Meanings of minor planet names: 298001–299000

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]

298001–298100

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

298101–298200

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

298201–298300

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
298232 Ericlimburg 2002 UA77 Eric Limburg (b. 1962), a Dutch amateur astronomer IAU · 298232

298301–298400

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

298401–298500

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

298501–298600

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

298601–298700

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

298701–298800

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
298762 Sarahgallagher 2004 HT77 Sarah Connoran Gallagher (b. 1973), an American-Canadian astronomer. IAU · 298762

298801–298900

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
298877 Michaelreynolds 2004 SY26 Michael D. Reynolds (born 1954), an American professor of astronomy and Dean of mathematics and sciences at FSCJ, Florida, as well as director of the Chabot Space and Science Center in California from 1991 to 2002 JPL · 298877

298901–299000

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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