Meanings of minor planet names: 331001–332000

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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]

331001–331100

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331011 Peccioli 2009 UF94 Peccioli, Italy, a village located in Alta Valdera in the Italian district of Pisa JPL  · 331011

331101–331200

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331105 Giselher 2009 XG9Dietrich Giselher Kracht (born 1944) is the elder brother of the discoverer, who introduced him to astronomy at the observatory of the Olbers-Gesellschaft in Bremen. JPL  · 331105

331201–331300

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331301–331400

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331316 Cavedon 2011 GP36Mario Cavedon (1920–2009) was an Italian astronomer, mathematician, and science writer at the Brera Astronomical Observatory who studied the celestial mechanics of small Solar System bodies and the perturbation of their orbits. IAU  · 331316
331341 Frankscholten 2012 BL102Frank Scholten (b. 1961) was a specialist in planetary photogrammetry active at the DLR Planetary Geodesy Department from 1999 to 2021. Among other space missions, he was involved in Mars-Express, Venus-Express, Dawn, Rosetta and Hayabusa 2. IAU  · 331341
331371 Jockers 2012 DR53Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. IAU  · 331371

331401–331500

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

331501–331600

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

331601–331700

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331605 Guidogryseels 2001 XB5Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. IAU  · 331605

331701–331800

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331785 Sumners 2003 HL15Carolyn Sumners (born 1948) has taught astronomy at the Houston Museum of Natural Science's Burke Baker Planetarium since 1972. It was her inspiration to move a meter-class telescope to the George Observatory in 1989 for educating the public under the stars. JPL  · 331785

331801–331900

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331901–332000

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331992 Chasseral 2005 GU9The Chasseral is a mountain of the Jura range, overlooking Lake Biel in the Swiss canton of Bern. JPL  · 331992

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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