Meanings of minor planet names: 192001–193000
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. 
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]
192001–192100
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 192001 Raynatedford | 2005 XG112 | Rayna M. Tedford (born 1960), scientist with the Southwest Research Institute, who worked for the New Horizons mission to Pluto as the Pluto Encounter Deputy Logistics Lead | JPL · 192001 |
192101–192200
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 192155 Hargittai | 2006 HZ17 | Magdolna Hargittai and István Hargittai, Hungarian chemists and members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, whose research is structural chemistry. In 2011, they received the annual science communication award of the Club of Hungarian Science Journalists. | JPL · 192155 |
| 192158 Christian | 2006 XF4 | Christian Apitzsch (born 1968), son of German amateur astronomer Rolf Apitzsch who discovered this minor planet | JPL · 192158 |
| 192178 Lijieshou | 2007 EA200 | Li Jieshou (born 1924), an academician of Chinese Engineering Academy, is the founder of surgical nutriology and therapies of refractory gastrointestinal disease in China. | JPL · 192178 |
192201–192300
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 192208 Tzu Chi | 2007 JX33 | The Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation, established in Taiwan in 1966, has grown to be an international humanitarian organization with over 10 million members in 47 countries | JPL · 192208 |
| 192220 Oicles | 2007 RZ132 | Oicles (Oecles), from Greek mythology. He was an Argive king, father of Amphiaraus and son of Mantius. | JPL · 192220 |
| 192291 Palindrome | 1990 QX19 | A palindrome is a word, number, phrase, or other sequence of characters which reads the same backward as forward, of which the permanent number of this minor planet is an example. | IAU · 192291 |
| 192293 Dominikbrunner | 1990 TA2 | Dominik Brunner (1959–2009), Bavarian entrepreneur, killed in a fight which resulted from Brunner trying to protect a group of school children from attacks by teenagers | JPL · 192293 |
192301–192400
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 192353 Wangdazhong | 1995 TS1 | Wang Dazhong (b. 1935), a Chinese nuclear reactor engineer, an educator, and an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. | IAU · 192353 |
| 192391 Yunda | 1996 TQ2 | Yunda (Yunnan University). | IAU · 192391 |
192401–192500
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 192439 Cílek | 1997 VC | Václav Cílek (born 1955), Czech geologist, climatologist, writer, philosopher and science popularizer | JPL · 192439 |
| 192450 Xinjiangdaxue | 1997 WY21 | The Xinjiang University (Xinjiangdaxue) was founded in 1924 and is one of the national key comprehensive universities. It is listed as a comprehensive university for further development in the Great West Project of China. | JPL · 192450 |
192501–192600
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
192601–192700
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 192626 Glennunderhill | 1999 JR133 | Glenn Underhill (1926–2003), American educator and physicist. | JPL · 192626 |
| 192686 Aljuroma | 1999 TU17 | Alexandra, Juri, Robin and Marlene, grandchildren of German amateur astronomer Norbert Ehring who discovered this Mars-crossing asteroid | JPL · 192686 |
192701–192800
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
192801–192900
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
192901–193000
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "WGSBN Bulletin Archive". Working Group Small Body Nomenclature. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
- ^ "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ "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.