Meanings of asteroid names (8001-8500)

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This is a list of the sources of asteroid names. Those meanings marked with an asterisk (*) are guesswork, and should be checked against Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names to ensure that the identification is correct. Names established from other sources should quote the reference.

Asteroids not yet given a name have not been included in this list.

: 8001... 8101... 8201... 8301... 8401...
Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
8001-8100
8001 Ramsden Jesse Ramsden, British inventor of navigational instruments [†]
8003 Kelvin 1987 RJ William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, British physicist*
8005 Albinadubois 1988 MJ Albina du Boisrouvray, French philanthropist
8006 Tacchini 1988 QU Pietro Tacchini, Italian astronomer, founder of the Italian Society of Spectroscopists, the forerunner of the Società Astronomica Italiana (Italian Astronomical Society)*
8009 Béguin Jean Béguin, French chemist*
8010 Böhnhardt Hermann Böhnhardt, German astronomer [†]
8011 Saijokeiichi *
8013 Gordonmoore 1990 KA Gordon Earl Moore, American physicist and businessman*
8019 Karachkina *
8020 Erzgebirge The Ore Mountains (Erzgebirge) of Saxony and Bohemia [†]
8021 Walter *
8034 Akka 1992 LR *
8036 Maehara *
8039 Grandprism *
8040 Utsumikazuhiko *
8041 Masumoto *
8043 Fukuhara *
8044 Tsuchiyama 1994 YT *
8045 Kamiyama 1995 AW *
8046 Ajiki 1995 BU *
8047 Akikinoshita *
8048 Andrle Pavel Andrle, Czech astronomer [†]
8050 Beishida 1996 ST *
8051 Pistoria Pistoria, city about 30 km. from Florence in Italy [†]
8052 Novalis 2093 P-L Novalis, German author*
8053 Kleist 4082 P-L Heinrich von Kleist, German poet and novelist*
8054 Brentano 4581 P-L Clemens Brentano, German poet and novelist*
8055 Arnim 5004 P-L Achim von Arnim, German poet and novelist*
8056 Tieck 6038 P-L Ludwig Tieck, German poet*
8057 Hofmannsthal 4034 T-1 Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian poet and novelist*
8058 Zuckmayer 3241 T-3 Carl Zuckmayer, German writer [†]
8059 Deliyannis 1957 JP *
8060 Anius *
8061 Gaudium 1975 UF *
8062 Okhotsymskij 1977 EZ *
8064 Lisitsa 1978 RR *
8065 Nakhodkin *
8066 Poldimeri *
8067 Helfenstein 1980 RU Paul Helfenstein, American astronomer [†]
8071 Simonelli 1981 GO Damon Paul Simonelli, American astronomer [†]
8072 Yojikondo Yoji Kondo, NASA physicist*
8073 Johnharmon 1982 BS John Harmon? *
8074 Slade Slade, rock band*
8075 Roero 1985 PE *
8077 Hoyle Sir Fred Hoyle, British astronomer*
8078 Carolejordan Carole Jordan, astrophysicist*
8079 Bernardlovell Sir Bernard Lovell, British radio-astronomer*
8080 Intel Intel, computer component manufacturer*
8081 Leopardi 1988 DD Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet*
8082 Haynes 1988 NR *
8083 Mayeda 1988 VB Shizuo Mayeda, Japanese amateur astronomer*
8084 Dallas Dallas, Texas*
8086 Peterthomas Peter Chew Thomas, American astronomer [†]
8087 Kazutaka *
8088 Australia Australia*
8089 Yukar *
8096 Emilezola Émile Zola, French writer [†]
8097 Yamanishi 1993 RE *
8098 Miyamotoatsushi Atsushi Miyamoto, Japanese astronomer*
8100 Nobeyama 1993 XF Nobeyama Radio Observatory, operated by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan*
8101-8200
8101 Yasue *
8102 Yoshikazu *
8103 Fermi 1994 BE Enrico Fermi, physicist*
8104 Kumamori *
8106 Carpino 1994 YB Mario Carpino<--- (b. 1957) --->, Italian astronomer [†]
8108 Wieland Christoph Martin Wieland, German poet*
8110 Heath *
8111 Hoepli 1995 GE Ulrico Hoepli, Italian publisher, who donated a planetarium to the city of Milan [†]
8112 Cesi 1995 JJ Federico Cesi, founder of the Accademia dei Lincei*
8113 Matsue *
8114 Lafcadio Lafcadio Hearn, author*
8115 Sakabe *
8116 Jeanperrin Jean Baptiste Perrin, French physicist [†]
8117 Yuanlongping *
8120 Kobe 1997 VT *
8121 Altdorfer 2572 P-L Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter of the Renaissance*
8122 Holbein 4038 P-L Hans Holbein the Younger, German artist*
8123 Canaletto 3138 T-1 Canaletto, Venetian artist*
8124 Guardi 4370 T-1 Francesco Guardi, Italian painter of the Rococo period*
8125 Tyndareus 5493 T-2 Tyndareus, mythological Spartan king*
8128 Nicomachus 1967 JP Nicomachus, Greek mathematician*
8130 Seeberg *
8131 Scanlon 1976 SC *
8133 Takanochoei *
8134 Minin *
8137 Kvíz 1979 SJ Zdeněk Kvíz, Czech astronomer [†]
8141 Nikolaev *
8142 Zolotov *
8144 Hiragagennai *
8145 Valujki *
8146 Jimbell 1983 WG James Francis Bell, American astronomer [†]
8147 Colemanhawkins Coleman Hawkins, jazz musician*
8149 Ruff *
8150 Kaluga *
8151 Andranada *
8154 Stahl *
8155 Battaglini 1988 QA Giuseppe Battaglini, Italian mathematician*
8156 Tsukada 1988 TR *
8158 Herder Johann Gottfried von Herder, German poet, theologian and philosopher*
8159 Fukuoka *
8161 Newman *
8163 Ishizaki Masako Ishizaki, amateur astronomer*
8164 Andreasdoppler Andreas Doppler, [Minor Planet Center] Associate and amateur astronomer at the [Archenhold Observatory] [†]
8165 Gnädig Arno Gnädig, German amateur astronomer at the [Archenhold Observatory] [†] [‡]
8166 Buczynski Denis Buczynski, British amateur astronomer [link]
8167 Ishii *
8168 Rogerbourke Roger Bourke*
8169 Mirabeau Mirabeau, French writer, orator and statesman*
8171 Stauffenberg Claus von Stauffenberg, German aristocrat and Wehrmacht officer, one of the leading figures in the plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler*
8175 Boerhaave Herman Boerhaave, Dutch physician and anatomist [†]
8181 Rossini Gioacchino Antonio Rossini, Italian composer
8182 Akita 1992 TX *
8184 Luderic 1992 WL Child of astronomer Alain Maury*
8187 Akiramisawa 1992 XL *
8189 Naruke *
8190 Bouguer Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician*
8191 Mersenne Marin Mersenne, French theologian and mathematician*
8192 Tonucci 1993 RB Robert Antonucci, astrophysicist*
8193 Ciaurro 1993 SF *
8194 Satake *
8197 Mizunohiroshi 1993 VX *
8199 Takagitakeo 1993 XR *
8200 Souten *
8201-8300
8202 Gooley *
8203 Jogolehmann *
8204 Takabatake *
8205 Van Dijck Anthony Van Dyck, Flemish painter
8206 Masayuki *
8208 Volta Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist [†]
8210 NANTEN 1995 EH *
8212 Naoshigetani *
8216 Melosh Jay Melosh, geophysicist and planetary scientist*
8217 Dominikhašek 1995 HC Dominik Hašek, hockey player*
8218 Hosty 1996 JH *
8220 Nanyou *
8221 La Condamine Charles Marie de La Condamine, French geographer and mathematician*
8222 Gellner 1996 OX František Gellner, Czech poet [†]
8223 Bradshaw 1996 PD *
8224 Fultonwright 1996 PE Fulton Wright*
8225 Emerson 1996 QC *
8229 Kozelský *
8230 Perona *
8231 Tetsujiyamada *
8232 Akiramizuno *
8233 Asada *
8234 Nobeoka Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan*
8235 Fragonard 2096 P-L Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter*
8236 Gainsborough 4040 P-L Thomas Gainsborough, British artist*
8237 Constable 7581 P-L John Constable, British artist*
8238 Courbet 4232 T-1 *
8239 Signac 1153 T-2 *
8240 Matisse 4172 T-2 Henri Matisse, French artist*
8241 Agrius *
8244 Mikolaichuk *
8246 Kotov *
8248 Gurzuf *
8249 Gershwin 1980 GG George Gershwin, composer [†]
8250 Cornell 1980 RP Cornell University [†]
8251 Isogai 1980 VA *
8256 Shenzhou Shenzhou spacecraft [†]
8257 Andycheng Andrew F. Cheng, of the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University and contributor to the NEAR Shoemaker mission [†]
8262 Carcich 1985 RG Brian Carcich, systems programmer with the Department of Astronomy at Cornell University, member of the Galileo Imaging Team and NEAR Shoemaker imaging [†]
8266 Bertelli 1986 TC *
8268 Goerdeler Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, German politician, opponent of the Nazi regime, who was arrested and tortured by the Gestapo and executed in Berlin in February 1945*
8269 Calandrelli 1988 QB Ignazio Calandrelli, Italian astronomer
8270 Winslow 1989 JF *
8273 Apatheia *
8274 Soejima *
8275 Inca The Inca people of South America*
8276 Shigei 1991 FL *
8277 Machu-Picchu Machu Picchu, Inca site*
8279 Cuzco Cuzco, Peru*
8282 Delp *
8284 Cranach Lucas Cranach the Elder, Dutch artist*
8286 Kouji *
8289 An-Eefje An Marchal (17) and Eefje Lambrechts (19), two victims of Marc Dutroux*
8291 Bingham Hiram Bingham III, explorer*
8294 Takayuki *
8295 Toshifukushima *
8296 Miyama 1993 AD *
8297 Gérardfaure Gérard Fauré, French amateur astronomer [†]
8298 Loubna Loubna Mahjoubi (9 years old), victim of Ali Madani in Oujda, Morocco*
8299 Téaleoni Téa Leoni, actress*
8300 Iga *
8301-8400
8301 Haseyuji *
8302 Kazukin 1995 CY *
8303 Miyaji *
8304 Ryomichico *
8305 Teika *
8306 Shoko *
8307 Peltan 1995 EN The Peltans, the family of discoverer Jana Tichá (née Peltanová) [†]
8308 Julie-Mélissa Julie Lejeune and Mélissa Russo (both age 8), two victims of Marc Dutroux*
8310 Seelos *
8311 Zhangdaning *
8313 Christiansen *
8314 Tsuji *
8315 Bajin Ba Jin, Chinese anarchist author*
8316 Wolkenstein 3002 P-L *
8317 Eurysaces 4523 P-L Eurysaces, Greek Homeric hero*
8318 Averroes 1306 T-2 Averroes, Islamic philosopher*
8319 Antiphanes 3365 T-2 Antiphanes, Greek dramatist*
8320 van Zee 1955 RV *
8321 Akim 1977 EX *
8322 Kononovich Edvard Vladimirovich Kononovich, Russian astrophysicist*
8323 Krimigis 1979 UH Stamatios Krimigis (Tom Krimigis), Greek-born American physicist, Head of the Space Department of The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory [link] and [†]
8326 Paulkling Paul Kling, violinist and survivor of Theresienstadt*
8327 Weihenmayer Erik Weihenmayer, first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest*
8331 Dawkins Richard Dawkins, evolutionary biologist*
8332 Ivantsvetaev Ivan Vladimirovich Tsvetaev, Russian art critic
8336 Šafařík Vojtěch Šafařík, Czech astronomer and his wife Paulína Šafaříková [†]
8339 Kosovichia *
8340 Mumma Michael J. Mumma, planetary scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center*
8343 Tugendhat Villa Tugendhat, Brno, Czech Republic; architectural landmark [†]
8345 Ulmerspatz *
8347 Lallaward 1987 HK Lalla Ward, British actress and wife of Richard Dawkins*
8353 Megryan Meg Ryan, American actress*
8356 Wadhwa *
8357 O'Connor *
8358 Rickblakley Rick Blakley*
8367 Bokusui Bokusui Wakayama, Japanese poet*
8370 Vanlindt *
8371 Goven *
8373 Stephengould 1992 AB Stephen Jay Gould, evolutionary biologist*
8374 Horohata *
8375 Kenzokohno Kenzo Kohno, amateur astronomer*
8377 Elmerreese *
8378 Sweeney *
8379 Straczynski J. Michael Straczynski, science fiction writer*
8380 Tooting *
8381 Hauptmann Gerhart Hauptmann, German dramatist*
8382 Mann Thomas Mann, German novelist*
8386 Vanvinckenroye *
8387 Fujimori 1993 DO Kenichi Fujimori, astronomer*
8391 Kring *
8393 Tetsumasakamoto *
8395 Rembaut *
8397 Chiakitanaka 1993 XO *
8398 Rubbia 1993 XY Carlo Rubbia, Italian physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1984*
8399 Wakamatsu 1994 AD *
8400 Tomizo 1994 AQ *
8401-8500
8401 Assirelli 1994 DA Giuseppe Assirelli, Italian photographer [†]
8403 Minorushimizu 1994 JG Shimizu Minoru?*
8405 Asbolus 1995 GO Asbolus, mythological Greek centaur*
8406 Iwaokusano 1995 HJ Kusano Iwao? *
8407 Houlahan 1995 ON *
8408 Strom *
8410 Hiroakiohno *
8411 Celso 1996 TO *
8413 Kawakami *
8414 Atsuko *
8416 Okada *
8417 Lancetaylor Lance Taylor? *
8418 Mogamigawa *
8419 Terumikazumi Kazumi Terumi? *
8420 Angrogna 1996 WQ Angrogna, a town in the Province of Turin in the Piedmont region of Italy
8421 Montanari Geminiano Montanari, Italian mathematician
8422 Mohorovičić Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian seismologist [†]
8423 Macao Macao*
8424 Toshitsumita 1997 CP *
8425 Zirankexuejijin *
8428 Okiko Okiko Seki, wife of the discoverer, Tsutomu Seki*
8430 Florey Howard Walter Florey, pathologist who shared the 1945 Nobel Prize for physiology and medicine
8431 Haseda [[Talk:Meanings_of_asteroid_names#2005_September_20_contents>†]] [‡]
8432 Tamakasuga *
8433 Brachyrhynchus 2561 P-L Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)*
8434 Columbianus 6571 P-L Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)*
8435 Anser 6643 P-L One of the goose genera*
8436 Leucopsis 2259 T-1 Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)*
8437 Bernicla 3057 T-1 Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)*
8438 Marila 4825 T-1 Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)*
8439 Albellus 2034 T-2 Smew (Mergellus albellus)*
8440 Wigeon 1017 T-3 Wigeon (Anas penelope)*
8441 Lapponica 4008 T-3 Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)*
8442 Ostralegus 4237 T-3 Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)*
8443 Svecica 4343 T-3 Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)*
8444 Popovich Pavel Romanovich Popovich, Russian cosmonaut*
8445 Novotroitskoe Novotroitskoe, Kazakhstan*
8446 Tazieff Haroun Tazieff, French vulcanologist*
8448 Belyakina *
8449 Maslovets *
8450 Egorov *
8451 Gaidai *
8452 Clay 1978 WB *
8470 Dudinskaya Natalya Dudinskaya, Russian ballerina*
8471 Obrant *
8472 Tarroni 1983 TC Gino Tarroni, Italian amateur astronomer
8474 Rettig *
8475 Vsevoivanov *
8477 Andrejkiselev *
8485 Satoru 1989 FL Satoru Honda, wife of astronomer Minoru Honda*
8488 d'Argens Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, marquis d'Argens, French writer and philosopher*
8489 Boulder Boulder, Colorado, USA*
8491 Joelle-gilles *
8492 Kikuoka 1990 BZ Hidekazu Kikuoka, amateur astronomer*
8494 Edpatvega *
8496 Jandlsmith *
8498 Ufa *
8500 Hori 1990 TU *

Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
8001-8100
8001 Ramsden		Jesse Ramsden, British inventor of navigational instruments [†]
8003 Kelvin	1987 RJ	William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, British physicist*
8005 Albinadubois	1988 MJ	Albina du Boisrouvray, French philanthropist
8006 Tacchini	1988 QU	Pietro Tacchini, Italian astronomer, founder of the Italian Society of Spectroscopists, the forerunner of the Società Astronomica Italiana (Italian Astronomical Society)*
8009 Béguin		Jean Béguin, French chemist*
8010 Böhnhardt		Hermann Böhnhardt, German astronomer [†]
8011 Saijokeiichi		*
8013 Gordonmoore	1990 KA	Gordon Earl Moore, American physicist and businessman*
8019 Karachkina		*
8020 Erzgebirge		The Ore Mountains (Erzgebirge) of Saxony and Bohemia [†]
8021 Walter		*
8034 Akka	1992 LR	*
8036 Maehara		*
8039 Grandprism		*
8040 Utsumikazuhiko		*
8041 Masumoto		*
8043 Fukuhara		*
8044 Tsuchiyama	1994 YT	*
8045 Kamiyama	1995 AW	*
8046 Ajiki	1995 BU	*
8047 Akikinoshita		*
8048 Andrle		Pavel Andrle, Czech astronomer [†]
8050 Beishida	1996 ST	*
8051 Pistoria		Pistoria, city about 30 km. from Florence in Italy [†]
8052 Novalis	2093 P-L	Novalis, German author*
8053 Kleist	4082 P-L	Heinrich von Kleist, German poet and novelist*
8054 Brentano	4581 P-L	Clemens Brentano, German poet and novelist*
8055 Arnim	5004 P-L	Achim von Arnim, German poet and novelist*
8056 Tieck	6038 P-L	Ludwig Tieck, German poet*
8057 Hofmannsthal	4034 T-1	Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian poet and novelist*
8058 Zuckmayer	3241 T-3	Carl Zuckmayer, German writer [†]
8059 Deliyannis	1957 JP	*
8060 Anius		*
8061 Gaudium	1975 UF	*
8062 Okhotsymskij	1977 EZ	*
8064 Lisitsa	1978 RR	*
8065 Nakhodkin		*
8066 Poldimeri		*
8067 Helfenstein	1980 RU	Paul Helfenstein, American astronomer [†]
8071 Simonelli	1981 GO	Damon Paul Simonelli, American astronomer [†]
8072 Yojikondo		Yoji Kondo, NASA physicist*
8073 Johnharmon	1982 BS	John Harmon? *
8074 Slade		Slade, rock band*
8075 Roero	1985 PE	*
8077 Hoyle		Sir Fred Hoyle, British astronomer*
8078 Carolejordan		Carole Jordan, astrophysicist*
8079 Bernardlovell		Sir Bernard Lovell, British radio-astronomer*
8080 Intel		Intel, computer component manufacturer*
8081 Leopardi	1988 DD	Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet*
8082 Haynes	1988 NR	*
8083 Mayeda	1988 VB	Shizuo Mayeda, Japanese amateur astronomer*
8084 Dallas		Dallas, Texas*
8086 Peterthomas		Peter Chew Thomas, American astronomer [†]
8087 Kazutaka		*
8088 Australia		Australia*
8089 Yukar		*
8096 Emilezola		Émile Zola, French writer [†]
8097 Yamanishi	1993 RE	*
8098 Miyamotoatsushi		Atsushi Miyamoto, Japanese astronomer*
8100 Nobeyama	1993 XF	Nobeyama Radio Observatory, operated by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan*
8101-8200
8101 Yasue		*
8102 Yoshikazu		*
8103 Fermi	1994 BE	Enrico Fermi, physicist*
8104 Kumamori		*
8106 Carpino	1994 YB	Mario Carpino<--- (b. 1957) --->, Italian astronomer [†]
8108 Wieland		Christoph Martin Wieland, German poet*
8110 Heath		*
8111 Hoepli	1995 GE	Ulrico Hoepli, Italian publisher, who donated a planetarium to the city of Milan [†]
8112 Cesi	1995 JJ	Federico Cesi, founder of the Accademia dei Lincei*
8113 Matsue		*
8114 Lafcadio		Lafcadio Hearn, author*
8115 Sakabe		*
8116 Jeanperrin		Jean Baptiste Perrin, French physicist [†]
8117 Yuanlongping		*
8120 Kobe	1997 VT	*
8121 Altdorfer	2572 P-L	Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter of the Renaissance*
8122 Holbein	4038 P-L	Hans Holbein the Younger, German artist*
8123 Canaletto	3138 T-1	Canaletto, Venetian artist*
8124 Guardi	4370 T-1	Francesco Guardi, Italian painter of the Rococo period*
8125 Tyndareus	5493 T-2	Tyndareus, mythological Spartan king*
8128 Nicomachus	1967 JP	Nicomachus, Greek mathematician*
8130 Seeberg		*
8131 Scanlon	1976 SC	*
8133 Takanochoei		*
8134 Minin		*
8137 Kvíz	1979 SJ	Zdeněk Kvíz, Czech astronomer [†]
8141 Nikolaev		*
8142 Zolotov		*
8144 Hiragagennai		*
8145 Valujki		*
8146 Jimbell	1983 WG	James Francis Bell, American astronomer [†]
8147 Colemanhawkins		Coleman Hawkins, jazz musician*
8149 Ruff		*
8150 Kaluga		*
8151 Andranada		*
8154 Stahl		*
8155 Battaglini	1988 QA	Giuseppe Battaglini, Italian mathematician*
8156 Tsukada	1988 TR	*
8158 Herder		Johann Gottfried von Herder, German poet, theologian and philosopher*
8159 Fukuoka		*
8161 Newman		*
8163 Ishizaki		Masako Ishizaki, amateur astronomer*
8164 Andreasdoppler		Andreas Doppler, [Minor Planet Center] Associate and amateur astronomer at the [Archenhold Observatory] [†]
8165 Gnädig		Arno Gnädig, German amateur astronomer at the [Archenhold Observatory] [†] [‡]
8166 Buczynski		Denis Buczynski, British amateur astronomer [link]
8167 Ishii		*
8168 Rogerbourke		Roger Bourke*
8169 Mirabeau		Mirabeau, French writer, orator and statesman*
8171 Stauffenberg		Claus von Stauffenberg, German aristocrat and Wehrmacht officer, one of the leading figures in the plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler*
8175 Boerhaave		Herman Boerhaave, Dutch physician and anatomist [†]
8181 Rossini		Gioacchino Antonio Rossini, Italian composer
8182 Akita	1992 TX	*
8184 Luderic	1992 WL	Child of astronomer Alain Maury*
8187 Akiramisawa	1992 XL	*
8189 Naruke		*
8190 Bouguer		Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician*
8191 Mersenne		Marin Mersenne, French theologian and mathematician*
8192 Tonucci	1993 RB	Robert Antonucci, astrophysicist*
8193 Ciaurro	1993 SF	*
8194 Satake		*
8197 Mizunohiroshi	1993 VX	*
8199 Takagitakeo	1993 XR	*
8200 Souten		*
8201-8300
8202 Gooley		*
8203 Jogolehmann		*
8204 Takabatake		*
8205 Van Dijck		Anthony Van Dyck, Flemish painter
8206 Masayuki		*
8208 Volta		Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist [†]
8210 NANTEN	1995 EH	*
8212 Naoshigetani		*
8216 Melosh		Jay Melosh, geophysicist and planetary scientist*
8217 Dominikhašek	1995 HC	Dominik Hašek, hockey player*
8218 Hosty	1996 JH	*
8220 Nanyou		*
8221 La Condamine		Charles Marie de La Condamine, French geographer and mathematician*
8222 Gellner	1996 OX	František Gellner, Czech poet [†]
8223 Bradshaw	1996 PD	*
8224 Fultonwright	1996 PE	Fulton Wright*
8225 Emerson	1996 QC	*
8229 Kozelský		*
8230 Perona		*
8231 Tetsujiyamada		*
8232 Akiramizuno		*
8233 Asada		*
8234 Nobeoka		Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan*
8235 Fragonard	2096 P-L	Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter*
8236 Gainsborough	4040 P-L	Thomas Gainsborough, British artist*
8237 Constable	7581 P-L	John Constable, British artist*
8238 Courbet	4232 T-1	*
8239 Signac	1153 T-2	*
8240 Matisse	4172 T-2	Henri Matisse, French artist*
8241 Agrius		*
8244 Mikolaichuk		*
8246 Kotov		*
8248 Gurzuf		*
8249 Gershwin	1980 GG	George Gershwin, composer [†]
8250 Cornell	1980 RP	Cornell University [†]
8251 Isogai	1980 VA	*
8256 Shenzhou		Shenzhou spacecraft [†]
8257 Andycheng		Andrew F. Cheng, of the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University and contributor to the NEAR Shoemaker mission [†]
8262 Carcich	1985 RG	Brian Carcich, systems programmer with the Department of Astronomy at Cornell University, member of the Galileo Imaging Team and NEAR Shoemaker imaging [†]
8266 Bertelli	1986 TC	*
8268 Goerdeler		Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, German politician, opponent of the Nazi regime, who was arrested and tortured by the Gestapo and executed in Berlin in February 1945*
8269 Calandrelli	1988 QB	Ignazio Calandrelli, Italian astronomer
8270 Winslow	1989 JF	*
8273 Apatheia		*
8274 Soejima		*
8275 Inca		The Inca people of South America*
8276 Shigei	1991 FL	*
8277 Machu-Picchu		Machu Picchu, Inca site*
8279 Cuzco		Cuzco, Peru*
8282 Delp		*
8284 Cranach		Lucas Cranach the Elder, Dutch artist*
8286 Kouji		*
8289 An-Eefje		An Marchal (17) and Eefje Lambrechts (19), two victims of Marc Dutroux*
8291 Bingham		Hiram Bingham III, explorer*
8294 Takayuki		*
8295 Toshifukushima		*
8296 Miyama	1993 AD	*
8297 Gérardfaure		Gérard Fauré, French amateur astronomer [†]
8298 Loubna		Loubna Mahjoubi (9 years old), victim of Ali Madani in Oujda, Morocco*
8299 Téaleoni		Téa Leoni, actress*
8300 Iga		*
8301-8400
8301 Haseyuji		*
8302 Kazukin	1995 CY	*
8303 Miyaji		*
8304 Ryomichico		*
8305 Teika		*
8306 Shoko		*
8307 Peltan	1995 EN	The Peltans, the family of discoverer Jana Tichá (née Peltanová) [†]
8308 Julie-Mélissa		Julie Lejeune and Mélissa Russo (both age 8), two victims of Marc Dutroux*
8310 Seelos		*
8311 Zhangdaning		*
8313 Christiansen		*
8314 Tsuji		*
8315 Bajin		Ba Jin, Chinese anarchist author*
8316 Wolkenstein	3002 P-L	*
8317 Eurysaces	4523 P-L	Eurysaces, Greek Homeric hero*
8318 Averroes	1306 T-2	Averroes, Islamic philosopher*
8319 Antiphanes	3365 T-2	Antiphanes, Greek dramatist*
8320 van Zee	1955 RV	*
8321 Akim	1977 EX	*
8322 Kononovich		Edvard Vladimirovich Kononovich, Russian astrophysicist*
8323 Krimigis	1979 UH	Stamatios Krimigis (Tom Krimigis), Greek-born American physicist, Head of the Space Department of The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory [link] and [†]
8326 Paulkling		Paul Kling, violinist and survivor of Theresienstadt*
8327 Weihenmayer		Erik Weihenmayer, first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest*
8331 Dawkins		Richard Dawkins, evolutionary biologist*
8332 Ivantsvetaev		Ivan Vladimirovich Tsvetaev, Russian art critic
8336 Šafařík		Vojtěch Šafařík, Czech astronomer and his wife Paulína Šafaříková [†]
8339 Kosovichia		*
8340 Mumma		Michael J. Mumma, planetary scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center*
8343 Tugendhat		Villa Tugendhat, Brno, Czech Republic; architectural landmark [†]
8345 Ulmerspatz		*
8347 Lallaward	1987 HK	Lalla Ward, British actress and wife of Richard Dawkins*
8353 Megryan		Meg Ryan, American actress*
8356 Wadhwa		*
8357 O'Connor		*
8358 Rickblakley		Rick Blakley*
8367 Bokusui		Bokusui Wakayama, Japanese poet*
8370 Vanlindt		*
8371 Goven		*
8373 Stephengould	1992 AB	Stephen Jay Gould, evolutionary biologist*
8374 Horohata		*
8375 Kenzokohno		Kenzo Kohno, amateur astronomer*
8377 Elmerreese		*
8378 Sweeney		*
8379 Straczynski		J. Michael Straczynski, science fiction writer*
8380 Tooting		*
8381 Hauptmann		Gerhart Hauptmann, German dramatist*
8382 Mann		Thomas Mann, German novelist*
8386 Vanvinckenroye		*
8387 Fujimori	1993 DO	Kenichi Fujimori, astronomer*
8391 Kring		*
8393 Tetsumasakamoto		*
8395 Rembaut		*
8397 Chiakitanaka	1993 XO	*
8398 Rubbia	1993 XY	Carlo Rubbia, Italian physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1984*
8399 Wakamatsu	1994 AD	*
8400 Tomizo	1994 AQ	*
8401-8500
8401 Assirelli	1994 DA	Giuseppe Assirelli, Italian photographer [†]
8403 Minorushimizu	1994 JG	Shimizu Minoru?*
8405 Asbolus	1995 GO	Asbolus, mythological Greek centaur*
8406 Iwaokusano	1995 HJ	Kusano Iwao? *
8407 Houlahan	1995 ON	*
8408 Strom		*
8410 Hiroakiohno		*
8411 Celso	1996 TO	*
8413 Kawakami		*
8414 Atsuko		*
8416 Okada		*
8417 Lancetaylor		Lance Taylor? *
8418 Mogamigawa		*
8419 Terumikazumi		Kazumi Terumi? *
8420 Angrogna	1996 WQ	Angrogna, a town in the Province of Turin in the Piedmont region of Italy
8421 Montanari		Geminiano Montanari, Italian mathematician
8422 Mohorovičić		Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian seismologist [†]
8423 Macao		Macao*
8424 Toshitsumita	1997 CP	*
8425 Zirankexuejijin		*
8428 Okiko		Okiko Seki, wife of the discoverer, Tsutomu Seki*
8430 Florey		Howard Walter Florey, pathologist who shared the 1945 Nobel Prize for physiology and medicine
8431 Haseda		[[Talk:Meanings_of_asteroid_names#2005_September_20_contents>†]] [‡]
8432 Tamakasuga		*
8433 Brachyrhynchus	2561 P-L	Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)*
8434 Columbianus	6571 P-L	Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)*
8435 Anser	6643 P-L	One of the goose genera*
8436 Leucopsis	2259 T-1	Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)*
8437 Bernicla	3057 T-1	Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)*
8438 Marila	4825 T-1	Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)*
8439 Albellus	2034 T-2	Smew (Mergellus albellus)*
8440 Wigeon	1017 T-3	Wigeon (Anas penelope)*
8441 Lapponica	4008 T-3	Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)*
8442 Ostralegus	4237 T-3	Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)*
8443 Svecica	4343 T-3	Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)*
8444 Popovich		Pavel Romanovich Popovich, Russian cosmonaut*
8445 Novotroitskoe		Novotroitskoe, Kazakhstan*
8446 Tazieff		Haroun Tazieff, French vulcanologist*
8448 Belyakina		*
8449 Maslovets		*
8450 Egorov		*
8451 Gaidai		*
8452 Clay	1978 WB	*
8470 Dudinskaya		Natalya Dudinskaya, Russian ballerina*
8471 Obrant		*
8472 Tarroni	1983 TC	Gino Tarroni, Italian amateur astronomer
8474 Rettig		*
8475 Vsevoivanov		*
8477 Andrejkiselev		*
8485 Satoru	1989 FL	Satoru Honda, wife of astronomer Minoru Honda*
8488 d'Argens		Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, marquis d'Argens, French writer and philosopher*
8489 Boulder		Boulder, Colorado, USA*
8491 Joelle-gilles		*
8492 Kikuoka	1990 BZ	Hidekazu Kikuoka, amateur astronomer*
8494 Edpatvega		*
8496 Jandlsmith		*
8498 Ufa		*
8500 Hori	1990 TU	*

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