(4594) Dashkova

1980 KR₁. Discovered 1980 May 17 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.

Named in honor of princess Ekaterina Romanovna Dashkova (1744–1810), one of the most educated women in Russia of her time, well-known figure in Russian culture, director of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences and president of the Russian Academy during 1783–1796. (M 22502)