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]
Jerry L. Foote (born 1942), an American amateur astronomer who moved to Utah in the 1990s with his wife, Cindy(see above), where they established the Vermillion Cliffs Observatory (G85) near the border to Arizona.
Sanaloria is an imaginary planet inhabited by humankind in the future. Developed by David, the son of the discoverer, and his friend Maxime Delorme, the universe of Sanaloria depicts a cynical vision of our species. A video game first, its philosophy still inspires musical, graphical and literary creations.
Dezső Kosztolányi (1885–1936), Hungarian writer, poet, literary translator, critic, and one of the greatest figures of 20th-century Hungarian prose and lyrics.
Agastrophus, who is aPaionian hero in Homer's Iliad, famed for his spear, who fought with the Trojans in the Trojan War and who was killed byDiomedes. Agastrophus was the son ofPaeon and brother ofLaophoon.