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]
Hasnaa Chennaoui-Aoudjehane (born 1964), aMoroccan geochemist at Hassan II University in Casablanca. She is a member of the Nomenclature Committee of Meteorites, and former council member, of the Meteoritical Society. She classified and named nine observed falls in Morocco, includingTissint, the fifth Martian meteorite fall (Src).
The speed of light in vacuum, commonly denotedc, is a universal physical constant that is equal to 299,792,458 meters per second. The word "celeritas" means "speed" in Latin.