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]
Joanne Wheeler (born 1971) is a Member of the Order of the British Empire for her services to space. She is a leader in thespace law discipline, and a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and Royal Aeronautical Society. She has drafted U.K. space law, supported the growth of space companies and briefed on asteroid exploration.
The Lomaki pueblo, one of smallerpueblos surrounding the main Wupatki pueblo (Wupatki National Monument) in northern Arizona. Its ruins preserve clues to geologic history, ecological change and ancient human agricultural settlement. Lomaki pueblo was built on the edge of a canyon in the 1190s (List of Ancestral Puebloan dwellings in Arizona).
Audrey Delsanti (born 1976) is an associate professor at the University of Aix-Marseille (France) who studies the chemical composition and physical properties of small bodies across the Solar System.
Marc Bernstein (born 1953) provided technical leadership and expertise for 32 years as a member of the MIT Lincoln Laboratory staff. This naming was on the occasion of his retirement as associate director and from the Lincoln Laboratory Steering Committee.
Akira Suzuki (born 1930) has developed a new research topic that is globally recognized as the Suzuki coupling reaction. It is for this achievement that he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2010.
Rita Cathomen (born 1940) and her husband Ignaz (born 1934) live in Falera, Switzerland. In 1979, they learned about a possible megalithic menhir formation in Falera. After re-erecting 33 of 34 fallen menhirs, Ignaz provided guided tours during the summer until 2019.
Tom Kaye (born 1957) is an American businessman and amateur astronomer. In March 2000, he collaborated with others to detect a previously discovered extrasolar planetTau Boötis b around the star Tau Boötis using the doppler shift method with a 0.4-m telescope and home-built spectrograph. The name was suggested by Mark Trueblood.
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]