Named in honor of Vladimir Platonovich Tsesevich {1907–1983}, former director of the Odessa University Observatory, renowned for his research on variable stars. He also studied the brightness variations of {433} Eros and is the author of a handbook for amateur astronomers. (M 7784) _ _.
Discovered on 23-8-1977 in Nauchnyj by Chernykh, N. S.