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.
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. 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]
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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333001 Calloway | 2011 HB38 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 333001 |
333003 Espiritu | 2011 HP58 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 333003 |
333005 Haberle | 2011 JV15 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 333005 |
333018 Devin | 2011 QE28 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 333018 |
333029 Sallitt | 2011 SK32 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 333029 |
333033 Yutakahashi | 2011 SO66 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 333033 |
333035 Pelgrift | 2011 SX90 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 333035 |
333036 Sahr | 2011 SC91 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 333036 |
333040 Dalehowell | 2011 SF115 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 333040 |
333043 Courtneymario | 2011 SU129 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 333043 |
333050 Olds | 2011 SA174 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 333050 |
333052 Skeen | 2011 SQ185 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 333052 |
333054 Bloomquist | 2011 SK200 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 333054 |
333055 Liang | 2011 SC223 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 333055 |
333056 Bellamy | 2011 SE226 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 333056 |
333057 Bowles | 2011 SO234 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 333057 |
333059 Audi | 2011 SG261 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 333059 |
333061 Joshuanelson | 2011 TD13 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 333061 |
333065 Zeszut | 2011 UX17 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 333065 |
333076 Claudiamanzoni | 2011 UL80 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 333076 |
333079 Keara | 2011 UP112 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 333079 |
333081 Cutts | 2011 UM122 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 333081 |
333089 Dean | 2011 UD175 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 333089 |
333096 Brittanyenos | 2011 UC248 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 333096 |
333097 Andrewgardner | 2011 UT248 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 333097 |
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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333101 Lovelace | 2011 UE298 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 333101 |
333106 Lujan | 2011 UG311 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 333106 |
333107 McDonough | 2011 US353 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 333107 |
333110 Lupe | 2011 UZ384 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 333110 |
333119 Sharonhelms | 2011 WF7 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 333119 |
333120 Blum | 2011 WN7 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 333120 |
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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333508 Voiture | 2005 KJ11 | Vincent Voiture (1597–1648), a French poet and prosateur. | JPL · 333508 |
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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333636 Reboul | 2008 QF7 | Henri Reboul (born 1946), a French cosmologist. | JPL · 333636 |
333639 Yaima | 2008 QL16 | The Yaeyama Islands (local name "Yaima"), located at the southernmost end of Japan | JPL · 333639 |
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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333717 Alexgreaves | 2009 SE41 | Alexander Richard Brian Greaves (born 2000), grandson of British discoverer Norman Falla | JPL · 333717 |
333744 Pau | 2009 YW6 | Pau Bosch-Pellicer (born 2007) is the first grandson of the discoverer. | IAU · 333744 |
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |