Meanings of minor planet names: 39001–40000
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39712 Ehimedaigaku 1996 TJ 54 Ehime University ( Ehime Daigaku ) is a Japanese national university . Its Research Center for Space and Cosmic Evolution has conducted various deep surveys of the universe and has discovered very high-redshift galaxies JPL · 39712
39726 Hideyukitezuka 1996 VL 38 Hideyuki Tezuka ( born 1955 ) a Japanese amateur astronomer who became a member of the Nanyo Astronomical Lovers Club in 1986 and actively popularizes astronomy JPL · 39726
39734 Marchiori 1996 XG 26 Gianpietro Marchiori ( born 1953 ) is the founder of EIE Group , an Italian company that has been involved in the construction of optical and radio telescopes around the world JPL · 39734
39741 Komm 1997 AT 6 Rudolf Walter Komm ( born 1957 ) is an American helioseismologist who has contributed substantially to the study of solar activity . His studies include tracing the movements of active regions , measuring fluctuations in solar oscillations and determining flows in granulation . Komm has also developed several innovative methods of time-series analysis JPL · 39741
39748 Guccini 1997 BJ 3 Francesco Guccini ( born 1940 ) is an Italian folk composer and singer , very famous for his popular songs JPL · 39748
39791 Jameshesser 1997 PH 4 James E. Hesser is a Canadian astronomer , acting director of the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics and 1997 recipient of the Michael Smith Award for Science Promotion . He has contributed to the study of atomic and molecular spectroscopy , rapidly varying degenerate stars , stellar populations and chemical evolution in the Milky Way and nearby galaxies ( Src ) JPL · 39791
39799 Hadano 1997 UO 1 The Japanese city of Hadano in Kanagawa Prefecture is where the Hadano Astronomical Observatory ( 355 ) is located . The city was famous for its tobacco production , and is now noted for its fresh springs . Hadano is situated at the foot of the Tanzawa mountains in an area of great natural beauty JPL · 39799
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