Named in memory of Grigorij Ivanovich Butakov (1820–1882), Russian admiral who drew up the first systematic directions for sailing in the Black Sea. In 1856 he became commander-in-chief of the Black Sea fleet and the military governor of Nikolaev and Sevastopol {see planet (2121)}. (M 34620) _ _.
Discovered on 22-10-1985 in Nauchnyj by Zhuravleva, L. V.