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]

295001–295100

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

295101–295200

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

295201–295300

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
295299 Nannidiana2008 GZ111Giovanni Foglia (born 1932) and Diana Damiani (born 1938), the parents of Italian amateur astronomer Sergio Foglia, who is a discoverer of minor planetsJPL · 295299

295301–295400

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

295401–295500

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
295471 Herbertnitsch2008 QM11Herbert Nitsch (born 1970) is an Austrian freediver who holds a men's world records in no-limits apnea at 214 m.JPL · 295471
295472 Puy2008 QJ14Denis Puy (born 1962), a professor at the University of Montpellier and head of the Laboratory Universe and Particles of Montpellier.JPL · 295472
295473 Cochard2008 QD16François Cochard (born 1965), a French engineer, who has promoted spectroscopy by amateur astronomers.JPL · 295473

295501–295600

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
295565 Hannover2008 SL83Hannover, the capital city of Niedersachsen, GermanyJPL · 295565

295601–295700

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

295701–295800

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

295801–295900

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
295841 Gorbulin2008 VT13Volodymyr Pavlovych Gorbulin (born 1939) is a member of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the International Academy of Astronautics. He was the first General Director of the National Space Agency of Ukraine (1992–1994).JPL · 295841

295901–296000

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
295935 Majia2008 XD7Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words.IAU · 295935

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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