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]

271001–271100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
271009 Reitterferenc2002 YE3Ferenc Reitter (1813–1874), a Hungarian architect and engineerJPL · 271009

271101–271200

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

271201–271300

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
271216 Boblambert2003 TO13Bob Lambert (born 1943), is an amateur astronomer, community educator, and a founder of the McCarthy Observatory. He oversaw the creation of the Observatory's Galileo's Garden, a place for contemplation and teaching. A proponent of science literacy and educational excellence, he has observed this minor planet.JPL · 271216
271235 Bellay2003 UX17Joachim du Bellay (1522–1560), a French poetJPL · 271235

271301–271400

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

271401–271500

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

271501–271600

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

271601–271700

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

271701–271800

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
271763 Hebrewu2004 SO26The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, often abbreviated as Hebrew U, one of the top research universities in the worldJPL · 271763

271801–271900

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

271901–272000

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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