Meanings of minor planet names: 331001–332000

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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]

331001–331100[]

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
331011 Peccioli 2009 UF94 Peccioli, Italy, a village located in Alta Valdera in the Italian district of Pisa JPL · 331011

331101–331200[]

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
331105 Giselher 2009 XG9 Dietrich Giselher Kracht (born 1944) is the elder brother of the discoverer, who introduced him to astronomy at the observatory of the Olbers-Gesellschaft in Bremen. JPL · 331105

331201–331300[]

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

331301–331400[]

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
331316 Cavedon 2011 GP36 Mario Cavedon (1920–2009) was an Italian astronomer, mathematician, and science writer at the Brera Astronomical Observatory who studied the celestial mechanics of small Solar System bodies and the perturbation of their orbits. IAU · 331316

331401–331500[]

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

331501–331600[]

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

331601–331700[]

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

331701–331800[]

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
331785 Sumners 2003 HL15 Carolyn Sumners (born 1948) has taught astronomy at the Houston Museum of Natural Science's Burke Baker Planetarium since 1972. It was her inspiration to move a meter-class telescope to the George Observatory in 1989 for educating the public under the stars. JPL · 331785

331801–331900[]

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

331901–332000[]

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
331992 Chasseral 2005 GU9 The Chasseral is a mountain of the Jura range, overlooking Lake Biel in the Swiss canton of Bern. JPL · 331992

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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