Asteroid Meanings
Numbered asteroids discovered given permanent names: 25
| Asteroid Names | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Name | Meaning | Discovered | Notes |
| 78577 | JPL | Named for the NASA facility where Young was employed from 1962 to 2009. | September 10, 2002 | |
| 84882 | Table Mountain | Named for Young's actual work place Table Mountain Observatory, near Wrightwood, California. | February 1, 2003 | |
| 90525 | Karijanberg | Named for Young's wife, Karen (1953-) and her parents, Richard (1928–1978) and Janet (1932–1997). | March 17, 2004 | |
| 95939 | Thagnesland | Named for Young’s maternal grandparents, Thaddeus (1866–1921) and Agnes (1877–1961) Vreeland. | May 30, 2003 | |
| 114239 | Bermarmi | Named for Young’s parents, Bernard (1911–1988) and Mary (1912–1996), and well as his brother, Michael (1937-). | November 21, 2002 | |
| 115312 | Whither | Named for Whitney and Heather Young, granddaughters of James Young; two children of son, Jeffrey. | September 19, 2003 | |
| 115477 | Brantanica | Named for Brandon, Brittany and Monica, grandchildren of James Young, and the three children of daughter, Jennifer. | October 19, 2003 | |
| 115891 | Scottmichael | Named for Scott and Michael, grandchildren of James Young, two children of son, Jeffrey. | November 14, 2003 | |
| 116446 | McDermid | Named for Stuart McDermid (1952-), a JPL Science Division senior research scientist responsible for development of the LIDAR facility at Table Mountain Observatory for atmospheric analysis studies. | January 5, 2004 | |
| 120038 | Franlainsher | Named for Young's first wife, Frances (1944-) and her sister, Elaine (1947-) Fisher. | January 26, 2003 | |
| 120174 | Jeffjenny | Named for Young's first children (with Frances), Jeffrey (1966-) and Jennifer (1967-). | May 23, 2003 | |
| 128297 | Ashlevi | Named for Ashlie Philpott and Levi Lemley, grandchildren of James Young, and children of daughter, Eileen. | December 13, 2003 | |
| 133280 | Bryleen | Named for Young's second set of children (with Karen), Bryan (1976-) and Eileen (1979-). | September 18, 2003 | |
| 133527 | Fredearly | Named for Young's paternal grandparents, Frederick (1889–1974) and Pearl Young (1888–1958). | October 5, 2003 | |
| 142084 | Jamesdaniel | Named for James (1951–1978) and Daniel (1957-), the two sons of Bob and Hazel Sealy. | August 26, 2002 | |
| 144692 | Katemary | Named for Young's granddaughter, Katelyn Anne Marie Young, the daughter of Jim's son, Bryan. | April 9, 2004 | |
| 147397 | Bobhazel | Named for Bob (1927–2002) and Hazel (1930-) Sealy, longtime residents of Seaside, Oregon. The Sealy family were, in part, very instrumental in Jim Young's long astronomy career starting from Jim's annual summer vacations in Seaside. Bob Sealy was an amateur astronomer, and started the Seaside Amateur Astronomer's club, as well as taught astronomy classes at the Clatsop County College in Astoria, Oregon. Hazel Sealy was very active in the Miss Oregon Pageant in the 1950s and 60s, and still is an active member of local community affairs. James Sealy tragically lost his life in a boating accident in the ocean waters just outside of Seaside in 1978. Daniel is an amateur astronomer, ham radio operator, and community member while residing in Astoria, Oregon, along with his wife and two children. | March 30, 2003 | |
| 150035 | Williamson | Named for Bruce Williamson (1953-), machinist at the Table Mountain Facility. | November 20, 2005 | |
| 158899 | Malloryvale | Named for Mallory Vale (1986-), a 2004 summer student at Table Mountain Observatory, who will be graduating from Northern Arizona University with a BS degree in astronomy in the Spring of 2009. | August 17, 2004 | |
| 163626 | Glatfelter | Named for Pam Glatfelter (1955-), the operational site manager for the Table Mountain Facility. | October 27, 2002 | outer main-belt asteroid |
| 185641 | Judd | Named for Michele Judd (1965-), a Senior Engineer of JPL's Science Division who left JPL in 2008 to become the Managing Director of the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech. | March 5, 2008 | |
| 198110 | Heathrhoades | Named for Heath Rhoades (1972-), the telescope computer network administrator and programmer at Table Mountain Observatory. | September 17, 2004 | |
| 201777 | Deronda | Named for Deronda Mayes (1957-), assistant astronomer at Table Mountain Observatory. | November 24, 2003 | |
| 116903 | Jeromeapt | Named for Jerome (Jay) Apt (1949-), Former director of JPL's Table Mountain Observatory, retired NASA astronaut who flew 4 missions
on the International Space Station, and currently a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. |
April 11, 2004 | |
| 221019 | Raine | Named for Raine Ann Krecic (2011-), granddaughter of James Young, and child of daughter, Eileen. | August 13, 2005 | |