1986 TM. Discovered 1986 Oct. 6 by L. G. Karachkina at Nauchnyj.

Named in honor of Kseniya Andreevna Nessler, chemist by profession and fighter against environmental pollution by avocation, friend of the discoverer. Ksana is a familiar variant of Kseniya, the Russian form of Xenia. (M 22505; M 22609)