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]
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
---|---|---|---|
329018 Neufeld | 2011 AV6 | Michael J. Neufeld (b. 1951) is a Senior Curator at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. He has written the authoritative biography of Wernher von Braun and has published articles on the history of NASA planetary exploration. | IAU · 329018 |
329025 Annekathrin | 2011 AX18 | Named after Annekathrin Ullmann (1971β2002) of the DLR Institute of Planetary Research in Berlin, on the twentieth anniversary of her premature death. | IAU · 329025 |
329069 Russellporter | 2011 BV7 | Russell W. Porter (1871β1949), the founder of the Springfield Telescope Makers in 1923 and designed its Stellafane Clubhouse built in 1924. | IAU · 329069 |
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
---|---|---|---|
There are no named minor planets in this number range |
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
---|---|---|---|
There are no named minor planets in this number range |
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
---|---|---|---|
There are no named minor planets in this number range |
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
---|---|---|---|
329935 PrΓ©vΓ΄t | 2005 OH19 | Jean PrΓ©vΓ΄t (1585β1631), Swiss physician and professor in Italy at the University of Padua. PrΓ©vΓ΄t was born in DelΓ©mont, Switzerland, like the discoverer Michel Ory. | JPL · 329935 |
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]
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
---|---|---|---|
329018 Neufeld | 2011 AV6 | Michael J. Neufeld (b. 1951) is a Senior Curator at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. He has written the authoritative biography of Wernher von Braun and has published articles on the history of NASA planetary exploration. | IAU · 329018 |
329025 Annekathrin | 2011 AX18 | Named after Annekathrin Ullmann (1971β2002) of the DLR Institute of Planetary Research in Berlin, on the twentieth anniversary of her premature death. | IAU · 329025 |
329069 Russellporter | 2011 BV7 | Russell W. Porter (1871β1949), the founder of the Springfield Telescope Makers in 1923 and designed its Stellafane Clubhouse built in 1924. | IAU · 329069 |
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
---|---|---|---|
There are no named minor planets in this number range |
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
---|---|---|---|
There are no named minor planets in this number range |
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
---|---|---|---|
There are no named minor planets in this number range |
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
---|---|---|---|
There are no named minor planets in this number range |
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
---|---|---|---|
There are no named minor planets in this number range |
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
---|---|---|---|
There are no named minor planets in this number range |
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
---|---|---|---|
There are no named minor planets in this number range |
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
---|---|---|---|
There are no named minor planets in this number range |
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
---|---|---|---|
329935 PrΓ©vΓ΄t | 2005 OH19 | Jean PrΓ©vΓ΄t (1585β1631), Swiss physician and professor in Italy at the University of Padua. PrΓ©vΓ΄t was born in DelΓ©mont, Switzerland, like the discoverer Michel Ory. | JPL · 329935 |