Meanings of minor planet names: 198001–199000

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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 by the WGSBN.[7]

198001–198100[]

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

198101–198200[]

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
198110 Heathrhoades 2004 SD56 Heath Rhoades (born 1972), the computer network administrator at the Table Mountain Observatory in California JPL · 198110

198201–198300[]

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

198301–198400[]

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

198401–198500[]

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
198450 Scattolin 2004 XG6 Patrice Scattolin (born 1965) is one of the foremost amateur observers in Canada. JPL · 198450

198501–198600[]

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
198592 Antbernal 2005 AK Antonio Bernal (born 1947), Colombian ex-director of the planetarium in Medellín and a charter member of the Astronomical Colombian Network (Spanish: Red de Astronomía de Colombia, RAC) JPL · 198592

198601–198700[]

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
198616 Lucabracali 2005 AF29 Luca Bracali (born 1965), an Italian photographer and journalist. JPL · 198616
198634 Burgaymarta 2005 AN54 Marta Burgay (born 1976), an Italian radio astronomer who discovered the first known binary pulsar, PSR J0737−3039 JPL · 198634
198673 Herrero 2005 BG44 Enrique ("Kike") Herrero Casas (born 1986) is an astrophysicist at the Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC) and is also a science communicator. He specializes in exoplanets and stellar astrophysics. IAU · 198673
198700 Nataliegrünewald 2005 CM25 Natalie Grünewald (born 1970), daughter of German amateur astronomer Rolf Apitzsch who discovered this minor planet JPL · 198700

198701–198800[]

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
198717 Szymczyk 2005 CM61 Bill Szymczyk (born 1943) is an American music producer and audio engineer. JPL · 198717

198801–198900[]

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
198820 Iwanowska 2005 ET249 Wilhelmina Iwanowska (1905–1999), Polish astronomer, Vice-President of the IAU in the 1970s, and first astrophysics professor in Poland JPL · 198820

198901–199000[]

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
198993 Epoigny 2005 WE5 Epoigny, a site in Burgundy, France, near the Le Creusot Observatory. The location's name is derived from Epona, the goddess of horses in the Gallo-Roman religion. JPL · 198993

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.


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List of minor planets: 198,001–199,000
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