Meanings of asteroid names (30001-31000)
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This is a list of the sources of asteroid names. Those meanings marked with an asterisk (*) are guesswork, and should be checked against Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names to ensure that the identification is correct. Names established from other sources should quote the reference.
Asteroids not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
: 30001... 30101... 30201... 30301... 30401... 30501... 30601... 30701... 30801... 30901...
| Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name |
|---|---|---|
| 30201-30300 | ||
| 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 | * | |
| 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 | * | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 [[Talk:Meanings_of_asteroid_names#2005_September_20_contents>†]] [‡] | |
| 30850 Vonsiemens | Ernst Werner von Siemens, German inventor and industrialist* | |
| 30852 Debye | Peter Joseph William Debye, Dutch-born American physical chemist [link] | |
| 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 [[Talk:Meanings_of_asteroid_names#2005_September_20_contents>†]] [‡] | |
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