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]
189001–189100
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 189004 Capys | 3184 T-3 | Capys, king of Dardania, from Classical mythology. He was the son of Assaracus and the father of Anchises. | JPL · 189004 |
| 189011 Ogmios | 1997 NJ6 | Ogmios, Celtic patron god of scholars and the personification of eloquence and persuasiveness | JPL · 189011 |
| 189018 Guokeda | 1998 TC19 | The University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), also known as "Guokeda", is the first and largest graduate education institution in the P.R. China, having granted the country's first Ph.D.s in science and in engineering. UCAS started enrolling undergraduate students in 2014. | JPL · 189018 |
| 189035 Michaelsummers | 2000 CX109 | Michael E. Summers (born 1954) is a professor of planetary sciences and astronomy at George Mason University. He worked as a co-investigator and as a Deputy Atmospheres Team Lead for the New Horizons mission to Pluto. | JPL · 189035 |
189101–189200
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 189188 Floraliën | 2003 FL6 | The Gentse Floraliën (Floralies of Ghent) is a world-famous flower exhibition held in Ghent (Belgium) every five years | JPL · 189188 |
189201–189300
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 189202 Calar Alto | 2003 SM15 | Calar Alto Observatory, in the Sierra de los Filabres in Andalusia, southern Spain | JPL · 189202 |
| 189261 Hiroo | 2004 XO62 | Hiroo Itagaki (1949–1977), brother of the Japanese amateur astronomer Koichi Itagaki who discovered this minor planet | JPL · 189261 |
| 189264 Gerardjeong | 2005 GY108 | Gerard K. Jeong (born 1973), humanitarian, healer, and spine surgeon at Tucson Orthopedic Institute | JPL · 189264 |
189301–189400
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 189310 Polydamas | 2006 AJ82 | Polydamas from Greek mythology. He was a Trojan commander during the Trojan War whose battle strategy was more cautious than that of his friend Hektor. | JPL · 189310 |
| 189312 Jameyszalay | 2006 JN62 | Jamey R. Szalay (born 1988), an Associate Research Scholar at Princeton University who worked as a PhD student with the Student Dust Counter Instrument for the New Horizons mission to Pluto. | JPL · 189312 |
| 189320 Lakitsferenc | 2006 YC14 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 189320 |
| 189347 Qian | 2008 BQ15 | Qian Zhongshu (1910–1998), Chinese literary scholar and writer | JPL · 189347 |
| 189396 Sielewicz | 2008 JB6 | Henryk Sielewicz (born 1949), a Lithuanian amateur astronomer | JPL · 189396 |
| 189398 Soemmerring | 2008 JG20 | Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring (1755–1830), German anthropologist, anatomist, paleontologist and inventor | JPL · 189398 |
189401–189500
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
189501–189600
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
189601–189700
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
189701–189800
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 189795 McGehee | 2002 ER159 | Peregrine McGehee (born 1960), an American astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.[MPC 85412] | MPC · 189795 |
189801–189900
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 189848 Eivissa | 2003 FF2 | Eivissa (Ibiza in Spanish) is the westernmost of the Balearic islands | JPL · 189848 |
189901–190000
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 189930 Jeanneherbert | 2003 SR200 | Jeanne Herbert (born 1958), a grants management specialist for the Bisbee (Arizona) Unified School District | JPL · 189930 |
| 189944 Leblanc | 2003 TX | Thierry Leblanc (born 1967), the group supervisor of the Atmospheric Lidar Group, and Principal Investigator of stratospheric and tropospheric ozone, and temperature lidar measurements at the Table Mountain Observatory. | JPL · 189944 |
| 189945 Teddykareta | 2003 TP3 | Theodore Kareta (born 1995) an American planetary scientist who studies small Solar System bodies, in particular active asteroids, comets, and centaurs with ground-based telescopes in the visible and near-infrared spectrum at Lowell Observatory (Src, Src). | IAU · 189945 |
| 189948 Richswanson | 2003 UM4 | Rich Swanson (born 1964) is an intelligence specialist for a contractor to the Department of Defense at Ft. Huachuca, Arizona | JPL · 189948 |
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.
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