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]
Christiane Meslay (1957–2019) was a French computer engineer, who introduced the first local Ethernet network at theDax Observatory (958) in 1996. This allowed for the discovery of comet C/1997 J2 (Meunier–Dupouy) via remote control of the telescope and CCD.
Tai Yuin-Kwei (1897–1982), a Taiwanese physicist and educator who set up the National Taiwan University Department of Physics and the Graduate Inst of Geophysics, National Central University
Rebecca Louise Puckett (born 1976),née Ramsay, wife of discovery team memberAndrew W. Puckett, because it was discovered three days before their first wedding anniversary
Moshe Elitzur (born 1944), an American physicist and emeritus professor at theUniversity of Kentucky, who has significantly contributed to the theories ofmaser and dust radiation transfer in astrophysical environments.
Nickalaus Pinkine (born 1967), a manager at the Johns Hopkins UniversityApplied Physics Laboratory, who worked as a Deputy Mission Operations Manager on theNew Horizons mission toPluto
Marcus R. Piquette (born 1990), a graduate student researcher at the University of Colorado, who worked on the Student Dust Counter instrument for theNew Horizons mission toPluto
Kristen Johnson (born 1985), American officer of theFoundation for Blind Children in Phoenix, Arizona, and of theNational Federation of the Blind, and daughter of astronomer Wayne Johnson
Anne-Véronique Hernandez (born 1969) is the wife of astronomer Michel Hernandez, one of this minor planet's discoverers atObservatory of Saint-Veran, France
Jillian A. Redfern (born 1979), a Manager for Research and Development at theSouthwest Research Institute, who worked with the Alice UV Spectrometer Instrument on theNew Horizons mission toPluto
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]