MEANINGS OF ASTEROID NAMES (30001-31000)
Asteroids not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
| Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name |
|---|---|---|
| 30252 Textorisová | Izabela Textorisová, Slovak botanist † | |
| 30301-30400 | ||
| 30305 Severi | 2000 JA | Francesco Severi, Italian mathematician ★ |
| 30306 Frigyesriesz | 2000 JD | Frigyes Riesz, Hungarian mathematician, elder brother of Marcel Riesz † |
| 30307 Marcelriesz | 2000 JE | Marcel Riesz, Hungarian-born Swedish mathematician † |
| 30401-30500 | ||
| 30417 Staudt | 2000 LF | ★ |
| 30418 Jakobsteiner | 2000 LG | Jakob Steiner? ★ |
| 30439 Moe | 2000 MB | One of the Three Stooges ★ |
| 30440 Larry | 2000 MG | One of the Three Stooges ★ |
| 30441 Curly | 2000 MX | One of the Three Stooges ★ |
| 30443 Stieltjes | 2000 NR | Thomas Jan Stieltjes, Dutch physicist and mathematician † |
| 30444 Shemp | One of the Three Stooges ★ | |
| 30445 Stirling | James Stirling, Scottish mathematician? ★ | |
| 30501-30600 | ||
| 30564 Olomouc | Olomouc, an old city in Moravia, the Czech Republic | |
| 30566 Stokes | Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, Irish mathematician and physicist ★ | |
| 30601-30700 | ||
| 30698 Hippokoon | 2299 T-3 | ★ |
| 30701-30800 | ||
| 30704 Phegeus | 3250 T-3 | ★ |
| 30705 Idaios | 3365 T-3 | ★ |
| 30708 Echepolos | 4101 T-3 | ★ |
| 30722 Biblioran | Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences † † | |
| 30724 Peterburgtrista | St. Petersburg tricentenary (2003) † | |
| 30767 Chriskraft | Christopher C. Kraft, who oversaw rocket launches and the design of space modules from Mercury to Apollo, as well as creating Mission Control | |
| 30775 Lattu | 1987 QX | ★ |
| 30778 Döblin | Alfred Döblin, German novelist ★ | |
| 30779 Sankt-Stephan | Abbey Sankt-Stephan (''Benediktinerkloster Sankt Stephan'') in Augsburg, Germany, where the Benedictine monk Father Gregor (Bernhard Helms) is a physics-astronomy teacher, builder of his own observatory and of the school planetarium | |
| 30785 Greeley | 1988 PX | Ronald Greeley, American planetary geologist |
| 30786 Karkoschka | 1988 QC | Erich Karkoschka, German-born American astronomer ★ |
| 30788 Angekauffmann | Angelica Kauffmann, Swiss painter ★ | |
| 30798 Graubünden | Graubünden, birthplace of Angelica Kauffmann ★ | |
| 30801-30900 | ||
| 30821 Chernetenko | Yuliya Andreevna Chernetenko, Russian astronomer | |
| 30826 Coulomb | Charles Augustin Coulomb, French physicist ★ | |
| 30828 Bethe | Hans Albrecht Bethe, German-American physicist ★ | |
| 30830 Jahn | Max Jahn, German physical chemist ★ | |
| 30836 Schnittke | Alfred Garyevich Schnittke, Russian composer ★ | |
| 30837 Steinheil | Carl August von Steinheil, Swiss physicist ★ | |
| 30840 Jackalice | Jack Newton, Canadian astrophotographer, and his wife Alice | |
| 30844 Hukeller | 1991 KE | Hans-Ulrich Keller, German astronomer † |
| 30850 Vonsiemens | Ernst Werner von Siemens, German inventor and industrialist ★ | |
| 30852 Debye | Peter Joseph William Debye, Dutch-born American physical chemist † | |
| 30879 Hiroshikanai | 1992 KF | ★ |
| 30883 de Broglie | Louis-Victor, 7th duc de Broglie, French physicist ★ | |
| 30901-31000 | ||
| 30917 Moehorgan | Maureen "Moe" A. Horgan, American trombonist, conductor and teacher | |
| 30933 Grillparzer | Franz Grillparzer, Austrian dramatic poet ★ | |
| 30934 Bakerhansen | 1993 WH | Baker Hansen, a main character in William Heinesen's novel ''Lost Musicians''? ★ |
| 30935 Davasobel | Dava Sobel, American author | |
| 30963 Mount Banzan | Mount Banzan, Japan, at the foot of which is the Sendai Astronomical Observatory Ayashi Station (and where the New Sendai Astronomical Observatory will be in 2008) | |
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