Meanings of minor planet names: 379001–380000

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]

379001–379100

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

379101–379200

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
379130 Lopresti 2009 CA20 Claudio Lopresti, an Italian amateur astronomer and founder of the Digital Astronomy Group as well as a discoverer of numerous variable stars. In 2007, he discovered the first transit of an extrasolar planet in the constellation of Cassiopeia. JPL · 379130
379155 Volkerheinrich 2009 QR6 Volker Heinrich (born 1962), a German amateur astronomer and chairman of the Astronomy Section of the "Physikalischer Verein" at Frankfurt, Germany JPL · 379155
379173 Gamaovalia 2009 RA2 Galina (born 1935), Mariya (born 1940), Oktyabrina (born 1938), Vassiliy (born 1944) and Lev (born 1947), the brothers and sisters of astronomer Klim Churyumov (1937–2016), co-discoverer of comet 67P JPL · 379173

379201–379300

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

379301–379400

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

379401–379500

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

379501–379600

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

379601–379700

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

379701–379800

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
379732 Oklay 2011 GY54 Nilda Oklay (b. 1981), a Turkish planetary scientist. IAU · 379732
379767 Barcis 2011 HH20 Barcis is an Italian municipality in the province of Pordenone (Friuli-Venezia Giulia). IAU · 379767

379801–379900

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

379901–380000

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

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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