Meanings of minor planet names: 31001–32000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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: 31,001… 31,101… 31,201… 31,301… 31,401… 31,501… 31,601… 31,701… 31,801… 31,901…

Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
31001–31100
31020 Skarupa	1996 FP1	Valerie Skarupa, American AMOS program manager †
31043 Sturm	1996 LT	Charles-François Sturm, 19th-century Swiss-French mathematician †
31061 Tamao	1996 TK7	Tamao Nakamura, Japanese actress †
31065 Beishizhang	1996 TZ13	Shi-Zhang Bei, Chinese biophysicist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, on the occasion of his 100th birthday †
31086 Gehringer	1997 AT17	Tom Gehringer, American teacher †
31097 Nucciomula	1997 JM11	Alfonso Maria Giovanni Mula, Italian (Sicilian) art critic, poet and writer, founder of the Empedocles International Academy of Culture and Philosophical Investigation, recipient of the 1994 Premio Telemone for literature †
31098 Frankhill	1997 LQ2	Frank Hill, American astronomer and heliosismologist †
31101–31200
31109 Janpalouš	1997 PL4	Jan Palouš, Czech astronomer at the Astronomický Ústav (Astronomical Institute) of the Akademie věd České republiky (Czech Academy of Sciences), instrumental in negotiating the entry of the Czech Republic into the European Southern Observatory †
31110 Clapas	1997 PN4	Clapàs, an occitan word meaning « pile of rock debris », now the nickname of the Montpellier area of France †
31113 Stull	1997 QC	John Stull, American telescope maker, builder of the observatory at Alfred University †
31122 Brooktaylor	1997 SD	Brook Taylor, 17th-18th-century British mathematician †
31139 Garnavich	1997 SJ34	Peter M. Garnavich, American observational astrophysicist and associate professor at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana †
31147 Miriquidi	1997 UA4	A synonym for the Erzgebirge, a 10th-century Old Saxon word meaning "an impenetrable great dark forest" †
31189 Tricomi	1997 YZ7	Francesco Giacomo Tricomi, 20th-century Italian mathematician †
31190 Toussaint	1997 YB12	Roberta Marie Toussaint, American experimental physicist †
31192 Aigoual	1997 YH16	Mont Aigoual, highest (1567 m) mountain of the Cévennes of southern France †
31201–31300
31203 Hersman	1998 AO9	Chris Becker Hersman, American spacecraft systems engineer for the New Horizons Pluto Kuiper Belt mission †
31231 Uthmann	1998 CA	Barbara Uthmann, 16th-century German businesswoman, said to have introduced the art of lace-making in the Erzgebirge Mountains of Saxony †
31232 Slavonice	1998 CF	Slavonice, Czech Republic †
31238 Kroměříž	1998 DT1	Kroměříž, Moravia, Czech Republic, whose gardens and castle are a UNESCO World Heritage Site †
31239 Michaeljames	1998 DV1	Michael James, American high-school teacher of English †
31240 Katrianne	1998 DB2	Katrin Susanne Lehmann, German teacher of physics and astronomy, and wife of the discoverer †
31267 Kuldiga	1998 ES14	Kuldīga, Latvia †
31268 Welty	1998 FA	Sandra Welty, American high-school teacher of English †
31301–31400
31323 Lysá hora	1998 HC29	Lysá hora, highest (1323 m) mountain of the Beskids (Beskydy) mountain range, the Czech Republic †
31324 Jiřímrázek	1998 HR31	Jiří Mrázek, 20th-century Czech geophysicist, TV and radio popularizer of astronautics, astronomy, computer science and related subjects †
31338 Lipperhey	1998 HX147	Hans Lipperhey, 16th-17th-century Dutch lensmaker, inventor of Dutch perspective glass, and first to design and seek a patent for a practical telescope †
31401–31500
31414 Rotarysusa	1999 AV22	Rotary Club, Val Susa, Italy †
31442 Stark	1999 CY1	Lawrence W. Stark, American professor emeritus of physiological optics and engineering †
31458 Delrosso	1999 CG16	Renzo Del Rosso, Italian amateur astronomer †
31501–31600
31555 Wheeler	1999 EV2	John Archibald Wheeler, American theoretical physicist †
31601–31700
31605 Braschi	1999 GM4	Nicoletta Braschi, Italian actress †
31650 Frýdek-Místek	1999 HW	Frýdek-Místek, twin cities on the Silesia-Moravia border, Czech Republic, the discoverer's childhood home town †
31664 Randiiwessen	1999 JR2	Randii Wessen, American program engineer at JPL †
31665 Veblen	1999 JZ2	Oswald Veblen, early 20th-century American mathematician †
31671 Masatoshi	1999 JY7	Masatoshi Nakamura, Japanese actor and singer †
31701–31800
31801–31900
31823 Viète	1999 TN3	François Viète, 16th-century French lawyer and mathematician, inventor of the modern algebraic notation †
31824 Elatus	1999 UG5	Elatus, mythological centaur, killed during a battle with Hercules by a poisoned arrow that passed through his arm and continued to wound Chiron in the knee †
31872 Terkán	2000 EL106	Lajos Terkán, early 20th-century member of the staff of the Konkoly Obszervatórium (Konkoly Observatory), who proposed and initiated the photographic observation of comets and minor planets there †
31901–32000
31931 Sipiera	2000 GW82	Paul P. Sipiera, American planetary geologist and meteoricist †
31956 Wald	2000 GA133	Abraham Wald, 20th-century American statistician †
31982 Johnwallis	2000 HS20	John Wallis, 17th-century British mathematician, inventor of the symbol ∞ for infinity †

Preceded by 30,001–31,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 31,001–32,000

Succeeded by 32,001–33,000