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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]

161001–161100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
161092 Zsigmond 2002 OL28 Vilmos Zsigmond, Academy Award-winning Hungarian-American cinematographer JPL

161101–161200

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

161201–161300

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
161207 Lidz 2002 TW305 Adam Lidz, American astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey JPL
161215 Loveday 2002 UL66 Jonathan Loveday, British astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey JPL
161278 Cesarmendoza 2003 FW128 Cesar Mendoza, Venezuelan astrophysicist JPL

161301–161400

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
161315 de Shalit 2003 QS5 Amos de Shalit, Israeli nuclear physicist JPL
161349 Mecsek 2003 SJ127 Mecsek is a mountain range in southern Hungary JPL
161371 Bertrandou 2003 SO244 Bertrand Christophe, the discoverer's son, named for Bertrandou le Fifre, a character in Edmond Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac JPL

161401–161500

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

161501–161600

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
161545 Ferrando 2004 XP16 Rafael Ferrando, Spanish astronomer, founder of the Observatorio Astronomico Pla D'Arguines (Pla D'Arguines Astronomical Observatory) JPL
161546 Schneeweis 2004 XT16 LtCdr (USN) Scott Schneeweis, American early U.S. space program historian, webmaster of "Spaceaholic" JPL

161601–161700

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
161693 Attilladanko 2006 HL46 Attilla Danko, Canadian software designer and amateur astronomer JPL

161701–161800

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
161715 Wenchuan 2006 MZ12 In memory of the 90,000 people killed in the great Wenchuan earthquake of 2008 May 12 JPL

161801–161900

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

161901–162000

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
161962 Galchyn 2007 HE84 The village of Galchyn, northern part of it borders on Andrushivka, a district center in Ukraine JPL
161975 Kincsem 2007 LO Kincsem was the most successful Thoroughbred race horse ever, having won 54 races for 54 starts JPL
161989 Cacus 1978 CA Cacus, mythological fire-breathing monster, son of Vulcan, killed by Hercules JPL

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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