in the tenth century and located along the river Schelde in Flanders, Belgium. It has been the workplace and residence of Belgian astronomer Christiaan Sterken for more than three decades. || |-id=976 | 10976 Wubbena || 2287 T-2 || Eltjo Wubbena (born 1947) was president of the NVWS, the Dutch popular-astronomy society, from 1975 to 1985. || |-id=977 | 10977 Mathlener || 3177 T-2 || Edwin Mathlener (born 1962), Dutch astronomy amateur, director of Dutch astronomy information center "De Koepel" and editor of its magazine "Zenit" and almanac "Sterrengids". || |-id=978 | 10978 Bärbchen || 4095 T-2 || Barbara Börngen ("Bärbchen"; 1934–2010) wife of German astronomer and discoverer of minor planets, Freimut Börngen || |-id=979 | 10979 Fristephenson || 4171 T-2 || Francis Richard Stephenson (born 1941), a British historian of astronomy. || |-id=980 | 10980 Breimer || 4294 T-2 || Douwe Breimer (born 1943), a Dutch pharmacologist and President of Leiden University || |-id=981 | 10981 Fransaris || 1148 T-3 || Frans Saris (born 1942), a Dutch atomic and molecular physicist, Dean of Sciences at Leiden University || |-id=982 | 10982 Poerink || 2672 T-3 || Urijan Poerink (born 1953), Dutch meteor researcher || |-id=983 | 10983 Smolders || 3196 T-3 || Petrus L. L. Smolders (born 1940), Dutch scientist, writer and journalist, spaceflight and astronomy popularizer || |-id=984 | 10984 Gispen || 3507 T-3 || Willem Hendrik Gispen (born 1943), a Dutch neuroscientist who contributed to the establishment of the Sonnenborgh museum and observatory. || |-id=985 | 10985 Feast || 4017 T-3 || Michael Feast (1926–), a South African astronomer || |-id=986 | 10986 Govert || 4313 T-3 || Govert Schilling (born 1956), Dutch amateur astronomer and science writer, journalist, and astronomy popularizer. || |-id=988 | 10988 Feinstein || 1968 OL || Alejandro Feinstein (born 1928), an Argentinian astronomer at La Plata Observatory and co-founder of the Argentinian Astronomical Association (Asociación Argentina de Astronomía) || |-id=989 | 10989 Dolios || || Dolios, the faithful servant of Laertes at Ithaca. || |-id=990 | 10990 Okunev || || Boris Nikolaevich Okunev (1897–1961), professor at the D. F. Ustinov Mechanical Institute in Leningrad, was a scientist in theoretical mechanics and ballistics. || |-id=991 | 10991 Dulov || || Viktor Georgievich Dulov (1929–2001), a Russian professor who was known for his work in theoretical gas dynamics and applied mathematics || |-id=992 | 10992 Veryuslaviya || 1974 SF || The Chubenko family: Vera