Meanings of minor planet names: 340001–341000

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]

340001–340100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
340071 Vanmunster 2005 VF82 Tonny Vanmunster (born 1961), a Belgian amateur astronomer. JPL · 340071

340101–340200

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

340201–340300

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

340301–340400

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

340401–340500

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
340479 Broca 2006 HO57 Pierre Paul Broca (1824–1880) was a French physician, anatomist and anthropologist. He is best known for his research on Broca's area, a region of the frontal lobe of the hominid brain that has been named after him. JPL · 340479

340501–340600

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
340579 Losse 2006 PY Florent Losse (born 1960) was the founder of the St Pardon de Conques observatory (code I93) and the author of the Reduc software for binaries. He is the editor of the review Étoiles Doubles and correspondent with the USNO for integrating measures into the Washington Double Star Catalogue. IAU · 340579

340601–340700

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

340701–340800

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

340801–340900

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
340891 Londoncommorch 2007 CO54 The London Community Orchestra (Orchestra London Canada), founded in London, Canada in 1974 (Src) JPL · 340891

340901–341000

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
340929 Bourgelat 2007 ET9 Claude Bourgelat (1712–1779) was a French veterinary surgeon. He was the founder of the Lyon veterinary college in 1761, the first veterinary school in the world. JPL · 340929
340980 Bad Vilbel 2007 EJ171 Bad Vilbel, a spa town in Hesse, Germany, known for its mineral springs JPL · 340980

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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