Meanings of minor planet names: 242001–243000

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]

242001–242100

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

242101–242200

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

242201–242300

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

242301–242400

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

242401–242500

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
242479 Marijampole 2004 TF115 Marijampole, with a population of 45 000, is the largest city in the Suvalkija region of south-west Lithuania. JPL · 242479
242492 Fantomas 2004 VU65 Fantomas is one of the most popular characters in the history of French crime fiction. Fantomas was created in 1911 by Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre. JPL · 242492

242501–242600

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
242516 Lindseystirling 2005 AW Lindsey Stirling (born 1986), an American violinist, dancer and composer JPL · 242516
242523 Kreszgéza 2005 AJ10 Géza Kresz (1846–1901), a Hungarian physician JPL · 242523
242529 Hilaomar 2005 AL54 Hila Omar, a Moroccan amateur astronomer and promoter of science. He has constructed an observatory with a 60-cm telescope in a cultural center south of the city of Marrakech. JPL · 242529

242601–242700

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
242648 Fribourg 2005 NQ63 The Swiss canton and city of Fribourg, a young, dynamic and bilingual region near the country's capital, Bern JPL · 242648

242701–242800

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

242801–242900

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
242830 Richardwessling 2006 DK8 Richard J. Wessling (1935–2010[9]) worked at U.S. Precision Lens for 35 years, making telescope mirrors from the early 1960s onwards and opening the Pines Optical Shop in 1991. JPL · 242830

242901–243000

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
243000 Katysirles 2006 TB112 Katherine Ann Sirles (1980–2016) was a sociologist and beloved teacher who studied the sociology of drugs, deviant behavior and gender. JPL · 243000

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.
  9. ^ "Obituary information for Richard J. Wessling". Megie Funeral Home. Retrieved 26 July 2024.


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