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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]

353001–353100

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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

353101–353200

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353189 Iasus 2009 RQ76 Iasus, a Greek hero in the Trojan War. A leader of the Athenians and the son of Sphelus. JPL · 353189

353201–353300

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
353232 Nolwenn 2010 CB12 Nolwenn Leroy (born 1982), a French singer and songwriter. JPL · 353232

353301–353400

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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

353401–353500

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
353404 Laugalys 2011 PR13 Vygandas Laugalys (born 1972), Lithuanian astronomer, is an expert in Galactic structure and stellar photometry. He is known as a hunter of asteroids and together with K. Černis, he discovered the first asteroid from Lithuania in 2001. He is the author of more than 40 scientific papers. IAU · 353404
353409 Onaka 2011 QW3 Peter M. Onaka (b. 1961), an American engineer. IAU · 353409
353429 Fairlamb 2011 QP46 John R. Fairlamb (b. 1988), a British astronomer. IAU · 353429

353501–353600

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
353577 Gediminas 2011 SW259 Gediminas (1275–1341), Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1315 until his death. JPL · 353577
353595 Grancanaria 2011 TL12 Gran Canaria, Spain, an island located in the Atlantic Ocean, is the most populated of the Canary Islands. JPL · 353595

353601–353700

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
353677 Harald 2011 UV235 Harald Michaelis (b. 1957) of the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) has been the head of the Planetary Sensor Systems Department for nearly three decades. IAU · 353677
353682 Maberry 2011 UJ286 Michael T. Maberry (b. 1952), the Assistant Director of the Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaiʻi, USA. IAU · 353682

353701–353800

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
353745 Williamunruh 2011 YE47 William Unruh (b. 1967), the Physical Plant Manager and Safety Officer at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaiʻi, IAU · 353745

353801–353900

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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

353901–354000

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
353903 Kudritzki 2012 XN58 Rolf-Peter Kudritzki (b. 1945), a German astronomer. IAU · 353903

References

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  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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