Meanings of minor planet names: 32001–33000

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 span of numbers 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. Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.

Minor planets not yet given a name have not been included in this list.

Contents: 32,001… 32,101… 32,201… 32,301… 32,401… 32,501… 32,601… 32,701… 32,801… 32,901…

Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
32001–32100
32096 Puckett	2000 KO38	Tim Puckett, American astronomer †
32101–32200
32184 Yamaura	2000 NC20	Yuichi Yamaura, Japanese, one of the leaders of the National Space Development Agency (NASDA), contributor to the construction of Bisei Spaceguard Center †
32201–32300
32207 Mairepercy	2000 OQ7	Maire E. Percy, Canadian researcher of risk factors for human disease, wife of John R. Percy (32208) †
32208 Johnpercy	2000 OR7	John R. Percy, British-Canadian professor of astronomy and astrophysics, husband of Maire E. Percy (32207) †
32222 Charlesvest	2000 OD23	Charles M. Vest, American president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1990 to 2004 †
32263 Kusnierkiewicz	2000 OH69	David Yan Kusnierkiewicz, American mission systems engineer of the New Horizons Pluto Kuiper Belt mission †
32267 Hermannweyl	2000 PS1	Hermann Weyl, German-American mathematician †
32270 Inokuchihiroo	2000 PC4	Hiroo Inokuchi, Japanese physicist, discoverer of organic semiconductivity and chairman of the Japan Space Forum, which manages the discovery site †
32294 Zajonc	2000 QN9	Ivo Zajonc, Czech zoologist and amateur astronomer, chair of the Nitra branch of the Slovenský zväz astronómov amatérov (SZAA, Slovak Union of Amateur Astronomers), a member of the Jihlavská astronomická společnost (Jihlava Astronomical Society), and honorary fellow of the Slovenská astronomická spoločnosť (Slovak Astronomical Society) †
32301–32400
32401–32500
32501–32600
32532 Thereus	2001 PT13	Thereus, mythological centaur, a hunter who captured bears and carried them home, alive and struggling †
32564 Glass	2001 QM68	Eugene Glass, American amateur astronomer †
32569 Deming	2001 QW71	Leo Deming, American amateur astronomer, one of the founders of the original observatory at Rose-Hulman (the discovery site) †
32570 Peruindiana	2001 QZ71	Peru, Indiana, "circus capital of the world", hometown of the discoverer †
32571 Brayton	2001 QA72	Scott Brayton, American car racer †
32601–32700
32605 Lucy	2001 QM213	Lucy, nickname of AL 288-1, the 3.2 million years old, 40-percent-complete Australopithecus afarensis skeleton discovered in 1974 by the International Afar Research Expedition in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar Depression †
32701–32800
32720 Simoeisios	2131 T-3	Simoeisios, young Trojan hero killed by Ajax during the Trojan War †
32724 Woerlitz	4029 T-3	Gartenreich Dessau-Wörlitz (Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz), near Dessau, Germany, an exceptional example of eighteenth-century landscape design and a UNESCO World Heritage site †
32726 Chromios	4179 T-3	Chromios, son of Priam, killed by Diomedes during the Trojan War †
32770 Starchik	1984 YY1	Boris Stepanovich Starchik, Ukrainian engineer, builder, traveller, forester, and defender of nature †
32776 Nriag	1987 KG5	National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG), Helwan, Egypt †
32796 Ehrenfest	1990 ET2	Paul Ehrenfest, 19th-20th-century Jewish-Austrian physicist †
32801–32900
32807 Quarenghi	1990 SN28	Jacomo Quarenghi, Italian architect, who designed the Hermitage theater, the Smolny Institute, the Guards' Manège (all in St. Petersburg) and the Alexandre Palace (in Tsarskoye Selo) †
32809 Sommerfeld	1990 TJ10	Arnold Sommerfeld, German physics professor †
32811 Apisaon	1990 TP12	Apisaon, son of Phausios, Trojan warrior who fought against the approaching Aias but was transfixed and deprived of his armor by Eurypolos †
32853 Döbereiner	1992 SF2	Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner, German professor of chemistry †
32890 Schwob	1994 AL1	Pierre R. Schwob, American-Swiss software engineer and amateur astronomer † ‡
32893 van der Waals	1994 EM6	Johannes Diderik van der Waals, 19th-20th-century Dutch physicist, thermodynamicist, and Nobelist †
32897 Curtharris	1994 PD	Curtis Harris, amateur astronomer in Anguilla †
32899 Knigge	1994 PY1	Adolph Freiherr von Knigge, German author and translator †
32901–33000
32938 Ivanopaci	1995 TP2	Ivano Paci, Italian professor, who provided crucial support to the development of the Osservatorio Astronomico della Montagna Pistoiese (Montagna Pistoiese Astronomical Observatory) †
32943 Sandyryan	1995 VK2	Sandy Ryan, American provider of technical support to the AMOS team †
32944 Gussalli	1995 WC3	Luigi Gussalli, Italian mechanical engineer and space-vehicle propulsion designer †
33000 Chenjiansheng	1997 CJ28	Jiansheng Chen, Chinese astrophysicist †

Preceded by 31,001–32,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 32,001–33,000

Succeeded by 33,001–34,000