Named in honor of Zoran Knežević, an astronomer at the Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade. Knežević has studied the physical properties of minor planets using both observational and theoretical approaches. He has analyzed the evolution of minor planet families and has investigated high-order perturbation theories with a view to improving the determination of proper elements. (M 14030) _ _.
Discovered on 14-9-1985 in Anderson Mesa by Bowell, E.