Meanings of minor-planet names: 33001–34000

This is a partial list of meanings of minor-planet names. Also see list of named minor planets (alphabetical) for a condensed version without naming citations.

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 approved and published in a bulletin by IAU's Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN). Before May 2021, citations were published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars for many decades. 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. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: SBDB New namings may only be added to this list below after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned. The WGSBN publishes a comprehensive guideline for the naming rules of non-cometary small Solar System bodies.

33001–33100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
33004 Dianesipiera	1997 EP	Diane M. Sipiera, American executive director of the Planetary Studies Foundation, author, and operator of the Star-Lab Planetarium JPL
33010 Enricoprosperi	1997 EO30	Enrico Prosperi, Italian astronomer, owner of the Tuscan Osservatorio Castelmartini JPL
33011 Kurtiscarsch	1997 EH36	Kurtis Mickel Carsch (born 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his chemistry project. JPL
33012 Eddieirizarry	1997 EJ55	Eddie Irizarry (b. 1969), an astronomer at the Sociedad de Astronomia del Caribe. JPL
33014 Kalinich	1997 FE4	Adam Orval Kalinich (born 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his mathematics project. JPL
33017 Wronski	1997 GM41	Józef Maria Hoëne-Wron'ski, Polish mathematician and philosopher JPL
33027 Brouillac	1997 QE	Laurent Brouillac, a member of the Association des Utilisateurs de Détecteurs Electroniques JPL
33035 Pareschi	1997 SZ9	Giovanni Pareschi, Italian astronomer JPL
33040 Pavelmayer	1997 SO25	Pavel Mayer, Czech astronomer at the Charles University in Prague. JPL
33044 Erikdavy	1997 UE	Erik Davy Rees, grandson of the discoverer JPL
33056 Ogunimachi	1997 UG15	Ogunimachi, Niigata prefecture, Japan, famous for its washi (Japanese paper) production JPL
33058 Kovařík	1997 UP20	Oton Kovařík, Czech-American actor, orator and painter, and his wife Dása, also an actress JPL
33061 Václavmorava	1997 VA1	Václav Morava, 20th-century Czech psychiatrist, painter, graphic artist, sculptor, musician, essayist and poet JPL
33100 Udine	1997 YK9	Udine, chief town of the Friuli district of Italy †

33101–33200

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
33103 Pintar	1997 YA12	James Anthony Pintar, American physicist and helioseismologist JPL
33113 Julabeth	1998 BZ3	Jula Elizabeth Rees, granddaughter of the discoverer JPL
33129 Ivankrasko	1998 CB	Ivan Krasko (né Ján Botto, 1876–1958) was a symbolist poet, founder of Slovak modernist literature, prosaist and translator from Romanian and German JPL
33135 Davidrisoldi	1998 DX	David Risoldi (b. 2012), the second grandson of one of the discoverers at Santa Lucia observatory. JPL
33154 Talent	1998 DT15	David L. Talent, American contractor team leader for the NEAT camera transition to the 1.2-m AMOS telescope on Haleakala JPL
33157 Pertile	1998 DF20	Tomás Pertile, Czech amateur astronomer JPL
33158 Rúfus	1998 DU23	Milan Rúfus, Slvak poet, essayist and translator JPL
33160 Denismukwege	1998 DW34	Denis Mukwege (b. 1950), a Congolese gynecologist and director of the Panzi Hospital in Bukavu which he founded in 1999. JPL
33179 Arsènewenger	1998 FY15	Arsène Wenger, French manager of the English Arsenal Football Club JPL

33201–33300

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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

33301–33400

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33319 Kunqu	1998 MJ41	Kunqu, one of the oldest forms of Chinese theater (opera), evolved from a melody, Kumshan diao, from the city of Kumshan. JPL
33330 Barèges	1998 SW	Barèges, France, at the foot of the Pic du Midi JPL
33334 Turon	1998 VM4	Catherine Turon (b. 1944), a French astrometrist JPL
33335 Guibert	1998 VQ4	Jean Guibert (b. 1937), a French astronomer. JPL
33376 Medi	1999 CZ8	Enrico Medi, Italian physicist JPL
33377 Večerníček	1999 CR9	Večerníček, Czech television animated figure JPL

33401–33500

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
33402 Canizares	1999 CC71	Claude R. Canizares (b. 1945) is a renowned physicist, the Bruno Rossi Professor of Physics at MIT, Associate Director of the Chandra X-ray Observatory, and former director of MIT’s Center for Space Research. JPL
33433 Maurilia	1999 EZ4	Maurilia Sposetti, sister of the discoverer †
33478 Deniselivon	1999 GB	Denise Selivon, Brazilian biologist and professor at the University of São Paulo JPL
33480 Bartolucci	1999 GA1	Osvaldo Bartolucci, Italian director of the Osservatorio Astronomico di Alpette JPL

33501–33600

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
33528 Jinzeman	1999 HL	Jindřich Zeman, Czech amateur astronomer, winner of the František Nušl Award of the Czech Astronomical Society in 1942 JPL
33529 Henden	1999 HA1	Arne A. Henden, American astronomer, co-author of Astronomical Photometry, director of the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) JPL
33532 Gabriellacoli	1999 HV2	Gabriella Coli, Italian elementary school teacher of the first discoverer JPL
33544 Jerold	1999 JY8	Jerold Z. Kaplan, American physician, surgeon, and amateur astronomer JPL
33553 Nagai	1999 JQ17	Nagai, Yamagata prefecture, Japan, where a meteorite fell in 1922 JPL

33601–33700

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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

33701–33800

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
33746 Sombart	1999 OK	Jean-Pierre Sombart, French amateur astronomer JPL
33747 Clingan	1999 PK4	Roy Clingan, American amateur astronomer JPL
33750 Davehiggins	1999 RD2	David J. Higgins, Australian business analyst and amateur astronomer, operator of Hunters Hill Observatory JPL
33799 Myra	1999 UV2	Myra J. Halpin, American finalist in both NASA's Teacher in Space (1985) and Educator Astronaut Teacher (2004) competitions JPL
33800 Gross	1999 VB7	John Gross, American amateur astronomer JPL

33801–33900

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
33863 Elfriederwin	2000 JH7	Elfriede and Erwin Schwab, Sr., parents of the first discoverer JPL ‡

33901–34000

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
33929 Lisaprato	2000 LP27	Lisa A. Prato, assistant astronomer at Lowell Observatory JPL
33994 Regidufour	2000 OR1	Reginald Dufour, professor in Rice University, Houston JPL