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| 83 | Beatrix | Named for a Florentine lady of the noble family of Portinari, immortalized by Dante {see planet (29 |
| 88 | Thisbe | Pyramus and Thisbe were two Babylonian lovers prominent in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. |
| 92 | Undina | Named for the heroine of the early 19th century novel Undine by the German romantic writer F. H. K. |
| 152 | Atala | Named for the character in the novel Atala (1801) by the French author François René de Chateaubrian |
| 160 | Una | Named after the heroine of the poetic work Faerie Queene by the English writer Edmund Spenser (1552– |
| 171 | Ophelia | Named for the daughter of Polonius in Shakespeare’s {see planet (2985)} play Hamlet. (H 21) The nam |
| 186 | Celuta | Named for the main character in the novel René (1805), the second episode of the larger book Les Nat |
| 211 | Isolda | Named possibly for the character in the early mediaeval Arthurian legend perpetuated in the opera Tr |
| 267 | Tirza | Named after the biblical Tirzah (Solomon’s Song 6, 4). (H 32) |
| 277 | Elvira | Named possibly for the principal character in Méditations poétiques (1820) and Harmonies poétiques e |
| 282 | Clorinde | Named probably after the heroine of the epic poem Jerusalem Delivered by the Italian writer Torquato |
| 286 | Iclea | Named “in honor of the heroine of the astronomical romance Uranie, published last year by Camille Fl |
| 463 | Lola | Named conceivably for a character in the opera Cavalleria Rusticana (1890) by the Italian composer P |
| 467 | Laura | Named probably after a character in the opera La Gioconda by the Italian composer Amilcare Ponchiell |
| 471 | Papagena | Named for the girl friend of Papageno in the opera Die Zauberflöte (1791) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 492 | Gismonda | Named after the daughter of Tancred, prince of Salerno, from the Decamerone of the Italian author Gi |
| 493 | Griseldis | Named for the lady proverbial for her virtue and patience. She appears in the Decamerone by the Ital |
| 501 | Urhixidur | Named after a character in the novel Auch Einer (1879) by the German writer Friedrich Theodor Vische |
| 502 | Sigune | Named after a character in the novel Auch Einer (1879) by the German writer Friedrich Theodor Vische |
| 514 | Armida | Named for the beautiful legendary sorceress in Torquato Tasso’s (1544–1595) Jerusalem Delivered. She |
| 524 | Fidelio | This is the name of Leonora when disguised as a man in the opera Fidelio (composed 1805) by the Germ |
| 527 | Euryanthe | Named after the character Euryanthe of Savoy in the opera Euryanthe by the German composer Carl Mari |
| 528 | Rezia | Named for a character in the opera Oberon by the German composer Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826) {s |
| 529 | Preziosa | This is the title of a play (1810) by Pius Alexander Wolff, set to music (1820) by Carl Maria von We |
| 531 | Zerlina | Named for a character in the opera Don Giovanni (1787) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart {see planet (1034 |
| 539 | Pamina | Named for the daughter of the Queen of the Night in the opera Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mo |
| 540 | Rosamunde | Named for the character in the opera of the same name by the Austrian composer Franz Peter Schubert |
| 547 | Praxedis | Named after a character in the narration Ekkehard by the German author Victor von Scheffel (1826–188 |
| 548 | Kressida | Named for a beautiful girl, proverbial for her infidelity in Shakespeare’s {see planet (2985)} Troi |
| 549 | Jessonda | Named presumably after the character in the opera of the same name by the German composer, conductor |
| 550 | Senta | Named probably for the daughter of Daland, Norse sea captain in the opera Der fliegende Holländer (c |
| 551 | Ortrud | Named for the wife of Frederick of Telramund {see planet (9506)} in the opera Lohengrin (1878) by R |
| 552 | Sigelinde | Named after a character in the opera Die Walküre {see planet (877)} by Richard Wagner {see planet |
| 553 | Kundry | Named for a girl, part sorceress, part mortal woman, in the opera Parsifal {see planet (2095)} by R |
| 555 | Norma | Named for the high priestess of the druids in the opera Norma by the Italian composer Vincenzo Belli |
| 557 | Violetta | Named for the frivolous woman and leading character in the opera La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi {see |
| 558 | Carmen | Named for the leading character in the opera Carmen by the French composer Alexandre César Léopold ( |
| 559 | Nanon | Named after the operetta Nanon, die Wirtin vom Goldenen Lamm (1877) by the German-Austrian composer |
| 561 | Ingwelde | Named probably after the opera by the German composer Max von Schillings (1868–1933) who became well |
| 563 | Suleika | Named for a character in Also sprach Zarathustra (1885) by the German philospher Friedrich Wilhelm N |
| 564 | Dudu | Named for a character in Also sprach Zarathustra (1885) by the German philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm |
| 571 | Dulcinea | Named for the beautiful girl, object of the attention of Don Quixote in the famous novel El Ingenios |
| 573 | Recha | Named after the feminine character Recha in the drama Nathan der Weise by the German dramatist and c |
| 579 | Sidonia | Named for a character in the opera Armida (composed 1777) by the German composer Christoph Willibald |
| 593 | Titania | Named after the wife of Oberon, queen of fairies and gnomes in Shakespeare’s {see planet (2985)} A |
| 594 | Mireille | Named after the poem of the Provencal poet Frédéric Mistral (1830–1914). (H 63) Name proposed by C. |
| 606 | Brangane | Named for a maid servant of Isolde in the opera Tristan und Isolde (composed 1859) {see planets (19 |
| 640 | Brambilla | Named after the novel Prinzessin Brambilla (written 1821) by the German writer and composer E. T. A. |
| 643 | Scheherezade | Named for the fictional wife of an oriental king and the narrator of the tales in Arabian Nights. (H |
| 646 | Kastalia | Named for the fountain in the footing of the Parnassus mountain, near Delphi, consecrated to Apollo |
| 648 | Pippa | Named for the main character in Und Pippa tanzt by the German writer Gerhart Hauptmann (1862–1946). |
| 666 | Desdemona | Named for the wife of Othello in William Shakespeare’s {see planet (2985)} tragedy (written 1604). |
| 678 | Fredegundis | Named after an unfinished opera by Ernest Guirand which was completed by the French composer Camille |
| 685 | Hermia | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. The naming might be influenced by t |
| 686 | Gersuind | Named for a woman character out of a drama of the German writer Gerhart Hauptmann (1862–1946). (H 70 |
| 693 | Zerbinetta | Named after a character from the opera Ariadne auf Naxos by the German composer Richard Strauss (186 |
| 705 | Erminia | Named after an opera (1885) by Jacobowsky termed the “most successful operetta of modern times” and |
| 729 | Watsonia | Named in honor of the American astronomer James Craig Watson (1838–1880), director of the Ann Arbor |
| 783 | Nora | Named probably for the drama of the Norwegian poet Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906) {see planet (5696)}. (H |
| 812 | Adele | Named probably after a figure from the opera Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss (1825–1899) {see plane |
| 815 | Coppelia | Named for the short ballet in two acts by Léo Delibes (1836–1891) which is based on a tale by E. T. |
| 835 | Olivia | Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. |
| 839 | Valborg | Named for the heroine in the drama Axel e Valborg of the Danish writer Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger ( |
| 841 | Arabella | Named after the opera of the same name by the German composer Richard Strauss (1864–1949) {see plane |
| 861 | Aida | Named for the opera of the same name by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901) {see planet |
| 864 | Aase | Named for a character in the play Peer Gynt of the Norwegian poet and dramatist Henrik Ibsen (1828–1 |
| 865 | Zubaida | Named after a character from Abu Hassan by the German composer Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber |
| 866 | Fatme | Named after a character from Abu Hassan by the German composer Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber |
| 871 | Amneris | Named for a character from the opera Aida {see planet (861)} by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi |
| 874 | Rotraut | Named probably after the poem Schön Rotraut by the German poet Eduard Mörike (1804–1875). (I. van Ho |
| 890 | Waltraut | Named after a character in the opera Götterdämmerung (the fourth and last part of Der Ring der Nibel |
| 897 | Lysistrata | Named after the comedy of the Athenian dramatist Aristophanes (448?–380? B.C.) {see planet (2934)}. |
| 900 | Rosalinde | Named probably for a figure in the opera Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss (1825–1899) {see planet ( |
| 952 | Caia | Named after a heroine in the novel Quo Vadis of the Polish writer Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846–1916). (N |
| 1012 | Sarema | Named after a character in one of the poems of Aleksandr Pushkin {see planet (2208)}. (H 97) Name s |
| 1014 | Semphyra | Named after a character in one of the poems of Aleksandr Pushkin {see planet (2208)}. (H 97) Name p |
| 1016 | Anitra | |
| 1116 | Catriona | Named probably after the novel (1893) by the Scottish poet and novelist Robert Louis Balfour Stevens |
| 1131 | Porzia | Named for a character in Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar (1599). (H 106) |
| 1148 | Rarahu | This is a Tahitian name for a girl. The name is taken from the novel by Louis Marie Julien Viaud (ps |
| 1166 | Sakuntala | Named by the discoverer (RI 895) for the heroine of a famous sanskrit drama by the Indian poet Kalid |
| 1225 | Ariane | Named for the principal role, Ariane Leprieur in the play Le Chemin de Crête by the French dramatist |
| 1331 | Solvejg | Named for the heroine of Henrik Ibsen’s (1828–1906) {see planet (5696){ drama Peer Gynt. (N. S. Sam |
| 1384 | Kniertje | Named after the principal character in the Dutch play Op Hoop van Zegen by Herman Heyermans (1864–19 |
| 1434 | Margot | Named in honor of Miss Gertrud Margot Görsdorf (1915–1990), later Mrs. Zottmann. She was for some ye |
| 1450 | Raimonda | Named in honor of Dr. Jean Jacques Raimond (1903–1961), president of the Dutch Astronomical Society, |
| 1547 | Nele | Named for the wife of Till Eulenspiegel, the roguish fourteenth-century German folk-hero. The earlie |
| 1640 | Nemo | Named for the fictional builder of advanced technology in the novel by Jules Verne {see planet (523 |
| 1683 | Castafiore | Named for Bianca Castafiore, a comic-strip character created by Hergé {see planet (1652)}. (M 6832) |
| 1773 | Rumpelstilz | The leading character in one of Grimm’s fairy tales. (M 4155) |
| 1819 | Laputa | Named for the floating island in Gulliver’s Travels, a novel by the English satirist, poet, politica |
| 1966 | Tristan | Named for one of the knights of the round table. (M 6421) |
| 2041 | Lancelot | Named for one of the knights of the round table. (M 6421) |
| 2082 | Galahad | Named for one of the knights of the round table. (M 6421) |
| 2149 | Schwambraniya | Named for the wonderland created by the characters in L. A. Kassil's children's novel “Conduite and |
| 2175 | Andrea Doria | Named for the head of the Genoan family prominent in Schiller’s {see planet (3079)} tragedy Die Ver |
| 2262 | Mitidika | Named for the gypsy girl of great charm and courage, one of the central figures in Clemens Brentano’ |
| 2309 | Mr. Spock | Named for the ginger short-haired tabby cat (1967– ) who selected the discoverer and his soon-to-be |
| 2401 | Aehlita | Named for the heroine in one of the novels of Aleksej Nikolaevich Tolstoj (1883–1945, see planet (3 |
| 2428 | Kamenyar | Named in memory of Ivan Yakovlevich Franko (1856–1916), a Ukrainian writer and scientist whose remar |
| 2483 | Guinevere | Named for the heroine of the Arthurian legends, the wife of King Arthur {see planet (2597)}, but th |
| 2570 | Porphyro | Named for the hero in John Keats’ poem The Eve of St. Agnes. Porphyro was deeply in love with Madeli |
| 2597 | Arthur | Named for the central figure of the Arthurian legends of medieval England. In his youth, Arthur pull |
| 2598 | Merlin | Named for the sage and sorcerer of the Arthurian legends. Merlin’s magic enabled Arthur {see planet |
| 2695 | Christabel | Named for a lovely lady in a poem of the same name by the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 |
| 2952 | Lilliputia | Named for the land of tiny people in Gulliver’s Travels, a novel by the English satirist and poet Jo |
| 2991 | Bilbo | Named for the central character in J. R. R. Tolkien’s {see planet (2675)} classic tale of Middle Ea |
| 3026 | Sarastro | Named for the lord or high priest in the Temple of Wisdom, a leading figure in Mozart’s {see planet |
| 3535 | Ditte | Named for the principal heroine of Ditte, a human child, a novel by the Danish writer Martin Anderse |
| 3552 | Don Quixote | Named for the hero of Cervantes’ {1547–1616} great romance, the Knight of the Sorrowful Countenance, |
| 4142 | Dersu-Uzala | Named after an inhabitant of Siberian Taiga and the character from the novel of the same name by the |
| 4512 | Sinuhe | Named for Mika Waltari’s {see planet (4266)} world-renowned historical novel Sinuhe, egyptiläinen. |
| 5039 | Rosenkavalier | Named in memory of Richard Strauss (1864–1949), one of the most important twentieth-century composer |
| 5048 | Moriarty | Named for Professor James Moriarty, whom some would describe as a fictional character in the Sherloc |
| 5049 | Sherlock | Named for Sherlock Holmes, the famous detective in the stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes’s k |
| 5050 | Doctorwatson | Named for Dr. John H. Watson, M.D., friend, confidant and chronicler of the detective Sherlock Holme |
| 5405 | Neverland | Named after the world famous play Peter Pan, written by Sir James M. Barrie (1860–1937) and later ad |
| 5896 | Narrenschiff | Named in honor of Sebastian Brant (c.1458–1521), an outstanding German writer and humanist, and the |
| 6042 | Cheshirecat | Named for a cat appearing in Lewis Carroll's famous fairy tale Alice in Wonderland . Its uni |
| 6136 | Gryphon | In Lewis Carroll's Alice's adventures in Wonderland, the Gryphon had an eagle's head, a front |
| 6735 | Madhatter | The Mad Hatter was a character who appears in various places in Lewis Carroll's classic story Ali |
| 6736 | Marchare | A minor planet discovered in March can appropriately be named for the March Hare, a character in Lew |
| 7113 | Ostapbender | Named for the character Ostap Bender, celebrated hero of the satirical novels Twelve Chairs (1928) a |
| 7345 | Happer | Named for Felix Happer, a character in Bill Forsyth’s wonderful motion picture Local Hero. Happer de |
| 7470 | Jabberwock | The Jabberwock is a mythical creature that is the subject of the classic nonsense poem ‘Jabberwocky’ |
| 7796 | Járacimrman | Named for Jára Cimrman, a fictitious Czech genius. An analogue to Leonardo da Vinci, he was a playw |
| 7896 | Švejk | Named for a literary character created by Jaroslav Hašek, Czech writer and humorist (1883-1923). Hi |
| 8535 | Pellesvanslös | Named for the fictional character Pelle Svanslös, a brave cat that appears in Gösta Knutsson's child |
| 8536 | Må ns | Named for the fictional cat Må ns, the eternal “bad guy” in the Knutsson stories, always devising ne |
| 8537 | Billochbull | Named for the fictional cats Bill and Bull, dim and fawning cronies of the bad cat Må ns of the Knut |
| 8539 | Laban | Named for the Knutsson's fictional cat Laban. He lived in the Observatory park in Uppsala and gave |
| 8889 | Mockturtle | The Mock Turtle, which appears in Lewis Carroll's Alice's adventures in Wonderland, has a tur |
| 8945 | Cavaradossi | Named for a character in Puccini's opera Tosca. Cavaradossi, a revolutionary and fighter aga |
| 9000 | Hal | Named in honor of the computer Hal 9000 that is the central character of both Clarke’s {see planet |
| 9007 | James Bond | Named for British Secret Service agent James Bond (007), the creation of novelist Ian Fleming, a for |
| 9387 | Tweedledee | Tweedledee was of the twins in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass and what Alice found the |
| 9499 | Excalibur | Excalibur was the name of the sword of King Arthur. |
| 9500 | Camelot | Camelot was the location of the castle of the King Arthur legend. |
| 9501 | Ywain | Ywain was a knight of the Round Table of King Arthur. |
| 9502 | Gaimar | Gaimar was a knight of the Round Table and lover of Morgane, sister of King Arthur. |
| 9503 | Agrawain | Agrawain, brother of Gawain, was a knight of the Round Table. |
| 9504 | Lionel | Lionel was one of the knights of the Round Table. |
| 9505 | Lohengrin | Lohengrin, the knight of the Holy Grail, was the title character of an opera by Wagner. |
| 9506 | Telramund | Count Telramund, husband of Ortrud, is a character in Wagner's opera Lohengrin. He wished to |
| 9508 | Titurel | Titurel was father of Amfortas and former king of Monsalvat in Wagner's opera Parsifal. |
| 9509 | Amfortas | Amfortas was the king of Monsalvat and of the knights of the Holy Grail in Wagner's opera Parsifa |
| 9510 | Gurnemanz | Gurnemanz was an elderly knight of the Holy Grail in Wagner's opera Parsifal. |
| 9511 | Klingsor | The sorcerer Klingsor appeared in the opera Parsifal. |
| 9623 | Karlsson | Per Olow Karlsson (b. 1934) is a skillful technician who worked at the Uppsala and Kvistaberg Observ |
| 9780 | Bandersnatch | The ‘frumious Bandersnatch’ is a somewhat mysterious entity appearing in Lewis Carroll's classic poe |
| 9781 | Jubjubbird | The ‘Jubjub bird’ is a mysterious but apparently dangerous creature appearing in Lewis Carroll's cla |
| 12374 | Rakhat | Rakhat is a planet with the first known extraterrestrial life in the novel The Sparrow, by Ma |
| 12410 | Donald Duck | Donald Duck, the famous character of Walt Disney's cartoons, has amused generations of children and |
| 12448 | Mr. Tompkins | Mr. Tompkins is the bank clerk well known from George Gamow's popular books Mr. Tompkins in Wonde |
| 12623 | Tawaddud | A fictional character from the Arabian or 1001 Nights, Tawaddud was a talented slave-girl from Baghd |
| 12927 | Pinocchio | Pinocchio was created by Italian writer Carlo Lorenzini, more properly known as Collodi. His book, |
| 14238 | d'Artagnan | D´Artagnan is the main character of Alexandre Dumas's novel The Three Musketeers. He is a sw |
| 15845 | Bambi | Bambi was a fictional young deer in Walt Disney's 1942 animated eponymous film. Bambi's fate has bee |
| 16626 | Thumper | Thumper was a fictional young rabbit in Walt Disney's 1942 animated film, Bambi. Thumper's wi |
| 16852 | Nuredduna | Created by Majorcan poet Miquel Costa i Llobera in his poem The inheritance of the Greek genius |
| 17472 | Dinah | Dinah is Alice's cat in Lewis Carroll's Alice's adventures in Wonderland. The cat never appe |
| 17518 | Redqueen | The Red Queen is one of the chess pieces that make up the characters in Lewis Carroll's Through t |
| 17612 | Whiteknight | The White Knight is one of the chess pieces that make up the characters in Lewis Carroll's Throug |
| 17627 | Humptydumpty | Humpty Dumpty, whose head and body together are egg-shaped, is not only the subject of one of the mo |
| 17681 | Tweedledum | Tweedledum was one of the twins in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass and what Alice foun |
| 17712 | Fatherwilliam | In Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Father William is a character in a poem |
| 17768 | Tigerlily | In Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass and what Alice found there, Alice comes upon a l |
| 17942 | Whiterabbit | The White Rabbit appears in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. When Alice hea |
| 18610 | Arthurdent | The earthling Arthur Dent is confronted with the adversities of life, the universe and everything in |
| 18932 | Robinhood | Robin Hood was the legendary thirteenth-century English archer and outlaw of Sherwood Forest who, wi |
| 29401 | Asterix | Asterix is the hero of the cartoon series Les aventures d´Asterix by Uderzo and Goscinny. A |
| 29402 | Obelix | Obelix is Asterix's devoted friend in the cartoon series Les aventures d´Asterix by Uderzo an |
| 35734 | Dilithium | A substance of great power in the science fiction universe of Star Trek, dilithium is an essential c |
| 41488 | Sindbad | Sindbad was the legendary sailor from Baghdad who had numerous fantastic adventures during The Se |
| 55749 | Eulenspiegel | Till Eulenspiegel (Low German Dyl Ulenspegel) lived in the fourteenth century in northern Germany. |
| 58345 | Moomintroll | Moomintroll is the central character of the classic 1946 novel Comet in Moominland (Swedish t |
| 59828 | Ossikar | The cartoon-figure “Ossikar” was created by German caricaturist Manfred Sondermann, father-in-law of |
| 98494 | Marsupilami | Named for the comic-strip character created by the Belgian cartoonist André Franquin (1924-1997). A |
| 155142 | Tenagra | Tenagra was a mythical island in an episode of Star Trek. It is an exploration of how far peo |
| 174567 | Varda | In J.R.R. Tolkien's mythology, Varda is the queen of the stars, the star-kindler. She is the deity |
| 195777 | Sheepman | The shabby but oracular creature is featured in two of Haruki Murakami's novels, A Wild Sheep Cha |
| 207666 | Habibula | Gilles Habibula is one of the main characters of the space opera Legion of Space, written in |
| 238817 | Titeuf | Titeuf is the title of a comic strip and the name of its teenage hero, created by Swiss cartoonist P |
| 242492 | Fantomas | Fantomas is one of the most popular characters in the history of French crime fiction. Fantomas was |
| 256797 | Benbow | Admiral Benbow Inn is the fictional home of Jim Hawkins in Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 novel Tr |
| 274020 | Skywalker | Skywalker is the family name of the fictional characters Luke and Anakin in the Star Wars universe. |
| 278141 | Tatooine | Tatooine is a desert planet in the fictional Star Wars universe. It is the home planet of Anakin and |
| 283142 | Weena | Weena is the major female character in The Time Machine, an 1895 novel by H. G. Wells. In th |
| 297409 | Mållgan | Mållgan is the imaginary friend of the fictitious character Alfons Åberg, created by the Swedish aut |
| 327082 | Tournesol | Professor Tournesol is a fictional character in The Adventures of Tintin, the series of comic |
| 343444 | Halluzinelle | The “Analoge Halluzinelle” is a female robot hologram in the satirical German science fiction TV ser |
| 378214 | Sauron | Sauron is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. H |
| 385446 | Manwë | Secondary (385446) I = Thorondor discovered in 2006 by K.S. Noll et al. using the Hubble Spac |
| 418532 | Saruman | Saruman is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. |