educator, promoter of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing [†]
4989 Joegoldstein Joseph I. Goldstein, American meteoriticist*
4990 Trombka Jacob Israel Trombka, American physicist [†]
4991 Hansuess Hans Eduard Suess, Austrian-born American geochemist*
4992 Kálmán Emmerich Kalman (Imre Kálmán), Hungarian composer [†] [‡] [+]
4993 Cossard 1983 GR [[Talk:Meanings of asteroid names (4501-5000)>†]]
4994 Kisala *
4995 - 1984 QR *
4996 Veisberg Vladimir Grigor'evich Veisberg, Russian painter [MPC 22505]
4997 Ksana 1986 TM Kseniya Andréevna Nessler, friend of the discoverer [MPC 22505]
4998 Kabashima 1986 VG *
4999 MPC 1987 CJ Minor Planet Circulars, Minor Planet Center [†]
5000 IAU International Astronomical Union [†]

Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
4501-4600
4501 Eurypylos		Eurypylos, mythical king of Thessalon [MPC 17031] [†]
4502 Elizabethann	1989 KG	*
4503 Cleobulus	1989 WM	*
4504 Jenkinson	1989 YO	*
4505 Okamura		Okamura Keiichiro, Japanese headmaster*
4506 Hendrie	1990 FJ	Michael Hendrie, British amateur astronomer and author, astronomy correspondent for The Times*
4507 -	1990 FV	*
4508 Takatsuki		*
4509 Gorbatskij	A917 SG	Vitalii Gerasimovich Gorbatskii, Russian astronomer*
4510 Shawna	1930 XK	*
4511 Rembrandt		Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Dutch painter and engraver [†]
4512 Sinuhe	1939 BM	Sinuhe, hero of The Egyptian by Mika Waltari*
4513 Louvre		The Louvre, museum*
4514 Vilen	1972 HX	*
4515 Khrennikov		Tikhon Nikolayevich Khrennikov, Russian composer*
4516 Pugovkin		Mikhail Ivanovich Pugovkin, Russian comic actor*
4517 Ralpharvey	1975 SV	Ralph Harvey, American meteoriticist*
4518 Raikin		Arkady Raikin, Russian artist [†]
4519 Voronezh		Voronezh, Russia*
4520 Dovzhenko		Alexander Dovzhenko, Ukrainian filmmaker*
4521 Akimov		Nikolai Pavlovich Akimov, Ukrainian scenic designer and stage designer*
4522 Britastra	1980 BM	British Astronomical Association*
4523 MIT		Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4524 Barklajdetolli		Prince Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Russian field marshal of Scottish descent*
4525 Johnbauer		John Bauer, American teacher of astronomy and physics [†]
4526 Konko		*
4527 Schoenberg	1982 OK	Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian-American composer*
4528 Berg	1983 PP	Alban Berg, Austrian composer*
4529 Webern	1984 ED	Anton Webern, Austrian composer*
4530 Smoluchowski	1984 EP	Roman Smoluchowski, Polish-born physicist and astrophysicist [†]
4531 Asaro	1985 FC	Frank Asaro, American nuclear chemist and colleague of Walter and Louis Alvarez*
4532 Copland		Aaron Copland, American composer [MPC 18142]
4533 Orth	1986 EL	Charles J. Orth, American geochemist*
4534 Rimskij-Korsakov		Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer*
4535 Adamcarolla		Adam Carolla, American comedic radio and television personality, former co-host of the syndicated radio program Loveline [†]
4536 Drewpinsky		David Drew Pinsky (Dr. Drew), American doctor who co-hosts the syndicated radio program Loveline [†]
4537 Valgrirasp		Valentin Grigorjevich Rasputin, Soviet writer [MPC 22502]
4538 -	1988 TP	-
4539 Miyagino		*
4540 Oriani		Barnaba Oriani (Barnabus Oriani), Italian astronomer [†]
4541 Mizuno	1989 AF	*
4542 Mossotti	1989 BO	Ottaviano-Fabrizio Mossotti, Italian physicist and astronomer*
4543 Phoinix		Phoinix, mythical Greek warrior [MPC 18143]
4544 Xanthus	1989 FB	*
4545 -		*
4546 Franck		César Franck, Belgian composer [†]
4547 Massachusetts	1990 KP	Massachusetts, United States*
4548 Wielen	2538 P-L	Roland Wielen, German astronomer [MPC 18143]
4549 Burkhardt	1276 T-2	Gernot Burkhardt, German astronomer, co-editor of Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts [MPC 18143] [†]
4550 Royclarke		Roy Slayton Clarke, American mineralogist and meteoriticist*
4551 Cochran	1979 MC	Anita Light Cochran, American astronomer and William David Cochran, American astronomer*
4552 Nabelek	1980 JC	Jan Nabelek, Moravian teacher [†]
4553 Doncampbell	1982 RH	*
4554 Fanynka	1986 UT	"Fanynka" Burian, friend of the discoverer [†]
4555 -	1987 QL	*
4556 Gumilyov		*
4557 Mika	1987 XD	*
4558 Janesick	1988 NF	James R. Janesick, American optical engineer*
4559 Strauss		Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer [MPC 17031]
4560 Klyuchevskij		Vasily Kluchevsky, Russian historian*
4561 Lemeshev		Sergey Lemeshev, immensely popular Russian opera singer*
4562 Poleungkuk		*
4563 Kahnia	1980 OG	*
4564 Clayton		Robert N. Clayton, Canadian-American cosmochemist*
4565 Grossman		Lawrence Grossman, Canadian-American geophysicist [†]
4566 Chaokuangpiu		*
4567 Bečvář		Antonín Bečvář, Slovak astronomer [†]
4568 Menkaure		*
4569 Baerbel		*
4570 Runcorn	1985 PR	Keith Runcorn (Stanley Keith Runcorn), British geophysicist*
4571 Grumiaux		Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist*
4572 Brage	1986 RF	Brage, Norse god of poetry and music [MPC 22502]
4573 Piešťany		*
4574 Yoshinaka	1986 YB	*
4575 Broman		Brian Roman, American astronomer*
4576 -	1988 CC	*
4577 Chikako	1988 WG	*
4578 Kurashiki		Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan*
4579 Puccini		Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini, Italian operatic composer*
4580 Child	1989 EF	Jack B. Child, astronomer*
4581 Asclepius	1989 FC	Asclepius, god of medicine*
4582 Hank	1989 FW	*
4583 Lugo		Raymond Lugo, American deputy launch services manager on NASA's New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission [†]
4584 Akan	1990 FA	*
4585 Ainonai	1990 KQ	*
4586 Gunvor	6047 P-L	Gunvor Ulla Marie Ollongren-Lundgren, wife of Dutch astronomer Alexander Ollongren [MPC 18143]
4587 Rees	3239 T-2	Martin J. Rees, English astronomer [MPC 18143]
4588 Wislicenus	1931 EE	Johannes Wislicenus, German chemist*
4589 McDowell	1933 OB	Jonathan Christopher McDowell, American astrophysicist [MPC 22502] [link]
4590 Dimashchegolev		*
4591 Bryantsev	1975 VZ	*
4592 Alkissia		*
4593 Reipurth		Bo Reipurth, Danish astronomer [†]
4594 Dashkova		Ekaterina Romanovna Dashkova, Russian princess [MPC 22502]
4595 Prinz		*
4596 -	1981 QB	*
4597 Consolmagno		Guy Joseph Consolmagno, American astronomer*
4598 Coradini		Marcello Coradini, Italian planetary scientist or Angioletta Coradini, Italian planetary scientist*
4599 -		*
4600 -		*
4601-4700
4601 Ludkewycz	1986 LB	The maiden name of the mother of the discoverer, Ukrainian-born American astronomer and special effects animator Marian Rudnyk [†]
4602 Heudier		Jean Louis Heudier, French astronomer [†]
4603 Bertaud		Charles Bertaud, French astronomer*
4604 -	1987 SK	*
4605 Nikitin		*
4606 Saheki		Saheki Tsuneo, Japanese astronomer*
4607 Seilandfarm	1987 WR	*
4608 Wodehouse		Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, KBE, British comic writer [†]
4609 Pizarro		Guido and Oscar Pizarro, Chilean astronomers [†]
4610 Kájov	1989 FO	Kájov, Czech Republic [†]
4611 Vulkaneifel		*
4612 Greenstein	1989 JG	Jesse L. Greenstein, American astronomer*
4613 Mamoru	1990 OM	Mamoru Mohri, Japanese astronaut [MPC 21131]
4614 Masamura	1990 QN	*
4615 Zinner	A923 RH	Ernst Zinner, German astronomer and historian of astronomy [MPC 22502]
4616 Batalov	1975 BF	Aleksej Vladimirovich Batalov, Russian actor [MPC 22503]
4617 Zadunaisky	1976 DK	*
4618 Shakhovskoj		*
4619 Polyakhova		*
4620 Bickley	1978 OK	*
4621 Tambov		*
4622 Solovjova		*
4623 Obraztsova		Elena Vasilyevna Obraztsova, Russian singer [MPC 22503][†]
4624 Stefani		*
4625 Shchedrin		Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin, Russian composer*
4626 Plisetskaya		Maya Plisetskaya, Russian ballerina, wife of Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin*
4627 -		-
4628 Laplace		Pierre-Simon Marquis de Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer [†]
4629 Walford		*
4630 Chaonis	1987 WA	*
4631 Yabu		Yasuo Yabu, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 21131]
4632 -	1987 YB	-
4633 -		-
4634 Shibuya	1988 BA	*
4635 Rimbaud		Arthur Rimbaud, French poet [†]
4636 Chile		Chile [†]
4637 Odorico	1989 CT	Sandro D'Odorico, Italian astronomer*
4638 Estens	1989 EG	*
4639 Minox		Minox, a miniature camera
4640 Hara	1989 GA	*
4641 -		*
4642 Murchie		Scott L. Murchie, of the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University and contributor to the NEAR Shoemaker mission [†]
4643 Cisneros		*
4644 Oumu		*
4645 Tentaikojo		*
4646 Kwee	4009 P-L	Kiem Keng Kwee, Dutch astronomer [†]
4647 Syuji		*
4648 Tirion	1931 UE	Wil Tirion, Dutch astronomical cartographer [MPC 22503] [†]
4649 Sumoto	1936 YD	Sumoto, city in Japan [MPC 22503]
4650 Mori	1950 TF	*
4651 Wongkwancheng		*
4652 Iannini	1975 QO	Gualberto M. Iannini, Argentinian astronomer*
4653 Tommaso		*
4654 Gor'kavyj		*
4655 Marjoriika	1978 RS	*
4656 -		*
4657 Lopez		*
4658 Gavrilov		*
4659 Roddenberry		Eugene Wesley (Gene) Roddenberry, American creator of Star Trek
4660 Nereus	1982 DB	Nereus, a Titan. The name was chosen following a competition organized by the Planetary Society [†]
4661 Yebes	1982 WM	*
4662 -	1984 HL	*
4663 -		*
4664 Hanner	1985 PJ	*
4665 Muinonen		Karri Muinonen, Finnish astronomer*
4666 Dietz		*
4667 Robbiesh	1986 VC	*
4668 -		*
4669 Høder		Høder, Norse god [MPC 22503]
4670 Yoshinogawa	1987 YJ	Yoshino River, Japan
4671 Drtikol		František Drtikol, Czech photographer [†]
4672 Takuboku	1988 HB	Takuboku Ishikawa, Japanese poet [MPC 21131]
4673 Bortle	1988 LF	John E. Bortle, American amateur astronomer*
4674 Pauling	1989 JC	Linus Carl Pauling, American chemist*
4675 Ohboke	1990 SD	Oboke Gorge, Japan*
4676 Uedaseiji		Seiji Ueda, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 22503]
4677 Hiroshi		Hiroshi Kaneda, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 22503]
4678 Ninian		*
4679 Sybil		*
4680 Lohrmann	1937 QC	Wilhelm Gotthelf Lohrmann, German geodesist and selenographer [†] [‡]
4681 Ermak		*
4682 Bykov		Oleg P. Bykov, Russian astronomer or Andrei Mikhailovich Bykov, Russian astronomer*
4683 Veratar		*
4684 Bendjoya	1978 GJ	*
4685 Karetnikov		Valentin Grigor'evich Karetnikov, Ukrainian(?) astronomer*
4686 Maisica		Maria Luisa Grima Garcia, Spanish hostess [MPC 22503]
4687 Brunsandrej		Andrei V. Bruns, Ukrainian(?) astronomer*
4688 -	1980 WF	*
4689 Donn	1980 YB	Bertram Donn, American astronomer*
4690 Strasbourg	1983 AJ	Strasbourg, France*
4691 Toyen	1983 TU	Toyen (Marie Čermínová), Czech photographer [†]
4692 SIMBAD		SIMBAD, the astronomical database at Strasbourg*
4693 Drummond	1983 WH	Jack Donald Drummond, American astronomer*
4694 Festou	1985 PM	Michel Festou, French astronomer*
4695 -		*
4696 Arpigny	1985 TP	Claude Arpigny, Belgian astronomer*
4697 -	1986 QO	*
4698 Jizera		Jizera River, Czech Republic [†]
4699 Sootan	1986 VE	*
4700 Carusi		Andrea Carusi, Italian astronomer [†]
4701-4800
4701 Milani		Andrea Milani, Italian astronomer*
4702 Berounka	1987 HW	Berounka River, Czech Republic [†]
4703 Kagoshima	1988 BL	Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan [MPC 18143]
4704 Sheena		*
4705 Secchi	1988 CK	Angelo Secchi, Italian astronomer and spectroscopist*
4706 Dennisreuter	1988 DR	Dennis Reuter, of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, co-investigator with NASA's Pluto-Kuiper Belt Mission*
4707 Khryses	1988 PY	Khryses, priest of Apollo [MPC 18144]
4708 Polydoros	1988 RT	Polydorus, Trojan prince [MPC 18144]
4709 Ennomos		Ennomos, mythical person related to Trojan War [MPC 18144]
4710 Wade		*
4711 Kathy	1989 KD	*
4712 Iwaizumi	1989 QE	*
4713 Steel	1989 QL	Duncan Steel (Duncan I. Steel), British astronomer*
4714 Toyohiro	1989 SH	Toyohiro Akiyama, Japanese cosmonaut [MPC 21131]
4715 -		-
4716 Urey		Harold Clayton Urey, American physicist*
4717 Kaneko	1989 WX	*
4718 Araki		Chikara Araki, Japanese astronomical photographer [MPC 22503]
4719 Burnaby		Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada [MPC 21132] [†]
4720 Tottori	1990 YG	Tottori, city in Japan [MPC 22503]
4721 Atahualpa	4239 T-2	Atahualpa, Inca ruler*
4722 Agelaos	4271 T-3	Agelaus, mythical person related to Trojan War*
4723 Wolfgangmattig	1937 TB	Wolfgang Mattig, German solar physicist and cosmologist [MPC 22503]
4724 Brocken	1961 BC	Brocken, mountain in Germany [MPC 18144]
4725 Milone	1975 YE	Eugene Milone, American/Canadian astronomer*
4726 Federer		Charles and Helen Federer, founders of Sky & Telescope*
4727 Ravel		Joseph-Maurice Ravel, French composer [MPC 18144]
4728 Lyapidevskij	1979 VG	Anatoly Lyapidevsky, Soviet aviator and general*
4729 Mikhailmil'		*
4730 Xingmingzhou	1980 XZ	Xing-Ming Zhou, Chinese amateur astronomer*
4731 Monicagrady		Monica Grady, Head of Petrology and Meteoritics at the Natural History Museum in London*
4732 Froeschlé	1981 JG	Claude Froeschlé, French astronomer*
4733 ORO		*
4734 Rameau		Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer [MPC 18144]
4735 Gary	1983 AN	*
4736 Johnwood		John A. Wood, American planetary geologist and mineralogist*
4737 Kiladze		*
4738 -		*
4739 Tomahrens		Thomas J Ahrens, American geophysicist [†]
4740 Veniamina		Veniamin Vasil'evich Somov, brother of the discoverer [MPC 22503]
4741 Leskov		Nikolay Leskov, Russian short story writer*
4742 Caliumi	1986 WG	*
4743 Kikuchi	1988 DA	Ryoko Kikuchi, backup to first Japanese cosmonaut [MPC 21132]
4744 -		-
4745 Nancymarie		*
4746 Doi		Takao Doi, backup payload specialist [MPC 21132]
4747 Jujo	1989 WB	*
4748 Tokiwagozen	1989 WV	Tokiwagozen, mother of Yoshitsune [MPC 21132]
4749 -		-
4750 Mukai		Chiaki Mukai, backup payload specialist [MPC 21132]
4751 Alicemanning	1991 BG	Alice K. Manning, wife of the discoverer [MPC 18144]
4752 Myron	1309 T-2	*
4753 Phidias	4059 T-3	Phidias, Ancient Greek sculptor*
4754 Panthoos	5010 T-3	Panthoos, mythical person related to Trojan War*
4755 Nicky		*
4756 Asaramas	1950 HJ	Asociacion Argentina Amigos de la Astronomia, an amateur astronomical association in Argentina [MPC 22503]
4757 Liselotte	1973 ST	*
4758 Hermitage		*
4759 -		-
4760 Jia-xiang		*
4761 Urrutia	1981 QC	*
4762 Dobrynya		*
4763 Ride	1983 BM	Sally Ride, American astronaut*
4764 Joneberhart	1983 CC	Jonathan Eberhart, science writer [†]
4765 Wasserburg		Gerald J. Wasserburg, professor of geology and geophysics at the California Institute of Technology [†]
4766 Malin		Michael Charles Malin, American planetary scientist*
4767 Sutoku	1987 GC	*
4768 Hartley		Malcolm Hartley, British astronomer*
4769 Castalia	1989 PB	Castalia, Greek nymph
4770 Lane	1989 PC	*
4771 Hayashi		*
4772 -	1989 VM	*
4773 Hayakawa	1989 WF	*
4774 Hobetsu		Hobetsu, city in Japan [MPC 22503]
4775 Hansen	1927 TC	*
4776 Luyi	1975 VD	*
4777 Aksenov		*
4778 Fuss		*
4779 Whitley	1978 XQ	*
4780 Polina		*
4781 Sládkovič	1980 TP	Andrej Sládkovič, Slovak poet [†]
4782 Gembloux		Gembloux, Belgium*
4783 Wasson		John Wasson, American geochemist [†]
4784 -		*
4785 Petrov		Andrei Pavlovich Petrov, Russian composer [†]
4786 Tatianina		*
4787 Shul'zhenko		Klavdia Shulzhenko, Soviet singer of war and popular songs*
4788 Simpson		*
4789 Sprattia		Chistopher E. Spratt, Canadian astronomer [†]
4790 Petrpravec	1988 PP	Petr Pravec, Czech astronomer*
4791 Iphidamas		Iphidamas, mythical person related to Trojan War*
4792 Lykaon		Lycaon, son of Priam the king of Troy
4793 -		-
4794 Bogard		*
4795 Kihara		Hideo Kihara, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 22503]
4796 Lewis	1989 LU	Joseph Walter Lewis, Jr. and Anne Beech Lewis, friends of the discoverer [MPC 21956]
4797 Ako	1989 SJ	*
4798 Mercator		Gerardus Mercator (Gerard De Kremer), Flemish cartographer [†]
4799 Hirasawa		*
4800 -		-
4801-4900
4801 Ohře		Ohře River, Czech Republic [†]
4802 Khatchaturian		Aram Ilich Khachaturian, Georgian-Armenian-Russian composer*
4803 Birkle	1989 XA	Kurt Birkle, German astronomer*
4804 Pasteur		Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist [†]
4805 Asteropaios		Asteropaios, mythical person related to Trojan War*
4806 Miho	1990 YJ	*
4807 Noboru	1991 AO	*
4808 Ballaero	1925 BA	*
4809 Robertball	1928 RB	Robert Stawell Ball, British astronomer*
4810 Ruslanova	1972 GL	Lidiya Ruslanova, Russian folk singer*
4811 Semashko		Nikolay Semashko, father of Soviet medicine*
4812 Hakuhou		*
4813 Terebizh		*
4814 Casacci	1978 RW	Claudio Casacci, Italian space scientist*
4815 Anders		Edward Anders, American geochemist*
4816 Connelly	1981 PK	Robert Connelly, American astronomer*
4817 -		*
4818 Elgar	1984 EM	Sir Edward William Elgar, British composer*
4819 Gifford	1985 KC	*
4820 Fay	1985 RZ	*
4821 Bianucci		Piero Bianucci, Italian science writer [†]
4822 Karge		*
4823 Libenice		Libenice, Czech archaeological site [†]
4824 Stradonice		Stradonice, Czech Republic [†]
4825 Ventura		Ventura, California [†]
4826 Wilhelms	1988 JO	Don Edward Wilhelms, American planetary geologist*
4827 Dares	1988 QE	Dares, mythical person related to Trojan War*
4828 Misenus	1988 RV	Misenus, mythical Trojan warrior
4829 Sergestus		Sergestus, mythical Trojan
4830 -		-
4831 Baldwin		*
4832 Palinurus		Palinurus, mythical Trojan
4833 Meges		Mégês Phyleïdês, mythical Greek warrior
4834 Thoas		Thoas, mythical person related to Trojan War*
4835 -	1989 BQ	-
4836 Medon		Medôn, mythical Greek warrior
4837 Bickerton	1989 ME	Steve Bickerton, Canadian astronomer, or, Alexander William Bickerton, New Zealand astronomer, Professor of Chemistry*
4838 Billmclaughlin	1989 NJ	William McLaughlin, American astronomer and space scientist formerly of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory [†]
4839 Daisetsuzan	1989 QG	*
4840 Otaynang	1989 UY	*
4841 Manjiro		John Manjiro, Japanese traveller*
4842 Atsushi	1989 WK	Atsushi Takahashi, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 22503]
4843 Mégantic		Mont Mégantic, observatory in Québec [†]
4844 Matsuyama		Masanori Matsuyama, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 22503]
4845 Tsubetsu		*
4846 Tuthmosis	6575 P-L	Thutmose, pharaoh*
4847 Amenhotep	6787 P-L	Amenhotep IV, pharaoh*
4848 Tutenchamun	3233 T-2	Tutankhamun, pharaoh*
4849 Ardenne	1936 QV	*
4850 Palestrina		Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Italian composer*
4851 Vodop'yanova		*
4852 Pamjones	1977 JD	*
4853 Marielukac	1979 ML	Marie R. Lukac, Staff member, US Naval Observatory [link]
4854 Edscott		Edward R. D. Scott, American meteoriticist*
4855 Tenpyou		*
4856 Seaborg	1983 LJ	Glenn Theodore Seaborg, American atomic scientist*
4857 Altgamia	1984 FM	*
4858 -	1985 UA	*
4859 Fraknoi		Andrew Fraknoi, American astronomer and author [†]
4860 Gubbio	1987 EP	Gubbio in Italy, site of the iridium anomaly of the K-T extinction boundary*
4861 Nemirovskij		*
4862 Loke		Loke, Norse god of mischief [MPC 22504]
4863 Yasutani		Keiki Yasutani, Japanese astronomical photographer [MPC 22504]
4864 -		*
4865 Sor	1988 UJ	Fernando Sor, Spanish classical guitar composer*
4866 Badillo		Father Victor L. Badillo, Filipino Jesuit astronomer, former director of the Manila Observatory, president of the Philippine Astronomical Society from 1972 to 1990, and honorary director of the Astronomical League of the Philippines [†] [‡] [+]
4867 Polites	1989 SZ	*
4868 Knushevia		*
4869 Piotrovsky		Boris B. Piotrovsky, Russian orientalist, director of the Hermitage [†]
4870 Shcherban'		*
4871 Riverside		Riverside Astronomical Society*
4872 Grieg		Edvard Hagerup Grieg, Norwegian composer*
4873 Fukaya	1990 EC	*
4874 Burke	1991 AW	James Burke, British science writer, author, television producer, and advisor to the Planetary Society [†]
4875 Ingalls	1991 DJ	Albert Graham Ingalls, American science editor and writer on amateur astronomy and telescope making, author of the classic Amateur Telescope Making or James Gregory Ingalls, American astronomer, or Richard P. Ingalls, American astronomer*
4876 Strabo	1133 T-2	Strabo, Greek historian and geographer*
4877 Humboldt	5066 T-2	*
4878 -	1968 OF	*
4879 Zykina	1974 VG	Lyudmila Zykina, Soviet singer of folk songs, the favourite singer of Leonid Brezhnev*
4880 Tovstonogov		Georgy Tovstonogov, Russian director, after whom a major theatre in St Petersburg is named*
4881 -	1975 XJ	*
4882 Divari		Nikolai Borisovich Divari, Ukrainian astronomer*
4883 Korolirina		*
4884 Bragaria		*
4885 Grange	1980 LU	*
4886 Kojima		*
4887 Takihiroi		Takahiro Hiroi, Japanese planetary scientist, specializing in asteroid-meteorite relationship through reflectance spectroscopy*
4888 Doreen		*
4889 Praetorius		Michael Praetorius, German composer*
4890 Shikanosima		Shikanosima, island in Japan [MPC 22504]
4891 Blaga	1984 GR	*
4892 Chrispollas		Christian Pollas, French astronomer*
4893 Seitter		Waltraud Carola Seitter, German astronomer [†]
4894 Ask	1986 RJ	Ask, the first man, in Norse mythology [MPC 22504]
4895 Embla		Embla, the first woman, in Norse mythology [MPC 22504]
4896 Tomoegozen	1986 YA	Tomoe Gozen, Japanese female samurai [MPC 21132]
4897 -		*
4898 Nishiizumi	1988 FJ	*
4899 Candace	1988 JU	*
4900 Maymelou	1988 ME	*
4901-5000
4901 -	1988 VJ	*
4902 Thessandrus		Thessandrus, mythical person related to Trojan War*
4903 Ichikawa	1989 UD	*
4904 Makio	1989 WZ	Makio Akiyama, Japanese astronomer*
4905 Hiromi		Hiromi Takahashi, wife of one of the discoverers [MPC 22504]
4906 Seneferu	2533 P-L	*
4907 Zoser	7618 P-L	*
4908 Ward	1933 SD	Steven Ward, electronics technician at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics [MPC 22504]
4909 Couteau		Paul Couteau, French astronomer*
4910 Kawasato	1953 PR	Nobuhiro Kawasato, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 22504]
4911 Rosenzweig	1953 UD	Patricia Rosenzweig (Patricia Rosenzweig-Levy), Venezuelan astronomer*
4912 Emilhaury		Emil Haury, American archaeologist*
4913 -	1965 SO	*
4914 Pardina	1969 GD	*
4915 Solzhenitsyn		Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer*
4916 Brumberg	1970 PS	Viktor Aleksandrovich Brumberg, Russian astronomer*
4917 Yurilvovia		*
4918 Rostropovich		Mstislav Rostropovich, a Russian cellist and conductor [†] [‡]
4919 Vishnevskaya		Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian opera singer, wife of Mstislav Rostropovich [†]
4920 Gromov		*
4921 Volonté	1980 SJ	Gian Maria Volonté, Italian actor [†]
4922 Leshin		*
4923 Clarke		Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, British-Sri Lankan science fiction author [†]
4924 Hiltner		William Albert Hiltner, American astronomer*
4925 -		-
4926 Smoktunovskij		Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Russian actor*
4927 O'Connell		Daniel O'Connell, Irish politician [†] [‡]
4928 Vermeer		Vermeer van Delft, Dutch painter [MPC 22504] [†]
4929 Yamatai	1982 XV	Yamatai, region of ancient Japan [MPC 22504]
4930 Rephiltim		*
4931 Tomsk		Tomsk, Russia [†]
4932 Texstapa		Texas Star Party, amateur astronomy gathering [†]
4933 -		-
4934 Rhôneranger	1985 JJ	Named after Randall Graham, wine producer [†]
4935 Maslachkova		*
4936 Butakov		*
4937 -		*
4938 -		*
4939 -		*
4940 Polenov		Vasilij Dmitrievich Polenov, Russian painter [MPC 22504]
4941 -	1986 UA	*
4942 -		*
4943 Lac d'Orient	1987 OQ	Lac de la Forêt d'Orient, France, favourite vacation spot of the discoverer [†]
4944 Kozlovskij		Ivan Semyonovich Kozlovskij, Russian opera singer [MPC 22504]
4945 Ikenozenni	1987 SJ	*
4946 Askalaphus		Askalaphus, mythical person related to Trojan War*
4947 Ninkasi		*
4948 -		*
4949 -	1988 WE	*
4950 House		*
4951 Iwamoto	1990 BM	*
4952 Kibeshigemaro		*
4953 -	1990 MU	*
4954 Eric	1990 SQ	*
4955 Gold		Robert E. Gold, of the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University and contributor to the NEAR Shoemaker mission [†]
4956 Noymer		*
4957 Brucemurray	1990 XJ	Bruce Murray, American planetary scientist, co-founder with Carl Sagan of the Planetary Society [†]
4958 Wellnitz		Dennis D. Wellnitz, American astronomer [†]
4959 Niinoama		*
4960 Mayo	4657 P-L	*
4961 Timherder		Timothy Scott Herder, American deputy project manager of NASA's New Horizons-Pluto Kuiper Belt mission [†]
4962 Vecherka	1973 TP	*
4963 Kanroku		Kanroku, Pekche priest [MPC 22504]
4964 Kourovka		*
4965 Takeda		*
4966 Edolsen		Edward John Olsen, American meteoriticist or Edward Tait Olsen, American astronomer*
4967 Glia		*
4968 Suzamur	1986 PQ	Suzanne Moss Murray, friend of the discoverer [MPC 22504]
4969 Lawrence	1986 TU	*
4970 Druyan		Ann Druyan, author and producer, wife of Carl Sagan*
4971 Hoshinohiroba	1989 BY	Hoshinohiroba, Comet Observers Network in Japan [MPC 22504]
4972 Pachelbel		Johann Pachelbel, German composer*
4973 Showa	1990 FT	Manufacturer of telescopes in Japan [MPC 21132]
4974 Elford	1990 LA	*
4975 Dohmoto		Yoshio Dohmoto, Japanese astronomer [MPC 22504]
4976 Choukyongchol	1991 PM	*
4977 Rauthgundis	2018 P-L	Rauthgundis Seitz, friend of the discoverers*
4978 Seitz	4069 T-2	Horstmar Seitz, friend of one of the discoverers [MPC 22505]
4979 Otawara	1949 PQ	Akira Otawara, Japanese photo artist and writer [MPC 22505]
4980 Magomaev		Muslim Magomayev, Soviet crooner and opera singer*
4981 Sinyavskaya	1974 VS	Tamara Sinyavskaya, Soviet opera singer, wife of Muslim Magomayev*
4982 Bartini		*
4983 Schroeteria		Johann Hieronymus Schröter, German astronomer [†] [‡]
4984 -		*
4985 Fitzsimmons		Alan Fitzsimmons, Irish astronomer [†]
4986 Osipovia		*
4987 Flamsteed		Ethelwin ("Win") Frances Flamsteed Moffatt, of South Australia, a direct descendant of the brother of the first Astronomer Royal of England, Rev. John Flamsteed [†] [‡]
4988 Chushuho		Chu, Shu Ho David, Hong Kong physical educator, promoter of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing [†]
4989 Joegoldstein		Joseph I. Goldstein, American meteoriticist*
4990 Trombka		Jacob Israel Trombka, American physicist [†]
4991 Hansuess		Hans Eduard Suess, Austrian-born American geochemist*
4992 Kálmán		Emmerich Kalman (Imre Kálmán), Hungarian composer [†] [‡] [+]
4993 Cossard	1983 GR	[[Talk:Meanings of asteroid names (4501-5000)>†]]
4994 Kisala		*
4995 -	1984 QR	*

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