Meanings of minor planet names: 39001–40000
This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. See meanings of minor planet names for a list of all such partial lists.
As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center, and the discoverers can then submit names for them, following the IAU's naming conventions. The list below concerns those minor planets in the specified number-range that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names.
Besides the Minor Planet Circulars (in which the citations are published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative. Meanings marked with an asterisk (*) are guesswork, and should be checked against the mentioned sources to ensure that the identification is correct.
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39001–39100
Number–Name | Prov. Designation | Source of Name |
There are no named minor planets in this number range |
39101–39200
39201–39300
Number–Name | Prov. Designation | Source of Name |
There are no named minor planets in this number range |
39301–39400
Number–Name | Prov. Designation | Source of Name |
39314 Moritakumi | 2001 UH5 | Takumi Mori (1936-2015) worked in the Japan Coast Guard for many years, undertaking research in positional astronomy and geodetic observations. He also made efforts towards the establishment of the Kansai Branch of the Japan Spaceguard Association. JPL |
39335 Caccin | 2002 AR12 | Bruno Caccin, Italian astronomer JPL |
39336 Mariacapria | 2002 AA13 | Maria Teresa Capria, Italian astronomer JPL |
39382 Opportunity | 2696 P-L | Opportunity, Mars Exploration Rover B JPL |
39401–39500
Number–Name | Prov. Designation | Source of Name |
39405 Mosigkau | 1063 T-1 | Mosigkau castle, near Dessau, Germany, a relic of the Rococo period, built between 1752 and 1757 as a summer residence for Princess Anna Wilhelmine von Anhalt-Dessau JPL |
39415 Janeausten | 4231 T-1 | Jane Austen, English novelist JPL |
39420 Elizabethgaskell | 2084 T-2 | Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865) was a 19th-century English novelist, best known for her 1853 novel Cranford. JPL |
39427 Charlottebrontë | 3360 T-2 | Charlotte Brontë, English novelist and poet, best known for Jane Eyre JPL |
39428 Emilybrontë | 4169 T-2 | Emily Brontë, English novelist and poet, who wrote only one novel, Wuthering Heights JPL |
39429 Annebrontë | 4223 T-2 | Anne Brontë, English novelist and poet, best known for The Tenant of Wildfell Hall JPL |
39463 Phyleus | 1973 SZ | Phyleus, son of King Augeas of Elis, and father of Meges, who led the contingent from Dulichium to the Trojan War JPL |
39464 Pöppelmann | 1973 UO5 | Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, 17th-century German architect JPL |
39501–39600
Number–Name | Prov. Designation | Source of Name |
39509 Kardashev | 1981 US11 | Nikolai Kardashev (born 1932), director of the Astrospace Center of the Lebedev Physical Institute. JPL |
39516 Lusigny | 1987 OO | Lusigny (sur Barse) is a small French village near the Lac d´Orient in Aube. JPL |
39529 Vatnajökull | 1989 VJ1 | Vatnajökull (Glacier of Lakes), the largest glacier in Iceland. JPL |
39536 Lenhof | 1990 TA11 | Helmut Lenhof, a retired professor of physics. He was one of the founders of the Carinthian Astronomical Association in Klagenfurt, Austria. JPL |
39539 Emmadesmet | 1991 GU4 | Emma de Smet (2005) is the second granddaughter of the discoverer, and daughter of Mayré and Robby. JPL |
39540 Borchert | 1991 GF11 | Wolfgang Borchert, German poet and writer JPL |
39543 Aubriet | 1991 PX7 | Claude Aubriet, French painter JPL |
39549 Casals | 1992 DP13 | Pablo Casals, Spanish (Catalan)-American cellist, composer and conductor JPL |
39557 Gielgud | 1992 JG | John Gielgud, British actor JPL |
39558 Kishine | 1992 KC | Junichiro Kishine, Japanese theoretical physicist and amateur astronomer JPL |
39564 Tarsia | 1992 RT5 | Rodrigo Dias Tarsia, Brazilian astrophysicist and retired professor at the Federal University in Belo Horizonte JPL |
39566 Carllewis | 1992 SQ1 | Frederick Carlton "Carl" Lewis, former American track and field athlete JPL |
39571 Pückler | 1992 SN24 | Herman Graf von Pückler, German landscaper and writer JPL |
39601–39700
Number–Name | Prov. Designation | Source of Name |
39635 Kusatao | 1994 YL | Kusatao Nakamura, Chinese-born Japanese Haiku poet JPL |
39645 Davelharris | 1995 QC10 | David Lowell Harris, 20th-century American astronomer, member of the "pre-LINEAR" observing team at Socorro during 1995–1996 JPL |
39653 Carnera | 1995 UC | Luigi Carnera (1875-1962) began his career as Max Wolf's assistant at the Heidelberg Observatory, Germany, where he discovered sixteen new asteroids in 1901/02. Later, he taught astronomy in Genoa and was director of Trieste and Naples Observatories. JPL |
39655 Muneharuasada | 1995 UM3 | Muneharu Asada (born 1961), a member of the Yamagata Astronomical Society. JPL |
39677 Anagaribaldi | 1996 EG | Ana Maria de Jesus Ribeiro da Silva di Garibaldi (Anita Garibaldi), Brazilian-born heroine of the Italian resurgence and wife of Giuseppe Garibaldi JPL |
39678 Ammannito | 1996 LQ1 | Eleonora Ammannito, Italian astronomer and space scientist JPL |
39679 Nukuhiyama | 1996 OD3 | Nukuhiyama, a mountain which is located in the west of the discoverer's home town, Shirataka, Yamagata prefecture. JPL |
39686 Takeshihara | 1996 PT9 | Takeshi Hara, a member of the Yamagata Astronomical Society in 2009 and actively popularizes astronomy. JPL |
39699 Ernestocorte | 1996 TF8 | Ernesto Corte, American entrepreneur, founder of Gamma-Metrics, pioneer in the application of radiation physics to elemental analysis of materials JPL |
39701–39800
39801–39900
Number–Name | Prov. Designation | Source of Name |
39809 Fukuchan | 1997 WB30 | Fukuchan, cartoon character created by Ryuichi Yokoyama JPL |
39849 Giampieri | 1998 CF2 | Giuliano Giampieri, friend of the first discoverer JPL |
39854 Gabriopiola | 1998 DB3 | Gabrio Piola Daverio (1794-1850), an Italian mathematician and physicist. JPL |
39864 Poggiali | 1998 DH20 | Maurizio Poggiali, poet, aircraft navigator and aerospace engineer JPL |
39880 Dobšinský | 1998 ER9 | Pavol Emanuel Dobsinský, a Lutheran pastor, folklorist, literary historian, editor and translator JPL |
39882 Edgarmitchell | 1998 EM11 | Edgar Mitchell (1930-2016), an American naval officer, aviator and NASA astronaut, who was the sixth man to walk on the Moon. JPL |
39890 Bobstephens | 1998 FA3 | Robert Stephens, American amateur astronomer JPL |
39901–40000
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