This is a list of space objects and features which were named after Russian people and places:
Asteroids
As of August 2025, there are 118+ asteroids named after Soviet/Russian people and places, most of which are located in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter
|-bgcolor=#E9E9E9 | 232 Russia || A883 BA || Russia ||
|-id=002 bgcolor=#E9E9E9 | 675 Ludmilla || || A character in the opera Ruslan and Lyudmila (1820) by Mikhail Glinka ||
|-id=003 bgcolor=#fefefe | 749 Malzovia || || Nikolai Maltsov ||
|-id=004 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 762 Pulcova || || Pulkovo Observatory, Russia ||
|-id=005 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 769 Tatjana || || The heroine of Eugene Onegin (1833) by Aleksandr Pushkin ||
|-id=006 bgcolor=#E9E9E9 | 779 Nina || || Nina N. Neujmina (1877–1956), sister of Grigory Neujmin ||
|-id=007 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 786 Bredichina || || Fyodor Bredikhin (1831–1904) ||
|-id=008 bgcolor=#E9E9E9 | 787 Moskva || || Moscow, Russia ||
|-id=009 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 807 Ceraskia || || Vitold Tserasky (1849–1925) ||
|-id=010 bgcolor=#E9E9E9 | 824 Anastasia || || Anastasia Semenoff ||
|-id=011 bgcolor=#fefefe | 825 Tanina || || Princess Tanina ||
|-id=012 bgcolor=#E9E9E9 | 829 Academia || || Russian Academy of Sciences ||
|-id=013 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 830 Petropolitana || || St. Petersburg, Russia ||
|-id=014 bgcolor=#E9E9E9 | 847 Agnia || || Agnia I. Bad'ina (1877–1956) ||
|-id=015 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 848 Inna || || Nikolaevna L. Balanovskaya (1881–1945) ||
|-id=016 bgcolor=#fefefe | 852 Wladilena || A916 GM || Vladimir Lenin (1870–1924) ||
|-id=017 bgcolor=#fefefe | 856 Backlunda || A916 GQ || Oskar Backlund (1846–1916) ||
|-id=018 bgcolor=#fefefe | 857 Glasenappia || A916 GR || Sergey Glazenap (1848–1937) ||
|-id=019 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 882 Swetlana || || Svetlana, a Russian feminine name ||
|-id=020 bgcolor=#fefefe | 969 Leocadia || || Leocadia, a Russian feminine name ||
|-id=021 bgcolor=#fefefe | 995 Sternberga || || Pavel Shternberg (1865–1920) ||
|-id=022 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 1004 Belopolskya || || Aristarkh Belopolsky (1854–1934) ||
|-id=023 bgcolor=#E9E9E9 | 1007 Pawlowia || || Ivan P. Pavlov (1849–1936) ||
|-id=024 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 1028 Lydina || || Lydia Albitskaya, wife of Vladimir Albitsky ||
|-id=025 bgcolor=#E9E9E9 | 1059 Mussorgskia || || Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881) ||
|-id=026 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 1074 Beljawskya || || Sergey Belyavsky (1883–1953) ||
|-id=027 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 1075 Helina || || Helij G. Neujmin, son of Grigory Neujmin ||
|-id=028 bgcolor=#E9E9E9 | 1094 Siberia || || Siberia, Russia ||
|-id=029 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 1099 Figneria || || Vera Figner (1852–1942) ||
|-id=030 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 1113 Katja || || Katja, a Russian feminine name ||
|-id=031 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 1118 Hanskya || || Alexis Hansky (1872–1908) ||
|-id=032 bgcolor=#E9E9E9 | 1121 Natascha || || Natasha "Natalia" Tichomirova, Russian hydro-geologist and daughter of Grigory Neujmin ||
|-id=033 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 1129 Neujmina || || Grigory Neujmin (1885–1946) ||
|-id=034 bgcolor=#fefefe | 1147 Stavropolis || || Stavropol, Russia ||
|-id=035 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 1149 Volga || || Volga River, Russia ||
|-id=036 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 1158 Luda || || Luda, shortened version of Ludmilla ||
|-id=037 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 1167 Dubiago || || Alexander Dubyago (1903–1959) ||
|-id=038 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 1189 Terentia || || Lidiya I. Terenteva (1879–1933) ||
|-id=039 bgcolor=#fefefe | 1190 Pelagia || || Pelageya Shajn (1894–1956) ||
|-id=040 bgcolor=#FA8072 | 1204 Renzia || || Franz Robert Renz (1860–1942) ||
|-id=041 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 1206 Numerowia || || Boris Numerov (1891–1941) ||
|-id=042 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 1210 Morosovia || || Nikolai A. Morozov (1854–1946) ||
|-id=043 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 1255 Schilowa || || Mariya V. Zhilova (1870–1934) ||
|-id=044 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 1306 Scythia || || Scythia, an ancient region within present-day Russia and Ukraine ||
|-id=045 bgcolor=#FA8072 | 1316 Kasan || || Kazan, Russia ||
|-id=046 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 1330 Spiridonia || || Spiridon Zaslavsky (1883–1942) ||
|-id=047 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 1369 Ostanina || || Ostanin, Russia ||
|-id=048 bgcolor=#E9E9E9 | 1379 Lomonosowa || || Mikhail Lomonosov (1711–1765) ||
|-id=049 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 1380 Volodia || || Vladimir Vesselovsky ||
|-id=050 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 1459 Magnya || || Magnya, Russian word meaning "clear, bright and wonderful" ||
|-id=051 bgcolor=#E9E9E9 | 1479 Inkeri || || Ingria, Russia ||
|-id=052 bgcolor=#fefefe | 1480 Aunus || || Olonets, Russia ||
|-id=053 bgcolor=#fefefe | 1590 Tsiolkovskaja || || Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857–1935) ||
|-id=054 bgcolor=#E9E9E9 | 1603 Neva || || Neva River, Russia ||
|-id=055 bgcolor=#E9E9E9 | 1606 Jekhovsky || || Benjamin Jekhowsky (1881–1975) ||
|-id=056 bgcolor=#fefefe | 1610 Mirnaya || || Mirnaya, Russian word meaning "peaceful" ||
|-id=057 bgcolor=#fefefe | 1621 Druzhba || || Druzhba, Russian word meaning "friendship" ||
|-id=058 bgcolor=#fefefe | 1648 Shajna || || Grigory Shajn (1892–1956) ||
|-id=059 bgcolor=#E9E9E9 | 1653 Yakhontovia || || N. S. Yakhontova ||
|-id=060 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 1654 Bojeva || || Nina F. Bojeva (1890–1956) ||
|-id=025 bgcolor=#E9E9E9 | 1671 Chaika || || Valentina Tereshkova ||
|-id=026 bgcolor=#E9E9E9 | 1772 Gagarin || || Yuri Gagarin (1934–1968) ||
|-id=027 bgcolor=#E9E9E9 | 1836 Komarov || || Vladimir Komarov (1927–1967) ||
|-id=028 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 1855 Korolev || || Sergei Korolev (1907–1966) ||
|-id=029 bgcolor=#fefefe | 1979 Sakharov || || Andrei Sakharov (1921–1989) ||
|-id=030 bgcolor=#fefefe | 2227 Otto Struve || || Otto Struve (1897–1963) ||
|-id=031 bgcolor=#fefefe | 2233 Kuznetsov || || Nikolai Kuznetsov (1911–1944) ||
|-id=032 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 2266 Tchaikovsky || || Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky (1840–1893) ||
|-id=033 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 2325 Chernykh || || Lyudmila (1935–2017) and Nikolai Chernykh (1931–2004) ||
|-id=034 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 2700 Baikonur || || Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan ||
|-id=035 bgcolor=#fefefe | 2776 Baikal || || Lake Baikal, Russia ||
|-id=036 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 3010 Ushakov || || Fyodor Ushakov (1745–1817) ||
|-id=037 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 3013 Dobrovoleva || || Oleg Dobrovolsky (1914–1989) ||
|-id=038 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 3036 Krat || 1937 TO || Vladimir Krat (1911–1983) ||
|-id=039 bgcolor=#fefefe | 3038 Bernes || || Mark Bernes (1911–1969) ||
|-id=040 bgcolor=#E9E9E9 | 3039 Yangel || || Mikhail Yangel (1911–1971) ||
|-id=041 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 3044 Saltykov || || Nikita Saltykov (1893–1946) ||
|-id=042 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 3049 Kuzbass || 1968 FH || Kuznets Basin, Siberia, Russia ||
|-id=043 bgcolor=#fefefe | 3052 Herzen || || Alexander Herzen (1812–1870) ||
|-id=044 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 3054 Strugatskia || || Arkady (1925–1991) and Boris Strugatsky (1933–2012) ||
|-id=045 bgcolor=#E9E9E9 | 3055 Annapavlova || || Anna Pavlova (1881–1931) ||
|-id=046 bgcolor=#fefefe | 3067 Akhmatova || || Anna Akhmatova (1889–1966) ||
|-id=047 bgcolor=#fefefe | 3068 Khanina || || Frida Khanina ||
|-id=048 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 3071 Nesterov || || Pyotr Nesterov (1887–1914) ||
|-id=049 bgcolor=#fefefe | 3073 Kursk || || Kursk, Russia ||
|-id=050 bgcolor=#fefefe | 3074 Popov || || Alexander S. Popov (1859–1906) ||
|-id=051 bgcolor=#E9E9E9 | 3080 Moisseiev || 1935 TE || Nikolay Moiseyev (1902–1955) ||
|-id=052 bgcolor=#E9E9E9 | 3082 Dzhalil || 1972 KE || Musa Cälil (1906–1944) ||
|-id=053 bgcolor=#fefefe | 3084 Kondratyuk || || Yuri Kondratyuk (1897–1942) ||
|-id=054 bgcolor=#E9E9E9 | 3093 Bergholz || 1971 MG || Olga Bergholz (1910–1975) ||
|-id=055 bgcolor=#E9E9E9 | 3094 Chukokkala || || Korney Chukovsky (1882–1969) ||
|-id=056 bgcolor=#fefefe | 3100 Zimmerman || || Nikolaj V. Zimmerman (1890–1942) ||
|-id=042 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 3170 Dzhanibekov || || Vladimir Dzhanibekov ||
|-id=043 bgcolor=#fefefe | 3942 Churivannia || || Ivan I. Churyumov (1929–1988) ||
|-id=044 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 3946 Shor || || Viktor A. Shor (1929–2021) ||
|-id=045 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 5154 Leonov || || Yevgeny Leonov (1926–1994) ||
|-id=046 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 6180 Bystritskaya || || Ehlina A. Bystritskaya (1928–2019) ||
|-id=047 bgcolor=#fefefe | 6278 Ametkhan || || Amet-khan Sultan (1920–1971) ||
|-id=048 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 6355 Univermoscow || || Lomonosov Moscow State University ||
|-id=049 bgcolor=#E9E9E9 | 6356 Tairov || || Vasiliy E. Tairov (1859–1938) ||
|-id=050 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 6357 Glushko || || Valentin Glushko (1908–1989) ||
|-id=051 bgcolor=#E9E9E9 | 6358 Chertok || || Boris Chertok (1912–2011) ||
|-id=052 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 6359 Dubinin || || Yuri Dubinin (1930–2013) ||
|-id=053 bgcolor=#E9E9E9 | 6719 Gallaj || || Mark L. Gallaj (1914–1998) ||
|-id=054 bgcolor=#E9E9E9 | 6763 Kochiny || || Pelageya (1899–1999) and Nikolai Kochin (1901–1944) ||
|-id=055 bgcolor=#fefefe | 6764 Kirillavrov || || Kirill Lavrov (1925–2007) ||
|-id=056 bgcolor=#E9E9E9 | 6821 Ranevskaya || || Faina Ranevskaya (1896–1984) ||
|-id=057 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 6890 Savinykh || || Viktor Savinykh ||
|-id=058 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 7469 Krikalev || || Sergei Krikalev ||
|-id=059 bgcolor=#E9E9E9 | 9533 Aleksejleonov || || Alexei Leonov (1934–2019) ||
|-id=060 bgcolor=#fefefe | 11010 Artemieva || || Natalia Artemieva ||
|-id=061 bgcolor=#fefefe | 11011 KIAM || || Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics (KIAM) ||
|-id=062 bgcolor=#E9E9E9 | 11015 Romanenko || || Boris I. Romanenko (1912–) ||
|-id=063 bgcolor=#fefefe | 11016 Borisov || || Vladimir A. Borisov (1809–1862) ||
|-id=064 bgcolor=#fefefe | 11026 Greatbotkin || || Botkin Hospital, Moscow ||
|-id=065 bgcolor=#fefefe | 11027 Astafʹev || || Victor P. Astafʹev (1924–2001) ||
|-id=066 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 14519 Ural || || Ural River, Russia/Kazakhstan ||
|-id=067 bgcolor=#C7FF8F | 365756 ISON || || International Scientific Optical Network (ISON) ||
Features on asteroids Mathilde Kuznetsk crater - after a Russian coal basin
Comets
As of August 2025, there are 33 known comets discovered by Russian astronomers Comet designation Namesake(s) Discovery(year) Ref 25D/Neujmin 2 Grigory Neujmin (1885–1946) 1916 28P/Neujmin 1 1913 42P/Neujmin 3 1929 57P/du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte Daniel du Toit (1917–1981)Grigory NeujminEugène J. Delporte (1882–1955) 1941 58P/Jackson-Neujmin Cyril Jackson (1903–1988) and Grigory Neujmin 1936 61P/Shajn-Schaldach Pelageya Shajn (1894–1956) and Robert Schaldach 1949 74P/Smirnova-Chernykh Tamara Smirnova (1935–2001) and Nikolai Chernykh (1931–2004) 1975 101P/Chernykh Nikolai Chernykh (1931–2004) 1977 408P/Novichonok-Gerke Artyom Novichonok and Vladimir Gerke 2011 479P/Elenin Leonid Elenin 2011 C/1914 M1 (Neujmin) Grigory Neujmin (1885–1946) 1914 C/1921 H1 (Dubiago) Alexander Dubyago (1903–1959) 1921 C/2010 X1 (Elenin) Leonid Elenin 2010 C/2012 S1 (ISON) International Scientific Optical Network (ISON) 2012 C/2013 N4 (Borisov) Gennadiy Borisov 2013 C/2013 V2 (Borisov) 2013 C/2014 Q3 (Borisov) 2014 C/2014 Q3 (Borisov) 2014 C/2014 R1 (Borisov) 2014 C/2015 D4 (Borisov) 2015 C/2015 X4 (Elenin) Leonid Elenin 2010 C/2016 R3 (Borisov) Gennadiy Borisov 2016 C/2017 A3 (Elenin) Leonid Elenin 2010 C/2017 E1 (Borisov) Gennadiy Borisov 2017 C/2019 Q4 (Borisov) 2019 Also known as 2I/Borisov C/2019 V1 (Borisov) Gennadiy Borisov 2019 C/2020 Q1 (Borisov) 2020 C/2021 L3 (Borisov) 2021 C/2023 T2 (Borisov) 2023 C/2024 V1 (Borisov) 2024 C/2025 B2 (Borisov) 2025 C/2025 J1 (Borisov) 2025 P/2014 X1 (Elenin) Leonid Elenin 2014 P/ (Cameron–ISON) Dave Cameron and the International Scientific Optical Network (ISON) 2015
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