Meanings of minor planet names: 375001–376000
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]
375001–375100[edit]
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 375005 Newsome | 2007 FM42 | Deb Newsome (born 1957), an amateur astronomer who lived and worked in the Gambia as a missionary at a rural literacy center for over 27 years. | JPL · 375005 |
| 375007 Buxy | 2007 GQ5 | The town of Buxy, located in the department of Saône-et-Loire (Burgundy, France) between Chalon-sur-Saône and Le Creusot. Buxy hosts the observatory of the Society of Astronomy of Saône-et-Loire, which now houses the old telescope made by the discoverer in 1985. | JPL · 375007 |
| 375043 Zengweizhou | 2007 JV22 | Zeng Wei-Zhou (1988–2015), a Chinese amateur astronomer. | JPL · 375043 |
| 375067 Hewins | 2007 RJ6 | As a professor at Rutgers University, Roger Hewins (born 1940) has pioneered the use of experimental petrology to understand chondrule formation. He also studied meteorites from planetary bodies like Vesta and Mars. Hewins received the Leonard Medal of the Meteoritical Society in 2014 in Casablanca, Morocco. | IAU · 375067 |
375101–375200[edit]
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 375176 Béziau | 2008 DN21 | Pierre Béziau (1861–1947) was a French amateur astronomer, born near the city of Angers in western France. In 1904, he built an ingenious orrery to illustrate that the orbital movements of the Earth were at the origin of climatic variations. | JPL · 375176 |
375201–375300[edit]
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
375301–375400[edit]
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
375401–375500[edit]
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
375501–375600[edit]
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
375601–375700[edit]
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
375701–375800[edit]
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 375798 Divini | 2009 TA4 | Eustachio Divini (c.1610–1685) was an Italian astronomer and telescope maker. | IAU · 375798 |
375801–375900[edit]
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 375832 Yurijmedvedev | 2009 UH92 | Yurij Dmitrievich Medvedev (born 1955), the head of the Solar System Small Bodies Laboratory of the Institute of Applied Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences. | JPL · 375832 |
| 375927 Ibara | 2009 WY52 | The city of Ibara in western Honshu, Japan, has enacted ordinances to preserve the beautiful starry sky. In the mountainous regions there are facilities to enjoy or study the starry sky, including Bisei Observatory and the Bisei Spaceguard Center. | IAU · 375927 |
375901–376000[edit]
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 375927 Ibara | 2009 WY52 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 375927 |
References[edit]
- ^ "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.