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 †
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39001–39100
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39201–39300
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39300 Auyeungsungfan | 2001 HM38 | Auyeungsungfan (born 1959) is a committed and passionate educator who firmly believes in the power of knowledge. Starting as a history teacher 34 years ago, he demonstrated integrity during his 20 years as a school principal. | JPL · 39300 |
39401–39500
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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 · 39405 |
39415 Janeausten | 4231 T-1 | Jane Austen, English novelist | JPL · 39415 |
39420 Elizabethgaskell | 2084 T-2 | Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865) was a 19th-century English novelist, best known for her 1853 novel Cranford. | JPL · 39420 |
39427 Charlottebrontë | 3360 T-2 | Charlotte Brontë, English novelist and poet, best known for Jane Eyre | JPL · 39427 |
39428 Emilybrontë | 4169 T-2 | Emily Brontë, English novelist and poet, who wrote only one novel, Wuthering Heights | JPL · 39428 |
39429 Annebrontë | 4223 T-2 | Anne Brontë, English novelist and poet, best known for The Tenant of Wildfell Hall | JPL · 39429 |
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 · 39463 |
39464 Pöppelmann | 1973 UO5 | Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, 17th-century German architect | JPL · 39464 |
39501–39600
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39509 Kardashev | 1981 US11 | Nikolai Kardashev (born 1932), director of the Astrospace Center of the Lebedev Physical Institute. | JPL · 39509 |
39516 Lusigny | 1987 OO | Lusigny (sur Barse) is a small French village near the Lac d´Orient in Aube. | JPL · 39516 |
39529 Vatnajökull | 1989 VJ1 | Vatnajökull (Glacier of Lakes), the largest glacier in Iceland. JPL | MPC · 39529 |
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 · 39536 |
39539 Emmadesmet | 1991 GU4 | Emma de Smet (2005) is the second granddaughter of the discoverer, and daughter of Mayré and Robby. | JPL · 39539 |
39540 Borchert | 1991 GF11 | Wolfgang Borchert, German poet and writer | JPL · 39540 |
39543 Aubriet | 1991 PX7 | Claude Aubriet, French painter | JPL · 39543 |
39549 Casals | 1992 DP13 | Pablo Casals, Spanish (Catalan)-American cellist, composer and conductor | JPL · 39549 |
39557 Gielgud | 1992 JG | John Gielgud, British actor | JPL · 39557 |
39558 Kishine | 1992 KC | Junichiro Kishine, Japanese theoretical physicist and amateur astronomer | JPL · 39558 |
39564 Tarsia | 1992 RT5 | Rodrigo Dias Tarsia, Brazilian astrophysicist and retired professor at the Federal University in Belo Horizonte | JPL · 39564 |
39566 Carllewis | 1992 SQ1 | Frederick Carlton "Carl" Lewis, former American track and field athlete | JPL · 39566 |
39571 Pückler | 1992 SN24 | Herman Graf von Pückler, German landscaper and writer | JPL · 39571 |
39601–39700
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39635 Kusatao | 1994 YL | Kusatao Nakamura, Chinese-born Japanese Haiku poet | JPL · 39635 |
39645 Davelharris | 1995 QC10 | David Lowell Harris, 20th-century American astronomer, member of the "pre-LINEAR" observing team at Socorro during 1995–1996 | JPL · 39645 |
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 · 39653 |
39655 Muneharuasada | 1995 UM3 | Muneharu Asada (born 1961), a member of the Yamagata Astronomical Society. | JPL · 39655 |
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 · 39677 |
39678 Ammannito | 1996 LQ1 | Eleonora Ammannito, Italian astronomer and space scientist | JPL · 39678 |
39679 Nukuhiyama | 1996 OD3 | Nukuhiyama, a mountain which is located in the west of the discoverer's home town, Shirataka, Yamagata prefecture. | JPL · 39679 |
39686 Takeshihara | 1996 PT9 | Takeshi Hara, a member of the Yamagata Astronomical Society in 2009 and actively popularizes astronomy. | JPL · 39686 |
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 · 39699 |
39801–39900
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39802 Ivanhlinka | 1997 UO9 | Ivan Hlinka (1950–2004) was one of the biggest legends in the history of Czech ice hockey. He won gold medals at the World Championships in 1972, 1976 and 1977. As a coach, he won gold medals at the Olympic Games in 1998 and at the World Championship in 1999. He was a member of the IIHF Hall of Fame from 2002. | JPL · 39802 |
39809 Fukuchan | 1997 WB30 | Fukuchan, cartoon character created by Ryuichi Yokoyama | JPL · 39809 |
39849 Giampieri | 1998 CF2 | Giuliano Giampieri, friend of the first discoverer | JPL · 39849 |
39854 Gabriopiola | 1998 DB3 | Gabrio Piola Daverio (1794–1850), an Italian mathematician and physicist. | JPL · 39854 |
39860 Aiguoxiang | 1998 DY7 | Ai Guoxiang (born 1938) is a solar astrophysicist, an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and an Academician of TWAS. He was the first Director General of the National Astronomical Observatories, CAS, and served as Vice-President and President of IAU Commission 10 from 1994–2000. | JPL · 39860 |
39864 Poggiali | 1998 DH20 | Maurizio Poggiali, poet, aircraft navigator and aerospace engineer | JPL · 39864 |
39880 Dobšinský | 1998 ER9 | Pavol Emanuel Dobšinský (1828–1885), a Lutheran pastor, folklorist, literary historian, editor and translator | JPL · 39880 |
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 · 39882 |
39890 Bobstephens | 1998 FA3 | Robert Stephens, American amateur astronomer | JPL · 39890 |
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