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]
Taha Shisseh (born 1990) is a Moroccan geochemist and meteorites specialist at Hassan II University in Casablanca. The discoverer met him for the first time in June 2017 during the International Asteroid Day in Marrakech.
Étienne Perruchon (1958–2019), a French composer who wrote his first Dogorian songs in an imaginary language in 1996. He also created a popular work for mixed choir, children's choir and orchestra inspired by his Dogorian songs. The action of this drama had been transposed into Dogora, an imaginary central European country.
Roland Garros (1888–1918), was a pioneering French aviator and World War I fighter pilot. The French Open tennis tournament takes its name from the Roland-Garros Stadium in which it is held.
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]