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]
Maarten H. Versteeg (born 1960), a Staff Engineer at theSouthwest Research Institute who worked for theNew Horizons mission toPluto as the lead for the Alice UV Spectrometer Instrument Software
Paul Nohr (1939–2006), coordinator of theCincinnati Observatory who restored the observatory's 1845 Merz and Mahler and the 1904 Alvan Clark telescopes
Clifford "Kalipona" Livermore (born 1941) has performed astronomy outreach on Mauna Kea for over 40 years. His efforts have helped locals and visitors to appreciate the value of maintaining Mauna Kea as a protected dark-sky site.
Michael A. Vincent (born 1978), an assistant director for research and development at theSouthwest Research Institute, who worked for theNew Horizons mission toPluto as the REX Instrument Project Manager and Deputy Payload Systems Engineer
Suren Erkman (born 1955), a professor of the University of Lausanne and an industrial ecology specialist. He is a friend of Swiss amateur astronomerMichel Ory who discovered this minor planet.