Meanings of asteroid names (37001-38000)
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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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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: 37001... 37101... 37201... 37301... 37401... 37501... 37601... 37701... 37801... 37901...
| Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name |
|---|---|---|
| 37001-37100 | ||
| 37022 Robertovittori | 2000 UT1 | Roberto Vittori, Italian astronaut † |
| 37044 Papymarcel | 2000 UE29 | Marcel Alphonse Merlin, father of the discoverer ("Papy" is the French diminutive of "Father") † |
| 37101-37200 | ||
| 37141 Povolný | 2000 VZ38 | Dalibor Povolný, Czech biologist † |
| 37163 Huachucaclub | 2000 WD11 | Huachuca Astronomy Club † |
| 37201-37300 | ||
| 37279 Hukvaldy | 2000 YK12 | Hrad Hukvaldy, one of the largest castles in the Czech Republic † |
| 37301-37400 | ||
| 37391 Ebre | 2001 XB | Observatori de l'Ebre, Roquetes-Tortosa, Spain † |
| 37392 Yukiniall | 2001 XP16 | Yuki and Niall, children of co-discoverer Henri Boffin † |
| 37401-37500 | ||
| 37432 Piszkéstető | 2002 AE11 | Piszkéstető, a 944 m peak on Mátra Mountain, Hungary, site of Piszkéstető Station † |
| 37452 Spirit | 4282 P-L | Spirit rover (Mars Exploration Rover A)† |
| 37501-37600 | ||
| 37519 Amphios | 3040 T-3 | Amphios, son of Merops of Perkote, one of the allies of Priam, killed by Ajax to get his beautiful armour during the Trojan war † |
| 37556 Svyaztie | 1982 QP3 | Svyaz and Tie, Russian and English words meaning "connection", honouring the astronomical collaborations and friendships between the two superpowers, and also the exchange of neckwear by the co-discoverers on their first meeting in 1970 † |
| 37573 Enricocaruso | 1989 UB7 | Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor † |
| 37582 Faraday | 1990 TT3 | Michael Faraday, English naturalist, discoverer, amongst many things, of electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism, and the Faraday effect † |
| 37584 Schleiden | 1990 TC9 | Matthias Jakob Schleiden, German botanist, co-founder (with Theodor Schwann) of the field of cytology † |
| 37588 Lynnecox | 1991 GA2 | Lynne Cox, American long-distance swimmer † |
| 37601-37700 | ||
| 37601 Vicjen | 1992 GC1 | Vic and Jen Winter, popularizers of astronomy in rural Bolivia † |
| 37608 Löns | 1992 SY16 | Herman Löns, German novelist and folk song writer † |
| 37655 Illapa | 1994 PM | Illapa, the thunder or weather god of the Incas † |
| 37678 McClure | 1995 CR1 | Albert Edmund McClure, Irish engineer and antique astronomical instrument restorer † |
| 37692 Loribragg | 1995 VX | Lori Bragg, American member of the Maui Economic Development Board, provider of technical support to the AMOS team † |
| 37701-37800 | ||
| 37736 Jandl | 1996 VU6 | Ivan Jandl, 20th-century Czech child actor, first Czech Oscar winner † |
| 37788 Suchan | 1997 SK34 | Pavel Suchan, Czech popularizer of astronomy at the Stefanik Observatory in Prague and spokesman for the Czech Astronomical Society † |
| 37801-37900 | ||
| 37859 Bobkoff | 1998 FE3 | Robert Koff, American amateur astronomer † |
| 37939 Hašler | 1998 HA | Karel Hašler, Czech song writer, actor, movie director and cabaretier † |
| Preceded by 36001–37000 |
Meanings of asteroid names List of asteroids (37001-38000) |
Succeeded by 38001–39000 |
