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.
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. 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]
Taniguchi Jiro (1947–2017), a Japanese manga artist who was awarded the French ministry of Culture's Chevalier de l´Ordre des arts et des Lettres in 2011. His main works are "Chichi no koyomi" ("Le journal de mon pere"), "Bocchan no jidai" ("Au temps de Botchan") and "Harukana machi-e" ("Quartier lointain").
The archaeological site Castello lies on a hill in the Swiss village of Tremona. This site contains human settlements from the fifth millennium B.C. to the thirteenth century A.D
Bora Bora, French Polynesia. The tropical island, located 240 km northwest of Tahiti, is famed for its multicolored lagoon. Formerly Mai Te Pora ("created by the gods"), Bora Bora means "first born", because it was the first to emerge from the waters after the creation of Raiatea, some seven million years ago.
Joaquín Escrig Ferrando (1945–1999) cousin and friend of Spanish discoverer Rafael Ferrando. He was an inspiration to him in his desire for living and strength in overcoming adversity.
The potato, on the occasion of the United Nations' International Year of the Potato (2008), and because many minor planets are believed to be shaped like potatoes
As a young Denśoliné woman captured into slavery, Thanadelthur (1697–1717) became a skilled interpreter and negotiator. Known as the Ambassadress of Peace, she enabled a mutually beneficial economy for Denśoliné, Cree, and English fur traders west of Hudson's Bay. A commemorative plaque erected in 2017 in Churchill, Manitoba honors her short life.
Wong Shing Sheuk (born 1951) began teaching in 1974. From 1988 to his retirement in 2011, he was the principal of Po Leung Kuk Leung Chow Shan Primary School P.M. He believed that astronomy could inspire a student's interest in science and he put tremendous effort into astronomy education.
The motto of the Chinese University of Hong Kong is bowenyueli, which means "Through learning and temperance to virtue". These words of Confucius have long been considered a principal precept of his teaching. The university lays equal emphasis on the intellectual and moral aspects of education
Joseph Jao-yiu Sung (born 1959) is the vice-chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, associate dean of the Faculty of Medicine and head of Shaw College. During the 2003 atypical pneumonia, Sung played a leading role in combating the disease and was called "Asia Hero" by Time magazine
Valerio Pertile (1932–2005) was a skilled and dedicated Italian astronomical technician and night assistant at the Schmidt telescope of the Asiago Station from 1965 to 2000. He took the major fraction of the 16,000 plates acquired with that telescope, a most precious archive of photographic data.
