2044 Wirt is a minor planet named after its discoverer Carl Wirtanen in Novermber 8, 1950 at the Lick Observatory, an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the University of California atop the summit of Mount Hamilton,
Carl Wirtanen
(discoverer himself) 8 November 1950 Lick Obs. The Lick Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the University of California. It is on the summit of Mount Hamilton, in the Diablo Range just east of San Jose, California, United States. 
It is on the summit of Mount Hamilton, in the Diablo Range just east of San Jose, California, United States. The Lick Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the University of California. The asteroid was discovered on 8 November 1950, by American astronomer Carl Wirtanen at Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton, California, and later named after the discoverer himself. 
