Meanings of minor planet names: 438001–439000

This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. See meanings of minor planet names for a list of all such partial lists.

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 number-range 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published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative. Meanings marked with an asterisk (*) are guesswork, and should be checked against the mentioned sources to ensure that the identification is correct.

438001–438100

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

438101–438200

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

438201–438300

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

438301–438400

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

438401–438500

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

438501–438600

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

438601–438700

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

438701–438800

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

438801–438900

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

438901–439000

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
438973 Masci 2010 NW15 Frank Masci (b. 1972) has been responsible for instrumental calibration, characterization and software development for image processing and source detection for the Spitzer Space Telescope, the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, NEOWISE and the Palomar Transient Factory. JPL

References

  1. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-34360-8. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
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437,001–438,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 438,001–439,000 		Succeeded by
439,001–440,000
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