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. 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]
235001–235100
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235027 Pommard | 2003 FH2 | Pommard, a village in eastern France | JPL · 235027 |
235101–235200
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
235201–235300
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235201 Lorántffy | 2003 SG158 | Zsuzsanna Lorántffy (1602–1660), a Hungarian aristocrat and wife of Transylvanian prince George Rákóczi I | JPL · 235201 |
235301–235400
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
235401–235500
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
235501–235600
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
235601–235700
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Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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235615 Rosromkondratyuk | 2004 PS104 | Rostyslav Romanovych Kondratyuk (1938–2024), Ukrainian astronomer, served as the deputy director of the Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. | JPL · 235615 |
235621 Kratochvíle | 2004 RK3 | Kratochvíle, a South Bohemian Renaissance chateau built by B. Maggi in 1583–1589. | JPL · 235621 |
235701–235800
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
235801–235900
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Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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235837 Iota | 2004 YP1 | The International Occultation Timing Association (IOTA), founded in 1983, promotes and encourages observations of occultations by amateurs and professionals by providing event predictions, data analysis, results publication and distribution, and support for the Journal for Occultation Astronomy. | IAU · 235837 |
235852 Theogeuens | 2005 AX27 | Theophile (Theo) Geuens (born 1944) was a friend of the discoverer. He is a lecturer in human sciences, a psychotherapist, a coach and a mediator. | IAU · 235852 |
235901–236000
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Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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235990 Laennec | 2005 FP2 | René Laennec (1781–1826), a French physician | JPL · 235990 |
235999 Bucciantini | 2005 GA22 | Niccolò Bucciantini (born 1976), an astronomer at the Arcetri Observatory in Florence, Italy | MPC · 235999 |
References
edit- ^ "WGSBN Bulletin Archive". Working Group Small Body Nomenclature. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
- ^ "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ "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.