Meanings of minor planet names: 365001–366000
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]
365001–365100
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
365101–365200
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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365130 Birnfeld | 2009 DU28 | Birnfeld, a German village located in the Hassberge Nature Park in northern Bavaria | JPL · 365130 |
365131 Hassberge | 2009 DQ29 | Hassberge, a Nature Park located northwest of Bamberg, Germany | JPL · 365131 |
365159 Garching | 2009 DU111 | Garching, a German city north of Munich. | JPL · 365159 |
365201–365300
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
365301–365400
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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365375 Serebrov | 2009 UZ3 | Aleksandr Serebrov (1944–2013), was a Hero of the Soviet Union, a Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR and the first president of the Soyuz Youth Aerospace Society. He was the author of over 20 scientific works and four inventions. He made four spaceflights and ten spacewalks | JPL · 365375 |
365401–365500
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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365443 Holiday | 2010 MU49 | Billie Holiday (1915–1959), born Eleanora Fagan, was one of the greatest jazz singers and songwriters of all time. She collaborated with numerous jazz greats, including Lester Young, Count Bassie and Artie Shaw. Her gorgeous voice and heartfelt songs continue to inspire. | JPL · 365443 |
365501–365600
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
365601–365700
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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365604 Rusholme | 2010 TG184 | Benjamin Rusholme (born 1974) has contributed to the Very Small Array and QUaD Cosmic Microwave Background telescopes, the Planck and Euclid missions, and the Zwicky Transient Facility time-domain survey. | JPL · 365604 |
365701–365800
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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365739 Peterbecker | 2010 WS12 | Peter Becker (1672–1753), a professor of mathematics at the University of Rostock, Germany | MPC · 365739 |
365756 ISON | 2010 WZ71 | The International Scientific Optical Network (ISON) is an international collaboration of optical observatories. The main scientific tasks of the ISON network are the study of the populations of space debris and minor solar-system, and observation of the optical counterparts of gamma-ray bursts. | JPL · 365756 |
365761 Popovici | 2010 XQ4 | Călin Popovici (1910–1977), a Romanian astronomer | JPL · 365761 |
365786 Florencelosse | 2010 YJ | Florence Losse (born 1963), a French teacher | JPL · 365786 |
365801–365900
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
365901–366000
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
References
- ^ "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.