competition for high-school seniors, for his chemistry project. || |-id=942 | 26942 Nealkuhn || || Neal Kuhn mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. || |-id=945 | 26945 Sushko || || Andrey Sushko (born 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his engineering project. || |-id=946 | 26946 Ziziyu || || Zizi Yu (born 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for her medicine and health project. || |-id=947 | 26947 Angelawang || || Angela Wang (born 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for her computer-science project. || |-id=948 | 26948 Annasato || || Anna Sato (born 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for her materials-science project. She attends the Ward Melville High School, East Setauket, New York || |-id=950 | 26950 Legendre || || Adrien-Marie Legendre (1752–1833), French mathematician known for the law of quadratic reciprocity and his formula for the distribution of prime numbers || |-id=954 | 26954 Skadiang || 1997 MG || Karen Skadiang (born 1962) , Australian amateur astronomer and friend of the discoverer Andrea Boattini || |-id=955 | 26955 Lie || || Sophus Lie (1842–1899), Norwegian mathematician known for the Lie group || |-id=960 | 26960 Liouville || || Joseph Liouville (1809–1882), French mathematician who first proved the existence of transcendental numbers. He also founded the Journal de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées. || |-id=963 | 26963 Palorapavý || || Pavol Rapavý (born 1955), Slovak astronomer and director of the public observatory in Rimavská Sobota || |-id=969 | 26969 Biver || 1997 SE || Nicolas Biver (born 1969), French astronomer who observes and models cometary lines at radio wavelengths || |-id=970 | 26970 Eliáš || || Mojmír Eliáš (1932–2002), Czech geologist and planetologist || |-id=971 | 26971 Sezimovo Ústí || || Sezimovo Ústí, a town in southern Bohemia of the Czech Republic || |-id=973 | 26973 Lála || || Petr Lála (born 1942), Czech astronomer at the Ondřejov Observatory who served at the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs || |-id=984 | 26984 Fernand-Roland || 1997 VV || Fernand-Roland Merlin (1933–2005), French supporter of amateur astronomers and friend of Christophe Demeautis and Daniel