Meanings of minor planet names: 179001–180000

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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 Small Body 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 public domain material from the United States Government document: "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]

179001–179100[]

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

179101–179200[]

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

179201–179300[]

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

179301–179400[]

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

179401–179500[]

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

179501–179600[]

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
179593 Penglangxiaoxue 2002 LK61 Penglang Elementary School (simplified Chinese: 蓬朗小学; traditional Chinese: 蓬朗小學; pinyin: Pénglǎng Xiǎoxué) is located in Kunshan City, Jiangsu Province, China. It was founded in 1906. It is located near to the Purple Mountain Observatory. JPL · 179593
179595 Belkovich 2002 MK4 Oleg Belkovich (1934 – 2020) is recognized worldwide for his work on the radar observations of meteors JPL · 179595

179601–179700[]

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
179647 Stuartrobbins 2002 PG152 Stuart J. Robbins (born 1983) is a Senior Research Scientist at the Southwest Research Institute. He served as a Science Team Planning Liaison for the New Horizons mission to Pluto. JPL · 179647
179678 Rietmeijer 2002 QS66 Frans J. M. Rietmeijer (born 1949), Dutch-American planetary geologist and research professor at the University of New Mexico JPL · 179678

179701–179800[]

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
179764 Myriamsarah 2002 SC Myriam Ory (born 1998) and Sarah Ory (born 2000), daughters of Swiss amateur astronomer Michel Ory who discovered this minor planet JPL · 179764

179801–179900[]

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
179875 Budavari 2002 TX328 Tamas Budavari (born 1973), a Hungarian physicist with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey JPL · 179875

179901–180000[]

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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