Meanings of minor planet names

This is a list of minor planets which have been officially named by the Minor Planet Center (MPC). The list consists of partial pages, each covering a number range of 1000 bodies citing the source after each minor planet was named for. An overview of all existing partial pages is given in section § Index.

Among the hundreds of thousands numbered minor planets only a small fraction have received a name so far. As of November 2016, there are 20,364 named minor planets out of a total of 474,120 numbered ones (also see List of minor planets § Main index).^[1] Most of these bodies are named for people, in particular astronomers, as well as figures from mythology and fiction. A large number is also named after places such cities, towns and villages, mountains and volcanoes, after rivers, observatories, as well as organizations, clubs and astronomical societies. A few minor planets are named after exotic entities such as supercomputers or have an unknown origin .

The first few thousand minor planets have all been named, with the Jupiter trojan (3708) 1974 FV1 currently being the lowest-numbered unnamed minor planet.^[2] The first 3 pages in the below table contain 1,000 named entries each. The first 13 and 33 pages contain at least 500 and 100 named entries each, respectively. The first range to contain no entires is 122001–123000. There are also several name conflicts with other astronomical objects, mostly with planetary satellites and among themselves.

Following a proposal of the discovering astronomer, new minor planet names are published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars on a monthly basis. The MPC applies a set of rules for naming minor planets. These range from syntax restrictions to non-offensive meanings. Over the years the rules have changed several times. In the beginning, for example, minor planets were named exclusively after female characters from mythology.

Index

Meanings from 1 to 100,000

1–1000	1,001	2,001	3,001	4,001	5,001	6,001	7,001	8,001	9,001
10,001	11,001	12,001	13,001	14,001	15,001	16,001	17,001	18,001	19,001
20,001	21,001	22,001	23,001	24,001	25,001	26,001	27,001	28,001	29,001
30,001	31,001	32,001	33,001	34,001	35,001	36,001	37,001	38,001	39,001
40,001	41,001	42,001	43,001	44,001	45,001	46,001	47,001	48,001	49,001
50,001	51,001	52,001	53,001	54,001	55,001	56,001	57,001	58,001	59,001
60,001	61,001	62,001	63,001	64,001	65,001	66,001	67,001	68,001	69,001
70,001	71,001	72,001	73,001	74,001	75,001	76,001	77,001	78,001	79,001
80,001	81,001	82,001	83,001	84,001	85,001	86,001	87,001	88,001	89,001
90,001	91,001	92,001	93,001	94,001	95,001	96,001	97,001	98,001	99,001

Meanings from 100,001 to 200,000

100,001	101,001	102,001	103,001	104,001	105,001	106,001	107,001	108,001	109,001
110,001	111,001	112,001	113,001	114,001	115,001	116,001	117,001	118,001	119,001
120,001	121,001	122,001	123,001	124,001	125,001	126,001	127,001	128,001	129,001
130,001	131,001	132,001	133,001	134,001	135,001	136,001	137,001	138,001	139,001
140,001	141,001	142,001	143,001	144,001	145,001	146,001	147,001	148,001	149,001
150,001	151,001	152,001	153,001	154,001	155,001	156,001	157,001	158,001	159,001
160,001	161,001	162,001	163,001	164,001	165,001	166,001	167,001	168,001	169,001
170,001	171,001	172,001	173,001	174,001	175,001	176,001	177,001	178,001	179,001
180,001	181,001	182,001	183,001	184,001	185,001	186,001	187,001	188,001	189,001
190,001	191,001	192,001	193,001	194,001	195,001	196,001	197,001	198,001	199,001

Meanings from 200,001 to 300,000

200,001	201,001	202,001	203,001	204,001	205,001	206,001	207,001	208,001	209,001
210,001	211,001	212,001	213,001	214,001	215,001	216,001	217,001	218,001	219,001
220,001	221,001	222,001	223,001	224,001	225,001	226,001	227,001	228,001	229,001
230,001	231,001	232,001	233,001	234,001	235,001	236,001	237,001	238,001	239,001
240,001	241,001	242,001	243,001	244,001	245,001	246,001	247,001	248,001	249,001
250,001	251,001	252,001	253,001	254,001	255,001	256,001	257,001	258,001	259,001
260,001	261,001	262,001	263,001	264,001	265,001	266,001	267,001	268,001	269,001
270,001	271,001	272,001	273,001	274,001	275,001	276,001	277,001	278,001	279,001
280,001	281,001	282,001	283,001	284,001	285,001	286,001	287,001	288,001	289,001
290,001	291,001	292,001	293,001	294,001	295,001	296,001	297,001	298,001	299,001

Meanings from 300,001 to 400,000

300,001	301,001	302,001	303,001	304,001	305,001	306,001	307,001	308,001	309,001
310,001	311,001	312,001	313,001	314,001	315,001	316,001	317,001	318,001	319,001
320,001	321,001	322,001	323,001	324,001	325,001	326,001	327,001	328,001	329,001
330,001	331,001	332,001	333,001	334,001	335,001	336,001	337,001	338,001	339,001
340,001	341,001	342,001	343,001	344,001	345,001	346,001	347,001	348,001	349,001
350,001	351,001	352,001	353,001	354,001	355,001	356,001	357,001	358,001	359,001
360,001	361,001	362,001	363,001	364,001	365,001	366,001	367,001	368,001	369,001
370,001	371,001	372,001	373,001	374,001	375,001	376,001	377,001	378,001	379,001
380,001	381,001	382,001	383,001	384,001	385,001	386,001	387,001	388,001	389,001
390,001	391,001	392,001	393,001	394,001	395,001	396,001	397,001	398,001	399,001

Meanings from 400,001 to 500,000

400,001	401,001	402,001	403,001	404,001	405,001	406,001	407,001	408,001	409,001
410,001	411,001	412,001	413,001	414,001	415,001	416,001	417,001	418,001	419,001
420,001	421,001	422,001	423,001	424,001	425,001	426,001	427,001	428,001	429,001
430,001	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	444,001	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
460,001	461,001	462,001	463,001	464,001	465,001	466,001	467,001	468,001	469,001
470,001	471,001	472,001	473,001	474,001	475,001	476,001	477,001	478,001	479,001
480,001	481,001	482,001	483,001	484,001	485,001	486,001	487,001	488,001	489,001
490,001	491,001	492,001	493,001	494,001	495,001	496,001	497,001	498,001	499,001

References

↑ "Minor Planet Statistics – Orbits And Names". Minor Planet Center. 17 July 2016.
↑ "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000)". Minor Planet Center. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.

External links

Some systematic sources of citations are:

The database of the Minor Planet Center can be searched: http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=37601
The JPL Small-Body Database Browser: http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=37601
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.

Small Solar System bodies

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Meanings of minor planet names

1–25,000	1–1000 1k 2k 3k 4k 5k 6k 7k 8k 9k 10k 11k 12k 13k 14k 15k 16k 17k 18k 19k 20k 21k 22k 23k 24k

25,001–50,000	25k 26k 27k 28k 29k 30k 31k 32k 33k 34k 35k 36k 37k 38k 39k 40k 41k 42k 43k 44k 45k 46k 47k 48k 49k

50,001–75,000	50k 51k 52k 53k 54k 55k 56k 57k 58k 59k 60k 61k 62k 63k 64k 65k 66k 67k 68k 69k 70k 71k 72k 73k 74k

75,001–100,000	75k 76k 77k 78k 79k 80k 81k 82k 83k 84k 85k 86k 87k 88k 89k 90k 91k 92k 93k 94k 95k 96k 97k 98k 99k

100,001–125,000	100k 101k 102k 103k 104k 105k 106k 107k 108k 109k 110k 111k 112k 113k 114k 115k 116k 117k 118k 119k 120k 121k 122k 123k 124k

125,001–150,000	125k 126k 127k 128k 129k 130k 131k 132k 133k 134k 135k 136k 137k 138k 139k 140k 141k 142k 143k 144k 145k 146k 147k 148k 149k

150,001–175,000	150k 151k 152k 153k 154k 155k 156k 157k 158k 159k 160k 161k 162k 163k 164k 165k 166k 167k 168k 169k 170k 171k 172k 173k 174k

175,001–200,000	175k 176k 177k 178k 179k 180k 181k 182k 183k 184k 185k 186k 187k 188k 189k 190k 191k 192k 193k 194k 195k 196k 197k 198k 199k

200,001–225,000	200k 201k 202k 203k 204k 205k 206k 207k 208k 209k 210k 211k 212k 213k 214k 215k 216k 217k 218k 219k 220k 221k 222k 223k 224k

225,001–250,000	225k 226k 227k 228k 229k 230k 231k 232k 233k 234k 235k 236k 237k 238k 239k 240k 241k 242k 243k 244k 245k 246k 247k 248k 249k

250,001–275,000	250k 251k 252k 253k 254k 255k 256k 257k 258k 259k 260k 261k 262k 263k 264k 265k 266k 267k 268k 269k 270k 271k 272k 273k 274k

275,001–300,000	275k 276k 277k 278k 279k 280k 281k 282k 283k 284k 285k 286k 287k 288k 289k 290k 291k 292k 293k 294k 295k 296k 297k 298k 299k

300,001–325,000	300k 301k 302k 303k 304k 305k 306k 307k 308k 309k 310k 311k 312k 313k 314k 315k 316k 317k 318k 319k 320k 321k 322k 323k 324k

325,001–350,000	325k 326k 327k 328k 329k 330k 331k 332k 333k 334k 335k 336k 337k 338k 339k 340k 341k 342k 343k 344k 345k 346k 347k 348k 349k

350,001–375,000	350k 351k 352k 353k 354k 355k 356k 357k 358k 359k 360k 361k 362k 363k 364k 365k 366k 367k 368k 369k 370k 371k 372k 373k 374k

375,001–400,000	375k 376k 377k 378k 379k 380k 381k 382k 383k 384k 385k 386k 387k 388k 389k 390k 391k 392k 393k 394k 395k 396k 397k 398k 399k

400,001–425,000	400k 401k 402k 403k 404k 405k 406k 407k 408k 409k 410k 411k 412k 413k 414k 415k 416k 417k 418k 419k 420k 421k 422k 423k 424k

425,001–450,000	425k 426k 427k 428k 429k 430k 431k 432k 433k 434k 435k 436k 437k 438k 439k 440k 441k 442k 443k 444k 445k 446k 447k 448k 449k

450,001–475,000	450k 451k 452k 453k 454k 455k 456k 457k 458k 459k 460k 461k 462k 463k 464k 465k 466k 467k 468k 469k 470k 471k 472k 473k 474k

475,001–500,000	475k 476k 477k 478k 479k 480k 481k 482k 483k 484k 485k 486k 487k 488k 489k 490k 491k 492k 493k 494k 495k 496k 497k 498k 499k

500,001–525,000	500k 501k 502k 503k 504k 505k 506k 507k 508k 509k 510k 511k 512k 513k 514k 515k 516k 517k 518k 519k 520k 521k 522k 523k 524k

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