1979 OM15. Discovered 1979 July 21 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.

Named in memory of Maiya Borisovna Ogir’ (1933–1991), solar physicist and staff member of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory for more than 30 years, known for her research on the active processes on the Sun. (M 22500)

Obituary published in Izv. Krym. Astrofiz. Obs., Tom 86, p. 211 (1992).