Meanings of minor planet names: 256001–257000

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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.

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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. PD-icon.svg 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]

256001–256100

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256101–256200

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256201–256300

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256301–256400

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256369 Vilain 2006 YB3Christiane Vilain (born 1949), a retired researcher and teacher of physics and the history of physics JPL  · 256369
256374 Danielpequignot 2006 YZ13Daniel Pequignot (born 1945), an astronomer at Paris Observatory JPL  · 256374

256401–256500

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256501–256600

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256537 Zahn 2007 GX4 Jean-Paul Zahn  [ fr ] (born 1935), a French astrophysicist, specialist in fluid dynamics and internal structure of stars JPL  · 256537
256547 Davidesmith 2007 HA15David E. Smith (born 1934), a planetary scientist and principal investigator of the Mars Global Surveyor's MOLA, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's LOLA, and MESSENGER's MLA instruments JPL  · 256547

256601–256700

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256697 Nahapetov 2008 AZ1 Rodion Nakhapetov (born 1944), a Ukrainian-born, Russian actor, film director, screenwriter and an awarded People's Artist of Russia JPL  · 256697
256698 Zhuzhixin 2008 AX2 Zhu Zhixin (1885–1920) was an activist, writer and polemicist who lived in the late Qing to early Republic of China era. The Zhixin High School in Guangzhou, founded in 1921, was established in his memory. IAU  · 256698
256699 Poudai 2008 AZ2The Chinese town of Poudai, on Hainan Island JPL  · 256699

256701–256800

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256795 Suzyzahn 2008 CS68Suzy Collin-Zahn (born 1938), a specialist of quasars and Active Nuclei of Galaxies. JPL  · 256795
256796 Almanzor 2008 CN69 Pico Almanzor (2592 m) in the Sierra de Gredos, the highest mountain in central Spain JPL  · 256796
256797 Benbow 2008 CA70 Admiral Benbow Inn, the fictional home of Jim Hawkins in Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 novel "Treasure Island". JPL  · 256797

256801–256900

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256813 Marburg 2008 CW116 Marburg, a city in central Germany JPL  · 256813
256892 Wutayou 2008 DW40 Wu Ta-You (1907–2000), a Chinese atomic and nuclear theoretical physicist who introduced modern physics to China JPL  · 256892

256901–257000

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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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