Meanings of minor planet names: 435001–436000

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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]

435001–435100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for...Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

435101–435200

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435127 Virtelpro 2007 EE88The Virtual Telescope Project, part of the Bellatrix Astronomical Observatory in Italy, is a remotely accessible research facility with robotic telescopes. Since 2006, it shares online images of astronomical events in real-time, including observations of transient near-Earth objects. IAU  · 435127
435186 Jovellanos 2007 RJ35 Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos (1744–1811), a Spanish statesman, philosopher, author, and major figure of the Enlightenment in Spain. IAU  · 435186

435201–435300

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435301–435400

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435401–435500

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435501–435600

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435552 Morin 2008 QM14Julien Morin (born 1983), a French astrophysicist and a lecturer at the University of Montpellier. JPL  · 435552

435601–435700

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435701–435800

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435728 Yunlin 2008 UA84 Yunlin County, a county in western Taiwan. JPL  · 435728

435801–435900

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435901–436000

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435950 Bad Königshofen 2009 DL10The city of Bad Königshofen is a spa town in the Franconian part of the Grabfeld region in Bavaria, Germany. The earliest known mention of it is from the year 741 CE, but settlements existed much earlier. It still preserves many remains of an impressive star-shaped fortress from the early 18th century. JPL  · 435950

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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