Talk:Meanings of minor planet names: 4001–5000

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As for Waltari, see this PDF-file. Sinuhe was both a real historical Egyptian (who should have an article) and a figure in one of Mika Waltari's novels, and the asteroid 4512 Sinuhe was the next asteroid, after Waltari, to be discovered by Yrjö Väisälä. (It would be more useful, I think, to have the meaning pages merged with the other lists of asteroids. The discoverer is often a good clue to where to look for the origin of the name. / Uppland 06:16, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)

A few suggestions
Although I haven't checked them, I think these explanations are plausible:
 * 4005 Dyagilev - for Sergei Diaghilev, founder of the Ballets Russes
 * 4071 Rostovdon - for the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don
 * 4188 Kitezh - for a ficitional city of Russian legend
 * 4234 Evtushenko - for the Soviet/Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko
 * 4235 Tatishchev - for Vasily Tatishchev, a Russian historian
 * 4258 Ryzanov - for the Soviet filmmaker, Eldar Ryazanov
 * 4306 Dunaevski - for the Soviet composer Isaak Dunayevski
 * 4434 Nikulin - for the actor Yuri Nikulin
 * 4447 Kirov - for either the Bolshevik Sergey Kirov or the city of kirov, which was named after him

As I do not have a reference to ensure these are the explanations I have proposed are exact, I'm waiting for a further comment before inserting them in the article itself. Mithrandir1986 21:13, May 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * There also was another composer - Maksim Dunaevsky. I personally would not add anything if I can't provide a source. If you add, please, mark them with an asterisk, which means "to be checked" here. Cmapm 22:40, 25 May 2005 (UTC)


 * Ok, let's forget Dunaevsky until it can be made certain. I have tried to avoid dubious explanations, so I'll stick to that principle. Any other comments? Mithrandir1986 01:00, May 26, 2005 (UTC)

I think, this is a mislake: 4306 Dunaevskij 1976 SZ5 Maxim Dunayevsky, Soviet composer* It probably has to be Isaak Dunayevski. (Meladina 06:41, 1 June 2006 (UTC))

Correction
I made the following correction. 4478 was not named after Puerto Rican astronomer Victor Manuel Blanco, it was named after Carlo Blanco, professor of astronomy at Catania University. Source: Solar Eclipse Newsletter Tony the Marine (talk) 06:20, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

4061 Martelli
The article states in its entry for 4061 Martelli that this minor planet was name for Giuseppe Martelli, an 'architect and engineer'. Judging from M.P.C. 14 819 from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, I would think he is more accurately known as an astrophysicist. Since I am very ignorant on the subjects he worked on, I invite those in the know to alter his title, if it is needed. I will add Giuseppe Martelli to the disambig page Martelli, still refering to him as an architect and engineer, as here, but please change it there too, if someone changes it here.

Here is their entry for 4061 Martelli, (almost in its entirety): Named for Giuseppe Martelli [1923 - 1994], head of the Space and Plasma Physics Group at the University of Sussex from 1964 to 1986. Martelli pioneered the development and use of explosive excellerating techniques for the study of macroscopic hypervelocity impacts. His experimental and theoretical work constitutes a major contribution to the understanding of impact magnetization of ferromagnetic rocks, a problem particularly relevant to the origin of lunar magnetism. Over the years he has organized numerous experiments to study catastrophic fragmentation of free falling bodies, thereby providing experimental input to theories of astroidal evolution and other impact phenomena of astrophysical interest. Hamamelis (talk) 11:49, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

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A few suggestions
As I've done for the preceding list, here are a few suggestions of probable explanations. As they are only guesses, please point out where I may be wrong!


 * 4528 Berg - for Alban Berg, Austrian composer and member of the Second Viennese School along with Schoenberg and Webern
 * 4529 Webern - for the adult actor Anton Webern
 * 4621 Tambov - for the Russian city of Tambov
 * 4681 Ermak - for Yermak Timofeyevich, a Russian explorer of Siberia
 * 4729 Mikhailmil' - for Mikhail Leontyevich Mil, the creator of many Soviet helicopters
 * 4735 Gary - for Romain Gary, a French author (the only one to have won the Goncourt prize twice).
 * 4752 Myron - for the Greek sculptor Myron
 * 4926 Smoktunovskij - for Innokenty Smoktunovsky (or Smoktunovsky - the translitteration is unfortunately not obvious), a Soviet actor
 * 4930 Polenov - for Vasily Polenov, a Russian painter
 * 4982 Bartini - for Robert Ludvigovich Bartini, an Italian-born Soviet aircraft designer

Mithrandir1986 01:43, May 26, 2005 (UTC)

My only advice is: Urhixidur 13:17, 2005 May 26 (UTC)
 * Try to locate sources. Googling for the number and the name (not the sentence " ", which is too restrictive), for example. Its usually possible to spot promising web pages from the abstracts, and there are usually less than 50 or so hits --although other combinations will turn up a lot more irrelevant hits. If you do find a source, mark it as a hyperlink (I use the dagger as anchor: †). Now and then the only plausible sources are not in English, which is where babelfish can help.
 * Mark the uncertain ones with the standard asterisk.
 * Mark the really uncertain ones with a question mark.

In the dedication of the asteroid "4993 Cossard" I have deleted "or Jacques Cossard, French pioneer of shorthand" because this asteroid has be named by myself in honor of "Guido Cossard, Italian archaeoastronomer" only. Mario Di Martino, Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino, astronomer.

Tomoe Gozen
Tomoe Gozen WASN'T married with Minamoto no Yoshinaka and she wasn't his concubine. She was a female attendant who was dismissed by Yoshinaka and is a mythological and fictional figure. In fact Yoshinaka had two other attendants beside Tomoe called Yamabuki Gozen and Aoi Gozen. Tomoe wasn't anything special. By the way Tomoe was married to Wada no Yoshimori and had a son called Asahina no Saburo Yoshihide (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asahina_Yoshihide) with Wada.

Lord Kiso had brought with him from Shinano two women ATTENDANTS, Tomoe and Yamabuki. Yamabuki had remained in the capital because of illness. Tomoe was especially beautiful, with white skin, long hair, and charming features. She was also a remarkably strong archer, and as a swordswoman she was a warrior worth a thousand, ready to confront a demon or a god, mounted or on foot. She handled unbroken horses with superb skill; she rode unscathed down perilous descents. Whenever a battle was imminent, Yoshinaka sent her out as his first captain, equipped with strong armor, an oversized sword, and a mighty bow; and she performed more deeds of valor than any of his other warriors. —Tale of the Heike, translated by Helen McCullough, page 291.

Minamoto no Yoshinaka was married wirh the 16 year old Fuyuhime the daughter of the former regent of Kyoto who also appears in the Heike Monogatari.