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]

343001–343100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
343057 Lucaravenni2009 CB20Luca Ravenni (1968–2015) was a software analyst and an amateur astronomer. In 1997 he graduated in mathematics with a thesis on gravity-assisted trajectories for space missions. He collaborated with the Torre Luciana Observatory. Name suggested by the Astronomical Observatory of the University of Siena.JPL · 343057

343101–343200

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
343134 Bizet2009 FG5Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875) was a French composer of the Romantic era. Bizet achieved few successes before his final work, Carmen, which has become one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the entire opera repertoire.JPL · 343134
343157 Mindaugas2009 HH68Mindaugas (1200–1263), the first known Grand Duke of Lithuania and the King of Lithuania.JPL · 343157
343158 Marsyas2009 HC82Marsyas, a Phrygian Satyr dared oppose Apollo in a musical duel. Marsyas lost when he could not play his flute upside-down. For his hubris he was tied to a tree, flayed, his blood turned into a stream. Marsyas is so named for its unusual retrograde orbit, that which opposes the motion of most solar system objects, Apollos included.IAU · 343158

343201–343300

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343230 Corsini2009 WZ105Enrico Maria Corsini (born 1969) is an astronomer and professor of astrophysics at Padua University in Italy.JPL · 343230

343301–343400

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
343322 Tomskuniver2010 CKTomsk State University is a recognized center of education and science. Founded on 1878 May 28 by a decree of Russian Emperor Alexander II, it was the first university in the Asian part of Russia.JPL · 343322

343401–343500

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
343412 de Boer2010 CC181Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words.IAU · 343412
343413 Lauratoyama2010 CX181Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words.IAU · 343413
343438 Gao2010 DS77Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words.IAU · 343438
343439 Kaukali2010 DW77Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words.IAU · 343439
343440 Magnier2010 DY77Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words.IAU · 343440
343441 Chienchenglin2010 DC78Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words.IAU · 343441
343444 Halluzinelle2010 EW20"Analoge Halluzinelle", a fictional female robot hologram in the satirical German science fiction TV-series Ijon Tichy: Space Pilot. The role is played by the actress Nora Tschirner. The story is based on The Star Diaries by Stanisław Lem.JPL · 343444

343501–343600

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343587 Mamuna2010 GQ23Nikolai Vladimirovich Mamuna (1956–2016) was an astronomer, teacher and leading lecturer of the Moscow Planetarium. He was artistic director of the Maximachev Planetarium, the author of a number of books and many journal publications, a science fiction writer, a radio and a TV host.JPL · 343587

343601–343700

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
343664 Nataliemainzer2010 NM16Natalie Mainzer (born 1978) is an American nurse who has cared for many patients suffering from COVID-19 during the global pandemic.IAU · 343664

343701–343800

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343743 Kjurkchieva2011 FY16Diana Kjurkchieva (born 1952) is a professor in astronomy at the University of Shumen, Bulgaria and current President of the Bulgarian Astronomical Union. She works on the observation and modeling of variable stars, exoplanets and is the leading popularizer of astronomy science in Bulgaria. Name suggested by S. Ibryamov.JPL · 343743
343774 Samuelhale2011 FN150Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words.IAU · 343774

343801–343900

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

343901–344000

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
343981 Oppenheim2011 LA27Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words.IAU · 343981
344000 Astropolis2011 QQ45The Kiev Club Astropolis, the largest association of amateur astronomers in the UkraineJPL · 344000

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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