Meanings of minor planet names: 1–1000
Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for Ref · Catalog
801 Helwerthia 1915 WQ Elise Helwerth-Wolf ( 1840-1924 ) , mother of the discoverer Max Wolf ; also see ( 412 ) DMP · 801
802 Epyaxa 1915 WR Epyaxa , queen of Syennesis , wife to King of Cilicia in South Asia Minor in the 5th century BCE DMP · 802
803 Picka 1915 WS Friedrich Pick ( 1867-1921 ) , a Czech physician from Prague who first introduced endoscopy in medicine DMP · 803
804 Hispania 1915 WT The country of Spain , named by its Latin name , Hispania . It was the first discovery of an asteroid ever made in Spain DMP · 804
805 Hormuthia 1915 WW Hormuth Kopff , wife of German astronomer August Kopff , assistant to the discoverer , Max Wolf DMP · 805
806 Gyldénia 1915 WX Hugo Gyldén ( 1841-1896 ) , Swedish astronomer at Stockholm Observatory DMP · 806
807 Ceraskia 1915 WY Vitold Cerasky ( 1849-1925 ) , also known as Vitol 'd Karlovic Tseraskiy , a Russian astronomer and director at the Moscow Observatory ( 105 ) . The lunar crater Tseraskiy is named after him . His wife , Lidiya Tseraskaya was also an astronomer DMP · 807
808 Merxia 1901 GY Adalbert Merx , the father-in-law of Max Wolf . The discovery was made by his assistant Luigi Carnera at Heidelberg DMP · 808
809 Lundia 1915 XP Lund Observatory , located in Lund , southern Sweden DMP · 809
810 Atossa 1915 XQ Atossa ( 550-475 BC ) , ancient Persian queen , daughter of Cyrus , wife of Darius DMP · 810
811 Nauheima 1915 XR The town of Bad Nauheim in Hesse , Germany DMP · 811
812 Adele 1915 XV Adele , character in the operetta Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss ( 1825-1899 ) DMP · 812
813 Baumeia 1915 YR H. Baum , a German student of astronomy at Heidelberg University who died in World War I DMP · 813
814 Tauris 1916 YT Tauris , ancient name of the Crimean peninsula ( Schmadel says Tauric Mount , but there is no such mountain ) DMP · 814
815 Coppelia 1916 YU The comic ballet Coppélia by composer Léo Delibes ( 1836-1891 ) based upon a story by E. T. A. Hoffmann ( 1776-1822 ) DMP · 815
816 Juliana 1916 YV Queen Juliana of the Netherlands ( 1909-2004 ) DMP · 816
817 Annika 1916 YW Unknown origin of name DMP · 817
818 Kapteynia 1916 YZ Jacobus Kapteyn ( 1851-1922 ) , Dutch astronomer DMP · 818
819 Barnardiana 1916 ZA Edward Emerson Barnard ( 1857-1923 ) , American astronomer DMP · 819
820 Adriana 1916 ZB Unknown origin of name DMP · 820
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