Meanings of asteroid names (38001-39000)

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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.

: 38001... 38101... 38201... 38301... 38401... 38501... 38601... 38701... 38801... 38901...
Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
38001-38100
38020 Hannadam 1998 MP Hanna Smigiel, Polish friend of the first discoverer, and Adam, her son [†]
38083 Rhadamanthus Rhadamanthus: in Greek mythology, one of the three judges of the dead (together with Aeacus and Minos)*
38101-38200
38201-38300
38203 Sanner 1999 MJ Glen Sanner, American co-author of the two-volume Night Sky Observer's Guide, and member of the Huachuca Astronomy Club [†]
38237 Roche 1999 OF Édouard Roche, French astronomer and mathematician [†]
38245 Marcospontes *
38250 Tartois *
38268 Zenkert Arnold Zenkert, German author and amateur astronomer [†] [‡]
38269 Gueymard *
38301-38400
38401-38500
38454 Boroson Todd A. Boroson, American astronomer, deputy director of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) [†]
38461 Jiřítrnka *
38501-38600
38540 Stevens Berton L. Stevens, American amateur astronomer at the Desert Moon Observatory near Las Cruces, New Mexico [†]
38541 Rustichelli *
38601-38700
38628 Huya Huya, rain god of the Wayuu Indians of Venezuela and Colombia*
38671 Verdaguer *
38674 Těšínsko Těšínsko, a region in south-eastern part of Silesia, in 1920 divided between Czechoslovakia and Poland*
38684 Velehrad *
38701-38800
38801-38900
38821 Linchinghsia Lin Ching Hsia, Chinese actress [†]
38901-39000
38976 Taeve 2000 UR Nickname of Gustav Adolf Schur, German cyclist [†]

Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
38001-38100
38020 Hannadam	1998 MP	Hanna Smigiel, Polish friend of the first discoverer, and Adam, her son [†]
38083 Rhadamanthus		Rhadamanthus: in Greek mythology, one of the three judges of the dead (together with Aeacus and Minos)*
38101-38200
38201-38300
38203 Sanner	1999 MJ	Glen Sanner, American co-author of the two-volume Night Sky Observer's Guide, and member of the Huachuca Astronomy Club [†]
38237 Roche	1999 OF	Édouard Roche, French astronomer and mathematician [†]
38245 Marcospontes		*
38250 Tartois		*
38268 Zenkert		Arnold Zenkert, German author and amateur astronomer [†] [‡]
38269 Gueymard		*
38301-38400
38401-38500
38454 Boroson		Todd A. Boroson, American astronomer, deputy director of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) [†]
38461 Jiřítrnka		*
38501-38600
38540 Stevens		Berton L. Stevens, American amateur astronomer at the Desert Moon Observatory near Las Cruces, New Mexico [†]
38541 Rustichelli		*
38601-38700
38628 Huya		Huya, rain god of the Wayuu Indians of Venezuela and Colombia*
38671 Verdaguer		*
38674 Těšínsko		Těšínsko, a region in south-eastern part of Silesia, in 1920 divided between Czechoslovakia and Poland*
38684 Velehrad		*
38701-38800
38801-38900
38821 Linchinghsia		Lin Ching Hsia, Chinese actress [†]
38901-39000
38976 Taeve	2000 UR	Nickname of Gustav Adolf Schur, German cyclist [†]

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