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EspañolMEANINGS OF ASTEROID NAMES (32001-33000)
Asteroids not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
| Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name |
|---|---|---|
| 32001-32100 | ||
| 32096 Puckett | Tim Puckett, American astronomer † | |
| 32101-32200 | ||
| 32184 Yamaura | Yuichi Yamaura, Japanese, one of the leaders of the National Space Development Agency (NASDA), contributor to the construction of Bisei Spaceguard Center | |
| 32201-32300 | ||
| 32207 Mairepercy | Maire E. Percy, Canadian researcher of risk factors for human disease, wife of John R. Percy (32208) † | |
| 32208 Johnpercy | John R. Percy, British-Canadian professor of astronomy and astrophysics, husband of Maire E. Percy (32207) † | |
| 32222 Charlesvest | Charles M. Vest, American president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1990 to 2004 | |
| 32263 Kusnierkiewicz | David Yan Kusnierkiewicz, American mission systems engineer of the ''New Horizons'' Pluto Kuiper Belt mission | |
| 32267 Hermannweyl | Hermann Weyl, German-American mathematician | |
| 32532 Thereus | Thereus, mythological centaur, a hunter who captured bears and carried them home, alive and struggling | |
| 32564 Glass | Eugene Glass, American amateur astronomer | |
| 32569 Deming | Leo Deming, American amateur astronomer, one of the founders of the original observatory at Rose-Hulman (the discovery site) | |
| 32570 Peruindiana | Peru, Indiana, "circus capital of the world", hometown of the discoverer | |
| 32571 Brayton | Scott Brayton, American car racer | |
| 32720 Simoeisios | 2131 T-3 | Simoeisios, young Trojan hero killed by Ajax during the Trojan War |
| 32724 Woerlitz | 4029 T-3 | Gartenreich Dessau-Wörlitz (Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz), near Dessau, Germany, an exceptional example of eighteenth-century landscape design and an UNESCO World Heritage site |
| 32726 Chromios | 4179 T-3 | Chromios, son of Priam, killed by Diomedes during the Trojan War |
| 32770 Starchik | Boris Stepanovich Starchik, Ukrainian engineer, builder, traveller, forester, and defender of nature | |
| 32776 Nriag | National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG), Helwan, Egypt | |
| 32801-32900 | ||
| 32807 Quarenghi | Jacomo Quarenghi, Italian architect, who designed the Hermitage theater, the Smolny Institute, the Guards' Manège (all in St. Petersburg) and the Alexandre Palace (in Tsarskoye Selo) | |
| 32809 Sommerfeld | Arnold Sommerfeld, German physics professor | |
| 32811 Apisaon | Apisaon, son of Phausios, Trojan warrior who fought against the approaching Aias but was transfixed and deprived of his armor by Eurypolos | |
| 32853 Döbereiner | Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner, German professor of chemistry | |
| 32890 Schwob | Pierre R. Schwob, American-Swiss software engineer and amateur astronomer ‡ | |
| 32897 Curtharris | 1994 PD | Curtis Harris, Anguillan(?) amateur astronomer |
| 32899 Knigge | Adolph Freiherr von Knigge, German author and translator | |
| 32901-33000 | ||
| 32938 Ivanopaci | Ivano Paci, Italian professor, who provided crucial support to the development of the Osservatorio Astronomico della Montagna Pistoiese (Montagna Pistoiese Astronomical Observatory) | |
| 32943 Sandyryan | Sandy Ryan, American provider of technical support to the AMOS team | |
| 32944 Gussalli | Luigi Gussalli, Italian mechanical engineer and space-vehicle propulsion designer † | |
| 33000 Chenjiansheng | Jiansheng Chen, Chinese astrophysicist | |
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