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]
Werner Hasubick (born 1960) is a German amateur astronomer and an enthusiastic observer of comets. Hasubick started his astronomical work at the Buchloe Observatory in 1977 with the observation
Edgar G. Rivera-Valentín (born 1986) is a scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Institute. His research focuses on the interactions of processes, such as atmosphere-regolith interactions, impact cratering's interactions with a body's composition, and interactions between radar and the near-surface of asteroids and planetary surfaces.
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]