Meanings of minor planet names: 269001–270000
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]
269001–269100
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 |
269101–269200
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 |
269201–269300
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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269232 Tahin | 2008 QV | Szilvia Tahin (born 1975), wife of Hungarian discoverer Krisztián Sárneczky | JPL · 269232 |
269243 Charbonnel | 2008 QN14 | Stéphane Charbonnel (born 1973), a French amateur astronomer and professor of Physics | JPL · 269243 |
269245 Catastini | 2008 QL19 | Mario Catastini (born 1932), a retired Italian elementary-school teacher | JPL · 269245 |
269251 Kolomna | 2008 QW28 | Kolomna, one of the oldest cities in the Moscow region, founded around AD 1140 | JPL · 269251 |
269252 Bogdanstupka | 2008 QA29 | Bohdan Stupka (1941–2012), a Ukrainian actor and received many international awards. | JPL · 269252 |
269300 Diego | 2008 SB82 | Diego Rodriguez, a Spanish astrophotographer and co-founder of the M1 group of variable-star observers | JPL · 269300 |
269301–269400
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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269323 Madisonvillehigh | 2008 SE209 | Madisonville High School, Texas, is a long-time participant in the IASC minor planet search campaigns. | JPL · 269323 |
269390 Igortkachenko | 2009 QA34 | Igor Tkachenko (1964–2009), a Russian military pilot and posthumous Hero of the Russian Federation | JPL · 269390 |
269401–269500
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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269484 Marcia | 2009 UB4 | Marcia de Queiroz, the daughter of Portuguese-Swiss discoverer José De Queiroz | JPL · 269484 |
269485 Bisikalo | 2009 UQ14 | Dmitry Valer'evich Bisikalo (born 1961), a specialist in interacting binary stars and numerical astrophysics, and deputy director of the Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences | JPL · 269485 |
269501–269600
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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269550 Chur | 2009 WT5 | Chur, the oldest town in Switzerland | JPL · 269550 |
269567 Bakhtinov | 2009 WK105 | Pavel Ivanovich Bakhtinov (born 1963), a radio engineer, amateur astronomer and well-known astrophotographer. | JPL · 269567 |
269589 Kryachko | 2009 XN1 | Timur Valer'evič Krjačko (born 1970) an amateur astronomer and an observer of comets and discoverer of minor planets | JPL · 269589 |
269601–269700
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 |
269701–269800
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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269742 Kroónorbert | 1998 UH23 | Norbert Kroó (born 1934), a renowned researcher of solid state physics, optics, laser physics and neutron physics and a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences | JPL · 269742 |
269762 Nocentini | 1999 TN4 | Francesca Nocentini (born 1975), a friend of Italian discoverer Gianluca Masi | JPL · 269762 |
269801–269900
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 |
269901–270000
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.