| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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| 23801 Erikgustafson | 1998 QQ38 | Erik Olaf Gustafson, a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his environmental sciences project. | JPL · 23801 |
| 23804 Haber | 1998 QR39 | Catherine Michelle Haber, a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her behavioral science project. | JPL · 23804 |
| 23808 Joshuahammer | 1998 QL42 | Joshua Wayne Hammer, a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his biochem, medicine, health, and microbiology project. | JPL · 23808 |
| 23809 Haswell | 1998 QC44 | John Douglas Reiji Haswell, a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his biochem, medicine, health, and microbiology project. | JPL · 23809 |
| 23811 Connorivens | 1998 QB46 | Connor Joseph Ivens, a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his physical science project. | JPL · 23811 |
| 23812 Jannuzi | 1998 QR46 | Brigg Lowell Jannuzi, a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his earth and space science project. | JPL · 23812 |
| 23814 Bethanylynne | 1998 QE49 | Bethany Lynne Johnson, a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her biochem, medicine, health, and microbiology project. | JPL · 23814 |
| 23816 Rohitkamat | 1998 QF50 | Rohit G. Kamat, a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his botany and zoology project. | JPL · 23816 |
| 23817 Gokulk | 1998 QX50 | Gokul Krishnan, a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his biochem, medicine, health, and microbiology project. | JPL · 23817 |
| 23818 Matthewlepow | 1998 QZ50 | Matthew Brice Lepow, a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his earth and space science project. | JPL · 23818 |
| 23819 Tsuyoshi | 1998 QK54 | Tsuyoshi Terai (born 1983), Japanese researcher, of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. | JPL · 23819 |
| 23821 Morganmonroe | 1998 QZ69 | Morgan McKay Monroe, a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her physical science project. | JPL · 23821 |
| 23831 Mattmooney | 1998 QK86 | Matthew Michael Mooney, a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his environmental sciences project. | JPL · 23831 |
| 23833 Mowers | 1998 QS90 | Christopher Scott Mowers, a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his physical science project. | JPL · 23833 |
| 23834 Mukhopadhyay | 1998 QW90 | Prithwis Kumar Mukhopadhyay, a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his environmental sciences project. | JPL · 23834 |
| 23837 Matthewnanni | 1998 QY93 | Matthew James Nanni, a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his botany and zoology project. | JPL · 23837 |
| 23844 Raghvendra | 1998 QB109 | Shubha Srinivas Raghvendra, a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her behavioral science project. | JPL · 23844 |
| 23850 Ramaswami | 1998 RJ34 | Keshav Ramaswami, a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his biochem, medicine, health, and microbiology project. | JPL · 23850 |
| 23851 Rottman-Yang | 1998 RZ34 | Jaron Shalom Rottman-Yang, a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his biochem, medicine, health, and microbiology project. | JPL · 23851 |
| 23852 Laurierumker | 1998 RN35 | Laurie Ann Rumker, a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her biochem, medicine, health, and microbiology project. | JPL · 23852 |
| 23854 Rickschaffer | 1998 RD40 | Rick Schinco Schaffer, a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his botany and zoology project. | JPL · 23854 |
| 23855 Brandonshih | 1998 RD44 | Brandon H. Shih, a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his environmental sciences project. | JPL · 23855 |
| 23858 Ambrosesoehn | 1998 RG53 | Ambrose Geoffrey Soehn, a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his physical science project. | JPL · 23858 |
| 23861 Benjaminsong | 1998 RM58 | Benjamin Paul Song, American finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his biochem, medicine, health, and microbiology project. | JPL · 23861 |
| 23865 Karlsorensen | 1998 RK65 | Karl Mikael Sorensen, American finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his botany and zoology project. | JPL · 23865 |
| 23867 Cathsoto | 1998 RG71 | Catherine Soto, American finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her biochem, medicine, health, and microbiology project. | JPL · 23867 |
| 23875 Strube | 1998 RC77 | Katherine Michaela Strube, American finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her physical science project. | JPL · 23875 |
| 23877 Gourmaud | 1998 SP | Jamy Gourmaud, French journalist, co-host of the television science program C'est pas sorcier (see also 23882, 23890) | JPL · 23877 |
| 23879 Demura | 1998 SX4 | Hirohide Demura, Japanese lunar and planetary scientist. | JPL · 23879 |
| 23880 Tongil | 1998 SG5 | Korean reunification (Tongil is the Korean word for reunification). The asteroid was named with the hope for an early reunification of the southern and northern parts of Korea, divided since 1945. It was the first minor-planet discovery by a Korean amateur astronomer. Src | MPC · 23880 |
| 23882 Fredcourant | 1998 SC12 | Frédéric "Fred" Courant, French journalist, co-host of the television science program C'est pas sorcier (see also 23877, 23890) | JPL · 23882 |
| 23884 Karenharvey | 1998 SY12 | Karen Lorraine Harvey (born 1942; née Angle), an American astrophysicist who has investigated extensively the relationship of solar magnetic fields to coronal heating, x-ray emission, large active regions, ephemeral active regions and the solar cycle. Her work has provided fundamental statistical data on the nature and evolution of the solar magnetic field. She is married to American astrophysicist John Warren Harvey. | JPL · 23884 |
| 23886 Toshihamane | 1998 SV23 | Toshihiko Hamane (born 1963), curator of the Gunma Astronomical Observatory ( D80 ) in Japan. He assisted Yoshihide Kozai, director of GAO from 1997 to 2012, especially in the field of school education of astronomy and planetary science. He is also a popularizer of astronomy. | JPL · 23886 |
| 23887 Shinsukeabe | 1998 SA24 | Shinsuke Abe (born 1970), a pioneer in modern meteoroid and asteroid research. | JPL · 23887 |
| 23888 Daikinoshita | 1998 SZ24 | Kinoshita Daisuke (born 1974), of the Institute of Astronomy at the National Central University, Taiwan, studies asteroids and comets. He has also worked on instrumentation and operations at Lulin Observatory, and has contributed to the development of astronomy in Taiwan. | JPL · 23888 |
| 23889 Hermanngrassmann | 1998 SC28 | Hermann Grassmann (1809–1877), German mathematician, physicist, linguist, scholar, and neohumanist. His interests included Sanskrit, phonetics and theology. He was also a very inventive mathematician. His researches in noncommutative algebraic systems foreshadowed the development of the vector calculus and n-dimensional spaces. | JPL · 23889 |
| 23890 Quindou | 1998 SO35 | Sabine Quindou, French journalist, co-host of the television science program C'est pas sorcier (see also 23877, 23882) | JPL · 23890 |
| 23893 Lauman | 1998 SL54 | Stephen W. Lauman (born 1974), an instrument maker at Lowell Observatory. | JPL · 23893 |
| 23894 Arikahiguchi | 1998 SM56 | Arika Higuchi (born 1979), a Japanese theoretical astronomer. | JPL · 23894 |
| 23895 Akikonakamura | 1998 SH58 | Akiko Nakamura (born 1964), a Japanese experimentalist in the field of planetary science. | JPL · 23895 |
| 23896 Tatsuaki | 1998 SF59 | Tatsuaki Hashimoto (born 1963) works on spacecraft guidance and control at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Tokyo. He was engaged in the attitude and orbit control systems of spacecraft such as the Hayabusa sample return mission to asteroid Itokawa. | JPL · 23896 |
| 23897 Daikuroda | 1998 SA60 | Kuroda Daisuke (born 1977), an astronomer at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. | JPL · 23897 |
| 23898 Takir | 1998 SG60 | Driss Takir (born 1973), a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Ithaca College. | JPL · 23898 |
| 23899 Kornoš | 1998 SE61 | Leonard Kornoš (born 1956), a lecturer at the Comenius University in Bratislava. | JPL · 23899 |
| 23900 Urakawa | 1998 SO61 | Seitaro Urakawa (born 1975), an astronomer who works at the Bisei Spaceguard Center. | JPL · 23900 |
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. [7] The WGSBN publishes a comprehensive guideline for the naming rules of non-cometary small Solar System bodies. [8] 