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.
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]
John Roy de Bruyn (born 1958), a Canadian physicist working on experimental condensed-matter physics, with emphasis on soft materials, the physics of biological systems, and the dynamics of systems driven out of equilibrium
Michael Gordon Cottam (born 1945), an English-Canadian physicist at the University of Western Ontario. He works in the field of condensed matter physics, with focus on surface physics, nanomaterials, and nonlinear processes in solids, and includes magnetic, optical, and electronic properties of these materials (Src).
Eduardo Missoni (born 1954) is an Italian physician specializing in tropical medicine. He is a professor at Bocconi University Management School in Milan, and worked for the Italian government in the cooperation management and health programs in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa.
Hoi Jyu Sek (Haizhushi), "the Rock of the Pearl in Sea", was a large rock in the Pearl River that had been treated as an icon of Guangzhou (Canton) for many centuries.
Tang Shunzhi (1507–1560), also known as Tang Jingchuan, was a famous Chinese writer, poet and statesman in the Ming dynasty. A native of Changzhou, Tang's argument for the "concrete studies" (shixue) made him an important figure in the Changzhou intellectual framework.
Gregg Wade (born 1971), a Canadian astrophysicist at the Royal Military College of Canada whose research includes the structure, evolution, origin and impact of magnetic fields in larger stars (Src).
The Italian region of Cinque Terre ("Five Villages") in Liguria. The coastline and the surrounding hillsides are all part of the Cinque Terre National Park, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
