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]

270001–270100

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

270101–270200

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

270201–270300

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

270301–270400

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
270373 William2002 AE3William Edmonds (born 1945), a software engineer at NASAJPL · 270373

270401–270500

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
270472 Csörgei2002 CS316Tibor Csörgei (born 1972), a Slovak amateur astronomer and observer of meteors, comets and asteroids.JPL · 270472

270501–270600

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
270553 Loureed2002 GG178Lou Reed (1942–2013), an American musician, singer and songwriterJPL · 270553
270556 Kolonica2002 GX182Kolonica, a small Slovak village near the location of the 1-meter Vihorlat National Telescope (VNT) at Kolonica Saddle (Src). Kolonica's inhabitants were very helpful during the observatory construction and still participate often in astronomical activities.JPL · 270556
270558 Nemiroff2002 GB185Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words.IAU · 270558
270584 Vlasta2002 JG150Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words.IAU · 270584

270601–270700

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
270601 Frauenstein2002 NN57Frauenstein, a small city on the crest of the Erzgebirge Mountains in Saxony, Germany.JPL · 270601

270701–270800

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
270725 Evka2002 QL122Eva Morvayová (born 1979), a Slovak amateur astronomer and visual observer, who is a member of the Astronomy Club in Nové Zámky, Slovakia.IAU · 270725

270801–270900

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

270901–271000

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
270903 Pakstiene2002 TO303Erika Pakstiene (born 1971), a Lithuanian astronomer and expert in stellar photometry of variable stars, eclipsing binaries, transiting exoplanets, microlensed objects, and rotating asteroids. Known for her work in asteroseismology of variable stars, she has authored more than 80 scientific papers and written many popular science articles.IAU · 270903

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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