This is a partial list of meanings of minor-planet names. Also see list of named minor planets (alphabetical) for a condensed version without naming citations.

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), 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 number-range that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names.

Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are approved and published in a bulletin by IAU's Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN).[1] Before May 2021, citations were published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars for many decades.[2] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).[3] Until his death in 2016, German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel compiled these citations into the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (DMP) and regularly updated the collection.[4][5]

Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,[6] Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: SBDB New namings may only be added to this list below after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned.[7] The WGSBN publishes a comprehensive guideline for the naming rules of non-cometary small Solar System bodies.[8]

196001–196100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
196005 Róbertschiller2002 RS241Róbert Schiller (born 1935), Hungarian physical chemistJPL · 196005
196035 Haraldbill2002 SZ27Harald Bill (born 1964), a long-term friend of the discoverer, is a German amateur astronomerJPL · 196035

196101–196200

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

196201–196300

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

196301–196400

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

196401–196500

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
196411 Umurhan2003 GW51Orkan Umurhan (born 1969), a scientist at the SETI Institute, who worked for the New Horizons mission to Pluto as a science team post-doctoral researcher for geophysics investigationsJPL · 196411
196476 Humfernández2003 JU17Humberto Fernández-Morán (1924–1999), Venezuelan research scientist who developed the diamond knife. He created the Venezuelan Institute for Neurological and Brain Studies which is now known as the Venezuelan Institute of Scientific Research.JPL · 196476
196481 VATT2003 KS2The Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT)JPL · 196481

196501–196600

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
196540 Weinbaum2003 OW30Stanley G. Weinbaum (1902–1935), American science-fiction authorJPL · 196540

196601–196700

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
196640 Mulhacén2003 SO15Mulhacén, the highest mountain of the Iberian PeninsulaJPL · 196640

196701–196800

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
196736 Munkácsy2003 SH127Mihály Munkácsy (1844–1900), a Hungarian painter who lived in Paris and gained an international reputation with his genre pictures and large-scale biblical paintings.JPL · 196736
196772 Fritzleiber2003 SQ170Fritz Leiber (1910–1992), American science-fiction writerJPL · 196772

196801–196900

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
196807 Beshore2003 SB221Ed Beshore (born 1954), American operations manager and lead software engineer for the near-Earth object search programs at the Catalina, Siding Spring and Mount Lemmon surveys. He has discovered several comets including 297P/Beshore.JPL · 196807

196901–197000

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
196938 Delgordon2003 UO20Del Gordon (born 1958), American software/systems engineer for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles at Northrop Grumman Corporation and an officer of the Huachuca Astronomy ClubJPL · 196938
196945 Guerin2003 UV29Georges Guerin (born 1934) is a retired philosophy professor. He is passionate about astronomy and has built his own observatory at La Ratonie in the Aveyron region of France.JPL · 196945

References

  1. ↑ "WGSBN Bulletin Archive". Working Group Small Body Nomenclature. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  4. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-34360-8. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  6. ↑ Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
  7. ↑ "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  8. ↑ "Minor Planet Naming Guidelines (Rules and Guidelines for naming non-cometary small Solar-System bodies) – v1.0" (PDF). Working Group Small Body Nomenclature (PDF). 20 December 2021.
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