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]
257001–257100
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 257005 Arpadpal | 2008 EW152 | Árpád Pál [ro] (1929–2006), a Romanian astronomer and professor at Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca. | JPL · 257005 |
257101–257200
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
257201–257300
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 257211 Kulizoli | 2008 YY4 | Zoltán Kuli (born 1977), a Hungarian physicist, amateur astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets. He is the head of the technical department at Konkoly Observatory and was instrumental in installing a large CCD-camera on the Schmidt telescope at the Piszkéstető Station near Budapest. | IAU · 257211 |
| 257212 Rózsahegyi | 2008 YB5 | Márton Rózsahegyi (born 1979), a Hungarian environmental researcher, science communicator and amateur astronomer, who was instrumental in installing a wide field-of-view camera on the Schmidt telescope at Piszkéstető Station. | IAU · 257212 |
| 257234 Güntherkurtze | 2009 DD112 | Günther Kurtze (1921–1986), a physicist and professor of acoustics at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany | JPL · 257234 |
| 257248 Chouchiehlun | 2009 FA19 | Jay Chou (born 1979) is one of the most famous musicians in Asia | JPL · 257248 |
| 257261 Ovechkin | 2009 FS47 | Alexander Ovechkin (born 1985), a Russian ice-hockey winger who began his career with the Dynamo Moscow | JPL · 257261 |
| 257296 Jessicaamy | 2009 HT57 | Jessica Amy Todd (born 1994), daughter of the Australian discoverer Michael Todd | JPL · 257296 |
257301–257400
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 257336 Noeliasanchez | 2009 JA1 | Noelia Sanchez (born 1975) is an aeronautical engineer and co-founder of the DEIMOS space company, where she works as Head of the Space Situational Awareness Division for NEO and Space Debris. | JPL · 257336 |
| 257371 Miguelbello | 2009 PM4 | Miguel Bello (born 1961), the founder and CEO of the DEIMOS space company. | JPL · 257371 |
257401–257500
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 257439 Peppeprosperini | 2010 PL23 | Giuseppe Prosperini (1937–2005), an Italian amateur astronomer, observer of lunar and minor-planet occultations, and a co-founder of the Frasso Sabino Observatory | JPL · 257439 |
257501–257600
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 257515 Zapperudi | 1997 CD6 | Rudolf Zappe (born 1928), a longtime member of the "Linzer Astronomische Gemeinschaft" | JPL · 257515 |
| 257533 Iquique | 1998 CN4 | Iquique, a port city in northern Chile | JPL · 257533 |
257601–257700
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
257701–257800
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
257801–257900
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
257901–258000
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
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.
This page was last edited on 12 November 2023, at 15:13