1977 HD. Discovered 1977 Apr. 27 by H.-E. Schuster at La Silla.

Named in honor of Lutz D. Schmadel {1942– }, Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, computer of orbits and ephemerides of minor planets, and Editor of Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts. The lost objects (1206) Numerowia and (1370) Hella were recovered as the result of his calculations. (M 5285)