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]
John Percin Jr. (1989–2013), one of the 19 elitePrescott's Granite Mountain Hotshot firefighters who died battling a blaze on a ridge inYarnell, Arizona, United States
Albert Tarantola (1949–2009) was a visionary geophysicist who made seminal contributions to Inverse Problem Theory. He was the first to use inversion methods to image the Earth's interior using seismic waveforms.
Christophe Lovis (born 1977), Swiss astrophysicist and member of the extrasolar planet group atGeneva University. He co-discovered three Neptune-sized exoplanets –HD 69830 b,HD 69830 c, andHD 69830 d – around the starHD 69830.
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]