Meanings of minor-planet names: 332001–333000

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. 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]

332001–332100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
332084 Vasyakulbeda	2005 UQ12	Vasyl' Kulbeda (born 1954), an engineer at the Department for Solar Physics of the Main Astronomical Observatory of the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences.	JPL · 332084

332101–332200

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332183 Jaroussky	2006 BE186	Philippe Jaroussky (born 1978), a French countertenor	JPL · 332183

332201–332300

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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

332301–332400

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
332324 Bobmcdonald	2006 XN67	Bob McDonald (born 1951), a distinguished award-winning science journalist and educator.	JPL · 332324
332326 Aresi	2006 YK19	Paolo Aresi (born 1958), an Italian journalist and science fiction writer.	JPL · 332326

332401–332500

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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

332501–332600

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332530 Canders	2008 OS18	Fridrihs Canders or Friedrich Zander (1887–1933), a Baltic-German pioneer of rocketry and spaceflight in Russia	JPL · 332530

332601–332700

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332632 Pharos	2008 UO1	The Pharos of Alexandria was considered one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. This lighthouse, one of the tallest structures in the world at the time, was built on the island of Pharos, in front of the port of Alexandria of Egypt, and was destroyed by two earthquakes.	IAU · 332632

332701–332800

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
332706 Karlheidlas	2009 RW57	Karl Heidlas (born 1932), a German chemist and amateur astronomer.	JPL · 332706
332733 Drolshagen	2009 SV321	Gerhard Drolshagen (born 1953), the co-manager of the Near-Earth Object program of the European Space Agency.	JPL · 332733

332801–332900

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332884 Arianagrande	2011 AG53	Ariana Grande, American singer-songwriter and actress	IAU · 332884

332901–333000

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332991 Tammybecker	2011 FX147	Tammy Becker (b. 1964), an American cartographer.	IAU · 332991

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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.

Preceded by 331,001–332,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 332,001–333,000

Succeeded by 333,001–334,000