Meanings of minor planet names: 434001–435000

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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]

434001–434100

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434050 Törökfece 2001 TU257Ferenc “Fece” Török (b. 1963) ), a Slovak amateur astronomer IAU  · 434050

434101–434200

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434180 Brosens 2002 UB77Jac Brosens (1941–2024), a Dutch amateur astronomer. IAU  · 434180

434201–434300

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434301–434400

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434401–434500

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434453 Ayerdhal 2005 PE17 Yal Ayerdhal (1959–2015), a French novelist specializing in politically engaged science fiction. He authored over 20 novels and won several prestigious literary prizes. He was instrumental and inspirational raising modern French science fiction to its present literary level and was a champion of the rights of writers. JPL  · 434453

434501–434600

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434601–434700

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434678 Curlin 2006 BE8Jim and Maria Curlin. James (Jim) Stevens Curlin (b. 1963) is an American administrator managing the UN Environmental Program related to ozone action. He wrote a comprehensive biography of Ferdinand Quénisset. Jim’s wife Maria (b. 1967) was born in Greece. She manages the web pages of the Société astronomique de France related to observers activities. IAU  · 434678

434701–434800

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434801–434900

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434901–435000

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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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