Named in memory of Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767), whose authority as a musician and composer of numerous and varied compositions was in his time comparable with the glory of Händel {see planet (3826)} and surpassed the authority of Johann Sebastian Bach {see planet (1814)}. (M 16045) _ _.
Discovered on 24-9-1982 in Tautenburg by Borngen, F.