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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]

257001–257100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
257005 Arpadpal 2008 EW152 Árpád Pál (1929–2006), a Romanian astronomer and professor at Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca. JPL

257101–257200

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

257201–257300

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
257234 Güntherkurtze 2009 DD112 Günther Kurtze (1921–1986), a physicist and professor of acoustics at TH Karlsruhe. JPL
257248 Chouchiehlun 2009 FA19 Chouchiehlun (born 1979) is one of the most famous musicians in Taiwan, best known for "Ting Ma Ma De Hua" ("Listen to Mother's Words"). JPL
257261 Ovechkin 2009 FS47 Alexander Mikhailovich Ovechkin (b. 1985), a Russian ice-hockey winger who began his career with the Dynamo Moscow. JPL
257296 Jessicaamy 2009 HT57 Jessica Amy Todd (b. 1994) is a daughter of the discoverer. JPL

257301–257400

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
257336 Noeliasanchez 2009 JA1 Noelia Sanchez (b. 1975) is an aeronautical engineer and co-founder of the DEIMOS space company, where she works as Head of the Space Situational Awareness Division for NEO and Space Debris. JPL
257371 Miguelbello 2009 PM4 Miguel Bello (b. 1961), the founder and CEO of the DEIMOS space company. JPL

257401–257500

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
257439 Peppeprosperini 2010 PL23 Giuseppe Prosperini (1937–2005), an active amateur astronomer who observed lunar and minor-planet occultations. JPL

257501–257600

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
257515 Zapperudi 1997 CD6 Rudolf Zappe (b. 1928) has been a member of the Linzer Astronomische Gemeinschaft since 1953. JPL
257533 Iquique 1998 CN4 Iquique, a port city in northern Chile. JPL

257601–257700

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

257701–257800

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

257801–257900

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

257901–258000

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

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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