Meanings of minor planet names: 3401–3500

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Name	Provisional designation	Source of name
3401 Vanphilos	1981 PA	Named by G. V. Williams in honor of his friends Vanessa Hall and Philip Osborne
3402 Wisdom	1981 PB	Jack Wisdom, American astronomer*
3403 Tammy	1981 SW	*
3404 Hinderer	1934 CY	Fritz Hinderer, German astronomer*
3405 Daiwensai	1964 UQ	Wen-Sai Dai, Chinese astronomer*
3406 Omsk	1969 DA	Omsk, Russia †
3407 Jimmysimms	1973 DT	James A. C. Simms III, American system administrator [MPC 34618]
3408 Shalamov	1977 QG4	Varlam Tikhonovich Shalamov, Soviet writer †
3409 Abramov	1977 RE6	Fyodor Abramov, Soviet writer †
3410 Vereshchagin	1978 SZ7	Vasili Vasilyevich Vereshchagin, Russian painter †
3411 Debetencourt	1980 LK	*
3412 Kafka	1983 AU2	Franz Kafka, German-Czech writer
3413 Andriana	1983 CB3	*
3414 Champollion	1983 DJ	Jean-François Champollion, French linguist
3415 Danby	1928 SL	Anthony Danby (John Michael Anthony Danby), British-born mathematician formerly of North Carolina State University †
3416 Dorrit	1931 VP	Dorrit Hoffleit, American astronomer
3417 Tamblyn	1937 GG	Peter Tamblyn, American astronomer [1]
3418 Izvekov	1973 QZ1	Vladimir Andreevich Izvekov, Soviet astronomer † ‡
3419 Guth	1981 JZ	Vladimír Guth, Slovak astronomer †
3420 Standish	1984 EB	E Myles Standish Jr, American astronomer, Caltech/JPL
3421 Yangchenning	1975 WK1	Yang Zhenning (Chen Ning Franklin Yang), Chinese-American physicist
3422 Reid	1978 OJ	*
3423 Slouka	1981 CK	Hubert Slouka, Czech astronomer †
3424 Nušl	1982 CD	František Nušl, Czech astronomer and mathematician †
3425 Hurukawa	1929 BD	Kiichiro Hurukawa, Japanese astronomer
3426 Seki	1932 CQ	Tsutomu Seki, Japanese astronomer*
3427 Szentmártoni	1938 AD	Béla Szentmártoni, Hungarian amateur astronomer † ‡ ┼
3428 Roberts	1952 JH	Walter Orr Roberts, American astronomer and atmospheric physicist*
3429 Chuvaev	1974 SU1	Konstantin Konstantinovich Chuvaev, Soviet astronomer †
3430 Bradfield	1980 TF4	William A. Bradfield, Australian amateur astronomer*
3431 Nakano	1984 QC	Syuichi Nakano, Japanese astronomer
3432 Kobuchizawa	1986 EE	Kobuchizawa Observatory in Japan which contributes asteroid (Near Earth Objects) observations to the Minor Planet Center
3433 Fehrenbach	1963 TJ1	Charles Fehrenbach, French astronomer*
3434 Hurless	1981 VO	Carolyn Hurless, American amateur astronomer
3435 Boury	1981 XC2	Arsène Boury, Belgian astronomer*
3436 Ibadinov	1976 SS3	Hursandkul Ibadinov, Tajik astronomer †
3437 Kapitsa	1982 UZ5	Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa, Russian physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1978 †
3438 Inarradas	1974 SD5	*
3439 Lebofsky	1983 RL2	Larry Allen Lebofsky, or Marcia Jean Lebofsky, both American astronomers*
3440 Stampfer	1950 DD	Simon Stampfer, Austrian geodesist and astronomer, pioneer of cinematography*
3441 Pochaina	1969 TS1	Pochaina, a tributary of the Dnieper in the Ukraine
3442 Yashin	1978 TO7	Lev Yashin, Soviet goalkeeper
3443 Leetsungdao	1979 SB1	Tsung-Dao Lee, Chinese American physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics*
3444 Stepanian	1980 RJ2	Jivan A. Stepanian, Armenian astronomer*
3445 Pinson	1983 FC	William H. Pinson, American geochemist*
3446 Combes	1942 EB	Michel-Alain Combes, French astronomer
3447 Burckhalter	1956 SC	Charles Burckhalter, American astronomer*
3448 Narbut	1977 QA5	*
3449 Abell	1978 VR9	George O. Abell, American astronomer*
3450 Dommanget	1983 QJ	Jean Dommanget, Belgian astronomer*
3451 Mentor	1984 HA1	Mentor, mythological Greek king, son of Imbrus at Pedaseus, father of Imbrius, ally of the Trojans †
3452 Hawke	1980 OA	Bernard Ray Hawke, American planetary geologist*
3453 Dostoevsky	1981 SS5	Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian writer
3454 Lieske	1981 WB1	Jay Henry Lieske, American astronomer*
3455 Kristensen	1985 QC	Leif Kahl Kristensen, Danish astronomer*
3456 Etiennemarey	1985 RS2	Étienne-Jules Marey, French surgeon, physiologist, inventor of the chronophotograph, pioneer of cinematography, contemporary of Eadweard Muybridge
3457 Arnenordheim	1985 RA3	Arne Nordheim, Norwegian composer*
3458 Boduognat	1985 RT3	Boduognat or Boduognatus, leader of the Nervii in Gaul who, with the Atrebates and Viromandui, fought Julius Caesar in 57 BC
3459 Bodil	1986 GB	*
3460 Ashkova	1973 QB2	*
3461 Mandelshtam	1977 SA1	Osip Mandelstam, Soviet poet †
3462 Zhouguangzhao	1981 UA10	Zhou Guangzhao
3463 Kaokuen	1981 XJ2	Charles K. Kao
3464 Owensby	1983 BA	*
3465 Trevires	1984 SQ5	*
3466 Ritina	1975 EA6	discoverer's daughter Margarita, who was also an astronomer at CrAO †
3467 Bernheim	1981 SF2	Robert Burnham, Jr. †
3468 Urgenta	1975 AM	*
3469 Bulgakov	1982 UL7	Mikhail Bulgakov, Soviet writer †
3470 Yaronika	1975 ES	discoverer's son Yaroslav, who also works at CrAO†
3471 Amelin	1977 QK2	Valentin Mikhailovich Amelin, Soviet geodesist †
3472 Upgren	1981 EJ10	Arthur Reinhold Upgren, American astronomer*
3473 Sapporo	A924 EG	Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan*
3474 Linsley	1962 HE	*
3475 Fichte	1972 TD	Hubert Fichte, German writer [MPC 34618]
3476 Dongguan	1978 UF2	Dongguan, China
3477 Kazbegi	1979 KH	Mount Kazbek, on the border between Georgia and Russia
3478 Fanale	1979 XG	Fraser Partington Fanale, American planetary geologist*
3479 Malaparte	1980 TQ	Curzio Malaparte (Kurt (Erich) Suckert), Italian writer †
3480 Abante	1981 GB	*
3481 Xianglupeak	1982 DS6	Xianglu Peak ("Incense Burner Peak", 557 m), highest point of the Fragrant Hill Park, northwest of Beijing, China †
3482 Lesnaya	1975 VY4	village Lesnaya, near which Swedes were defeated by the Russian army in the Battle of Lesnaya †
3483 Svetlov	1976 YP2	Mikhail Arkadyevich Svetlov, Soviet poet †
3484 Neugebauer	1978 NE	Paul Victor Neugebauer, German astronomer or Otto Neugebauer, historian of astronomy, or Marcia Neugebauer, American astronomer*
3485 Barucci	1983 NU	Maria Antonietta Barucci, Italian astronomer*
3486 Fulchignoni	1984 CR	Marcello Fulchignoni, Italian astronomer
3487 Edgeworth	1978 UF	Kenneth Essex Edgeworth, Irish engineer [MPC 34618]
3488 Brahic	1980 PM	André Brahic, French astronomer*
3489 Lottie	1983 AT2	*
3490 Šolc	1984 SV	Ivan Šolc, Czech inventor †
3491 Fridolin	1984 SM4	Fridolin Becker, Swiss cartographer or Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss politician or Saint Fridolin (Fridolin von Säckingen), Irish missionary*
3492 Petra-Pepi	1985 DQ	Daughter of the discoverer [MPC 21955] †
3493 Stepanov	1976 GR6	Vladimir Yevgenyevich Stepanov, Soviet physicist †
3494 Purple Mountain	1980 XW	Purple Mountain Observatory, China
3495 Colchagua	1981 NU	Colchagua Province, Chile †
3496 Arieso	1977 RC	name consists of acronyms of Astronomisches Rechen-Institut and the European Southern Observatory †
3497 Innanen	1941 HJ	Kimmo Innanen, Finnish-Canadian astronomer †
3498 Belton	1981 EG14	Michael James Scott Belton, astronomer †
3499 Hoppe	1981 VW1	Johannes Hoppe, German astronomer, or Peter Hoppe, German planetary scientist*
3500 Kobayashi	A919 SD	Takao Kobayashi, astronomer*

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