Meanings of asteroid names (42001-43000)
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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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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: 42001... 42101... 42201... 42301... 42401... 42501... 42601... 42701... 42801... 42901...
| Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name |
|---|---|---|
| 42001-42100 | ||
| 42073 Noreen | 2001 AS1 | Noreen Pray, wife of the discoverer † |
| 42101-42200 | ||
| 42113 Jura | 2001 AB49 | Jura, the 23rd state of Switzerland † |
| 42191 Thurmann | 2001 CJ37 | Jules Thurmann, 19th-century Swiss geologist and naturalist † |
| 42301-42400 | ||
| 42354 Kindleberger | 2002 CK43 | Charles P. Kindleberger, American economist † |
| 42355 Typhon | 2002 CR46 | Typhon, mythological enemy of the Olympian gods, leader of the Titans, and its mother, Echidna ((42355) Typhon I Echidna) † |
| 42365 Caligiuri | 2002 CM115 | Michael P. Caligiuri, American neurologist and amateur astro-imager † |
| 42377 KLENOT | 2002 EU2 | KLENOT, the KLEť observatory Near Earth and Other unusual objects observations Team and telescope project † |
| 42401-42500 | ||
| 42403 Andraimon | 6844 P-L | Andraimon, father of the Greek Trojan War hero Thoas † |
| 42482 Fischer-Dieskau | 1988 RT3 | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German baritone, lieder and oratorio singer, orchestra conductor and author † |
| 42487 Ångström | 1991 RY2 | Anders Jonas Ångström, 19th-century Swedish physicist, cofounder of astrospectroscopy † |
| 42501-42600 | ||
| 42516 Oistrach | 1993 VH5 | David Oistrach (David Fyodorovich Oistrakh, Давид Фёдорович Ойстрах), and his son Igor (Игорь), Jewish-Russian-Ukrainian violin virtuosi † |
| 42531 McKenna | 1995 LJ | Martin McKenna, Irish astronomer † |
| 42701-42800 | ||
| 42747 Fuser | 1998 SU10 | Ireneo Fuser, Italian author and professor of organ, piano and composition † |
| 42748 Andrisani | 1998 SV10 | Donato Andrisani, Italian dental surgeon, amateur astronomer, and friend of the discoverer † |
| 42775 Bianchini | 1998 UO23 | Francesco Bianchini, 17th-18th century Italian catholic priest, calendar reformer ans astronomer † |
| 42776 Casablanca | 1998 UV26 | Casablanca, Morocco, and Casablanca (1942), one of the most renowned English movies of all time † |
| 42801-42900 | ||
| 42849 Podjavorinská | 1999 RK44 | Ľudmila Podjavorinská (Riznerová), Slovak poet and writer, recipient of a National artist award for her contributions to Slovak literature † |
| 42901-43000 | ||
| 42924 Betlem | 1999 TJ2 | Hans Betlem, Dutch amateur meteor astronomer and founder of the Dutch Meteor Society † |
| 42929 Francini | 1999 TW9 | Claudio Francini, Italian amateur astronomer, a collaborator at the Osservatorio Astronomico della Montagna Pistoiese (San Marcello Observatory, the discovery site) † |
| 42981 Jenniskens | 1999 TY224 | Peter Jenniskens, American meteor astronomer † |
| Preceded by 41001–42000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of asteroids (42001-43000) |
Succeeded by 43001–44000 |
