Claim: 2044 Wirt is a minor planet named after its discoverer Carl Wirtanen in Novermber 8, 1950 at the Lick Observatory.
Evidence: The minor-planet moon has an estimated diameter of 1.89 kilometer. The asteroid was discovered on 8 November 1950, by American astronomer Carl Wirtanen at Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton, California, and later named after the discoverer himself.