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.
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]
The Dr. Cecilia Koo Botanic Conservation Center (KBCC) in Taiwan possesses the world's largest collection of approximately 34,000 taxa of tropical and subtropical living plants and provides researches around the globe with materials from their collection for free (Src).
Hohai University, a public university in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. It is famed for its research in water resources, hydrology and hydraulic engineering.
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