4001

Meanings of asteroid names (4001-4500)

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	Jean Mueller, discoverer of comets, minor planets, and supernovae. The first woman to operate the historic telescope at Mt. Wilson Observatory, and was the first woman hired as a telescope operator at Palomar Observatory in 1985.
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	Natsume Sōseki, Japanese novelist [MPC 16246]
4040 Purcell		Henry Purcell, British composer [MPC 16592]
4041 Miyamotoyohko		wife of Japanese astronomer, Yukio (or Sachio) Miyamoto
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'		Nora Gal, Soviet literary translator
4050 Mebailey	1976 SF	Mark Edward Bailey, British astronomer †
4051 Hatanaka	1978 VP	Takeo Hatanaka, Japanese astronomer
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		Yayoi period, prehistoric Japan
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		Asuka period, from 6th century to 8th in Japan
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		Gordon A. Swann, American geologist, principal investigator for the geological field investigations conducted at the Apollo 14 and 15 lunar landing sites [MPC 15576]
4083 Jody	1985 CV	*
4084 Hollis	1985 GM	Andrew J. Hollis, British astronomer
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 Galbraith	1986 JG	John Kenneth Galbraith, American economist and polemicist
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 Wiggins		Patrick Wiggins, American astronomy educator at the Hansen Planetarium (1975-2001) in Salt Lake City, UT. Currently NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador
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 the 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 Tarsila		Tarsila do Amaral, 19th-20th-century Brazilian modernist painter
4124 Herriot	1986 SE	James Herriot, British writer † ‡
4125 Lew Allen	1987 MO	Lew Allen, American physicist*
4126 Mashu	1988 BU	Lake Mashū, lake in Japan [MPC 15428]
4127 Kyogoku		Kyōgoku, 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
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	Norman Jack Rumsey, New Zealand optical designer and astronomer
4155 Watanabe		Kazuro Watanabe, Japanese astronomer [MPC 16593]
4156 Okadanaboru	1988 BE	Noboru Okada, Japanese adventurer, photographer, mountain-climber and amateur astronomer
4157 Izu		Izu Peninsula, Japan
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		Tamashima, a town of Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan
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	Shizuka Gozen, mistress of Minamoto no Yoshitsune
4201-4300
4201 Orosz		Elizabeth Orosz Warner, American astronomer †
4202 Minitti		Michelle Minitti, American areological mineralogist
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		Asuke, Aichi, Japan. Asteroid was discovered at there
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	Yoshikazu Nakamura, founder of an optical instruments factory, Mitaka Kohki, Japan
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		Andrej Antonovich Nemiro, Russian astronomer †
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 NAIRC		Nanjing Astronomical Instruments Research Centre, China
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 Godwin		Richard Godwin, American board member of the Space Frontier Foundation, brother of Robert Godwin, space expert and space-history researcher
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	Gekko Observatory, Japan
4262 -	1989 CO	*
4263 Abashiri		Abashiri, Hokkaidō, Japan
4264 Karljosephine	1989 TB	*
4265 Kani	1989 TX	Kani, Gifu, Japan
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		Entsuji, temple of Okayama, Japan
4273 Dunhuang		Dunhuang, China
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		Shigeru Kaho, Japanese astronomer
4285 Hulkower	1988 NH	*
4286 Rubtsov		Nikolay Rubtsov, Russian poet*
4287 Třísov		Třísov, Czech Republic †
4288 Tokyotech		Tokyo Institute of Technology, the largest national institution of higher learning in Japan dedicated to science and technology
4289 Biwako		Biwako, largest lake in Japan [MPC 16248]
4290 Heisei		The Heisei era, Japanese history [MPC 16444]
4291 Kodaihasu	1989 VH	Ancient Lotus, that seed was excavated from Yayoi ruins and germinated in Japan
4292 Aoba	1989 VO	Aoba Castle, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
4293 Masumi	1989 VT	Masumi Hurukawa, Japanese worked for public outreach of astronomy
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 Boyden	1966 PM	Uriah Atherton Boyden, 19th-century American mechanical engineer, whose bequest allowed the Harvard College Observatory to establish the Boyden Observatory
4302 Markeev	1968 HP	*
4303 Savitskij		Evgenij Yakovlevich Savitskij, Russian aviator, father of cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya [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		Eugene Jarosewich, research chemist emeritus at the Smithsonian Institution †
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 Foo		Lillian Foo, Singaporean consultant at the World Bank †
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		Shibecha, Hokkaidō, Japan
4351 Nobuhisa		Nobuhisa Kojima, Japanese amateur astronomer
4352 Kyoto		Kyoto, city in Japan [MPC 16249]
4353 Onizaki		Onizaki, town in Tokoname, Aichi, 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		Xuyi County, China
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	Taira no Tadamori, early samurai
4375 Kiyomori	1987 DQ	Taira no Kiyomori, early samurai and Daijō Daijin
4376 Shigemori	1987 FA	Taira no Shigemori, early samurai
4377 Koremori	1987 GD	Taira no Koremori, early samurai
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	Suruga Province (encient name of eastern part of Shizuoka Prefecture), Japan
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
4401-4500
4401 Aditi	1985 TB	*
4402 Tsunemori	1987 DP	Taira no Tsunemori, early samurai
4403 Kuniharu	1987 EA	Kuniharu Observatory, Japan
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		Taihaku-ku, Sendai, Japan
4408 Zlatá Koruna		Zlatá Koruna, a gothic monastery and a village in South Bohemia, Czech Republic †
4409 Kissling	1989 MD	*
4410 Kamuimintara	1989 YA	Daisetsuzan's another name in Ainu mythology - meaning Playground of Kamuis
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 Bilk	1967 UQ	Düsseldorf-Bilk, where the Sternwarte Bilk (Düsseldorf-Bilk Observatory) was established in 1843 and destroyed in 1943
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		Ho-Leung-Ho-Lee foundation, founded by 4 Chinese
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	Mark V. Sykes, planetary scientist at the Steward Observatory, Arizona
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		Jerry Garcia, lead guitarist of the Grateful Dead
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	Carolyn Shoemaker, comet and asteroid discoverer
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	Pan
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	Kumiko Kaneda, wife of one of discovers
4455 Ruriko	1988 XA	Ruriko Ueda, wife of one of discovers
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	Ōizumi, Yamanashi, Japan
4459 Nusamaibashi		Nusamai Bridge, Kushiro, Hokkaidō, Japan
4460 Bihoro	1990 DS	Bihoro, town in Japan [MPC 16595]
4461 Sayama	1990 EL	Sayama, Saitama, Japan
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		Muriel Utting, Australian historian of the Perth Observatory
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	Taira no Tokitada, early samurai
4489 -	1988 AK	-
4490 Bambery	1988 ND	Raymond Bambery, of the Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking Project*
4491 Otaru	1988 RP	Otaru, Hokkaidō, Japan
4492 Debussy	1988 SH	Claude Debussy, French composer*
4493 Naitomitsu		Mitsu Naito, mother of the first female Japanese astronaut, Chiaki Mukai
4494 Marimo		Marimo
4495 -	1988 VS	*
4496 Kamimachi		Kamimachi, town in Kōchi, Japan. Birthplace of discover
4497 Taguchi		Takeo Taguchi, Japanese optical engineer?*
4498 Shinkoyama		Shin Koyama, Japanese astronomer
4499 Davidallen		David Anthony Allen, British astronomer †
4500 Pascal	1989 CL	Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher*