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]
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William H. Swantner (born 1943), an American optical engineer, instrumental for the construction of the imaging system used at theJornada Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico, where this minor planet was discovered.
Emma M. Birath (born 1974) is a data analyst at Southwest Research Institute Boulder, Colorado. She built instrument software sequences for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.
Jackie Sue Holmes (born 1959), wife of American amateur astronomerRobert Holmes who discovered this minor planet. She is active in the business component of the Astronomical Research Institute (H21) in Illinois.
George Carroll (1902–1983), American builder of precision instruments,heliostats, and telescopes. This minor planet was discovered using one of his telescopes at the Stony Ridge Observatory, California.
Scott Robert Tucker (born 1978) is a Tucson-based, self-trained optical designer and fabricator of telescopes and astronomical instruments. He is also an experienced astrophotographer and astronomy communicator.
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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]