Named in honor of princess Ekaterina Romanovna Dashkova (1744–1810), one of the most educated women in Russia of her time, well-known figure in Russian culture, director of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences and president of the Russian Academy during 1783–1796. (M 22502) _ _.
Discovered on 17-5-1980 in Nauchnyj by Chernykh, L. I.