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]

190001–190100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
190026 Iskorosten2004 QJIskorosten was the capital of the Drevlyany tribe in the times of Kiev RusJPL · 190026
190057 Nakagawa2004 RR252Nakagawa River (Naka River), named after the former Japanese city of Nakagawa, originates in the Turugi mountain range and flows for about 125 km in Tokushima prefectureJPL · 190057

190101–190200

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190139 Hansküng2005 RV32Hans Küng (born 1928) is a Swiss theologian and essayist, and professor emeritus of theology at the Ecumenical University of Tübingen.JPL · 190139

190201–190300

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
190283 Schielicke1991 RE3Reinhard E. Schielicke (born 1940) is a German engineer who worked in astronomy as an associate of the University Observatory of Jena.JPL · 190283

190301–190400

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
190310 De Martin1997 TWDavide De Martin (born 1971), Italian amateur astronomer, author and popularizer of astronomyJPL · 190310
190333 Jirous1998 SX14Ivan Martin Jirous (1944–2011), Czech poet, art historian, frontman of the rock group The Plastic People of the UniverseJPL · 190333

190401–190500

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

190501–190600

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
190504 Hermanottó2000 HEOttó Herman (1835–1914), a Hungarian zoologist, ethnographer, mineralogist, archaeologist, journalist, renowned as the "last polyhistor of Hungary".JPL · 190504

190601–190700

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
190617 Alexandergerst2000 WT9Geophysicist Alexander Gerst (born 1976) was the third German astronaut on board the International Space Station.JPL · 190617

190701–190800

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
190710 Marktapley2001 FA185Mark B. Tapley (born 1962) is an Institute Engineer at Southwest Research Institute, who served as the Payload Systems Engineer for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.JPL · 190710

190801–190900

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

190901–191000

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

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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