Meanings of minor planet names: 230001–231000

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. Public Domain 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]

230001–230100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

230101–230200

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
230151 Vachier 2001 QZ72 Frederic Vachier (born 1974), a celestial mechanician and observer at the IMCCE-Observatory in Paris. He has studied binary asteroids, both as an observer and as a theorist for orbit determinations. JPL · 230151
230155 Francksallet 2001 QC111 Franck Sallet (born 1970), a French amateur astronomer JPL · 230155

230201–230300

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

230301–230400

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

230401–230500

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
230415 Matthiasjung 2002 MQ5 Matthias Jung (born 1961), a German amateur astronomer JPL · 230415

230501–230600

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

230601–230700

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
230631 Justino 2003 MB Justino Sota Martinez (1931–2017) was the father of the discoverer. He was a Catholic priest in Atauta between 1954 and 1964. Then he got a bachelor's degree in literature, and become a secondary school teacher in Villaca\~{n}as and Tres Cantos. With his wife Carmen Ballano, he had two children (Fernando and Alfredo). JPL · 230631
230648 Zikmund 2003 SL15 Sigismund of Luxembourg or Zikmund Lucemburský (1368–1437), Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary, Croatia, Germany, Italy, and Bohemia JPL · 230648
230656 Kovácspál 2003 SX111 Pál Kovács (1912–1995), a Hungarian Olympic fencer and sports leader JPL · 230656
230667 Janmlynář 2003 SZ200 Czech physicist Jan Mlynář (1966–2023). IAU · 230667
230691 Van Vogt 2003 UD18 Alfred Elton van Vogt (1912–2000), a Canadian-born science-fiction writer JPL · 230691

230701–230800

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
230736 Jalyhome 2003 WV2 Jalyhome, a school/orphanage for lepers in Pondicherry, India JPL · 230736
230765 Alfbester 2003 XN15 Alfred Bester (1913–1987), an American science-fiction writer JPL · 230765

230801–230900

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

230901–231000

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
230975 Rogerfederer 2005 AQ25 Roger Federer (born 1981), a Swiss tennis player JPL · 230975

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.


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