Meanings of minor planet names: 237001–238000

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), 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.

This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. Also see list of named minor planets (alphabetical) for a condensed version without naming citations.

Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars several times a year.[1] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).[2] Until his death in 2016, German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel compiled these citations into the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (DMP) and regularly updated the collection.[3][4] Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,[5] Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II.  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document: "SBDB". New namings may only be added after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned by the Committee on Small Body Nomenclature.[6]

237001–237100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

237101–237200

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237164 Keelung2008 UP128Keelung City is located at the northernmost tip of Taiwan. This port city is bordered by mountains on three sides and faces out towards the sea. Keelung enjoys an excellent natural harbor with deep water.JPL · 237164
237187 Zhonglihe2008 UA212Chung Li-ho (1915–1960), a Taiwanese writer. Also known as "Zhong Li-he" or "Chung Li-ho", he is known for his novels about southern Taiwan's farming communities and their social transition in the early 20th century.JPL · 237187

237201–237300

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237265 Golobokov2008 WQ96Gennady G. Golobokov (1935–1978), a talented fiction-artist, bed-ridden for 26 years following a spinal injury.JPL · 237265
237276 Nakama2008 XD2Nakama is a Japanese word meaning a group of persons who spontaneously come together and work for common purposes in education, community services, and other fields of work.JPL · 237276
237277 Nevaruth2008 XR2Neva Ruth Daniel (1910–2000), a loving mother of three, was a gifted teacher of English and literature at Colorado Mountain College and a teacher of the Progoff System of Intensive Journal Writing.JPL · 237277

237301–237400

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237401–237500

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237501–237600

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237601–237700

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237701–237800

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237801–237900

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237845 Neris2002 FJ5Neris, also known as Vilija, is the second longest river in Lithuania.JPL · 237845

237901–238000

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References
  1. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  3. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  4. 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.
  5. Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
  6. "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
Preceded by
236,001–237,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 237,001–238,000		 Succeeded by
238,001–239,000


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