Named in honor of Nina Mikhailovna Bronnikova, astronomer at the Pulkovo Observatory. One of the main observers with the Pulkovo normal astrograph for many years, she is known for her work on star catalogues and for her observations of minor planets and comets. (M 18137) _ _.
Discovered on 24-9-1979 in Nauchnyj by Chernykh, N. S.