# Meanings of minor-planet names: 42001–43000

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), 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 number-range that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names.
Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are approved and published in a bulletin by IAU's Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN). Before May 2021, citations were published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars for many decades. Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB). Until his death in 2016, German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel compiled these citations into the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (DMP) and regularly updated the collection.
Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets, Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: SBDB New namings may only be added to this list below after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned. The WGSBN publishes a comprehensive guideline for the naming rules of non-cometary small Solar System bodies.

## Index100K200K300K400K500K600K

* 37,000s
* 38,000s
* 39,000s
* 40,000s
* 41,000s
* 42,000s
* 43,000s
* 44,000s
* 45,000s
* 46,000s
* 47,000s
* 42,001…
* 42,101…
* 42,201…
* 42,301…
* 42,401…
* 42,501…
* 42,601…
* 42,701…
* 42,801…
* 42,901…

## 42001–42100

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 42073 Noreen | 2001 AS$_1$ | Noreen Pray, wife of American discoverer Donald P. Pray | JPL · 42073 |

## 42101–42200

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 42112 Hongkyumoon | 2001 AF$_{48}$ | Hong-Kyu Moon (born 1965) is a planetary scientist at the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (Daejeon, South Korea). He studies survey simulations for near-Earth objects and is P.I. of the DEEP-South observation project for asteroids and comets in the southern sky. | IAU · 42112 |
| 42113 Jura | 2001 AB$_{49}$ | Canton of Jura, the 23rd state of Switzerland | JPL · 42113 |
| 42175 Yuyang | 2001 CR$_{21}$ | Yang Yu (born 1986) is a professor at Beihang University who studies orbits around irregularly shaped small bodies and has worked on understanding the shape evolution of asteroids. | IAU · 42175 |
| 42177 Bolin | 2001 CL$_{22}$ | Bryce T. Bolin (born 1986) is a postdoctoral researcher at the California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California, United States of America) whose observational and numerical studies focus on mini-moons, asteroid families, active asteroids, near-Earth objects, and interstellar objects. | IAU · 42177 |
| 42183 Tubiana | 2001 CY$_{29}$ | Cecilia Tubiana (born 1980) is a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (Göttingen, Germany) who studies the nuclei and dust of comets. She played a core role in the operation of the OSIRIS cameras on the Rosetta mission and is now the payload coordinator for Comet Interceptor. | IAU · 42183 |
| 42191 Thurmann | 2001 CJ$_{37}$ | Jules Thurmann (1804–1855), French-Swiss geologist and botanist | JPL · 42191 |

## 42201–42300

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 42271 Keikokubota | 2001 QL$_{154}$ | Keiko Kubota (born 1985) is a Japanese vocalist and original member of the musical group "Kalafina". She has also performed with "FictionJunction". | JPL · 42271 |
| 42295 Teresateng | 2001 UG$_{17}$ | Teresa Teng, Taiwanese popular and influential pop singer | JPL · 42295 |

## 42301–42400

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 42354 Kindleberger | 2002 CK$_{43}$ | Charles P. Kindleberger, American economist | JPL · 42354 |
| 42355 Typhon | 2002 CR$_{46}$ | Typhon, the mythological enemy of the Olympian gods, leader of the Titans, and its mother, Echidna ((42355) Typhon I Echidna) | JPL · 42355 |
| 42365 Caligiuri | 2002 CM$_{115}$ | Michael P. Caligiuri, American neurologist and amateur astro-imager | JPL · 42365 |
| 42377 KLENOT | 2002 EU$_2$ | KLENOT (initialism of Klet Observatory near Earth and other unusual objects observations team and telescope), a project conducted at the Kleť Observatory in the Czech Republic | MPC · 42377 |

## 42401–42500

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 42403 Andraimon | 6844 P-L | Andraimon, father of the Greek Trojan War hero Thoas | JPL · 42403 |
| 42478 Inozemtseva | 1981 RX$_1$ | Galina Alexeevna Inozemtseva, the head of Municipal Children's Diagnostic Center in Rostov-on-Don, Russia | JPL · 42478 |
| 42479 Tolik | 1981 SE$_7$ | Anatolij (Tolik) Leonidovich Zhuravlev, Ukrainian computer expert and engineer, husband of Russian discoverer Lyudmila Zhuravleva | JPL · 42479 |
| 42482 Fischer-Dieskau | 1988 RT$_3$ | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German baritone, lieder, and oratorio singer, orchestra conductor, and author | JPL · 42482 |
| 42485 Stendhal | 1991 BC$_1$ | Stendhal (Marie-Henri Beyle, 1783–1842), an original and complex French writer of the first half of the 19th century. Well known for his masterpieces Le Rouge et le Noir (1830) and La Chartreuse de Parme (1839). | JPL · 42485 |
| 42487 Ångström | 1991 RY$_2$ | Anders Jonas Ångström, 19th-century Swedish physicist, cofounder of astrospectroscopy | JPL · 42487 |
| 42492 Brüggenthies | 1991 TD$_7$ | Wilhelm Brüggenthies, a former civil engineer. | JPL · 42492 |

## 42501–42600

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 42516 Oistrach | 1993 VH$_5$ | David Oistrakh (1908–1974), and his son Igor Oistrakh, Jewish-Russian-Ukrainian violin virtuosi | JPL · 42516 |
| 42522 Chuckberry | 1994 CB$_{17}$ | Chuck Berry (Charles Edward Anderson, 1926–2017) was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was one of the pioneers of rock and roll. | JPL · 42522 |
| 42523 Ragazzileonardo | 1994 ES | I Ragazzi della Leonardo ("Leonardo's Children"), Italian cultural association | JPL · 42523 |
| 42531 McKenna | 1995 LJ | Martin McKenna (born 1978), Irish astronomer. In 2005, he was named "Astronomer of the Year" by the Irish Federation of Astronomical Societies. | JPL · 42531 |
| 42566 Ryutaro | 1996 XQ$_{25}$ | Ryutaro Hirota (1892–1952), a renowned Japanese composer, was born in Aki city, Kochi prefecture and studied musical composition at Tokyo Music School. | JPL · 42566 |
| 42585 Pheidippides | 1997 FJ$_1$ | Pheidippides (fl. 490 B.C.E.) was a legendary Athenian herald who ran 240 km between the battlefield at Marathon to Athens in two days to report the Greek victory over the Persians. The modern marathon takes its name from this legend. | JPL · 42585 |
| 42593 Antoniazzi | 1997 JQ | Antonio Maria Antoniazzi (1872–1925), an Italian astronomer. | JPL · 42593 |

## 42601–42700

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 42609 Daubechies | 1998 DB$_{34}$ | Ingrid Daubechies (born 1954), a Belgian physicist and mathematician. | JPL · 42609 |
| 42611 Manchu | 1998 EU$_1$ | Manchu (b. 1956, real name Philippe Bouchet), a French space artist. | IAU · 42611 |
| 42613 Schaller | 1998 EC$_4$ | Christian Schaller (b. 1969), an American software developer for space-based imagers. | IAU · 42613 |
| 42614 Ubaldina | 1998 EY$_6$ | Ubaldina Caronia, mother of Italian co-discoverer Alfredo Caronia | JPL · 42614 |
| 42618 Bardabelias | 1998 FM$_8$ | Nicole M. Bardabelias (b. 1992), a science operations engineer on the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and formerly for Mars Exploration Rovers | IAU · 42618 |
| 42665 Kristinblock | 1998 HF$_4$ | Kristin Block (b. 1978), American scientist and musician. | IAU · 42665 |
| 42697 Lucapaolini | 1998 LP$_2$ | Luca Paolini (born 1977), one of the best Italian bicycle racers. | JPL · 42697 |

## 42701–42800

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 42733 Andrébaranne | 1998 RH$_2$ | André Baranne (1931–2021), a French astronomer. | IAU · 42733 |
| 42747 Fuser | 1998 SU$_{10}$ | Ireneo Fuser, Italian author and professor of organ, piano, and composition | JPL · 42747 |
| 42748 Andrisani | 1998 SV$_{10}$ | Donato Andrisani, Italian dental surgeon, amateur astronomer, and friend of Italian discoverer Vittorio Goretti | JPL · 42748 |
| 42772 Kokotanekova | 1998 TJ$_{34}$ | Rosita Kokotanekova (born 1991) is a Research Fellow at ESO in Garching, Germany. She studies surface characteristics of comets, trans-Neptunian objects, and other small solar system bodies using ground-based photometry. | IAU · 42772 |
| 42775 Bianchini | 1998 UO$_{23}$ | Francesco Bianchini, 17th–18th century Italian catholic priest, calendar reformer and astronomer | JPL · 42775 |
| 42776 Casablanca | 1998 UV$_{26}$ | Casablanca, Morocco, and Casablanca (1942), one of the most renowned movies of all time | JPL · 42776 |
| 42795 Derekmuller | 1999 CO$_{12}$ | Derek Muller (b. 1982), a Canadian-Australian science communicator. | IAU · 42795 |

## 42801–42900

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 42849 Podjavorinská | 1999 RK$_{44}$ | Ľudmila Podjavorinská (Riznerová), Slovak poet and writer, recipient of a National artist award for her contributions to Slovak literature | JPL · 42849 |

## 42901–43000

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 42910 Samanthalawler | 1999 RB$_{221}$ | Samantha Lawler (born 1982) is an assistant professor at the University of Regina (Canada) who observationally studies small body populations around the Sun and exoplanetary systems. | IAU · 42910 |
| 42924 Betlem | 1999 TJ$_2$ | Hans Betlem (born 1954), Dutch amateur meteor astronomer and founder of the Dutch Meteor Society | JPL · 42924 |
| 42929 Francini | 1999 TW$_9$ | Claudio Francini (born 1926), Italian amateur astronomer at the discovering San Marcello Observatory | JPL · 42929 |
| 42981 Jenniskens | 1999 TY$_{224}$ | Peter Jenniskens (born 1962), American meteor astronomer | JPL · 42981 |
| 42985 Marsset | 1999 TR$_{230}$ | Michael Marsset (born 1989) is a postdoctoral associate at MIT (Cambridge, MA). An expert in small solar system bodies, his research includes adaptive optics imaging, photometric colors, and spectroscopic measurements of asteroids and Trans-Neptunian Objects. | IAU · 42985 |
| 42998 Malinafrank | 1999 UV$_1$ | Frank Joseph Malina Jr (1912–1981), American aeronautical engineer and painter | JPL · 42998 |