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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44001–44100
Named minor planet |
Provisional |
This minor planet was named for... |
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44001 Jonquet | 1997 RE3 | Pierre Jonquet, French astronomer, a founding member of the Société astronomique de Montpellier | JPL · 44001 |
44005 Migliardi | 1997 SY3 | Marco Migliardi, Italian teacher of Italian language and literature, amateur astronomer and friend of the discoverer | JPL · 44005 |
44011 Juubichi | 1997 UH15 | Mount Juubichi (482 m), east of Nanyo city, Yamagata prefecture, Japan | JPL · 44011 |
44013 Iidetenmomdai | 1997 VB7 | Iide Tenmomdai (Iide Astronomical observatory) is located in the southern part of Yamagata prefecture, Japan. | JPL · 44013 |
44016 Jimmypage | 1997 WQ28 | James Patrick "Jimmy" Page, OBE, British composer, producer and master guitarist, leader of the Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin | JPL · 44016 |
44027 Termain | 1998 AD | Patricia Ann Termain Eliason, American support scientist for Viking, Voyager and other spacecraft missions, project manager for the GONG heliosiesmic program | JPL · 44027 |
44033 Michez | 1998 CB4 | Giacomo Michez (1839–1873), an Italian astronomer. | JPL · 44033 |
44039 de Sahagún | 1998 DS33 | Bernardino de Sahagún (1499–1590), a Franciscan missionary who after arriving in Mexico in 1529 researched the indigenous cultures of the country. | JPL · 44039 |
44401–44500
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Named minor planet |
Provisional |
This minor planet was named for... |
Ref · Catalog |
44455 Artdula | 1998 VK | Arthur M. Dula (born 1947), a patent attorney, space lawyer and co-founder of several space technology companies. | JPL · 44455 |
44473 Randytatum | 1998 WB | Randy Tatum (born 1956) is an avid observer with the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO) and has served as Assistant Coordinator for the Jupiter and Solar Sections of the ALPO as well as full Solar Coordinator from 1993-96. He is the 2016 recipient of the ALPO Haas Award for his prolific and expert observing. | JPL · 44473 |
44475 Hikarumasai | 1998 WF | Hikaru Masai (born 1987) is a Japanese vocalist and original member of the musical group "Kalafina". | JPL · 44475 |
44479 Oláheszter | 1998 WS8 | Eszter Kiss, née Oláh, mother of the first discoverer | JPL · 44479 |
44801–44900
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Named minor planet |
Provisional |
This minor planet was named for... |
Ref · Catalog |
44821 Amadora | 1999 TZ236 | Amadora Gonzalez, Spanish wife of David Martínez-Delgado, who first observed this minor planet on 1998 September 15 at the Las Campanas Observatory (more than a year before the actual discovery) | JPL · 44821 |
44885 Vodička | 1999 VB | Karel Vodička (1880–1957) was a mathematician and physicist with a deep interest in astronomy, director of Jirsík High School (1925–1935). He founded the South Bohemian Astronomical Society (JAS) in 1928 and served as the first director of České Budějovice Observatory (1928–1942) built by JAS. | JPL · 44885 |
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