Named in memory of Academician Mstislav Vsevo-lodovich Keldysh (1911–1978), famous Soviet scientist and mathematician who made a valuable contribution to space science and engineering. He was president of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences from 1961 to 1975. (M 5849) _ _.
Discovered on 27-9-1973 in Nauchnyj by Chernykh, L. I.