Meanings of asteroid names (43001-44000)
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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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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: 43001... 43101... 43201... 43301... 43401... 43501... 43601... 43701... 43801... 43901...
| Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name |
|---|---|---|
| 43001-43100 | ||
| 43025 Valusha | 1999 VW12 | Valentina I. Ipatova-Artioukhova, Russian hydrobiologist † |
| 43083 Frankconrad | 1999 WR | Frank Conrad, American amateur astronomer, past president of the Baton Rouge Astronomical Society, friend of the discoverer † |
| 43101-43200 | ||
| 43193 Secinaro | 2000 AW4 | Secinaro, L'Aquila, Italy, location of what is probably the first Italian meteoric impact crater discovery (dating to the fourth or fifth century) † |
| 43201-43300 | ||
| 43293 Banting | 2000 GU1 | Frederick G. Banting, Canadian medical doctor, discoverer of insulin † |
| 43501-43600 | ||
| 43511 Cima Ekar | 2001 CP48 | Stazione osservativa di Asiago Cima Ekar (Cima Ekar Observing Station), a.k.a. Osservatorio Astronomico di Monte Ekar, the largest astronomical facilities of Italy † |
| 43601-43700 | ||
| 43667 Dumlupınar | 2002 GO1 | Dumlupınar, the Turkish submarine which, while crossing the Dardanelles on 1953 April 4, collided with the Swedish freighter Naboland and sank, killing all 81 men aboard † |
| 43669 Winterthur | 2002 GA10 | Winterthur, Switzerland, birthplace of the discoverer and home of Sternwarte Eschenberg (Eschenberg Observatory) † |
| 43706 Iphiklos | 1416 T-2 | Iphiklos, father of the Trojan war Greek hero Podarkes of Phylake † |
| 43724 Pechstein | 1975 UY | Max Pechstein, German painter, leading member of the German expressionists known as "Die Brücke" † |
| 43751 Asam | 1982 UD4 | The Asam family of 17th-18th century Bavarian artists: father Hans Georg and sons Cosmas Damian and Egid Quirin, fresco painters, stucco sculptors, and architects † |
| 43775 Tiepolo | 1989 CA6 | Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 18th-century Italian painter † |
| 43790 Ferdinandbraun | 1990 TY3 | Ferdinand Braun, German physicist, inventor of the "Braun tube", the forerunner of the television tube, co-winner of the 1909 Nobel Prize in physics for wireless telegraphy † |
| 43793 Mackey | 1990 VK7 | Lance Mackey, American musher, first to win the 1000-mile Yukon Quest and the 1100-mile Iditarod back to back (in 2007) † |
| 43801-43900 | ||
| 43806 Augustepiccard | 1991 RG7 | Auguste Piccard, Swiss-Belgian physicist, explorer of the upper stratosphere and the depths of the ocean † |
| 43841 Marcustacitus | 1993 HB | Marcus Claudius Tacitus, Roman emperor † |
| 43844 Rowling | 1993 OX2 | Joanne "Jo" Rowling, British author, best known for the Harry Potter series † |
| 43859 Naoyayano | 1994 AN15 | Naoya and Ayano Fujii, children of the second discoverer † |
| 43881 Cerreto | 1995 DA13 | Cerreto D'Asti, Piedmont, Italy, home to the Osservatorio astronomico di Cerreto d'Asti (Cerreto d'Asti Astronomical Observatory) † |
| 43882 Maurivicoli | 1995 EM1 | Maurizio Vicoli, Italian philosopher and astronomer † |
| 43889 Osawatakaomi | 1995 QH | Osawa Takaomi, Japanese pharmacist and amateur astronomer, independent discoverer of comet C/1996 B1 † |
| 43890 Katiaottani | 1995 QT3 | Katia Ottani, Italian elementary-school teacher and friend of E. Colombini, one of the co-discoverers † |
| 43901-44000 | ||
| 43931 Yoshimi | 1996 PR9 | Yoshimi Takahashi, Japanese amateur astronomer who contributed to the establishment of the Nanyo Astronomical Lovers Club and the Nanyo Citizen's Astronomical Observatory † |
| 43954 Chýnov | 1997 CT5 | Chýnov, south Bohemia, site of a well-known cave discovered in 1863 † |
| 43955 Fixlmüller | 1997 CE6 | Placidus Fixlmüller, 18th-century Austrian astronomer † ‡ |
| 43956 Elidoro | 1997 CD7 | Claudio Elidoro, Italian astronomer and popularizer † |
| 43957 Invernizzi | 1997 CL13 | Luca Invernizzi, Italian author and amateur astronomer, founder of the Associazione Astrofili Valtellinesi and co-promoter of the "G. Piazzi" Observatory † |
| 43971 Gabzdyl | 1997 GB4 | Pavel Gabzdyl, Czech planetary astronomer and author † |
| 43993 Mariola | 1997 OK | Mariola Magnoni Tieghi, former president of the Como Inner Wheel Club (International Inner Wheel di Como; the feminine version of the Rotary International) † |
| 43999 Gramigna | 1997 QC3 | Paolo Gramigna, Italian amateur astronomer † |
| Preceded by 42001–43000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of asteroids (43001-44000) |
Succeeded by 44001–45000 |
