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 †
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400001–400100
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400101–400200
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400193 Castión | 2006 XW60 | Castión is the dialectal name of the city Castiglione dei Pepoli, medieval fiefdom of the Pepoli noble family, in the Bolognese Apennines, Italy. The second discoverer has lived there for many years. | JPL · 400193 |
400601–400700
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400673 Vitapolunina | 2009 OL5 | Viktoriya (Vita) Polunina (born 1967), Professor Doctor of medical sciences, is a specialist in reflex therapy in children, reconstructive and sports medicine, therapeuticphysical training, and the author of more than 70 scientific papers. | JPL · 400673 |
400701–400800
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400796 Douglass | 2010 FQ77 | Frederick Douglass (c. 1818–1895) was an American born into slavery who became a leading abolitionist and supporter of women’s rights. Through his writings and speeches, he tirelessly fought slavery. He advised presidents, served in government, and pushed for equal protection of all under the law. | JPL · 400796 |