Meanings of minor-planet names
This is a
Among the hundreds of thousands of
The first few thousand minor planets have all been named, with the near-Earth asteroid
Following a proposal of the discovering astronomer, new minor planet names are approved and published by IAU's WGSBN several times a year.[1] The WGSBN applies a set of rules for naming minor planets.[3] These range from syntax restrictions to non-offensive meanings. Over the years the rules have changed several times. In the beginning, for example, most minor planets were named after female characters from Greek and Roman mythology.[3]
Index
This is an overview of all existing partial lists on the meanings of minor planets (MoMP). Each table covers 100,000 minor planets, with each cell representing a specific partial list of 1,000 sequentially numbered bodies. Grayed out cells do not yet contain any citations for the corresponding number range. For an introduction, see § top.
Meanings from 1 to 100,000
Meanings from 100,001 to 200,000
Meanings from 200,001 to 300,000
Meanings from 300,001 to 400,000
Meanings from 400,001 to 500,000
400,001 | 401,001 | 402,001 | 403,001 | 404,001
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405,001 | 406,001 | 407,001 | 408,001
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409,001 |
410,001 | 411,001 | 412,001
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413,001 | 414,001 | 415,001
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416,001 | 417,001 | 418,001 | 419,001 |
420,001 | 421,001 | 422,001
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423,001 | 424,001 | 425,001 | 426,001
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427,001 | 428,001 | 429,001 |
430,001
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431,001 | 432,001 | 433,001 | 434,001 | 435,001 | 436,001 | 437,001 | 438,001 | 439,001 |
440,001 | 441,001 | 442,001 | 443,001
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444,001
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445,001 | 446,001 | 447,001 | 448,001 | 449,001 |
450,001 | 451,001 | 452,001 | 453,001 | 454,001 | 455,001 | 456,001 | 457,001 | 458,001 | 459,001
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460,001
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461,001 | 462,001 | 463,001
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464,001 | 465,001 | 466,001
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467,001
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468,001 | 469,001 |
470,001 | 471,001 | 472,001 | 473,001 | 474,001 | 475,001 | 476,001
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477,001
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478,001
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479,001 |
480,001
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481,001 | 482,001
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483,001 | 484,001 | 485,001
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486,001 | 487,001 | 488,001
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489,001 |
490,001 | 491,001 | 492,001 | 493,001
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494,001
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495,001 | 496,001
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497,001 | 498,001 | 499,001 |
Meanings from 500,001 to 600,000
500,001 | 501,001 | 502,001
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503,001 | 504,001
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505,001 | 506,001 | 507,001 | 508,001
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509,001 |
510,001 | 511,001 | 512,001
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513,001 | 514,001 | 515,001 | 516,001 | 517,001 | 518,001 | 519,001
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520,001 | 521,001
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522,001 | 523,001 | 524,001 | 525,001
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526,001 | 527,001
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528,001 | 529,001 |
530,001 | 531,001
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532,001
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533,001
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534,001 | 535,001 | 536,001
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537,001
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538,001
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539,001
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540,001 | 541,001 | 542,001 | 543,001 | 544,001 | 545,001 | 546,001 | 547,001 | 548,001 | 549,001 |
550,001 | 551,001 | 552,001 | 553,001 | 554,001 | 555,001 | 556,001
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557,001 | 558,001 | 559,001 |
560,001 | 561,001 | 562,001 | 563,001 | 564,001 | 565,001 | 566,001 | 567,001 | 568,001
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569,001 |
570,001 | 571,001 | 572,001 | 573,001
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574,001 | 575,001 | 576,001 | 577,001 | 578,001 | 579,001 |
580,001 | 581,001
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582,001 | 583,001
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584,001
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585,001
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586,001
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587,001
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588,001 | 589,001 |
590,001 | 591,001 | 592,001 | 593,001 | 594,001 | 595,001
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596,001 | 597,001 | 598,001 | 599,001 |
Meanings from 600,001 to 700,000
600,001 | 601,001 | 602,001
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603,001 | 604,001 | 605,001 | 606,001 | 607,001 | 608,001
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609,001
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610,001
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611,001 | 612,001 | 613,001 | 614,001 | 615,001 | 616,001 | 617,001
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618,001 | 619,001
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620,001 | 621,001
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622,001 | 623,001 | 624,001
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625,001
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626,001
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627,001
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628,001
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629,001
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630,001
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631,001
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632,001
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633,001
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634,001
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635,001
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636,001
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637,001
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638,001
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639,001
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640,001
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641,001
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642,001
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643,001
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644,001
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645,001
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646,001
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647,001
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648,001
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649,001
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650,001
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651,001
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652,001
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653,001
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654,001
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655,001
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656,001
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657,001
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658,001
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659,001
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660,001
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661,001
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662,001
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663,001
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664,001
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665,001
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666,001
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667,001
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668,001
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669,001
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670,001
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671,001
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672,001
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673,001
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674,001
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675,001
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676,001
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677,001
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678,001
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679,001
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680,001
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681,001
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682,001
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683,001
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684,001
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685,001
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686,001
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687,001
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688,001
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689,001
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690,001
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691,001
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692,001
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693,001
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694,001
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695,001
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696,001
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697,001
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698,001
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699,001
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See also
References
- ^ a b "WGSBN Bulletin Archive". Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022. (Bulletin #22)
- ^ "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000)". Minor Planet Center. 17 October 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- ^ a b "Minor Planet Naming Guidelines (Rules and Guidelines for naming non-cometary small Solar-System bodies) – v1.0" (PDF). Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature (PDF). 20 December 2021.
External links
- Asteroids discovered at the observatory of San Marcello Pistoiese in Italy
- Asteroids discovered by Uppsala astronomers
- Asteroids honoring people associated with Cornell Department of astronomy
- Asteroids named after members of staff and graduates of the Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland
- Asteroids with Canadian Connections
- Asteroids with a Hamburg connection (in German)
- Hungarian asteroids
- In Our Skies journalistic article on asteroid nomenclature
- Institute of Applied Astronomy's list of (accented) names
- Kleť Numbered Minor Planets
- List of "Dutch" asteroids (in Dutch)
- Planetary Society asteroids
- The Ceres Connection (asteroids named after students)
Some systematic sources of citations are:
- The database of the Minor Planet Center can be searched: http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/
- The JPL Small-Body Database Browser: http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi
- The Minor Planet Center has lists of discovery circumstances for numbered minor planets which link to a script at the Harvard University Center for Astronomy MPES (Minor Planet Ephemeris Service) that displays citations.
- The Minor Planet Center also provides a search engine allowing a search of its database from your browser.
In the first two cases you need only modify the last argument of the address to the name or number of the minor planet. The lists of discovery circumstances are split into groups of 5000 minor planets, each containing links for individual named minor planets that access the script displaying citations.