MEANINGS OF ASTEROID NAMES (43001-44000)


Asteroids not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
43001-43100
43025 Valusha Valentina I. Ipatova-Artioukhova, Russian hydrobiologist
43083 Frankconrad 1999 WR Frank Conrad, American amateur astronomer, past president of the Baton Rouge Astronomical Society, friend of the discoverer
43101-43200
43193 Secinaro Secinaro, L'Aquila, Italy, location of what is probably the first Italian meteoric impact crater discovery (dating to the fourth or fifth century)
43201-43300
43293 Banting Frederick G. Banting, Canadian medical doctor, discoverer of insulin
43511 Cima Ekar Stazione osservativa di Asiago Cima Ekar (Cima Ekar Observing Station), a.k.a. Osservatorio Astronomico di Monte Ekar, the largest astronomical facilities of Italy
43601-43700
43667 Dumlupınar ''Dumlupınar'', the Turkish submarine which, while crossing the Dardanelles on 1953 April 4, collided with the Swedish freighter ''Naboland'' and sank, killing all 81 men aboard
43669 Winterthur Winterthur, Switzerland, birthplace of the discoverer and home of Sternwarte Eschenberg (Eschenberg Observatory)
43806 Augustepiccard Auguste Piccard, Swiss-Belgian physicist, explorer of the upper stratosphere and the depths of the ocean
43841 Marcustacitus 1993 HB Marcus Claudius Tacitus, Roman emperor
43844 Rowling Joanne "Jo" Rowling, British author, best known for the Harry Potter series
43859 Naoyayano Naoya and Ayano Fujii, children of the second discoverer
43881 Cerreto Cerreto D'Asti, Piedmont, Italy, home to the Osservatorio astronomico di Cerreto d'Asti (Cerreto d'Asti Astronomical Observatory)
43882 Maurivicoli Maurizio Vicoli, Italian philosopher and astronomer
43889 Osawatakaomi 1995 QH Osawa Takaomi, Japanese pharmacist and amateur astronomer, independent discoverer of comet C/1996 B1
43890 Katiaottani Katia Ottani, Italian elementary-school teacher and friend of E. Colombini, one of the co-discoverers
43901-44000
43931 Yoshimi Yoshimi Takahashi, Japanese amateur astronomer who contributed to the establishment of the Nanyo Astronomical Lovers Club and the Nanyo Citizen's Astronomical Observatory
43954 Chýnov Chýnov, south Bohemia, site of a well-known cave discovered in 1863
43955 Fixlmüller Placidus Fixlmüller, 18th-century Austrian astronomer
43956 Elidoro Claudio Elidoro, Italian astronomer and popularizer
43957 Invernizzi Luca Invernizzi, Italian author and amateur astronomer, founder of the Associazione Astrofili Valtellinesi and co-promoter of the "G. Piazzi" Observatory
43971 Gabzdyl Pavel Gabzdyl, Czech planetary astronomer and author
43993 Mariola 1997 OK Mariola Magnoni Tieghi, former president of the Como Inner Wheel Club (International Inner Wheel di Como; the feminine version of the Rotary International)
43999 Gramigna Paolo Gramigna, Italian amateur astronomer


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