Named in memory of Pavel Aleksandrovich Florenskij (1882–1943), well-known Russian religious philosopher, physicist and mathematician. The name also honors his son, Kirill Pavlovich Florenskij (1915–1982), geochemist and mineralogist. (M 22498) _ _.
Discovered on 18-8-1977 in Nauchnyj by Chernykh, N. S.