Meanings of minor planet names: 231001–232000
As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center, and the discoverers can then submit names for them, following the IAU's naming conventions. The list below concerns those minor planets in the specified number-range that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names. The official naming citations have been published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars and in Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names.[1][2][3] Meanings marked with †
or *
are from legacy sources may contain errors.
231001–231100
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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231040 Kakaras | 2005 EX282 | Gunaras Kakaras (born 1939) is a Lithuanian astronomer and one of the most skilled Lithuanian popularizers of astronomy. He is an expert on stellar photometry of binary stars and he wrote several popular books and many popular papers. He established the Lithuanian Museum of Ethnocosmology in 1990. | JPL · 231040 |
231101–231200
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
231201–231300
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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231265 Saulperlmutter | 2006 AS4 | Saul Perlmutter (born 1959), an American physicist and Nobel laureate | JPL · 231265 |
231278 Kárpáti | 2006 BY26 | Rudolf Kárpáti (1920–1999), a Hungarian fencer who won six gold medals in sabre at four Olympic Games between 1948 and 1960. | JPL · 231278 |
231301–231400
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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231307 Peterfalk | 2006 BD186 | Peter Falk (1927–2011), an American actor. | JPL · 231307 |
231346 Taofanlin | 2006 EL67 | Tao Fan-Lin, director of the Taipei amateur astronomers association. | JPL · 231346 |
231401–231500
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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231470 Bedding | 2007 RH5 | Tim Bedding (born 1966), a full professor at the University of Sydney. | JPL · 231470 |
231486 Capefearrock | 2008 PQ2 | The Cape Fear High School in Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States. Since 1996, dozens of its students have submitted thousands of near-Earth objects observations to the MPC. | JPL · 231486 |
231501–231600
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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231555 Christianeurda | 2008 TT2 | Christiane-Urda Süßenberger, wife of German discoverer Uwe Süßenberger | JPL · 231555 |
231601–231700
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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231649 Korotkiy | 2009 WW | Stanislav Alexandrovich Korotkiy (born 1983), a Russian amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets | JPL · 231649 |
231666 Aisymnos | 1960 SX | Aisymnos, from Greek mythology, a Greek soldier and a ruler of the Danaans, who was killed by Hektor | JPL · 231666 |
231701–231800
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
231801–231900
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
231901–232000
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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231969 Sebvauclair | 2001 QD94 | Sebastien Vauclair (born 1976) is a French astronomer working on high-energy astronomy. He is also a leader in dark-sky protection, especially for the dark-sky reserve known as the Reserve Internationale de Ciel Etoile du Pic du Midi, located in the Pyrenees. | JPL · 231969 |
References
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-34360-8. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
Preceded by 230,001–231,000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 231,001–232,000 |
Succeeded by 232,001–233,000 |
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