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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111468 Alba Regia | 2001 YD5 | Alba Regia , "White Region", the Roman name of the Hungarian town of Székesfehérvár, birthplace of the second discoverer | JPL · 111468 |
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111558 Barrett | 2002 AZ | Michael Barrett (born 1955), American amateur astronomer and eclipse chaser | JPL · 111558 |
111561 Giovanniallevi | 2002 AH3 | Giovanni Allevi (born 1969) is an Italian piano soloist and composer of contemporary music. | JPL · 111561 |
111570 Ágasvár | 2002 AG11 | Ágasvár, a 635 m peak in the Mátra Mountains, and its Ágasvár hostel, a mountain station of Hungarian amateur astronomers | JPL · 111570 |
111571 Bebevio | 2002 AD13 | Beatrice Vio (born 1997), better known as "Bebe Vio", is an Italian wheelchair fencer who won the European championship (2014 and 2016), World championship (2015 and 2017), and Paralympic games (2016 and 2020) in the foil B category. | IAU · 111571 |
111594 Ráktanya | 2002 AX66 | Ráktanya, a famed hostel in the Bakony Mountains in Hungary | JPL · 111594 |
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111660 Jimgray | 2002 AP205 | Jim Gray (1944–2007), an American computer scientist who received the Turing Award in 1998 | JPL · 111660 |
111661 Mamiegeorge | 2002 BP | Mamie George (1877–1971) and Albert George (1873–1955), husband and wife, founded the George Foundation in 1945 to promote the future of Fort Bend County, Texas | JPL · 111661 |
111696 Helenorman | 2002 CU14 | Helen Belton Orman (1938–2004), American professor and artist | JPL · 111696 |
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111818 Deforest | 2002 DT | Craig Edward DeForest (born 1968), an American solar physicist | JPL · 111818 |
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111913 Davidgans | 2002 GD | David Gans (1541–1613), a Jewish chronicler, mathematician, geographer and astronomer | JPL · 111913 |
111933 Alphonsetardif | 2002 GK37 | Alphonse Tardif (1933–2022), a Canadian abbot, physics teacher and astronomy mentor at the Collège de Lévis | IAU · 111933 |