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]

86001–86100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
86043 Cévennes1999 OECévennes National Park (French: Parc national des Cévennes), southern France, where the discovering Pises Observatory is locatedJPL · 86043
86048 Saint-Tropez1999 PP1Saint-Tropez, a famous French Riviera village and a resort for jet set and touristsIAU · 86048

86101–86200

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
86196 Specula1999 SC10"Specula" is the old name for the Observatory of Eger (University), built in 1774 by count/bishop Károly Eszterházy, after whom the Eszterházy Károly University is named. The observatory is now a museum.JPL · 86196

86201–86300

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
86279 Brucegary1999 UJ1Bruce L. Gary (born 1939), an American astronomer and member of the Huachuca Astronomy Club, who has retired from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where he specialized in lunar radio astronomy. He is currently noted for his contributions to amateur-professional collaboration in photometry of variable stars, comets and minor planets and owns the Hereford Arizona Observatory (G95) (Src).JPL · 86279

86301–86400

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

86401–86500

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

86501–86600

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
86551 Seth2000 EE4Seth James Brady (born 1994) is the son of New Zealand astronomer Nigel Brady who discovered this minor planet.JPL · 86551

86601–86700

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

86701–86800

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

86801–86900

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

86901–87000

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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