Meanings of minor planet names: 4501–5000

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center, 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 span of numbers that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names. Besides the Minor Planet Circulars (in which the citations are published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.

Contents: 4501... 4601... 4701... 4801... 4901...

Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
4501–4600
4501 Eurypylos	1989 CJ3	Eurypylos, mythical king of Thessaly [MPC 17031] †
4502 Elizabethann	1989 KG	*
4503 Cleobulus	1989 WM	Cleobulus of Rhodes (or of Lindos), One of the seven wise men of antiquity *
4504 Jenkinson	1989 YO	Eleonora ("Nora") Jenkinson, British amateur astronomer †
4505 Okamura	1990 DV1	Keiichiro Okamura, Japanese headmaster*
4506 Hendrie	1990 FJ	Michael Hendrie, British amateur astronomer and author, astronomy correspondent for The Times*
4507 -	1990 FV	*
4508 Takatsuki	1990 FG1	Yukihiro Takatsuki, contributing editor of Japanese astronomical magazine
4509 Gorbatskij	A917 SG	Vitalii Gerasimovich Gorbatskii, Russian astronomer*
4510 Shawna	1930 XK	*
4511 Rembrandt	1935 SP1	Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Dutch painter and engraver †
4512 Sinuhe	1939 BM	Sinuhe, hero of The Egyptian by Mika Waltari*
4513 Louvre	1971 QW1	The Louvre, museum*
4514 Vilen	1972 HX	*
4515 Khrennikov	1973 SD6	Tikhon Nikolayevich Khrennikov, Russian composer*
4516 Pugovkin	1973 SN6	Mikhail Ivanovich Pugovkin, Russian comic actor*
4517 Ralpharvey	1975 SV	Ralph Harvey, American meteoriticist*
4518 Raikin	1976 GP3	Arkady Raikin, Russian artist †
4519 Voronezh	1976 YO4	Voronezh, Russia*
4520 Dovzhenko	1977 QJ3	Alexander Dovzhenko, Ukrainian filmmaker*
4521 Akimov	1979 FU2	Nikolai Pavlovich Akimov, Ukrainian scenic designer and stage designer*
4522 Britastra	1980 BM	British Astronomical Association*
4523 MIT	1981 DM1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4524 Barklajdetolli	1981 RV4	Prince Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Russian field marshal of Scottish descent*
4525 Johnbauer	1982 JB3	John Bauer, American teacher of astronomy and physics †
4526 Konko	1982 KN1	Konkō, Okayama, Japan
4527 Schoenberg	1982 OK	Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian-American composer*
4528 Berg	1983 PP	Alban Berg, Austrian composer*
4529 Webern	1984 ED	Anton Webern, Austrian composer*
4530 Smoluchowski	1984 EP	Roman Smoluchowski, Polish-born physicist and astrophysicist †
4531 Asaro	1985 FC	Frank Asaro, American nuclear chemist and colleague of Walter and Louis Alvarez*
4532 Copland	1985 GM1	Aaron Copland, American composer [MPC 18142]
4533 Orth	1986 EL	Charles J. Orth, American geochemist*
4534 Rimskij-Korsakov	1986 PV4	Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer*
4535 Adamcarolla	1986 QV2	Adam Carolla, American comedic radio and television personality, former co-host of the syndicated radio program Loveline †
4536 Drewpinsky	1987 DA6	David Drew Pinsky (Dr. Drew), American doctor who co-hosts the syndicated radio program Loveline †
4537 Valgrirasp	1987 RR3	Valentin Grigorjevich Rasputin, Soviet writer [MPC 22502]
4538 -	1988 TP	-
4539 Miyagino	1988 VU1	Miyagino-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
4540 Oriani	1988 VY1	Barnaba Oriani (Barnabus Oriani), Italian astronomer †
4541 Mizuno	1989 AF	Yoshikane Mizuno, Japanese amateur astronomer
4542 Mossotti	1989 BO	Ottaviano-Fabrizio Mossotti, Italian physicist and astronomer*
4543 Phoinix	1989 CQ1	Phoinix, mythical Greek warrior [MPC 18143]
4544 Xanthus	1989 FB	Xanthus, one of Achilles' semi-divine horses (in the Iliad). Also Xanthus (or Xanthos) is the name given to the river God, (known as Scamander or Skamandros to mortals)*
4545 -	1989 SB11	*
4546 Franck	1990 EW2	César Franck, Belgian composer †
4547 Massachusetts	1990 KP	Massachusetts, United States*
4548 Wielen	2538 P-L	Roland Wielen, German astronomer [MPC 18143]
4549 Burkhardt	1276 T-2	Gernot Burkhardt, German astronomer, co-editor of Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts [MPC 18143] †
4550 Royclarke	1977 HH1	Roy Slayton Clarke, American mineralogist and meteoriticist*
4551 Cochran	1979 MC	Anita Light Cochran, American astronomer and William David Cochran, American astronomer*
4552 Nabelek	1980 JC	Jan Nabelek, Moravian teacher †
4553 Doncampbell	1982 RH	*
4554 Fanynka	1986 UT	"Fanynka" Burian, friend of the discoverer †
4555 -	1987 QL	*
4556 Gumilyov	1987 QW10	*
4557 Mika	1987 XD	Mika Watanabe, wife of one of discovers
4558 Janesick	1988 NF	James R. Janesick, American optical engineer*
4559 Strauss	1989 AP6	Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer [MPC 17031]
4560 Klyuchevskij	1976 YD2	Vasily Klyuchevsky, Russian historian*
4561 Lemeshev	1978 RY5	Sergey Lemeshev, Russian opera singer*
4562 Poleungkuk	1979 UD2	Hongkong's Ministry of Health
4563 Kahnia	1980 OG	*
4564 Clayton	1981 ET16	Robert N. Clayton, Canadian-American cosmochemist*
4565 Grossman	1981 EZ17	Lawrence Grossman, Canadian-American geophysicist †
4566 Chaokuangpiu	1981 WM4	Kuang-Piu Chao, Chinese*
4567 Bečvář	1982 SO1	Antonín Bečvář, Slovak astronomer †
4568 Menkaure	1983 RY3	*
4569 Baerbel	1985 GV1	*
4570 Runcorn	1985 PR	Keith Runcorn (Stanley Keith Runcorn), British geophysicist*
4571 Grumiaux	1985 RY3	Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist*
4572 Brage	1986 RF	Brage, Norse god of poetry and music [MPC 22502]
4573 Piešťany	1986 TP6	*
4574 Yoshinaka	1986 YB	Minamoto no Yoshinaka, early samurai
4575 Broman	1987 ME1	Brian Roman, American astronomer*
4576 -	1988 CC	*
4577 Chikako	1988 WG	Chikako Mitsuhashi (or Mihashi), Japanese astronomical educator*
4578 Kurashiki	1988 XL1	Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan*
4579 Puccini	1989 AT6	Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini, Italian operatic composer*
4580 Child	1989 EF	Jack B. Child, astronomer*
4581 Asclepius	1989 FC	Asclepius, god of medicine*
4582 Hank	1989 FW	*
4583 Lugo	1989 RL4	Raymond Lugo, American deputy launch services manager on NASA's New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission †
4584 Akan	1990 FA	Akan National Park, Hokkaidō, Japan
4585 Ainonai	1990 KQ	Ainonai, Hokkaidō, Japan
4586 Gunvor	6047 P-L	Gunvor Ulla Marie Ollongren-Lundgren, wife of Dutch astronomer Alexander Ollongren [MPC 18143]
4587 Rees	3239 T-2	Martin J. Rees, English astronomer [MPC 18143]
4588 Wislicenus	1931 EE	Johannes Wislicenus, German chemist*
4589 McDowell	1933 OB	Jonathan Christopher McDowell, American astrophysicist [MPC 22502] [1]
4590 Dimashchegolev	1968 OG1	Dmytrij Evgen’evich Shchegolev, Russian astronomer †
4591 Bryantsev	1975 VZ	*
4592 Alkissia	1979 SQ11	Aleksej Alekseevich Kiselev, Russian astronomer †
4593 Reipurth	1980 FV1	Bo Reipurth, Danish astronomer †
4594 Dashkova	1980 KR1	Ekaterina Romanovna Dashkova, Russian princess [MPC 22502]
4595 Prinz	1981 EZ2	Martin Prinz, American curator of meteorites at the American Museum of Natural History*
4596 -	1981 QB	*
4597 Consolmagno	1983 UA1	Guy Joseph Consolmagno, American astronomer*
4598 Coradini	1985 PG1	Marcello Coradini, Italian planetary scientist or Angioletta Coradini, Italian planetary scientist*
4599 Rowan	1985 RZ2	Michael Rowan-Robinson, British astronomer †
4600 Meadows	1985 RE4	Jack Meadows, British astronomer †
4601–4700
4601 Ludkewycz	1986 LB	The maiden name of the Ukrainian-born mother of the discoverer, American NASA astronomer, witer, cartoonist, planetary scientist, artist and Hollywood special effects animator Marian Rudnyk †
4602 Heudier	1986 UD3	Jean Louis Heudier, French astronomer †
4603 Bertaud	1986 WM3	Charles Bertaud, French astronomer*
4604 Stekarstrom	1987 SK	Stephen E. and Karen M. Strom, American astronomers and photographers †
4605 Nikitin	1987 SV17	*
4606 Saheki	1987 UM1	Tsuneo Saeki, Japanese astronomer*
4607 Seilandfarm	1987 WR	Seiland Farm, Hokkaidō, Japan
4608 Wodehouse	1988 BW3	Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, KBE, British comic writer †
4609 Pizarro	1988 CT3	Guido and Oscar Pizarro, Chilean astronomers †
4610 Kájov	1989 FO	Kájov, Czech Republic †
4611 Vulkaneifel	1989 GR6	*
4612 Greenstein	1989 JG	Jesse L. Greenstein, American astronomer*
4613 Mamoru	1990 OM	Mamoru Mohri, Japanese astronaut [MPC 21131]
4614 Masamura	1990 QN	Kazutada Masamura, Japanese amateur astronomer
4615 Zinner	A923 RH	Ernst Zinner, German astronomer and historian of astronomy [MPC 22502]
4616 Batalov	1975 BF	Aleksei Vladimirovich Batalov, Russian actor [MPC 22503]
4617 Zadunaisky	1976 DK	Pedro Zadunaisky Argentinian astronomer and mathematician.
4618 Shakhovskoj	1977 RJ3	*
4619 Polyakhova	1977 RB7	*
4620 Bickley	1978 OK	*
4621 Tambov	1979 QE10	*
4622 Solovjova	1979 WE2	*
4623 Obraztsova	1981 UT15	Elena Vasilyevna Obraztsova, Russian singer [MPC 22503]†
4624 Stefani	1982 FV2	*
4625 Shchedrin	1982 UG6	Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin, Russian composer*
4626 Plisetskaya	1984 YU1	Maya Plisetskaya, Russian ballerina, wife of Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin*
4627 -	1985 RT2	-
4628 Laplace	1986 RU4	Pierre-Simon Marquis de Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer †
4629 Walford	1986 TD7	*
4630 Chaonis	1987 WA	*
4631 Yabu	1987 WE1	Yasuo Yabu, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 21131]
4632 -	1987 YB	-
4633 -	1988 AJ5	-
4634 Shibuya	1988 BA	Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
4635 Rimbaud	1988 BJ1	Arthur Rimbaud, French poet †
4636 Chile	1988 CJ5	Chile †
4637 Odorico	1989 CT	Sandro D'Odorico, Italian astronomer*
4638 Estens	1989 EG	*
4639 Minox	1989 EK2	Minox, a miniature camera
4640 Hara	1989 GA	Megumi Hara, Japanese amateur astronomer
4641 -	1990 QT3	*
4642 Murchie	1990 QG4	Scott L. Murchie, of the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University and contributor to the NEAR Shoemaker mission †
4643 Cisneros	1990 QD6	*
4644 Oumu	1990 SR3	Ōmu, Hokkaidō, Japan
4645 Tentaikojo	1990 SP4	Astronomical museum at Sapporo, Japan. Meaning "Star Factory"
4646 Kwee	4009 P-L	Kiem Keng Kwee, Dutch astronomer †
4647 Syuji	1931 TU1	Shuji Hayakawa, Japanese astronomer
4648 Tirion	1931 UE	Wil Tirion, Dutch astronomical cartographer [MPC 22503] †
4649 Sumoto	1936 YD	Sumoto, Hyōgo, city in Japan [MPC 22503]
4650 Mori	1950 TF	Kiyoshi Mori, Japanese amateur astronomer
4651 Wongkwancheng	1957 UK1	Kwan-Cheng Wang, Chinese*
4652 Iannini	1975 QO	Gualberto M. Iannini, Argentinian astronomer*
4653 Tommaso	1976 GJ2	*
4654 Gor'kavyj	1977 RJ6	*
4655 Marjoriika	1978 RS	*
4656 -	1978 VZ3	*
4657 Lopez	1979 SU9	*
4658 Gavrilov	1979 SO11	*
4659 Roddenberry	1981 EP20	Eugene Wesley (Gene) Roddenberry, American creator of Star Trek
4660 Nereus	1982 DB	Nereus, a Titan. The name was chosen following a competition organized by the Planetary Society †
4661 Yebes	1982 WM	*
4662 -	1984 HL	*
4663 -	1984 SM1	*
4664 Hanner	1985 PJ	Martha Hanner, Anerican astronomer*
4665 Muinonen	1985 TZ1	Karri Muinonen, Finnish astronomer*
4666 Dietz	1986 JA1	Robert S. Dietz (1914-1995), American geologist, pioneering researcher discoverer of terrestrial impact craters*
4667 Robbiesh	1986 VC	*
4668 -	1987 DX5	*
4669 Høder	1987 UF1	Høder, Norse god [MPC 22503]
4670 Yoshinogawa	1987 YJ	Yoshino River, Japan
4671 Drtikol	1988 AK1	František Drtikol, Czech photographer †
4672 Takuboku	1988 HB	Takuboku Ishikawa, Japanese poet [MPC 21131]
4673 Bortle	1988 LF	John E. Bortle, American amateur astronomer*
4674 Pauling	1989 JC	Linus Carl Pauling, American chemist*
4675 Ohboke	1990 SD	Oboke Gorge, Japan*
4676 Uedaseiji	1990 SD4	Seiji Ueda, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 22503]
4677 Hiroshi	1990 SQ4	Hiroshi Kaneda, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 22503]
4678 Ninian	1990 SS4	*
4679 Sybil	1990 TR4	*
4680 Lohrmann	1937 QC	Wilhelm Gotthelf Lohrmann, German geodesist and selenographer † ‡
4681 Ermak	1969 TC2	*
4682 Bykov	1973 SO4	Oleg P. Bykov, Russian astronomer or Andrei Mikhailovich Bykov, Russian astronomer*
4683 Veratar	1976 GJ1	*
4684 Bendjoya	1978 GJ	*
4685 Karetnikov	1978 SP6	Valentin Grigor'evich Karetnikov, Ukrainian(?) astronomer*
4686 Maisica	1979 SX2	Maria Luisa Grima Garcia, Spanish hostess [MPC 22503]
4687 Brunsandrej	1979 SJ11	Andrei V. Bruns, Ukrainian(?) astronomer*
4688 -	1980 WF	*
4689 Donn	1980 YB	Bertram Donn, American astronomer*
4690 Strasbourg	1983 AJ	Strasbourg, France*
4691 Toyen	1983 TU	Toyen (Marie Čermínová), Czech photographer †
4692 SIMBAD	1983 VM7	SIMBAD, the astronomical database at Strasbourg*
4693 Drummond	1983 WH	Jack Donald Drummond, American astronomer*
4694 Festou	1985 PM	Michel Festou, French astronomer*
4695 -	1985 RU3	*
4696 Arpigny	1985 TP	Claude Arpigny, Belgian astronomer*
4697 -	1986 QO	*
4698 Jizera	1986 RO1	Jizera River, Czech Republic †
4699 Sootan	1986 VE	*
4700 Carusi	1986 VV6	Andrea Carusi, Italian astronomer †
4701–4800
4701 Milani	1986 VW6	Andrea Milani, Italian astronomer*
4702 Berounka	1987 HW	Berounka River, Czech Republic †
4703 Kagoshima	1988 BL	Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan [MPC 18143]
4704 Sheena	1988 BE5	*
4705 Secchi	1988 CK	Angelo Secchi, Italian astronomer and spectroscopist*
4706 Dennisreuter	1988 DR	Dennis Reuter, of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, co-investigator with NASA's Pluto-Kuiper Belt Mission*
4707 Khryses	1988 PY	Khryses, priest of Apollo [MPC 18144]
4708 Polydoros	1988 RT	Polydorus, Trojan prince [MPC 18144]
4709 Ennomos	1988 TU2	Ennomos, mythical person related to Trojan War [MPC 18144]
4710 Wade	1989 AX2	*
4711 Kathy	1989 KD	*
4712 Iwaizumi	1989 QE	Iwaizumi, Iwate, Japan
4713 Steel	1989 QL	Duncan Steel (Duncan I. Steel), British astronomer*
4714 Toyohiro	1989 SH	Toyohiro Akiyama, Japanese cosmonaut [MPC 21131]
4715 -	1989 TS1	-
4716 Urey	1989 UL5	Harold Clayton Urey, American physicist, Nobel Prize winner*
4717 Kaneko	1989 WX	Isao Kaneko, Japanese astronomical educator
4718 Araki	1990 VP3	Chikara Araki, Japanese astronomical photographer [MPC 22503]
4719 Burnaby	1990 WT2	Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada [MPC 21132] †
4720 Tottori	1990 YG	Tottori, city in Japan [MPC 22503]
4721 Atahualpa	4239 T-2	Atahualpa, Inca ruler*
4722 Agelaos	4271 T-3	Agelaus, mythical person related to Trojan War*
4723 Wolfgangmattig	1937 TB	Wolfgang Mattig, German solar physicist and cosmologist [MPC 22503]
4724 Brocken	1961 BC	Brocken, mountain in Germany [MPC 18144]
4725 Milone	1975 YE	Eugene Milone, American/Canadian astronomer*
4726 Federer	1976 SV10	Charles and Helen Federer, founders of Sky & Telescope*
4727 Ravel	1979 UD1	Joseph-Maurice Ravel, French composer [MPC 18144]
4728 Lyapidevskij	1979 VG	Anatoly Lyapidevsky, Soviet aviator and general*
4729 Mikhailmil'	1980 RO2	*
4730 Xingmingzhou	1980 XZ	Xing-Ming Zhou, Chinese amateur astronomer*
4731 Monicagrady	1981 EE9	Monica Grady, Head of Petrology and Meteoritics at the Natural History Museum in London*
4732 Froeschlé	1981 JG	Claude Froeschlé, French astronomer*
4733 ORO	1982 HB2	*
4734 Rameau	1982 UQ3	Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer [MPC 18144]
4735 Gary	1983 AN	*
4736 Johnwood	1983 AF2	John A. Wood, American planetary geologist and mineralogist*
4737 Kiladze	1985 QO6	Rolan Il'ich Kiladze, Georgian astronomer †
4738 -	1985 RZ4	*
4739 Tomahrens	1985 TH1	Thomas J Ahrens, American geophysicist †
4740 Veniamina	1985 UV4	Veniamin Vasil'evich Somov, brother of the discoverer [MPC 22503]
4741 Leskov	1985 VP3	Nikolay Leskov, Russian short story writer*
4742 Caliumi	1986 WG	*
4743 Kikuchi	1988 DA	Ryoko Kikuchi, backup to first Japanese cosmonaut [MPC 21132]
4744 -	1988 RF5	-
4745 Nancymarie	1989 NG1	*
4746 Doi	1989 TP1	Takao Doi, backup payload specialist [MPC 21132]
4747 Jujo	1989 WB	Jūjō Paper Industries, Japan
4748 Tokiwagozen	1989 WV	Tokiwagozen, mother of Minamoto no Yoshitsune [MPC 21132]
4749 -	1989 WE1	-
4750 Mukai	1990 XC1	Chiaki Mukai, backup payload specialist [MPC 21132]
4751 Alicemanning	1991 BG	Alice K. Manning, wife of the discoverer [MPC 18144]
4752 Myron	1309 T-2	Myron of Eleutherae, Ancient Greek (Athenian) sculptor
4753 Phidias	4059 T-3	Phidias, Ancient Greek sculptor*
4754 Panthoos	5010 T-3	Panthoos, mythical person related to Trojan War*
4755 Nicky	1931 TE4	*
4756 Asaramas	1950 HJ	Asociación Argentina Amigos de la Astronomía, an amateur astronomical association in Argentina [MPC 22503]
4757 Liselotte	1973 ST	*
4758 Hermitage	1978 SN4	*
4759 -	1978 VG10	-
4760 Jia-xiang	1981 GN1	Jia-Xiang Chang, Chinese astronomer*
4761 Urrutia	1981 QC	*
4762 Dobrynya	1982 SC6	*
4763 Ride	1983 BM	Sally Ride, American astronaut*
4764 Joneberhart	1983 CC	Jonathan Eberhart, science writer †
4765 Wasserburg	1986 JN1	Gerald J. Wasserburg, American geologist and geophysicist †
4766 Malin	1987 FF1	Michael Charles Malin, American planetary scientist*
4767 Sutoku	1987 GC	Emperor Sutoku, Japan
4768 Hartley	1988 PH1	Malcolm Hartley, British astronomer*
4769 Castalia	1989 PB	Castalia, Greek nymph
4770 Lane	1989 PC	*
4771 Hayashi	1989 RM2	Kohsuke Hayashi, Japanese astronomical educator*
4772 -	1989 VM	*
4773 Hayakawa	1989 WF	Kazuo Hayakawa, Japanese mineralogist
4774 Hobetsu	1991 CV1	Hobetsu, town in Japan
4775 Hansen	1927 TC	*
4776 Luyi	1975 VD	Luyi County, China
4777 Aksenov	1976 SM2	*
4778 Fuss	1978 TV8	*
4779 Whitley	1978 XQ	*
4780 Polina	1979 HE5	*
4781 Sládkovič	1980 TP	Andrej Sládkovič, Slovak poet †
4782 Gembloux	1980 TH3	Gembloux, Belgium*
4783 Wasson	1983 AH1	John Wasson, American geochemist †
4784 -	1984 DF1	*
4785 Petrov	1984 YH1	Andrei Pavlovich Petrov, Russian composer †
4786 Tatianina	1985 PE2	*
4787 Shul'zhenko	1986 RC7	Klavdia Shulzhenko, Soviet singer of war and popular songs*
4788 Simpson	1986 TL1	*
4789 Sprattia	1987 UU2	Christopher E. Spratt, Canadian astronomer †
4790 Petrpravec	1988 PP	Petr Pravec, Czech astronomer*
4791 Iphidamas	1988 PB1	Iphidamas, mythical person related to Trojan War*
4792 Lykaon	1988 RK1	Lycaon, son of Priam the king of Troy
4793 -	1988 RR4	-
4794 Bogard	1988 SO2	Donald Bogard, American meteoriticist
4795 Kihara	1989 CB1	Hideo Kihara, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 22503]
4796 Lewis	1989 LU	Joseph Walter Lewis, Jr., and Anne Beech Lewis, friends of the discoverer [MPC 21956]
4797 Ako	1989 SJ	Akō, Hyōgo, Japan
4798 Mercator	1989 SU1	Gerardus Mercator (Gerard De Kremer), Flemish cartographer †
4799 Hirasawa	1989 TC1	Yasuo Hirasawa, Japanese amateur astronomer*
4800 -	1989 TG17	-
4801–4900
4801 Ohře	1989 UR4	Ohře River, Czech Republic †
4802 Khatchaturian	1989 UA7	Aram Ilich Khachaturian, Georgian-Armenian-Russian composer*
4803 Birkle	1989 XA	Kurt Birkle, German astronomer*
4804 Pasteur	1989 XC1	Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist †
4805 Asteropaios	1990 VH7	Asteropaios, mythical person related to Trojan War*
4806 Miho	1990 YJ	Miho, a town of Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Japan
4807 Noboru	1991 AO	Noboru Yamada, Japanese alpinist*
4808 Ballaero	1925 BA	*
4809 Robertball	1928 RB	Robert Stawell Ball, British astronomer*
4810 Ruslanova	1972 GL	Lidiya Ruslanova, Russian folk singer*
4811 Semashko	1973 SO3	Nikolai Semashko, father of Soviet medicine*
4812 Hakuhou	1977 DL3	Hakuhō, Japanese unofficial Era name in lower half of 7th century
4813 Terebizh	1977 RR7	*
4814 Casacci	1978 RW	Claudio Casacci, Italian space scientist*
4815 Anders	1981 EA28	Edward Anders, American geochemist*
4816 Connelly	1981 PK	Robert Connelly, American astronomer*
4817 -	1984 DC1	*
4818 Elgar	1984 EM	Sir Edward Elgar, British composer*
4819 Gifford	1985 KC	*
4820 Fay	1985 RZ	*
4821 Bianucci	1986 EE5	Piero Bianucci, Italian science writer †
4822 Karge	1986 TC1	Orville B. Karge, American teacher of physics †
4823 Libenice	1986 TO3	Libenice, Czech archaeological site †
4824 Stradonice	1986 WL1	Stradonice, Czech Republic †
4825 Ventura	1988 CS2	Ventura, California †
4826 Wilhelms	1988 JO	Donald Edward Wilhelms, American planetary geologist*
4827 Dares	1988 QE	Dares, mythical person related to Trojan War*
4828 Misenus	1988 RV	Misenus, mythical Trojan warrior
4829 Sergestus	1988 RM1	Sergestus, mythical Trojan
4830 -	1988 RG4	-
4831 Baldwin	1988 RX11	*
4832 Palinurus	1988 TU1	Palinurus, mythical Trojan
4833 Meges	1989 AL2	Mégês Phyleïdês, mythical Greek warrior
4834 Thoas	1989 AM2	Thoas, mythical person related to Trojan War*
4835 -	1989 BQ	-
4836 Medon	1989 CK1	Medôn, mythical Greek warrior
4837 Bickerton	1989 ME	Alexander William Bickerton, New Zealand astronomer, Professor of Chemistry*
4838 Billmclaughlin	1989 NJ	William McLaughlin, American astronomer and space scientist formerly of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory †
4839 Daisetsuzan	1989 QG	Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group, Japan
4840 Otaynang	1989 UY	*
4841 Manjiro	1989 UO3	John Manjiro, Japanese traveller*
4842 Atsushi	1989 WK	Atsushi Takahashi, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 22503]
4843 Mégantic	1990 DR4	Mont Mégantic, observatory in Québec †
4844 Matsuyama	1991 BA2	Masanori Matsuyama, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 22503]
4845 Tsubetsu	1991 EC1	Tsubetsu, Hokkaidō, Japan
4846 Tuthmosis	6575 P-L	Thutmose, pharaoh*
4847 Amenhotep	6787 P-L	Amenhotep IV, pharaoh*
4848 Tutenchamun	3233 T-2	Tutankhamun, pharaoh*
4849 Ardenne	1936 QV	*
4850 Palestrina	1973 UJ5	Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Italian composer*
4851 Vodop'yanova	1976 US1	*
4852 Pamjones	1977 JD	*
4853 Marielukac	1979 ML	Marie R. Lukac, Staff member, US Naval Observatory [2]
4854 Edscott	1981 ED27	Edward R. D. Scott, American meteoriticist*
4855 Tenpyou	1982 VM5	Tenpyō, Japanese Era name from 729 through 749
4856 Seaborg	1983 LJ	Glenn Theodore Seaborg, American atomic scientist*
4857 Altgamia	1984 FM	*
4858 -	1985 UA	*
4859 Fraknoi	1986 TJ2	Andrew Fraknoi, American astronomer and author †
4860 Gubbio	1987 EP	Gubbio in Italy, site of the iridium anomaly of the K-T extinction boundary*
4861 Nemirovskij	1987 QU10	*
4862 Loke	1987 SJ5	Loke, Norse god of mischief [MPC 22504]
4863 Yasutani	1987 VH1	Keiki Yasutani, Japanese astronomical photographer [MPC 22504]
4864 -	1988 RA5	*
4865 Sor	1988 UJ	Fernando Sor, Spanish classical guitar composer*
4866 Badillo	1988 VB3	Father Victor L. Badillo, Filipino Jesuit astronomer, former director of the Manila Observatory, president of the Philippine Astronomical Society from 1972 to 1990, and honorary director of the Astronomical League of the Philippines † ‡ +
4867 Polites	1989 SZ	*
4868 Knushevia	1989 UN2	*
4869 Piotrovsky	1989 UE8	Boris B. Piotrovsky, Russian orientalist, director of the Hermitage †
4870 Shcherban'	1989 UK8	*
4871 Riverside	1989 WH1	Riverside Astronomical Society*
4872 Grieg	1989 YH7	Edvard Hagerup Grieg, Norwegian composer*
4873 Fukaya	1990 EC	Fukaya, Saitama, Japan
4874 Burke	1991 AW	James Burke, British science writer, author, television producer, and advisor to the Planetary Society †
4875 Ingalls	1991 DJ	Albert Graham Ingalls, American science editor and writer on amateur astronomy and telescope making, author of the classic Amateur Telescope Making or James Gregory Ingalls, American astronomer, or Richard P. Ingalls, American astronomer*
4876 Strabo	1133 T-2	Strabo, Greek historian and geographer*
4877 Humboldt	5066 T-2	*
4878 Gilhutton	1968 OF	Ricardo Gil-Hutton, Argentine astronomer †
4879 Zykina	1974 VG	Lyudmila Zykina, Soviet singer of folk songs, the favourite singer of Leonid Brezhnev*
4880 Tovstonogov	1975 TR4	Georgy Tovstonogov, Russian director, after whom a major theatre in St Petersburg is named*
4881 -	1975 XJ	*
4882 Divari	1977 QU2	Nikolai Borisovich Divari, Ukrainian astronomer*
4883 Korolirina	1978 RJ1	*
4884 Bragaria	1979 OK15	*
4885 Grange	1980 LU	*
4886 Kojima	1981 EZ14	Hideyasu Kojima, Japanese meteologist
4887 Takihiroi	1981 EV26	Takahiro Hiroi, Japanese planetary scientist*
4888 Doreen	1981 JX1	*
4889 Praetorius	1982 UW3	Michael Praetorius, German composer*
4890 Shikanosima	1982 VE4	Shikanosima, island in Japan [MPC 22504]
4891 Blaga	1984 GR	*
4892 Chrispollas	1985 TV2	Christian Pollas, French astronomer*
4893 Seitter	1986 PT4	Waltraut Carola Seitter, German astronomer †
4894 Ask	1986 RJ	Ask, the first man, in Norse mythology [MPC 22504]
4895 Embla	1986 TK4	Embla, the first woman, in Norse mythology [MPC 22504]
4896 Tomoegozen	1986 YA	Tomoe Gozen, Japanese female samurai
4897 -	1987 QD6	*
4898 Nishiizumi	1988 FJ	Kunihiko Nishiizumi, Japanese nuclear chemist
4899 Candace	1988 JU	*
4900 Maymelou	1988 ME	*
4901–5000
4901 -	1988 VJ	*
4902 Thessandrus	1989 AN2	Thessandrus, mythical person related to Trojan War*
4903 Ichikawa	1989 UD	Kiyotaka (or Seikou) Ichikawa, Japanese amateur astronomer*
4904 Makio	1989 WZ	Makio Akiyama, Japanese astronomer*
4905 Hiromi	1991 JM1	Hiromi Takahashi, wife of one of the discoverers [MPC 22504]
4906 Seneferu	2533 P-L	*
4907 Zoser	7618 P-L	*
4908 Ward	1933 SD	Steven Ward, electronics technician at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics [MPC 22504]
4909 Couteau	1949 SA1	Paul Couteau, French astronomer*
4910 Kawasato	1953 PR	Nobuhiro Kawasato, Japanese amateur astronomer [MPC 22504]
4911 Rosenzweig	1953 UD	Patricia Rosenzweig (Patricia Rosenzweig-Levy), Venezuelan astronomer*
4912 Emilhaury	1953 VX1	Emil Haury, American archaeologist*
4913 Wangxuan	1965 SO	Wang Xuan, 20th-century Chinese computer scientist †
4914 Pardina	1969 GD	*
4915 Solzhenitsyn	1969 TJ2	Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer*
4916 Brumberg	1970 PS	Viktor Aleksandrovich Brumberg, Russian astronomer*
4917 Yurilvovia	1973 SC6	*
4918 Rostropovich	1974 QU1	Mstislav Rostropovich, a Russian cellist and conductor † ‡
4919 Vishnevskaya	1974 SR1	Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian opera singer, wife of Mstislav Rostropovich †
4920 Gromov	1978 PY2	*
4921 Volonté	1980 SJ	Gian Maria Volonté, Italian actor †
4922 Leshin	1981 EH4	Laurie Leshin. Planetary geologist. Director of Sciences and Exploration at Goddard Space Flight Center beginning in August, 2005. † ‡
4923 Clarke	1981 EO27	Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, British-Sri Lankan science fiction author †
4924 Hiltner	1981 EQ40	William Albert Hiltner, American astronomer*
4925 -	1981 XH2	-
4926 Smoktunovskij	1982 ST6	Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Russian actor*
4927 O'Connell	1982 UP2	Daniel O'Connell, Irish politician † ‡
4928 Vermeer	1982 UG7	Vermeer van Delft, Dutch painter [MPC 22504] †
4929 Yamatai	1982 XV	Yamatai, region of ancient Japan [MPC 22504]
4930 Rephiltim	1983 AO2	*
4931 Tomsk	1983 CN3	Tomsk, Russia †
4932 Texstapa	1984 EA1	Texas Star Party, amateur astronomy gathering †
4933 -	1984 EN1	-
4934 Rhôneranger	1985 JJ	Named after Randall Graham, wine producer †
4935 Maslachkova	1985 PD2	*
4936 Butakov	1985 UY4	*
4937 Lintott	1986 CL1	Chris Lintott, British astronomer and public educator, co-presenter since 2004 of the long-standing BBC monthly television program The Sky at Night †
4938 -	1986 CQ1	*
4939 -	1986 QL1	*
4940 Polenov	1986 QY4	Vasilij Dmitrievich Polenov, Russian painter [MPC 22504]
4941 -	1986 UA	*
4942 -	1987 DU6	*
4943 Lac d'Orient	1987 OQ	Lac de la Forêt d'Orient, France, favourite vacation spot of the discoverer †
4944 Kozlovskij	1987 RP3	Ivan Semyonovich Kozlovskij, Russian opera singer [MPC 22504]
4945 Ikenozenni	1987 SJ	wife of Taira no Tadamori
4946 Askalaphus	1988 BW1	Askalaphus, mythical person related to Trojan War*
4947 Ninkasi	1988 TJ1	Ninkasi, Sumerian goddess of wine and beer
4948 -	1988 VF1	*
4949 -	1988 WE	*
4950 House	1988 XO1	*
4951 Iwamoto	1990 BM	Masayuki Iwamoto, Japanese amateur astronomer
4952 Kibeshigemaro	1990 FC1	Shigemaro Kibe, Japanese optical engineer
4953 -	1990 MU	*
4954 Eric	1990 SQ	*
4955 Gold	1990 SF2	Robert E. Gold, of the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University and contributor to the NEAR Shoemaker mission †
4956 Noymer	1990 VG1	*
4957 Brucemurray	1990 XJ	Bruce Murray, American planetary scientist, co-founder with Carl Sagan of the Planetary Society †
4958 Wellnitz	1991 NT1	Dennis D. Wellnitz, American astronomer †
4959 Niinoama	1991 PA1	wife of Taira no Kiyomori
4960 Mayo	4657 P-L	*
4961 Timherder	1958 TH1	Timothy Scott Herder, American deputy project manager of NASA's New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission †
4962 Vecherka	1973 TP	*
4963 Kanroku	1977 DR1	Kanroku, Pekche priest [MPC 22504]
4964 Kourovka	1979 OD15	*
4965 Takeda	1981 EP28	Hiroshi Takeda, Japanese meteologist
4966 Edolsen	1981 EO34	Edward John Olsen, American meteoriticist †
4967 Glia	1983 CF1	*
4968 Suzamur	1986 PQ	Suzanne Moss Murray, friend of the discoverer [MPC 22504]
4969 Lawrence	1986 TU	*
4970 Druyan	1988 VO2	Ann Druyan, author and producer, wife of Carl Sagan*
4971 Hoshinohiroba	1989 BY	Hoshinohiroba, Comet Observers Network in Japan [MPC 22504]
4972 Pachelbel	1989 UE7	Johann Pachelbel, German composer*
4973 Showa	1990 FT	Manufacturer of telescopes in Japan [MPC 21132]
4974 Elford	1990 LA	*
4975 Dohmoto	1990 SZ1	Yoshio Dohmoto, Japanese astronomer [MPC 22504]
4976 Choukyongchol	1991 PM	Kyong-Chol Chou, Korean astronomer
4977 Rauthgundis	2018 P-L	Rauthgundis Seitz, friend of the discoverers*
4978 Seitz	4069 T-2	Horstmar Seitz, friend of one of the discoverers [MPC 22505]
4979 Otawara	1949 PQ	Akira Otawara, Japanese photo artist and writer [MPC 22505]
4980 Magomaev	1974 SP1	Muslim Magomayev, Soviet crooner and opera singer*
4981 Sinyavskaya	1974 VS	Tamara Sinyavskaya, Soviet opera singer, wife of Muslim Magomayev*
4982 Bartini	1977 PE1	*
4983 Schroeteria	1977 RD7	Johann Hieronymus Schröter, German astronomer † ‡
4984 -	1978 VU10	*
4985 Fitzsimmons	1979 QK4	Alan Fitzsimmons, Irish astronomer †
4986 Osipovia	1979 SL7	*
4987 Flamsteed	1980 FH12	Ethelwin ("Win") Frances Flamsteed Moffatt, of South Australia, a direct descendant of the brother of the first Astronomer Royal of England, Rev. John Flamsteed † ‡
4988 Chushuho	1980 VU1	Chu, Shu Ho David, Hong Kong physical educator, promoter of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing †
4989 Joegoldstein	1981 DX1	Joseph I. Goldstein, American meteoriticist*
4990 Trombka	1981 ET26	Jacob Israel Trombka, American physicist †
4991 Hansuess	1981 EU29	Hans Eduard Suess, Austrian-born American geochemist*
4992 Kálmán	1982 UX10	Emmerich Kalman (Imre Kálmán), Hungarian composer † ‡ +
4993 Cossard	1983 GR	Guido Cossard, Italian archaeoastronomer †
4994 Kisala	1983 RK3	Rachel Kisala, Physics and Astronomy Major, worked for Dr. Brian Marsden at the Minor Planet Center, at the Harvard/Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, MA. [3]
4995 Griffin	1984 QR	Griffin Swanson, son of the discoverer †
4996 Veisberg	1986 PX5	Vladimir Grigor'evich Veisberg, Russian painter [MPC 22505]
4997 Ksana	1986 TM	Kseniya Andréevna Nessler, friend of the discoverer [MPC 22505]
4998 Kabashima	1986 VG	Fujio Kabashima, Japanese amateur astronomer
4999 MPC	1987 CJ	Minor Planet Circulars, Minor Planet Center †
5000 IAU	1987 QN7	International Astronomical Union †

Preceded by 4,001–4,500

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 4,501–5,000

Succeeded by 5,001–5,500