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Meanings of minor planet names: 1001–2000
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As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), and the discoverers can then submit names for them, following the IAU's naming conventions. The list below concerns those minor planets in the specified number-range that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names.
Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are approved and published in a bulletin by IAU's Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN).[1] Before May 2021, citations were published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars for many decades.[2] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).[3] Until his death in 2016, German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel compiled these citations into the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (DMP) and regularly updated the collection.[4][5]
Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,[6] Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. 
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: SBDB New namings may only be added to this list below after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned.[7] The WGSBN publishes a comprehensive guideline for the naming rules of non-cometary small Solar System bodies.[8]
1001–1100
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1001 Gaussia | 1923 OA | Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855), German mathematician | DMP · 1001 |
| 1002 Olbersia | 1923 OB | Heinrich Olbers (1758–1840), German astronomer | DMP · 1002 |
| 1003 Lilofee | 1923 OK | Lilofee, a legendary character and title figure in an old German folk-song Die schöne junge Lilofee | DMP · 1003 |
| 1004 Belopolskya | 1923 OS | Aristarkh Belopolsky (1854–1934), Russian astrophysicist | DMP · 1004 |
| 1005 Arago | 1923 OT | François Arago (1786–1853), French astronomer | DMP · 1005 |
| 1006 Lagrangea | 1923 OU | Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1736–1813), French astronomer | DMP · 1006 |
| 1007 Pawlowia | 1923 OX | Ivan Pavlov (1849–1936), Russian physiologist | DMP · 1007 |
| 1008 La Paz | 1923 PD | The city of La Paz, capital of Bolivia | DMP · 1008 |
| 1009 Sirene | 1923 PE | The Sirens of mythology | DMP · 1009 |
| 1010 Marlene | 1923 PF | Marlene Dietrich (1901–1992), German actress | DMP · 1010 |
| 1011 Laodamia | 1924 PK | Laodamia, daughter of Bellerophon and Philonoe in Greek mythology, and the mother (by Zeus) of Sarpedon; shot dead by Artemis whilst weaving | DMP · 1011 |
| 1012 Sarema | 1924 PM | Sarema, a character in a poem by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, made into an opera by Alexander von Zemlinsky | DMP · 1012 |
| 1013 Tombecka | 1924 PQ | Daniel Tombeck, French chemist who in 1910 succeeded Amédée Guillet as secretary of the Faculty of Science of the University of Paris | DMP · 1013 |
| 1014 Semphyra | 1924 PW | Semphyra, a character in a poem by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin | DMP · 1014 |
| 1015 Christa | 1924 QF | Unknown origin of name | DMP · 1015 |
| 1016 Anitra | 1924 QG | Anitra, character in the drama Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906) | DMP · 1016 |
| 1017 Jacqueline | 1924 QL | Jacqueline Zadoc-Kahn, disciple of Russian discoverer Benjamin Jekhowsky | DMP · 1017 |
| 1018 Arnolda | 1924 QM | Arnold Berliner (1862–1942), German physicist and editor of the journal Naturwissenschaften | DMP · 1018 |
| 1019 Strackea | 1924 QN | Gustav Stracke (1887–1943), German astronomer (see also 1201 Strenua and 1227 Geranium) | DMP · 1019 |
| 1020 Arcadia | 1924 QV | Arcadia, mythological Greek place and modern Greek province | DMP · 1020 |
| 1021 Flammario | 1924 RG | Camille Flammarion (1842–1925), French astronomer | DMP · 1021 |
| 1022 Olympiada | 1924 RT | Olimpiada Albitskaya, mother of the discoverer | DMP · 1022 |
| 1023 Thomana | 1924 RU | Boys' choir of St. Thomas Church, Leipzig, Germany | DMP · 1023 |
| 1024 Hale | 1923 YO13 | George Ellery Hale (1868–1938), American solar astronomer | DMP · 1024 |
| 1025 Riema | 1923 NX | Johannes Riem (1868–1945), German astronomer | DMP · 1025 |
| 1026 Ingrid | 1923 NY | Ingrid, niece of German astronomer Albrecht Kahrstedt (1897–1971), also see (1587) | DMP · 1026 |
| 1027 Aesculapia | 1923 YO11 | Asclepius, Greek god; named to redeem Jupiter's promise to Minerva to place Aesculapius among the stars (formerly, Ophiuchus was called Aesculapius) | DMP · 1027 |
| 1028 Lydina | 1923 PG | Lydia Albitskaya, wife of Russian discoverer Vladimir Albitsky | DMP · 1028 |
| 1029 La Plata | 1924 RK | La Plata, Argentina | DMP · 1029 |
| 1030 Vitja | 1924 RQ | Viktor Zaslavsky (1925–1944), nephew of Spiridon Zaslavskij (see 1330 Spiridonia), the brother-in-law of the discoverer Vladimir Albitsky | DMP · 1030 |
| 1031 Arctica | 1924 RR | The Arctic | DMP · 1031 |
| 1032 Pafuri | 1924 SA | Pafuri River in northern Transvaal, South Africa | DMP · 1032 |
| 1033 Simona | 1924 SM | Simone van Biesbroeck, daughter of the discoverer George Van Biesbroeck | DMP · 1033 |
| 1034 Mozartia | 1924 SS | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), Austrian composer | DMP · 1034 |
| 1035 Amata | 1924 SW | Amata, wife of king Latinus and mother of Lavinia, the wife of Aeneas | DMP · 1035 |
| 1036 Ganymed | 1924 TD | Ganymede, mythological cupbearer | DMP · 1036 |
| 1037 Davidweilla | 1924 TF | One of the members of the David-Weill family, member of the Academy of Sciences and benefactor of the Sorbonne | DMP · 1037 |
| 1038 Tuckia | 1924 TK | Edward Tuck (1842–1938) and his wife; philanthropists. Edward was the son of the founder of the American Republican Party | DMP · 1038 |
| 1039 Sonneberga | 1924 TL | German town of Sonneberg in Thuringia, where the Sonneberg Observatory is located | DMP · 1039 |
| 1040 Klumpkea | 1925 BD | Dorothea Klumpke (1861–1942), American amateur astronomer, first woman to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics from the Sorbonne | DMP · 1040 |
| 1041 Asta | 1925 FA | Asta Nielsen (1881–1972), Danish actress | DMP · 1041 |
| 1042 Amazone | 1925 HA | The River Amazon in South America | DMP · 1042 |
| 1043 Beate | 1925 HB | Unknown origin of name | DMP · 1043 |
| 1044 Teutonia | 1924 RO | The Teutonic peoples | DMP · 1044 |
| 1045 Michela | 1924 TR | Micheline van Biesbroeck, daughter of discoverer George Van Biesbroeck | DMP · 1045 |
| 1046 Edwin | 1924 UA | Edwin van Biesbroeck, son of discoverer George Van Biesbroeck | DMP · 1046 |
| 1047 Geisha | 1924 TE | Musical comedy The Geisha by Sidney Jones | DMP · 1047 |
| 1048 Feodosia | 1924 TP | Crimean city of Feodosiya (Theodosia), Ukraine | DMP · 1048 |
| 1049 Gotho | 1925 RB | Unknown origin of name | DMP · 1049 |
| 1050 Meta | 1925 RC | Unknown origin of name | DMP · 1050 |
| 1051 Merope | 1925 SA | Merope, Greek muse and goddess | DMP · 1051 |
| 1052 Belgica | 1925 VD | Belgium | DMP · 1052 |
| 1053 Vigdis | 1925 WA | Unknown origin of name (Vigdís is an ancient Nordic feminine surname) | DMP · 1053 |
| 1054 Forsytia | 1925 WD | The flowering shrub genus Forsythia | DMP · 1054 |
| 1055 Tynka | 1925 WG | Tynka, mother of Emil Buchar (1901–1979), of the Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, Czech Technical University in Prague | DMP · 1055 |
| 1056 Azalea | 1924 QD | The azalea flowering shrubs, then thought a genus of their own, now subgenera of the genus Rhododendron | DMP · 1056 |
| 1057 Wanda | 1925 QB | Polish feminine name | DMP · 1057 |
| 1058 Grubba | 1925 MA | Sir Howard Grubb (1844–1931) of Parson and Co., Newcastle upon Tyne, England, maker of the 40-inch reflecting telescope of the Simeis Observatory | DMP · 1058 |
| 1059 Mussorgskia | 1925 OA | Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881), Russian composer | DMP · 1059 |
| 1060 Magnolia | 1925 PA | The flowering tree genus Magnolia | DMP · 1060 |
| 1061 Paeonia | 1925 TB | The peony flowering plant, genus Paeonia | DMP · 1061 |
| 1062 Ljuba | 1925 TD | Lyuba Berlin (1915–1936), Soviet parachutist | DMP · 1062 |
| 1063 Aquilegia | 1925 XA | The columbine flower, genus Aquilegia | DMP · 1063 |
| 1064 Aethusa | 1926 PA | The fool's parsley herb, genus Aethusa | DMP · 1064 |
| 1065 Amundsenia | 1926 PD | Roald Amundsen (1872–1928), polar explorer | DMP · 1065 |
| 1066 Lobelia | 1926 RA | The Indian tobacco flower, genus Lobelia | DMP · 1066 |
| 1067 Lunaria | 1926 RG | The honesty flowering plant, genus Lunaria | DMP · 1067 |
| 1068 Nofretete | 1926 RK | Nefertiti (c. 1370 – c. 1330 BC), wife of the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep IV | DMP · 1068 |
| 1069 Planckia | 1927 BC | Max Planck (1858–1947), German physicist and Nobelist, on the occasion of his 80th birthday | DMP · 1069 |
| 1070 Tunica | 1926 RB | The flowering plant genus Tunica of the pink or carnation family | DMP · 1070 |
| 1071 Brita | 1924 RE | Great Britain, where the 1-meter telescope for the Simeiz Observatory on Crimea was made | DMP · 1071 |
| 1072 Malva | 1926 TA | The mallow plant, genus Malva | DMP · 1072 |
| 1073 Gellivara | 1923 OW | Gällivare, town in Swedish Lapland, where astronomers from several countries observed a total solar eclipse on 29 June 1927 | DMP · 1073 |
| 1074 Beljawskya | 1925 BE | Sergey Belyavsky (1883–1953), Russian astronomer and discoverer of minor planets | DMP · 1074 |
| 1075 Helina | 1926 SC | Helij Grigor'evich Neujmin, a son of Russian discoverer Grigory Neujmin | DMP · 1075 |
| 1076 Viola | 1926 TE | The violets, pansies and violas, genus Viola | DMP · 1076 |
| 1077 Campanula | 1926 TK | The flowering plant genus Campanula | DMP · 1077 |
| 1078 Mentha | 1926 XB | The true mints, genus Mentha | DMP · 1078 |
| 1079 Mimosa | 1927 AD | The herb and shrub genus Mimosa, although the discoverer apparently meant the silk tree (Albizia julibrissin), since he referred to a "flowering tree" | DMP · 1079 |
| 1080 Orchis | 1927 QB | The orchid flowers, genus Orchis | DMP · 1080 |
| 1081 Reseda | 1927 QF | The mignonette, genus Reseda | DMP · 1081 |
| 1082 Pirola | 1927 UC | The wintergreen, genus Pirola | DMP · 1082 |
| 1083 Salvia | 1928 BC | The sage plant, genus Salvia | DMP · 1083 |
| 1084 Tamariwa | 1926 CC | Tamara Ivanova (1912–1936), Soviet parachutist | DMP · 1084 |
| 1085 Amaryllis | 1927 QH | The belladonna lily flower genus, Amaryllis | DMP · 1085 |
| 1086 Nata | 1927 QL | Nata Babushkina (1915–1936), Soviet female parachutist | DMP · 1086 |
| 1087 Arabis | 1927 RD | The mustard family herb genus Arabis | DMP · 1087 |
| 1088 Mitaka | 1927 WA | Mitaka, Tokyo, where the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory is situated | DMP · 1088 |
| 1089 Tama | 1927 WB | Tama River, Japan, which flows near the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory | DMP · 1089 |
| 1090 Sumida | 1928 DG | Sumida River (Sumidagawa), Tokyo, Japan | DMP · 1090 |
| 1091 Spiraea | 1928 DT | The flowering shrub genus Spiraea | DMP · 1091 |
| 1092 Lilium | 1924 PN | The true lily flower, genus Lilium | DMP · 1092 |
| 1093 Freda | 1925 LA | Fred Prévost, civil engineer of mines and benefactor of the Faculty of sciences of Bordeaux | DMP · 1093 |
| 1094 Siberia | 1926 CB | Siberia, region of Russia | DMP · 1094 |
| 1095 Tulipa | 1926 GS | The tulip flower. genus Tulipa | DMP · 1095 |
| 1096 Reunerta | 1928 OB | Theodore Reunert, of the South African Association for the Advancement of Science, mining engineer and supporter of the former Union Observatory in South Africa, friend of the discoverer | DMP · 1096 |
| 1097 Vicia | 1928 PC | The flowering plant genus Vicia | DMP · 1097 |
| 1098 Hakone | 1928 RJ | Hakone, Japan | DMP · 1098 |
| 1099 Figneria | 1928 RQ | Vera Figner (1852–1942), Russian revolutionary | DMP · 1099 |
| 1100 Arnica | 1928 SD | The lamb's skin plants, genus Arnica | DMP · 1100 |
1101–1200
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1101 Clematis | 1928 SJ | The clematis flower, genus Clematis | DMP · 1101 |
| 1102 Pepita | 1928 VA | Pepito, nickname of discoverer Josep Comas i Solà (1868–1937), using a feminine Latin suffix | DMP · 1102 |
| 1103 Sequoia | 1928 VB | Sequoia National Park | DMP · 1103 |
| 1104 Syringa | 1928 XA | The lilac, genus Syringa | DMP · 1104 |
| 1105 Fragaria | 1929 AB | The strawberry, genus Fragaria | DMP · 1105 |
| 1106 Cydonia | 1929 CW | The quince, genus Cydonia | DMP · 1106 |
| 1107 Lictoria | 1929 FB | Lictoria, Italy, a new city established on reclaimed land near Rome during the Fascist regime | DMP · 1107 |
| 1108 Demeter | 1929 KA | Demeter, Greek goddess (Ceres in Roman mythology) | DMP · 1108 |
| 1109 Tata | 1929 CU | The small town of Tata in Hungary | DMP · 1109 |
| 1110 Jaroslawa | 1928 PD | The town of Jarosław in south-eastern Poland | DMP · 1110 |
| 1111 Reinmuthia | 1927 CO | Karl Reinmuth (1892–1979), German astronomer and discoverer of minor planets | DMP · 1111 |
| 1112 Polonia | 1928 PE | Polonia, Latin for Poland | DMP · 1112 |
| 1113 Katja | 1928 QC | Katja, Russian feminine name | DMP · 1113 |
| 1114 Lorraine | 1928 WA | Lorraine in northeastern France, former duchy and remnant of the medieval kingdom of Lotharingia | DMP · 1114 |
| 1115 Sabauda | 1928 XC | Sabauda, Latin name of the House of Savoy | DMP · 1115 |
| 1116 Catriona | 1929 GD | Catriona, a Scottish feminine name, title of one of Robert Louis Stevenson's novels | DMP · 1116 |
| 1117 Reginita | 1927 KA | Reginita, niece of Catalan discoverer Josep Comas i Solà | DMP · 1117 |
| 1118 Hanskya | 1927 QD | Alexis Hansky (1872–1908), Russian astronomer | DMP · 1118 |
| 1119 Euboea | 1927 UB | Euboea, Greece | DMP · 1119 |
| 1120 Cannonia | 1928 RV | Annie Jump Cannon (1863–1941), American astronomer | DMP · 1120 |
| 1121 Natascha | 1928 RZ | Natasha (Natalia) Tichomirova, Russian hydro-geologist and daughter of the Simeis astronomer Grigory Neujmin | DMP · 1121 |
| 1122 Neith | 1928 SB | Neith, Egyptian goddess | DMP · 1122 |
| 1123 Shapleya | 1928 ST | Harlow Shapley (1885–1972), American astronomer | DMP · 1123 |
| 1124 Stroobantia | 1928 TB | Paul Stroobant (1868–1936), Belgian astronomer | DMP · 1124 |
| 1125 China | 1957 UN1 | China | DMP · 1125 |
| 1126 Otero | 1929 AC | Caroline Otéro (1868–1965), known as "La Belle Otero", a Galician-born dancer, actress and courtesan | DMP · 1126 |
| 1127 Mimi | 1929 AJ | Wife of Eugène Delporte; 1127 Mimi and 1145 Robelmonte had their proposed names swapped by error | DMP · 1127 |
| 1128 Astrid | 1929 EB | Astrid of Sweden (1905–1935), Queen consort of King Leopold III of Belgium | DMP · 1128 |
| 1129 Neujmina | 1929 PH | Grigory Neujmin (1885–1946), Russian astronomer and discoverer of minor planets | DMP · 1129 |
| 1130 Skuld | 1929 RC | Skuld, in Norse mythology, one of the three Norns, the Future | DMP · 1130 |
| 1131 Porzia | 1929 RO | Character in Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar | DMP · 1131 |
| 1132 Hollandia | 1929 RB1 | Latin name for the Netherlands | DMP · 1132 |
| 1133 Lugduna | 1929 RC1 | Feminine form of the Latin name of the Dutch city of Leiden, Lugdunum Batavorum | DMP · 1133 |
| 1134 Kepler | 1929 SA | Johannes Kepler (1571–1630), astronomer | DMP · 1134 |
| 1135 Colchis | 1929 TA | Colchis, Asia Minor, now Georgia | DMP · 1135 |
| 1136 Mercedes | 1929 UA | Sister-in-law of Catalan discoverer Josep Comas i Solà | DMP · 1136 |
| 1137 Raïssa | 1929 WB | Raïssa Izrailevna Maseeva (1900–1930), a former scientific collaborator at the Pulkovo Observatory | DMP · 1137 |
| 1138 Attica | 1929 WF | Attica, Greece | DMP · 1138 |
| 1139 Atami | 1929 XE | Atami, Shizuoka, Japan | DMP · 1139 |
| 1140 Crimea | 1929 YC | Crimea, peninsula in the Black Sea | DMP · 1140 |
| 1141 Bohmia | 1930 AA | Mrs. Bohm-Walz, who donated the Walz reflector to the Heidelberg Observatory | DMP · 1141 |
| 1142 Aetolia | 1930 BC | Aetolia, Greece | DMP · 1142 |
| 1143 Odysseus | 1930 BH | Odysseus, Greek hero | DMP · 1143 |
| 1144 Oda | 1930 BJ | Female name chosen by discoverer Karl Reinmuth from the calendar Der Lahrer hinkende Bote | DMP · 1144 |
| 1145 Robelmonte | 1929 CC | Robelmont, Belgium, birthplace of Sylvain Arend; 1127 Mimi and 1145 Robelmonte had their proposed names swapped by error | DMP · 1145 |
| 1146 Biarmia | 1929 JF | Bjarmaland, legendary land | DMP · 1146 |
| 1147 Stavropolis | 1929 LF | Stavropol, the city in Russia | DMP · 1147 |
| 1148 Rarahu | 1929 NA | Tahitian girl's name, from Pierre Loti's novel Rarahu, later reprinted as Le Mariage de Loti | DMP · 1148 |
| 1149 Volga | Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=Meanings_of_minor_planet_names:_1001–2000