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Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
10001-10100
10001 Palermo Palermo, Sicily, where 1 Ceres was discovered*
10002 Bagdasarian Alexandr Sergeevich Bagdasarian, Russian radio and electronics engineer
10004 Igormakarov *
10005 Chernega *
10006 Sessai *
10007 Malytheatre Maly Theatre, Moscow (a.k.a. Ostrovsky's house and "The Second Moscow University"), the oldest Russian theater (founded in 1756)
10008 Raisanyo *
10009 Hirosetanso *
10010 Rudruna *
10011 Avidzba *
10012 Tmutarakania *
10013 Stenholm Björn Stenholm, Swedish astronomer †
10014 Shaim *
10015 Valenlebedev Valentin Vital'evich Lebedev, Russian cosmonaut and author, founder and director of the Scientific Geoinformation Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences
10016 Yugan *
10021 Henja Karin Henja, Swedish crossword compiler †
10022 Zubov *
10023 Vladifedorov *
10024 Marthahazen 1980 EB Martha L. Hazen, American AAVSO councilor, president, and secretary †*
10025 Rauer Heike Rauer, German astronomer †
10027 Perozzi 1981 FL *
10028 Bonus Shelley R. Bonus, American astronomer, creator of the "Janet Planet" and "Space E. Tracy" astronomy shows and lectures, assisted in organizing the Palomar Observatory's 1.2-m Schmidt Oschin Telescope plate archive
10029 Hiramperkins 1981 QF Hiram Perkins, Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at Ohio Wesleyan University and founder of the Perkins Observatory*
10030 Philkeenan 1981 QG Philip Childs Keenan, American astronomer*
10031 Vladarnolda Vladimir Arnold, Russian mathematician †
10034 Birlan 1981 YG Mirel Birlan, Romanian astronomer †
10036 McGaha 1982 OF James E. McGaha, American astronomer*
10039 Keet Seel 1984 LK Keet Seel, an exceptionally well-preserved prehistoric cliff dwelling located in Tsegi Canyon, in what is now the Navajo National Monument in northern Arizona; the name is apparently from a Navajo phrase "kits'iil" or "kin ts'iil" meaning "houses that have been left behind" (1998 Flagstaff Festival of Science asteroid naming contest winner) †
10041 Parkinson *
10042 Budstewart 1985 PL *
10043 Janegann 1985 PN *
10044 Squyres 1985 RU Steven W. Squyres, American planetologist*
10049 Vorovich *
10050 Rayman *
10051 Albee *
10054 Solomin *
10055 Silcher *
10057 L'Obel Matthias de L'Obel (Matthaeus Lobelius), French botanist and physician to William the Silent, Prince of Orange, and to James I of England*
10060 Amymilne 1988 GL Amy Rae Milne, Canadian environmentalist †
10061 Ndolaprata Ndola de Jesus Veiga Prata, Angolan medical doctor and public health expert and lecturer
10067 Bertuch *
10068 Dodoens Rembert Dodoens, Flemish doctor*
10069 Fontenelle Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, French author*
10070 Liuzongli *
10078 Stanthorpe Stanthorpe, Queensland's wine capital, Australia
10079 Meunier *
10088 Digne *
10089 Turgot Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune, French economist*
10090 Sikorsky Igor Sikorsky, Russian/Ukrainian-American helicopter pioneer*
10091 Bandaisan Mount Bandai, Japanese active volcano in Fukusima prefecture
10092 Sasaki *
10093 Diesel Rudolf Diesel, German inventor of the diesel engine*
10094 Eijikato 1991 DK *
10095 Johannlöwe Johann Carl Gottfried Löwe, German composer*
10099 Glazebrook Karl Glazebrook, British astronomer*
10100 Bürgel Bruno Hans Bürgel, German astronomer*
10101-10200
10101 Fourier Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, French mathematician*
10102 Digerhuvud Digerhuvud, region of Gotland island, Sweden †
10103 Jungfrun Jungfrun, largest seastack of Gotland island, Sweden †
10104 Hoburgsgubben Hoburgsgubben, a seastack on Gotland island, Sweden †
10105 Holmhällar Holmhällar region of Gotland island, Sweden †
10106 Lergrav Lergrav, a seastack on Gotland island, Sweden †
10107 Kenny Kenneth Robert Steel, father of the discoverer
10108 Tomlinson 1992 HM *
10111 Fresnel Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist*
10114 Greifswald 1992 RZ Greifswald, Germany*
10116 Robertfranz *
10117 Tanikawa 1992 TW *
10119 Remarque Erich Maria Remarque, German writer*
10120 Ypres Ypres, Belgium*
10121 Arzamas Arzamas, Russia, on the Tesha River
10122 Fröding Gustav Fröding, 19th-century Swedish poet and journalist, several of whose poems were set to music by Sibelius
10123 Fideöja Fide and Öja, counties of Gotland island, Sweden †
10124 Hemse Hemse, Gotland, Sweden
10125 Stenkyrka Stenkyrka, coastal parish on Gotland, Sweden
10126 Lärbro Lärbro, Gotland, Sweden
10127 Fröjel Fröjel, Gotland, Sweden
10128 Bro Bro, parish of Gotland, Sweden, where an old cairn from the Bronze Age is found, said to be the burial site of Baldur
10129 Fole Fole, parish of Gotland, Sweden, where the well-preserved mediaeval house Vatlings is found
10130 Ardre Ardre, parish on the eastern side of Gotland, Sweden
10131 Stånga Stånga, Gotland, Sweden, where annual summer games have been held since 1924
10132 Lummelunda Lummelunda, Gotland, Sweden, where a 4-km long cave is found
10136 Gauguin Paul Gauguin, French painter*
10137 Thucydides Thucydides, Ancient Greek historian*
10138 Ohtanihiroshi Ohtani Hiroshi Japanese astronomer*
10139 Ronsard Pierre de Ronsard, French poet*
10140 Villon François Villon, French poet*
10141 Gotenba 1993 VE *
10142 Sakka *
10143 Kamogawa *
10146 Mukaitadashi *
10147 Mizugatsuka Mizugatsuka Park near Mount Fuji*
10148 Shirase *
10149 Cavagna 1994 PA Marco Cavagna, Italian amateur astronomer †
10151 Rubens Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter †
10152 Ukichiro *
10153 Goldman 1994 UB Stuart J. Goldman, Associate Editor, Sky & Telescope
10154 Tanuki 1994 UH *
10155 Numaguti *
10157 Asagiri *
10158 Taroubou 1994 XK *
10159 Tokara The Tokara Islands of southern Japan †
10160 Totoro *
10161 Nakanoshima Nakanoshima, largest island in the Tokara Islands, Japan, dominated by the picturesque Mount Ontake (Tokara Fuji) †
10162 Issunboushi 1995 AL *
10163 Onomichi *
10164 Akusekijima Akusekijima, an island in the Tokara Islands, Japan, known for its hot spring †
10166 Takarajima Takarajima, southernmost inhabited island of the Tokara Islands, Japan, famous as the model of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island †
10167 Yoshiwatiso Yoshikazu Watanabe (Iso was his mother's maiden name), Japanese meteor observer, council member of the Oriental Astronomical Association, and surveyor of historical records of comets and meteors
10168 Stony Ridge 1995 CN Stony Ridge Observatory, an amateur facility in California †
10169 Ogasawara 1995 DK *
10170 Petrjakeš Petr Jakeš, Czech geologist and geochemist †
10172 Humphreys *
10173 Hanzelkazikmund 1995 HA Miroslav Zikmund and Jiří Hanzelka, Czech travelers, photographers and documentarists
10174 Emička 1995 JD Ema Moravcová, daughter of the discoverer †
10175 Aenona Nin, Croatia
10176 Gaiavettori *
10177 Ellison Mervyn Archdall Ellison, Irish astronomer*
10178 Iriki 1996 DD Iriki, an historical town in the Satuma area, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan (now merged into Satsumasendai, Kagoshima) †
10179 Ishigaki 1996 DE *
10181 Davidacomba C. David A. Comba, of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada?*
10182 Junkobiwaki *
10183 Ampère André-Marie Ampère, French physicist*
10184 Galvani Luigi Galvani, Italian physicist*
10185 Gaudi Antoni Gaudí, Catalan architect*
10186 Albéniz *
10188 Yasuoyoneda 1996 JY *
10189 Normanrockwell Norman Rockwell, American artist*
10193 Nishimoto *
10195 Nebraska Nebraska, USA*
10197 Senigalliesi 1996 UO *
10198 Pinelli *
10199 Chariklo Chariclo, Greek nymph, wife of Chiron*
10200 Quadri *
10201-10300
10201 Korado Korado Korlević, Croatian astronomer
10203 Flinders 1997 PQ *
10204 Turing Alan Turing, British mathematician, logician, cryptographer, and computer scientist*
10205 Pokorný Zdeněk Pokorný, Czech astronomer †
10207 Comeniana 1997 QA *
10209 Izanaki *
10210 Nathues *
10211 La Spezia *
10213 Koukolík František Koukolík, Czech neuropathologist and popularizer of science †
10215 Lavilledemirmont 1997 SQ Madame Henri de la Ville de Mirmont, or Jean de la Ville de Mirmont, both French writers*
10216 Popastro *
10217 Richardcook *
10218 Bierstadt *
10219 Penco Umberto Penco, Italian physicist at the University of Pisa †
10220 Pigott *
10221 Kubrick Stanley Kubrick, American film director*
10222 Klotz Alain Klotz, French astronomer*
10223 Zashikiwarashi *
10226 Seishika *
10227 Izanami *
10233 Le Creusot *
10234 Sixtygarden 60 Garden Street, address of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics †
10237 Adzic *
10239 Hermann *
10241 Miličević Don Nikola Miličević, Croatian astronomer and last administrator of Blaca Hermitage (now Pustinja Blaca, "Blaca Desert") on Brač, Croatia
10242 Wasserkuppe 2808 P-L Wasserkuppe, high plateau, the highest peak in the Rhön Mountains, in the German state of Hesse*
10243 Hohe Meissner 3553 P-L Hohe Meissner*
10244 Thüringer Wald 4668 P-L Thüringer Wald, Thuringia, Germany*
10245 Inselsberg 6071 P-L Inselsberg Mountain, Germany*
10246 Frankenwald 6381 P-L Frankenwald, German mountain range*
10247 Amphiaraos 6629 P-L *
10248 Fichtelgebirge 7639 P-L Fichtelgebirge, German mountain range*
10249 Harz 9515 P-L Harz, German mountain range*
10250 Hellahaasse 1252 T-1 Hella S. Haasse, Dutch novelist
10251 Mulisch 3089 T-1 Harry Mulisch, Dutch writer
10252 Heidigraf 4164 T-1 Heidi Graf, former Head of ESTEC Communications Office(1977-2006) at European Space Agency (ESA); "founding mother" of permanent exhibition Space Expo in Noordwijk, Netherlands (since 1990)
10253 Westerwald 2116 T-2 Westerwald, German mountain range*
10254 Hunsrück 2314 T-2 Hunsrück, German mountain range*
10255 Taunus 3398 T-3 Taunus, German mountain range*
10256 Vredevoogd 4157 T-3 Loek Vredevoogd, former president of the School of Management of the University of Leiden †
10257 Garecynthia 4333 T-3 *
10259 Osipovyurij 1972 HL *
10261 Nikdollezhal' *
10262 Samoilov *
10263 Vadimsimona *
10264 Marov *
10265 Gunnarsson Marcus Gunnarsson, Swedish astronomer †
10266 Vladishukhov Vladimir Grigor'evich Shukhov, Russian engineer*
10269 Tusi Nasīr al-Dīn al-Tūsī †
10270 Skoglöv Erik Skoglöv, Swedish astronomer †
10283 Cromer *
10285 Renémichelsen René Michelsem, Danish astronomer †
10286 Shnollia *
10287 Smale *
10288 Saville 1983 WN *
10289 Geoffperry 1984 QS Geoffrey Perry, physics teacher at Kettering Grammar School*
10290 Kettering 1985 SR Kettering Group, the satellite tracking group established by Geoffrey Perry at the school at which he taught*
10293 Pribina *
10295 Hippolyta 1988 GB Hippolyta, mythological queen of the Amazons*
10300 Tanakadate Aikitsu Tanakadate (also written Aikitu Tanakadate), Japanese geophysicist, founder of the International Latitude Observatory at Mizusawa
10301-10400
10301 Kataoka 1989 FH *
10303 Fréret *
10304 Iwaki 1989 SY *
10305 Grignard *
10306 Pagnol 1990 QY Marcel Pagnol, French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker*
10310 Delacroix Eugène Delacroix, French painter*
10311 Fantin-Latour Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter*
10313 Vanessa-Mae Vanessa-Mae (Vanakorn Nicholson), Singaporean-British violinist*
10315 Brewster Sir David Brewster, Scottish scientist*
10316 Williamturner William Turner, British ornithologist and botanist*
10318 Sumaura 1990 TX *
10319 Toshiharu *
10320 Reiland C. Thomas Reiland, long-time member of the Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh, founder of Nicholas E. Wagman Observatory, possibly the first observer to do the Messier Marathon*
10321 Rampo Rampo Edogawa a.k.a. Hirai Taro, 20th-century Japanese mystery writer
10322 Mayuminarita *
10323 Frazer *
10324 Vladimirov *
10325 Bexa *
10326 Kuragano *
10327 Batens *
10330 Durkheim Emil Durkheim, French sociologist*
10331 Peterbluhm Peter Bluhm, German amateur astronomer † ‡
10332 Défi Défi Corporatif Canderel, Canadian cancer research fundraising event †
10334 Gibbon Edward Gibbon, 18th-century British historian, author of the six-volume The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
10340 Jostjahn Jost Jahn, German amateur astronomer † ‡
10343 Church Frederic Edwin Church, American painter †
10346 Triathlon Triathlon, sports competition*
10347 Murom Murom, Russia, on the left bank of the Oka river
10348 Poelchau Harald Poelchau, German theologian, socialist, humanist, prison chaplain at Tegel in Berlin, surviving member of the Kreisau Circle*
10350 Spallanzani Lazzaro Spallanzani, 18th-century Italian biologist, a precursor of Pasteur
10351 Seiichisato *
10352 Kawamura *
10353 Momotaro *
10354 Guillaumebudé Guillaume Budé, medieval French scholar*
10355 Kojiroharada 1993 EQ *
10356 Rudolfsteiner Rudolf Steiner, Austrian thinker*
10358 Kirchhoff Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist*
10361 Bunsen Robert Bunsen, German chemist*
10364 Tainai *
10365 Kurokawa *
10366 Shozosato *
10367 Sayo *
10368 Kozuki *
10369 Sinden *
10370 Hylonome *
10371 Gigli Paolo Gigli, co-discoverer of the object and co-founder of the Pian dei Termini Observatory †
10372 Moran *
10373 MacRobert 1996 ER *
10374 Etampes Etampes, France
10375 Michiokuga Michio Kuga, mathematician, late of State University of New York at Stony Brook? *
10376 Chiarini 1996 KW *
10378 Ingmarbergman Ingmar Bergman, Swedish theatre and film director*
10379 Lake Placid 1996 OH Lake Placid, New York*
10380 Berwald Franz Adolf Berwald, Swedish Romantic composer*
10381 Malinsmith 1996 RB Konrad Gayelord Malin-Smith, Amateur astronomer and life-member of the Croydon Astronomical Society
10382 Hadamard Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician after whom the Hadamard transform is named*
10385 Amaterasu *
10386 Romulus Romulus*
10387 Bepicolombo 1996 UQ Giuseppe 'Bepi' Colombo, Italian astronomer †
10388 Zhuguangya *
10389 Robmanning 1997 LD *
10390 Lenka *
10392 Brace *
10395 Jirkahorn *
10399 Nishiharima *
10400 Hakkaisan 1997 VX *
10401-10500
10403 Marcelgrün Marcel Grün, Czech astronomer †
10404 McCall Gerald Joseph Home McCall, Australian meteoriticist*
10405 Yoshiaki *
10412 Tsukuyomi *
10413 Pansecchi *
10415 Mali Lošinj Mali Lošinj, Croatian island and city, known for the nautical school and the Astronomsko Drustvo "Leo Brenner" (Leo Brener Observatory)
10416 Kottler *
10421 Dalmatin Herman Dalmatin (Hermanus Dalmata), 12th-century Croatian translator of astronomical and mathematical Arabic books
10423 Dajčić 1999 BB Mario Dajčić, Croatian amateur astronomer, telescope builder and educator, founder of the Astronomical Society of Pula
10424 Gaillard *
10425 Landfermann *
10426 Charlierouse *
10427 Klinkenberg 2017 P-L Dirk Klinkenberg, Dutch mathematician and astronomer, discoverer of several comets †
10428 Wanders 2073 P-L Adriaan Wanders, Dutch astronomer and author †
10429 van Woerden 2546 P-L Hugo van Woerden, Dutch astronomer †
10430 Martschmidt 4030 P-L Maarten Schmidt, Dutch-born American astronomer †
10431 Pottasch 4042 P-L Stuart R. Pottasch, Dutch astronomer †
10432 Ullischwarz 4623 P-L Ulrich Schwarz, Dutch astronomer †
10433 Ponsen 4716 P-L Jaap Ponsen, Dutch astronomer †
10434 Tinbergen 4722 P-L Jaap Tinbergen, Dutch astronomer †
10435 Tjeerd 6064 P-L Tjeerd van Albada, Dutch astronomer †
10436 Janwillempel 6073 P-L Jan Willem Pel, Dutch astronomer †
10437 van der Kruit 6085 P-L Pieter van der Kruit, Dutch astronomer †
10438 Ludolph 6615 P-L Ludolph van Ceulen, Dutch mathematician who calculated the value of Pi to 35 decimal places †
10439 van Schooten 6676 P-L Frans van Schooten, Dutch mathematician †
10440 van Swinden 7636 P-L Jean van Swinden, Dutch physicist †
10441 van Rijckevorsel 9076 P-L Elie van Rijckevorsel, who collaborated on the first geomagnetic survey in the Netherlands †
10442 Biezenzo 4062 T-1 Cornelis Biezenzo, Dutch physicist †
10443 van der Pol 1045 T-2 Balthasar van der Pol, Dutch experimental physicist †
10444 de Hevesy 3290 T-2 George de Hevesy, Hungarian chemist †
10445 Coster 4090 T-2 Dirk Coster, Dutch chemist and co-discoverer of the element Hafnium †
10446 Siegbahn 3006 T-3 Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn, Swedish physicist, winner of the 1981 Nobel Prize in physics*
10447 Bloembergen 3357 T-3 Nicolaas Bloembergen, Dutch physicist, winner of the 1981 Nobel Prize in physics †
10448 Schawlow 4314 T-3 Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist, winner of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics*
10449 Takuma 1936 UD *
10450 Girard 1967 JQ Terrence Girard, American astronomer
10452 Zuev *
10453 Banzan *
10454 Vallenar 1978 NY *
10455 Donnison John Richard Donnison, British astronomer †
10456 Anechka *
10457 Suminov *
10458 Sfranke Sigbrit Franke, Swedish educator †
10459 Vladichaika Vladimir Dmitrievich Chaika, Ukrainian marine architect and doctor of engineering sciences
10478 Alsabti 1981 WO Athem Alsabti, Iraqi astronomer at University of London Observatory*
10481 Esipov *
10482 Dangrieser Daniel Grieser (1926–1999), American optical engineer at Battelle Memorial Institute and amateur astronomer involved as a volunteer with the Perkins Observatory*
10483 Tomburns *
10484 Hecht 1983 WM *
10487 Danpeterson Daniel William Peterson, American astronomer*
10498 Bobgent Robert L. Gent, President of the Astronomical League and Vice-President of the Board of the International Dark-Sky Association*
10500 Nishi-koen 1987 GA *
10501-10600
10501 Ardmacha 1987 OT The Irish Gaelic name of the city of Armagh in Northern Ireland †
10502 Armaghobs Armagh Observatory, Ireland †
10504 Doga Eugenij Dmitrievich Doga, Russian composer
10506 Rydberg Johannes Rydberg, 19th-20th-century Swedish physicist, after whom the Rydberg constant is named
10509 Heinrichkayser Heinrich Gustav Johannes Kayser, 19th-20th-century German physicist who demonstrated the presence of helium in the Earth's atmosphere
10510 Maxschreier Max Schreier, 20th-century Austro-Bolivian astronomer, founder of observatories in Santa Ana and Patacamaya, and author of Einstein desde los Andes de Bolivia
10515 Old Joe Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower, nicknamed Old Joe, at the University of Birmingham*
10516 Sakurajima 1989 VQ Mount Sakurajima, a volcano on the southern tip of Kyushu, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan. It is said that it "changes colour seven times a day" †
10523 D'Haveloose *
10524 Maniewski *
10526 Ginkogino Ginko Ogino, 19th-20th-century Japanese physician, the first registered woman doctor in Japan
10529 Giessenburg Rudolf Charles d'Ablaing van Giessenburg, Dutch writer and freemason †
10538 Torode *
10540 Hachigoroh *
10542 Ruckers *
10543 Klee Paul Klee, Swiss artist*
10544 Hörsnebara Hörsne and Bara Gotland parishes, Sweden, joined to become a single parish in 1883
10546 Nakanomakoto Makoto Nakano, Japanese astronomer*
10547 Yosakoi 1992 JF Yosakoi, a popular Japanese folk song about the forbidden love between a monk and a girl
10549 Helsingborg Helsingborg, Sweden*
10550 Malmö Malmö, Sweden*
10551 Göteborg Göteborg, Sweden*
10552 Stockholm Stockholm, Sweden*
10554 Västerhejde Västerhejde parish, Gotland, Sweden.
10555 Tagaharue 1993 HH *
10557 Rowland Henry Augustus Rowland, American astronomer*
10558 Karlstad Karlstad, Sweden*
10559 Yukihisa *
10560 Michinari 1993 TN *
10561 Shimizumasahiro *
10563 Izhdubar 1993 WD *
10566 Zabadak *
10568 Yoshitanaka *
10569 Kinoshitamasao 1994 GQ Masao Kinoshita, Japanese discoverer of the Kinoshita effect
10570 Shibayasuo 1994 GT Yasuo Shiba, Japanese data manager of the Japan Meteor Society, specializing in fireballs
10573 Piani Franco Piani, Italian amateur astronomer †
10577 Jihčesmuzeum 1995 JC Jihočeské Muzeum (South Bohemian Museum), České Budějovice, Czech Republic †
10579 Diluca 1995 OE Roberto Di Luca, Italian amateur observer of lunar and asteroidal occultations, network manager at the Astronomical Observatory of the University of Bologna, and a frequent collaborator with the group at the Osservatorio San Vittore in Bologna
10581 Jeníkhollan Jeník Hollan, Czech astronomer, environmentalist, and proponent of dark skies
10582 Harumi 1995 TG Harumi Ikari, Japanese wife of the discoverer
10583 Kanetugu Kanetugu Naoe, 16th-17th-century Japanese military commander
10584 Ferrini Federico Ferrini, Italian astronomer at the University of Pisa †
10585 Wabi-Sabi A Japanese aesthetic of minimalism †
10586 Jansteen Jan Havickszoon Steen, 17th-century Dutch genre painter
10587 Strindberg Arthur Strindberg, 19th-20th-century Swedish playwright and novelist
10588 Adamcrandall 1996 OE *
10591 Caverni *
10596 Stevensimpson 1996 TS *
10598 Markrees *
10601-10700
10601 Hiwatashi 1996 UC *
10604 Susanoo 1996 VJ *
10605 Guidoni Umberto Guidoni, Italian astronaut †
10606 Crocco Gaetano Arturo Crocco<--- (1877-1967) --->, Italian pioneer of aeronautics and space science †
10607 Amandahatton *
10608 Mameta *
10609 Hirai *
10612 Houffalize Houffalize, Belgium, on the Ourthe river
10613 Kushinadahime *
10616 Inouetakeshi *
10617 Takumi *
10619 Ninigi *
10626 Zajíc *
10627 Ookuninushi *
10628 Feuerbacher Berndt P. Feuerbacher, German physicist, head of the Institute of Space Simulation at the German Aerospace Center in Cologne since 1981
10633 Akimasa *
10634 Pepibican Josef "Pepi" Bican, Czech footballer*
10637 Heimlich *
10638 McGlothlin *
10639 Gleason *
10642 Charmaine Charmaine Wilkerson, American-born writer and broadcaster. Discovered by Andrea Boattini †
10645 Brač Brač island, Croatia, home of the Pustinja Blaca Observatory ("Blaca Desert" Observatory)
10646 Machielalberts 2077 P-L Machiel Alberts, one of the first people in the Netherlands to photograph a meteor †
10647 Meesters 3074 P-L Piet Meesters, Dutch amateur astronomer †
10648 Plancius 4089 P-L Petrus Plancius (Pieter Platevoet), Dutch cartographer and astronomer for the Dutch East India Company †
10649 VOC 4098 P-L Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, Dutch for Dutch East India Company †
10650 Houtman 4110 P-L Frederick de Houtman, Dutch navigator who travelled to the East Indies in 1595 as assistant to Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser †
10651 van Linschoten 4522 P-L Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, Dutch cartographer and spy for the Dutch East India Company †
10652 Blaeu 4599 P-L Willem Janszoon Blaeu, Dutch cartographer and hydrographer for the Dutch East India Company †
10653 Witsen 6030 P-L Nicolaas Witsen, Dutch mayor of Amsterdam and member of the board of the Dutch East India Company †
10654 Bontekoe 6673 P-L Willem Ysbrants Bontekoe, Dutch East India Company skipper whose ship flew into a hundred thousand pieces on the way to the East Indies †
10655 Pietkeyser 9535 P-L Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser, Dutch navigator who travelled to the East Indies in 1595 with Frederik de Houtman as his assistant †
10656 Albrecht 2213 T-1 Carl Theodor Albrecht (1843-1915), German astronomer and geodesist, first director of the International Latitude Service
10657 Wanach 2251 T-1 Bernhard Karl Wanach (1867-1928), Latvian-born astronomer and geodesist, second head of the International Latitude Service
10658 Gretadevries 2281 T-1 *
10659 Sauerland 3266 T-1 Sauerland, German rural hilly area*
10660 Felixhormuth 4348 T-1 Felix Hormuth, German astronomer
10661 Teutoburgerwald 1211 T-2 Teutoburgerwald, the Teutoburg Forest of Germany*
10662 Peterwisse 3201 T-2 Peter Wisse, Dutch curator of the "Museon", the Dutch Center for educational exhibitions
10663 Schwarzwald 4283 T-2 Schwarzwald, the Black Forest of Germany*
10664 Phemios 5187 T-2 *
10665 Ortigão 3019 T-3 *
10666 Feldberg 4171 T-3 *
10667 van Marxveldt 1975 UA Cissy van Marxveldt (Setske de Haan), 19th-20th-century Dutch writer, author of the humorous Joop ter Heul novels for teenage girls; Anne Frank addressed her diary letters to an imaginary friend based on one of van Marxveldt's characters
10669 Herfordia 1977 FN *
10670 Seminozhenko *
10671 Mazurova *
10672 Kostyukova 1978 QE *
10675 Kharlamov *
10676 Jamesmcdanell *
10681 Khture *
10683 Carter 1980 LY *
10684 Babkina *
10685 Kharkivuniver 1980 VO V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (В. Н. Каразіна Харківський Національний Університет) of Ukraine
10701-10800
10702 Arizorcas 1981 QD *
10709 Ottofranz Otto Gustav Franz, American astronomer*
10711 Pskov *
10712 Malashchuk Valentina Mikhailovna Malashchuk, accountant general of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory †
10713 Limorenko Leonid Pavlovich Limorenko, assistant director of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory †
10715 Nagler Al Nagler, optical designer †
10716 Olivermorton 1983 WQ *
10717 Dickwalker 1983 XC *
10718 Samus' *
10719 Andamar 1985 TW Anne and David Marren, long-standing friends of the discoverer
10720 Danzl 1986 GY *
10721 Tuterov *
10722 Monari 1986 TB *
10725 Sukunabikona 1986 WB *
10727 Akitsushima 1987 DN *
10729 Tsvetkova *
10730 White 1987 SU Nathaniel Miller White, American 20th-century astronomer
10733 Georgesand George Sand, French writer*
10734 Wieck *
10739 Lowman *
10740 Fallersleben August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet and philologist who composed the German national anthem, the Deutschlandlied*
10745 Arnstadt Arnstadt, Germany*
10746 Mühlhausen Mühlhausen, Germany*
10747 Köthen Köthen, Germany*
10749 Musäus Johann Karl August Musäus, German folklorist and literary critic*
10753 van der Velde Henry Clemens van der Velde, Belgian artist and architect*
10760 Ozeki *
10761 Lyubimets Lyubimets, Bulgaria*
10762 von Laue Max von Laue, German physicist*
10763 Hlawka Edmund Hlawka, Austrian mathematician*
10764 Rübezahl *
10767 Toyomasu *
10768 Sarutahiko Sarutahiko-no-Oh-Kami, kami (Japanese Shinto deity), guardian of Earth*
10769 Minas Gerais Minas Gerais, Brazil*
10770 Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte, Brazil*
10771 Ouro Prêto Ouro Preto, ancient capital of Minas Gerais, Brazil*
10774 Eisenach Eisenach, Germany*
10775 Leipzig Leipzig, Germany*
10776 Musashitomiyo Musashitomiyo, the Minor Stickleback (Pungitius sp.), seen only in the Kumagaya river, a natural treasure of Japan
10778 Marcks Gerhard Marcks, German sculptor*
10780 Apollinaire Guillaume Apollinaire, French poet*
10781 Ritter *
10782 Hittmair *
10784 Noailles Noailles, name of several communes in France*
10785 Dejaiffe René Dejaiffe, Belgian astronomer*
10786 Robertmayer Robert Mayer, musical benefactor*
10787 Ottoburkard Otto Burkard, Austrian geophysicist and "founding father" of space research in Austria*
10789 Mikeread *
10792 Ecuador Ecuador*
10793 Quito Quito, Ecuador*
10797 Guatemala Guatemala*
10799 Yucatán Yucatán, Mexico*
10801-10900
10801 Lüneburg *
10802 Masamifuruya *
10804 Amenouzume *
10805 Iwano *
10806 Mexico Mexico*
10807 Uggarde Uggarde Rojr, cairn on Gotland island, Sweden †
10808 Digerrojr Digerrojr, cairn on Gotland island, Sweden †
10809 Majsterrojr Majsterrojr, cairn on Gotland island, Sweden †
10810 Lejsturojr Lejsturojr, cairn on Gotland island, Sweden †
10811 Lau Lau parish, southern Gotland island, Sweden ‡
10812 Grötlingbo Grötlingbo parish, Gotland island, Sweden †
10813 Mästerby Mästerby parish, Gotland island, Sweden †
10819 Mahakala 1993 HG Mahakala, or "Great Time", is one of the destructive aspects of Shiva in Vedic Hinduism †
10820 Offenbach Jacques Offenbach, French composer*
10821 Kimuratakeshi 1993 SZ *
10822 Yasunori *
10823 Sakaguchi *
10825 Augusthermann August Hermann Francke, German Protestant churchman*
10827 Doikazunori *
10828 Tomjones Tom Jones, astronaut*
10830 Desforges *
10831 Takamagahara *
10832 Hazamashigetomi *
10834 Zembsch-Schreve Guido Zembsch-Schreve, Dutch secret agent working for SOE who was active in occupied France in World War II, and who survived the Buchenwald concentration camp †
10835 Fröbel Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel, German educationalist*
10838 Lebon *
10839 Hufeland Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland, German physician*
10847 Koch Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch, German physician and Nobelist*
10850 Denso *
10856 Bechstein Carl Bechstein, German piano maker*
10857 Blüthner Julius Blüthner, German piano maker*
10861 Ciske Ciske Staring, member of the Dutch resistance in World War II †
10863 Oye *
10864 Yamagatashi *
10865 Thelmaruby Thelma Ruby, British actress and playwright*
10866 Peru Peru*
10867 Lima Lima, Peru*
10870 Gwendolen Mary Gwendolen Ellery Read Aikman, the discoverer's mother †
10872 Vaculík Ludvík Vaculík, Czech writer and journalist †
10874 Locatelli Pietro Antonio Locatelli, Italian violinist and composer †
10875 Veracini Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian violinist and composer †
10878 Moriyama 1996 VV *
10882 Shinonaga *
10884 Tsuboimasaki *
10885 Horimasato *
10886 Mitsuroohba Mitsuro Ohba, Japanese polar adventurer
10888 Yamatano-orochi *
10891 Fink *
10894 Nakai R. Carlos Nakai, musician and cultural anthropologist of Navajo-Ute descent †
10895 Aynrand Ayn Rand, Russian-born American philosopher and novelist*
10901-11000
10907 Savalle *
10908 Kallestroetzel *
10914 Tucker *
10918 Kodaly Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer and †
10921 Romanozen *
10924 Mariagriffin Maria Anna Griffin, wife of discoverer Ian P. Griffin*
10925 Ventoux Mont Ventoux, France*
10927 Vaucluse Vaucluse, France*
10928 Caprara *
10929 Chenfangyun *
10930 Jinyong Jinyong (pen-name of Louis Cha), Chinese writer
10931 Ceccano 1998 DA *
10932 Rebentrost *
10934 Pauldelvaux Paul Delvaux, Belgian artist*
10937 Ferris Timothy Ferris, science writer, or William D. Ferris, American amateur astronomer*
10938 Lorenzalevy *
10943 Brunier *
10947 Kaiserstuhl 2061 P-L Kaiserstuhl, German hill chain*
10948 Odenwald 2207 P-L Odenwald, German mountain chain*
10949 Königstuhl 3066 P-L The Königstuhl, second highest mountain of the Odenwald range of Germany, site of the Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl and the Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie
10950 Albertjansen 4049 P-L Albert Jansen, Dutch first director of The Hague Planetarium, later South-African amateur astronomer
10951 Spessart 4050 P-L Spessart, German hill chain*
10952 Vogelsberg 4152 P-L Vogelsberg, German mountain chain*
10953 Gerdatschira 4276 P-L Gerda Tschira, German founder and director of the Carl Bosch museum, Heidelberg
10954 Spiegel 4545 P-L Beate Spiegel, German head of the office of the Klaus Tschira Foundation
10955 Harig 5011 P-L Ludwig Harig, German writer
10956 Vosges 5023 P-L The Vosges, mountain range*
10957 Alps 6068 P-L The Alps, mountain range*
10958 Mont Blanc 6188 P-L Mont Blanc, European mountain*
10959 Appennino 6579 P-L Apennine Mountains of Italy*
10960 Gran Sasso 6580 P-L Gran Sasso mountain, or the Gran Sasso National Park, Italy*
10961 Buysballot 6809 P-L C. H. D. Buys Ballot, Dutch meteorologist, founder of the Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute †
10962 Sonnenborgh 9530 P-L Sonnenborgh Observatory founded in 1853 at Utrecht and the first home of the Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute †
10963 van der Brugge 2088 T-1 Aad van der Brugge, member and board member of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Vereniging voor Weer- en Sterrenkunde (Royal Netherlands Meteorological and Astronomical Society) †
10964 Degraaff 3216 T-1 Willem de Graaff, Dutch astronomer and public lecturer
10965 van Leverink 3297 T-1 Simon van Leverink, member of the Working Goup on Meteors of the Royal Netherlands Meteorological and Astronomical Society †
10966 van der Hucht 3308 T-1 Karel A. van der Hucht, Dutch astronomer, appointed IAU Assistant General Secretary in 2003
10967 Billallen 4349 T-1 William H. Allen, New-Zealand electrical engineer and amateur astronomer
10968 Sterken 4393 T-1 Christiaan Leo Sterken, Belgian astronomer, Research Director of the Belgian Fund For Scientific Research, and co-founder of the Journal of Astronomical Data
10969 Perryman 4827 T-1 Michael Perryman, Dutch project scientist of the HIPPARCOS and GAIA missions of the European Space Agency
10970 de Zeeuw 1079 T-2 Pieter Timotheus (Tim) de Zeeuw, Dutch astrophysicist, director of Sterrewacht Leiden (Leiden Observatory) and of the Netherlands Research School for Astronomy (NOVA)
10971 van Dishoeck 1179 T-2 Ewine Fleur van Dishoeck, Dutch astronomer, director of the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Laboratory for Astrophysics at Sterrewacht Leiden (Leiden Observatory), holder of a Dutch Spinoza award
10972 Merbold 1188 T-2 Ulf Merbold, German physicist, first European astronaut to perform research on board the European Space Agency's Spacelab
10973 Thomasreiter 1210 T-2 Thomas Reiter, German test-pilot, first European astronaut to fly long-duration space missions onboard the Mir Space Station and the International Space Station
10974 Carolalbert 2225 T-2 *
10979 Fristephenson 4171 T-2 Francis Richard Stephenson, British historian of astronomy*
10980 Breimer 4294 T-2 Douwe Breimer, Dutch pharmaceutical scientist, Rector Magnificus and President of Leiden University
10981 Fransaris 1148 T-3 Frans Saris, Dutch atomic and molecular physicist, Dean of Sciences at Leiden University
10982 Poerink 2672 T-3 Urijan Poerink, Dutch meteor researcher
10983 Smolders 3196 T-3 Petrus L. L. Smolders, Dutch scientist, writer and journalist, spaceflight and astronomy popularizer
10984 Gispen 3507 T-3 Willem Hendrik Gispen, Dutch neuroscientist, rector of Utrecht University 2001–2007, who contributed to the establishment of the Museum Sterrenwacht Sonnenborgh (Sonnenborgh museum and observatory)
10985 Feast 4017 T-3 Michael Feast, South African astronomer
10986 Govert 4313 T-3 Govert Schilling, Dutch amateur astronomer and science writer, journalist, and astronomy popularizer
10988 Feinstein 1968 OL Alejandro Feinstein Argentinian astronomer, cofounder of the Asociación Argentina e Astronomía (Argentinian Astronomical Association)
10989 Dolios *
10990 Okunev German Okunev, Russian composer, 1931-1973*
10991 Dulov *
10992 Veryuslaviya 1974 SF Vera Ivanovna Chubenko, Ukrainian redactor for the "Элита" (Elita) gazette, and her sons Yury, a journalist, and Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich Astrov-Chubenko, an astronomer and writer
10997 Gahm Gösta Gahm, Swedish astronomer †

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