Meanings of minor planet names: 191001–192000

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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]

191001–191100

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

191101–191200

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191201–191300

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191282 Feustel 2003 FS Andrew Feustel (born 1965), American/Canadian NASA astronaut and member of the crew who serviced the Hubble Telescope during space shuttle mission STS-125 in 2009 JPL  · 191282

191301–191400

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191341 Lánczos 2003 QC31 Kornél Lánczos (1893–1974), a Hungarian physicist and mathematician. JPL MPC  · 191341

191401–191500

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191494 Berndkoch 2003 UE5 Bernd Koch (born 1955), German physicist, amateur astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets JPL  · 191494

191501–191600

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191551 Glücklich 2003 VK1Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. IAU  · 191551
191582 Kikadolfi 2003 YK69Federica Dolfi (born 1971), Italian amateur astronomer and collaborator at the Pistoia Mountains Astronomical Observatory JPL  · 191582

191601–191700

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191701–191800

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191801–191900

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191856 Almáriván 2004 VW69 Iván Almár (born 1932), Hungarian astronomer and space scientist, who proposed the San Marino Scale JPL  · 191856
191857 Illéserzsébet 2004 VA70Erzsébet Illés (born 1936), Hungarian astronomer and planetary scientist JPL  · 191857

191901–192000

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191910 Elizawilliams 2005 EO258 Elizabeth Langdon Williams (1879–1981) was an American astronomer. In 1903 she was one of the earliest women to graduate from MIT, earning a degree in physics. Her mathematical computations supported the early 20th-century search for Planet X from Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. IAU  · 191910
191911 Nilerodgers 2005 GG41 Nile Gregory Rodgers (b. 1952) is an American musician, guitarist, producer, and multiple Grammy Award winner. Since the 1970s his musical artistry has pioneered new stylistic frontiers, including catalyzing the advent of hip-hop. He has produced music for legendary artists including David Bowie, Diana Ross and Madonna. IAU  · 191911

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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