Meanings of minor planet names: 174001–175000

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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]

174001–174100

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174101–174200

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174201–174300

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174281 Lonský 2002 SC29Vladimír Lonský (born 1953), a heart surgeon, works in the Faculty Hospital in Olomouc, Czech Republic JPL  · 174281

174301–174400

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174361 Rickwhite 2002 TV315Richard L. White (born 1953), American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey JPL  · 174361
174362 Bethwillman 2002 TE324Beth Willman (born 1976), American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey JPL  · 174362
174363 Donyork 2002 TW343Don York (born 1944), American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey JPL  · 174363
174364 Zakamska 2002 TH369Nadia Zakamska (born 1979), Russian-American astrophysicist with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey JPL  · 174364
174365 Zibetti 2002 TF371Stefano Zibetti (born 1976), Italian astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey JPL  · 174365

174401–174500

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174466 Zucker 2002 YO36Daniel Zucker (born 1968), American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey JPL  · 174466

174501–174600

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174515 Pamelaivezic 2003 BN92Pamela Ivezic (born 1961), an American singer, musicologist, music educator, a patron of astronomy JPL  · 174515
174567 Varda 2003 MW12 Varda the star-kindler, is the queen of the stars in Tolkien's legendarium JPL  · 174567

174601–174700

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174701–174800

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174801–174900

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174801 Etscorn 2003 WZ165Frank T. Etscorn (born 1945), American professor of psychology at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, inventor of the nicotine patch and amateur astronomer, founder of the university's Frank T. Etscorn Campus Observatory JPL  · 174801

174901–175000

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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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