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]
Scott E. Parazynski (born 1961) served in the NASA astronaut corps from 1992 to 2009, completing five space shuttle missions and seven spacewalks. A physician and prolific inventor, he has explored space and extreme environments on Earth from the depths of the ocean, to "level zero" of an active volcano, to the summit of Mt. Everest.
Hu Ningsheng (b. 1932) is an expert in astronomical instrumentation. He has contributed to China's development and manufacture of the photoelectric astrolabe.
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