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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- 46,000s
- 47,000s
- 48,000s
- 49,000s
- 50,000s
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- 50,001…
- 50,101…
- 50,201…
- 50,301…
- 50,401…
- 50,501…
- 50,601…
- 50,701…
- 50,801…
- 50,901…
50401–50500
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Named minor planet |
Provisional |
This minor planet was named for... |
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50412 Ewen | 2000 DG1 | Harry Ewen (born 1957), a Canadian amateur astronomer | MPC · 50412 |
50413 Petrginz | 2000 DQ1 | Petr Ginz (1928–1944), Czech-Jewish boy who edited Vedem, a secret magazine, in the Terezín ghetto during World War II | MPC · 50413 |
50428 Alexanderdessler | 2000 DZ15 | Alexander J. Dessler (born 1928) is a space physicist who shaped understanding of how charged particles interact with magnetic fields of solar system objects. He first defined the existence and characteristics of the heliosphere, confirmed when Voyager 1 crossed the heliopause | JPL · 50428 |
50701–50800
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Named minor planet |
Provisional |
This minor planet was named for... |
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50717 Jimfox | 2000 EN138 | Jim Fox (born 1945) started in astronomy in the 1950s with a “Junior Moon-Watch Team”. He is the founder of what became the Minnesota Astronomical Society as well as a past President of the Astronomical League (1990–94). He was awarded the 2014 Leslie C. Peltier Award from the AAVSO. | JPL · 50717 |
50718 Timrobertson | 2000 ED139 | Tim Robertson (born 1956) is a Quality Engineer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, with the GOES and JPSS weather satellite programs. On staff with the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO), he is Coordinator for the ALPO Training Program as well as Producer of the "Observer's Notebook" podcasts. | JPL · 50718 |
50768 Ianwessen | 2000 FW2 | Ian Remington Wessen (born 1992) has excelled as an honor student in high school, spent two summers learning the Russian language and six weeks working for the Europa Jupiter System Mission team | JPL · 50768 |
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25,001–50,000 | |
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50,001–75,000 | |
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125,001–150,000 | |
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150,001–175,000 | |
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175,001–200,000 | |
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200,001–225,000 | |
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225,001–250,000 | |
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250,001–275,000 | |
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275,001–300,000 | |
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300,001–325,000 | |
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375,001–400,000 | |
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400,001–425,000 | |
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