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Meanings of asteroid names (6001-6500)

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

Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
6001-6100
6001 Thales		Thales of Miletus, Ancient Greek philosopher † ‡
	Anaximander, Ancient Greek astronomer †
6007 Billevans		William John ("Bill") Evans, American jazz pianist
6010 Lyzenga	1990 OE	Gregory Allen Lyzenga, American geophysicist, Satellite Geodesy and Geodynamics Systems Group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and, Physics Department, Harvey Mudd College*
6011 Tozzi		Gian Paolo Tozzi, Italian astronomer or Paolo Tozzi, Italian astronomer or Andrea Tozzi, Italian astronomer*
6013 Andanike	1991 OZ	Andrew S., David S., Nicholas J., and Kevin M. Martinez, grandsons of the discoverer
6014 Chribrenmark		Christopher W., Brendan J., and Mark E. Moeller, grandsons of the discoverer
6015 Paularego		Paula Rego, Luso-British graphic artist
6020 Miyamoto		Yukio Miyamoto, Japanese astronomer, director of Seiwa Kougen Observatory*
6022 Jyuro		Juro Kobayashi, Japanese amateur astronomer
6023 Tsuyashima		Takaaki Tsuyashima, Japanese astronomer, director of Kumamoto Kenmin Observatory
6024 Ochanomizu		Ochanomizu, a neighborhood in Tokyo, Japan
6025 Naotosato		Naoto Sato, Japanese amateur astronomer
6026 Xenophanes		Xenophanes, Ancient Greek philosopher †
6029 Edithrand	1948 AG	*
6030 Zolensky		Michael Ewing Zolensky, American meteoriticist, Associate Curator for Interplanetary Dust and Hardware Returned from Space, Co-investigator of the STARDUST Discovery Mission, and member of the science team of the MUSES-C Asteroid Sample Return Mission at NASA Johnson Space Center † ‡
6031 Ryokan		Ryōkan, Japanese Zen monk*
6032 Nobel	1983 PY	Alfred Bernhard Nobel, Swedish chemist, humanist and philanthropist, founder of the Nobel prize †
6036 Weinberg		Steven Weinberg, American physicist and Nobelist † ‡
6039 Parmenides	1989 RS	Parmenides, Ancient Greek philosopher †
6041 Juterkilian	1990 KL	Klas Juter, Swedish architect and photographer, and Danuta Kilian, Polish artist †
6042 Cheshirecat		The Cheshire cat, from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland*
6043 Aurochs		The aurochs, Bos primigenius †
6044 Hammer-Purgstall		Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall, Austrian orientalist*
6049 Toda	1991 VP	Kōjun? Toda, Japanese astronomer*
6050 Miwablock	1992 AE	Miwa Block, application systems analyst at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory of the University of Arizona and member of the Spacewatch team*
6051 Anaximenes		Anaximenes of Miletus, Ancient Greek philosopher †
6052 Junichi		Junichi Watanabe, Japanese astronomer
6054 Ghiberti	4019 P-L	Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor*
6055 Brunelleschi	2158 T-3	Filippo Brunelleschi, Florentine architect*
6056 Donatello	2318 T-3	Donatello (Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi), Florentine artist and sculptor*
6057 Robbia	5182 T-3	Luca della Robbia, Italian sculptor*
6060 Doudleby	1980 DX	Doudleby, Bohemia, Czech Republic †
6062 Vespa	1983 JQ	*
6063 Jason	1984 KB	Jason, Greek mythological hero*
6064 Holašovice		Holašovice, Bohemia, Czech Republic †
6066 Hendricks		*
6068 Brandenburg		Brandenburg, Germany*
6069 Cevolani		Giordano Cevolani, Italian geophysicist †
6070 Rheinland		Rhineland, Germany*
6071 Sakitama		Sakitama Village, Gyōda, Saitama, Japan*
6072 Hooghoudt	1280 T-1	Bernard Hooghoudt, developer of the Dutch radio telescopes †
6074 Bechtereva	1968 QE	Natalya Petrovna Bekhtereva, Russian physiologist †
6075 Zajtsev		Alexsandr Zaitsev, Russian radio engineer and astronomer †
6076 Plavec	1980 CR	Miroslav Plavec (Mirek Plavec), Czech astronomer †
6077 Messner	1980 TM	Reinhold Messner, Italian mountaineer †
6078 Burt		*
6079 Gerokurat		Gero Kurat, Austrian curator of the meteorite collection of the Natural History Museum in Vienna, and president of the Meteoritical Society †
6080 Lugmair		Günter Lugmair, German cosmochemist and meteoriticist †
6081 Cloutis		Edward Cloutis, Canadian physicist † ‡
6082 Timiryazev		Kliment Arkad'evich Timiryazev, Russian botanist*
6083 Janeirabloom		Jane Ira Bloom, American soprano saxophonist and jazz composer †
6084 Bascom	1985 CT	Florence Bascom, American geologist
6085 Fraethi		Frede Pedersen, father of one of the discoverers; Frede, an old Danish name meaning peace, comes from the old Nordic name Fraethi †
6087 Lupo	1988 FK	Bob Lupo, Boston-born Arizona restaurateur
6088 Hoshigakubo	1988 UH	Hoshigakubo, Niyodo, Kōchi, Japan: The legend says that Here is meteor crater
6089 Izumi		Izumi-ku, Sendai, Japan
6091 Mitsuru		Mitsuru Soma, Japanese astronomer
6092 Johnmason	1990 MN	John W. Mason, British amateur astronomer
6093 Makoto		Makoto Yoshikawa, Japanese astronomer
6094 Hisako		Hisako Hioki, mother of one of discovers*
6097 Koishikawa		Masahiro Koishikawa, Japanese amateur astronomer
6099 Saarland		Saarland, Germany*
6100 Kunitomoikkansai		Kunitomo Ikkansai, Japanese gun manufacturer and astoronomer
6101-6200
6102 Visby		Visby, Sweden †
6104 Takao	1993 HZ	Takao Saito, Japanese geophysicist
6105 Verrocchio	4580 P-L	Andrea del Verrocchio, Florentine sculptor*
6106 Stoss	6564 P-L	Reiner Michael Stoss, Banat-born German amateur astronomer*
6107 Osterbrock	1948 AF	Donald Edward Osterbrock, American astrophysicist*
6108 Glebov	1971 QN	*
6109 Balseiro	1975 QC	José Antonio Balseiro, 20th-century Argentine nuclear physicist
6110 Kazak		*
6111 Davemckay		David Stewart McKay, American lunar geologist and meteoriticist †
6112 Ludolfschultz		Ludolf Schultz, German cosmochemist and meteoriticist †
6113 Tsap		*
6115 Martinduncan		Martin J. Duncan, Canadian astronomer †
6116 Still		Martin David Still, British astronomer*
6119 Hjorth	1986 XH	Jens Hjorth, Danish astrophysicist †
6120 Anhalt	1987 QR	*
6121 Plachinda		*
6122 Henrard		Jacques Henrard, Belgian astronomer (celestial mechanics)*
6123 Aristoteles		Aristotle, Ancient Greek philosopher † ‡
6124 Mecklenburg		*
6127 Hetherington	1989 HD	Norriss Swigart Hetherington, American historian of astronomy*
6128 Lasorda	1989 LA	Tommy Lasorda, former manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers †
6129 Demokritos		Democritus, Ancient Greek philosopher †
6130 Hutton		James Hutton, 18th-century Scottish founder of modern geology
6131 Towen		Tobias Owen, American astronomer*
6132 Danielson		*
6135 Billowen		William Mann Owen, American astronomer*
6136 Gryphon	1990 YH	*
6137 Johnfletcher	1991 BY	John Fletcher, British amateur astronomer and public educator
6139 Naomi		Naomi Sugie, wife of discover
6140 Kubokawa		Kazuo Kubokawa, Japanese astronomer
6141 Durda		Daniel David Durda, American astronomer †
6143 Pythagoras	1993 JV	Pythagoras, Ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician †
6144 Kondojiro		Jiro Kondo, Japanese Egyptologist and amateur astronomer
6145 Riemenschneider	2630 P-L	Tilman Riemenschneider, German sculptor*
6146 Adamkrafft	3262 T-2	Adam Krafft, German sculptor*
6147 Straub	1081 T-3	Johann Baptist Straub, German sculptor*
6148 Ignazgünther	5119 T-3	Ignaz Günther, German sculptor*
6149 Pelčák	1979 SS	Oldřich Pelčák, Czech astronaut-candidate †
6150 Neukum		Gerhard Neukum, German astronomer, director of the DLR Institute of Planetary Exploration in Berlin-Adlershof †
6151 Viget	1987 WF	*
6152 Empedocles		Empedocles, Ancient Greek philosopher †
6153 Hershey	1990 OB	John Landis Hershey, American astronomer*
6154 Stevesynnott		Stephen P. Synnott, American astronomer*
6155 Yokosugano		Yōko Sugano, wife of Matsuo Sugano
6156 Dall		*
6157 Prey		Alois Prey, Austrian astronomer or Adalbert Prey, Austrian astronomer*
6160 Minakata	1993 JF	Kumagusu Minakata, Japanese author and naturalist
6161 Vojno-Yasenetsky		Valentin Voino-Yasenetsky (Archbishop Luka), Ukrainian surgeon and theologian*
6162 Prokhorov		Yurij Vasil'evich Prokhorov, Russian mathematician*
6163 Reimers	1977 FT	Dieter Reimers, German astronomer*
6164 Gerhardmüller		*
6165 Frolova		*
6166 Univsima		Simferopol State University*
6167 Narmanskij		V. Ya. Narmanskii, Ukrainian researcher in biorhythms and space physics*
6169 Sashakrot		Alexander (Sasha) Krot, cosmochemist and meteoriticist †
6170 Levasseur	1981 GP	Pierre Émile Levasseur, French economist*
6172 Prokofeana	1982 TX	*
6173 Jimwestphal	1983 AD	James A. (Jim) Westphal, American astronomer, at one time Director of Palomar Observatory*
6174 Polybius		Polybius, Ancient Greek historian*
6175 Cori	1983 XW	Carl Ferdinand and Gerty Theresa Cori (née Radnitz), husband and wife Austro-Hungarian-American biochemists †
6176 Horrigan	1985 BH	Barbara Llewellyn Horrigan, American member of the Arlington Friends of the Drama (Massachusetts), actress, director, and set and costume designer ‡
6179 Brett	1986 EN	Robin Brett, American astronomer*
6180 Bystritskaya		*
6181 Bobweber	1986 RW	Robert ("Bob") Weber, 20th-century American physicist and astronomer, team leader of the Deep Space Satellite Tracking Network, and co-developer of the LINEAR project
6182 Katygord		*
6183 Viscome		George R. Viscome, American broadcast technician and astrometrist †
6184 Nordlund		Aake Nordlund, Danish astrophysicist †
6186 Zenon		Zenon, Ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician †
6188 Robertpepin		Robert Pepin, American meteoriticist †
6189 Völk		Elisabeth Völk, secretary of ESO headquarters † ‡
6190 Rennes		Rennes, France*
6191 Eades		*
6193 Manabe		Yoshinosuke or Ryōnosuke Manabe, Japanese astronomer*
6194 Denali	1990 TN	*
6195 Nukariya		Motoi Nukariya, Japanese astronomer
6198 Shirakawa		Shirakawa, Fukushima, Japan
6199 Yoshiokayayoi		Yayoi Yoshioka, Japanese physician and women's rights activist
6200 Hachinohe	1993 HL	Akio Hachinohe, Japanese amateur astronomer
6201-6300
6201 Ichiroshimizu	1993 HY	Ichiro Shimizu, Japanese astronomer †
6202 Georgemiley	3332 T-1	George K. Miley, American astronomer*
6203 Lyubamoroz		Lyuba V. Moroz, Russian planetary scientist †
6204 MacKenzie		Norman MacKenzie, Canadian scholar †
6205 Menottigalli	1983 OD	Menotti Galli, Italian physicist †
6206 Corradolamberti		Corrado Lamberti, Italian astronomer*
6207 Bourvil	1988 BV	Bourvil (André Zacharie Raimbourg), French actor and singer
6208 Wakata	1988 XT	Koichi Wakata, Japanese astronaut
6209 Schwaben		Samuel Heinrich Schwabe, German solar astronomer †*
6210 Hyunseop		Seo Hyun-seop, Korean diplomat †
6211 Tsubame	1991 DO	Tsubame, Japanese former express train running from Tokyo to Osaka or Kobe
6213 Zwiers	2196 P-L	Hendrik Jan Zwiers, Dutch astronomer †
6214 Mikhailgrinev		*
6216 San Jose	1975 SJ	San Jose, California †
6218 Mizushima		A town of Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan
6219 Demalia		*
6220 Stepanmakarov		Stepan Osipovich Makarov, Russian vice-admiral and oceanographer*
6221 Ducentesima	1980 GO	Latin for "200", for 200th asteroid discovered at Kleť Observatory †
6223 Dahl		Roald Dahl, British author †
6224 El Goresy		Ahmed El Goresy, Egyptian mineralogist † †
6225 Hiroko		Hiroko Nagahara, Japanese meteoriticist †
6226 Paulwarren		Paul Warren, American research geochemist †
6227 Alanrubin		Alan Rubin, American research geochemist †
6228 Yonezawa	1982 BA	Yonezawa, Yamagata, Japan
6229 Tursachan		Gaelic for "Standing Stones" (1997 Flagstaff Festival of Science asteroid naming contest winner) †
6231 Hundertwasser	1985 FH	Friedensreich Hundertwasser (Friedrich Stowasser), Austrian artist †
6232 Zubitskia		*
6233 Kimura	1986 CG	Hisashi Kimura, Japanese astronomer*
6234 Sheilawolfman	1986 SF	Sheila Wolfman (née Sala Fajerman), Polish child survivor of the holocaust, pictured in Martin Gilbert's The Boys †
6235 Burney	1987 VB	Venetia Phair, née Burney, English woman who, at age 11, suggested the name Pluto for the "ninth planet"
6236 Mallard	1988 WF	LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard, British steam locomotive
6237 Chikushi	1989 CV	Chikuzen and Chikugo Province, former name of Fukuoka prefecture, Japan †
6239 Minos	1989 QF	Minos, mythological Cretan king*
6240 Lucretius Carus		Titus Lucretius Carus, Roman poet and philosopher †
6241 Galante	1989 TG	*
6243 Yoder		Charles Finney Yoder, American astronomer*
6244 Okamoto	1990 QF	Hiroshi Okamoto, Japanese primary school teacher of discoverer †
6245 Ikufumi		Ikufumi Makino, Japanese telecommunications systems engineer and amateur astronomer †
6246 Komurotoru		Toru Komuro, Japanese sculptor*
6247 Amanogawa		Amanogawa river, Hokkaidō, Japan (In Japanese, "Amanogawa" means also "Milky Way")
6249 Jennifer		*
6251 Setsuko	1992 DB	Setsuko Akiyama, wife of one of discoveres
6252 Montevideo		Montevideo, Uruguay, birthplace of Gonzalo Tancredi, one of the discoverers †
6255 Kuma	1994 XT	Kuma, Aichi, Japan
6256 Canova	4063 P-L	Antonio Canova, Italian sculptor*
6257 Thorvaldsen	4098 T-1	Bertil Thorvaldsen, Danish sculptor*
6258 Rodin	3070 T-2	Auguste Rodin, French sculptor †*
6259 Maillol	3236 T-2	Aristide Maillol, French sculptor*
6260 Kelsey	1949 PN	Frances Oldham Kelsey, Canadian-American pharmacologist †
6261 Chione	1976 WC	*
6262 Javid	1978 RZ	*
6266 Letzel		Jan Letzel, Czech architect †
6267 Rozhen		The National Astronomical Observatory of Bulgaria on Mt Rozhen*
6268 Versailles		Versailles, France †
6269 Kawasaki	1990 UJ	Shun'ichi Kawasaki, Japanese astronomer*
6271 Farmer	1991 NF	*
6273 Kiruna		Kiruna, northernmost city of Sweden †
6274 Taizaburo	1992 FV	Taizaburo Koyama, Japanese amateur astronomer*
6275 Kiryu	1993 VQ	Kiryū, Gunma, Japan
6276 Kurohone	1994 AB	Kurohone, village in Seta District, Gunma, Japan*
6278 Ametkhan	1971 TF	Amet Khan Sultan, Tatar air ace of World War II*
6280 Sicardy	1980 RJ	*
6281 Strnad	1980 SD	Antonín Strnad, Czech astronomer †
6282 Edwelda		Edwin Aguirre and Imelda Joson, Filipino associate editor and photo editor, respectively, at Sky & Telescope magazine † ‡ +
6284 Borisivanov		Boris Ivanov, Russian geophysicist †
6285 Ingram		Vernon Ingram, American biologist, and his wife Elizabeth (Beth) Ingram, former Ashdown House housemasters at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology †
6287 Lenham	1984 AR	Alan Pennell Lenham, British amateur astronomer*
6291 Renzetti		Nicholas A. Renzetti, physicist, at one time with the Deep Space Network*
6293 Oberpfalz		*
6294 Czerny		Karl Czerny, Austrian composer and piano teacher †
6295 Schmoll		Antoine Schmoll, German piano teacher †
6296 Cleveland	1988 NC	Cleveland, Ohio*
6299 Reizoutoyoko		Reizou and Toyoko Mori, parents of one of discoverers
6300 Hosamu	1988 YB	Osamu Hioki, friend of discoverers
6301-6400
6302 Tengukogen	1989 CF	Tengu Highland, mountain in Shikoku Island, Japan †
6304 Josephus Flavius		Josephus Bar Mattheus, Jewish historian †
6305 Helgoland		Heligoland, Germany*
6306 Nishimura		Yūji Nishimura, president of Nishimura Mfg. Co.
6307 Maiztegui		Alberto Maiztegui, Argentinian author and science educator
6308 Ebisuzaki	1990 BK	Toshikazu Ebisuzaki, Japanese astronomer
6309 Elsschot		Willem Elsschot, pseudonym of Alfons de Ridder, Flemish writer †
6310 Jankonke	1990 KK	*
6311 Porubčan		Vladimír Porubčan, Slovak astronomer*
6312 Robheinlein		Robert A. Heinlein, American science fiction author
6317 Dreyfus		Dreyfus affair †
6318 Cronkite	1990 WA	Walter Cronkite, American TV newsreader*
6319 Beregovoj		Georgi Beregovoi, Russian cosmonaut † ‡
6320 Bremen		Bremen, Germany*
6321 Namuratakao	1991 BV	Takao Namura, Japanese optical engineer*
6323 Karoji		Hiroshi Karoji, Japanese astronomer*
6326 Idamiyoshi		Miyoshi Ida, Japanese amateur astronomer*
6329 Hikonejyo		Hikone Castle, Hikone, Shiga, Japan
6330 Koen	1992 FN	Koen Yanagiya, rakugoka
6332 Vorarlberg		Vorarlberg, Austria*
6333 Helenejacq	1992 LG	*
6334 Robleonard	1992 MM	*
6336 Dodo	1992 UU	Dodo
6337 Shiota		Kazuo Shiota, Japanese amateur astronomer
6338 Isaosato		Isao Sato, Japanese astronomer
6339 Giliberti	1993 SG	*
6340 Kathmandu		Kathmandu, Nepal*
6345 Hideo		Hideo Fukushima, Japanese astronomer
6346 Syukumeguri	1995 AY	A part of Kurohone, Gunma, Japan
6349 Acapulco		Acapulco, Mexico*
6350 Schlüter	3526 P-L	Jochen Schlüter, German mineralogist or Arnulf Schlüter, German astronomer or Wolfgang Schlüter, German astronomer*
6351 Neumann	4277 T-1	Johann Balthasar Neumann, German baroque architect †
6352 Schlaun	2400 T-3	Johann Conrad Schlaun, German baroque architect*
6353 Semper	3107 T-3	*
6354 Vangelis	1934 GA	Vangelis Papathanassiou, Greek composer and multi-instrumentalist †
6355 Univermoscow		University of Moscow*
6356 Tairov	1976 QR	Vasilij Egorovich Tairov, Russian viticulturist*
6357 Glushko		Valentin Petrovich Glushko, Soviet rocket scientist*
6358 Chertok		Boris Evseevich Chertok, Russian rocket scientist (specialist in guidance and control)*
6359 Dubinin		Eduard Dubinin, Russian astrophysicist*
6362 Tunis	1979 KO	Tunis, Tunisia*
6363 Doggett		LeRoy Elsworth Doggett, American astronomer and historian of astronomy [Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 28 (1996), pp. 1450-1451]
6364 Casarini	1981 ET	Jeannine Casarini, French teacher, member of the Tunguska99 scientific expedition to Central Siberia
6365 Nickschneider		Nicholas McCord Schneider, American astronomer*
6366 Rainerwieler		Rainer Wieler, Swiss geochemist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) †
6370 Malpais	1984 EY	Spanish for "bad country"/"badlands", used by early explorers of the American Southwest to designate difficult-going countryside strewn with rough lava flows or rocks, and now used to designate the rock found in such country, used for stone building construction (1999 Flagstaff Festival of Science asteroid naming contest winner) †
6371 Heinlein	1985 GS	Dieter Heinlein, meteorite and tektite collector for the Bavarian Meteorite Laboratory † ‡
6372 Walker		Robert M. Walker, American astronomer*
6373 Stern	1986 EZ	S. Alan Stern, astronomer*
6374 Beslan		Beslan, Russia*
6375 Fredharris		*
6376 Schamp		Larry and Becky Schamp, Americans stationed in Alice Springs, Australia, who took in members of the Shoemaker family after the car collision in which Eugene died
6377 Cagney		James Cagney, American actor †
6379 Vrba		Karel Vrba, Czech mineralogy professor †
6383 Tokushima		Tokushima-Kainan Astronomical Observatory, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
6384 Kervin	1989 AM	*
6385 Martindavid		Martin Alois David, Czech observatory director †
6386 Keithnoll		Keith S. Noll, American astronomer*
6389 Ogawa	1990 BX	Shigeo Ogawa, president of Seibundo-Shinkosha (publisher)
6390 Hirabayashi		Shigeto Hirabayashi, Japanese amateur astronomer*
6391 Africano		*
6392 Takashimizuno	1990 HR	Takashi Mizuno, Japanese amateur astronomer*
6395 Hilliard		*
6396 Schleswig		Schleswig, Germany/Denmark*
6398 Timhunter		Tim Hunter, American amateur astronomer*
6399 Harada	1991 GA	Shoji Harada, Japanese amateur astronomer †
6400 Georgealexander		*
6401-6500
6401 Roentgen		Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, German physicist and Nobelist †*
6402 Holstein		Holstein, Germany*
6403 Steverin	1991 NU	*
6404 Vanavara		Vanavara, town in Siberia near the Tunguska impact site † ‡
6405 Komiyama	1992 HJ	Fukuji Komiyama, Japanese*
6408 Saijo		Yoshihiro Saijo, Japanese amateur astronomer
6410 Fujiwara		Masato? Fujiwara, Japanese amateur astronomer*
6411 Tamaga	1993 TA	*
6412 Kaifu		Norio Kaifu, Japanese astronomer
6413 Iye		Masanori Ie, Japanese astronomer
6414 Mizunuma	1993 UX	A part of Kurohone, Gunma, Japan
6416 Nyukasayama		Mount Nyūkasa, Nagano, Japan,
6417 Liberati	1993 XA	*
6418 Hanamigahara	1993 XJ	A part of Kurohone, Gunma, Japan
6419 Susono	1993 XX	Susono, Shizuoka, Japan, near the discoverers' observing site at Mishima*
6420 Riheijyaya		A part of Kurohone, Gunma, Japan
6422 Akagi		Mount Akagi, Gunma, Japan
6423 Harunasan		Mount Haruna, Gunma, Japan
6424 Ando		Hiroyasu Ando, Japanese astronomer
6426 Vanýsek	1995 ED	Vladimír Vanýsek, Czech astronomer †
6428 Barlach	3513 P-L	Ernst Barlach, German sculptor*
6429 Brancusi	4050 T-1	Constantin Brancusi, Romanian sculptor †
6432 Temirkanov		Yuri Temirkanov, Russian conductor †
6433 Enya	1978 WC	Enya (Eithne Ní Bhraonáin), Irish singer and songwriter † ‡
6434 Jewitt	1981 OH	David C. Jewitt, British astronomer
6435 Daveross	1984 DA	David Justin Ross, American entrepreur and mathematician.
6436 Coco		*
6437 Stroganov		The Stroganov family of Russia, who exploited the iron and gold mines of the Urals
6438 Suárez		Buenaventura Suárez, 17th-18th-century Argentine Jesuit and astronomer
6439 Tirol	1988 CV	Tyrol, Switzerland*
6440 Ransome		Arthur Ransome, British novelist †
6441 Milenajesenská		Milena Jesenská, Czech journalist †
6442 Salzburg		Salzburg, Austria*
6445 Bellmore		*
6446 Lomberg	1990 QL	Jon Lomberg, American artist † ‡
6447 Terrycole		*
6449 Kudara		Japanese astronomer, second president of Oriental Astronomical Association †
6451 Kärnten		Carinthia, Austria*
6452 Johneuller	1991 HA	John Euller, author and polar explorer*
6456 Golombek	1992 OM	Matthew Philip Golombek, American planetary geologist †
6457 Kremsmünster	1992 RT	Kremsmünster, Austria, location of the observatory (Sternwarte Kremsmünster) of the Benedictine monastery*
6458 Nouda		Tadasuke Nouda, Japanese astronomer †
6459 Hidesan		Hideo Sato, Japanese astronomer
6460 Bassano		*
6462 Myougi		Mount Myōgi, Gunma, Japan*
6463 Isoda		Sachiko or Yukiko Isoda, Japanese*
6464 Kaburaki	1994 CK	Masaki Kaburaki, Japanese astronomer*
6465 Zvezdotchet	1995 EP	Zvezdochet, the Russian magazine for amateur astronomers*
6467 Prilepina		*
6468 Welzenbach		Linda Welzenbach, American geologist, Collection Manager of the Meteorite Collection of the National Museum of Natural History †
6469 Armstrong	1982 PC	Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11 astronaut †
6470 Aldrin		Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11 astronaut †
6471 Collins		Michael Collins, Italian-American Apollo 11 astronaut †
6472 Rosema	1985 TL	*
6473 Winkler	1986 GM	*
6474 Choate		Dennis Choate, American astronomer or Larry Mercer Choate, American astronomer*
6475 Refugium		Latin word for "refuge"*
6478 Gault		Donald E. Gault, American planetary geologist
6479 Leoconnolly	1988 LC	Leo Paul Connolly, American astronomer*
6480 Scarlatti		Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer and instrumentalist †
6481 Tenzing		Tenzing Norgay, Sherpa mountain climber †
6482 Steiermark		Styria, Austria*
6483 Nikolajvasil'ev		Nikolai Vasil'ev, Russian scientific director of the Interdisciplinary Independent Tunguska Expeditions † ‡
6484 Barthibbs		Bart Hibbs, American physicist*
6485 Wendeesther		Wendee Esther Wallach-Feldman (afterwards Wendee Wallach-Levy), former teacher. Married to astronomer David H. Levy with whom she co-directs their private observatory (Jarnac Observatory) in Vail, Arizona
6487 Tonyspear		Tony Spear, American engineer, latterly of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory*
6488 Drebach		Volkssternwarte Drebach (Drebach Public Observatory and planetarium), Germany † ‡
6489 Golevka	1991 JX	Goldstone Observatory/Evpatoria/Kashima †
6493 Cathybennett	1992 CA	*
6496 Kazuko		Kazuko Ōtsuka, Japanese*
6497 Yamasaki		Masamitsu Yamasaki, Japanese astronomer †
6498 Ko		Ko Nagasawa, worker at the University of Tokyo's Earthquake Research Institute and the Public Information Office at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.
6499 Michiko		Michiko Hirasawa, wife of one of discoverers
6500 Kodaira	1993 ET	Keiichi Kodaira, Japanese astronomer