1982 SY2. Discovered 1982 Sept. 24 by F. Börngen at Tautenburg.

Named in memory of Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767), whose authority as a musician and composer of numerous and varied compositions was in his time comparable with the glory of Händel {see planet (3826)} and surpassed the authority of Johann Sebastian Bach {see planet (1814)}. (M 16045)