Meanings of minor planet names: 40001–41000
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published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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.
- 40,001…
- 40,101…
- 40,201…
- 40,301…
- 40,401…
- 40,501…
- 40,601…
- 40,701…
- 40,801…
- 40,901…
- 35,000s
- 36,000s
- 37,000s
- 38,000s
- 39,000s
- 40,000s
- 41,000s
- 42,000s
- 43,000s
- 44,000s
- 45,000s
40001–40100
40101–40200
40201–40300
40301–40400
40401–40500
Number–Name | Prov. Designation | Source of Name |
40409 Taichikato | 1999 RS2 | Taichi Kato, Japanese astronomer JPL |
40410 Příhoda | 1999 RJ3 | Pavel Príhoda, Czech author and astronomy popularizer, editor-in-chief of the The Czech Astronomical Yearbook JPL |
40436 Sylviecoyaud | 1999 RQ32 | Sylvie Coyaud, French-Italian scientific reporter and amateur astronomer JPL |
40440 Dobrovský | 1999 RU34 | Josef Dobrovský, 18th-19th century Czech linguist, who codified the rules of the written Czech language JPL |
40441 Jungmann | 1999 RW34 | Josef Jungmann, 18th-19th century Czech poet, publicist and literary historian, author of the Czech-German Dictionary JPL |
40444 Palacký | 1999 RV35 | Frantisek Palacký, 19th-century Czech historian and politician JPL |
40447 Lorenzoni | 1999 RC37 | Giuseppe Lorenzoni (1843-1914), an Italian astronomer and scientist JPL |
40457 Williamkuhn | 1999 RG43 | William Kuhn, American amateur astronomer, designer of the Orange County Astronomers 57 cm Kuhn telescope at Anza, California † |
40459 Rektorys | 1999 RK43 | Karel Rektorys, Czech mathematician and professor at the Czech Technical University in Prague JPL |
40463 Frankkameny | 1999 RE44 | Frank Kameny, American astronomer in the 1950s JPL |
40501–40600
Number–Name | Prov. Designation | Source of Name |
There are no named minor planets in this number range |
40601–40700
40701–40800
40801–40900
Number–Name | Prov. Designation | Source of Name |
There are no named minor planets in this number range |
40901–41000
Number–Name | Prov. Designation | Source of Name |
40917 Pauljorden | 1999 TW156 | Paul Jorden (b. 1951) has a unique career that has included leadership positions in the scientific community (Royal Greenwich Observatory) and industry (e2v technologies). His teams have developed state-of-the-art imaging sensors and applied them to ground-based and space astronomy over a period of more than three decades. JPL |
40919 Johntonry | 1999 TF162 | John Tonry (b. 1953), of the University of Hawaii, has worked at the cutting edge of science and technology in astronomy. He developed the orthogonal transfer CCD concept, and a new method for extragalactic distance determinations, and was on the team that made the Nobel Prize winning discovery of dark energy. JPL |
40981 Stephenholland | 1999 TL284 | Stephen Holland (b. 1956), of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is a pioneer in the development of silicon detectors for medical imaging, x-ray photon sciences, astronomy, and high-energy physics. JPL |
40994 Tekaridake | 1999 UZ2 | Tekaridake, a mountain in the northern part of Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan JPL |
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