Meanings of minor planet names: 316001–317000

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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]

316001–316100

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316010 Daviddubey 2009 FC5David Richard Jacob Dubey (born 1997), a grandson of British discoverer Norman Falla JPL  · 316010
316020 Linshuhow 2009 FV29 Jeremy Lin (Jeremy Shu-How Lin; born 1988), an American professional basketball player in NBA JPL  · 316020
316028 Patrickwils 2009 FR45Patrick Wils (born 1960), a Belgian amateur astronomer. JPL  · 316028
316039 Breizh 2009 GB3Breizh (Brittany) is the Breton name of a historical and cultural region in northwestern France, and one of the six so-called Celtic nations. IAU  · 316039
316042 Tilofranz 2009 HP2Tilo Franz Schwab (born 2008), son of German discoverer Erwin Schwab JPL  · 316042
316080 Boni 2009 KDBoniface Alfonsi (born 1950) is a Corsican retired private detective and author. He wrote La vérité est mon métier in 2012. The discoverer met him under the night sky of Erbaghjolu in 2020. IAU  · 316080
316084 Mykolapokropyvny 2009 KT8Mykola Petrovych Pokropyvny (born 1966), the director of the Ivan Ogienko Zhytomyr College of Culture and Arts. JPL  · 316084

316101–316200

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316138 Giorgione 2009 SL170 Giorgione (1477–1510) was an Italian painter of the Venetian school in the High Renaissance from Venice. JPL  · 316138
316186 Kathrynjoyce 2010 KJ41Kathryn Mainzer (born 1946), an American artist and graphic designer who is the mother of Amy Mainzer, PI of the NEOWISE mission. JPL  · 316186

316201–316300

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316201 Malala 2010 ML48 Malala Yousafzai (born 1997), a Pakistani human rights activist who advocates for the rights of women and girls and worldwide access to education. JPL  · 316201
316202 Johnfowler 2010 MX54John Fowler (born 1942), an American scientist. JPL  · 316202

316301–316400

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

316401–316500

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316450 Changhsiangtung 2010 UZ71 Zhang Xiangtong (1907–2007), an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was a leader of neurophysiology and a founder of neuroscience in China. He was the first to discover dendritic functions of neurons in the brain. JPL  · 316450

316501–316600

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316527 Jürgenoberst 2010 VW201Jürgen Oberst (born 1955), a German planetary scientist and expert in remote sensing at the Planetary Geodesy Department of the German Aerospace Center, and a professor for Planetary Geodesy at Technische Universität Berlin. IAU  · 316527

316601–316700

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

316701–316800

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316709 POSS 1997 EE60The Palomar Observatory Sky Surveys (POSS) a major astronomical survey conducted at Palomar Observatory using the Samuel Oschin telescope. POSS-I was undertaken from 1949 to 1958, while POSS-II took from 1987 until 2002. The discovery of this minor planet is based on two photographic plates obtained from the second survey. IAU  · 316709
316741 Janefletcher 1998 WS44Jane Fletcher (born 1967), the producer of the BBC television programme The Sky at Night from 2002 to 2013. JPL  · 316741

316801–316900

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

316901–317000

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317000 Simonepastore 2001 PY28Simone Pastore (b. 1986), an Italian amateur astronomer. IAU  · 317000

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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