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]

274001–274100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
274020 Skywalker2007 RW15Skywalker is the family name of the fictional characters Luke and Anakin in the Star Wars universe.JPL · 274020
274084 Baldone2008 AU101Baldone, a city in the southwest of Riga.JPL · 274084

274101–274200

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
274137 Angelaglinos2008 FC6Angela Glinos (born 1962), a Canadian computer scientist, who has successfully balanced a career at Bell Labs and the University of Toronto while raising three daughters and supporting her husband's astronomical interests.JPL · 274137

274201–274300

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
274213 Satriani2008 JA6Joe Satriani (born 1956), an American rock guitarist and top guitar virtuoso, who was recruited by Mick Jagger and then toured with Deep Purple as the lead guitaristJPL · 274213
274246 Reggiacaserta2008 OY9The Royal Palace of Caserta ("Reggia Caserta") is a former royal residence in southern Italy, constructed for the Bourbon kings of Naples. It is one of the largest palaces erected in Europe during the 18th century. The palace was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1997.JPL · 274246
274264 Piccolomini2008 PZ6Alessandro Piccolomini (1508–1578/79), an Italian astronomer and archbishop, who created the first modern celestial atlas, De le stelle fisse (The sphere of the world and The fixed stars) in 1540. The lunar crater Piccolomini is also named after him.IAU · 274264
274300 UNESCO2008 QG24UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, a specialized agency of the United NationsJPL · 274300

274301–274400

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
274301 Wikipedia2008 QH24Wikipedia, a free, copyleft, collaboratively edited online encyclopedia that was launched in 2001JPL · 274301
274302 Abaházi2008 QD25Richard Abaházi (1907–1977), a Hungarian engineer who worked at Konkoly Observatory between 1935 and 1940. He made regular observations of occultations, and photographed comets and asteroids.JPL · 274302
274333 Voznyukigor2008 RT21Igor Mykolayovych Voznyuk (born 1964), a graduate of the Faculty of Physical Department of the Kyiv University, is an optician by profession.JPL · 274333
274334 Kyivplaniy2008 RP22Kyiv Planetarium in Kyiv, Ukraine, one of the country's leading cultural and educational centers to promote astronomy. It was founded by Sergey Vsekhsvyatsky in 1952.JPL · 274334

274401–274500

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
274472 Pietà2008 SV83The Vatican Pietà is a white Carrara marble sculpture by Michelangelo Buonarroti, kept in the Basilica of St. Peter in Vatican City. This was the first masterpiece by the young Michelangelo, and it considered one of the greatest works of art.JPL · 274472

274501–274600

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

274601–274700

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

274701–274800

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

274801–274900

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
274810 Fedáksári2008 YP25Sári Fedák (1879–1955), a Hungarian actress and singer, one of the most well known prima donnas of her time.JPL · 274810
274835 Aachen2009 QC11The German city of Aachen. It developed from a Roman settlement and spa, was the preferred medieval Imperial residence of Charlemagne, and, from 936 to 1531, the Aachen Cathedral was the coronation church for thirty German kings.JPL · 274835
274843 Mykhailopetrenko2009 QF30Mykhailo Petrenko (1817–1862), a Ukrainian romantic poet. Some of his poems were set to music and became very popular folk songs.JPL · 274843
274856 Rosendosalvado2009 RQ5Rosendo Salvado (1814–1900), a Spanish monk, missionary and bishop, who, in 1847, founded the Benedictine community in New Norcia, Australia. The town now hosts the New Norcia Station, ESA's deep space ground station with a 35-meter dish, built specifically to communicate with the Rosetta space probe.MPC · 274856
274860 Emilylakdawalla2009 RE26Emily Lakdawalla (born 1975), an American planetary geologist and awarded science communicatorJPL · 274860

274901–275000

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
274981 Petrsu2009 TV2Petrozavodsk State University in the Republic of Karelia, RussiaJPL · 274981

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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