Named in honor of Elisabeth Völk (1946– ), secretary at the European Southern Observatory’s headquarters in Garching, where she is chiefly responsible for the administration of the ESO Schmidt plates. During the July 1994 observing campaign on comet D/1993 F2 (Shoemaker-Levy 9) she did an excellent job solving so many problems that occurred at that hectic time. During all the years (1987–1994) of the Uccle-ESO observing program on minor planets she has become a very good friend to the discoverer. (M 24766) _ _.