Meanings of minor planet names: 38001–39000

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.

38001–38100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
38018 Louisneefs1998 LN2Louis Neefs, a well-known Flemish singerJPL · 38018
38019 Jeanmariepelt1998 LV2Jean-Marie Pelt, French botanist at the Université de Metz, founder of the Institut européen d’écologie (European Institute of Ecology), author of La Cannelle et le pandaJPL · 38019
38020 Hannadam1998 MPHanna Smigiel, Polish friend of the first discoverer, and Adam, her sonJPL · 38020
38046 Krasnoyarsk1998 SW144Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia, where in 1772 the German zoologist and botanist Peter Simon Pallas identified a 700-kg stony-iron meteorite, now known as a pallasiteJPL · 38046
38070 Redwine1999 GG2Kelley K. Redwine, an occupational therapist in Tucson, ArizonaJPL · 38070
38083 Rhadamanthus1999 HX11Rhadamanthus, mythological son of Zeus and Europa, one of the three judges of the dead in Elysium (together with Aeacus and Minos)JPL · 38083
38086 Beowulf1999 JBBeowulf, hero of one of the oldest surviving texts from early BritainJPL · 38086

38101–38200

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

38201–38300

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
38203 Sanner1999 MJGlen Sanner, American co-author of the two-volume Night Sky Observer's Guide, and member of the Huachuca Astronomy Club †MPC · 38203
38237 Roche1999 OFÉdouard Roche, French astronomer and mathematicianJPL · 38237
38238 Holíč1999 OWHolíč, Záhorie region of western SlovakiaJPL · 38238
38245 Marcospontes1999 PF4Marcos Cesar Pontes, Brazilian astronautJPL · 38245
38246 Palupín1999 PL4Palupín is a small pleasant village with a manor-house in the Czech-Moravian Highlands that was first mentioned in 1368. St. Wenceslaus church was built by a local landlord in 1617. The family roots of co-discoverer J. Ticha (nee Peltan) lie in this village.JPL · 38246
38250 Tartois1999 QS2Lucien Tartois, French amateur astronomerJPL · 38250
38268 Zenkert1999 RV32Arnold Zenkert, German author and amateur astronomer † ‡MPC · 38268
38269 Gueymard1999 RN33Adolphe G. Gueymard, American businessman, benefactor of the George ObservatoryJPL · 38269
38270 Wettzell1999 RJ35Geodetic Fundamental Station Wettzell in the Bavarian Forest, which supplies observational contributions to the International Terrestrial Reference System with satellite radio interferometry and laser rangingJPL · 38270

38301–38400

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

38401–38500

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
38442 Szilárd1999 SU6Leó Szilárd, 20th-century Hungarian-American nuclear physicist and molecular biologistJPL · 38442
38454 Boroson1999 TB2Todd A. Boroson, American astronomer, deputy director of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO)JPL · 38454
38461 Jiřítrnka1999 TR17Jiří Trnka, 20th century Czech graphic artist, painter, puppet-maker, film-maker, author and illustratorJPL · 38461

38501–38600

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
38540 Stevens1999 VG2Berton L. Stevens, American amateur astronomer at the Desert Moon Observatory near Las Cruces, New MexicoJPL · 38540
38541 Rustichelli1999 VT6Vittorio Rustichelli, Italian telescope maker and amateur astronomerJPL · 38541

38601–38700

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
38628 Huya2000 EB173Huya, rain god of the Wayuu Indians of Venezuela and ColombiaJPL · 38628
38669 Michikawa2000 PX3Michikawa is the name of the area in Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture, Japan.JPL · 38669
38671 Verdaguer2000 PZ6Jacint Verdaguer, 19th century Spanish (Catalan) poetJPL · 38671
38674 Těšínsko2000 PT8Těšínsko, a region in south-eastern part of Silesia, in 1920 divided between Czechoslovakia and PolandJPL · 38674
38684 Velehrad2000 QK9Velehrad, Moravia, Czech Republic, traditional seat of the great Moravian princes and of Archbishop MethodiusJPL · 38684

38701–38800

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

38801–38900

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
38821 Linchinghsia2000 RJ78Lin Ching Hsia, Chinese actressJPL · 38821

38901–39000

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
38960 Yeungchihung2000 TSYeung Chi-hung (1953–2010), an avid stargazer since he was a teenager, was one of the founding members of the Hong Kong Astronomical Society.JPL · 38960
38962 Chuwinghung2000 TN2Chu Wing Hung (Alan Chu), Chinese amateur astronomer, compiler of the lunar atlas Photographic Moon BookJPL · 38962
38976 Taeve2000 URNickname of Gustav Adolf Schur, German cyclistJPL · 38976
38980 Gaoyaojie2000 UJ2Gao Yaojie, Chinese medical doctor, pioneer of AIDS prevention in China and winner of the 2001 Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health and Human Rights and of Vital Voices' 2007 Global Leadership Human Rights awardJPL · 38980

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
37,001–38,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 38,001–39,000		 Succeeded by
39,001–40,000
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