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]

383001–383100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
383067 Stoofke2005 RA5Steven Terlaeken (born 1969), nicknamed Stoofke, created Loop naar de maan ("Run to the moon"), a fund raising event for cancer research organised by Kom op tegen Kanker - Belgium.JPL · 383067

383101–383200

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

383201–383300

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

383301–383400

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

383401–383500

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
383417 DAO2006 UY216The Dominion Astrophysical Observatory (DAO) of the National Research Council of Canada.JPL · 383417
383492 Aubert2007 BK50Pascal Aubert (born 1966), a French amateur astronomer and observer of solar eclipses all over the world. He has also participated in humanitarian education activities in Madagascar.JPL · 383492

383501–383600

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
383508 Vadrot2007 CV18Laurent Vadrot (born 1975) is secretary-general of the Association Française des Observateurs d´Etoiles Variables. He is heavily involved in the protection of the night sky and in the development of an astronomy station in the Morvan Regional Nature Park (Burgundy).JPL · 383508

383601–383700

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
383622 Luigivolta2007 PJ9Luigi Volta (1876–1952), an Italian astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets at the Observatory of Turin during 1928–1934.IAU · 383622

383701–383800

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

383801–383900

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

383901–384000

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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