1968 UE1. Discovered 1968 Oct. 22 by T. M. Smirnova at Nauchnyj.

Named in honor of Prof. E. F. Skvortsov (1882–1952), an instructor of astronomy in the Simferopol Pedagogical Institute, an active observer of minor planets at Simeis, and the discoverer of several new planets. (M 3825)