Meanings of minor planet names: 309001–310000

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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]

309001–309100

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

309101–309200

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309201–309300

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309206 Mažvydas 2007 GE32 Martynas Mažvydas (1510–1563), a Lithuanian writer and publisher who edited the first printed book in the Lithuanian language. IAU  · 309206
309227 Tsukiko 2007 QCSelene "Tsukiko" Mazzucato (born 1994), daughter of Italian co-discoverer Michele Mazzucato JPL  · 309227
309295 Hourenzhi 2007 RX228 Hou Renzhi (1911–2013), an academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, is a pioneer of modern historical geography in China. He made outstanding contributions to the development of historical geography both in theory and in practice. JPL  · 309295

309301–309400

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309401–309500

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309501–309600

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309601–309700

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309701–309800

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309704 Baruffetti 2008 FD131Pietro Baruffetti (born 1954), musician, amateur astronomer, and chairman of the Gruppo Astrofili Massesi (Massesi Amateur Astronomer Group). JPL  · 309704
309706 Ávila 2008 GP Ávila, the capital of the province of Ávila in Spain JPL  · 309706

309801–309900

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309901–310000

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309917 Sefyani 2009 FS14Fouad Sefyani (born 1967) is a researcher in Cadi Ayyad University's department of physics in Marrakech. In particular he conducts spectral studies of RR Lyrae stars at Oukaïmeden observatory. JPL  · 309917

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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