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]
349001–349100
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349101–349200
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349201–349300
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349237 Quaglietti | 2007 TH69 | Luciano Quaglietti (born 1952) is an Italian amateur astronomer and seeker of meteorites. | IAU · 349237 |
349301–349400
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349386 Randywright | 2007 WA56 | Randall P. Wright (born 1948), executive vice-president and chief operating officer at Texas Children's Hospital, holder of a BS in Physics from Eastern Illinois University. | JPL · 349386 |
349401–349500
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349407 Stefaniafoglia | 2007 YY29 | Stefania Foglia (born 1971), sister of Italian amateur astronomer Sergio Foglia at Suno Observatory, where this minor planet was discovered. | IAU · 349407 |
349499 Dechirico | 2008 OX5 | Giorgio de Chirico (1888–1978) was an Italian painter and writer, who founded the metaphysical art movement (Italian: Scuola metafisica), deeply influencing surrealism. | IAU · 349499 |
349501–349600
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349601–349700
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349606 Fleurance | 2008 UX5 | Fleurance is a once fortified city in Gers, in south-western France. | JPL · 349606 |
349701–349800
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349785 Hsiaotejen | 2009 BP55 | Hsiao Te-Jen (1934–2015), grandfather of Taiwanese co-discoverer Xiangyao Hsiao | JPL · 349785 |
349801–349900
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349862 Modigliani | 2009 DX43 | Amedeo Modigliani (1884–1920) was an Italian painter and sculptor, known for his modern-style nudes and portraits with surreal long faces and necks. | IAU · 349862 |
349901–350000
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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.