Meanings of asteroid names (5001-5500)
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| 5001 EMP 5001 EMP 5001 EMP is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 19, 1987 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff.-External links:*... |
Эфемериды малых планет (Ephemerides Of Minor Planets)* | |
| 5002 Marnix 5002 Marnix 5002 Marnix is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 20, 1987 by E. W. Elst at Rozhen. It is named for Philips Marnix van Sint Aldegonde, mayor of Antwerp, believed to have been the composer of the 'Wilhelmus', which became the Dutch national anthem in 1932.- External links :... |
Philips Marnix van Sint Aldegonde, mayor of Antwerp, believed to have been the composer of the 'Wilhelmus', which became the Dutch national anthem in 1932 † ‡ | |
| 5003 Silvanominuto 5003 Silvanominuto 5003 Silvanominuto is a Main Belt minor planet. It was discovered by Walter Ferreri at La Silla Observatory in Chile on March 15, 1988. It was named for Silvano Minuto, an Italian astronomer.-External links:*... |
Silvano Minuto, Italian amateur astronomer, founder of the Osservatorio Astronomico di Suno (Suno Observatory) and promoter of several regional laws on light pollution | |
| 5004 Bruch 5004 Bruch 5004 Bruch is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 8, 1988 by Freimut Börngen at Tautenburg. It is named for Albert Bruch, a German astronomer.- External links :*... |
Albert Bruch, German astronomer* | |
| 5005 Kegler 5005 Kegler 5005 Kegler is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 16, 1988 by Seiji Ueda and Hiroshi Kaneda at Kushiro.- External links :*... |
1988 UB | * |
| 5006 Teller 5006 Teller 5006 Teller is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 5, 1989 by E. F. Helin at Palomar. It is named for Edward Teller , a Hungarian-born American physicist, colloquially known as the "Father of the Atomic Bomb," a title he considered to be in poor taste.- External links :*... |
Edward Teller Edward Teller Edward Teller was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist, known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb," even though he did not care for the title. Teller made numerous contributions to nuclear and molecular physics, spectroscopy , and surface physics... (Ede Teller), Hungarian-born American physicist † ‡ |
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| 5007 Keay 5007 Keay 5007 Keay is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 20, 1990 by R. H. McNaught at Siding Spring.- External links :*... |
Colin S. L. Keay, Australian physicist and astronomer † http://users.hunterlink.net.au/~ddcsk/ | |
| 5008 Miyazawakenji 5008 Miyazawakenji 5008 Miyazawakenji is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 20, 1991 by A. Sugie at Dynic.- External links :*... |
1991 DV | Kenji Miyazawa Kenji Miyazawa was a Japanese poet and author of children's literature in the early Shōwa period of Japan. He was also known as a devout Buddhist, vegetarian and social activist.-Early life:... , Japanese poet and children's novelist |
| 5009 Sethos 5009 Sethos 5009 Sethos is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
2562 P-L | * |
| 5010 Amenemhêt 5010 Amenemhêt 5010 Amenemhêt is a main-belt asteroid, discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at the Palomar Observatory.-References:... |
4594 P-L | Name of nine pharaoh Pharaoh Pharaoh is a title used in many modern discussions of the ancient Egyptian rulers of all periods. The title originates in the term "pr-aa" which means "great house" and describes the royal palace... s of Egypt Egypt Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world... (1991 BC-~1750 BC) |
| 5011 Ptah 5011 Ptah 5011 Ptah is a highly eccentric Mars crossing and Apollo asteroid, discovered in 1960 and named after an Egyptian god, Ptah.It passes within 30 Gm of Earth 15 times between 1900 and 2100, most recently on January 21, 2007, at 29.6 Gm. The next one will be in 2027 at... |
6743 P-L | Ptah Ptah In Ancient Egyptian Religion, Ptah was the deification of the primordial mound in the Ennead cosmogony, which was more literally referred to as Ta-tenen , meaning risen land, or as Tanen, meaning submerged land, though Tatenen was a god in his... , Egyptian god |
| 5012 Eurymedon 5012 Eurymedon 5012 Eurymedon is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on October 17, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
9507 P-L | Agamemnon In Greek mythology, Agamemnon was the son of King Atreus and Queen Aerope of Mycenae, the brother of Menelaus, the husband of Clytemnestra, and the father of Electra and Orestes. Mythical legends make him the king of Mycenae or Argos, thought to be different names for the same area... 's charioteer in the Trojan War. |
| 5013 Suzhousanzhong 5013 Suzhousanzhong 5013 Suzhousanzhong is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 9, 1964, at Purple Mountain Observatory.- External links :*... |
Suzhousanzhong ("Suzhou No. 3 Middle School"), Jiangsu province, China, on the occasion (2006) of its one-hundredth anniversary | |
| 5014 Gorchakov 5014 Gorchakov 5014 Gorchakov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 19, 1974 by L. I. Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.- External links :*... |
1974 ST | Prince Alexander Gorchakov, chancellor of the Russian Empire* |
| 5015 Litke 5015 Litke 5015 Litke is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 1, 1975 by T. M. Smirnova at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.- External links :*... |
1975 VP | Count Fyodor Petrovich Litke Fyodor Petrovich Litke Count Fyodor Petrovich Litke , born Friedrich Benjamin Lütke, was a Russian navigator, geographer, and Arctic explorer. He became a count in 1866, and an admiral in 1855. He was a Corresponding Member , Honorable Member , and President of the Russian Academy of Science in St.Petersburg... , Russian navigator and explorer* |
| 5016 Migirenko 5016 Migirenko 5016 Migirenko is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 2, 1976 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
Georgii Sergeevich Migirenko, Russian physicist (and retired admiral)* | |
| 5017 Tenchi 5017 Tenchi 5017 Tenchi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 18, 1977 by Kosai and Hurukawa at Kiso Observatory.- External links :*... |
Emperor Tenji Emperor Tenji , also known as Emperor Tenchi, was the 38th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.Tenji's reign spanned the years from 661 through 671.-Traditional narrative:... , Japan |
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| 5018 Tenmu 5018 Tenmu 5018 Tenmu is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 19, 1977 by Kosai and Hurukawa at Kiso Observatory.- External links :*... |
Emperor Temmu Emperor Temmu was the 40th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.Temmu's reign lasted from 672 until his death in 686.-Traditional narrative:... , Japan |
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| 5020 Asimov 5020 Asimov 5020 Asimov is an asteroid discovered March 2, 1981 by Schelte J. Bus, who also discovered 4923 Clarke on the same day. It is named after Isaac Asimov, the prolific American science fiction author. On average, the asteroid has an apparent magnitude of 9.4.... |
Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov was an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. Asimov was one of the most prolific writers of all time, having written or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000... , Russian-American science fiction writer † |
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| 5021 Krylania 5021 Krylania 5021 Krylania is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 13, 1982 by L. G. Karachkina at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
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| 5023 Agapenor 5023 Agapenor 5023 Agapenor is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on October 11, 1985 by Shoemaker, C. S. at Palomar.- External links :*... |
Agapenor Agapenor Agapenor was in Greek mythology a leader of the Arcadians in the Trojan war. He was a son of Ancaeus, and grandson of Lycurgus. As king of the Arcadians he received sixty ships from Agamemnon, in which he led his Arcadians to Troy. He also occurs among the suitors of Helen... , mythical person related to Trojan War [MPC 25443] |
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| 5024 Bechmann 5024 Bechmann 5024 Bechmann is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on November 14, 1985 by P. Jensen at Brorfelde.- External links :*... |
1985 VP | * |
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| 5026 Martes 5026 Martes 5026 Martes is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 22, 1987 by A. Mrkos at Klet.- External links :*... |
Martes martes and Martes foina, the pine Pine Marten The European Pine Marten , known most commonly as the pine marten in Anglophone Europe, and less commonly also known as Pineten, baum marten, or sweet marten, is an animal native to Northern Europe belonging to the mustelid family, which also includes mink, otter, badger, wolverine and weasel. It... and beech marten Beech Marten The beech marten , also known as the stone marten or white breasted marten, is a species of marten native to much of Europe and Central Asia, though it has established a feral population in North America. It is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN on account of its wide distribution, its large... [MPC 34620] † |
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| 5027 Androgeos 5027 Androgeos 5027 Androgeos is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on January 21, 1988 by Shoemaker, C. S. at Palomar.- External links :*... |
Androgeos Androgeos Androgeos or Androgeus was the name of two individuals in Greek and Roman mythology.In Greek mythology, Androgeos was the father of Sthenelus and a son of Minos and Pasiphaë. Aegeus, King of Athens, killed Androgeos because he won every prize during a feast. As punishment, the Athenians had to... , mythical person related to Trojan War |
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| 5028 Halaesus 5028 Halaesus 5028 Halaesus is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on January 23, 1988 by Shoemaker, C. S. at Palomar.- External links :*... |
Halaesus Halaesus In Greek mythology, the name Halaesus or Halesus may refer to:*A companion of Agamemnon during the Trojan War; some state that he was an illegitimate son of Agamemnon... , mythological Greek warrior |
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| 5029 Ireland 5029 Ireland 5029 Ireland is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 24, 1988 by Shoemaker, C. S. at Palomar.- External links :*... |
Trevor R. Ireland, Australian meteoriticist* | |
| 5030 Gyldenkerne 5030 Gyldenkerne 5030 Gyldenkerne is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 3, 1988 by Poul Jensen at Brorfelde.- External links :*... |
Kjeld Gyldenkerne, Danish astronomer* | |
| 5031 Švejcar 5031 Švejcar 5031 Švejcar is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1389.4246643 days . The asteroid was discovered on March 16, 1990.... |
Josef Švejcar, Czech Czech people Czechs, or Czech people are a western Slavic people of Central Europe, living predominantly in the Czech Republic. Small populations of Czechs also live in Slovakia, Austria, the United States, the United Kingdom, Chile, Argentina, Canada, Germany, Russia and other countries... physician † |
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| 5032 Conradhirsh 5032 Conradhirsh 5032 Conradhirsh is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 18, 1990 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.- External links :*... |
1990 OO | Conrad Hirsh, teacher and explorer* |
| 5033 Mistral 5033 Mistral 5033 Mistral is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 15, 1990 by E. W. Elst at Haute-Provence Observatory.- External links :*... |
1990 PF | Frédéric Mistral Frédéric Mistral Frédéric Mistral was a French writer and lexicographer of the Occitan language. Mistral won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1904 and was a founding member of Félibrige and a member of l'Académie de Marseille... , Provençal poet † |
| 5034 Joeharrington 5034 Joeharrington 5034 Joeharrington is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 7, 1991 by H. E. Holt at Palomar.- External links :*... |
Joseph Harrington, American astronomer † | |
| 5035 Swift 5035 Swift 5035 Swift is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 18, 1991 by Seiji Ueda and Hiroshi Kaneda at Kushiro.- External links :*... |
1991 UX | Lewis A. Swift Lewis A. Swift Lewis A. Swift was an American astronomer.-Discoveries:He discovered or co-discovered a number of comets, including periodic comets 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR, 64P/Swift-Gehrels, and 109P/Swift-Tuttle... , American astronomer † |
| 5036 Tuttle 5036 Tuttle 5036 Tuttle is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 31, 1991 by Seiji Ueda and Hiroshi Kaneda at Kushiro.- External links :*... |
Horace Parnell Tuttle Horace Parnell Tuttle Horace Parnell Tuttle was an American astronomer, a Civil War veteran and brother of astronomer Charles Wesley Tuttle .... , American astronomer* |
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| 5037 Habing 5037 Habing 5037 Habing is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory. It is named after the Dutch astronomer Harm Jan Habing.- External links :*... |
6552 P-L | Harm Jan Habing, Dutch astronomer † |
| 5038 Overbeek 5038 Overbeek 5038 Overbeek is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on May 31, 1948 by E. L. Johnson at Johannesburg. It was named after South African amateur astronomer Michiel Daniel Overbeek.- External links :*... |
1948 KF | Daniel Overbeek, South African amateur astronomer and AAVSO member † ‡ |
| 5039 Rosenkavalier 5039 Rosenkavalier 5039 Rosenkavalier is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 11, 1967 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.- External links :*... |
Der Rosenkavalier Der Rosenkavalier Der Rosenkavalier is a comic opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to an original German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. It is loosely adapted from the novel Les amours du chevalier de Faublas by Louvet de Couvrai and Molière’s comedy Monsieur de Pourceaugnac... (The Knight of the Rose), opera by Richard Strauss Richard Strauss Richard Georg Strauss was a leading German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras. He is known for his operas, which include Der Rosenkavalier and Salome; his Lieder, especially his Four Last Songs; and his tone poems and orchestral works, such as Death and Transfiguration, Till... * |
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| 5040 Rabinowitz 5040 Rabinowitz 5040 Rabinowitz is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 15, 1972 by T. Gehrels at Palomar.- External links :*... |
1972 RF | David L. Rabinowitz David L. Rabinowitz David Lincoln Rabinowitz is a researcher at Yale University. He has built CCD cameras and software for the detection of near-Earth asteroids and Kuiper Belt Objects, and his research has helped reduce the assumed number of near-Earth asteroids by half, from 1,000-2,000 to 500-1,000 He has also... , American astronomer* |
| 5041 Theotes 5041 Theotes 5041 Theotes is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on September 19, 1973 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
Theotes, mythical person related to Trojan War | |
| 5042 Colpa 5042 Colpa - External links :*... |
1974 ME | * |
| 5043 Zadornov 5043 Zadornov 5043 Zadornov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 19, 1974 by L. I. Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.- External links :*... |
Mikhail Zadornov Mikhail Nikolayevich Zadornov Mikhail Nikolayevich Zadornov is a Soviet and Russian stand-up comedian and writer. Zadornov is particularly famous for his satirical comparisons of Russians and nationals of other countries, especially Americans. He has rescinded his visa to the United States as a protest to the American... , Russian comedian † |
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| 5044 Shestaka 5044 Shestaka 5044 Shestaka is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 18, 1977 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
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| 5045 Hoyin 5045 Hoyin - External links :*... |
Yin Ho, Chinese* | |
| 5046 Carletonmoore 5046 Carletonmoore 5046 Carletonmoore is a main belt asteroid with a perihelion of 2.4099254 AU. It has an eccentricity of 0.0661242 and an orbital period of 1511.1046040 days .... |
1981 DQ | Carleton Bryant Moore of the Center for Meteorite Studies of Arizona State University* |
| 5047 Zanda 5047 Zanda 5047 Zanda is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 2, 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring Observatory in the course of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.- External links :*... |
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| 5048 Moriarty 5048 Moriarty 5048 Moriarty is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 1, 1981 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff. Named for Professor Moriarty, a fictional character in the Sherlock Holmes detective stories by Scottish writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.- External links :*... |
1981 GC | Professor Moriarty Professor Moriarty Professor James Moriarty is a fictional character and the archenemy of the detective Sherlock Holmes in the fiction of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Moriarty is a criminal mastermind, described by Holmes as the "Napoleon of Crime". Doyle lifted the phrase from a real Scotland Yard inspector who was... , character in the Sherlock Holmes stories |
| 5049 Sherlock 5049 Sherlock 5049 Sherlock is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 2, 1981 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff.- External links :*... |
Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The fantastic London-based "consulting detective", Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to take almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science skills to solve... , fictional detective |
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| 5050 Doctorwatson 5050 Doctorwatson 5050 Doctorwatson is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 14, 1983 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff.- External links :*... |
Dr. Watson, character in the Sherlock Holmes stories | |
| 5051 Ralph 5051 Ralph 5051 Ralph is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1984 by P. Jensen at Brorfelde.- External links :*... |
1984 SM | * |
| 5052 Nancyruth 5052 Nancyruth 5052 Nancyruth is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 23, 1984 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar.- External links :*... |
Nancy R. Lebofsky, American educator [MPC 25443] | |
| 5053 Chladni 5053 Chladni 5053 Chladni is a main-belt asteroid or a Minor planet, discovered on March 22, 1985 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff.-External links:*... |
Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni (1756-1827), German physicist* | |
| 5054 Keil 5054 Keil 5054 Keil is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 12, 1986 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff.-External links:*... |
Klaus Keil Klaus Keil Klaus Keil is a professor at the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. He is the former Director of the Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology. He is also the former director of the University of New Mexico Institute of Meteoritics. Klaus... of the University of Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology* |
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| 5055 Opekushin 5055 Opekushin 5055 Opekushin is a Main-belt asteroid discovered on August 13, 1986 by Lyudmila Chernykh at Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. It is named after a Russian sculptor Alexander Opekushin.- External links :*... |
Alexander Mikhailovich Opekushin (1838-1923), Russian sculptor* | |
| 5056 Rahua 5056 Rahua 5056 Rahua is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 9, 1986 by H. Debehogne at the European Southern Observatory.- External links :*... |
Rahua, wife of one of the four sons of Pirua Wiracocha, creator god of civilization in Inca mythology | |
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| 5058 Tarrega 5058 Tarrega 5058 Tarrega is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 28, 1987 by T. Seki at Geisei.- External links :*... |
1987 OM | Francisco Tárrega Francisco Tárrega Francisco de Asís Tárrega y Eixea was an influential Spanish composer and guitarist of the Romantic period.-Biography:Tárrega was born on 21 November 1852, in Vila-real, Castelló, Spain... , Spanish classical guitarist-composer † |
| 5059 Saroma 5059 Saroma 5059 Saroma is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 11, 1988 by Endate and Watanabe at Kitami.- External links :*... |
1988 AF | Lake Saroma, Hokkaido, Japan |
| 5060 Yoneta 5060 Yoneta 5060 Yoneta is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 24, 1988 by Seiji Ueda and Hiroshi Kaneda at Kushiro.- External links :*... |
Katsuhiko Yoneta* | |
| 5061 McIntosh 5061 McIntosh 5061 McIntosh is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 22, 1988 by R. H. McNaught at Siding Spring.- External links :*... |
1988 DJ | Bruce A. McIntosh Bruce A. McIntosh Bruce A. McIntosh worked at the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.His main area of research is meteors and asteroids. He was awarded The Czech Academy of Science gold medal for joint research on meteors with the Czechs... , Canadian astronomer † |
| 5062 Glennmiller 5062 Glennmiller 5062 Glennmiller is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 6, 1989 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.- External links :*... |
1989 CZ | Glenn Miller Glenn Miller Alton Glenn Miller was an American jazz musician , arranger, composer, and bandleader in the swing era. He was one of the best-selling recording artists from 1939 to 1943, leading one of the best known "Big Bands"... , American jazz musician and bandleader of the swing era |
| 5063 Monteverdi 5063 Monteverdi 5063 Monteverdi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 2, 1989 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.- External links :*... |
Claudio Monteverdi Claudio Monteverdi Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, gambist, and singer.Monteverdi's work, often regarded as revolutionary, marked the transition from the Renaissance style of music to that of the Baroque period. He developed two individual styles of composition – the... , Italian composer* |
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| 5064 Tanchozuru 5064 Tanchozuru 5064 Tanchozuru is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 16, 1990 by Masanori Matsuyama and Watanabe at Kushiro. It is a mid-class asteroid.- External links :*... |
1990 FS | Tancho Red-crowned Crane The Red-crowned Crane , also called the Japanese Crane or Manchurian Crane , is a large east Asian crane and among the rarest cranes in the world... , Japanese Crane |
| 5065 Johnstone 5065 Johnstone 5065 Johnstone is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 24, 1990 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.- External links :*... |
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| 5066 Garradd 5066 Garradd 5066 Garradd is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on June 22, 1990 by McNaught, R. H. at Siding Spring.- External links :*... |
1990 MA | Gordon J. Garradd Gordon J. Garradd Gordon J. Garradd is an Australian astronomer from Loomberah, New South Wales. He has discovered numerous asteroids and comets, including Comet Garradd, and 4 novae in the LMC... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... n astronomer* |
| 5067 Occidental 5067 Occidental 5067 Occidental is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 19, 1990 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.- External links :*... |
1990 OX | * |
| 5068 Cragg 5068 Cragg 5068 Cragg is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 9, 1990 by McNaught, R. H. at Siding Spring.- External links :*... |
1990 TC | * |
| 5069 Tokeidai 5069 Tokeidai 5069 Tokeidai is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 16, 1991 by K. Watanabe at Sapporo.- External links :*... |
1991 QB | Sapporo Tokeidai Sapporo Clock Tower Sapporo Clock Tower is a wooden structure and well-known local tourist attraction, located at North 1 West 2, Chūō-ku, Sapporo, the largest city on the island of Hokkaidō, northern Japan.... , Japan |
| 5070 Arai 5070 Arai 5070 Arai is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 9, 1991 by Seiji Ueda and Hiroshi Kaneda at Kushiro.- External links :*... |
1991 XT | Arai Ikunosuke Arai Ikunosuke was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period. Prominent as Navy Minister of the Republic of Ezo, he later became famous as the first head of the Japan Meteorological Agency. Also known as or .-Early life:... , Japanese from Bakumatsu to Meiji Meiji period The , also known as the Meiji era, is a Japanese era which extended from September 1868 through July 1912. This period represents the first half of the Empire of Japan.- Meiji Restoration and the emperor :... |
| 5071 Schoenmaker 5071 Schoenmaker 5071 Schoenmaker is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 30, 1973 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
3099 T-2 | Anton Schoenmaker, Dutch astronomer † |
| 5072 Hioki 5072 Hioki 5072 Hioki is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 9, 1931 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg.- External links :*... |
Tsutomu Hioki, Japanese astronomer | |
| 5073 Junttura 5073 Junttura 5073 Junttura is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 3, 1943 by Y. Vaisala at Turku.- External links :*... |
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| 5074 Goetzoertel 5074 Goetzoertel 5074 Goetzoertel is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 24, 1949, by the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana. It was named for Goetz V. Oertel, a president of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy.- External links :*... |
Goetz Oertel Goetz Oertel Goetz Oertel is a German–American physicist and science manager in the United States.-Flight from West Prussia:... , of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA)* |
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| 5075 Goryachev 5075 Goryachev 5075 Goryachev is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 13, 1969 by B. A. Burnasheva at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.- External links :*... |
Mikhail V. Goryachev, Russian radio electronic engineer, specialising in astronomical spectropolarimetry* | |
| 5076 Lebedev-Kumach 5076 Lebedev-Kumach 5076 Lebedev-Kumach is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1371.6203893 days . The asteroid was discovered on September 26, 1973.... |
Vasilii Ivanovich Lebedev-Kumach, Russian poet and songwriter* | |
| 5077 Favaloro 5077 Favaloro 5077 Favaloro is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 17, 1974 by the Felix Aguilar Observatory team at the El Leoncito Station.- External links :*... |
1974 MG | René Favaloro René Favaloro Dr. René Gerónimo Favaloro was an Argentine cardiac surgeon who created the technique for coronary bypass surgery.... , Argentine cardiologist (1923-2000), creator of the bypass coronary surgery. |
| 5078 Solovjev-Sedoj 5078 Solovjev-Sedoj 5078 Solovjev-Sedoj is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1590.7340800 days . The asteroid was discovered on September 19, 1974.... |
1974 SW | Vasilii Pavlovich Solov'ev-Sedoi (Vasilii Petrovich Soloviev-Sedoy), Russian composer* |
| 5079 Brubeck 5079 Brubeck - External links :*... |
1975 DB | David Warren (Dave) Brubeck Dave Brubeck David Warren "Dave" Brubeck is an American jazz pianist. He has written a number of jazz standards, including "In Your Own Sweet Way" and "The Duke". Brubeck's style ranges from refined to bombastic, reflecting his mother's attempts at classical training and his improvisational skills... , American jazz pianist and composer |
| 5080 Oja 5080 Oja 5080 Oja is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 2, 1976 by C.-I. Lagerkvist at Kvistaberg. Named after the Swedish astronomer of Estonian descent Tarmo Oja.- External links :*... |
1976 EB | Tarmo Oja Tarmo Oja Tarmo Oja is a professor in astronomy at Uppsala University who studies galactic structure and variable stars. An asteroid, 5080 Oja, is named after him. He worked at the Kvistaberg Observatory until his retirement in 1999... , Swedish astronomer † |
| 5081 Sanguin 5081 Sanguin 5081 Sanguin is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 18, 1976 by the Felix Aguilar Observatory team at the El Leoncito Station.- External links :*... |
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| 5082 Nihonsyoki 5082 Nihonsyoki 5082 Nihonsyoki is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 18, 1977 by Kosai and Hurukawa at Kiso Observatory.- External links :*... |
Nihon Shoki Nihon Shoki The , sometimes translated as The Chronicles of Japan, is the second oldest book of classical Japanese history. It is more elaborate and detailed than the Kojiki, the oldest, and has proven to be an important tool for historians and archaeologists as it includes the most complete extant historical... , the first written history of Japan, compiled in the 8th century |
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| 5083 Irinara 5083 Irinara 5083 Irinara is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 13, 1977 by Chernykh, N. S. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
1977 EV | * |
| 5084 Gnedin 5084 Gnedin 5084 Gnedin is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 26, 1977 by Chernykh, N. S. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
Yurij Nikolaevich Gnedin, Russian astrophysicist † | |
| 5085 Hippocrene 5085 Hippocrene 5085 Hippocrene is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 14, 1977 by Chernykh, N. S. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
1977 NN | Hippocrene Hippocrene In Greek mythology, Hippocrene was the name of a fountain on Mt. Helicon. It was sacred to the Muses and was formed by the hooves of Pegasus... , mythological Greek fountain [MPC 34620] |
| 5086 Demin 5086 Demin 5086 Demin is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 5, 1978 by Chernykh, N. S. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
Vladimir Grigor'evich Demin, Russian astronomer* | |
| 5087 Emel'yanov 5087 Emel'yanov 5087 Emel'yanov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 12, 1978 by Chernykh, N. S. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
Nikolai Vladimirovich Emel'yanov, Russian astronomer* | |
| 5088 Tancredi 5088 Tancredi 5088 Tancredi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 22, 1979 by C.-I. Lagerkvist at La Silla.- External links :*... |
Gonzalo Tancredi, Uruguayan astronomer † | |
| 5089 Nádherná 5089 Nádherná 5089 Nádherná is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1705.3943566 days . The asteroid was discovered on September 25, 1979.... |
1979 SN | Sidonie Nádherná, Czech-British writer † |
| 5090 Wyeth 5090 Wyeth 5090 Wyeth is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 9, 1980 by Harvard Observatory at Harvard.- External links :*... |
1980 CG | * |
| 5091 Isakovskij 5091 Isakovskij 5091 Isakovskij is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 25, 1981 by Chernykh, L. I. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
Mikhail Vasil'evich Isakovskii, Russian poet* | |
| 5092 Manara 5092 Manara 5092 Manara is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 21, 1982 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff.- External links :*... |
1982 FJ | Alessandro Manara, Italian astronomer* |
| 5093 Svirelia 5093 Svirelia 5093 Svirelia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 14, 1982 by L. G. Karachkina at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
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| 5094 Seryozha 5094 Seryozha 5094 Seryozha is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 20, 1982 by L. G. Karachkina at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
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| 5095 Escalante 5095 Escalante 5095 Escalante is a minor planet that was discovered on July 10, 1983, by E. Bowell at the Lowell Observatory. It was named in 1993 after the Bolivian teacher Jaime Escalante.-External links:*... |
1983 NL | Jaime Escalante Jaime Escalante Jaime Alfonso Escalante Gutierrez was a Bolivian educator well-known for teaching students calculus from 1974 to 1991 at Garfield High School, East Los Angeles, California... , Bolivian-born mathematics teacher [MPC 22830] |
| 5096 Luzin 5096 Luzin 5096 Luzin is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 5, 1983 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
Nikolai Nikolaevich Luzin, Russian mathematician [MPC 34620] | |
| 5097 Axford 5097 Axford 5097 Axford is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 12, 1983 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff.-External links:*... |
Sir Ian Axford Ian Axford Sir William Ian Axford, FRS, FRSNZ , was a New Zealand space scientist who was director of Germany's Max Planck Institute for Aeronomy from 1974 to 1990... (William Ian Axford), New Zealand-born astrophysicist* |
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| 5100 Pasachoff 5100 Pasachoff 5100 Pasachoff is an asteroid. It was named after Professor Jay Pasachoff in 1993 by E. Bowell, the discoverer .- Data :For 5100 Pasachoff* semimajor axis: 2.46973814 A.U.* eccentricity: 0.1351385* inclination: 7.73827 deg.* period: 3.88 years... |
1985 GW | Jay Myron Pasachoff, Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy, Williams College (USA) † |
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| 5101 Akhmerov 5101 Akhmerov 5101 Akhmerov is a main belt asteroid discovered on October 22, 1985 by Zhuravleva, L. V. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
Vadim Zinov'evich Akhmerov, doctor in the Crimea Crimea Crimea , or the Autonomous Republic of Crimea , is a sub-national unit, an autonomous republic, of Ukraine. It is located on the northern coast of the Black Sea, occupying a peninsula of the same name... [MPC 34620] |
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| 5102 Benfranklin 5102 Benfranklin 5102 Benfranklin is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 2, 1986 by Mrkos, A. at Klet.- External links :*... |
Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin Dr. Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat... , American scientist, philosopher and statesman [MPC 34621] † |
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| 5103 Diviš 5103 Diviš 5103 Diviš is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1665.3827799 days .The asteroid was discovered on September 4, 1986.-References:... |
Václav Prokop Diviš Václav Prokop Diviš Václav Prokop Diviš was a Czech priest, theologian and natural scientist.Diviš was born March 26 1698 in Helvíkovice, Bohemia . It has been claimed that the lightning rod he erected in 15 June 1754 was invented independently of Benjamin Franklin, but this has been disputed by other scholars... , Czech Czech people Czechs, or Czech people are a western Slavic people of Central Europe, living predominantly in the Czech Republic. Small populations of Czechs also live in Slovakia, Austria, the United States, the United Kingdom, Chile, Argentina, Canada, Germany, Russia and other countries... scientist and monk [MPC 34621] † ‡ |
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| 5104 Skripnichenko 5104 Skripnichenko 5104 Skripnichenko is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 7, 1986 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
Vladimir I. Skripnichenko, Russian astronomer* | |
| 5105 Westerhout 5105 Westerhout 5105 Westerhout is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 4, 1986 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff.- External links :*... |
Gart Westerhout Gart Westerhout Gart Westerhout is a Dutch astronomer. Well before completing his university studies at Leiden, he had already become well-established internationally as a radio astronomer in The Netherlands, specializing in studies of radio sources and the Milky Way Galaxy based on observations of radio... , Dutch radio astronomer † [MPC 22830] |
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| 5106 Mortensen 5106 Mortensen 5106 Mortensen is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 19, 1987 by P. Jensen at Brorfelde.- External links :*... |
1987 DJ | * |
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| 5108 Lübeck 5108 Lübeck 5108 Lübeck is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1278.9827710 days . The asteroid was discovered on August 21, 1987.... |
Vincent Lübeck Vincent Lübeck Vincent Lübeck was a German composer and organist. He was born in Padingbüttel and worked as organist and composer at Stade's St. Cosmae et Damiani and Hamburg's famous St. Nikolai , where he played one of the largest contemporary organs... , German composer † |
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| 5109 Robertmiller 5109 Robertmiller 5109 Robertmiller 5109 Robertmiller 5109 Robertmiller (provisional designation ' is an asteroid discovered September 13, 1987, by Henri Debehogne at the European Southern Observatory (ESO). It is named in honour of retired astronomer Robert J. Miller (born 1950) of the U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO)... |
Robert J. Miller, American astronomer at the U.S. Naval Observatory | |
| 5110 Belgirate 5110 Belgirate 5110 Belgirate is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 19, 1987 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff.-External links:*... |
1987 SV | Belgirate Belgirate Belgirate is a comune in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about 110 km northeast of Turin and about 11 km south of Verbania.... , in Piedmont Piedmont Piedmont is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,402 square kilometres and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital of Piedmont is Turin. The main local language is Piedmontese. Occitan is also spoken by a minority in the Occitan Valleys situated in the Provinces of... , Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... * |
| 5111 Jacliff 5111 Jacliff 5111 Jacliff is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 29, 1987 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff.-External links:*... |
Cliff and Jackie Holmes, American amateur astronomers [MPC 22830] | |
| 5112 Kusaji 5112 Kusaji 5112 Kusaji is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 23, 1987 by Seiji Ueda and Hiroshi Kaneda at Kushiro.- External links :*... |
Shigeharu Kusaji, Japanese amateur astronomer | |
| 5113 Kohno 5113 Kohno 5113 Kohno is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 19, 1988 by T. Seki at Geisei.- External links :*... |
1988 BN | Masaru Kohno, Japanese classical guitar maker † |
| 5114 Yezo 5114 Yezo 5114 Yezo is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 15, 1988 by Seiji Ueda and Hiroshi Kaneda at Kushiro.- External links :*... |
1988 CO | Ezo Ezo is a Japanese name which historically referred to the lands to the north of Japan. It was used in various senses, sometimes meaning the northern Japanese island of Hokkaidō, and sometimes meaning lands and waters further north in the Sea of Okhotsk, like Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands... , historical name of Hokkaidō Hokkaido , formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is Japan's second largest island; it is also the largest and northernmost of Japan's 47 prefectural-level subdivisions. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaido from Honshu, although the two islands are connected by the underwater railway Seikan Tunnel... , Japan |
| 5115 Frimout 5115 Frimout 5115 Frimout is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 13, 1988 by Elst, E. W. at La Silla. It was named after Dirk Frimout, the first Belgian in space.- External links :*... |
Dirk D. Frimout, Belgian astronomer and astronaut † | |
| 5116 Korsør 5116 Korsør 5116 Korsør is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 2078.4962588 days . The asteroid was discovered on March 13, 1988.... |
1988 EU | * |
| 5117 Mokotoyama 5117 Mokotoyama 5117 Mokotoyama is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 8, 1988 by Endate and Watanabe at Kitami.- External links :*... |
1988 GH | Mount Mokoto, Japan* |
| 5118 Elnapoul 5118 Elnapoul 5118 Elnapoul is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 7, 1988 by P. Jensen at Brorfelde.- External links :*... |
1988 RB | * |
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| 5120 Bitias 5120 Bitias 5120 Bitias is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on October 13, 1988 by Shoemaker, C. S. at Palomar.- External links :*... |
Bitias, mythical person related to Trojan War* | |
| 5121 Numazawa 5121 Numazawa 5121 Numazawa is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 15, 1989 by Yanai and Watanabe at Kitami.- External links :*... |
Shigemi Numazawa, Japanese amateur astronomer | |
| 5122 Mucha 5122 Mucha 5122 Mucha is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 3, 1989, by A. Mrkos at Klet.... |
Alfons Mucha Alfons Mucha Alfons Maria Mucha , known in English as Alphonse Mucha, was a Czech Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist, known best for his distinct style. He produced many paintings, illustrations, advertisements, postcards, and designs.-Early years:... , Czech artist [MPC 34621] † |
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| 5123 - | 1989 BL | - |
| 5124 Muraoka 5124 Muraoka 5124 Muraoka is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 4, 1989 by T. Seki at Geisei.- External links :*... |
1989 CW | Kenji Muraoka, Japanese amateur astronomer and orbit computer † ‡ |
| 5125 Okushiri 5125 Okushiri 5125 Okushiri is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 10, 1989 by Seiji Ueda and Hiroshi Kaneda at Kushiro.- External links :*... |
Okushiri Island Okushiri Island is an island in Hokkaidō, Japan. It has an area of . The town of Okushiri and Hiyama Prefectural Natural Park encompass the entire island.-History:It was the site of a powerful earthquake and tsunami in 1993.... , Japan |
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| 5126 Achaemenides 5126 Achaemenides 5126 Achaemenides is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on February 1, 1989 by Shoemaker, C. S. at Palomar.-References:... |
Achaemenides Achaemenides This article is about the mythological figure. For the ancient Persian dynasty, see Achaemenid empire.In Greek and Roman mythology, Achaemenides was a son of Adamastus of Ithaca, and one of Odysseus' crew... , mythological Greek warrior |
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| 5127 Bruhns 5127 Bruhns 5127 Bruhns is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 4, 1989 by Elst, E. W. at La Silla.- External links :*... |
Nicolaus Bruhns Nicolaus Bruhns Nicolaus Bruhns was a German organist, violinist, and composer. He was one of the most prominent organists and composers of his generation.-Life:... , German composer † |
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| 5128 Wakabayashi 5128 Wakabayashi 5128 Wakabayashi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 30, 1989 by M. Koishikawa at Ayashi.- External links :**... |
1989 FJ | Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai is a ward located in Sendai in Miyagi, Japan.As of 2005, the ward has an estimated population of 130,478 and the density of 2609.56 persons per km². The total area is 50 km²... , Japan |
| 5129 Groom 5129 Groom 5129 Groom is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 7, 1989 by Eleanor F. Helin at the Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
1989 GN | * |
| 5130 Ilioneus 5130 Ilioneus 5130 Ilioneus is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on September 30, 1989 by Shoemaker, C. S. at Palomar.- External links :... |
Ilioneus, mythical person related to Trojan War | |
| 5131 - | 1990 BG | - |
| 5132 Maynard 5132 Maynard 5132 Maynard is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 22, 1990 by H. E. Holt at Palomar.- External links :*... |
1990 ME | Owen Eugene Maynard, Canadian aeronautical engineer † |
| 5133 Phillipadams 5133 Phillipadams 5133 Phillipadams is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 12, 1990 by R.H. McNaught at Siding Spring.- External links :*... |
1990 PA | Phillip Adams Phillip Adams Phillip Andrew Hedley Adams, AO is an Australian broadcaster, film producer, writer, social commentator, satirist and left-wing pundit. He currently hosts a radio program, Late Night Live, four nights a week on the ABC, and he also writes a weekly column for the News Limited-owned newspaper, The... ? * |
| 5134 Ebilson 5134 Ebilson 5134 Ebilson is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 17, 1990 by H. E. Holt at Palomar.- External links :*... |
Elisabeth Bilson, administrator in the Department of Astronomy at Cornell University Cornell University Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions... † |
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| 5135 Nibutani 5135 Nibutani 5135 Nibutani is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 16, 1990 by Seiji Ueda and Hiroshi Kaneda at Kushiro.- External links :*... |
1990 UE | Nibutani Nibutani The Nibutani , Niputay in Ainu, district is part of the town of Biratori in Hokkaidō, Japan, a particularly large proportion of the population of which is of the indigenous Ainu ethnicity. It is the site of the Nibutani Dam, and the hometown of Shigeru Kayano. Nibutani is also the site of two Ainu... , sacred land for the indigenous Ainu Ainu people The , also called Aynu, Aino , and in historical texts Ezo , are indigenous people or groups in Japan and Russia. Historically they spoke the Ainu language and related varieties and lived in Hokkaidō, the Kuril Islands, and much of Sakhalin... of Hokkaidō Hokkaido , formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is Japan's second largest island; it is also the largest and northernmost of Japan's 47 prefectural-level subdivisions. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaido from Honshu, although the two islands are connected by the underwater railway Seikan Tunnel... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... † |
| 5136 Baggaley 5136 Baggaley 5136 Baggaley is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 20, 1990 by McNaught, R. H. at Siding Spring.- External links :*... |
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| 5137 Frevert 5137 Frevert 5137 Frevert is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 8, 1990 by Baur, J. M. at Chions.- External links :*... |
1990 VC | Friedrich Frevert, German astronomer † ‡ |
| 5138 Gyoda 5138 Gyoda 5138 Gyoda is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 13, 1990 by Hioki and Hayakawa at Okutama.- External links :*... |
Gyōda, Saitama Gyoda, Saitama is a city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.As of April 1, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 87,089, with 33,570 households and a population density of 1,292.70 persons per km²... , Japan |
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| 5139 Rumoi 5139 Rumoi 5139 Rumoi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 13, 1990 by M. Mukai and Takeishi at Kagoshima.- External links :*... |
Rumoi, Hokkaidō Rumoi, Hokkaido is a city located in Rumoi, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is the capital of Rumoi Subprefecture.As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 26,017 and the density of 87.5 persons per km². The total area is 297.44 km².The city was founded on October 1, 1947.... , Japan |
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| 5140 Kida 5140 Kida 5140 Kida is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 8, 1990 by S. Ueda and H. Kaneda at Kushiro.- External links :*... |
1990 XH | Kinjirō Kida, Japanese painter |
| 5141 Tachibana 5141 Tachibana Asteroid 5141 Tachibana was discovered on December 16, 1990, by Tsutomu Seki at Geisei. It bore the provisional designation of 1990 YB until it received its current name. Seki named the asteroid after his Kendo club, Tachibana . Kendo is a sport similar to fencing.-References:*Dictionary of Minor... |
1990 YB | Tachibana, a kendo Kendo , meaning "Way of The Sword", is a modern Japanese martial art of sword-fighting based on traditional Japanese swordsmanship, or kenjutsu.Kendo is a physically and mentally challenging activity that combines strong martial arts values with sport-like physical elements.-Practitioners:Practitioners... club † [MPC 22830] |
| 5142 Okutama 5142 Okutama 5142 Okutama is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 18, 1990 by Hioki and Hayakawa at Okutama.- External links :*... |
1990 YD | Okutama Okutama, Tokyo is a town in Nishitama District, Tokyo. As of August 1, 2007, the town had a population of 6712 people, of which 3280 were men and 3432 were women. With an area of 225.63 km², it is the largest community in Tokyo. Mount Kumotori, Tokyo's highest peak at 2017 m, divides Okutama from the... Observatory, Japan |
| 5143 Heracles 5143 Heracles 5143 Heracles is an Apollo asteroid, Mercury grazer, Mars crosser and near-Earth object discovered on November 7, 1991 by Shoemaker, C. S. at Palomar Observatory.-References:... |
1991 VL | Heracles Heracles Heracles ,born Alcaeus or Alcides , was a divine hero in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, foster son of Amphitryon and great-grandson of Perseus... , Greek hero |
| 5144 Achates 5144 Achates 5144 Achates is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on December 2, 1991 by Shoemaker, C. S. at Palomar.-References:... |
1991 XX | Achates Achates In the Aeneid, Achates was a close friend of Aeneas; his name became a by-word for an intimate companion. He accompanied Aeneas throughout his adventures, reaching Carthage with him in disguise when the pair were scouting the area, and leading him to the Sibyl of Cumae... , mythical Trojan warrior |
| 5145 Pholus 5145 Pholus 5145 Pholus is a centaur in an eccentric orbit, with a perihelion less than Saturn's and aphelion greater than Neptune's. Pholus has not come within one astronomical unit of a planet since 764 BC, and will not until 5290. It is believed that Pholus originated as a Kuiper belt object.It was... |
1992 AD | Pholus Pholus (mythology) In Greek mythology, Pholus was a wise centaur and friend of Heracles who lived in a cave on or near Mount Pelion.The differing accounts vary in details, but each story contains the following elements: Herakles visited his cave sometime before or after the completion of his fourth Labor, the capture... , mythological centaur |
| 5146 Moiwa 5146 Moiwa 5146 Moiwa is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 28, 1992 by Seiji Ueda and Hiroshi Kaneda at Kushiro.- External links :*... |
1992 BP | Mount Moiwa, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan |
| 5147 Maruyama 5147 Maruyama 5147 Maruyama is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 28, 1992 by Seiji Ueda and Hiroshi Kaneda at Kushiro.- External links :*... |
1992 BQ | Maruyama hill, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan |
| 5148 Giordano 5148 Giordano 5148 Giordano is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 17, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
5557 P-L | Giordano Bruno Giordano Bruno Giordano Bruno , born Filippo Bruno, was an Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, mathematician and astronomer. His cosmological theories went beyond the Copernican model in proposing that the Sun was essentially a star, and moreover, that the universe contained an infinite number of inhabited... , Italian Dominican priest † |
| 5149 Leibniz 5149 Leibniz 5149 Leibniz is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
6582 P-L | Gottfried Leibniz Gottfried Leibniz Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was a German philosopher and mathematician. He wrote in different languages, primarily in Latin , French and German .... , German scientist † http://www.tayabeixo.org/biografias/jul_1q/jul_1q.htm* |
| 5150 Fellini 5150 Fellini 5150 Fellini is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 17, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
7571 P-L | Federico Fellini Federico Fellini Federico Fellini, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI , was an Italian film director and scriptwriter. Known for a distinct style that blends fantasy and baroque images, he is considered one of the most influential and widely revered filmmakers of the 20th century... , Italian film director* |
| 5151 Weerstra 5151 Weerstra 5151 Weerstra is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 29, 1973 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
2160 T-2 | Klaas Weerstra, Dutch comet chaser † |
| 5152 Labs 5152 Labs 5152 Labs is a main-belt asteroid discovered on 18 October 1931 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.- External links :*... |
1931 UD | Dietrich Labs, German astrophysicist and professor at Heidelberg University and Königstuhl Observatory |
| 5153 - | 1940 GO | - |
| 5154 Leonov 5154 Leonov 5154 Leonov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 8, 1969 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
Evgenij Pavlovich Leonov Yevgeny Leonov Yevgeny Pavlovich Leonov was a famous Russian/Soviet actor who played main parts in several of the most famous Soviet films. Called "one of Russia's best-loved actors", he also provided the voice for many Soviet cartoon characters, including Vinny Pukh .-Early life:While growing up in a typical... , Soviet artist [MPC 34621] |
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| 5155 Denisyuk 5155 Denisyuk 5155 Denisyuk is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 18, 1972 by T. M. Smirnova at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.- External links :*... |
1972 HR | Yuri Nikolaevich Denisyuk Yuri Nikolaevich Denisyuk Yuri Nikolaevich Denisyuk was a Soviet physicist known for his contribution to holography, in particular for the so-called "Denisyuk hologram".-External links:... , Russian physicist* |
| 5156 Golant 5156 Golant 5156 Golant is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 18, 1972 by T. M. Smirnova at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.- External links :*... |
1972 KL | Viktor Evgen'evich Golant, Russian physicist* |
| 5157 Hindemith 5157 Hindemith 5157 Hindemith is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on October 27, 1973 by Freimut Börngen at Tautenburg.- External links :*... |
Paul Hindemith Paul Hindemith Paul Hindemith was a German composer, violist, violinist, teacher, music theorist and conductor.- Biography :Born in Hanau, near Frankfurt, Hindemith was taught the violin as a child... , German composer and conductor* |
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| 5158 Ogarev 5158 Ogarev 5158 Ogarev is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 16, 1976 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
1976 YY | Nikolai Platonovich Ogarev Nikolay Ogarev Nikolay Platonovich Ogarev , was a Russian poet, historian and political activist. He was deeply critical of the limitations of the Emancipation of the Serfs claiming that the serfs were not free but had simply exchanged one form of serfdom for another.Ogarev was a fellow-exile and collaborator of... , Russian poet* |
| 5159 Burbine 5159 Burbine 5159 Burbine is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 9, 1977 by Harvard Observatory at Harvard. It is named after former Mt. Holyoke College professor and current Bates College astronomy professor Tom Burbine.- External links :*... |
1977 RG | Thomas Burbine, American planetary scientist at Mount Holyoke College Mount Holyoke College Mount Holyoke College is a liberal arts college for women in South Hadley, Massachusetts. It was the first member of the Seven Sisters colleges, and served as a model for some of the others... |
| 5160 Camoes 5160 Camoes 5160 Camoes is a main belt asteroid with a perihelion of 2.3273245 AU. It has an eccentricity of 0.0709157 and an orbital period of 1360.2378300 days .Camoes has an average orbital speed of 19.2197431 km/s and an inclination of 8.28127°.... |
1979 YO | Luís Vaz de Camões Luís de Camões Luís Vaz de Camões is considered Portugal's and the Portuguese language's greatest poet. His mastery of verse has been compared to that of Shakespeare, Vondel, Homer, Virgil and Dante. He wrote a considerable amount of lyrical poetry and drama but is best remembered for his epic work Os Lusíadas... (1524–1580) Portuguese poet* |
| 5161 Wightman 5161 Wightman 5161 Wightman is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 9, 1980 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
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| 5162 Piemonte 5162 Piemonte 5162 Piemonte is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 18, 1982 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff.- External links :*... |
1982 BW | Piedmont Piedmont Piedmont is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,402 square kilometres and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital of Piedmont is Turin. The main local language is Piedmontese. Occitan is also spoken by a minority in the Occitan Valleys situated in the Provinces of... , Italy* |
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| 5164 Mullo 5164 Mullo 5164 Mullo is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on November 20, 1984 by C. Pollas at Caussols.- External links :*... |
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| 5165 Videnom 5165 Videnom 5165 Videnom is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1349.8716103 days . The asteroid was discovered on February 11, 1985 at Brorfelde Observatory, Denmark.... |
1985 CG | Videnom, popular weekly Danish television program on natural science † |
| 5166 Olson 5166 Olson 5166 Olson is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 22, 1985 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff.-External links:*... |
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| 5167 Joeharms 5167 Joeharms 5167 Joeharms is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 11, 1985 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar.- External links :*... |
Joe Harms? * | |
| 5168 Jenner 5168 Jenner 5168 Jenner is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 6, 1986, by Carolyn S. Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory, San Diego, California, United States.- External links :*... |
1986 EJ | Edward Jenner Edward Jenner Edward Anthony Jenner was an English scientist who studied his natural surroundings in Berkeley, Gloucestershire... , English medical doctor, who introduced the smallpox vaccine* |
| 5169 Duffell 5169 Duffell 5169 Duffell is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 6, 1986 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff.- External links :*... |
Stephen Duffell, friend of the discoverer [MPC 22830] | |
| 5170 Sissons 5170 Sissons 5170 Sissons is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 3, 1987 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff.- External links :*... |
1987 EH | Anthony Sissons, friend of the discoverer [MPC 22830] |
| 5171 Augustesen 5171 Augustesen 5171 Augustesen is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 8, 1988 by P. Jensen at Brorfelde.- External links :*... |
Karl Augustesen Karl Augustesen Karl A. Augustesen is a Danish astronomer.Working at Brorfelde Observatory, he has discovered a number of asteroids.The asteroid 5171 Augustesen was named in his honor.-References:... , Danish astronomer* |
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| 5172 Yoshiyuki 5172 Yoshiyuki 5172 Yoshiyuki is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 28, 1987 by Seiji Ueda and Hiroshi Kaneda at Kushiro.- External links :*... |
Yoshiyuki Endō, Japanese* | |
| 5173 Stjerneborg 5173 Stjerneborg 5173 Stjerneborg is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 13, 1988 by P. Jensen at Brorfelde.- External links :*... |
Stjerneborg Stjerneborg Stjerneborg was Tycho Brahe's underground observatory next to his palace-observatory Uraniborg, located on the island of Hven in Oresund.... , pioneering astronomical observatory built by Tycho Brahe Tycho Brahe Tycho Brahe , born Tyge Ottesen Brahe, was a Danish nobleman known for his accurate and comprehensive astronomical and planetary observations... † |
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| 5174 Okugi 5174 Okugi 5174 Okugi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 16, 1988 by Yanai and Watanabe at Kitami.- External links :*... |
1988 HF | Shin Okugi, Japanese optical engineer |
| 5175 Ables 5175 Ables 5175 Ables is an inner main belt asteroid discovered on November 4, 1988 by Shoemaker, C. S. at Palomar.-References:... |
Harold Ables, American astronomer* | |
| 5176 Yoichi 5176 Yoichi 5176 Yoichi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 4, 1989 by Seiji Ueda and Hiroshi Kaneda at Kushiro.- External links :*... |
1989 AU | Yoichi, Hokkaido Yoichi, Hokkaido is a town located in the Yoichi District, Shiribeshi, Hokkaidō, Japan.-Demographics:As of 2008, the population of Yoichi is estimated to be 21,908 with a density of 162.21 persons per km². The total area of Yoichi is 140.60 km². The climate is mild , with temperatures ranging from -6°C to... , Japan* |
| 5177 Hugowolf 5177 Hugowolf 5177 Hugowolf is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 10, 1989 by Freimut Börngen at Tautenburg.- External links :*... |
Hugo Wolf Hugo Wolf Hugo Wolf was an Austrian composer of Slovene origin, particularly noted for his art songs, or lieder. He brought to this form a concentrated expressive intensity which was unique in late Romantic music, somewhat related to that of the Second Viennese School in concision but utterly unrelated in... , Austrian composer* |
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| 5178 Pattazhy 5178 Pattazhy 5178 Pattazhy is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 1, 1989 by R. Rajamohan at the Vainu Bappu Observatory near Kavalur, India.- External links :... |
Sainudeen Pattazhy Sainudeen Pattazhy Sainudeen Pattazhy is zoology professor working in Sree Narayana College in Kollam. He is originally from Kerala, India.In 2008, the Committee for Small Bodies Nomenclature of the International Astronomical Union named an asteroid after the Pattazhy: 5178 Pattazhy It was discovered by the... , Indian environmentalist |
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| 5179 Takeshima 5179 Takeshima 5179 Takeshima is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 1, 1989 by T. Seki at Geisei.- External links :*... |
Toshio Takeshima, Japanese Iai IAI IAI is an acronym for:* The Information Architecture Institute* Institute of Art and Ideas* Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research* International African Institute* International Association for Identification... master † |
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| 5180 Ohno 5180 Ohno 5180 Ohno is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 6, 1989 by Fujii and Watanabe at Kitami.- External links :*... |
1989 GF | Keiko or Hiroko Ohno, Japanese optical engineer* |
| 5181 SURF 5181 SURF 5181 SURF is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 7, 1989 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.- External links :*... |
1989 GO | Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) of Caltech* |
| 5182 Bray 5182 Bray 5182 Bray is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 1, 1989 by Helin, E. F. at Palomar.- External links :*... |
1989 NE | Robert John Bray, British astronomer* |
| 5183 Robyn 5183 Robyn 5183 Robyn is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 22, 1990 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.- External links :*... |
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| 5184 Cavaillé-Coll 5184 Cavaillé-Coll 5184 Cavaillé-Coll is an asteroid of the solar system with a perihelion of 2.0868457 AU. Discovered on August 16, 1990, it has an orbit characterized by a semi-major axis of 2.1564155 AU, an eccentricity of 0.0322618, and inclination of 4.00071°.. The asteroid is named after the French pipe organ... |
Aristide Cavaillé-Coll Aristide Cavaillé-Coll Aristide Cavaillé-Coll was a French organ builder. He is considered by many to be the greatest organ builder of the 19th century because he combined both science and art to make his instruments... , French organist † |
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| 5185 Alerossi 5185 Alerossi 5185 Alerossi is a main belt asteroid discovered on September 15, 1990 by H. E. Holt at Palomar.- External links :*... |
Alessandro Rossi, Italian astronomer | |
| 5186 Donalu 5186 Donalu 5186 Donalu is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 22, 1990 by Roman, B. at Palomar.- External links :*... |
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| 5187 Domon 5187 Domon 5187 Domon is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 15, 1990 by Endate and Watanabe at Kitami.- External links :*... |
Ken Domon Ken Domon is one of the most renowned Japanese photographers of the twentieth century. He is most celebrated as a photojournalist, though he may have been most prolific as a photographer of Buddhist temples and statuary.... , Japanese photographer |
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| 5188 Paine 5188 Paine 5188 Paine is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 15, 1990 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.- External links :*... |
Thomas O. Paine Thomas O. Paine Thomas Otten Paine , American scientist, was the third Administrator of NASA, serving from March 21, 1969 to September 15, 1970.During his administration at NASA, the first seven Apollo manned missions were flown... , American metallurgist, third Administrator of NASA, and advisor to the Planetary Society Planetary Society The Planetary Society is a large, publicly supported, non-government and non-profit organization that has many research projects related to astronomy... † |
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| 5189 - | 1990 UQ | - |
| 5190 - | - | |
| 5191 - | - | |
| 5192 Yabuki 5192 Yabuki 5192 Yabuki is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 4, 1991 by Tetsuya Fujii and Kazuro Watanabe at Kitami.- External links :*... |
1991 CC | Hiroshi Yabuki, Japanese optical engineer* |
| 5193 Tanakawataru 5193 Tanakawataru 5193 Tanakawataru is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 7, 1992 by S. Ueda and H. Kaneda at Kushiro.- External links :*... |
1992 ET | Wataru Tanaka, Japanese astronomer and professor |
| 5194 Böttger 5194 Böttger 5194 Böttger is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1627.1504149 days .The asteroid was discovered on September 24, 1960.-References:... |
4641 P-L | Johann Friedrich Böttger Johann Friedrich Böttger Johann Friedrich Böttger was a Germanalchemist.He was generally acknowledged as the inventor of European porcelain although more recent sources ascribe this to Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus... , developed porcelain production methods in Meissen Meissen Meissen is a town of approximately 30,000 about northwest of Dresden on both banks of the Elbe river in the Free State of Saxony, in eastern Germany. Meissen is the home of Meissen porcelain, the Albrechtsburg castle, the Gothic Meissen Cathedral and the Meissen Frauenkirche... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... * |
| 5195 Kaendler 5195 Kaendler 5195 Kaendler is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 26, 1971 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
3289 T-1 | Johann Joachim Kaendler Johann Joachim Kaendler Johann Joachim Kändler was the most important modelleur of the Meissen porcelain manufacture.Kändler was born in Fischbach near Dresden, Germany. After apprenticing at the sculptor Thomae in Dresden, he became assistant of Johann Jakob Kirchner at Meissen porcelain, and succeeded him as... , German sculptor, later founder of the European style of porcelain in Meissen Meissen Meissen is a town of approximately 30,000 about northwest of Dresden on both banks of the Elbe river in the Free State of Saxony, in eastern Germany. Meissen is the home of Meissen porcelain, the Albrechtsburg castle, the Gothic Meissen Cathedral and the Meissen Frauenkirche... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... * |
| 5196 Bustelli 5196 Bustelli 5196 Bustelli is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 30, 1973, by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory. It is named after Franz Anton Bustelli , a modeller of Rococo porcelain.- External links :*... |
3102 T-2 | Franz Anton Bustelli Franz Anton Bustelli Franz Anton Bustelli was a Swiss-born German modeller for the Bavarian Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory from 1754 to his death in 1763... , Swiss artist, involved with the Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory* |
| 5197 Rottmann 5197 Rottmann 5197 Rottmann is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 29, 1973 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
4265 T-2 | Carl Rottmann Carl Rottmann Carl Anton Joseph Rottmann was a German landscape painter and the most famous member of the Rottmann family of painters.... , German artist* |
| 5198 Fongyunwah 5198 Fongyunwah 5198 Fongyunwah is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 16, 1975 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanjing.- External links :*... |
Yun-Wah Fong, Chinese educator* | |
| 5199 Dortmund 5199 Dortmund 5199 Dortmund is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 7, 1981 by Lyudmila Karachkina at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
Dortmund Dortmund Dortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union.... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... * |
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| 5200 Pamal 5200 Pamal 5200 Pamal is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 11, 1983 by Ted Bowell at Flagstaff.- External links :*... |
1983 CM | Patrick Michael Malotki, friend of the discoverer, on the occasion of his 21st birthday (the nickname stands for "pas mal", French for "not bad", a compliment) † |
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| 5201 Ferraz-Mello 5201 Ferraz-Mello 5201 Ferraz-Mello is a Mars-crossing Asteroid discovered on December 1, 1983 by Ted Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory. It is one of very few asteroids located in the 2 : 1 mean motion resonance with Jupiter.-References:... |
1983 XF | Sylvio Ferraz-Mello, Brazilian astronomer* |
| 5202 - | 1983 XX | * |
| 5203 Pavarotti 5203 Pavarotti 5203 Pavarotti is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 27, 1984 by Z. Vavrova at Klet.- External links :*... |
Luciano Pavarotti Luciano Pavarotti right|thumb|Luciano Pavarotti performing at the opening of the Constantine Palace in [[Strelna]], 31 May 2003. The concert was part of the celebrations for the 300th anniversary of [[St... , Italian opera singer † [MPC 22830] |
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| 5204 Herakleitos 5204 Herakleitos 5204 Herakleitos is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 11, 1988 by Elst, E. W. at La Silla.- External links :*... |
Herakleitos, Ancient Greek philosopher † | |
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| 5206 Kodomonomori 5206 Kodomonomori 5206 Kodomonomori is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 7, 1988 by Y. Oshima at Gekko.- External links :*... |
1988 ED | Kodomo no Mori (Children's Forest), Treeplanting program in Japan |
| 5207 Hearnshaw 5207 Hearnshaw 5207 Hearnshaw is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 15, 1988 by A. C. Gilmore and P. M. Kilmartin at Lake Tekapo.- External links :*... |
1988 HE | John Bernard Hearnshaw, New Zealand spectroscopist, who has guided the Mount John University Observatory Mount John University Observatory Mount John University Observatory , is New Zealand's premier astronomical research observatory. It is situated at ASL atop Mount John at the northern end of the Mackenzie Basin in the South Island, and was established in 1965... through major developments over 30 years |
| 5208 Royer 5208 Royer 5208 Royer is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 6, 1989 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.- External links :*... |
Msgr. Ronald E. Royer, American priest and amateur astronomer* | |
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| 5210 Saint-Saëns 5210 Saint-Saëns 5210 Saint-Saëns is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1391.3461285 days . The asteroid was discovered on March 7, 1989.... |
Camille Saint-Saëns Camille Saint-Saëns Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns was a French Late-Romantic composer, organist, conductor, and pianist. He is known especially for The Carnival of the Animals, Danse macabre, Samson and Delilah, Piano Concerto No. 2, Cello Concerto No. 1, Havanaise, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, and his Symphony... , French composer † * |
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| 5211 Stevenson 5211 Stevenson 5211 Stevenson is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 8, 1989 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar.- External links :*... |
1989 NX | David John Stevenson, New Zealand planetary scientist † |
| 5212 - | 1989 SS | * |
| 5213 Takahashi 5213 Takahashi 5213 Takahashi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 18, 1990 by Endate and Watanabe at Kitami.- External links :*... |
1990 FU | Kiichiro Takahashi, president of Takahashi Seisakusho Takahashi Seisakusho Takahashi Seisakusho is a Japanese manufacturer of telescopes and related equipment, such as eyepieces and mounts.Often known simply as 'Tak', the brand is especially noted amongst amateur astronomers for its range of apochromatic refractors, but also produces various types of reflectors, and... |
| 5214 Oozora 5214 Oozora 5214 Oozora is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 13, 1990 by Takahashi and Watanabe at Kitami.... |
Ōzora Super Ozora The is a limited express train service between and in Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company . There are seven trains per day running in both directions, with the fastest journeys taking 3 hours 35 minutes.-History:... , Limited express train at Hokkaidō, Japan* |
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| 5215 Tsurui 5215 Tsurui 5215 Tsurui is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 9, 1991 by Masanori Matsuyama and Watanabe at Kushiro.- External links :*... |
1991 AE | Tsurui, Hokkaidō Tsurui, Hokkaido is a village located in Akan District, Kushiro Subprefecture, Hokkaidō. As of December 31, 2007 it has an estimated population of 2,596 and an area of 571.84 km².Tsurui is a breeding ground for the Red-crowned Crane, one of the 100 Soundscapes of Japan.... , Japan |
| 5216 - | 1941 HA | * |
| 5217 Chaozhou 5217 Chaozhou 5217 Chaozhou is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1342.7255994 days . The asteroid was discovered on February 13, 1966.-References:... |
1966 CL | Chaozhou Chaozhou Chaozhou is a city in eastern Guangdong province of the People's Republic of China. It borders Shantou to the south, Jieyang to the southwest, Meizhou to the northwest, the province of Fujian to the east, and the South China Sea to the southeast... , Guangdong Province, China, cradle of the Chaoshan Culture |
| 5218 Kutsak 5218 Kutsak 5218 Kutsak is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 9, 1969 by B. A. Burnasheva at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.- External links :*... |
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| 5219 Zemka 5219 Zemka 5219 Zemka is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 2, 1976 by N. S. Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.- External links :*... |
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| 5220 Vika 5220 Vika 5220 Vika is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1247.9367446 days . The asteroid was discovered on September 23, 1979.... |
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| 5221 Fabribudweis 5221 Fabribudweis 5221 Fabribudweis is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on March 16, 1980 by L. Brozek at Klet.- External links :*... |
1980 FB | Wenceslaus Fabri de Budweis, medieval Czech scientist † |
| 5222 Ioffe 5222 Ioffe 5222 Ioffe is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 11, 1980 by Chernykh, N. S. at Nauchnyj. It is the largest of the Palladian asteroids apart from Pallas itself.- External links :*... |
Abram Fedorovich Ioffe, Russian physicist* | |
| 5223 McSween 5223 McSween 5223 McSween is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on March 6, 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring Observatory in the course of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.- External links :*... |
Harold Y. McSween Harold Y. McSween Harry "Hap" Y. McSween is a Professor of Planetary Geoscience and Distinguished Professor of Science at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. He specializes in meteorites, particularly chondrites, and studies them to understand the formation of the solar system, in the process, publishing... , planetary geologist and geochemist, meteorite researcher † |
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| 5224 Abbe 5224 Abbe 5224 Abbe is a main belt asteroid discovered on February 21, 1982 by Ziener and K. Kirsch at Tautenburg .Named in memory of Ernst Karl Abbe , director of the Jena Observatory from 1877 to 1900. He was known for his fundamental contributions tooptics... |
Ernst Abbe, German astronomer, optician and educator † * | |
| 5225 Loral 5225 Loral 5225 Loral is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 12, 1983 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff.- External links :*... |
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| 5226 Pollack 5226 Pollack 5226 Pollack is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 28, 1983 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff.- External links :*... |
1983 WL | James Barney Pollack, American planetary scientist* |
| 5227 - | 1986 PE | * |
| 5228 Máca 5228 Máca 5228 Máca is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1996.7450837 days . The asteroid was discovered on November 3, 1986.... |
1986 VT | Jan Máca, schoolmate and friend of the discoverer, for his contribution to the protection of nature † |
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| 5230 Asahina 5230 Asahina 5230 Asahina is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on March 10, 1988 by J. Alu at Palomar.- External links :... |
1988 EF | Takashi Asahina Takashi Asahina was a Japanese conductor. Born in Tokyo, he founded the Kansai Symphonic Orchestra in 1947 and remained its chief conductor until his death in Kobe. Inspired by a meeting with Wilhelm Furtwängler in the 1950s, he began a lifelong attachment to the music of Anton Bruckner, recording the complete... , Japanese conductor |
| 5231 Verne 5231 Verne 5231 Verne is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 9, 1988 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar.- External links :*... |
1988 JV | Jules Verne Jules Verne Jules Gabriel Verne was a French author who pioneered the science fiction genre. He is best known for his novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea , A Journey to the Center of the Earth , and Around the World in Eighty Days... , French novelist and playwright † |
| 5232 Jordaens 5232 Jordaens 5232 Jordaens is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 14, 1988 by E. W. Elst at Haute-Provence Observatory.- External links :*... |
Jacob Jordaens Jacob Jordaens Jacob Jordaens was one of three Flemish Baroque painters, along with Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, to bring prestige to the Antwerp school of painting. Unlike those contemporaries he never traveled abroad to study Italian painting, and his career is marked by an indifference to their... , Flemish painter † |
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| 5234 Sechenov 5234 Sechenov 5234 Sechenov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 4, 1989 by L. G. Karachkina at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
1989 VP | Ivan Mikhailovich Sechenov, Russian physician* |
| 5235 Jean-Loup 5235 Jean-Loup 5235 Jean-Loup is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1271.4366425 days . The asteroid was discovered on September 16, 1990.... |
Jean-Loup Chrétien Jean-Loup Chrétien Jean-Loup Jacques Marie Chrétien, is a French engineer, a retired Général de Brigade in the Armée de l'Air , and a former CNES astronaut. He flew on two Franco-Soviet space missions and a NASA Space Shuttle mission... , French astronaut?* |
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| 5236 Yoko 5236 Yoko 5236 Yoko is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 10, 1990 by Mizuno and Furuta at Kani.- External links :*... |
Yoko Huruta, wife of discoverer | |
| 5237 Yoshikawa 5237 Yoshikawa 5237 Yoshikawa is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 26, 1990 by T. Urata at Oohira.- External links :*... |
Katsunori or Masanori Yoshikawa, Japanese* | |
| 5238 Naozane 5238 Naozane 5238 Naozane is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 13, 1990 by Hioki and Hayakawa at Okutama.- External links :*... |
Kumagai Naozane Kumagai Naozane was a famous soldier who served the Genji Clan during the Heian period of Japanese history. Kumagai is particularly known for his exploits during the Genpei War, specifically for killing the young warrior Taira no Atsumori at the battle of Ichi-no-tani in 1184... , early samurai |
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| 5239 Reiki 5239 Reiki 5239 Reiki is an asteroid named after Reiki Kushida, a Japanese astronomer.... |
Reiki Kushida Reiki Kushida is a Japanese astronomer.She co-discovered the asteroid 4875 Ingalls. She has also discovered at least 14 supernovas in other galaxies. Asteroid 5239 Reiki is named after her.-External links:* http://www.nayoro-star.jp/photo/tenmondai-houmon/kushida.html... , Japanese astronomer* |
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| 5240 Kwasan 5240 Kwasan 5240 Kwasan is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 7, 1990 by Suzuki and Urata at Toyota.- External links :*... |
1990 XE | Kwasan Observatory of Kyoto University Kyoto University , or is a national university located in Kyoto, Japan. It is the second oldest Japanese university, and formerly one of Japan's Imperial Universities.- History :... * |
| 5241 - | 1990 YL | * |
| 5242 Kenreimonin 5242 Kenreimonin For Empress Kenreimon-In see Taira no Tokuko5242 Kenreimonin is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 18, 1991 by Inoda and Urata at Karasuyama.- External links :*... |
1991 BO | Empress Dowager Kenrei Taira no Tokuko For the asteroid, see 5242 Kenreimonin, later known as , was the last Heike Imperial survivor from the modest vessel carrying the emperor in the great naval battle of Dan-no-ura.... , Japan |
| 5243 Clasien 5243 Clasien 5243 Clasien is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 29, 1973 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
1246 T-2 | Clasien Shane, wife of American astronomer William Whitney Shane at Leiden Observatory † |
| 5244 Amphilochos 5244 Amphilochos 5244 Amphilochos is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on September 29, 1973 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
Amphilochos, mythical person related to Trojan War | |
| 5245 Maslyakov 5245 Maslyakov 5245 Maslyakov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 1, 1976 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
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| 5246 Migliorini 5246 Migliorini 5246 Migliorini is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on July 26, 1979 by E. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory.- External links :*... |
1979 OB | * |
| 5247 Krylov 5247 Krylov 5247 Krylov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 20, 1982 by L. G. Karachkina at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
Ivan Andreyevich Krylov, Russian fabulist* | |
| 5248 Scardia 5248 Scardia 5248 Scardia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 6, 1983 by Debehogne-DeSanctis at La Silla, Chile.- External links :*... |
1983 GQ | Marco Scardia, Italian astronomer* |
| 5249 Giza 5249 Giza 5249 Giza is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 18, 1983 by Thomas, N. G. at Flagstaff.- External links :... |
1983 HJ | * |
| 5250 Jas 5250 Jas 5250 Jas is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 21, 1984 by A. Mrkos at Klet.- External links :*... |
1984 QF | Czech Czech language Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century... for 'brightness' and the initials of the Jihočeská Astronomická Společnost (South Bohemian Astronomical Society) † |
| 5251 Bradwood 5251 Bradwood 5251 Bradwood is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on May 18, 1985 by A. C. Gilmore and P. M. Kilmartin at Lake Tekapo.- External links :*... |
1985 KA | Frank Bradshaw Wood, American astronomer |
| 5252 Vikrymov 5252 Vikrymov 5252 Vikrymov is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1335.7710165 days . The asteroid was discovered on August 13, 1985.... |
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| 5253 - | 1985 XB | * |
| 5254 Ulysses 5254 Ulysses 5254 Ulysses is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on November 7, 1986 by E. W. Elst at Haute-Provence Observatory.- External links :*... |
Roman name for Odysseus Odysseus Odysseus or Ulysses was a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey. Odysseus also plays a key role in Homer's Iliad and other works in the Epic Cycle.... , mythological Greek king † |
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| 5255 Johnsophie 5255 Johnsophie 5255 Johnsophie is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 19, 1988 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.- External links :*... |
1988 KF | * |
| 5256 Farquhar 5256 Farquhar 5256 Farquhar is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 11, 1988 by Helin-Mikolaj.-Coker at Palomar.- External links :*... |
1988 NN | * |
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| 5258 - | * | |
| 5259 Epeigeus 5259 Epeigeus 5259 Epeigeus is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on January 30, 1989 by Shoemaker, C. S. at Palomar. It is named after the Myrmidon Epeigeus.- External links :*... |
Epeigeus Epeigeus Epeigeus is a Greek hero in the Iliad. He was a Myrmidon and son of Agacles, who, having killed his father, was obliged to flee from Budeion. He took refuge in the house of Peleus who sent him with Achilles to Troy, where he was killed by Hector.... , mythical person related to Trojan War [MPC 25443] |
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| 5260 Philvéron 5260 Philvéron 5260 Philvéron is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1531.7583284 days . The asteroid was discovered on September 2, 1989.... |
1989 RH | Philippe Véron Philippe Véron Philippe Véron is a French astronomer. He works at Observatoire de Haute Provence, whom he was director. He studies variability and statistics of quasars, as well as elliptical galaxies. He is married with French astronomer Marie-Paule Véron-Cetty.... , French astronomer † |
| 5261 Eureka 5261 Eureka 5261 Eureka is the first asteroid discovered that turned out to be a Mars trojan asteroid. It was discovered by David H. Levy and Henry Holt at Palomar Observatory on June 20, 1990. It trails Mars at a distance varying by only 0.3 AU during each revolution... |
1990 MB | 'Eureka Eureka (word) "Eureka" is an interjection used to celebrate a discovery, a transliteration of a word attributed to Archimedes.-Etymology:The word comes from ancient Greek εὕρηκα heúrēka "I have found ", which is the 1st person singular perfect indicative active of the verb heuriskō "I find"... !', Greek exclamation of discovery* |
| 5262 Brucegoldberg 5262 Brucegoldberg -Orbital data:*Major Semiaxis: 3.0805424 AU*Eccentricity: 0.17003755*Inclination of orbit: 15.96374 degree *Perihelion length: 88.50083 degree *Longitude of the ascending node: 92.24656 degree -External links:... |
Bruce Arthur Goldberg, American astronomer* | |
| 5263 Arrius 5263 Arrius -Orbital data:*Major Semiaxis: 3.1915889 AU*Eccentricity: 0.03009711*Inclination of orbit: 14.76288 degree *Perihelion length: 289.04562 degree *Longitude of Ascending Node: 226.65930 degree -External links:... |
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| 5264 Telephus 5264 Telephus -Orbital data:*Eccentricity: 0.11219118*Inclination of orbit: 33.57925 degree *Perihelion length: 357.74164 degree *Longitude of Ascending Node: 121.90675 degree -External links:... |
1991 KC | Telephus Telephus A Greek mythological figure, Telephus or Telephos Telephus was one of the Heraclidae, the sons of Heracles, who were venerated as founders of cities... , mythical person related to Trojan War [MPC 25444] |
| 5265 Schadow 5265 Schadow 5265 Schadow is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
2570 P-L | Johann Gottfried Schadow Johann Gottfried Schadow Johann Gottfried Schadow was a German sculptor.-Biography:Schadow was born in Berlin, where his father was a poor tailor.... , German sculptor or his son Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow was a German Romantic painter.-Biography:He was born in Berlin and was the second son of the sculptor Johann Gottfried Schadow.... , German painter or Ridolfo Schadow, German sculptor or Felix Schadow, German artist* |
| 5266 Rauch 5266 Rauch 5266 Rauch is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 29, 1973 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
4047 T-2 | Christian Daniel Rauch Christian Daniel Rauch Christian Daniel Rauch was a German sculptor. He founded the Berlin school of sculpture, and was the foremost German sculptor of the 19th century.-Biography:Rauch was born at Arolsen in the Principality of Waldeck... , German sculptor* |
| 5267 - | 1966 CF | * |
| 5268 - | * | |
| 5269 Paustovskij 5269 Paustovskij 5269 Paustovskij is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 28, 1978 by N. S. Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. Named after Konstantin Paustovsky, russian writer.- External links :*... |
Konstantin Georgiyevich Paustovsky, Russian writer* | |
| 5270 Kakabadze 5270 Kakabadze 5270 Kakabadze is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 19, 1979 by R. M. West at the European Southern Observatory.- External links :*... |
1979 KR | Sargis Kakabadze Sargis Kakabadze Sargis N. Kakabadze was a Georgian historian and philologist, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor.He was born in 1886, in a small village Kukhi . In 1910 he graduated from the Faculty of Oriental Languages of the St.Petersburg University... , Georgian Georgia (country) Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of... historian and philologist or David Kakabadze David Kakabadze Davit' Kakabadze was a Georgian avant-garde painter, graphic artist and scenic designer. A multi-talent, he was also an art scholar and innovator in the field of cinematography as well as an amateur photographer... , Georgian Georgia (country) Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of... artist* |
| 5271 - | * | |
| 5272 Dickinson 5272 Dickinson 5272 Dickinson is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 30, 1981 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff.- External links :*... |
Terence Dickinson Terence Dickinson Terence Dickinson, CM is a leading amateur astronomer and science writer who lives near the rural town of Yarker, Ontario, Canada. He is the editor of SkyNews magazine and an astronomy commentator for Discovery Channel Canada. He has written fourteen books, which are widely regarded as some of... , Canadian astronomy populariser † |
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| 5273 Peilisheng 5273 Peilisheng 5273 Peilisheng is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 16, 1982 by the Purple Mountain Observatory at Xinglong.- External links :*... |
Pei Lisheng, 20th-century Chinese satellite scientist and oceanographer | |
| 5274 Degewij 5274 Degewij 5274 Degewij is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 14, 1985 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff.- External links :*... |
1985 RS | Johan Degewij, Dutch astronomer † |
| 5275 Zdislava 5275 Zdislava 5275 Zdislava is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on October 28, 1986 by Z. Vavrova at Klet Observatory.- External links :*... |
1986 UU | Saint Zdislava (sv. Zdislava), Moravia Moravia Moravia is a historical region in Central Europe in the east of the Czech Republic, and one of the former Czech lands, together with Bohemia and Silesia. It takes its name from the Morava River which rises in the northwest of the region... n noblewoman, wife of Markvartic Havel, Duke of Lemberk, known for her generosity to the poor, and an early lay member of the Dominican Order Dominican Order The Order of Preachers , after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is a Catholic religious order founded by Saint Dominic and approved by Pope Honorius III on 22 December 1216 in France... † |
| 5276 Gulkis 5276 Gulkis 5276 Gulkis is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 1, 1987 by Helin, E. F. at Palomar.- External links :*... |
1987 GK | Samuel Gulkis, American astronomer* |
| 5277 - | 1988 DO | * |
| 5278 Polly 5278 Polly 5278 Polly is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 12, 1988 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.- External links :*... |
Polly Brooks, member of the Planetary Society Planetary Society The Planetary Society is a large, publicly supported, non-government and non-profit organization that has many research projects related to astronomy... 's New Millennium Committee † |
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| 5279 Arthuradel 5279 Arthuradel 5279 Arthuradel is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 8, 1988 by Rodriquez, T. at Palomar.- External links :*... |
1988 LA | Arthur Adel, American astrophysicist [MPC 22830] |
| 5280 - | 1988 PT | * |
| 5281 Lindstrom 5281 Lindstrom 5281 Lindstrom is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 6, 1988 by S. J. Bus at Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory.- External links :*... |
Marilyn Martin Lindstrom (born Marilyn R. Martin), American planetary geologist | |
| 5282 Yamatotakeru 5282 Yamatotakeru 5282 Yamatotakeru is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 2, 1988 by Y. Oshima at Gekko.- External links :*... |
1988 VT | Yamato Takeru Yamato Takeru , originally Prince Ousu was a Japanese legendary prince of the Yamato dynasty, son of Keikō of Yamato, a legendary monarch who is traditionally counted as the 12th Tennō or Emperor of Japan. The tragic tale of this impressive figure is told in the Japanese chronicles Kojiki and Nihon Shoki... , Japanese legendary prince |
| 5283 Pyrrhus 5283 Pyrrhus 5283 Pyrrhus is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on January 31, 1989 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar.- External links :*... |
1989 BW | Neoptolemus Neoptolemus Neoptolemus was the son of the warrior Achilles and the princess Deidamia in Greek mythology. Achilles' mother foretold many years before Achilles' birth that there would be a great war. She saw that her only son was to die if he fought in the war... , son of Achilles |
| 5284 Orsilocus 5284 Orsilocus 5284 Orsilocus is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on February 1, 1989 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar.- External links :*... |
Orsilocus, mythical person related to Trojan War [MPC 25444] | |
| 5285 Krethon 5285 Krethon 5285 Krethon is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on March 9, 1989 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar.- External links :*... |
Krethon, mythical person related to Trojan War [MPC 25444] | |
| 5286 Haruomukai 5286 Haruomukai 5286 Haruomukai is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 4, 1989 by M. Mukai and Takeishi at Kagoshima.- External links :*... |
Haruo Mukai, brother of one of the discoverers* | |
| 5287 Heishu 5287 Heishu 5287 Heishu is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 20, 1989 by Mizuno and Furuta at Kani.- External links :*... |
1989 WE | Heishu Hosoi Hosoi Heishu Hosoi Heishu was a Japanese teacher of Confucian thought during the Edo Period. He belonged to the eclectic school of Confucian philosophy, and his thought can be considered as the starting point of the eclectic brand of Confucianism.-Life:... , Japanese confucianist |
| 5288 Nankichi 5288 Nankichi 5288 Nankichi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 3, 1989 by Mizuno and Furuta at Kani.- External links :*... |
1989 XD | Nankichi Niimi, Japanese author |
| 5289 Niemela 5289 Niemela 5289 Niemela is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 28, 1990 by the Felix Aguilar Observatory team at the El Leoncito Station. It is named after the astronomer Virpi Niemelä.- External links :*... |
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| 5290 Langevin 5290 Langevin 5290 Langevin is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 30, 1990 by H. E. Holt at Palomar.- External links :*... |
Paul Langevin Paul Langevin Paul Langevin was a prominent French physicist who developed Langevin dynamics and the Langevin equation. He was one of the founders of the Comité de vigilance des intellectuels antifascistes, an antifascist organization created in the wake of the 6 February 1934 far right riots... , French physicist* |
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| 5291 Yuuko 5291 Yuuko 5291 Yuuko is a Main-belt asteroid discovered on December 20, 1990 by Masanori Matsuyama and Watanabe at Kushiro.- External links :*... |
1990 YT | Yuuko Matsuyama, wife of discoverer |
| 5292 - | * | |
| 5293 Bentengahama 5293 Bentengahama 5293 Bentengahama is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 23, 1991 by Masanori Matsuyama and Watanabe at Kushiro.- External links :*... |
Benten beach, Kushiro, Hokkaidō Kushiro, Hokkaido is a city located in Kushiro Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is the capital city of Kushiro Subprefecture, as well as the most populous city in eastern Hokkaidō.... , Japan* |
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| 5294 Onnetoh 5294 Onnetoh 5294 Onnetoh is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 3, 1991 by Endate and Watanabe at Kitami.- External links :*... |
1991 CB | Lake Onnetoh, Hokkaidō, Japan |
| 5295 Masayo 5295 Masayo 5295 Masayo is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 5, 1991 by Mizuno and Furuta at Kani.- External links :*... |
1991 CE | Masayo Mizuno, wife of discoverer |
| 5296 Friedrich 5296 Friedrich 5296 Friedrich is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 17, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
9546 P-L | * |
| 5297 Schinkel 5297 Schinkel 5297 Schinkel is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 29, 1973 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
4170 T-2 | Karl Friedrich Schinkel Karl Friedrich Schinkel Karl Friedrich Schinkel was a Prussian architect, city planner, and painter who also designed furniture and stage sets. Schinkel was one of the most prominent architects of Germany and designed both neoclassical and neogothic buildings.-Biography:Schinkel was born in Neuruppin, Margraviate of... , Prussian architect* |
| 5298 Paraskevopoulos 5298 Paraskevopoulos 5298 Paraskevopoulos is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 7, 1966 at Bloemfontein.- External links :*... |
1966 PK | John Stefanos Paraskevopoulos, Greek astronomer, director of the Athens Observatory and later superintendent of the Boyden Observatory Boyden Observatory Boyden Observatory is a South African astronomical research observatory and science education centre.-History:The observatory was originally founded in 1889 by the Harvard University at Mount Hardvard near Lima, Peru, but relocated to Arequipa, Peru in October 1890.Significant work done at Arequipa... |
| 5299 Bittesini 5299 Bittesini 5299 Bittesini is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 8, 1969 by Carlos Ulrrico Cesco at El Leoncito.- External links :*... |
1969 LB | Luciano Bittesini, Italian amateur astronomer, of Farra d'Isonzo Observatory* |
| 5300 Sats 5300 Sats 5300 Sats is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 19, 1974 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
Nataliya Il'inichna Sats, Soviet author [MPC 34621] | |
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| 5301 Novobranets 5301 Novobranets 5301 Novobranets is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on September 20, 1974 by L. V. Zhuravleva at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.- External links :*... |
Ivan Novobranets, Ukrainian painter* | |
| 5302 Romanoserra 5302 Romanoserra 5302 Romanoserra is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 18, 1976 by N. S. Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.- External links :*... |
Romano Serra, Italian physicist † | |
| 5303 Parijskij 5303 Parijskij 5303 Parijskij is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 3, 1978 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
Yurij Nikolaevich Parijskij, Russian radio-astronomer † | |
| 5304 Bazhenov 5304 Bazhenov 5304 Bazhenov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 2, 1978 by Zhuravleva, L. V. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
Vasilij Ivanovich Bazhenov, Russian architect [MPC 34621] | |
| 5305 - | * | |
| 5306 Fangfen 5306 Fangfen 5306 Fangfen is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 25, 1980 by Harvard University at Harvard.- External links :*... |
1980 BB | Fen Fang, Chinese astronomer |
| 5307 Paul-André 5307 Paul-André 5307 Paul-André is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1369.9962599 days . The asteroid was discovered on December 30, 1980.... |
1980 YC | * |
| 5308 Hutchison 5308 Hutchison 5308 Hutchison is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 28, 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring Observatory in the course of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.- External links :*... |
Robert Hutchison, British meteoriticist* | |
| 5309 MacPherson 5309 MacPherson 5309 MacPherson is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 2, 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring Observatory in the course of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.- External links :*... |
Glenn Joseph MacPherson, American mineralogist/geochemist* | |
| 5310 Papike 5310 Papike 5310 Papike is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 2, 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring Observatory in the course of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.- External links :*... |
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| 5311 - | * | |
| 5312 Schott 5312 Schott 5312 Schott is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 3, 1981 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.- External links :*... |
Jacques Schott, French geochemist and mineralogist or Jean-Jacques Schott, French geophysicist or Charles Anthony Schott Charles Anthony Schott Charles Anthony Schott was a German-American scientist.Charles Anthony Schott was born at Mannheim, Baden, Germany. In 1847 he was graduated from the Polytechnic School, at Karlsruhe. The following year he came to America and entered the Coast and Geodetic Survey... , German-American astronomer* |
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| 5313 Nunes 5313 Nunes 5313 Nunes is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 18, 1982 by H. Debehogne at the La Silla Observatory in Chile.- External links :*... |
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| 5314 Wilkickia 5314 Wilkickia 5314 Wilkickia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 20, 1982 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.... |
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| 5315 Bal'mont 5315 Bal'mont 5315 Bal'mont is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 16, 1982 by Chernykh, L. I. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
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| 5316 Filatov 5316 Filatov 5316 Filatov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 21, 1982 by Karachkina, L. G. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
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| 5317 Verolacqua 5317 Verolacqua 5317 Verolacqua is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 11, 1983 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar.- External links :*... |
1983 CE | Veronica Lynn Passalacqua* |
| 5318 Dientzenhofer 5318 Dientzenhofer 5318 Dientzenhofer is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was named after Christoph Dientzenhofer and his son Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer , members of the Dientzenhofer family of architects.-External links:*... |
Kryštof Dientzenhofer Kryštof Dientzenhofer Christoph Dientzenhofer was a prominent German architect of Bohemian Baroque. He was a member of the famous Dientzenhofer family of architects, and the father of Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer.Among his works are the Church of St... , Czech architect † ‡ |
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| 5319 Petrovskaya 5319 Petrovskaya 5319 Petrovskaya is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 15, 1985 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
Margarita Sergeevna Petrovskaya, Russian astronomer † | |
| 5320 Lisbeth 5320 Lisbeth 5320 Lisbeth is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 14, 1985 by P. Jensen at Brorfelde.- External links :*... |
1985 VD | * |
| 5321 Jagras 5321 Jagras 5321 Jagras is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 14, 1985 by P. Jensen at Brorfelde.- External links :*... |
1985 VN | * |
| 5322 - | * | |
| 5323 Fogh 5323 Fogh 5323 Fogh is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 13, 1986 by P. Jensen at Brorfelde.- External links :*... |
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| 5324 Lyapunov 5324 Lyapunov 5324 Lyapunov is an Amor asteroid discovered on September 22, 1987 by L. G. Karachkina at Nauchnyj.- External links :... |
1987 SL | Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lyapunov, Russian mathematician, engineer and physicist † * |
| 5325 Silver 5325 Silver 5325 Silver is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 12, 1988 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar.- External links :*... |
1988 JQ | * |
| 5326 - | * | |
| 5327 - | * | |
| 5328 Nisiyamakoiti 5328 Nisiyamakoiti 5328 Nisiyamakoiti is a Main Belt minor planet. It was discovered by Seiji Ueda and Hiroshi Kaneda at Kushiro, Kushiro Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan on October 26, 1989. It was named for Koichi Nishiyama, a Japanese astronomer and mountaineer.-External links:*... |
Koichi Nishiyama, Japanese mountaineer and amateur astronomer, meteor, comet, and nova hunter | |
| 5329 Decaro 5329 Decaro 5329 Decaro is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 21, 1989 by R. H. McNaught at Siding Spring.- External links :*... |
1989 YP | Mario De Caro Mario De Caro Mario De Caro is an Italian philosopher , who teaches Moral Philosophy at Università Roma Tre. Since 2000, he has also been teaching at Tufts University. He is interested in moral philosophy, the free-will controversy, theory of action, history of science, and Donald Davidson's and Hilary Putnam's... , Italian philosopher |
| 5330 Senrikyu 5330 Senrikyu 5330 Senrikyu is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 21, 1990 by A. Sugie at Dynic.- External links :*... |
Sen no Rikyū Sen no Rikyu , is considered the historical figure with the most profound influence on chanoyu, the Japanese "Way of Tea", particularly the tradition of wabi-cha... , Japanese tea master |
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| 5331 Erimomisaki 5331 Erimomisaki 5331 Erimomisaki is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 27, 1990 by Kin Endate and Kazuro Watanabe at Kitami Observatory. It is named for Cape Erimo at the south end of Hokkaidō.- References :... |
Cape Erimo Cape Erimo is a cape in Hokkaidō, located at . It is the de facto southern tip of Hidaka Mountains.Hot and cold fronts meet nearby of the cape thus creating a dense mist which covers the cape for more than 100 days a year. Wind blows here with the speed of 10 m/s for almost 300 days a year... , Hokkaidō, Japan |
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| 5332 Davidaguilar 5332 Davidaguilar 5332 Davidaguilar is an Amor-class minor planet. It was discovered by Atsushi Sugie at Dynic Astronomical Observatory on February 16, 1990. It was named for David Aguilar, the director of public affairs for the Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.-External links:*... |
1990 DA | David Aguilar, American director of public affairs at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics The Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics is one of the largest and most diverse astrophysical institutions in the world, where scientists carry out a broad program of research in astronomy, astrophysics, earth and space sciences, and science education... , astronomical photographer, and telescope maker |
| 5333 Kanaya 5333 Kanaya 5333 Kanaya is an asteroid discovered in 1990 by Makio Akiyama and 5333 Kanaya is an [[asteroid]] discovered in 1990 by [[Makio Akiyama]] and... |
1990 UH | Kanaya, Shizuoka Kanaya, Shizuoka was a town located in Haibara District, Shizuoka, Japan. It developed from the Edo period as Kanaya-juku, a post town on the Tōkaidō. Located on the west bank of the Ōi River, Kanaya prospered from the Tokugawa Shogunate's policy of not allowing any bridge or ferry to be established on the Ōi River... , Japan |
| 5334 Mishima 5334 Mishima 5334 Mishima is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 8, 1991 by Akiyama and Furuta at Susono.- External links :*... |
1991 CF | Mishima, Shizuoka Mishima, Shizuoka is a city located in eastern Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 2009, the city has an estimated population of 112,078 and a population density of 1,800 persons per km². The total area is 62.13 km²... , Japan |
| 5335 Damocles 5335 Damocles 5335 Damocles is the archetype of the Damocloids, asteroids that are inactive nuclei of the Halley Family and long-period comets. It was discovered in 1991 and named after Damocles, a figure of Greek mythology.... |
1991 DA | Damocles Damocles Damocles is a figure featured in a single moral anecdote commonly referred to as "the Sword of Damocles," which was a late addition to classical Greek culture. The figure belongs properly to legend rather than Greek myth. The anecdote apparently figured in the lost history of Sicily by Timaeus of... , mythological Greek figure |
| 5336 - | * | |
| 5337 Aoki 5337 Aoki 5337 Aoki is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on June 6, 1991 by S. Otomo and Muramatsu at Kiyosato.- External links :*... |
1991 LD | Masahiro Aoki, Japanese amateur astronomer* |
| 5338 Michelblanc 5338 Michelblanc 5338 Michelblanc is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 13, 1991 by H. E. Holt at Palomar.- External links :*... |
Michel Blanc Michel Blanc Michel Blanc is a French actor and director who is noted for his roles of losers and hypochondriacs... , French astronomer* |
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| 5339 - | 1992 CD | * |
| 5340 Burton 5340 Burton 5340 Burton is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
4027 P-L | * |
| 5341 Purgathofer 5341 Purgathofer 5341 Purgathofer is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory. It is named to honour the work of the late Austrian astronomer Alois Purgathofer.- External links :*... |
6040 P-L | Alois Purgathofer Alois Purgathofer Alois Purgathofer , was an Austrian astronomer at the Vienna Observatory from 1954 to 1984. He mainly worked on the photometry of galactic star clusters, but also on the asteroid 51 Nemausa... , Austrian astronomer* |
| 5342 Le Poole 5342 Le Poole 5342 Le Poole is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 30, 1973 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
3129 T-2 | Rudolf Le Poole, Dutch astronomer at Leiden † |
| 5343 Ryzhov 5343 Ryzhov 5343 Ryzhov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 23, 1977 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
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| 5344 Ryabov 5344 Ryabov 5344 Ryabov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 1, 1978 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
1978 RN | * |
| 5345 Boynton 5345 Boynton 5345 Boynton is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 1, 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring Observatory in the course of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.- External links :*... |
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| 5346 - | * | |
| 5347 - | * | |
| 5348 - | 1988 BB | * |
| 5349 Paulharris 5349 Paulharris 5349 Paulharris is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on September 7, 1988 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.- External links :*... |
1988 RA | Paul Harris Paul Harris Paul Harris may refer to:* Paul Clinton Harris, former Virginia Delegate* Paul P. Harris , lawyer who founded the Rotary Club in 1905* Paul Harris , American* Paul Harris , English... ? * |
| 5350 Epetersen 5350 Epetersen 5350 Epetersen is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 3, 1989 by Elst, E. W. at La Silla.- External links :*... |
Erik V. Petersen, Danish amateur astronomer † | |
| 5351 Diderot 5351 Diderot 5351 Diderot is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 26, 1989 by Elst, E. W. at La Silla.- External links :*... |
Denis Diderot Denis Diderot Denis Diderot was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer. He was a prominent person during the Enlightenment and is best known for serving as co-founder and chief editor of and contributor to the Encyclopédie.... , French writer † |
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| 5352 Fujita 5352 Fujita 5352 Fujita is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 27, 1989 by Kushida and Muramatsu at Yatsugatake.- External links :*... |
1989 YN | Yoshio Fujita, Japanese astronomer* |
| 5353 - | 1989 YT | - |
| 5354 Hisayo 5354 Hisayo 5354 Hisayo is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 30, 1990 by S. Ueda and H. Kaneda at Kushiro.- External links :*... |
Hisayo Kaneda, daughter of one of discoveres* | |
| 5355 Akihiro 5355 Akihiro 5355 Akihiro is a main belt asteroid discovered on February 3, 1991 by S. Ueda and H. Kaneda at Kushiro.- External links :*... |
1991 CA | Akihiro Ueda, Son of one of discoveres* |
| 5356 - | - | |
| 5357 - | 1992 EL | - |
| 5358 - | 1992 QH | - |
| 5359 Markzakharov 5359 Markzakharov 5359 Markzakharov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 24, 1974 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
Mark Anatolievich Zakharov, Russian producer [MPC 34621] | |
| 5360 Rozhdestvenskij 5360 Rozhdestvenskij 5360 Rozhdestvenskij is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on November 8, 1975 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
Gennady Rozhdestvensky Gennady Rozhdestvensky Gennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky is a Russian conductor.-Biography:Rozhdestvensky was born in Moscow. His parents were the noted conductor and pedagogue Nikolai Anosov and soprano Natalya Rozhdestvenskaya... , conductor of the Bolshoi Theatre Bolshoi Theatre The Bolshoi Theatre is a historic theatre in Moscow, Russia, designed by architect Joseph Bové, which holds performances of ballet and opera. The Bolshoi Ballet and Bolshoi Opera are amongst the oldest and most renowned ballet and opera companies in the world... in Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent... * |
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| 5361 Goncharov 5361 Goncharov 5361 Goncharov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 16, 1976 by L. I. Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.- External links :*... |
Ivan Goncharov Ivan Goncharov Ivan Alexandrovich Goncharov was a Russian novelist best known as the author of Oblomov .- Biography :Ivan Goncharov was born in Simbirsk ; his father was a wealthy grain merchant and respected official who was elected mayor of Simbirsk several times... , Russian author* |
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| 5362 - | 1978 CH | - |
| 5363 Kupka 5363 Kupka 5363 Kupka is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 19, 1979 by A. Mrkos at Klet.- External links :*... |
1979 UQ | František Kupka František Kupka František Kupka was a Czech painter and graphic artist. He was a pioneer and co-founder of the early phases of the abstract art movement and Orphic cubism... , Czech Czech people Czechs, or Czech people are a western Slavic people of Central Europe, living predominantly in the Czech Republic. Small populations of Czechs also live in Slovakia, Austria, the United States, the United Kingdom, Chile, Argentina, Canada, Germany, Russia and other countries... artist [MPC 34621] † |
| 5364 - | - | |
| 5365 Fievez 5365 Fievez 5365 Fievez is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 7, 1981 by Debehogne-DeSanctis at La Silla.- External links :*... |
Charles Fievez, pioneer of astronomical spectroscopy in Belgium* | |
| 5366 Rhianjones 5366 Rhianjones 5366 Rhianjones is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 2, 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring Observatory in the course of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.- External links :*... |
Rhian Howell Jones, British meteoriticist | |
| 5367 Sollenberger 5367 Sollenberger 5367 Sollenberger is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 13, 1982 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff.- External links :*... |
1982 TT | Paul Sollenberger, American astronomer* |
| 5368 Vitagliano 5368 Vitagliano 5368 Vitagliano is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 2881.3874457 days . The asteroid was discovered on September 21, 1984.... |
Aldo Vitagliano, Italian astronomer | |
| 5369 Virgiugum 5369 Virgiugum 5369 Virgiugum is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1238.9330157 days . The asteroid was discovered on September 22, 1985.... |
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| 5370 Taranis 5370 Taranis 5370 Taranis is an Amor asteroid discovered on September 2, 1986 by Alain Maury at Palomar. It is one of very few asteroids located in the 2 : 1 mean motion resonance with Jupiter.- External links :*... |
1986 RA | Celtic god Celtic polytheism Celtic polytheism, commonly known as Celtic paganism, refers to the religious beliefs and practices adhered to by the Iron Age peoples of Western Europe now known as the Celts, roughly between 500 BCE and 500 CE, spanning the La Tène period and the Roman era, and in the case of the Insular Celts... Taranis Taranis In Celtic mythology Taranis was the god of thunder worshipped essentially in Gaul, the British Isles, but also in the Rhineland and Danube regions amongst others, and mentioned, along with Esus and Toutatis as part of a sacred triad, by the Roman poet Lucan in his epic poem Pharsalia as a Celtic... |
| 5371 - | - | |
| 5372 Bikki 5372 Bikki 5372 Bikki is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 29, 1987 by Endate and Watanabe at Kitami.- External links :*... |
1987 WS | Bikki Sunazawa, Ainu sculptor |
| 5373 - | - | |
| 5374 Hokutosei 5374 Hokutosei 5374 Hokutosei is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 4, 1989 by Yanai and Watanabe at Kitami.- External links :*... |
Hokutosei Hokutosei The is a limited express sleeping car train service in Japan which connects Ueno Station in Tokyo and Sapporo Station in the northern island of Hokkaido, taking approximately 16½ hours... , Japanese overnight limited express |
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| 5375 Siedentopf 5375 Siedentopf 5375 Siedentopf is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 11, 1989 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.- External links :*... |
Heinrich Siedentopf Heinrich Siedentopf Heinrich Friedrich Siedentopf was a German astronomer and physicist.He was born in Hannover. In 1930 he became an assistant to Heinrich Vogt, then joined the national observatory in Heidelberg. Between 1940–46 he was a Professor of Astronomy at the University of Jena, and director of the... , German astronomer* |
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| 5376 - | 1990 DD | - |
| 5377 Komori 5377 Komori 5377 Komori is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 17, 1991 by S. Otomo and Muramatsu at Kiyosato.- External links :*... |
1991 FM | Yukimasa Komori, Japanese amateur astronomer* |
| 5378 Ellyett 5378 Ellyett 5378 Ellyett is an inner main-belt asteroid discovered on April 9, 1991 by McNaught, R. H. at Siding Spring.- External links :*... |
1991 GD | Clifford D. Ellyett, Australian physicist (geophysicist), latterly Professor of Physics, Newcastle University, N.S.W* |
| 5379 Abehiroshi 5379 Abehiroshi 5379 Abehiroshi is a main belt asteroid discovered on April 16, 1991 by S. Otomo and O. Muramatsu at Kiyosato.-References:... |
1991 HG | Hiroshi Abe, Japanese amateur astronomer* |
| 5380 Sprigg 5380 Sprigg 5380 Sprigg is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 7, 1991 by R. H. McNaught at Siding Spring.- External links :*... |
1991 JT | * |
| 5381 Sekhmet 5381 Sekhmet 5381 Sekhmet is an Aten asteroid whose orbit is sometimes closer to the Sun than the Earth's. It was discovered on 14 May 1991 by Carolyn Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory... |
1991 JY | Sekhmet Sekhmet In Egyptian mythology, Sekhmet , was originally the warrior goddess as well as goddess of healing for Upper Egypt. She is depicted as a lioness, the fiercest hunter known to the Egyptians. It was said that her breath created the desert... , Egyptian goddess |
| 5382 McKay 5382 McKay 5382 McKay is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 8, 1991 by Robert H. McNaught at Siding Spring Observatory.- External links :*... |
Christopher P. McKay, American planetary scientist or David Stewart McKay, American planetary geologist or ...* | |
| 5383 Leavitt 5383 Leavitt 5383 Leavitt is an asteroid named after Harvard University astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt.... |
4293 T-2 | Henrietta Swan Leavitt Henrietta Swan Leavitt Henrietta Swan Leavitt was an American astronomer. A graduate of Radcliffe College, Leavitt went to work in 1893 at the Harvard College Observatory in a menial capacity as a "computer", assigned to count images on photographic plates... , American astronomer † * |
| 5384 Changjiangcun 5384 Changjiangcun 5384 Changjiangcun is an inner Main-Belt minor planet. It was discovered by Zhang Jiaxiang at Purple Mountain Observatory on November 11, 1957. It was named for Changjiangcun, a village in Jiangsu.-External links:*... |
1957 VA | Changjiangcun, Jiangsu province, China, "the famous flower of Yangtze River", Chinese homonym of the Yangtze River |
| 5385 Kamenka 5385 Kamenka 5385 Kamenka is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 3, 1975 by L. I. Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.- External links :*... |
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| 5386 Bajaja 5386 Bajaja 5386 Bajaja is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1225.8943623 days . The asteroid was discovered on October 1, 1975.-References:... |
Esteban Bajaja, Argentine radio-astronomer | |
| 5387 Casleo 5387 Casleo - External links :*... |
1980 NB | CASLEO, the Complejo Astronómico Leoncito, San Juan, Argentina, the discovery site |
| 5388 Mottola 5388 Mottola 5388 Mottola is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 5, 1981 by Debehogne-DeSanctis at La Silla.- External links :*... |
Stefano Mottola, German astronomer* | |
| 5389 Choikaiyau 5389 Choikaiyau 5389 Choikaiyau is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 29, 1981 by Purple Mountain Obs. at Nanking.- External links :*... |
Kai-Yau Choi, Chinese educator* | |
| 5390 Huichiming 5390 Huichiming - External links :*... |
Chi-Ming Hui, Chinese* | |
| 5391 Emmons 5391 Emmons 5391 Emmons is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 13, 1985 by E. F. Helin at Palomar. Its name honors Richard Emmons , who was a longtime professor of physics and astronomy at Kent State University and known as "Mr. Astronomy" to the thousands of children and residents who looked at the... |
Richard H. Emmons, American physicist and astronomy educator † | |
| 5392 Parker 5392 Parker 5392 Parker is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on January 12, 1986 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar.- External links :*... |
1986 AK | Donald C. Parker Donald C. Parker Donald C. Parker, also known as Don Parker, is an American retired physician and amateur astronomer, specializing in the research of the Solar System and planetary photography... , American amateur astronomer † |
| 5393 Goldstein 5393 Goldstein 5393 Goldstein is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 5, 1986 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff.- External links :*... |
1986 ET | Richard M. Goldstein, radar astronomer [MPC 22830] |
| 5394 Jurgens 5394 Jurgens 5394 Jurgens is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 6, 1986 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff.- External links :*... |
Raymond Francis Jurgens, American astronomer* | |
| 5395 Shosasaki 5395 Shosasaki 5395 Shosasaki is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 14, 1988 by S. J. Bus at Cerro Tololo.- External links :*... |
Shō Sasaki, Japanese planetary scientist | |
| 5396 - | - | |
| 5397 Vojislava 5397 Vojislava 5397 Vojislava is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1469.4369962 days . The asteroid was discovered on November 14, 1988.-References:... |
Vojislava Protić–Benišek, Serb astronomer | |
| 5398 - | - | |
| 5399 Awa 5399 Awa 5399 Awa is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 29, 1989 by Iwamoto and Furuta at Tokushima.- External links :*... |
1989 BT | Awa Province Awa Province (Tokushima) was an old province of Japan in the area that is today a part of Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku. Awa was bordered by Tosa, Sanuki, and Iyo Provinces. It was sometimes called .-References:... , ancient name of Tokushima prefecture Tokushima Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on Shikoku island. The capital is the city of Tokushima.- Tokushima Prefecture and Myodo Prefecture :Long ago, Tokushima City belonged to a region known as Myōdō-gun... , Japan |
| 5400 - | 1989 CM | - |
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| 5401 Minamioda 5401 Minamioda 5401 Minamioda is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 6, 1989 by T. Nomura and K. Kawanishi at Minami-Oda.- External links :*... |
1989 EV | Minamioda, Kamikawa, Hyōgo Kamikawa, Hyogo is a town located in Kanzaki District, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.The town was founded on November 7, 2005 by the merger of Kanzaki and Ōkawachi, both from Kanzaki District.... , Japan |
| 5402 Kejosmith 5402 Kejosmith 5402 Kejosmith is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 27, 1989 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.- External links :*... |
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| 5403 Takachiho 5403 Takachiho 5403 Takachiho is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 20, 1990 by Kushida and Inoue at Yatsugatake.- External links :*... |
1990 DM | Takachiho, Miyazaki Takachiho, Miyazaki is a town located in Nishiusuki District, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.-Geography:Takachiho is located in the northernmost part of Miyazaki Prefecture, bordering Kumamoto Prefecture on its north and northwest sides and Oita Prefecture on its north and northeast sides. The Gokase River flows from the... , Japan |
| 5404 Uemura 5404 Uemura 5404 Uemura is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 15, 1991 by Endate and Watanabe at Kitami.- External links :*... |
Naomi Uemura Naomi Uemura was a Japanese adventurer. He was particularly well known for doing alone what had previously been achieved only with large teams. For example, he was the first person ever to reach the North Pole solo, the first ever to raft the Amazon solo, and the first ever to climb Mount McKinley solo.-Early... , Japanese adventurer |
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| 5405 Neverland 5405 Neverland 5405 Neverland is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 11, 1991 by Kushida and Muramatsu at Yatsugatake.- External links :*... |
1991 GY | Neverland Neverland Neverland is a fictional world featured in the works of J. M. Barrie and those based on them. It is the dwelling place of Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, the Lost Boys, and others... , fictional land created by J. M. Barrie J. M. Barrie Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM was a Scottish author and dramatist, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan. The child of a family of small-town weavers, he was educated in Scotland. He moved to London, where he developed a career as a novelist and playwright... * |
| 5406 Jonjoseph 5406 Jonjoseph 5406 Jonjoseph is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 9, 1991 by H. E. Holt at Palomar.- External links :*... |
Jonathan Joseph, programmer analyst at the Department of Astronomy of Cornell University Cornell University Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions... † |
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| 5407 - | 1992 AX | - |
| 5408 Thé 5408 Thé 5408 Thé is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1242.2004905 days . The asteroid was discovered on March 25, 1971 by Kees van Houten and Tom Gehrels at the Palomar Observatory.... |
1232 T-1 | Pik Sin Thé, former director of Bosscha Observatory Bosscha Observatory Bosscha Observatory is the oldest observatory in Indonesia. The observatory is located in Lembang, West Java, approximately north of Bandung. It is situated on a hilly six hectares of land and is above mean sea level plateau... in Lembang, Indonesia † |
| 5409 Saale 5409 Saale 5409 Saale is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 30, 1962 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.- External links :*... |
1962 SR | * |
| 5410 Spivakov 5410 Spivakov 5410 Spivakov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 16, 1967 by T. M. Smirnova at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
1967 DA | Vladimir Spivakov Vladimir Spivakov Vladimir Teodorovich Spivakov is a leading Russian conductor and violinist best known for his work with the chamber orchestra.... , Russian conductor and violinist* |
| 5411 Liia 5411 Liia 5411 Liia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 2, 1973 by Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
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| 5412 Rou 5412 Rou 5412 Rou is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 25, 1973 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.- External links :*-References:... |
Aleksandr Arturovich Rou, Russian actor [MPC 34621] | |
| 5413 Smyslov 5413 Smyslov 5413 Smyslov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 13, 1977 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
Vasily Smyslov Vasily Smyslov Vasily Vasilyevich Smyslov was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster, and was World Chess Champion from 1957 to 1958. He was a Candidate for the World Chess Championship on eight occasions . Smyslov was twice equal first at the Soviet Championship , and his total of 17 Chess Olympiad medals won... , chess world champion 1957-1958* |
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| 5414 Sokolov 5414 Sokolov 5414 Sokolov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 11, 1977 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
Viktor Georgievich Sokolov, Russian astronomer † | |
| 5415 Lyanzuridi 5415 Lyanzuridi 5415 Lyanzuridi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 3, 1978 by N. S. Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.- External links :*... |
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| 5416 Estremadoyro 5416 Estremadoyro 5416 Estremadoyro is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 7, 1978 by E. F. Helin and S. J. Bus at Palomar.- External links :*... |
Víctor Antolí Estremadoyro Robles, Peruvian astronomer, founder of the Peruvian Association of Astronomy and the Iberoamerican League of Astronomy | |
| 5417 Solovaya 5417 Solovaya 5417 Solovaya is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 24, 1981 by L. Brozek at Klet.- External links :*... |
1981 QT | Nina A. Solovaya, Russian astronomer † ‡ |
| 5418 Joyce 5418 Joyce 5418 Joyce is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 29, 1981 by A. Mrkos at Klet.- External links :*... |
James Joyce James Joyce James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century... , Irish writer [MPC 34621] † |
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| 5419 Benua 5419 Benua 5419 Benua is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 29, 1981 by Zhuravleva, L. V. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
Nikolaj Leont'evich Benua Nicholas Benois Nicholas Benois was a Russian architect who worked in Peterhof and other suburbs of St Petersburg.Benois was born of French parents in Russia and studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts from 1827 to 1836... , Russian architect, and his sons Leontij Nikolaevich Leon Benois Leon Benois was a Russian architect. He was the son of architect Nicholas Benois, the brother of artists Alexandre Benois and Albert Benois, and the grandfather of the actor Sir Peter Ustinov... , Russian architect, and Aleksandr Nikolaevich Alexandre Benois Alexandre Nikolayevich Benois , an influential artist, art critic, historian, preservationist, and founding member of Mir iskusstva , an art movement and magazine... , Russian painter [MPC 34621] |
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| 5420 Jancis 5420 Jancis - External links :*... |
Jancis Robinson Jancis Robinson Jancis Mary Robinson OBE, MW is a British wine critic, journalist and editor of wine literature. She currently writes a weekly column for the Financial Times, and writes for her website jancisrobinson.com... , British Master of Wine, editor of The Oxford Companion to Wine The Oxford Companion to Wine The Oxford Companion to Wine is a book in the series of Oxford Companions published by Oxford University Press. The book provides an alphabetically arranged reference to wine, compiled and edited by Jancis Robinson, with contributions by several wine writers including Hugh Johnson, Michael... , weekly contributor to the Financial Times |
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| 5421 Ulanova 5421 Ulanova 5421 Ulanova is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 14, 1982 by Karachkina, L. G. and Zhuravleva, L. V. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova, Russian ballerina † | |
| 5422 Hodgkin 5422 Hodgkin 5422 Hodgkin is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 23, 1982 by Karachkina, L. G. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
Dorothy Hodgkin, British chemist and Nobel Prize winner† * | |
| 5423 - | 1983 DC | - |
| 5424 Covington 5424 Covington 5424 Covington is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 12, 1983 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff.-External links:*... |
Arthur Edwin Covington, first Canadian radio-astronomer † | |
| 5425 Vojtěch 5425 Vojtech 5425 Vojtěch is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1404.4213447 days . The asteroid was discovered on September 20, 1984.... |
Václav Vojtěch, Czech Antarctic explorer [MPC 34621] † ‡ | |
| 5426 Sharp 5426 Sharp 5426 Sharp is an inner main-belt asteroid discovered on February 16, 1985 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar.- External links :*... |
1985 DD | * |
| 5427 Jensmartin 5427 Jensmartin 5427 Jensmartin is an inner main-belt asteroid discovered on May 13, 1986 by P. Jensen at Brorfelde. The asteroid is named after the late Jens Martin Knudsen, famous Danish astrophysicist and Mars researcher, who has been pivotal in utilizing Mössbauer spectroscopy to study the magnetic properties... |
1986 JQ | Jens Martin Knudsen Jens Martin Knudsen Jens Martin Knudsen was a Danish astrophysicist. During his scientific career Knudsen authored or co-authored more than 100 scientific articles, and was a long time advisor to NASA.-Early years:... , Danish astrophysicist † |
| 5428 - | - | |
| 5429 - | - | |
| 5430 Luu 5430 Luu 5430 Luu is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 12, 1988 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar.- External links :*... |
Jane Luu Jane Luu -Early life:Luu was born in 1963 in South Vietnam to a father who worked as a translator for the U.S. Army. Her father taught her French as a child, beginning her lifelong love of languages.... , Vietnamese-American astronomer* |
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| 5431 Maxinehelin 5431 Maxinehelin 5431 Maxinehelin is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 19, 1988 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.- External links :*... |
1988 MB | Maxine Helin? * |
| 5432 Imakiire 5432 Imakiire 5432 Imakiire is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 3, 1988 by Kojima, T. at Chiyoda.- External links :*... |
1988 VN | Kyōko Imakiire, Japanese yachtswoman |
| 5433 Kairen 5433 Kairen 5433 Kairen is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 10, 1988 by T. Kojima at Chiyoda.- External links :*... |
Imakiire's Yacht | |
| 5434 - | 1989 ES | - |
| 5435 Kameoka 5435 Kameoka 5435 Kameoka is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 21, 1990 by A. Sugie at Dynic.- External links :*... |
Kameoka, Kyoto Kameoka, Kyoto is a city located in Kyoto, Japan.As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 93,323 and a density of 415 persons per km². The total area is 224.90 km². It is known as one of Japan's foggiest cities.... , Japan |
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| 5436 Eumelos 5436 Eumelos 5436 Eumelos is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on February 20, 1990 by Shoemaker, C. S. at Palomar.- External links :*... |
1990 DK | Eumelos, mythical person related to Trojan War [MPC 25444] |
| 5437 - | - | |
| 5438 Lorre 5438 Lorre 5438 Lorre is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 18, 1990 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.- External links :*... |
1990 QJ | Jean J. Lorre, American astronomer* |
| 5439 Couturier 5439 Couturier 5439 Couturier is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on September 14, 1990 by H. E. Holt at Palomar.- External links :*... |
1990 RW | Pierre Couturier, French astronomer* |
| 5440 Terao 5440 Terao 5440 Terao is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 16, 1991 by A. Sugie at Dynic.- External links :*... |
1991 HD | Hisashi Terao Japanese astronomer |
| 5441 - | - | |
| 5442 Drossart 5442 Drossart 5442 Drossart is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 12, 1991 by Holt, H. E. at Palomar.- External links :... |
Pierre Drossart, French astronomer* | |
| 5443 Encrenaz 5443 Encrenaz 5443 Encrenaz is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 14, 1991 by Holt, H. E. at Palomar.- External links :*... |
Thérèse Encrenaz, French astronomer, Director of Research at CNRS and Director of the Space Research Department at Paris Observatory, or Pierre Encrenaz, French astronomer, Mission Scientist, Herschel Science Centre, at Paris Observatory* | |
| 5444 Gautier 5444 Gautier 5444 Gautier is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 5, 1991 by Holt, H. E. at Palomar.- External links :*... |
Daniel Gautier, French astronomer or Thomas Nicholas Gautier, American astronomer or Swiss astronomers Raoul Gautier and Émile Gautier (Étienne Alfred Émile Gautier)* | |
| 5445 Williwaw 5445 Williwaw 5445 Williwaw is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 7, 1991 by H. E. Holt at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
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| 5446 Heyler 5446 Heyler 5446 Heyler is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on August 5, 1991 by H. E. Holt at Palomar.- External links :*... |
Gene A. Heyler, of the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University and contributor to the NEAR Shoemaker mission † | |
| 5447 Lallement 5447 Lallement 5447 Lallement is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 6, 1991 by H. E. Holt at Palomar.- External links :*... |
Rosine Lallement, French astronomer* | |
| 5448 Siebold 5448 Siebold 5448 Siebold is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 26, 1992 by A. Sugie at Dynic.- External links :*... |
1992 SP | Philipp Franz von Siebold Philipp Franz von Siebold Philipp Franz Balthasar von Siebold was a German physician and traveller. He was the first European to teach Western medicine in Japan... , German physician who worked at the Dutch Trading Post on Dejima Island in Nagasaki from 1823 onwards and † |
| 5449 - | - | |
| 5450 Sokrates 5450 Sokrates 5450 Sokrates is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
2780 P-L | Socrates Socrates Socrates was a classical Greek Athenian philosopher. Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, he is an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the accounts of later classical writers, especially the writings of his students Plato and Xenophon, and the plays of his contemporary ... , Ancient Greek philosopher |
| 5451 Plato 5451 Plato 5451 Plato is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
4598 P-L | Plato Plato Plato , was a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, student of Socrates, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Along with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, Plato helped to lay the... , Ancient Greek philosopher |
| 5452 - | 1937 NN | - |
| 5453 Zakharchenya 5453 Zakharchenya 5453 Zakharchenya is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 3, 1975 by T. M. Smirnova at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.- External links :*... |
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| 5454 Kojiki 5454 Kojiki 5454 Kojiki is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 12, 1977 by Kosai and Hurukawa at Kiso Observatory.- External links :*... |
Kojiki Kojiki is the oldest extant chronicle in Japan, dating from the early 8th century and composed by Ō no Yasumaro at the request of Empress Gemmei. The Kojiki is a collection of myths concerning the origin of the four home islands of Japan, and the Kami... , the first written mythology of Japan |
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| 5455 Surkov 5455 Surkov 5455 Surkov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 13, 1978 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
Yurii Aleksandrovich Surkov, Russian planetary scientist* | |
| 5456 Merman 5456 Merman 5456 Merman is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 25, 1979 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
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| 5457 Queen's 5457 Queen's 5457 Queen's is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 9, 1980 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar.-External links:*-More information:* http://hamilton.dm.unipi.it/cgi-bin/astdys/astibo?objects:Queen's;main... |
Queen's University, Kingston, Canada † | |
| 5458 Aizman 5458 Aizman 5458 Aizman is a main belt asteroid discovered on October 10, 1980 by Chernykh, N. S. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
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| 5459 Saraburger 5459 Saraburger 5459 Saraburger is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 26, 1981 by H. Debehogne at La Silla.- External links :*... |
Sara Burger, who helped Dutch Jews in World War II † | |
| 5460 Tsénaat'a'í 5460 Tsénaat'a'í 5460 Tsénaat'a'í is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1218.7847639 days . The asteroid was discovered on January 12, 1983.... |
1983 AW | Navajo for "Flying Rock" (1996 Flagstaff Festival of Science asteroid naming contest winner) † |
| 5461 Autumn 5461 Autumn 5461 Autumn is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 18, 1983 by N. G. Thomas at the Lowell Observatory's Anderson Mesa Station.- External links :*... |
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| 5463 Danwelcher 5463 Danwelcher 5463 Danwelcher is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 15, 1985 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff.-External links:*... |
1985 TO | Dan Welcher Dan Welcher Dan Welcher is an American composer, conductor, and music educator.- Biography :Welcher was born in Rochester, New York and earned degrees from the Eastman School of Music and the Manhattan School of Music, studying bassoon, piano, and composition... , American composer and conductor* |
| 5464 Weller 5464 Weller 5464 Weller is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 7, 1985 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff.- External links :*... |
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| 5465 Chumakov 5465 Chumakov 5465 Chumakov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 9, 1986 by Karachkina, L. G. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
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| 5466 Makibi 5466 Makibi 5466 Makibi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 30, 1986 by Kosai and Hurukawa at Kiso Observatory.- External links :*... |
Kibi Makibi Kibi Makibi was a Japanese scholar and noble during the Nara period. Also known as Kibi Daijin . Born in Bitchu Province as Shimotsumichi Asomi, he came from a line of local elites. Kibi was the name of the town or area he came from.In 716, he traveled to China to study. He stayed in China for 17 years... , Japanese scholar and noble |
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| 5467 - | 1988 AG | - |
| 5468 Hamatonbetsu 5468 Hamatonbetsu 5468 Hamatonbetsu is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 16, 1988 by M. Mukai and Takeishi at Kagoshima.- External links :*... |
1988 BK | Hamatonbetsu, Hokkaidō Hamatonbetsu, Hokkaido is a town located in Esashi District, Sōya, Hokkaidō, Japan.As of 2008, the town has an estimated population of 4,452 and a density of 11.55 persons per km²... , Japan |
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| 5470 Kurtlindstrom 5470 Kurtlindstrom 5470 Kurtlindstrom is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 28, 1988 by R. H. McNaught at Siding Spring.- External links :*... |
Kurt Leighton Lindstrom, American program executive for NASA's New Horizons New Horizons New Horizons is a NASA robotic spacecraft mission currently en route to the dwarf planet Pluto. It is expected to be the first spacecraft to fly by and study Pluto and its moons, Charon, Nix, Hydra and S/2011 P 1. Its estimated arrival date at the Pluto-Charon system is July 14th, 2015... Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission |
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| 5471 Tunguska 5471 Tunguska 5471 Tunguska is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 13, 1988 by E. W. Elst at Haute-Provence Observatory.- External links :*... |
Tunguska Tunguska event The Tunguska event, or Tunguska blast or Tunguska explosion, was an enormously powerful explosion that occurred near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in what is now Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, at about 7:14 a.m... , site of a presumed asteroidal impact † |
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| 5472 - | 1988 RR | - |
| 5473 Yamanashi 5473 Yamanashi 5473 Yamanashi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 5, 1988 by Kushida and Muramatsu at Yatsugatake.- External links :*... |
1988 VR | Yamanashi Prefecture Yamanashi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of the island of Honshū. The capital is the city of Kōfu.-Pre-history to the 14th century:People have been living in the Yamanashi area for about 30,000 years... , Japan |
| 5474 Gingasen 5474 Gingasen 5474 Gingasen is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 3, 1988 by Tetsuya Fujii and Kazuro Watanabe at Kitami.- External links :*... |
Furusato Ginga Line of Hokkaidō Chihoku Kōgen Railway, Japan (Abolished in 2006) | |
| 5475 - | 1989 QO | - |
| 5476 - | - | |
| 5477 - | - | |
| 5478 Wartburg 5478 Wartburg 5478 Wartburg is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 23, 1989 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.- External links :*... |
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| 5479 Grahamryder 5479 Grahamryder 5479 Grahamryder is a main-belt asteroid which was discovered on October 30, 1989 by Schelte J. Bus at Cerro Tololo.- External links :*... |
Graham Ryder Graham Ryder Graham Ryder was an English geologist and lunar scientist.He was educated at the University of Wales, Swansea, receiving his B.Sc. in 1970. He then earned a Ph.D. in geology from Michigan State University in 1974. His post-doctoral work was performed at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.Dr... , British lunar geologist* |
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| 5480 - | - | |
| 5481 Kiuchi 5481 Kiuchi 5481 Kiuchi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 15, 1990 by Endate and Watanabe at Kitami.- External links :*... |
1990 CH | Tsuruhiko Kiuchi, Japanese amateur astronomer |
| 5482 - | 1990 DX | - |
| 5483 Cherkashin 5483 Cherkashin 5483 Cherkashin is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 17, 1990 by L. I. Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.- External links :*... |
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| 5484 Inoda 5484 Inoda 5484 Inoda is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 7, 1990 by Urata, T. at Oohira.- External links :*... |
Shigeru Inoda Shigeru Inoda is a Japanese astronomer.He has discovered a number of asteroids. Except for 3394 Banno, they were all co-discovered with Takeshi Urata. Asteroid 5484 Inoda is named after him.-References:... , Japanese amateur astronomer |
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| 5485 Kaula 5485 Kaula 5485 Kaula is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 11, 1991 by H. E. Holt at Palomar.- External links :*... |
William M. Kaula, Australian-American geophysicist † | |
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| 5487 - | - | |
| 5488 Kiyosato 5488 Kiyosato 5488 Kiyosato is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 13, 1991 by S. Otomo at Kiyosato.- External links :*... |
Kiyosato, a town of Hokuto, Yamanashi Hokuto, Yamanashi is a city located in Yamanashi, Japan.-Description:The city of Hokuto was founded by the merging of all the towns within the Kitakoma District except for the former town of Futaba, which merged with two municipalities to form the new city of Kai... , Japan |
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| 5489 Oberkochen 5489 Oberkochen 5489 Oberkochen is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 17, 1993 by Kushida and Muramatsu at Yatsugatake.- External links :*... |
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| 5490 Burbidge 5490 Burbidge 5490 Burbidge is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
2019 P-L | Margaret Burbidge Margaret Burbidge Eleanor Margaret Burbidge, née Peachey, FRS is a British-born American astrophysicist, noted for original research and holding many administrative posts, including director of the Royal Greenwich Observatory.... , British astrophysicist* |
| 5491 Kaulbach 5491 Kaulbach 5491 Kaulbach is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 26, 1971 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
3128 T-1 | * |
| 5492 Thoma 5492 Thoma 5492 Thoma is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 26, 1971 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :... |
3227 T-1 | * |
| 5493 Spitzweg 5493 Spitzweg 5493 Spitzweg is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1973 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
1617 T-2 | * |
| 5494 Johanmohr 5494 Johanmohr 5494 Johanmohr is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1755.4178289 days . The asteroid was discovered on October 19, 1933.-References:... |
Johan Maurits Mohr Johan Maurits Mohr thumbnail|right|Mohr observatory in [[Jakarta|Batavia]] .Johan Maurits Mohr was a Dutch-German pastor who studied at Groningen University from 1733 and settled in Batavia in 1737... , 18th-century German-Dutch astronomer and meteorologist |
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| 5495 Rumyantsev 5495 Rumyantsev 5495 Rumyantsev is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on September 6, 1972 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
Vasilii Rumyantsev, Russian (Ukrainian?) astronomer* | |
| 5496 - | 1973 NA | - |
| 5497 Sararussell 5497 Sararussell 5497 Sararussell is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 30, 1975 by S. J. Bus at Palomar, named after Dr Sara Russell, a British meteoriticist currently based at the Natural History Museum, London, UK.- External links :*... |
1975 SS | Sara Russell, British meteoriticist at the Natural History Museum Natural History Museum The Natural History Museum is one of three large museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, England . Its main frontage is on Cromwell Road... * |
| 5498 Gustafsson 5498 Gustafsson 5498 Gustafsson is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 16, 1980 by Lagerkvist, C.-I. at La Silla.- External links :*... |
Bengt Gustafsson Bengt Gustafsson (astronomer) Bengt Gustafsson is a Swedish astronomer and professor in theoretical astrophysics at Uppsala University.He is known for his work in uniting cosmic science with culture and theology, and questioning space science from a humanistic point of view... , Swedish astronomer † [MPC 22830] |
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| 5500 Twilley 5500 Twilley 5500 Twilley is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 24, 1981 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff.- External links :*... |
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