Meanings of minor planet names: 189001–190000

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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]

189001–189100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for...Ref · Catalog
189004 Capys 3184 T-3 Capys, king of Dardania, from Classical mythology. He was the son of Assaracus and the father of Anchises. JPL  · 189004
189011 Ogmios 1997 NJ6 Ogmios, Celtic patron god of scholars and the personification of eloquence and persuasiveness JPL  · 189011
189018 Guokeda 1998 TC19The University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), also known as "Guokeda", is the first and largest graduate education institution in the P.R. China, having granted the country's first Ph.D.s in science and in engineering. UCAS started enrolling undergraduate students in 2014. JPL  · 189018
189035 Michaelsummers 2000 CX109Michael E. Summers (born 1954) is a professor of planetary sciences and astronomy at George Mason University. He worked as a co-investigator and as a Deputy Atmospheres Team Lead for the New Horizons mission to Pluto. JPL  · 189035

189101–189200

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189188 Floraliën 2003 FL6The Gentse Floraliën (Floralies of Ghent) is a world-famous flower exhibition held in Ghent (Belgium) every five years JPL  · 189188

189201–189300

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189202 Calar Alto 2003 SM15 Calar Alto Observatory, in the Sierra de los Filabres in Andalusia, southern Spain JPL  · 189202
189261 Hiroo 2004 XO62Hiroo Itagaki (1949–1977), brother of the Japanese amateur astronomer Koichi Itagaki who discovered this minor planet JPL  · 189261
189264 Gerardjeong 2005 GY108Gerard K. Jeong (born 1973), humanitarian, healer, and spine surgeon at Tucson Orthopedic Institute JPL  · 189264

189301–189400

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189310 Polydamas 2006 AJ82 Polydamas from Greek mythology. He was a Trojan commander during the Trojan War whose battle strategy was more cautious than that of his friend Hektor. JPL  · 189310
189312 Jameyszalay 2006 JN62Jamey R. Szalay (born 1988), an Associate Research Scholar at Princeton University who worked as a PhD student with the Student Dust Counter Instrument for the New Horizons mission to Pluto. JPL  · 189312
189320 Lakitsferenc 2006 YC14Ferenc Lakits (1859–1919), a Hungarian astronomer and teacher. IAU  · 189320
189347 Qian 2008 BQ15 Qian Zhongshu (1910–1998), Chinese literary scholar and writer JPL  · 189347
189396 Sielewicz 2008 JB6Henryk Sielewicz (born 1949), a Lithuanian amateur astronomer JPL  · 189396
189398 Soemmerring 2008 JG20 Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring (1755–1830), German anthropologist, anatomist, paleontologist and inventor JPL  · 189398

189401–189500

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

189501–189600

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

189601–189700

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

189701–189800

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189795 McGehee 2002 ER159Peregrine McGehee (born 1960), an American astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.[MPC 85412] MPC  · 189795

189801–189900

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189848 Eivissa 2003 FF2Eivissa (Ibiza in Spanish) is the westernmost of the Balearic islands JPL  · 189848

189901–190000

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189930 Jeanneherbert 2003 SR200Jeanne Herbert (born 1958), a grants management specialist for the Bisbee (Arizona) Unified School District JPL  · 189930
189944 Leblanc 2003 TXThierry Leblanc (born 1967), the group supervisor of the Atmospheric Lidar Group, and Principal Investigator of stratospheric and tropospheric ozone, and temperature lidar measurements at the Table Mountain Observatory. JPL  · 189944
189945 Teddykareta 2003 TP3Theodore Kareta (born 1995) an American planetary scientist who studies small Solar System bodies, in particular active asteroids, comets, and centaurs with ground-based telescopes in the visible and near-infrared spectrum at Lowell Observatory (Src, Src). IAU  · 189945
189948 Richswanson 2003 UM4Rich Swanson (born 1964) is an intelligence specialist for a contractor to the Department of Defense at Ft. Huachuca, Arizona JPL  · 189948

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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