Meanings of minor planet names: 18001–19000
Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for Ref · Catalog
18301 Konyukhov 1979 QZ 9 Fyodor Fyodorovich Konyukhov ( born 1951 ) has performed 50 extensive travels , mainly alone . He conquered both poles and all the highest mountains of the world . The renowned Russian traveler has taken many of the world 's most difficult land and sea routes and has sailed around the world three times JPL · 18301
18302 Körner 1980 FL 3 Harald Körner ( 1881-1953 ) was headmaster of the private elementary school in Lund from 1916 to 1944 , and a proponent of education for girls JPL · 18302
18321 Bobrov 1982 UQ 10 Vsevolod Mikhailovich Bobrov , Soviet ice hockey and football champion JPL · 18321
18322 Korokan 1982 VF 5 Korokan was a guest house for foreign envoys built in Chikushi ( now Fukuoka city ) in the 8th century JPL · 18322
18334 Drozdov 1987 RA 3 Nikolaj Nikolaevich Drozdov ( born 1937 ) , a Russian professor of biology and the author and chief producer of very popular TV program V mire zhivotnykh ( In the World of Animals ) JPL · 18334
18335 San Cassiano 1987 SC 1 San Cassiano , an Italian village in the hills near Verona in northern Italy , is renowned for its high-quality oil ( Grignano ) and wine ( Amarone ) . Its isolated location affords views of both the Alps and the Adriatic Sea JPL · 18335
18343 Asja 1989 TN Asja Geyer-Fischer ( born 1934 ) is a splendid pianist with a great love for Mozart and Chopin . She is an especially good teacher for children . In 1962 she followed her husband , astronomer E. H. Geyer to the Boyden Observatory , South Africa , where he had been appointed Director of the observatory for two years JPL · 18343
18349 Dafydd 1990 OV 4 Dafydd ap Llywelyn , prince of Wales 1240-46 MPC · 18349
18359 Jakobstaude 1990 TL 7 Jakob Staude ( born 1944 ) is staff astronomer at the Heidelberg Max Planck Institute for Astronomy and a well-known expert on star formation . Since 1981 Staude has also served as editor-in-chief of the German journal Sterne und Weltraum JPL · 18359
18360 Sachs 1990 TF 9 Hans Sachs ( 1494-1576 ) , master of the shoemaker guild in Nuremberg from 1520 , is the most important German poet of the sixteenth century JPL · 18360
18365 Shimomoto 1990 WN 5 Shigeo Shimomoto ( born 1963 ) , a Japanese amateur astronomer and computer programmer JPL · 18365
18368 Flandrau 1991 GZ 1 University of Arizona 's Flandrau Science Center and planetarium † MPC · 18368
18376 Quirk 1991 SQ Steve Quirk , Australian amateur astronomer † MPC · 18376
18379 Josévandam 1991 VJ 6 José van Dam ( Joseph , Baron Van Damme , b . 1940 ) , a Belgian bass-baritone , who entered the Brussels Royal Conservatory at the age of 17 JPL · 18379
18381 Massenet 1991 YU Jules Massenet ( 1842-1912 ) was a prolific French composer of operas . His greatest successes were Manon ( 1884 ) , Werther ( 1892 ) and Thaïs ( 1894 ) . The Méditation , a violin solo with orchestra from Thaïs , became world-famous . In 1878 he was elected a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts JPL · 18381
18395 Schmiedmayer 1992 SH 2 Jörg Schmiedmayer , an Austrian physicist and a leading expert in the field of quantum optics JPL · 18395
18396 Nellysachs 1992 SN 2 Nelly Sachs , German poet , dramatist , and Nobel Prize winner JPL · 18396
18398 Bregenz 1992 SQ 23 Bregenz , capital of the Austrian province of Vorarlberg † MPC · 18398
18399 Tentoumushi 1992 WK 1 The Tentoumushi astronomy club was named after the seven-starred ladybug . The club received an award from the city of Komatsu for its astronomy popularization JPL · 18399
18301–18400
back to top