MEANINGS OF ASTEROID NAMES (24001-25000)


Asteroids not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
24001-24100
24046 Malovany Joseph Malovany, American tenor soloist, cantor of New York's Fifth Avenue Synagogue, and professor of Liturgical Music at Yeshiva University
24048 Pedroduque Pedro Duque, Spanish astronaut
24101-24200
24101 Cassini Giovanni Domenico Cassini (a.k.a. Jean-Dominique Cassini), 17th-century Italian-born French astronomer
24102 Jacquescassini Jacques Cassini, French astronomer, son of Jean-Dominique Cassini
24103 Dethury César-François Cassini de Thury, French astronomer and cartographer, son of Jacques Cassini
24104 Vinissac Reversed spelling of "Cassini IV", i.e. Jean-Dominique Cassini, son of César-François
24105 Broughton John Broughton, Australian amateur astronomer
24162 Askaci 1999 WD Astronomical Society of Kansas City
24168 Hexlein German for "little witch", the childhood nickname of Renate Kühnen, friend of Rainer Hesken, co-discoverer †
24173 SLAS Saint Louis Astronomical Society
24194 Paľuš Pavel Paľuš, Slovak astronomer, one of the founders of the Modra Observatory (Astronomické observatórium Modra)
24201-24300
24249 Bobbiolson Roberta Rae ("Bobbi") Olson, née Russell, American wife of the University of Arizona basketball coach Lute Olson, and fund-raiser for the Arizona Arthritis Center and the Arizona Cancer Center
24250 Luteolson Robert Luther ("Lute") Olson, American collegiate Hall of Fame head basketball coach of the University of Arizona
24259 Chriswalker
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24260 Kriváň Kriváň, a high peak in the Tatra mountains in Slovakia †
24265 Banthonytwarog Barbara J. Anthony-Twarog, American astronomer
24301-24400
24303 Michaelrice 1999 YY Michael (Mike) L. Rice, American amateur astronomer, co-founder of the New Mexico Skies Observatory near Cloudcroft with his wife Lynn
24304 Lynnrice 1999 YZ Eileen Lynn Rice, American amateur astronomer, co-founder of the New Mexico Skies Observatory near Cloudcroft with her husband Michael
24305 Darrellparnell Darrell Parnell, American astronomer
24308 Cowenco Courtney, Wendy and Cody, offspring of the first discoverer
24401-24500
24450 Victorchang Victor Peter Chang, Chinese-Australian heart surgeon
24501-24600
24587 Kapaneus 4613 T-2 Capaneus, in Greek mythology, son of Hipponous and father of Sthenelus, and one of the commanders in the war of the Seven against Thebes
24601-24700
24603 Mekistheus 1973 SQ Mecisteus, Greek mythological character, son of Talaus and father of Euryalus, regarded by some as one of the commanders in the war of the Seven against Thebes
24605 Tsykalyuk Sergej Alekseevich Tsykalyuk, Russian economist
24607 Sevnatu Sevastopol National Technical University, Ukraine
24608 Alexveselkov 1977 SL Alexej Nikonovich Veselkov, Russian molecular physicist and biophysicist
24609 Evgenij Evgenij Borisovich Aleksandrov, Russian physicist
24626 Astrowizard David V. ("Dave") Rodrigues, American astronomy teacher
24641 Enver Enver Elimdarovich Abduraimov, Ukrainian (Crimean) physician
24643 MacCready 1984 SS Paul MacCready, American engineer, who won the Kremer Prize for the first human-powered flying machine
24648 Evpatoria Evpatoria, Crimea, Ukraine, on the occasion of its 2500th anniversary in 2003
24649 Balaklava Balaklava, Crimea, Ukraine, now part of Sebastopol
24654 Fossett 1987 KL Steve Fossett, American millionaire and adventurer
24662 Gryll 1988 GS Matyáš Gryll of Gryllov, Czech astronomer †
24665 Tolerantia Latin for "tolerance", meaning nowadays tolerating different ideological and religious opinions and behaviours
24666 Miesvanrohe Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German-American architect and designer
24671 Frankmartin Frank Martin, Swiss composer
24680 Alleven "All [of the] even" digits
24697 Rastrelli Carlo Bartolomeo Rastrelli and Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, father and son, Italian sculptor and architect, respectively
24699 Schwekendiek Peter Schwekendiek, German astrophysicist
24701-24800
24701 Elyu-Ene Elyu-Ene, "Large River", the Evenk name for the Lena River, one of the longest in the world (4400 km), flowing from the Baikal Mountains to the Laptev sea
24709 Mitau Ancient name of the Latvian city of Jelgava
24711 Chamisso Adelbert von Chamisso, German-French poet and botanist
24712 Boltzmann Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist
24713 Ekrutt Joachim Ekrutt, German lawyer, tax consultant, and amateur astronomer
24728 Scagell Robin Scagell, British author, consultant and broadcaster on astronomy
24748 Nernst Walther Hermann Nernst, German chemist
24749 Grebel Eva K. Grebel, German astronomer
24750 Ohm Georg Simon Ohm, German physicist
24751 Kroemer Herbert Kroemer, German-American physicist and Nobelist
24761 Ahau Kinich Ahau (Ahau-Kin, "Lord of the Sun-face"), Mayan Sun-god
24778 Nemsu New Mexico State University † ‡
24779 Presque Isle University of Maine at Presque Isle, Presque Isle, Maine, location of a 65-km long scale model of the solar system, on the occasion of its centennial in 2003
24794 Kurland Kurland or Courland, the ancient (13th-18th centuries) name of the districts Zemgale and Kurzeme of present-day Latvia
24801-24900
24818 Menichelli 1994 WX Marco Menichelli, Italian amateur astronomer †
24837 Mšecké Žehrovice Mšecké Žehrovice, central Bohemian village, the Czech Republic, known for its remnants of an ancient Celtic sanctuary †
24838 Abilunon Presumed name of an ancient Celtic town, founded in the first century B.C. on a strategic peninsula of the Vltava river, the Czech Republic †
24847 Polesný Bohumil Polesný, director of the České Budějovice Observatory from 1955 to 1966 †
24858 Diethelm Roger Diethelm, Swiss astronomer, editor of the variable-stars bulletin of the Schweizerische Astronomische Gesellschaft, founder of the R. Szafraniec Observatory in Metzerlen
24898 Alanholmes Alan W. Holmes, American optical engineer and amateur γ-ray burst astronomer, who helped spark the CCD astronomical revolution †
24899 Dominiona Canada, officially the "Dominion of Canada" under the Constitution Acts of 1867 and 1982 †
24901-25000
24907 Alfredhaar Alfréd Haar, Hungarian mathematician
24916 Stelzhamer Franz Stelzhamer, Austrian poet and novelist who wrote the words to the Austrian national anthem and whose "s'Hoamatgsang" is the anthem of the Austrian province of Oberösterreich (Upper Austria) †
24918 Tedkooser Ted Kooser, American poet, Poet Laureate of the United States in 2004
24935 Godfreyhardy Godfrey Harold Hardy, British mathematician
24939 Chiminello 1997 JR Vincenzo Chiminello, Italian astronomer and translator
24944 Harish-Chandra Harish-Chandra, Indian-American mathematician
24947 Hausdorff Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician
24948 Babote Babote tower, the former Observatoire de la Babote, Montpellier, France, now the meeting place of the members of the Société Astronomique de Montpellier
24950 Nikhilas 1997 QF Nikhilas Jonathan Marsden, first grandson of Minor Planet Center director Brian G. Marsden (the asteroid was discovered on his second birthday) †
24962 Kenjitoba Kenji Toba, Japanese amateur astronomer, discoverer of comet C/1971 E1, director of the BiStar Observatory since its foundation
24969 Lucafini Luca Fini, software developer and system manager at the Osservatorio di Arcetri, Italy †
24981 Shigekimurakami Shigeki Murakami, Japanese amateur astronomer, co-discoverer of comet C/2002 E2
24998 Hermite Charles Hermite, French mathematician
24999 Hieronymus Hieronymus Bosch, Dutch painter †
25000 Astrometria Latin for Astrometry


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