Meanings of minor planet names: 311001–312000

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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]

311001–311100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for...Ref · Catalog
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311101–311200

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311119 Pacner 2004 PA20 Karel Pacner (1936–2021) was a Czech science journalist and writer interested in cosmonautics. He attended the 1969 launch of Apollo 11 as the only Czech journalist. Pacner correctly described events and people from both the Soviet and American sides of the space race, as well as later cooperation in space. IAU  · 311119

311201–311300

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311231 Anuradhapura 2005 BC23 Anuradhapura is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, situated in north-central Sri Lanka and was the capital city of the island for over a millennium. JPL  · 311231

311301–311400

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311401–311500

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311501–311600

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311601–311700

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311701–311800

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311785 Erwanmazarico 2006 UB62Erwan M. Mazarico (born 1982), a planetary scientist. JPL  · 311785

311801–311900

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311901–312000

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311957 Barryalbright 2007 DQ42Barry Albright (born 1957) is an American paleontologist and professor. Albright specializes in paleomagnetism and has done extensive work on the paleomagnetic stratigraphy of Cretaceous strata in southern Utah. He has also described new plesiosaur genera from the Western Interior Seaway. JPL  · 311957

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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