Meanings of asteroid names (39001-40000)

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This is a list of the sources of asteroid names. Those meanings marked with an asterisk (*) are guesswork, and should be checked against Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names to ensure that the identification is correct. Names established from other sources should quote the reference.

Asteroids not yet given a name have not been included in this list.

Contents: 39001... 39101... 39201... 39301... 39401... 39501... 39601... 39701... 39801... 39901...

Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
39301-39400
39335 Caccin 2002 AR12 Bruno Caccin, Italian astronomer
39336 Mariacapria 2002 AA13 Maria Teresa Capria, Italian astronomer
39382 Opportunity 2696 P-L Opportunity, Mars Exploration Rover B
39401-39500
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
39415 Janeausten 4231 T-1 Jane Austen, English novelist
39427 Charlottebrontë 3360 T-2 Charlotte Brontë, English novelist and poet, best known for Jane Eyre
39428 Emilybrontë 4169 T-2 Emily Brontë, English novelist, who wrote only one novel, Wuthering Heights
39429 Annebrontë 4223 T-2 Anne Brontë, English novelist, the third, last and least well known of the Brontë sisters
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
39464 Pöppelmann 1973 UO5 Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, 17th-century German architect
39501-39600
39540 Borchert 1991 GF11 Wolfgang Borchert, German poet and writer
39549 Casals 1992 DP13 Pablo Casals, Spanish (Catalan)-American cellist, composer and conductor
39557 Gielgud 1992 JG John Gielgud, British actor
39571 Pückler 1992 SN24 Herman Graf von Pückler, German landscaper and writer
39601-39700
39635 Kusatao 1994 YL Kusatao Nakamura, Chinese-born Japanese Haiku poet
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
39678 Ammannito 1996 LQ1 Eleonora Ammannito, Italian astronomer and space scientist
39699 Ernestocorte 1996 TF8 Ernesto Corte, American entrepreneur, founder of Gamma-Metrics, pioneer in the application of radiation physics to elemental analysis of materials
39701-39800
39741 Komm 1997 AT6 Rudolf Walter Komm, American helioseismologist
39748 Guccini 1997 BJ3 Francesco Guccini, Italian folk composer and singer
39791 Jameshesser 1997 PH4 James E. Hesser, Canadian astronomer
39799 Hadano 1997 UO1 Hadano, Kanagawa, Japan, where the Hadano Astronomical Observatory is located
39801-39900
39809 Fukuchan 1997 WB30 Fukuchan, cartoon character created by Ryuichi Yokoyama
39849 Giampieri 1998 CF2 Giuliano Giampieri, friend of the first discoverer
39890 Bobstephens 1998 FA3 Robert Stephens, American amateur astronomer
39901-40000
39971 József 1998 GN10 Attila József, Hungarian poet
Preceded by
38001–39000
Meanings of asteroid names
List of asteroids (39001-40000)
Succeeded by
40001–41000