Meanings of minor planet names: 36001–37000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.

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

Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
36001–36100
36033 Viseggi 1999 OC1 Monte Viseggi, on top of which is located Osservatorio Astronomico di Monte Viseggi (La Spezia Astronomical Observatory), the discovery site
36035 Petrvok 1999 PV Petr Vok z Rozmberka (Peter Wok of Rosenberg), the last member of a significant medieval South Bohemian noble family
36036 Bonucci 1999 PQ1 Arturo Bonucci, 20th-century Italian cellist and amateur astrophotographer
36037 Linenschmidt 1999 PQ3 Robb Linenschmidt, American aerospace engineer and friend of the discoverers
36060 Babuška 1999 RM43 Ivo Babuška, Czech-American mathematician, founder of the journal Applications of Mathematics, honorary member of the Czech Learned Society
36061 Haldane 1999 RJ44 J. B. S. Haldane, British biologist and philosopher of science
36101–36200
36169 Grosseteste 1999 RG240 Robert Grosseteste, an English statesman, natural philosopher and theologian.
36177 Tonysharon 1999 SJ14 Anthony P. Sharon, Deputy Executive Vice President of MIT.
36182 Montigiani 1999 TY12 Montigiani Roberto, Italian amateur astronomer and friend of the discoverer
36187 Travisbarman 1999 TB37 Travis Barman, assistant astronomer at Lowell Observatory
36201–36300
36226 Mackerras 1999 UQ4 Sir Charles Mackerras, Australian-American orchestra conductor
36235 Sergebaudo 1999 VJ Serge Baudo, French orchestra conductor
36401–36500
36424 Satokokumasaki 2000 PZ3 Satoko Kumasaki (b. 1958) has devoted herself to elementary education since 1992. She organized the Primary Education Study Group at the Kawai Institute for Culture and Education.
36445 Smalley 2000 QU Kyle Smalley, American amateur astronomer and team member of the Powell Observatory Near-Earth-Object follow-up program
36446 Cinodapistoia 2000 QV Cino da Pistoia (Guittoncino dei Sinibaldi or Sighibuldi), mediaeval Tuscan jurist and poet, friend of Dante Alighieri and Francesco Petrarch
36472 Ebina 2000 QQ26 Ebina, a town in central Kanagawa Prefecture.
36601–36700
36614 Saltis 2000 QU148 Saltis, a nickname for Saltsjöbaden, Sweden, the discovery site
36672 Sidi 2000 QR220 Sidonie Adlersburg, Austrian Roma victim of Auschwitz, memorialized in Erich Hackl's novel Abschied von Sidonie
36701–36800
36774 Kuittinen 2000 RK101 Risto Kuittinen, Director General of the Finnish Geodetic Institute during 1998–2011
36782 Okauchitakashige 2000 SR4 Takashige Okauchi (born 1938) contributed to the recovery and investigation of the meteorite "Kokubunji Inseki". He participated in the activities of the Japan Spaceguard Association, such as "Spaceguard Tanteidan".
36801–36900
36800 Katarinawitt 2000 SF45 Katarina Witt, German figure skater, olympic champion, four-time World Figure Skating champion, German "Ice Skater of the Century"
36888 Škrabal 2000 SE163 Emil Škrabal, Czech construction engineer and amateur astronomer, member of the Czech Society for Interplanetary Matter and an honorary member of the Czech Astronomical Society
Preceded by
35,001–36,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 36,001–37,000
Succeeded by
37,001–38,000
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