Meanings of minor planet names: 225001–226000

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]

225001–225100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
225033 Maskoliunas 2007 FM35 Marius Maskoliunas (born 1972), a Lithuanian astronomer and discoverer of minor planets, known for his work on stellar photometry, galactic structure and gravitational microlensing. IAU · 225033
225076 Vallemare 2007 JT2 The Italian village of Vallemare, Lazio, where the Vallemare di Borbona Observatory (A55) of the discoverer Vincenzo Silvano Casulli is located JPL · 225076
225088 Gonggong 2007 OR10 Gonggong, from Chinese mythology is a water god with red hair and a serpent-like tail. He is known for creating chaos, causing flooding, and tilting the Earth; he is often depicted with the head of a human and the body of a snake. Gonggong is often attended by his minister, Xiangliu, a nine-headed poisonous snake monster for whom the satellite is named. JPL · 225088

225101–225200

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

225201–225300

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
225225 Ninagrunewald 2008 SZ82 Nina Grünewald (born 2001), granddaughter of German discoverer Rolf Apitzsch JPL · 225225
225232 Kircheva 2009 OD2 Krassymira Kircheva (born 1970), a Bulgarian engineer who contributed to the acquisition of astrometric observations in Bulgaria JPL · 225232
225238 Hristobotev 2009 QJ5 Hristo Botev (1848–1876), a Bulgarian poet and national revolutionary JPL · 225238
225239 Ruthproell 2009 QG8 Elsa Anna Ruth Proell (born 1923), the mother-in-law of German discoverer Rolf Apitzsch JPL · 225239
225250 Georgfranziska 2009 QU36 Georg (1835–1902) and Franziska Speyer (1844–1909), founders of the "Georg und Franziska Speyer'sche Hochschulstiftung", and members of the Speyer family, a prominent Jewish family of German descent JPL · 225250
225254 Flury 2009 RL2 Walter Flury (born 1943), a pioneer in space debris research and a recognized expert in celestial mechanics. JPL · 225254
225276 Leïtos 1436 T-2 Leïtos, from Greek mythology. He was the son of Alektryon, leader of the Boeotians, and was wounded by Hektor in the Trojan War. JPL · 225276
225277 Stino 1960 SN "Stinknormal" (SN), the German word for "boringly normal", inspired by the letters "SN" in the provisional designation of this ordinary main-belt asteroid JPL · 225277

225301–225400

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
225321 Stevenkoenig 1997 XP7 Steven Koenig (born 1985), an American amateur astronomer and developer of optical innovations in astrophototography. He is the son of Dean Koenig (see 15321 Donnadean) who has been restoring and repairing telescopes. IAU · 225321

225401–225500

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

225501–225600

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

225601–225700

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

225701–225800

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
225711 Danyzy 2001 QT288 Augustin Danyzy [fr] (1698–1777), an astronomer, mathematician and hydrographer, member of the Montpellier Royal Society of Sciences (French: Académie des sciences et lettres de Montpellie), and responsible for the construction of the Montpellier Observatory (003) JPL · 225711

225801–225900

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

225901–226000

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

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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