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]
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110026 Hamill | 2001 SH73 | Mark Hamill (born 1951) is an American actor most famous for playing Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars films. Hamill has won acclaim as a voice actor, most notably as the Joker, Batman's archenemy. Hamill has appeared in more than 75 films, hundreds of television episodes, and more than 30 video games. | JPL · 110026 |
110073 Leeonki | 2001 SM113 | Lee On-ki (born 1994), student at Shun Tak Fraternal Association Yung Ya College | JPL · 110073 |
110074 Lamchunhei | 2001 SP113 | Lam Chun Hei (born 1991), student at Shun Tak Fraternal Association Yung Ya College in Hong Kong | JPL · 110074 |
110077 Pujiquanshan | 2001 SC114 | Pujiquanshan is the motto of the charitable organization, Sik Sik Yuen, founded in Hong Kong in 1965. "Pujiquanshan" means "Act benevolently and teach benevolence". | JPL · 110077 |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
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110288 Libai | 2001 SL262 | Li Bai (AD 701–762), Chinese poet, member of the group of scholars known as the "Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup" in a poem by fellow poet Du Fu (see 110289) | JPL · 110288 |
110289 Dufu | 2001 SM262 | Du Fu (AD 712 – 770), Chinese poet, one of the greatest along with Li Bai (see above) | JPL · 110289 |
110293 Oia | 2001 SE265 | Oia, a small town on the Greek island of Santorini, in the south Aegean Sea. | JPL · 110293 |
110294 Victoriaharbour | 2001 SK265 | Victoria Harbour, a natural harbor located between Hong Kong Island to the south and Kowloon to the North. | JPL · 110294 |
110295 Elcalafate | 2001 SN265 | El Calafate, a city in Patagonia, Argentina. | JPL · 110295 |
110296 Luxor | 2001 SR265 | The city of Luxor in Egypt, famous for the ruins of its many temples, monuments and tombs, as well as for the nearby Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens. | IAU · 110296 |
110297 Yellowriver | 2001 SH266 | The Yellow River in China is the sixth-longest river in the world with an estimated length of 5,464 km. | JPL · 110297 |
110298 Deceptionisland | 2001 ST266 | Deception Island, the caldera of an active volcanic island off the Antarctic Peninsula. | JPL · 110298 |
110299 Iceland | 2001 SW266 | Iceland is a volcanically and geologically active island in the North Atlantic Ocean. With an area of 103,000 square kilometer and population of about 330,000, it is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. | JPL · 110299 |
110300 Abusimbel | 2001 SB267 | The Abu Simbel temples near Abu Simbel on the upper Nile River in southern Egypt | JPL · 110300 |
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110393 Rammstein | 2001 TC8 | Rammstein, a German hard rock-metal group from Eastern Germany, named in turn after the city of Ramstein-Miesenbach where the 1988 air show disaster occurred † | JPL · 110393 |
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110404 Itoemi | 2001 TR13 | Emi Ito (1941–2012), born Hideyo Ito, was a popular Japanese singer from the late 1950s to the mid-1970s. Together with her identical twin sister, Yumi Ito, they became internationally famous as "The Peanuts". The sisters are perhaps best remembered as the "Mothra fairies" in the first three Mothra movies. | JPL · 110404 |
110405 Itoyumi | 2001 TS13 | Yumi Ito (1941–2016), born Tsukiko Ito, was a popular Japanese singer from the late 1950s to the mid-1970s. Together with her identical twin sister, Emi Ito, they became internationally famous as "The Peanuts". The sisters are perhaps best remembered as the "Mothra fairies" in the first three Mothra movies. | JPL · 110405 |
110408 Nakajima | 2001 TJ15 | Haruo Nakajima (1929–2017) was a Japanese stunt actor who appeared in films such as Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai. Best known as "the man in the suit", Nakajima portrayed Gojira (Godzilla) and other kaiju (fantastic creatures) in 21 movies from Gojira (1954) to Chikyu Kogeki Meirei: Gojira tai Gaigan (1972). | JPL · 110408 |
110416 Cardille | 2001 TU18 | Bill Cardille (1928–2016) was a television broadcast personality in Pittsburgh. Starting in 1957, he hosted many programs on WIIC-TV (later WPXI), including Studio Wrestling and a 20-year run on Chiller Theatre. Cardille also appeared in several movies, including Night of the Living Dead. | JPL · 110416 |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
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110625 Feryalözel | 2001 TL155 | Feryal Özel (b. 1975), a Turkish-American astronomer. | IAU · 110625 |
110627 Psaltis | 2001 TP160 | Dimitrios Psaltis (b. 1970), a Greek astronomer. | IAU · 110627 |
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110702 Titostagno | 2001 TR216 | Tito Stagno (1930-2022) was an Italian TV journalist. As a reporter, he followed the whole series of Apollo missions and in 1969 made live commentary of the landing of the first man on the Moon. Name suggested by M. Morelli and M. Di Martino. | IAU · 110702 |
110742 Tetuokudo | 2001 UP1 | Tetuo Kudo (born 1958), staff member of the Goshi Municipal Office and a renowned amateur astronomer | JPL · 110742 |
110743 Hirobumi | 2001 UQ1 | Itō Hirobumi (1841–1909), a Japanese statesman who greatly contributed to the modernization of the Japanese political system | JPL · 110743 |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |