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]
364001–364100
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
364101–364200
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 364166 Trebek | 2006 JB | Alex Trebek (1940–2020) was a Canadian-American television personality and game show host, who hosted the game show Jeopardy for over 36 years. He was awarded seven Outstanding Game Show Host Emmy Awards between 1989 and 2020. He also was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999. | IAU · 364166 |
| 364192 Qianruhu | 2006 QR1 | Qian Ruhu (born 1950) is a veteran amateur astronomer from Shanghai, China. He has written numerous articles on astronomy-related topics since the early 1980s, many of which were published by the magazine Amateur Astronomers. | JPL · 364192 |
364201–364300
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 364264 Martymartina | 2006 TP7 | Martina Maestripieri (born 1983) is an active amateur astronomer and member of the Gruppo Astrofili Montagna Pistoiese. She deals with astrometry of minor planets and comets, in particular the follow-up of NEOs. She also contributed to the discovery of the Haumea ring via a stellar occultation. | JPL · 364264 |
364301–364400
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
364401–364500
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
364501–364600
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 364566 Yurga | 2007 PM8 | Yurga is a town in Kemerovskaya region, in Central Russia, located on the Tom' River, and the birthplace of the discoverer. He dedicates this name to his parents, Nina Pavlovna Rumyantseva (1940–2005) and Vladimir Vasil'evich Rumyantsev (1936–2018). | IAU · 364566 |
| 364577 Cachopito | 2007 RC35 | Fernando Izquierdo Lacruz "Cachopito" (born 1986) is an audio engineer and a dub artist living in Madrid, Spain. He is the elder nephew of the discoverer | IAU · 364577 |
364601–364700
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 364636 Ulrikeecker | 2007 TR105 | Ulrike Ecker (born 1967), wife of Austrian discoverer Hannes Bachleitner | JPL · 364636 |
364701–364800
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
364801–364900
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 364875 Hualookeng | 2008 DP89 | Hua Loo-Keng (1910–1985), an academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, is hailed as the father of modern mathematics in China. Mathematical accomplishments named after him include Hua's Theorem, the Cartan-Brauer-Hua Theorem, Hua's Inequation, the Weil-Hua Inequation and the Hua-Wang Method. | IAU · 364875 |
364901–365000
| 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.
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