Named in honor of Alexander Boksenberg, director of the Royal Greenwich Observatory, in recognition of his invention of the image-photon counting system and its application to a wide variety of astronomical problems. The first discoverer acknowledges the role he played in introducing her to the U.K. 1.2-m Schmidt facility in New South Wales, where she conducted the program in which (3205) was discovered. (M 13480) Name endorsed by W. L. W. Sargent. _ _.