Meanings of asteroid names (24001-25000)
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As asteroid 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. The list below concerns those asteroids in the specified span of numbers that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names. Besides the Minor Planet Circulars (in which the citations are published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.
Asteroids not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
Contents: 24001... 24101... 24201... 24301... 24401... 24501... 24601... 24701... 24801... 24901...
| Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name |
|---|---|---|
| 24001-24100 | ||
| 24046 Malovany | 1999 TX3 | Joseph Malovany, American tenor soloist, cantor of New York's Fifth Avenue Synagogue, and professor of Liturgical Music at Yeshiva University † |
| 24048 Pedroduque | 1999 TL11 | Pedro Duque, Spanish astronaut † |
| 24101-24200 | ||
| 24101 Cassini | 1999 VA9 | Giovanni Domenico Cassini (a.k.a. Jean-Dominique Cassini), 17th-century Italian-born French astronomer † |
| 24102 Jacquescassini | 1999 VD9 | Jacques Cassini, French astronomer, son of Jean-Dominique Cassini † |
| 24103 Dethury | 1999 VS9 | César-François Cassini de Thury, French astronomer and cartographer, son of Jacques Cassini † |
| 24104 Vinissac | 1999 VZ9 | Reversed spelling of "Cassini IV", i.e. Jean-Dominique Cassini, son of César-François † |
| 24105 Broughton | 1999 VE10 | John Broughton, Australian amateur astronomer † |
| 24162 Askaci | 1999 WD | Astronomical Society of Kansas City † |
| 24168 Hexlein | 1999 WH9 | German for "little witch", the childhood nickname of Renate Kühnen, friend of Rainer Hesken, co-discoverer † |
| 24173 SLAS | 1999 XS1 | Saint Louis Astronomical Society † |
| 24194 Paľuš | 1999 XU35 | Pavel Paľuš, Slovak astronomer, one of the founders of the Modra Observatory (Astronomické observatórium Modra) † |
| 24201-24300 | ||
| 24249 Bobbiolson | 1999 XC107 | Roberta Rae ("Bobbi") Olson, née Russell, American wife of the University of Arizona basketball coach Lute Olson, and fund-raiser for the Arizona Arthritis Center and the Arizona Cancer Center † |
| 24250 Luteolson | 1999 XS109 | Robert Luther ("Lute") Olson, American collegiate Hall of Fame head basketball coach of the University of Arizona † |
| 24259 Chriswalker | 1999 XR127 | * |
| 24260 Kriváň | 1999 XW127 | Kriváň, a high peak in the Tatra mountains in Slovakia † |
| 24265 Banthonytwarog | 1999 XU143 | Barbara J. Anthony-Twarog, American astronomer † |
| 24301-24400 | ||
| 24303 Michaelrice | 1999 YY | Michael (Mike) L. Rice, American amateur astronomer, co-founder of the New Mexico Skies Observatory near Cloudcroft with his wife Lynn † |
| 24304 Lynnrice | 1999 YZ | Eileen Lynn Rice, American amateur astronomer, co-founder of the New Mexico Skies Observatory near Cloudcroft with her husband Michael † |
| 24305 Darrellparnell | 1999 YG4 | Darrell Parnell, American astronomer † |
| 24308 Cowenco | 1999 YC9 | Courtney, Wendy and Cody, offspring of the first discoverer † |
| 24401-24500 | ||
| 24450 Victorchang | 2000 QC69 | Victor Peter Chang, Chinese-Australian heart surgeon † |
| 24501-24600 | ||
| 24587 Kapaneus | 4613 T-2 | Capaneus, in Greek mythology, son of Hipponous and father of Sthenelus, and one of the commanders in the war of the Seven against Thebes † |
| 24601-24700 | ||
| 24603 Mekistheus | 1973 SQ | Mecisteus, Greek mythological character, son of Talaus and father of Euryalus, regarded by some as one of the commanders in the war of the Seven against Thebes † |
| 24605 Tsykalyuk | 1975 VZ8 | Sergej Alekseevich Tsykalyuk, Russian economist † |
| 24607 Sevnatu | 1977 PC1 | Sevastopol National Technical University, Ukraine † |
| 24608 Alexveselkov | 1977 SL | Alexej Nikonovich Veselkov, Russian molecular physicist and biophysicist † |
| 24609 Evgenij | 1978 RA2 | Evgenij Borisovich Aleksandrov, Russian physicist † |
| 24626 Astrowizard | 1980 TS3 | David V. ("Dave") Rodrigues, American astronomy teacher † |
| 24641 Enver | 1983 RS4 | Enver Elimdarovich Abduraimov, Ukrainian (Crimean) physician † |
| 24643 MacCready | 1984 SS | Paul MacCready, American engineer, who won the Kremer Prize for the first human-powered flying machine † |
| 24648 Evpatoria | 1985 SG2 | Evpatoria, Crimea, Ukraine, on the occasion of its 2500th anniversary in 2003 † |
| 24649 Balaklava | 1985 SG3 | Balaklava, Crimea, Ukraine, now part of Sebastopol † |
| 24654 Fossett | 1987 KL | Steve Fossett, American millionaire and adventurer † |
| 24662 Gryll | 1988 GS | Matyáš Gryll of Gryllov, Czech astronomer † |
| 24665 Tolerantia | 1988 RN3 | Latin for "tolerance", meaning nowadays tolerating different ideological and religious opinions and behaviours † |
| 24666 Miesvanrohe | 1988 RZ3 | Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German-American architect and designer † |
| 24671 Frankmartin | 1989 AD7 | Frank Martin, Swiss composer † |
| 24680 Alleven | 1989 YE4 | "All [of the] even" digits † |
| 24697 Rastrelli | 1990 SK28 | Carlo Bartolomeo Rastrelli and Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, father and son, Italian sculptor and architect, respectively † |
| 24701-24800 | ||
| 24701 Elyu-Ene | 1990 VY5 | Elyu-Ene, "Large River", the Evenk name for the Lena River, one of the longest in the world (4400 km), flowing from the Baikal Mountains to the Laptev sea † |
| 24711 Chamisso | 1991 PN17 | Adelbert von Chamisso, German-French poet and botanist † |
| 24712 Boltzmann | 1991 RP3 | Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist † |
| 24728 Scagell | 1991 VO2 | Robin Scagell, British author, consultant and broadcaster on astronomy † |
| 24748 Nernst | 1992 ST13 | Walther Hermann Nernst, German chemist † |
| 24750 Ohm | 1992 SR17 | Georg Simon Ohm, German physicist † |
| 24751 Kroemer | 1992 SS24 | Herbert Kroemer, German-American physicist and Nobelist † |
| 24761 Ahau | 1993 BW2 | Kinich Ahau (Ahau-Kin, "Lord of the Sun-face"), Mayan Sun-god † |
| 24778 Nemsu | 1993 KW1 | New Mexico State University † ‡ |
| 24779 Presque Isle | 1993 OD2 | University of Maine at Presque Isle, Presque Isle, Maine, location of a 65-km long scale model of the solar system, on the occasion of its centennial in 2003 † |
| 24801-24900 | ||
| 24818 Menichelli | 1994 WX | Marco Menichelli, Italian amateur astronomer † |
| 24837 Mšecké Žehrovice | 1995 UQ1 | Mšecké Žehrovice, central Bohemian village, the Czech Republic, known for its remnants of an ancient Celtic sanctuary † |
| 24838 Abilunon | 1995 UJ2 | Presumed name of an ancient Celtic town, founded in the first century B.C. on a strategic peninsula of the Vltava river, the Czech Republic † |
| 24847 Polesný | 1995 WE6 | Bohumil Polesný, director of the České Budějovice Observatory from 1955 to 1966 † |
| 24858 Diethelm | 1996 BB1 | Roger Diethelm, Swiss astronomer, editor of the variable-stars bulletin of the Schweizerische Astronomische Gesellschaft, founder of the R. Szafraniec Observatory in Metzerlen † |
| 24898 Alanholmes | 1997 AR17 | Alan W. Holmes, American optical engineer and amateur γ-ray burst astronomer, who helped spark the CCD astronomical revolution † |
| 24899 Dominiona | 1997 AU17 | Canada, officially the "Dominion of Canada" under the Constitution Acts of 1867 and 1982 † |
| 24901-25000 | ||
| 24907 Alfredhaar | 1997 CO4 | Alfréd Haar, Hungarian mathematician † |
| 24916 Stelzhamer | 1997 EK11 | Franz Stelzhamer, Austrian poet and novelist who wrote the words to the Austrian national anthem and whose "s'Hoamatgsang" is the anthem of the Austrian province of Oberösterreich (Upper Austria) † |
| 24918 Tedkooser | 1997 EO17 | Ted Kooser, American poet, Poet Laureate of the United States in 2004 † |
| 24935 Godfreyhardy | 1997 HP2 | Godfrey Harold Hardy, British mathematician † |
| 24939 Chiminello | 1997 JR | Vincenzo Chiminello, Italian astronomer and translator † |
| 24944 Harish-Chandra | 1997 LZ4 | Harish-Chandra, Indian-American mathematician † |
| 24947 Hausdorff | 1997 NU1 | Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician † |
| 24948 Babote | 1997 NU6 | Babote tower, the former Observatoire de la Babote, Montpellier, France, now the meeting place of the members of the Société Astronomique de Montpellier † |
| 24950 Nikhilas | 1997 QF | Nikhilas Jonathan Marsden, first grandson of Minor Planet Center director Brian G. Marsden (the asteroid was discovered on his second birthday) † |
| 24962 Kenjitoba | 1997 UX8 | Kenji Toba, Japanese amateur astronomer, discoverer of comet C/1971 E1, director of the BiStar Observatory since its foundation † |
| 24969 Lucafini | 1998 CD2 | Luca Fini, software developer and system manager at the Osservatorio di Arcetri, Italy † |
| 24981 Shigekimurakami | 1998 KB5 | Shigeki Murakami, Japanese amateur astronomer, co-discoverer of comet C/2002 E2 † |
| 24998 Hermite | 1998 OQ4 | Charles Hermite, French mathematician † |
| 24999 Hieronymus | 1998 OY4 | Hieronymus Bosch, Dutch painter † |
| 25000 Astrometria | 1998 OW5 | Latin for Astrometry † |
| Preceded by 23001–24000 |
Meanings of asteroid names List of asteroids (24001-25000) |
Succeeded by 25001–26000 |
