Meanings of minor planet names: 594001–595000

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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]

594001–594100

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594012 Bulavina 2016 EQ87Daria Arturovna Bulavina (born 1988), a Russian photographer and member of the Union of Artists of Russia. IAU  · 594012
594032 Reyhersamuel 2016 EF201 Samuel Reyher  [ de ] (1635–1714), a German mathematician and astronomer at University of Kiel, where he was first to introduce astronomy as a scientific discipline. IAU  · 594032

594101–594200

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594201–594300

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594301–594400

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594401–594500

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594501–594600

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594601–594700

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594701–594800

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594782 Kacperwierzchoś 2017 YV15Kacper Wierzchoś (born 1988), a Polish astronomer with the Catalina Sky Survey, who is a discoverer of minor planets and comets including the co-discovery of Earth's temporary satellite, 2020 CD3 (Src, WP-pt). IAU  · 594782

594801–594900

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594901–595000

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594913 ꞌAylóꞌchaxnim 2020 AV2ꞌAylóꞌchaxnim means "Venus Girl" in the language of the Luiseño people who are indigenous to the coastal area of southern California where the discovering Palomar Observatory is located. The name alludes to the fact that the orbit of this asteroid is entirely contained within that of the planet Venus. IAU  · 594913

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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