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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]

69001–69100

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

69101–69200

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
69159 Ivanking 2003 JE16 Ivan R. King, prominent astronomer working mainly on the studies of globular clusters JPL

69201–69300

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
69228 Kamerunberg 5173 T-3 Mount Cameroon (called Kamerunberg in German), the 4040-m active volcano, situated in Cameroon near the Gulf of Guinea. JPL
69230 Hermes 1937 UB Hermes, Greek messenger of the gods JPL
69231 Alettajacobs 1972 FE Aletta Jacobs, the first Dutch woman to graduate from a university and the first Dutch female physician JPL
69245 Persiceto 1981 EO San Giovanni, in Persiceto, is a small town near Bologna JPL
69259 Savostyanov 1982 ST7 Savostyanov Fedor Vasil’evich (1924–2012), a famous Russian painter. JPL
69260 Tonyjudt 1982 TJ Tony Judt, historian JPL
69263 Big Ben 1987 BB2 Big Ben, at Westminster, is the name of the great bell and clock tower of the world's largest four-faced chiming clock JPL
69264 Nebra 1988 PE4 NebraJPL or the Nebra skydisk ‡
69275 Wiesenthal 1989 WD4 Simon Wiesenthal, Austro-Hungarian Nazi war criminal hunter †
69286 von Liebig 1990 TN9 Justus von Liebig, German chemist JPL
69287 Günthereichhorn 1990 TW10 Günther Eichhorn (b. 1945), a German-American astronomer. JPL
69288 Berlioz 1990 TW11 Louis Hector Berlioz, French Romantic composer JPL
69295 Stecklum 1991 TO6 Bringfried Stecklum (b. 1954) is a German astrophysicist. JPL

69301–69400

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
69311 Russ 1992 QC Russell Mark Steel, the discoverer's only brother JPL
69312 Rogerbacon 1992 SH17 Roger Bacon, English philosopher JPL

69401–69500

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
69421 Keizosaji 1995 YT2 Keizo Saji, well-known businessmen in Japan and the honorary chief of the Saji Astro Park JPL
69434 de Gerlache 1996 HC21 Adrien de Gerlache, 19th-20th-century Belgian naval officer and Antarctic explorer JPL
69496 Zaoryuzan 1997 AE22 Zao Ryuzan, a 1362-m mountain located to the southeast of Yamagata city, Yamagata prefecture. JPL

69501–69600

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
69594 Ulferika 1998 FF11 Ulf Lehmann (born 1939) and Erika (born 1940) are the parents of the discoverer JPL

69601–69700

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

69701–69800

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
69754 Mosesmendel 1998 MM39 Moses Mendelssohn, German-Jewish philosopher JPL

69801–69900

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
69869 Haining 1998 SX62 Haining, at the southern tip of the Yangtze River in northern Zhejiang province JPL
69870 Fizeau 1998 SM64 Hyppolite Fizeau, 19th-century French physicist JPL

69901–70000

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
69961 Millosevich 1998 VS33 Elia Millosevich, Italian astronomer †
69971 Tanzi 1998 WD2 Pepe Tanzi, Italian lighting industrial designer JPL
69977 Saurodonati 1998 WL9 Sauro Donati, Italian amateur astronomer 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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