Meanings of minor planet names: 40001–41000

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center, 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 span of numbers that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names. Besides the Minor Planet Circulars (in which the citations are published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.

Minor planets not yet given a name have not been included in this list.

Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
40001–40100
40007 Vieuxtemps	1998 HV₁₀₂	Henri Vieuxtemps (1820-1881), a Belgian composer and violist. †
40092 Memel	1998 ME₄₇	Memel River, whose Couronian-Latvian name means silent. †
40101–40200
40106 Erben	1998 QW₅	Karel Jaromír Erben, 19th-century Czech author, poet, and collector of folk songs, rhymes and fairy tales †
40201–40300
40206 Lhenice	1998 SB₃₆	Lhenice, South Bohemia, Czech market town †
40227 Tahiti	1998 SR₁₄₅	Tahiti, the largest island in French Polynesia, where the British astronomer Charles Green observed the 1769 transit of Venus †
40230 Rožmberk	1998 TJ₆	Rozmberkové (The Rosenbergs), one of the most significant Bohemian noble families †
40301–40400
40328 Dow	1999 MK	Marjorie Dow Healy, the discoverer's mother †
40401–40500
40409 Taichikato	1999 RS₂	Taichi Kato, Japanese astronomer †
40410 Příhoda	1999 RJ₃	Pavel Príhoda, Czech author and astronomy popularizer, editor-in-chief of the The Czech Astronomical Yearbook †
40436 Sylviecoyaud	1999 RQ₃₂	Sylvie Coyaud, French-Italian scientific reporter and amateur astronomer †
40440 Dobrovský	1999 RU₃₄	Josef Dobrovský, 18th-19th century Czech linguist, who codified the rules of the written Czech language †
40441 Jungmann	1999 RW₃₄	Josef Jungmann, 18th-19th century Czech poet, publicist and literary historian, author of the Czech-German Dictionary †
40444 Palacký	1999 RV₃₅	Frantisek Palacký, 19th-century Czech historian and politician †
40447 Lorenzoni	1999 RC₃₇	Giuseppe Lorenzoni (1843-1914), an Italian astronomer and scientist †
40457 Williamkuhn	1999 RG₄₃	William Kuhn, American amateur astronomer, designer of the Orange County Astronomers 57 cm Kuhn telescope at Anza, California †
40459 Rektorys	1999 RK₄₃	Karel Rektorys, Czech mathematician and professor at the Czech Technical University in Prague †
40463 Frankkameny	1999 RE₄₄	Frank Kameny, American astronomer in the 1950s †
40501–40600
40601–40700
40684 Vanhoeck	1999 RE₂₁₄	Luc Vanhoeck, Belgian amateur astronomer and pioneer of digital astrophotography †
40701–40800
40764 Gerhardiser	1999 TA₁₆	Gerhard Iser, German amateur astronomer and mentor of one of the discoverers †
40774 Iwaigame	1999 TH₂₀	Iwaigame Mountain, located in the southern part of the Asahi mountain range. †
40801–40900
40901–41000
40917 Pauljorden	1999 TW₁₅₆	Paul Jorden (b. 1951) has a unique career that has included leadership positions in the scientific community (Royal Greenwich Observatory) and industry (e2v technologies). His teams have developed state-of-the-art imaging sensors and applied them to ground-based and space astronomy over a period of more than three decades. †
40919 Johntonry	1999 TF₁₆₂	John Tonry (b. 1953), of the University of Hawaii, has worked at the cutting edge of science and technology in astronomy. He developed the orthogonal transfer CCD concept, and a new method for extragalactic distance determinations, and was on the team that made the Nobel Prize winning discovery of dark energy. †
40981 Stephenholland	1999 TL₂₈₄	Stephen Holland (b. 1956), of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is a pioneer in the development of silicon detectors for medical imaging, x-ray photon sciences, astronomy, and high-energy physics. †
40994 Tekaridake	1999 UZ₂	Tekaridake, a mountain in the northern part of Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan †

Preceded by 39,001–40,000	Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 40,001–41,000	Succeeded by 41,001–42,000

Meanings of minor planet names

1–5000	1–500 501–1,000 1,001–1,500 1,501–2,000 2,001–2,500 2,501–3,000 3,001–3,500 3,501–4,000 4,001–4,500 4,501–5,000

5001–10,000	5,001–5,500 5,501–6,000 6,001–6,500 6,501–7,000 7,001–7,500 7,501–8,000 8,001–8,500 8,501–9,000 9,001–9,500 9,501–10,000

10,001–20,000	10,001–11,000 11,001–12,000 12,001–13,000 13,001–14,000 14,001–15,000 15,001–16,000 16,001–17,000 17,001–18,000 18,001–19,000 19,001–20,000

20,001–30,000	20,001–21,000 21,001–22,000 22,001–23,000 23,001–24,000 24,001–25,000 25,001–26,000 26,001–27,000 27,001–28,000 28,001–29,000 29,001–30,000

30001–40,000	30,001–31,000 31,001–32,000 32,001–33,000 33,001–34,000 34,001–35,000 35,001–36,000 36,001–37,000 37,001–38,000 38,001–39,000 39,001–40,000

40001–50,000	40,001–41,000 41,001–42,000 42,001–43,000 43,001–44,000 44,001–45,000 45,001–46,000 46,001–47,000 47,001–48,000 48,001–49,000 49,001–50,000

50001–60,000	50,001–51,000 51,001–52,000 52,001–53,000 53,001–54,000 54,001–55,000 55,001–56,000 56,001–57,000 57,001–58,000 58,001–59,000 59,001–60,000

60001–70,000	60,001–61,000 61,001–62,000 62,001–63,000 63,001–64,000 64,001–65,000 65,001–66,000 66,001–67,000 67,001–68,000 68,001–69,000 69,001–70,000

70001–80,000	70,001–71,000 71,001–72,000 72,001–73,000 73,001–74,000 74,001–75,000 75,001–76,000 76,001–77,000 77,001–78,000 78,001–79,000 79,001–80,000

80001–90,000	80,001–81,000 81,001–82,000 82,001–83,000 83,001–84,000 84,001–85,000 85,001–86,000 86,001–87,000 87,001–88,000 88,001–89,000 89,001–90,000

90,001–100,000	90,001–91,000 91,001–92,000 92,001–93,000 93,001–94,000 94,001–95,000 95,001–96,000 96,001–97,000 97,001–98,000 98,001–99,000 99,001–100,000

100,001–200,000	100,001–110,000 110,001–120,000 120,001–130,000 130,001–140,000 140,001–150,000 150,001–160,000 160,001–170,000 170,001–180,000 180,001–190,000 190,001–200,000

200,001–300,000	200,001–210,000 210,001–220,000 220,001–230,000 230,001–240,000 240,001–250,000 250,001–260,000 260,001–270,000 270,001–280,000 280,001–290,000 290,001–300,000

300,001–400,000	300,001–310,000 310,001–320,000 320,001–330,000 330,001–340,000 340,001–350,000 350,001–360,000 360,001–370,000 370,001–380,000 380,001–390,000 390,001–400,000

401,001–500,000	400,001–410,000 410,001–420,000 420,001–430,000

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