Pronunciation of asteroid names

This page alphabetically lists the first thousand asteroids to be numbered, which are mostly in the main belt.

For the minor planets of the outer solar system, see:

  • Pronunciation of Trojan asteroids
  • Pronunciation of Centaurs and trans-Neptunian objects

List of first 1000 asteroids

  • Pronunciation key

A

Name

Pronunciation

Source

Adjective

Pronunciation

677 Aaltje

864 Aase

456 Abnoba

Celtic Abnōbā

151 Abundantia

829 Academia

588 Achilles

Greek Αχιλλεύς

Achillean

523 Ada

330 Adalberta

525 Adelaide

812 Adele

647 Adelgunde

276 Adelheid

229 Adelinda

145 Adeona

398 Admete

Greek Αδμήτη

608 Adolfine

268 Adorea

Latin Adōrea

Adorian

239 Adrastea

Greek Αδράστεια

Adrastean

143 Adria

820 Adriana

91 Aegina

Greek Αίγινα

Aeginetan

96 Aegle

Greek Αίγλη

159 Aemilia

Latin Æmilia

Aemilian

396 Aeolia

Greek Αιολία

Aeolian

369 Aëria

eɪˈɛriə, ˈɛəriə

Latin Āerius

446 Aeternitas

132 Aethra

Greek Αίθρα

911 Agamemnon

Greek Αγαμέμνων

Agamemnonian

228 Agathe

47 Aglaja

Greek Αγλαΐα

Aglajan

641 Agnes

847 Agnia

645 Agrippina

744 Aguntina

950 Ahrensa

861 Aïda

978 Aidamina

738 Alagasta

702 Alauda

719 Albert

465 Alekto

Greek Αληκτώ

418 Alemannia

259 Aletheia

54 Alexandra

929 Algunde

291 Alice

887 Alinda

266 Aline

?, ?

124 Alkeste

82 Alkmene

Greek Αλκμήνη

457 Alleghenia

390 Alma

925 Alphonsina

971 Alsatia

Alsatian

955 Alstede

119 Althaea

Greek Αλθαία

850 Altona

650 Amalasuntha

284 Amalia

113 Amalthea

Greek Αμάλθεια

725 Amanda

193 Ambrosia

Greek Αμβροσίη

986 Amelia

916 America

516 Amherstia

367 Amicitia

Latin amīcitia

Amicitian

871 Amneris

198 Ampella

< Greek Αμπελος

29 Amphitrite

Greek Αμφιτρίτη

980 Anacostia

Anacostian

270 Anahita

824 Anastasia

Anastasian

175 Andromache

Greek Ανδρομάχη

965 Angelica

64 Angelina

791 Ani

265 Anna

910 Anneliese

817 Annika

129 Antigone

Greek Αντιγόνη

651 Antikleia

Greek Αντίκλεια

90 Antiope

Greek Αντιόπη

272 Antonia

358 Apollonia

Greek Απολλώνιος

Apollonian

988 Appella

387 Aquitania

849 Ara

841 Arabella

407 Arachne

Greek Αράχνη

973 Aralia

394 Arduina

737 Arequipa

197 Arete

Greek Αρήτη

95 Arethusa

Greek Αρέθουσα

469 Argentina

43 Ariadne

Greek Αριάδνη

793 Arizona

780 Armenia

514 Armida

774 Armor

959 Arne

Greek Άρνη

404 Arsinoë

Greek Αρσινόη

105 Artemis

Greek Άρτεμις

Artemisian

214 Aschera

67 Asia

Greek Ασία

962 Aslög

409 Aspasia

958 Asplinda

246 Asporina

672 Astarte

658 Asteria

Greek Αστερία

233 Asterope

Greek Αστερόπη

5 Astraea

Greek Αστραία

Astraean

152 Atala

36 Atalante

Greek Αταλάντη

111 Ate

Greek Άτη

515 Athalia

230 Athamantis

730 Athanasia

881 Athene

Greek Αθηνά

Athenean, Athenian

or

161 Athor

810 Atossa

273 Atropos

254 Augusta

700 Auravictrix

419 Aurelia

94 Aurora

Aurorean

63 Ausonia

136 Austria

B

856 Backlunda

333 Badenia

770 Bali

324 Bamberga

?

597 Bandusia

?

298 Baptistina

234 Barbara

945 Barcelona

819 Barnardiana

441 Bathilde

592 Bathseba

172 Baucis

813 Baumeia

301 Bavaria

656 Beagle

83 Beatrix

943 Begonia

178 Belisana

695 Bella

28 Bellona

734 Benda

976 Benjamina

863 Benkoela

776 Berbericia

653 Berenike

716 Berkeley

629 Bernardina

422 Berolina

?

154 Bertha

420 Bertholda

937 Bethgea

250 Bettina

218 Bianca

585 Bilkis

960 Birgit

998 Bodea

371 Bohemia

720 Bohlinia

712 Boliviana

767 Bondia

361 Bononia

741 Botolphia

859 Bouzaréah

640 Brambilla

606 Brangäne

293 Brasilia

786 Bredichina

761 Brendelia

450 Brigitta

?

655 Briseïs

521 Brixia

455 Bruchsalia

323 Brucia

290 Bruna

123 Brunhild

901 Brunsia

908 Buda

338 Budrosa

384 Burdigala

374 Burgundia

834 Burnhamia

199 Byblis

C

297 Caecilia

952 Caia

341 California

957 Camelia

107 Camilla

377 Campania

740 Cantabia

479 Caprera

491 Carina

360 Carlova

558 Carmen

671 Carnegia

235 Carolina

505 Cava

186 Celuta

513 Centesima

807 Ceraskia

1 Ceres

313 Chaldaea

627 Charis

543 Charlotte

388 Charybdis

568 Cheruskia

334 Chicago

623 Chimaera

402 Chloë

410 Chloris

938 Chlosinde

628 Christine

202 Chryseïs

637 Chrysothemis

34 Circe

642 Clara

or

302 Clarissa

311 Claudia

252 Clementina

935 Clivia

661 Cloelia

282 Clorinde

?

237 Coelestina

972 Cohnia

327 Columbia

489 Comacina

58 Concordia

315 Constantia

815 Coppelia

504 Cora

365 Corduba

425 Cornelia

915 Cosette

644 Cosima

?

486 Cremona

660 Crescentia

589 Croatia

763 Cupido

403 Cyane

65 Cybele

133 Cyrene

D

61 Danaë

Greek Δανάη

41 Daphne

Greek Δάφνη

511 Davida

? ?

541 Deborah

157 Dejanira

184 Dejopeja

?

395 Delia

Greek Δήλιος

560 Delila

349 Dembowska

667 Denise

666 Desdemona

344 Desiderata

337 Devosa

78 Diana

Latin Diāna

209 Dido

Latin Dīdō, Greek Διδω

99 Dike

Greek Δίκη

106 Dione

Greek Διώνη

423 Diotima

Latin Diotīma, from Greek

382 Dodona

668 Dora

48 Doris

Greek Δωρίς

339 Dorothea

620 Drakonia

263 Dresda

400 Ducrosa

564 Dudu

571 Dulcinea

200 Dynamene

Greek Δυναμένη

E

60 Echo

Greek Ηχώ

Echoan?

413 Edburga

673 Edda

742 Edisona

Edisonian

517 Edith

445 Edna

340 Eduarda

13 Egeria

Latin Ēgeria

Egerian

442 Eichsfeldia

694 Ekard

858 El Djezaïr

130 Elektra

Greek Ηλέκτρα

354 Eleonora

567 Eleutheria

618 Elfriede

956 Elisa

412 Elisabetha

Elisabethan

435 Ella

616 Elly

59 Elpis

Greek Ελπίς

Elpidian

182 Elsa

277 Elvira

576 Emanuela

481 Emita

283 Emma

342 Endymion

Greek Ενδυμίων

221 Eos

Greek Ηώς

802 Epyaxa

62 Erato

Greek Ερᾱτώ

894 Erda

718 Erida

163 Erigone

Greek Ηριγόνη

636 Erika

462 Eriphyla

Greek Εριφύλη

705 Erminia

406 Erna

698 Ernestina

433 Eros

Greek Έρως

Erotian

889 Erynia

622 Esther

331 Etheridgea

181 Eucharis

Greek Ευκαρις

217 Eudora

Greek Ευδώρη

45 Eugenia

Greek Ευγένεια, Ευγενία

743 Eugenisis

247 Eukrate

?

Greek Ευκρᾱτη?

495 Eulalia

Greek Εύλαλος

185 Eunike

Greek Ευνίκη

15 Eunomia

Greek Ευνομία

630 Euphemia

Greek Ευφημία

31 Euphrosyne

Greek Ευφροσύνη

52 Europa

Greek Ευρώπη

527 Euryanthe

75 Eurydike

Greek Ευρυδίκη

195 Eurykleia

Greek Ευρύκλεια

79 Eurynome

Greek Ευρυνόμη

27 Euterpe

Greek Ευτέρπη

Euterpean

164 Eva

503 Evelyn

F

751 Faïna

408 Fama

?

821 Fanny

866 Fatme

294 Felicia

109 Felicitas

?

72 Feronia

?

524 Fidelio

37 Fides

380 Fiducia

795 Fini

8 Flora

321 Florentina

19 Fortuna

982 Franklina

862 Franzia

520 Franziska

309 Fraternitas

?

678 Fredegundis

76 Freia

722 Frieda

538 Friederike

77 Frigga

709 Fringilla

854 Frostia

609 Fulvia

G

355 Gabriella

74 Galatea

427 Galene

697 Galilea

148 Gallia

180 Garumna

951 Gaspra

764 Gedania

680 Genoveva

485 Genua

376 Geometria

359 Georgia

300 Geraldina

122 Gerda

663 Gerlinde

241 Germania

686 Gersuind

710 Gertrud

613 Ginevra

352 Gisela

492 Gismonda

857 Glasenappia

288 Glauke

316 Goberta

305 Gordonia

681 Gorgo

424 Gratia

984 Gretia

493 Griseldis

496 Gryphia

328 Gudrun

799 Gudula

891 Gunhild

983 Gunila

657 Gunlöd

961 Gunnie

777 Gutemberga

806 Gyldenia

444 Gyptis

H

682 Hagar

368 Haidea

518 Halawe

449 Hamburga

452 Hamiltonia

723 Hammonia

480 Hansa

724 Hapag

578 Happelia

40 Harmonia

736 Harvard

362 Havnia

6 Hebe

108 Hecuba

207 Hedda

476 Hedwig

325 Heidelberga

?

100 Hekate

624 Hektor

949 Hel

699 Hela

101 Helena

522 Helga

895 Helio

?

967 Helionape

801 Helwerthia

225 Henrietta

826 Henrika

103 Hera

or

880 Herba

532 Herculina

458 Hercynia

?

923 Herluga

346 Hermentaria

685 Hermia

121 Hermione

546 Herodias

206 Hersilia

135 Hertha

69 Hesperia

46 Hestia

944 Hidalgo

996 Hilaritas

?

153 Hilda

684 Hildburg

898 Hildegard

928 Hildrun

426 Hippo

692 Hippodamia

706 Hirundo

804 Hispania

788 Hohensteina

872 Holda

378 Holmia

236 Honoria

932 Hooveria

805 Hormuthia

260 Huberta

?

379 Huenna

434 Hungaria

430 Hybris

10 Hygiea

238 Hypatia

587 Hypsipyle

I

98 Ianthe

Greek Ιάνθη

286 Iclea

243 Ida

Greek Ίδη

963 Iduberga

176 Iduna

385 Ilmatar

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249 Ilse

919 Ilsebill

979 Ilsewa

926 Imhilde

389 Industria

391 Ingeborg

561 Ingwelde

848 Inna

173 Ino

Greek Ινώ

704 Interamnia

Latin Interamna, -ium

85 Io

Greek Ιώ

509 Iolanda

112 Iphigenia

Greek Ιφιγένεια

794 Irenaea

14 Irene

7 Iris

Greek Ίρις

177 Irma

591 Irmgard

773 Irmintraud

210 Isabella

364 Isara

939 Isberga

42 Isis

Greek Ίσις

190 Ismene

Greek Ισμήνη

211 Isolda

183 Istria

477 Italia

918 Itha

497 Iva

J

383 Janina

526 Jena

607 Jenny

549 Jessonda

544 Jetta

726 Joëlla

127 Johanna

899 Jokaste

<

836 Jole

<

649 Josefa

303 Josephina

921 Jovita

652 Jubilatrix

948 Jucunda

664 Judith

139 Juewa

? Mandarin:

89 Julia

816 Juliana

3 Juno

269 Justitia

605 Juvisia

K

22 Kalliope

Greek Καλλιόπη

204 Kallisto

Greek Καλλιστώ

53 Kalypso

Greek Καλυπσώ

818 Kapteynia

832 Karin

781 Kartvelia

114 Kassandra

Greek Κασσάνδρα

646 Kastalia

Greek Κασταλία

320 Katharina

842 Kerstin

470 Kilia

216 Kleopatra

Greek Κλεοπάτρα

84 Klio

or

Greek Κλειώ

97 Klotho

Greek Κλωθώ

583 Klotilde

104 Klymene

Greek Κλυμένη

179 Klytaemnestra

Greek Κλυταιμνήστρα

73 Klytia

Greek Κλυτία

191 Kolga

940 Kordula

158 Koronis

Greek Κορωνίς

867 Kovacia

548 Kressida

800 Kressmannia

488 Kreusa

Greek Κρέουσα

242 Kriemhild

553 Kundry

936 Kunigunde

669 Kypria

?

570 Kythera

L

336 Lacadiera

120 Lachesis

208 Lacrimosa

39 Laetitia

822 Lalage

187 Lamberta

248 Lameia

393 Lampetia

683 Lanzia

507 Laodica

639 Latona

467 Laura

162 Laurentia

38 Leda

691 Lehigh

789 Lena

969 Leocadia

319 Leona

728 Leonisis

696 Leonora

844 Leontina

893 Leopoldina

68 Leto

35 Leukothea

954 Li

771 Libera

125 Liberatrix

?

264 Libussa

356 Liguria

213 Lilaea

756 Lilliana

468 Lina

828 Lindemannia

974 Lioba

846 Lipperta

414 Liriope

463 Lola

117 Lomia

165 Loreley

429 Lotis

868 Lova

222 Lucia

146 Lucina

281 Lucretia

675 Ludmilla

292 Ludovica

599 Luisa

141 Lumen

775 Lumière

809 Lundia

713 Luscinia

?

21 Lutetia

110 Lydia

917 Lyka

?

897 Lysistrata

or

M

510 Mabella

318 Magdalena

66 Maja

?

754 Malabar

749 Malzovia

758 Mancunia

739 Mandeville

870 Manto

565 Marbachia

310 Margarita

735 Marghanna

170 Maria

602 Marianna

506 Marion

912 Maritima

746 Marlu

711 Marmulla

205 Martha

981 Martina

20 Massalia

760 Massinga

454 Mathesis

or

253 Mathilde

883 Matterania

765 Mattiaca

745 Mauritia

348 May

991 McDonalda

873 Mechthild

212 Medea

149 Medusa

464 Megaira

688 Melanie

56 Melete

137 Meliboea

676 Melitta

869 Mellena

18 Melpomene

373 Melusina

188 Menippe

536 Merapi

808 Merxia

545 Messalina

792 Metcalfia

9 Metis

878 Mildred

93 Minerva

594 Mireille

102 Miriam

569 Misa

57 Mnemosyne

733 Mocia

370 Modestia

766 Moguntia

638 Moira

428 Monachia

833 Monica

535 Montague

797 Montana

782 Montefiore

947 Monterosa

787 Moskva

993 Moultona

941 Murray

600 Musa

966 Muschi

381 Myrrha

N

845 Naëma

559 Nanon

853 Nansenia

534 Nassovia

448 Natalie

811 Nauheima

192 Nausikaa

903 Nealley

51 Nemausa

128 Nemesis

289 Nenetta

431 Nephele

287 Nephthys

601 Nerthus

659 Nestor

855 Newcombia

662 Newtonia

843 Nicolaia

307 Nike

779 Nina

357 Ninina

71 Niobe

727 Nipponia

703 Noëmi

473 Nolli

783 Nora

555 Norma

626 Notburga

150 Nuwa

875 Nymphe

44 Nysa

O

224 Oceana

475 Ocllo

598 Octavia

215 Oenone

439 Ohio

304 Olga

835 Olivia

582 Olympia

171 Ophelia

255 Oppavia

701 Oriola

350 Ornamenta

551 Ortrud

750 Oskar

343 Ostara

913 Otila

670 Ottegebe

994 Otthild

401 Ottilia

P

363 Padua

Paduan

953 Painleva

415 Palatia

Palatian

49 Pales

914 Palisana

2 Pallas

Greek Πάλλας

Palladian

372 Palma

539 Pamina

55 Pandora

Greek Πανδώρα

70 Panopaea

?

471 Papagena

347 Pariana

11 Parthenope

Greek Παρθενόπη

Parthenopian, Parthenopean

888 Parysatis

451 Patientia

?

436 Patricia

Patrician

617 Patroclus

Greek Πάτροκλος

Patroclean

278 Paulina

Paulinian

537 Pauly

Paulian?

679 Pax

118 Peitho

Greek Πειθώ

201 Penelope

Greek Πηνελόπη

Penelopean

271 Penthesilea

Greek Πενθεσίλεια

554 Peraga

399 Persephone

Greek Περσεφόνη

975 Perseverantia

482 Petrina

830 Petropolitana

968 Petunia

174 Phaedra

Greek Φαίδρα

322 Phaeo

296 Phaëtusa

274 Philagoria

?

280 Philia

977 Philippa

631 Philippina

196 Philomela

Greek Φιλομήλα

227 Philosophia

25 Phocaea

443 Photographica

189 Phthia

Greek Φθία

556 Phyllis

614 Pia

1000 Piazzia

803 Picka

784 Pickeringia

312 Pierretta

?

648 Pippa

484 Pittsburghia

Pittsburghian

946 Poësia

?

142 Polana

33 Polyhymnia

595 Polyxena

Greek Πολυξένη

308 Polyxo

Greek Πολυξώ

32 Pomona

203 Pompeja

?

Pompejan

757 Portlandia

547 Praxedis

?

790 Pretoria

Pretorian

529 Preziosa

884 Priamus

?

Greek Πρίαμος

970 Primula

508 Princetonia

997 Priska

902 Probitas

?

194 Prokne

Greek Πρόκνη

26 Proserpina

147 Protogeneia

Greek Πρωτογένεια

474 Prudentia

261 Prymno

Greek Πρυμνώ

16 Psyche

Greek Ψυχή

Psychean

762 Pulcova

632 Pyrrha

Greek Πύρρα

432 Pythia

Greek Πυθία

Pythian

Q

755 Quintilla

R

674 Rachele

708 Raphaela

927 Ratisbona

572 Rebekka

573 Recha

285 Regina

574 Reginhild

575 Renate

906 Repsolda

528 Rezia

577 Rhea

907 Rhoda

437 Rhodia

166 Rhodope

879 Ricarda

335 Roberta

904 Rockefellia

920 Rogeria

472 Roma

942 Romilda

223 Rosa

314 Rosalia

?

900 Rosalinde

540 Rosamunde

?

985 Rosina

615 Roswitha

874 Rotraut

317 Roxane

353 Ruperto-Carola

232 Russia

798 Ruth

S

665 Sabine

Latin Sabīnus

Sabinian

562 Salome

275 Sapientia

80 Sappho

Greek Σαπφώ

533 Sara

796 Sarita

?

461 Saskia

460 Scania

Scanian

643 Scheherezade

596 Scheila

922 Schlutia

837 Schwarzschilda

989 Schwassmannia

876 Scott

Scottian?

155 Scylla

Greek Σκύλλη

892 Seeligeria

580 Selene

Greek Σελήνη

Selenian

500 Selinur

86 Semele

Greek Σεμέλη

584 Semiramis

Greek Σεμίραμις

550 Senta

483 Seppina

838 Seraphina

168 Sibylla

Greek Σιβύλλη

Sibyllian

579 Sidonia

Sidonian

386 Siegena

Siegenian

552 Sigelinde

459 Signe

502 Sigune

257 Silesia

or

Silesian

or

748 Simeïsa

332 Siri

116 Sirona

?

823 Sisigambis

244 Sita

140 Siwa

251 Sophia

Sophian

134 Sophrosyne

Greek Σωφροσύνη

731 Sorga

896 Sphinx

Greek Σφίγξ

Sphinxian

831 Stateira

707 Steïna

220 Stephania

Stephanian

566 Stereoskopia

995 Sternberga

768 Struveana

964 Subamara

? (stress is correct)

417 Suevia

Latin Suēvus

Suevian

752 Sulamitis

563 Suleika

542 Susanna

933 Susi

329 Svea

992 Swasey

882 Swetlana

519 Sylvania

Sylvanian

87 Sylvia

Sylvian

T

721 Tabora

326 Tamara

772 Tanete

825 Tanina

769 Tatjana

581 Tauntonia

512 Taurinensis

814 Tauris

453 Tea

604 Tekmessa

345 Tercidina

478 Tergeste

81 Terpsichore

23 Thalia

586 Thekla

24 Themis

778 Theobalda

440 Theodora

295 Theresia

17 Thetis

or

405 Thia

88 Thisbe

299 Thora

279 Thule

934 Thüringia

219 Thusnelda

115 Thyra

?

753 Tiflis

603 Timandra

687 Tinette

267 Tirza

466 Tisiphone

593 Titania

732 Tjilaki

498 Tokio

138 Tolosa

590 Tomyris

924 Toni

715 Transvaalia

619 Triberga

530 Turandot

258 Tyche

U

909 Ulla

885 Ulrike

714 Ulula

160 Una

92 Undina

306 Unitas

905 Universitas

?

30 Urania

167 Urda

?

501 Urhixidur

860 Ursina

375 Ursula

634 Ute

V

131 Vala

839 Valborg

262 Valda

447 Valentine

611 Valeria

610 Valeska

240 Vanadis

416 Vaticana

126 Velleda

487 Venetia

499 Venusia

245 Vera

490 Veritas

?

612 Veronika

4 Vesta

144 Vibilia

12 Victoria

397 Vienna

366 Vincentina

231 Vindobona

759 Vinifera

557 Violetta

50 Virginia

494 Virtus

?

635 Vundtia

W

877 Walküre

Walkürean

987 Wallia

256 Walpurga

890 Waltraut

886 Washingtonia

Washingtonian

729 Watsonia

Watsonian

621 Werdandi

226 Weringia

930 Westphalia

Westphalian

931 Whittemora

392 Wilhelmina

Wilhelminian

747 Winchester

Winchestrian

717 Wisibada

852 Wladilena

827 Wolfiana

690 Wratislavia

X

411 Xanthe

Greek Ξάνθη

Xanthian

156 Xanthippe

Greek Ξανθίππη

625 Xenia

Y

990 Yerkes

351 Yrsa

Z

999 Zachia

421 Zähringia

851 Zeissia

169 Zelia

633 Zelima

654 Zelinda

840 Zenobia

693 Zerbinetta

531 Zerlina

438 Zeuxo

689 Zita

865 Zubaida

?

785 Zwetana