Meanings of asteroid names (32001-33000)
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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 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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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: 32001... 32101... 32201... 32301... 32401... 32501... 32601... 32701... 32801... 32901...
| Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name |
|---|---|---|
| 32001-32100 | ||
| 32096 Puckett | 2000 KO38 | Tim Puckett, American astronomer † |
| 32101-32200 | ||
| 32184 Yamaura | 2000 NC20 | Yuichi Yamaura, Japanese, one of the leaders of the National Space Development Agency (NASDA), contributor to the construction of Bisei Spaceguard Center † |
| 32201-32300 | ||
| 32207 Mairepercy | 2000 OQ7 | Maire E. Percy, Canadian researcher of risk factors for human disease, wife of John R. Percy (32208) † |
| 32208 Johnpercy | 2000 OR7 | John R. Percy, British-Canadian professor of astronomy and astrophysics, husband of Maire E. Percy (32207) † |
| 32222 Charlesvest | 2000 OD23 | Charles M. Vest, American president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1990 to 2004 † |
| 32263 Kusnierkiewicz | 2000 OH69 | David Yan Kusnierkiewicz, American mission systems engineer of the New Horizons Pluto Kuiper Belt mission † |
| 32267 Hermannweyl | 2000 PS1 | Hermann Weyl, German-American mathematician † |
| 32270 Inokuchihiroo | 2000 PC4 | Hiroo Inokuchi, Japanese physicist, discoverer of organic semiconductivity and chairman of the Japan Space Forum, which manages the discovery site † |
| 32294 Zajonc | 2000 QN9 | Ivo Zajonc, Czech zoologist and amateur astronomer, chair of the Nitra branch of the Slovenský zväz astronómov amatérov (SZAA, Slovak Union of Amateur Astronomers), a member of the Jihlavská astronomická společnost (Jihlava Astronomical Society), and honorary fellow of the Slovenská astronomická spoločnosť (Slovak Astronomical Society) † |
| 32501-32600 | ||
| 32532 Thereus | 2001 PT13 | Thereus, mythological centaur, a hunter who captured bears and carried them home, alive and struggling † |
| 32564 Glass | 2001 QM68 | Eugene Glass, American amateur astronomer † |
| 32569 Deming | 2001 QW71 | Leo Deming, American amateur astronomer, one of the founders of the original observatory at Rose-Hulman (the discovery site) † |
| 32570 Peruindiana | 2001 QZ71 | Peru, Indiana, "circus capital of the world", hometown of the discoverer † |
| 32571 Brayton | 2001 QA72 | Scott Brayton, American car racer † |
| 32701-32800 | ||
| 32720 Simoeisios | 2131 T-3 | Simoeisios, young Trojan hero killed by Ajax during the Trojan War † |
| 32724 Woerlitz | 4029 T-3 | Gartenreich Dessau-Wörlitz (Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz), near Dessau, Germany, an exceptional example of eighteenth-century landscape design and a UNESCO World Heritage site † |
| 32726 Chromios | 4179 T-3 | Chromios, son of Priam, killed by Diomedes during the Trojan War † |
| 32770 Starchik | 1984 YY1 | Boris Stepanovich Starchik, Ukrainian engineer, builder, traveller, forester, and defender of nature † |
| 32776 Nriag | 1987 KG5 | National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG), Helwan, Egypt † |
| 32801-32900 | ||
| 32807 Quarenghi | 1990 SN28 | Jacomo Quarenghi, Italian architect, who designed the Hermitage theater, the Smolny Institute, the Guards' Manège (all in St. Petersburg) and the Alexandre Palace (in Tsarskoye Selo) † |
| 32809 Sommerfeld | 1990 TJ10 | Arnold Sommerfeld, German physics professor † |
| 32811 Apisaon | 1990 TP12 | Apisaon, son of Phausios, Trojan warrior who fought against the approaching Aias but was transfixed and deprived of his armor by Eurypolos † |
| 32853 Döbereiner | 1992 SF2 | Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner, German professor of chemistry † |
| 32890 Schwob | 1994 AL1 | Pierre R. Schwob, American-Swiss software engineer and amateur astronomer † ‡ |
| 32897 Curtharris | 1994 PD | Curtis Harris, Anguillan(?) amateur astronomer † |
| 32899 Knigge | 1994 PY1 | Adolph Freiherr von Knigge, German author and translator † |
| 32901-33000 | ||
| 32938 Ivanopaci | 1995 TP2 | Ivano Paci, Italian professor, who provided crucial support to the development of the Osservatorio Astronomico della Montagna Pistoiese (Montagna Pistoiese Astronomical Observatory) † |
| 32943 Sandyryan | 1995 VK2 | Sandy Ryan, American provider of technical support to the AMOS team † |
| 32944 Gussalli | 1995 WC3 | Luigi Gussalli, Italian mechanical engineer and space-vehicle propulsion designer † |
| 33000 Chenjiansheng | 1997 CJ28 | Jiansheng Chen, Chinese astrophysicist † |
| Preceded by 31001–32000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of asteroids (32001-33000) |
Succeeded by 33001–34000 |
