Meanings of minor planet names: 274001–275000
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]
274001–274100
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 274020 Skywalker | 2007 RW15 | Skywalker is the family name of the fictional characters Luke and Anakin in the Star Wars universe. | JPL · 274020 |
| 274021 Monikapoeller | 2007 RB18 | Monika Puttinger, the discoverer's teacher. | IAU · · 274021 |
| 274084 Baldone | 2008 AU101 | Baldone, a city in the southwest of Riga. | JPL · 274084 |
274101–274200
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 274137 Angelaglinos | 2008 FC6 | Angela Glinos (born 1962), a Canadian computer scientist, who has successfully balanced a career at Bell Labs and the University of Toronto while raising three daughters and supporting her husband's astronomical interests. | JPL · 274137 |
274201–274300
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 274213 Satriani | 2008 JA6 | Joe Satriani (born 1956), an American rock guitarist and top guitar virtuoso, who was recruited by Mick Jagger and then toured with Deep Purple as the lead guitarist | JPL · 274213 |
| 274246 Reggiacaserta | 2008 OY9 | The Royal Palace of Caserta ("Reggia Caserta") is a former royal residence in southern Italy, constructed for the Bourbon kings of Naples. It is one of the largest palaces erected in Europe during the 18th century. The palace was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1997. | JPL · 274246 |
| 274264 Piccolomini | 2008 PZ6 | Alessandro Piccolomini (1508–1578/79), an Italian astronomer and archbishop, who created the first modern celestial atlas, De le stelle fisse (The sphere of the world and The fixed stars) in 1540. The lunar crater Piccolomini is also named after him. | IAU · 274264 |
| 274300 UNESCO | 2008 QG24 | UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, a specialized agency of the United Nations | JPL · 274300 |
274301–274400
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 274301 Wikipedia | 2008 QH24 | Wikipedia, a free, copyleft, collaboratively edited online encyclopedia that was launched in 2001 | JPL · 274301 |
| 274302 Abaházi | 2008 QD25 | Richard Abaházi (1907–1977), a Hungarian engineer who worked at Konkoly Observatory between 1935 and 1940. He made regular observations of occultations, and photographed comets and asteroids. | JPL · 274302 |
| 274333 Voznyukigor | 2008 RT21 | Igor Mykolayovych Voznyuk (born 1964), a graduate of the Faculty of Physical Department of the Kyiv University, is an optician by profession. | JPL · 274333 |
| 274334 Kyivplaniy | 2008 RP22 | Kyiv Planetarium in Kyiv, Ukraine, one of the country's leading cultural and educational centers to promote astronomy. It was founded by Sergey Vsekhsvyatsky in 1952. | JPL · 274334 |
274401–274500
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 274472 Pietà | 2008 SV83 | The Vatican Pietà is a white Carrara marble sculpture by Michelangelo Buonarroti, kept in the Basilica of St. Peter in Vatican City. This was the first masterpiece by the young Michelangelo, and it considered one of the greatest works of art. | JPL · 274472 |
274501–274600
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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 | |||
274601–274700
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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 | |||
274701–274800
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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 | |||
274801–274900
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 274810 Fedáksári | 2008 YP25 | Sári Fedák (1879–1955), a Hungarian actress and singer, one of the most well known prima donnas of her time. | JPL · 274810 |
| 274835 Aachen | 2009 QC11 | The German city of Aachen. It developed from a Roman settlement and spa, was the preferred medieval Imperial residence of Charlemagne, and, from 936 to 1531, the Aachen Cathedral was the coronation church for thirty German kings. | JPL · 274835 |
| 274843 Mykhailopetrenko | 2009 QF30 | Mykhailo Petrenko (1817–1862), a Ukrainian romantic poet. Some of his poems were set to music and became very popular folk songs. | JPL · 274843 |
| 274856 Rosendosalvado | 2009 RQ5 | Rosendo Salvado (1814–1900), a Spanish monk, missionary and bishop, who, in 1847, founded the Benedictine community in New Norcia, Australia. The town now hosts the New Norcia Station, ESA's deep space ground station with a 35-meter dish, built specifically to communicate with the Rosetta space probe. | MPC · 274856 |
| 274860 Emilylakdawalla | 2009 RE26 | Emily Lakdawalla (born 1975), an American planetary geologist and awarded science communicator | JPL · 274860 |
274901–275000
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 274928 von Weinberg | 2009 SU170 | Arthur von Weinberg (1860–1943), a German chemist and manager of the largest textile azo dyestuff production of its time, honorary citizen of Frankfurt, honorary member of the Physikalischer Verein, director of Senckenberg and arts patron. | IAU · 274928 |
| 274981 Petrsu | 2009 TV2 | Petrozavodsk State University in the Republic of Karelia, Russia | JPL · 274981 |
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.