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]
330001–330100
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
330101–330200
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
330201–330300
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
330301–330400
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
330401–330500
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 330420 Tomroman | 2007 CG26 | Thomas A. Roman (born 1952), a professor at Central Connecticut State University. | JPL · 330420 |
| 330440 Davinadon | 2007 DQ60 | Davina O'Brien (born 1949) and Donovan Edward O'Brien (born 1945), of Tea Gardens, Australia, are friends of the discoverer, Andrew Lowe. | JPL · 330440 |
| 330455 Anbrysse | 2007 EV31 | An Brysse (born 1969), the most successful participant in the "Run to the moon" (Dutch: Loop naar de maan), a fund-raising event for Belgian cancer research in 2016, and for all the people who lost their fight, those who are still fighting and the ones who will have to fight cancer. | JPL · 330455 |
330501–330600
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
330601–330700
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 330634 Boico | 2008 EY131 | Vladimir Boico (1909–2001), a Romanian amateur astronomer. | JPL · 330634 |
| 330640 Yangxuejun | 2008 FX2 | Yang Xuejun (born 1963), is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He designed the world's first practical CPU-GPU heterogeneous architecture and developed the "Tianhe" high-performance computer system for China, leading the World TOP500 board on seven occasions. | IAU · 330640 |
330701–330800
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 330712 Rhodescolossus | 2008 PR1 | The Colossus of Rhodes was a tall statue of the Greek god Helios and one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It built in the city of Rhodes during the 3rd century BC. | IAU · 330712 |
330801–330900
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 330836 Orius | 2009 HW77 | The centaur Orius, who lived in the mountains, was killed by Heracles when he tried to steal the wine of Pholus. | JPL · 330836 |
| 330856 Ernsthelene | 2009 QT9 | Ernst (1920–1997) and Helene Kling (1919–2003), parents of German co-discoverer Rainer Kling | JPL · 330856 |
330901–331000
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 330934 Natevanwey | 2009 SX228 | Nate Van Wey (born 1950), high school teacher of physics at Perry High School for 42 years and recognized for all of the student's lives he has influenced | JPL · 330934 |
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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