Meanings of minor planet names: 8001–8500

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.

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

Contents: 8001... 8101... 8201... 8301... 8401...

Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
8001–8100
8001 Ramsden	1986 TR3	Jesse Ramsden, British inventor of navigational instruments †
8003 Kelvin	1987 RJ	William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, British physicist †
8005 Albinadubois	1988 MJ	Albina du Boisrouvray, French philanthropist †
8006 Tacchini	1988 QU	Pietro Tacchini, Italian astronomer, founder of the Italian Society of Spectroscopists, the forerunner of the Societá Astronomica Italiana (Italian Astronomical Society) †
8009 Béguin	1989 BA1	Jean Béguin, French chemist*
8010 Böhnhardt	1989 GB1	Hermann Böhnhardt, German astronomer †
8011 Saijokeiichi	1989 WG7	*
8013 Gordonmoore	1990 KA	Gordon Earl Moore, American physicist and businessman*
8019 Karachkina	1990 TH12	Lyudmila Georgievna Karachkina, Ukrainian astronomer, wife of Yurii Vasilievich Karachkin, physics teacher, after whom 8089 Yukar was named
8020 Erzgebirge	1990 TV13	The Ore Mountains (Erzgebirge) of Saxony and Bohemia †
8021 Walter	1990 UO2	*
8034 Akka	1992 LR	*
8036 Maehara	1992 UG4	*
8039 Grandprism	1993 RB16	*
8040 Utsumikazuhiko	1993 SY3	*
8041 Masumoto	1993 VR2	*
8043 Fukuhara	1994 XE1	*
8044 Tsuchiyama	1994 YT	*
8045 Kamiyama	1995 AW	*
8046 Ajiki	1995 BU	*
8047 Akikinoshita	1995 BT3	*
8048 Andrle	1995 DB1	Pavel Andrle, Czech astronomer †
8050 Beishida	1996 ST	*
8051 Pistoria	1997 PP4	Pistoia, Italy †‡
8052 Novalis	2093 P-L	Novalis, German author*
8053 Kleist	4082 P-L	Heinrich von Kleist, German poet and novelist*
8054 Brentano	4581 P-L	Clemens Brentano, German poet and novelist*
8055 Arnim	5004 P-L	Achim von Arnim, German poet and novelist*
8056 Tieck	6038 P-L	Ludwig Tieck, German poet*
8057 Hofmannsthal	4034 T-1	Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian poet and novelist*
8058 Zuckmayer	3241 T-3	Carl Zuckmayer, German writer †
8059 Deliyannis	1957 JP	*
8060 Anius	1973 SD1	*
8061 Gaudium	1975 UF	*
8062 Okhotsymskij	1977 EZ	*
8064 Lisitsa	1978 RR	*
8065 Nakhodkin	1979 FD3	*
8066 Poldimeri	1980 PB2	*
8067 Helfenstein	1980 RU	Paul Helfenstein, American astronomer †
8071 Simonelli	1981 GO	Damon Paul Simonelli, American astronomer †
8072 Yojikondo	1981 GO1	Yoji Kondo, NASA physicist*
8073 Johnharmon	1982 BS	John Harmon, scientist at Arecibo Observatory †
8074 Slade	1984 WC2	Martin Slade, scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory †
8075 Roero	1985 PE	*
8077 Hoyle	1986 AW2	Sir Fred Hoyle, British astronomer*
8078 Carolejordan	1986 RS2	Carole Jordan, astrophysicist*
8079 Bernardlovell	1986 XF1	Sir Bernard Lovell, British radio-astronomer*
8080 Intel	1987 WU2	Intel, computer component manufacturer*
8081 Leopardi	1988 DD	Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet*
8082 Haynes	1988 NR	*
8083 Mayeda	1988 VB	Shizuo Mayeda, Japanese amateur astronomer*
8084 Dallas	1989 CL1	Dallas, Texas*
8086 Peterthomas	1989 RB6	Peter Chew Thomas, American astronomer †
8087 Kazutaka	1989 WA2	*
8088 Australia	1990 SL27	Australia*
8089 Yukar	1990 TW7	Yurii Vasil'evich Karachkin, physics teacher at the school attached to the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. Yurii is the husband of astronomer Lyudmila Georgievna Karachkina, after whom 8019 Karachkina is named
8096 Emilezola	1993 OW3	Émile Zola, French writer †
8097 Yamanishi	1993 RE	*
8098 Miyamotoatsushi	1993 SH2	Atsushi Miyamoto, Japanese astronomer*
8100 Nobeyama	1993 XF	Nobeyama Radio Observatory, operated by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan*
8101–8200
8101 Yasue	1993 XK1	*
8102 Yoshikazu	1994 AQ2	*
8103 Fermi	1994 BE	Enrico Fermi, physicist*
8104 Kumamori	1994 BW4	*
8106 Carpino	1994 YB	Mario Carpino, Italian astronomer †
8108 Wieland	1995 BC16	Christoph Martin Wieland, German poet*
8110 Heath	1995 DE2	*
8111 Hoepli	1995 GE	Ulrico Hoepli, Italian publisher, who donated a planetarium to the city of Milan †
8112 Cesi	1995 JJ	Federico Cesi, founder of the Accademia dei Lincei*
8113 Matsue	1996 HD1	*
8114 Lafcadio	1996 HZ1	Lafcadio Hearn, author*
8115 Sakabe	1996 HB2	*
8116 Jeanperrin	1996 HA15	Jean Baptiste Perrin, French physicist †
8117 Yuanlongping	1996 SD1	*
8120 Kobe	1997 VT	*
8121 Altdorfer	2572 P-L	Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter of the Renaissance*
8122 Holbein	4038 P-L	Hans Holbein the Younger, German artist*
8123 Canaletto	3138 T-1	Canaletto, Venetian artist*
8124 Guardi	4370 T-1	Francesco Guardi, Italian painter of the Rococo period*
8125 Tyndareus	5493 T-2	Tyndareus, mythological Spartan king*
8126 Chanwainam	1966 BL	Chan Wainam, Chinese educator and charity worker †
8127 Beuf	1967 HA	Francisco Beuf, 19th-century French astronomer, who participated in the organization of the Argentinian Navy School and the La Plata Observatory, of which he was the first director †
8128 Nicomachus	1967 JP	Nicomachus, Greek mathematician*
8130 Seeberg	1976 DJ1	*
8131 Scanlon	1976 SC	Leo Scanlon Amateur Astronomer, co-founder of the Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh, or AAAP. Member of the Academy of Science and Art of Pittsburgh.*
8132 Vitginzburg	1976 YA6	Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg, Russian physicist and Nobelist †
8133 Takanochoei	1977 DX3	*
8134 Minin	1978 SQ7	*
8137 Kvíz	1979 SJ	Zdeněk Kvíz, Czech astronomer †
8141 Nikolaev	1982 SO4	*
8142 Zolotov	1982 UR6	*
8143 Nezval	1982 VN	Vítezslav Nezval, 20th-century Czech poet, founder of the Poetism movement and later founder of the surrealist group of Czechoslovakia †
8144 Hiragagennai	1982 VY2	*
8145 Valujki	1983 RY4	*
8146 Jimbell	1983 WG	James Francis Bell, American astronomer †
8147 Colemanhawkins	1984 SU3	Coleman Hawkins, jazz musician*
8149 Ruff	1985 JN1	*
8150 Kaluga	1985 QL4	*
8151 Andranada	1986 PK6	*
8154 Stahl	1988 CQ7	*
8155 Battaglini	1988 QA	Giuseppe Battaglini, Italian mathematician*
8156 Tsukada	1988 TR	*
8158 Herder	1989 UH7	Johann Gottfried von Herder, German poet, theologian and philosopher*
8159 Fukuoka	1990 BE1	*
8161 Newman	1990 QP3	*
8163 Ishizaki	1990 UF2	Masako Ishizaki, amateur astronomer*
8164 Andreasdoppler	1990 UO3	Andreas Doppler, Minor Planet Center Associate and amateur astronomer at the Archenhold Observatory †
8165 Gnädig	1990 WQ3	Arno Gnädig, German amateur astronomer at the Archenhold Observatory † ‡
8166 Buczynski	1991 AH1	Denis Buczynski, British amateur astronomer †
8167 Ishii	1991 CM3	*
8168 Rogerbourke	1991 FK1	Roger Bourke*
8169 Mirabeau	1991 PO2	Mirabeau, French writer, orator and statesman*
8171 Stauffenberg	1991 RV3	Claus von Stauffenberg, German aristocrat and Wehrmacht officer, one of the leading figures in the plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler*
8175 Boerhaave	1991 VV5	Herman Boerhaave, Dutch physician and anatomist †
8181 Rossini	1992 ST26	Gioachino Rossini, Italian composer
8182 Akita	1992 TX	*
8184 Luderic	1992 WL	Child of astronomer Alain Maury*
8187 Akiramisawa	1992 XL	*
8188 Okegaya	1992 YE3	Okegaya Marsh, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan †
8189 Naruke	1992 YG3	*
8190 Bouguer	1993 ON9	Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician*
8191 Mersenne	1993 OX9	Marin Mersenne, French theologian and mathematician*
8192 Tonucci	1993 RB	Guiseppe Tonucci, Italian cyclist
8193 Ciaurro	1993 SF	*
8194 Satake	1993 SB1	*
8197 Mizunohiroshi	1993 VX	*
8199 Takagitakeo	1993 XR	*
8200 Souten	1994 AY1	*
8201–8300
8202 Gooley	1994 CX2	*
8203 Jogolehmann	1994 CP10	*
8204 Takabatake	1994 GC1	*
8205 Van Dijck	1994 PE10	Anthony Van Dyck, Flemish painter
8206 Masayuki	1994 WK1	*
8207 Suminao	1994 YS1	*
8208 Volta	1995 DL2	Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist †
8210 NANTEN	1995 EH	*
8212 Naoshigetani	1995 EF1	*
8214 Mirellalilli	1995 FH	Mirella Lilli, Italian wife of the discoverer, on the occasion of their twentieth wedding anniversary (2007 August) †
8216 Melosh	1995 FX14	Jay Melosh, geophysicist and planetary scientist*
8217 Dominikhašek	1995 HC	Dominik Hašek, hockey player*
8218 Hosty	1996 JH	*
8220 Nanyou	1996 JD1	*
8221 La Condamine	1996 NA4	Charles Marie de La Condamine, French geographer and mathematician*
8222 Gellner	1996 OX	František Gellner, Czech poet †
8223 Bradshaw	1996 PD	*
8224 Fultonwright	1996 PE	Fulton Wright?*
8225 Emerson	1996 QC	David Emerson, 1943–1996, astrophysicist at the Department of Astronomy, University of Edinburgh.*
8229 Kozelský	1996 YU2	*
8230 Perona	1997 TW16	*
8231 Tetsujiyamada	1997 TX17	*
8232 Akiramizuno	1997 UW3	*
8233 Asada	1997 VZ2	*
8234 Nobeoka	1997 VK8	Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan*
8235 Fragonard	2096 P-L	Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter*
8236 Gainsborough	4040 P-L	Thomas Gainsborough, British artist*
8237 Constable	7581 P-L	John Constable, British artist*
8238 Courbet	4232 T-1	*
8239 Signac	1153 T-2	*
8240 Matisse	4172 T-2	Henri Matisse, French artist*
8241 Agrius	1973 SE1	*
8244 Mikolaichuk	1975 TO2	*
8246 Kotov	1979 QT8	*
8248 Gurzuf	1979 TV2	*
8249 Gershwin	1980 GG	George Gershwin, composer †
8250 Cornell	1980 RP	Cornell University †
8251 Isogai	1980 VA	*
8256 Shenzhou	1981 UZ9	Shenzhou spacecraft †
8257 Andycheng	1982 HO1	Andrew F. Cheng, of the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University and contributor to the NEAR Shoemaker mission †
8261 Ceciliejulie	1985 RD	Cecilie Ida and Julie Liv Cetti Hansen, twin daughters of Danish astrophysicist Anja C. Andersen (see 8820) †
8262 Carcich	1985 RG	Brian Carcich, systems programmer with the Department of Astronomy at Cornell University, member of the Galileo Imaging Team and NEAR Shoemaker imaging †
8266 Bertelli	1986 TC	*
8268 Goerdeler	1987 SQ10	Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, German politician, opponent of the Nazi regime, who was arrested and tortured by the Gestapo and executed in Berlin in February 1945*
8269 Calandrelli	1988 QB	Ignazio Calandrelli, Italian astronomer*
8270 Winslow	1989 JF	*
8273 Apatheia	1989 WB2	*
8274 Soejima	1990 TJ1	*
8275 Inca	1990 VR8	The Inca people of South America*
8276 Shigei	1991 FL	*
8279 Cuzco	1991 PN7	Cuzco, Peru*
8282 Delp	1991 RR40	*
8284 Cranach	1991 TT13	Lucas Cranach the Elder, Dutch artist*
8286 Kouji	1992 EK1	*
8289 An-Eefje	1992 JQ3	An Marchal (age 17) and Eefje Lambrechts (age 19), two victims of Marc Dutroux*
8291 Bingham	1992 RV1	Hiram Bingham III, explorer*
8294 Takayuki	1992 UM3	*
8295 Toshifukushima	1992 UN4	*
8296 Miyama	1993 AD	*
8297 Gérardfaure	1993 QJ4	Gérard Fauré, French amateur astronomer †
8298 Loubna	1993 SQ10	Loubna Mahjoubi (age 9), victim of Ali Madani in Oujda, Morocco*
8299 Téaleoni	1993 TP24	Téa Leoni, actress*
8300 Iga	1994 AO2	*
8301–8400
8301 Haseyuji	1995 BG2	*
8302 Kazukin	1995 CY	*
8303 Miyaji	1995 CO1	*
8304 Ryomichico	1995 DJ1	*
8305 Teika	1995 DQ1	*
8306 Shoko	1995 DY1	*
8307 Peltan	1995 EN	The Peltans, the family of discoverer Jana Tichá (née Peltanová) †
8308 Julie-Mélissa	1996 HD13	Julie Lejeune and Mélissa Russo (both age 8), two victims of Marc Dutroux*
8310 Seelos	1996 PL2	*
8311 Zhangdaning	1996 TV1	*
8313 Christiansen	1996 YU1	*
8314 Tsuji	1997 US8	*
8315 Bajin	1997 WA22	Ba Jin, Chinese anarchist author*
8316 Wolkenstein	3002 P-L	*
8317 Eurysaces	4523 P-L	Eurysaces, Greek Homeric hero*
8318 Averroes	1306 T-2	Averroes, Islamic philosopher*
8319 Antiphanes	3365 T-2	Antiphanes, Greek dramatist*
8320 van Zee	1955 RV	*
8321 Akim	1977 EX	*
8322 Kononovich	1978 RL1	Edvard Vladimirovich Kononovich, Russian astrophysicist*
8323 Krimigis	1979 UH	Stamatios ("Tom") Krimigis, Greek-born American physicist, Head of the Space Department of The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory ‡
8326 Paulkling	1981 JS2	Paul Kling, violinist and survivor of Theresienstadt*
8327 Weihenmayer	1981 JE3	Erik Weihenmayer, first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest*
8328 Uyttenhove	1981 QQ2	Jozef Uyttenhove, Belgian (Flemish) physicist and historian of the exact sciences †
8329 Speckman	1982 FP3	Mark Speckman, American handicapped football coach †
8330 Fitzroy	1982 FX3	Robert FitzRoy, 19th-century British Naval Officer, hydrographer and meteorologist, captain of the HMS Beagle, governor of New Zealand, founder of the British Meteorological Office †
8331 Dawkins	1982 KK1	Richard Dawkins, British evolutionary biologist †
8332 Ivantsvetaev	1982 TL2	Ivan Vladimirovich Tsvetaev, Russian art critic*
8335 Sarton	1984 DD1	George Alfred Leon Sarton, Belgian-born American mathematician and author, founder of the magazines Isis and Osiris †
8336 Šafařík	1984 SK1	Vojtěch Šafařík, Czech astronomer and his wife Paulína Šafaříková †
8338 Ralhan	1985 FE3	Philip Ralhan Bidstrup, Danish physicist †
8339 Kosovichia	1985 RM6	*
8340 Mumma	1985 TS1	Michael J. Mumma, planetary scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center*
8343 Tugendhat	1986 TG3	Villa Tugendhat, Brno, Czech Republic; architectural landmark †
8344 Babette	1987 BB	Babette ("Babbie") Whipple, née Samelson, American teacher, researcher, psychotherapist, and wife of astronomer Fred L. Whipple †
8345 Ulmerspatz	1987 BO1	*
8347 Lallaward	1987 HK	Lalla Ward, British actress and wife of Richard Dawkins. Best known for her role as Romana in the long-running British sci-fi TV series Doctor Who*
8348 Bhattacharyya	1988 BX	Jagadish Chandra Bhattacharyya, Indian astronomer, director of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics in Bangalore, instrumental in the completion of the 2.3-m Vainu Bappu telescope †
8353 Megryan	1989 GC4	Meg Ryan, American actress*
8356 Wadhwa	1989 RO2	*
8357 O'Connor	1989 SC1	*
8358 Rickblakley	1989 VN5	Rick Blakley?*
8367 Bokusui	1990 UL2	Bokusui Wakayama, Japanese poet*
8370 Vanlindt	1991 RK11	*
8371 Goven	1991 TJ14	*
8373 Stephengould	1992 AB	Stephen Jay Gould, evolutionary biologist*
8374 Horohata	1992 AK1	*
8375 Kenzokohno	1992 AP1	Kenzo Kohno, amateur astronomer*
8377 Elmerreese	1992 SD1	*
8378 Sweeney	1992 SN1	*
8379 Straczynski	1992 SW10	J. Michael Straczynski, science fiction writer*
8380 Tooting	1992 SW17	*
8381 Hauptmann	1992 SO24	Gerhart Hauptmann, German dramatist*
8382 Mann	1992 SQ26	Thomas Mann, German novelist*
8386 Vanvinckenroye	1993 BB6	*
8387 Fujimori	1993 DO	Kenichi Fujimori, Japanese astronomer*
8391 Kring	1993 HH3	David Kring, American Geophysicist and Planetary Scientist*
8393 Tetsumasakamoto	1993 TJ1	*
8395 Rembaut	1993 TQ23	*
8397 Chiakitanaka	1993 XO	*
8398 Rubbia	1993 XY	Carlo Rubbia, Italian physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1984*
8399 Wakamatsu	1994 AD	*
8400 Tomizo	1994 AQ	*
8401–8500
8401 Assirelli	1994 DA	Giuseppe Assirelli, Italian photographer †
8403 Minorushimizu	1994 JG	Shimizu Minoru?*
8405 Asbolus	1995 GO	Asbolus, mythological Greek centaur*
8406 Iwaokusano	1995 HJ	Japanese amateur astronomer Kusano Iwao（草野 磐） *
8407 Houlahan	1995 ON	*
8408 Strom	1995 SX12	Robert G. Strom, American Planetary Scientist*
8409 Valentaugustus	1995 WB43	Valentin Augustus Weber, 19th-century German-American stained-glass designer and constructor and mahogany furniture builder, grandfather of the discovery team leader †
8410 Hiroakiohno	1996 QZ1	*
8411 Celso	1996 TO	*
8413 Kawakami	1996 TV10	*
8414 Atsuko	1996 TW10	*
8416 Okada	1996 VB8	*
8417 Lancetaylor	1996 VG8	Lance Taylor, science educator †
8418 Mogamigawa	1996 VS30	*
8419 Terumikazumi	1996 VK38	Kazumi Terumi? *
8420 Angrogna	1996 WQ	Angrogna, a town in the Province of Turin in the Piedmont region of Italy
8421 Montanari	1996 XA9	Geminiano Montanari, Italian mathematician
8422 Mohorovičić	1996 XJ26	Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian seismologist †
8423 Macao	1997 AO22	Macau*
8424 Toshitsumita	1997 CP	*
8425 Zirankexuejijin	1997 CJ29	*
8428 Okiko	1997 VJ8	Okiko Seki, wife of the discoverer, Tsutomu Seki*
8430 Florey	1997 YB5	Howard Walter Florey, pathologist who shared the 1945 Nobel Prize for physiology and medicine
8431 Haseda	1997 YQ13	Haseda Katsumi, Japanese amateur astronomer †
8432 Tamakasuga	1997 YD18	*
8433 Brachyrhynchus	2561 P-L	Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)*
8434 Columbianus	6571 P-L	Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)*
8435 Anser	6643 P-L	One of the goose genera*
8436 Leucopsis	2259 T-1	Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)*
8437 Bernicla	3057 T-1	Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)*
8438 Marila	4825 T-1	Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)*
8439 Albellus	2034 T-2	Smew (Mergellus albellus)*
8440 Wigeon	1017 T-3	Wigeon (Anas penelope)*
8441 Lapponica	4008 T-3	Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)*
8442 Ostralegus	4237 T-3	Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)*
8443 Svecica	4343 T-3	Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)*
8444 Popovich	1969 TR1	Pavel Romanovich Popovich, Russian cosmonaut*
8445 Novotroitskoe	1973 QG2	This minor planet is being named on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the signing of the friendship agreement between Novotroitskoe, the district center of the Chersonian region in Ukraine, and the town of Genichesk,Ukraine.
8446 Tazieff	1973 SB6	Haroun Tazieff, French vulcanologist*
8447 Cornejo	1974 OE	Antonio Cornejo, Argentinian founder and director of the Galileo Galilei planetarium in Buenos Aires †
8448 Belyakina	1976 UT1	*
8449 Maslovets	1977 EO1	*
8450 Egorov	1977 QL1	*
8451 Gaidai	1977 RY6	*
8452 Clay	1978 WB	*
8470 Dudinskaya	1982 SA4	Natalya Dudinskaya, Russian ballerina*
8471 Obrant	1983 RX4	*
8472 Tarroni	1983 TC	Gino Tarroni, Italian amateur astronomer
8474 Rettig	1985 GA1	*
8475 Vsevoivanov	1985 PC2	*
8477 Andrejkiselev	1986 RF7	*
8485 Satoru	1989 FL	Satoru Honda, wife of astronomer Minoru Honda*
8488 d'Argens	1989 SR1	Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, marquis d'Argens, French writer and philosopher*
8489 Boulder	1989 TA3	Boulder, Colorado, USA*
8491 Joelle-gilles	1989 YL5	*
8492 Kikuoka	1990 BZ	Hidekazu Kikuoka, amateur astronomer*
8493 Yachibozu	1990 BY1	Yachibozu (tussocks), often seen in the Kushiro Marsh on the island of Hokkaido †
8494 Edpatvega	1990 OT4	*
8496 Jandlsmith	1990 QO3	*
8498 Ufa	1990 RM17	*
8500 Hori	1990 TU	*

Preceded by 7,501–8,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 8,001–8,500

Succeeded by 8,501–9,000