Meanings of minor planet names: 291001–292000
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]
291001–291100
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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 | |||
291101–291200
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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 | |||
291201–291300
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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 | |||
291301–291400
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 291325 de Tyard | 2006 BG191 | Pontus de Tyard (c. 1521–1605), a French poet and priest, and a member of La Pléiade, a group of seven humanist poets. | JPL · 291325 |
| 291387 Katiebouman | 2006 CN36 | Katie Bouman (born 1989) is an American engineer and computer scientist. Bouman led development of an algorithm that made the first direct image of a black hole possible via the Event Horizon Telescope array. | IAU · 291387 |
291401–291500
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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 | |||
291501–291600
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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 | |||
291601–291700
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 291633 Heyun | 2006 HY20 | He Yun (born 1921), a Chinese radio/TV engineer and the chief designer of the old Shanghai TV Tower. He is also a veteran amateur astronomer, who has been active in the greater Shanghai region for decades. | JPL · 291633 |
291701–291800
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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 | |||
291801–291900
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 291824 Cami | 2006 KH133 | Jan Lieven Jo Cami (b. 1972), a Belgian-Canadian astronomer. | IAU · 291824 |
| 291847 Ladoix | 2006 OP1 | Ladoix, a French village situated north of Beaune, in the Burgundy vineyard region | JPL · 291847 |
| 291849 Orchestralondon | 2006 OL2 | Orchestra London Canada, a 1937-founded professional Canadian symphony orchestra in London, Ontario | JPL · 291849 |
| 291855 Calabròcorrado | 2006 ON14 | Corrado Calabrò (born 1935) is an Italian poet who has regenerated contemporary poetry opening it dream-like to science. His poem Roaming tells of a large asteroid that strikes the Moon causing the Earth to wobble. | JPL · 291855 |
291901–292000
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 291923 Kuzmaskryabin | 2006 QW23 | Andriy Kuzmenko (1968–2015), known as "Kuzma", was a Ukrainian poet, composer, TV-showman and lead singer of the band Skryabin, who died in a car accident | JPL · 291923 |
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.