logo An incomplete list of non-ASCII asteroid names

Updated 2025 Nov 30

The Minor Planet Center lists of asteroid names/discovery circumstances strips accents and transliterates names to 7-bit ASCII. This is essentially an errata list to cover names that really require Unicode.

Names with reference '0' come from a list I put together for my desktop planetarium software about 25 years ago, long enough that I don't remember whence they came. I have made a very few additions in situations where I happened to spot them and knew/could find the correct name. These all have reference 0.

Some other names have an eight-digit reference. This is a YYYYMMDD reference to a Minor Planet Circular.

References of the form Vnnn_nnn are from WGSBN Bulletins, currently including everything up to volume 5, #27. I am certain that there are a lot of non-ASCII names predating these Bulletins that ought to be added to this list (every now and then, I stumble across one and add it). Please let me know of any cases you spot.

At some point, I may use these within Find_Orb so that names can be shown correctly.

Ref Number Name
        0      61 Danaë
        0     202 Chryseïs
        0     296 Phaëtusa
        0     369 Aëria
        0     402 Chloë
        0     404 Arsinoë
        0     421 Zähringia
        0     606 Brangäne
        0     655 Briseïs
        0     657 Gunlöd
        0     703 Noëmi
        0     707 Steïna
        0     726 Joëlla
        0     748 Simeïsa
        0     751 Faïna
        0     775 Lumière
        0     845 Naëma
        0     858 El Djezaïr
        0     859 Bouzaréah
        0     861 Aïda
        0     877 Walküre
        0     934 Thüringia
        0     946 Poësia
        0     962 Aslög
        0    1137 Raïssa
        0    1155 Aënna
        0    1172 Äneas
        0    1236 Thaïs
        0    1237 Geneviève
        0    1257 Móra
        0    1289 Kutaïssi
        0    1296 Andrée
        0    1339 Désagneauxa
        0    1341 Edmée
        0    1407 Lindelöf
        0    1414 Jérôme
        0    1422 Strömgrenia
        0    1446 Sillanpää
        0    1451 Granö
        0    1466 Mündleria
        0    1481 Tübingia
        0    1500 Jyväskylä
        0    1511 Daléra
        0    1513 Mátra
        0    1521 Seinäjoki
        0    1523 Pieksämäki
        0    1530 Rantaseppä
        0    1534 Näsi
        0    1535 Päijänne
        0    1542 Schalén
        0    1545 Thernöe
        0    1546 Izsák
        0    1558 Järnefelt
        0    1563 Noël
        0    1565 Lemaître
        0    1573 Väisälä
        0    1608 Muñoz
        0    1632 Sieböhme
        0    1652 Hergé
        0    1655 Comas Solá
        0    1684 Iguassú
        0    1708 Pólit
        0    1778 Alfvén
        0    1779 Paraná
        0    1849 Kresák
        0    1915 Quetzálcoatl
        0    1947 Iso-Heikkilä
        0    2021 Poincaré
        0    2058 Róka
        0    2081 Sázava
        0    2096 Väinö
 V003_002    2109 Dhôtel
        0    2159 Kukkamäki
        0    2195 Tengström
        0    2199 Kleť
        0    2243 Lönnrot
        0    2278 Götz
        0    2282 Andrés Bello
        0    2350 Von Lüde
        0    2397 Lappajärvi
        0    2464 Nordenskiöld
        0    2479 Sodankylä
        0    2486 Metsähovi
        0    2513 Baetslé
        0    2535 Hämeenlinna
 V003_001    2565 Grögler
        0    2590 Mourâo
        0    2599 Veselí
        0    2619 Skalnaté Pleso
        0    2640 Hällström
        0    2642 Vésale
        0    2672 Písek
 V004_006    2691 Sérsic
        0    2804 Yrjö
        0    2813 Zappalà
        0    2821 Slávka
        0    2842 Unsöld
        0    2846 Ylppö
        0    2856 Röser
        0    2936 Nechvíle
        0    3046 Molière
        0    3104 Dürer
 V003_011    3117 Niépce
        0    3168 Lomnický Štít
        0    3257 Hanzlík
        0    3537 Jürgen
        0    3674 Erbisbühl
        0    3707 Schröter
        0    3732 Vávra
        0    3815 König
        0    3859 Börngen
        0    3870 Mayré
        0    3892 Dezsö
        0    4076 Dörffel
        0    4087 Pärt
        0    4132 Bártok
        0    4134 Schütz
        0    4253 Märker
        0    4254 Kamél
        0    4283 Stöffler
        0    4310 Strömholm
        0    4385 Elsässer
        0    4386 Lüst
        0    4482 Frèrebasile
        0    4483 Petöfi
        0    4732 Froeschlé
        0    4921 Volontè
        0    4934 Rhôneranger
        0    5108 Lübeck
        0    5184 Cavailleé-Coll
        0    5194 Böttger
        0    5210 Saint-Saëns
        0    5260 Philvèron
 V003_005    5289 Niemelä
 V002_011    5353 Baillié
 V002_012    5364 Christophschäfer
        0    5408 Thé
        0    5689 Rhön
 V002_015    5844 Chlupáč
 V005_020    5996 Julioángel
 V002_005    6073 Tähtiseuraursa
 V002_010    6429 Brâncuși
 V003_002    6584 Luděkpešek
 V004_009    7076 Divnýjanko
        0    7204 Ondřejov
 20100130    7295 Brozović
 V002_015    7316 Hajdú
 V002_011    8096 Émilezola
 V001_001    8639 Vonšovský
 V005_003    9605 A Coruña
 20150928    9841 Mašek
 V002_001    9853 l'Épée
 V001_001   12010 Kovářov
 V003_012   12353 Márquez
 V005_021   14005 Ferrínmoreira
 V004_003   14566 Hōkūleʻa
 V004_009   15363 Ysaÿe
 V005_022   15403 Mérignac
 V002_008   16083 Jórvik
 20050721   16250 Delbó
 20010309   16438 Knöfel
 20160620   17260 Kušnirák
 V005_021   17415 Czesławlang
 V004_014   18441 Cittàdivinci
 V004_013   20054 Lágrimaríos
 V004_013   20055 Maríaespínola
 20051215   20187 Janapittichová
 V004_002   21004 Thérèsemarjou
 V002_008   23404 Boudewijnbüch
 V005_025   23418 Malmbäck
 V005_019   24090 Grindavík
 V003_012   27724 Jeannoël
 V002_008   28248 Barthélémy
 V001_002   28331 Dianebérard
 V005_019   28437 Belényu
 V003_009   28805 Föhring
 V001_005   29160 São Paulo
 V004_010   29402 Obélix
 V001_002   30088 Deprá
 V001_002   30234 Dudziński
 V003_009   30254 Kamiński
 V003_009   30265 Rominagarcía
 V003_009   30297 Cupák
 V004_014   30454 Carrillosánchez
 V001_002   30536 Erondón
 V001_002   30562 Güttler
 V003_009   30569 Dybczyński
 V003_016   30720 Fernándezlajús
 20160620   32008 Adriángalád
 V003_010   32398 Métayer
 V005_005   32496 Deïopites
 V002_016   33017 Wroński
 V001_011   33137 Strejček
 V003_009   33285 Martínleiva
 V003_009   33882 Schönbächler
 V004_001   33972 Fuentesmuñoz
 V004_014   34713 Yeşiltaş
 V004_010   35269 Idéfix
 V003_014   35353 Naďapravcová
 V004_001   35355 Honzík
 V003_001   35367 Dobrédílo
 V001_005   35655 Étienneklein
 V003_016   36174 Podolský
 20040504   37432 Piszkéstető
 V003_013   37471 Popocatépetl
 V005_011   37777 Pérez-Reverte
 V003_014   38828 van ’t Leven
 V005_002   39641 Pézy
 V002_002   39877 Deverchére
 V003_007   39892 Evaseidlová
 V005_003   40995 Mühleis
 V001_002   41184 Devogèle
 V002_015   42733 Andrébaranne
 V002_015   44041 Françoiselaunay
 V001_002   45492 Sławomirbreiter
 V001_002   47891 García-Migani
 V003_015   48846 Agnèsacker
 V004_003   49294 Jacqclairnoëns
 20040107   51983 Hönig
 V004_007   52860 Méganediet
 V002_007   53640 Marché
 V002_015   53839 Schölkopf
 V005_019   55987 Maríaruiz
 V005_017   56170 Rolandovillazón
 V005_017   56172 Véroniquesanson
 V002_015   59045 Gérardlemaitre
 V005_027   59122 Bienaymé
 V005_027   59162 Olivierbienaymé
 V001_002   63440 Rożek
 V004_009   63609 Françoisecolas
 V005_011   69556 Félixdelafuente
 20190518   75009 Petervereš
 V003_010   90821 Augustsedláček
 V002_008   91607 Delaboudinière
 V001_001   95072 ČVUT
 V001_007   96765 Poznańuni
 V003_013  100084 Gußmann
 V002_010  100600 Davidfossé
 V003_001  103016 Davidčástek
 V003_001  110625 Feryalözel
 V001_008  117406 Blasgámez
 V002_011  117997 Irazú
 V003_013  121336 Žiarnadhronom
 V003_009  125371 Vojáček
 V004_012  128242 Šmahel
 V001_001  131181 Žebrák
 20081113  132798 Kürti
 V005_003  135561 Tautvaišienė
 20110615  136473 Bakosgáspár
 V003_009  143139 Kučáková
 V003_014  144752 Plungė
 V004_015  152472 Brendlé
 V004_007  152583 Saône
 V005_021  152733 Vincenclesný
 V002_012  155217 Radnóti
 V002_012  156580 Madách
 V004_014  157396 Vansevičius
 V003_001  157721 Kölcsey
 20060321  159164 La Cañada
 V001_013  161230 Martinbacháček
 V002_006  162059 Mészáros
 V001_012  166028 Karikókatalin
 V005_002  166622 Sébastien
 V003_012  167855 Natalinistéphane
 V003_006  171424 Rudyfernández
 V004_009  174515 Pamelaivezić
 V005_021  175736 Pierreléna
 V005_022  176981 Anteradonić
 V002_002  179221 Hrvojebožić
 V002_005  179411 Draganroša
 V002_004  179874 Bojanvršnak
 V002_005  179901 Romanbrajša
 V004_010  181392 Katonajózsef
 V003_001  185196 Vámbéry
 V002_011  185578 Agustínelcasta
 V002_015  191551 Glücklich
 V004_007  191775 Počobutas
 V003_013  196476 Humfernández
 V003_013  198993 Époigny
 V003_003  202599 Harkányi
 V003_014  202819 Carlosánchez
 V002_009  202930 Ivezić
 V003_014  203823 Zdanavičius
 V004_015  206574 Illyés
 V004_009  207481 Kékes
 V003_001  209089 Csépevaléria
 V003_013  210147 Žalgiris
 V004_009  210435 Pollackmihály
 V001_010  213775 Zdeněkdostál
 V004_015  214558 Korányi
 V005_005  214678 Slavėnas
 V003_013  214911 Viehböck
 V004_007  216194 Újvárosy
 V004_010  216808 Tolmárgyula
 V002_013  218268 Pierremariepelé
 V004_015  221528 Kosztolányi
 V005_019  221529 Tamkósirató
 V003_013  221712 Moléson
 V004_009  221853 Gábrisgyula
 V005_021  224858 Kunmária
 V005_021  225096 Kovácsgéza
 V005_022  225225 Ninagrünewald
 V005_021  225231 Orhazoltán
 V005_004  225991 Françoisforget
 V003_012  227147 Coggiajérôme
 V003_012  227928 Ludoferrière
 V005_004  228147 Miquelbarceló
 20181026  229762 Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà
 V004_006  230667 Janmlynář
 V001_012  232306 Bekuška
 V002_009  236785 Hilendàrski
 V003_003  241368 Hildjózsef
 V003_012  244932 Méliès
 V005_021  251015 Gregusspál
 V002_001  257212 Rózsahegyi
 V002_010  258323 Róbertbarsa
 V003_015  260676 Évethurièr
 V002_009  262705 Vosne-Romanée
 V002_013  266286 Bodenmüller
 V004_013  270903 Pakštienė
 V005_002  278640 Elenačernienė
 V002_011  284029 Esplugafrancolí
 V001_011  284919 Kaçar
 V003_016  287711 Filotáslili
 V004_017  288959 Biržai
 V005_009  296587 Ocaña
 V005_007  301128 Frédéricpont
 V003_011  301949 Hambálek
 V005_011  307261 Máni
 V004_017  308934 Merkinė
 V002_004  309206 Mažvydas
 V002_009  309706 Ávila
 V001_011  310652 Hansjörgdittus
 V005_003  312001 Siobhánhaughey
 V005_004  312627 Brigitteyagüe
 V002_015  315218 La Boétie
 V005_004  315941 Elenagómez
 V002_001  316527 Jürgenoberst
 V003_017  319601 Šilutė
 V003_017  322539 Telšiai
 V003_017  324417 Kaišiadorys
 V004_008  324767 Włodarczyk
 V005_015  333268 Frédséguin
 V005_001  336109 Rokiškis
 V001_012  337700 Korpás
 V004_006  338274 Valančius
 V001_012  338284 Hodál
 V004_010  345762 Jacquescœur
 V003_017  346318 Elektrėnai
 V001_003  347266 Carrière
 V002_004  348511 Žemaitė
 V005_003  353171 Cosmebauçà
 V004_014  368617 Sebastiánotero
 V005_002  375303 Ikerjiménez
 20140415  384815 Żołnowski
 20140415  385446 Manwë
 V002_002  385980 Emiliosegrè
 V003_017  386056 Tauragė
 V003_001  386528 Walterfürtig
 V001_001  390743 Telkesmária
 V001_007  395141 Césarmanrique
 V001_001  399565 Dévényanna
 V003_017  400072 Radviliškis
 V001_005  400881 Vladimírdolinay
 V002_010  401820 Špilas
 V004_011  402008 Laborfalviróza
 V001_001  405571 Erdőspál
 V001_001  413233 Várkonyiágnes
 V003_017  414283 Lécureuil
 V001_007  423380 Juhászárpád
 V001_001  423433 Harsányi
 V002_012  423645 Quénisset
 20161114  429033 Günterwendt
 V003_011  434050 Törökfece
 20181026  435950 Bad Königshofen
 V003_016  440670 Bécassine
 V002_004  446957 Priellekornélia
 V002_012  450297 Csákánybéla
 V002_007  453256 Gucevičius
 20180529  456731 Uligrözinger
 V005_003  457818 Ramírezmoreta
 V001_001  461650 Paisdezső
 V001_013  464745 Péterrózsa
 20181026  469219 Kamoʻoalewa
 V001_003  469705 ǂKá̦gára
 V001_007  474440 Nemesnagyágnes
 V001_001  483454 Hosszúkatinka
 V005_021  485320 Vértesernő
 V002_012  499526 Romhányi
 V005_023  535266 Chorzów
 20200807  541132 Leleākūhonua
 V003_015  541185 Boldogkői
 V001_001  541200 Komjádibéla
 V001_012  541550 Schickbéla
 V001_012  541565 Gucklerkároly
 V001_012  541582 Tóthimre
 V001_012  541587 Paparó
 V002_001  541618 Magyaribéla
 V001_001  541627 Halmospál
 V001_012  541776 Oláhkatalin
 V001_001  541992 Lukácsbéla
 V001_005  542026 Kaszásattila
 V001_012  542246 Kulcsár
 V001_010  542461 Slovinský
 V001_004  543198 Rastislavmráz
 V001_001  543302 Hamvasbéla
 V001_012  543698 Miromesaroš
 V002_001  544325 Péczbéla
 V001_007  544618 Bugátpál
 V005_002  545561 Nesbø
 V001_012  545784 Kelemenjános
 V002_001  545839 Hernánletelier
 V001_012  546025 Ábrahámpéter
 V002_002  546275 Kozák
 V005_023  546286 Fuchsjenő
 V005_023  546396 Szilágyiáron
 V002_007  546471 Szipál
 V003_001  546498 Demjénferenc
 V002_007  546515 Almásy
 V002_007  547398 Turánpál
 V001_012  547599 Virághalmy
 V003_003  547612 Károligáspár
 V003_013  547664 Ozdín
 V003_002  547705 Paálgyörgy
 V004_003  549107 Hackitamás
 V002_005  549229 Bánjános
 V002_001  549744 Heimpál
 V002_007  549961 Földesistván
 V003_003  550083 Szécsényi-Nagy
 V004_003  550942 Kurtág
 V002_007  551091 Flórferenc
 V001_004  551231 Żywiec
 V002_004  551390 Thomaskeßler
 V002_007  551601 Antonijové
 V002_007  552681 Sósvera
 V003_001  552708 Ödmangovender
 V004_003  552733 Grétsylászló
 V004_003  552748 Garasdezső
 V004_015  552847 Steinaurél
 V004_006  553438 Bércziszaniszló
 V004_011  554704 Széppataki
 V002_005  555128 Birštonas
 V001_013  555955 Lurçat
 V002_016  558398 Nagysándor
 V003_001  560522 Gombaszögi
 V004_011  561911 Kézandor
 V003_001  562936 Bródyimre
 V002_007  562979 Barabásmiklós
 V002_001  563716 Szinyeimersepál
 V002_005  566631 Svábhegy
 V005_017  566939 Petrucrăciun
 V003_003  567010 Kanyósándor
 V003_001  567490 Bánkyvilma
 V002_012  574506 Sopronilíceum
 V001_008  574546 Kondorgusztáv
 V003_001  574635 Jánossy
 V002_014  575498 Lampérthgyula
 V002_011  575511 Bükk
 V004_010  576793 Károlyiamy
 V003_001  576870 Országlili
 V005_011  577754 Janačerbová
 V002_001  577881 Pálinkáslibor
 V002_001  578164 Rerrichbéla
 V001_011  579513 Saselemér
 V004_015  579724 Rómerflóris
 V002_003  580301 Aznarmacías
 V005_015  580311 Saselemér
 V004_011  582910 Tormazsófia
 V005_025  589175 Romainguélat
 V004_015  591808 Dienesvaléria
 V002_008  594782 Kacperwierzchoś
 V001_011  594913 'Ayló'chaxnim
 V002_004  597993 Bélesta
 V002_007  599755 Alcarràs
 V004_011  601036 Sassflóra
 V004_015  602922 Juhászgyula
 V004_009  603021 Galyatető
 V005_011  603260 Jónáskároly
 V004_009  604773 Michaelmöller
 V004_007  605901 Montághimre
 V003_001  612477 Csörgeierika
 V002_011  612787 Haumannpéter
 V004_007  612946 Žirmūnai
 V003_001  615214 Molnárkristian
 V004_010  622006 Vákárlajos
 V004_001  622467 Ignés
 V004_011  622577 Mioriţa
 V004_007  633225 Daukša
 V004_011  635338 Pécsieszter
 V004_015  635771 Prahácsmargit
 V004_001  638676 Žižek
 V004_009  639292 Szabózoltán
 V005_023  646505 Mihăileanu
 V004_008  652410 Janmarszałek
 V005_019  653667 Dănuționescu
 V004_006  658882 Žemaitija
 V004_011  661178 Żywiecmed
 V005_017  667514 Pozonuñez
 V005_021  667515 Truța
 V004_014  673014 Kósakissattila
 V005_020  675570 Mircealițe
 V004_011  676734 Wójcicki
 V005_003  678471 Piermichelbergé
 V005_017  678676 Liepāja
 V005_017  678800 Juška
 V005_001  694537 Vîntdevară
 V005_023  700094 Anunciação
 V005_002  708722 Timișoara
 V005_019  713428 Mirosławdziergas
 V005_021  719840 Bilsemdüzce
 V005_011  724547 Süßenberger
 V005_003  743062 Dianabeșliu
 V005_015  750594 Cîrstea
 V005_004  752263 Franciscosánchez
 V005_019  761083 Micloș
 V005_023  776675 Jędrzejewicz
 V005_020  782609 Becheș
 V005_019  811529 Kiszelymárta