Meanings of minor planet names: 202001–203000

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 for Small Bodies 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 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]

202001–202100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
202092 Algirdas 2004 TD17 Algirdas (1296–1377), a monarch of medieval Lithuania. JPL · 202092
202093 Jogaila 2004 TP17 Jogaila, later Władysław II Jagiełło (1348–1434) was the Grand Duke of Lithuania (1377–1434) and then the King of Poland (1386–1434). He joined two states that became the leading power of eastern Europe and was the founder of Poland's Jagiellon dynasty. IAU · 202093

202101–202200

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

202201–202300

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

202301–202400

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
202373 Ubuntu 2005 EW302 Ubuntu, a philosophy focusing on people's relations with each other, emphasizes unity. Its origin is in the native languages of southern Africa and it is one of the founding principles of the new South Africa JPL · 202373

202401–202500

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

202501–202600

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
202599 Harkányi 2006 HS18 Béla Harkányi (1869–1932), a Hungarian astrophysicist and mathematician. IAU · 202599

202601–202700

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
202605 Shenchunshan 2006 HY30 Shen Chun-shan (1932–2018), Chinese physicist and president of the National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan JPL · 202605
202614 Kayleigh 2006 HD58 Kayleigh Lucille Stamp (1996–2010), the eldest granddaughter of the Australian discoverer David R. Herald JPL · 202614
202686 Birkfellner 2007 CH54 Wolfgang Birkfellner (born 1970), an Austrian medical physicist and amateur astronomer. JPL · 202686

202701–202800

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
202704 Utena 2007 GN6 Utena, city in north-east Lithuania JPL · 202704
202736 Julietclare 2007 KB2 Juliet Clare Datson (born 1980), astronomer, former student of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany JPL · 202736
202740 Vicsympho 2007 LB30 Victoria Symphony, Canadian orchestra based in Victoria, British Columbia JPL · 202740
202778 Dmytria 2007 UN3 Dmytro Yatskiv (1963–2004), laser physicist and observer at Kyiv satellite laser ranging station JPL · 202778
202784 Gangkeda 2008 DJ69 Gangkeda, the Mandarin Chinese Pinyin abbreviation for the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Xiānggǎng Kējì Dàxué), which was founded in 1991 JPL · 202784
202787 Kestecher 2008 OG Natalie Kestecher (born 1961), Australian radio producer JPL · 202787
202790 Babits 2008 QR3 Mihály Babits (1883–1941), Hungarian poet, writer, literary historian and translator. JPL · 202790

202801–202900

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
202806 Sierrastars 2008 SW2 Sierra Stars Observatory (G68), located in Markleeville, California JPL · 202806
202819 Carlosánchez 2008 SY81 Carlos Sánchez Magro (1944–1985), Spanish astrophysicist and pioneer in infrared astronomy JPL · 202819

202901–203000

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
202907 Meisenheimer 1996 RH1 German astronomer Klaus Meisenheimer (1951–2023). IAU · 202907
202909 Jakoten 1996 TF12 Jakoten, a traditional Japanese food JPL · 202909
202930 Ivezić 1998 SG172 Željko Ivezić (born 1965), a Croatian-American astrophysicist, telescope builder for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDDS) and a principal author of the SDSS Moving Object Catalogue JPL · 202930

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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