Meanings of minor planet names: 384001–385000

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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]

384001–384100

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384101–384200

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384201–384300

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384282 Evgeniyegorov 2009 QU38Evgeniy Mikhaylovich Egorov (born 1945) is an expert designer. He has created more than 1500 symbols and logos, including coats of arms and product branding. He is an honorary academician of the Russian Academy of Arts and a member of "the World club of Petersburgers". JPL  · 384282

384301–384400

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384401–384500

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384501–384600

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384533 Tenerelli 2010 DT56Domenick Tenerelli (born 1935), an American engineer JPL  · 384533
384582 Juliasmith 2010 JS14Julia Smith (born 1984), an American expert in federal relations at the University of Arizona and former Assistant Vice President at the Association of American Universities (Src). IAU  · 384582
384584 Jenniferlawrence 2010 JL85 Jennifer Lawrence (born 1990), American actress and feminist IAU  · 384584

384601–384700

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384701–384800

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384801–384900

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384815 Żołnowski 2012 RC3 Michał Żołnowski (born 1975), a Polish amateur astronomer, astrophotographer and discoverer of minor planets JPL  · 384815

384901–385000

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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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List of minor planets: 384,001–385,000
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