Meanings of minor-planet names

This is a list of named minor planets (mostly asteroids), with links to the Wikipedia articles on the people, places, characters and concepts that they are named for.

1–500	5001–5500	10001–11000	20001–21000	30001–31000	40001–41000
501–1000	5501–6000	11001–12000	21001–22000	31001–32000	41001–42000
1001–1500	6001–6500	12001–13000	22001–23000	32001–33000	42001–43000
1501–2000	6501–7000	13001–14000	23001–24000	33001–34000	43001–44000
2001–2500	7001–7500	14001–15000	24001–25000	34001–35000	44001–45000
2501–3000	7501–8000	15001–16000	25001–26000	35001–36000	45001–46000
3001–3500	8001–8500	16001–17000	26001–27000	36001–37000	46001–47000
3501–4000	8501–9000	17001–18000	27001–28000	37001–38000	47001–48000
4001–4500	9001–9500	18001–19000	28001–29000	38001–39000	48001–49000
4501–5000	9501–10000	19001–20000	29001–30000	39001–40000	49001–50000
	50001–51000	60001–61000	70001–71000	80001–81000	90001–91000
	51001–52000	61001–62000	71001–72000	81001–82000	91001–92000
	52001–53000	62001–63000	72001–73000	82001–83000	92001–93000
	53001–54000	63001–64000	73001–74000	83001–84000	93001–94000
	54001–55000	64001–65000	74001–75000	84001–85000	94001–95000
	55001–56000	65001–66000	75001–76000	85001–86000	95001–96000
	56001–57000	66001–67000	76001–77000	86001–87000	96001–97000
	57001–58000	67001–68000	77001–78000	87001–88000	97001–98000
	58001–59000	68001–69000	78001–79000	88001–89000	98001–99000
	59001–60000	69001–70000	79001–80000	89001–90000	99001–100000
	100,001–110,000	110,001–120,000	120,001–130,000	130,001–140,000	140,001–150,000
	150,001–160,000	160,001–170,000	170,001–180,000	180,001–190,000	190,001–200,000
	200,001–210,000	210,001–220,000

See also

• List of minor planets
• List of minor planets named after people
• List of minor planets named after places

External links

• Asteroids discovered at the observatory of San Marcello Pistoiese in Italy
• Asteroids discovered by Tsutomu Seki
• Asteroids discovered by Uppsala astronomers
• Asteroids honoring people associated with Cornell Department of astronomy
• Asteroids named after members of staff and graduates of the Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland
• Asteroids with Canadian Connections
• Asteroids with a Hamburg connection
• Hungarian asteroids
• In Our Skies journalistic article on asteroid nomenclature
• Institute of Applied Astronomy's list of (accented) names
• Kleť Numbered Minor Planets
• List of "Dutch" asteroids (in Dutch)
• Planetary Society asteroids
• Schmadel's list of (accented) names
• The Ceres Connection (asteroids named after students)

Two systematic sources of citations are:

• The Show Citation script of the Harvard University Center for Astronomy MPES (Minor Planet Ephemeris Service): http://scully.cfa.harvard.edu/~cgi/ShowCitation.COM?num=37601
• The JPL Small-Body Database Browser: http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=37601

In both cases you need only modify the last argument of the address. The first's data base is being slowly built up in reverse chronological order; the second is more complete as of 2006.