Asminor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by theIAU'sMinor Planet Center (MPC), and the discoverers can then submit names for them, following the IAU'snaming conventions. The list below concerns those minor planets in the specified number-range that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names.
Based onPaul Herget'sThe 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 thepublic domain: SBDB New namings may only beadded 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]
Éric Gagnereau (born 1955), French animator and popularizer of astronomy, co-founder of the Astronomical Society of Montpellier and of thePises Observatory
Claudie Haigneré (born 1957) andJean-Pierre Haigneré (born 1948), French astronauts. Claudie was born inLe Creusot, location of the Le Creusot Observatory (504) where this minor planet was discovered.
Daniel Armstrong (born 1944) received a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin in 1967. In the early 1980s, before CCD sensors were available to amateurs, Armstrong began a nearly decade-long visual observation program directed at minor planet paths andoccultation events.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in thepublic domain: SBDB New namings may only beadded 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]