Meanings of minor planet names: 343001–344000

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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]

343001–343100[]

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
343057 Lucaravenni 2009 CB20 Luca Ravenni (1968–2015) was a software analyst and an amateur astronomer. In 1997 he graduated in Mathematics with a thesis on gravity-assisted trajectories for space missions. He collaborated with the Torre Luciana Observatory. Name suggested by the Astronomical Observatory of the University of Siena. JPL · 343057

343101–343200[]

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
343134 Bizet 2009 FG5 Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875) was a French composer of the Romantic era. Bizet achieved few successes before his final work, Carmen, which has become one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the entire opera repertoire. JPL · 343134
343157 Mindaugas 2009 HH68 Mindaugas (1200–1263), the first known Grand Duke of Lithuania and the King of Lithuania. JPL · 343157
343158 Marsyas 2009 HC82 Marsyas, a Phrygian Satyr dared oppose Apollo in a musical duel. Marsyas lost when he could not play his flute upside-down. For his hubris he was tied to a tree, flayed, his blood turned into a stream. Marsyas is so named for its unusual retrograde orbit, that which opposes the motion of most solar system objects, Apollos included. IAU · 343158

343201–343300[]

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343230 Corsini 2009 WZ105 Enrico Maria Corsini (born 1969) is an astronomer and professor of astrophysics at Padua University in Italy. JPL · 343230

343301–343400[]

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343322 Tomskuniver 2010 CK Tomsk State University is a recognized center of education and science. Founded on 1878 May 28 by a decree of Russian Emperor Alexander II, it was the first university in the Asian part of Russia. JPL · 343322

343401–343500[]

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
343444 Halluzinelle 2010 EW20 "Analoge Halluzinelle", a fictional female robot hologram in the satirical German science fiction TV-series Ijon Tichy: Space Pilot. The role is played by the actress Nora Tschirner. The story is based on The Star Diaries by Stanisław Lem. JPL · 343444

343501–343600[]

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
343587 Mamuna 2010 GQ23 Nikolai Vladimirovich Mamuna (1956–2016) was an astronomer, teacher and leading lecturer of the Moscow Planetarium. He was artistic director of the Maximachev Planetarium, the author of a number of books and many journal publications, a science fiction writer, a radio and a TV host. JPL · 343587

343601–343700[]

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343664 Nataliemainzer 2010 NM16 Natalie Mainzer (born 1978) is an American nurse who has cared for many patients suffering from COVID–19 during the global pandemic. IAU · 343664

343701–343800[]

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
343743 Kjurkchieva 2011 FY16 Diana Kjurkchieva (born 1952) is a Professor in Astronomy at the University of Shumen, Bulgaria and current President of the Bulgarian Astronomical Union. She works on the observation and modeling of variable stars, exoplanets and is the leading popularizer of astronomy science in Bulgaria. Name suggested by S. Ibryamov. JPL · 343743

343801–343900[]

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

343901–344000[]

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
344000 Astropolis 2011 QQ45 The Kiev Club Astropolis, the largest association of amateur astronomers in the Ukraine JPL · 344000

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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