Meanings of minor planet names: 346001–347000

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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]

346001–346100

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

346101–346200

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346150 Nanyi 2007 VE253Nanyi is the Chinese abbreviation of Nanjing Medical University, which was founded in 1934 and is one of the birthplaces of public health education in modern China. IAU  · 346150

346201–346300

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346261 Alexandrescu 2008 EK145Harald Alexandrescu (1945–2005), a Romanian astronomer. JPL  · 346261

346301–346400

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346318 Elektrenai 2008 QX32 Elektrenai, a city in Vilnius County, Lithuania. IAU  · 346318

346401–346500

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346501–346600

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346601–346700

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346701–346800

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346721 Panchengdong 2009 AP15Chengdong Pan (1934–1997), Chinese mathematician of number theory. IAU  · 346721

346801–346900

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346810 Giancabattisti 2009 CD40Giancarlo Battisti (born 1942) is a very enthusiastic Italian amateur astronomer. He is the author of the graphical Atlas of Galaxies (2008). IAU  · 346810
346886 Middelburg 2009 MB Middelburg is an old Dutch city on the isle of Walcheren in the province of Zeeland that was built as a fortress against the Vikings. JPL  · 346886
346889 Rhiphonos 2009 QV38 Riphonus (Rhiphonos), one of the commanders of the Lamian centaurs in Greek mythology. He is one of the twelve rustic spirits of the Lamos river set by Zeus to guard the infant Dionysos. Later, Riphonus joined Dionysus in his campaign against India. JPL  · 346889

346901–347000

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346998 Wakamura 2010 CR182Cori Wakamura (b. 1977), a Fiscal Specialist at the Institute for Astronomy of the University of Hawaiʻi. IAU  · 346998
346999 Evalilly 2010 CQ183Eva Lilly (b. 1982), a Slovak-American astronomer. She earned her PhD in astronomy at Comenius University in Bratislava. IAU  · 346999

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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