Meanings of minor planet names: 60001–61000

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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]

60001–60100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
60001 Adélka 1999 TG5 Adélka Kotková, daughter of Lenka Kotková, the discoverer JPL · 60001
60006 Holgermandel 1999 TB16 Holger Mandel, German astronomer at the Landessternwarte Heidelberg and an honorary member of the Starkenburg-Sternwarte JPL · 60006
60008 Jarda 1999 TP16 Jaroslav Kotek, husband of the discoverer Lenka Kotková JPL · 60008

60101–60200

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
60148 Seanurban 1999 US1 Sean E. Urban (born 1962) has made significant advances to astrometry, including completion of the reductions of the 22,000 Astrographic Catalogue plates. These data formed the basis of proper motions for the most important reference star catalogs of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, including Tycho-2 and the UCAC. JPL · 60148
60183 Falcone 1999 VR11 Giovanni Falcone, Italian magistrate who fought against organized crime JPL · 60183
60186 Las Cruces 1999 VH22 Las Cruces, New Mexico † MPC · 60186

60201–60300

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

60301–60400

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

60401–60500

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
60406 Albertosuci 2000 CR1 Alberto Suci, Italian amateur astronomer JPL · 60406
60423 Chvojen 2000 CO39 Chvojen is a small village in the Benešov District Central Bohemia in the Czech Republic JPL · 60423

60501–60600

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
60558 Echeclus 2000 EC98 Echeclus, centaur who attended Pirithous' wedding, fought against the Lapiths, and was killed by Ampyx (Amycus), son of Ophion JPL · 60558

60601–60700

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
60609 Kerryprice 2000 EA175 Kerry Price (born 1939), an accomplished jazz singer who has performed with numerous dixieland jazz bands in southern Michigan over the last 50 years. She is also the music director for a church in suburban Detroit, Michigan. JPL · 60609
60614 Tomshea 2000 EU198 Thomas William Shea (1931–1982) was an American ragtime composer best known for his “prairie ragtime” style and the more than 20 “rags” he composed. He was active in ragtime and jazz in the Detroit, Michigan area throughout the 1960s and 1970s. JPL · 60614
60622 Pritchet 2000 FK8 Christopher J. Pritchet, Canadian physicist and astronomer † MPC · 60622
60669 Georgpick 2000 GE4 Georg Alexander Pick (1859–1942), an Austrian mathematician. JPL · 60669

60701–60800

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

60801–60900

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

60901–61000

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
60972 Matenko 2000 KN Mateno ("Matenko") is a nickname of Alexander Pravda, friend of the discoverer Adrián Galád and Peter Kolény JPL · 60972

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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