Meanings of minor planet names: 238001–239000

This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. See main page for an introduction.

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), 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.

Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars several times a year. Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB). Until his death in 2016, German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel compiled these citations into the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (DMP) and regularly updated the collection. Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets, Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. Meanings marked with * are from legacy sources may not be accurate.  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document "SBDB".

238001–238100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

238101–238200

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238129 Bernardwolfe	2003 QK31	Bernard Wolfe (1915–1985), an American science-fiction writer.	JPL · 238129

238201–238300

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

238301–238400

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

238401–238500

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238501–238600

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238593 Paysdegex	2005 AS	The French astronomy club Orion is situated in Pays de Gex, near Geneva.	JPL · 238593

238601–238700

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

238701–238800

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238710 Halassy	2005 GW21	Olivér Halassy (1909–1946), a Hungarian water polo player and freestyle swimmer, who won two gold and one silver medal in three Summer Olympic Games between 1928 and 1936.	JPL · 238710
238771 Juhászbalázs	2005 JB94	This minor planet is dedicated to the memory of Balázs Juhász (1992–2012), who died during his night assistant work at the Konkoly Observatory	JPL · 238771

238801–238900

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238817 Titeuf	2005 PQ16	Titeuf is the title of a comic strip and the name of its teenage hero, created by Swiss cartoonist Philippe Chappuis (born 1957), better known as Zep.	JPL · 238817

238901–239000

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

References

Preceded by 237,001–238,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 238,001–239,000

Succeeded by 239,001–240,000

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