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]

410001–410100

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

410101–410200

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

410201–410300

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

410301–410400

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

410401–410500

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
410475 Robertschulz2008 DNRobert Schulz (born 1972), an Austrian amateur astronomer and astrophotographer. Together with Wolfgang Neszmerak, he has built an observatory near the Holzleiten Saddle in Austria.JPL · 410475

410501–410600

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

410601–410700

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
410619 Fabry2008 PL6Charles Fabry (1867–1945), a French physicist and optician.JPL · 410619

410701–410800

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

410801–410900

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410817 Zaffino2009 MNMatt Zaffino (born 1961), an American meteorologist, whose nightly weathercast for a network TV station in Portland, Oregon, features excellent tips for astronomical events and other science phenomena.IAU · 410817
410835 Neszmerak2009 QF26Wolfgang "Wolfman" Neszmerak (born 1969), an Austrian amateur astronomer, musician and photographer.JPL · 410835

410901–411000

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
410912 Lisakaroline2009 SV170Lisa Bachleitner (born 1990) and Karoline Bachleitner (born 1994) are the daughters of Austrian discoverer Hannes BachleitnerJPL · 410912
410928 Maidbronn2009 ST242Maidbronn, a small village in northern Bavaria, Germany, where the discovering Maidbronn Observatory is located.JPL · 410928

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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