Meanings of minor planet names: 239001–240000

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. The official naming citations have been published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars and in Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names.[1][2][3] Meanings marked with † or * are from legacy sources may contain errors.

239001–239100

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239046 Judysyd2006 DQ212Judith J. (born 1937) and Sydney P. (born 1933) Levine, orthopedic surgeon and maritime economic consultant respectively, supported and nurtured the creative and scientific aspirations of their children, one of whom discovered this asteroid.JPL · 239046
239071 Penghu2006 GFPenghu, the only island county of Taiwan and consists of 64 small islands.JPL · 239071

239101–239200

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239105 Marcocattaneo2006 HP57Marco Cattaneo (born 1963), a science journalist and director of the Italian edition of Scientific American.JPL · 239105
239200 Luoyang2006 MD13Luoyang, an ancient city situated on the central plain of China.JPL · 239200

239201–239300

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239203 Simeon2006 OK14Simeon I of Bulgaria (864–927), who ruled over Bulgaria from 893 to 927.JPL · 239203

239301–239400

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239307 Kruchynenko2007 QS3Vitaliy Kruchynenko (born 1934), professor of physics and mathematics and researcher on meteors and cometsJPL · 239307

239401–239500

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

239501–239600

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239593 Tianwenbang2008 UD55Tianwenbang, an alliance of the astronomy clubs of several senior high schools in Kaohsiung, TaiwanJPL · 239593

239601–239700

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239611 Likwohting2008 UC212Kwoh-Ting Li (born 1911) was trained as a physicist but became the mastermind of Taiwan's industrial revolution and economic miracle between 1960 and 1990.JPL · 239611
239672 SOFIA2008 YS1The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) is a joint German-US air-borne observatory. With its 2.5-meter telescope on board a Boeing 747SP aircraft, it allows infrared and sub-millimeter observations from above earth's troposphere, leaving most of the atmospheric water vapor below.JPL · 239672
239675 Mottez2008 YW24Fabrice Mottez (born 1963), a French astrophysicist at the Paris ObservatoryJPL · 239675

239701–239800

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239716 Felixbaumgartner2009 BF12Felix Baumgartner (born 1969), an Austrian skydiver, extreme athlete and BASE jumperJPL · 239716
239792 Hankakováčová2010 EM34Hanka Kovácová (born 1986), a director and dramaturgist.JPL · 239792

239801–239900

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239890 Edudeldon2000 RX11Eduardo Delgado Donate (1977–2007), an astrophysicist who mainly studied the formation of multiple-star and brown-dwarf systems.JPL · 239890

239901–240000

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

References

  1. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-34360-8. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
Preceded by
238,001–239,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 239,001–240,000		 Succeeded by
240,001–241,000
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