PLANET WAVES

Minor planets named after stars of the music world:

1 (23990) Springsteen
2 (3834) Zappafrank
3 (6354) Vangelis
4 (19383) Rolling Stones
5 (4422) Jarre
6 (16155) Buddy
7 (4442) Garcia
8 (2620) Santana
9 (8749) Beatles*
10 (19367) Pink Floyd
11 (18125) Brianwilson
12 (5656) Oldfield
13 (7707) Yes
14 (15092) Bee Gees
15 (18132) Spector
16 (17059) Elvis
17 (6433) Enya
18 (4305) Clapton
19 (44016) Jimmypage

*The Beatles all have individual planets too, as does Rocknroll (17058)

Planet names are down to their 'discoverers', but must be submitted to a committee who judge its suitability. The list seems to reflcet rather badly on the musical tastes of astronomers!

Source: here