Meanings of minor planet names: 251001–252000

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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]

251001–251100

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251001 Sluch 2006 OM14 Sluch, a river that flows through Ukraine in the basin of the Dniper. JPL  · 251001
251018 Liubirena 2006 QC31Liubov Grinishyn (born 1955) and Irene Malinovska (born 1967), Ukraine poets and lyric story writers, as well as amateur astronomers at the nearby Andrushivka Astronomical Observatory JPL  · 251018

251101–251200

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

251201–251300

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251301–251400

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251325 Leopoldjosefine 2007 CX26Leopold Gierlinger (born 1935) and Josefine Gierlinger (born 1935), parents of German discoverer Richard Gierlinger JPL  · 251325

251401–251500

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251449 Olexakorolʹ 2008 CK117Oleksiy Kostyantynovych Korolʹ (1913–1977) worked in the Main Astronomical Observatory of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and was a member of IAU Commission No. 9. He obtained observations of celestial bodies to help solve problems in fundamental astrometry. JPL  · 251449
251485 Bois-d'Amont 2008 ED7 Bois-d'Amont is a small municipality about 6 km from Fribourg, Switzerland. It is home to the Observatory of Épendes, whose main objective is the promotion of astronomy, in particular among young people. IAU  · 251485

251501–251600

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251595 Rudolfböttger 2009 HA36 Rudolf Christian Böttger (1806–1881), a German chemist and physicist at the Physical Society (German: Physikalischer Verein  [ de ]) of Frankfurt am Main JPL  · 251595

251601–251700

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251619 Ravenna 2009 LS2 Ravenna, Italian city and former capital of the Western Roman Empire, known for well-preserved ancient architecture and mosaics IAU  · 251619
251621 Lüthen 2009 RR2Hartwig Lüthen (born 1960), associate professor of plant physiology at the University of Hamburg JPL  · 251621
251625 Timconrow 2010 DD21Tim Conrow (born 1958), a senior engineer at the California Institute of Technology's Infrared Processing and Analysis Center JPL  · 251625
251627 Joyceearl 2010 JV16Joyce (1920–2003) and Earl (1914–1979) Bonar, grandparents of American astronomer Amy Mainzer, the principal investigator of the space-based NEOWISE mission JPL  · 251627
251642 Leonardodicaprio 2010 LC97 Leonardo DiCaprio (born 1974), American actor and film producer. Recipient of numerous accolades and noted for his environmental activism. IAU  · 251642

251701–251800

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251801–251900

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251901–252000

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

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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