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.
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372001–372100
Named minor planet |
Provisional |
This minor planet was named for... |
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372024 Ayapani | 2008 QA3 | Ayapani is the local name for the beautiful feathers of the crested serpent eagles, when they are adults and fly away at New Year. | JPL · 372024 |
372301–372400
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Named minor planet |
Provisional |
This minor planet was named for... |
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372305 Bourdeille | 2008 WO61 | Christian Bourdeille (born 1958) is the founding president of Uranoscope de l´Ile de France, an astronomical observatory open to the public since 1983 in Gretz Armainvilliers (France). He is also the founding president of Uranoscope de France created in 1995 with the fundamental goal of developing international relations between amateur and professional astronomers worldwide. | JPL · 372305 |
372501–372600
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Named minor planet |
Provisional |
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372573 Pietromenga | 2009 UW59 | Pietro Menga (born 1943), active on a voluntary basis in environmental policies, has contributed to Italian initiatives on sustainable energy use and on the protection of the night sky. | JPL · 372573 |
372578 Khromov | 2009 UB92 | Gavriil Sergeevich Khromov (1937–2014), a Russian astronomer and organizer of science. | JPL · 372578 |