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]
Sarah H. Flanigan (born 1985) is a supervising engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, who served as the Deputy Guidance and Control Lead for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.
APAN, an amateur astronomical association from Novara, Italy (Italian: Associazione Provinciale Astrofili Novaresi), that oversees the Suno Observatory, where this minor planet was discovered
Robert Shelton (born 1948), nineteenth president of the University of Arizona, chaired the Keck Telescope Board from 1997 to 2000, important contributor to the success of the SOAR Telescope in Chile and the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) facility in South Africa
The Saguaro National Park located in a desert landscape to the east and west of Tucson protects the majestic giant saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) as well as other cacti. The giant saguaro is the supreme symbol of the American Southwest.
George Randall Gladstone (born 1956), a Program Director for Research and Development at the Southwest Research Institute, who worked as a Co-Investigator and Atmospheres Team Lead for the New Horizons mission to Pluto.
Michael D. Griffin (born 1949) served as the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Space Department Head and previously served as the NASA Administrator during the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.
Sara Plummer Lemmon (1836–1923) was an American botanist. She is credited with discovery of many new species of plants, and the subgenus Plummera. Mount Lemmon, the highest peak in the Santa Catalina Mountains in Arizona is named for her.