Meanings of minor planet names: 335001–336000
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.
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. 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]
335001–335100
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
335101–335200
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
335201–335300
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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335292 Larrey | 2005 PG5 | Dominique-Jean Larrey (1766–1842), a surgeon of the great army of Napoleon. | JPL · 335292 |
335301–335400
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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335306 Mouhot | 2005 QK30 | Clement Mouhot (born 1978) is a French mathematician and academic. He is Professor of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Cambridge, and a fellow of King's College, Cambridge. His research is primarily in partial differential equations and mathematical physics. | JPL · 335306 |
335401–335500
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
335501–335600
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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335533 Tarasprystavski | 2006 AH83 | Taras Prystavski (b. 1977) is a Ukrainian amateur astronomer and prolific comet observer. His comet observations have led to the recovery of several periodic comets, and in 2020 he discovered the nucleus fragmentation of comet C/2018 F4 (PANSTARRS). | IAU · 335533 |
335601–335700
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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335668 Ignalina | 2006 ST372 | Ignalina, a city in eastern Lithuania. | IAU · 335668 |
335701–335800
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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335799 Zonglü | 2007 HW15 | Zonglü, or Chinese windmill palm, is a palm native to tropical regions in East Asia. It is a popular ornamental plant in southern China. | JPL · 335799 |
335801–335900
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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335853 Valléedaoste | 2007 RT6 | Aosta Valley, a semi-autonomous region in northwestern Italy, and location of the Astronomical Observatory of the Aosta Valley, active in scientific research, public outreach and education | JPL · 335853 |
335901–336000
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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335968 Xiejin | 2007 TW171 | Xie Jin (1923–2008), a Chinese film director. | IAU · 335968 |
References
- ^ "WGSBN Bulletin Archive". Working Group Small Body Nomenclature. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
- ^ "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ "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.