Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 227001–228000
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.
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]
227001–227100
|-id=065 | 227065 Romandia || 2005 GQ9 || Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland , by its Latin name "Romandia" || JPL · 227065 |}
227101–227200
|-id=147 | 227147 Coggiajérôme || 2005 PW5 || Template:MoMP description available || IAU · 227147 |-id=151 | 227151 Desargues || 2005 PT16 || Girard Desargues (1591–1661), French mathematician and engineer || JPL · 227151 |-id=152 | 227152 Zupi || 2005 PJ20 || Giovanni Battista Zupi (1590–1650), an Italian astronomer, mathematician, and Jesuit priest, who, in 1639, was first to note Mercury's planetary phases, alike the phases of Venus and the Lunar phase. The crater Zupus on the Moon is also named after him. || IAU · 227152 |}
227201–227300
|-id=218 | 227218 Rényi || 2005 RU3 || Alfréd Rényi (1921–1970), a Hungarian mathematician. || JPL · 227218 |}
227301–227400
|-id=310 | 227310 Scottkardel || 2005 TN29 || W. Scott Kardel (born 1962), for his service as the managing director of the International Dark Sky Association and his efforts to combat light pollution and protect the nighttime environment. || JPL · 227310 |-id=326 | 227326 Narodychi || 2005 TB152 || Narodychi, a settlement located in northern Ukraine . It has been known since 1545. During the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, the urban-type settlement was seriously affected and recommended for evacuation. However, life in Narodychi goes on. || JPL · 227326 |}
227401–227500
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
227501–227600
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
227601–227700
|-id=641 | 227641 Nothomb || 2006 BD99 || Amélie Nothomb (born 1967), a Belgian writer. || JPL · 227641 |}
227701–227800
|-id=767 | 227767 Enkibilal || 2006 US62 || Enki Bilal (born 1951), a Serbian graphic novelist and film director. Born in Belgrade, he moved with his family to Paris in 1960, where he published his first story in Pilote magazine in 1972 and his first album in 1975. He received the Grand Prix at the 14th Angoulême festival in 1987. || JPL · 227767 |-id=770 | 227770 Wischnewski || 2006 US289 || Erik Wischnewski (born 1952) has been a lecturer at adult education centers and planetaria since 1972 and is an author of several astronomical textbooks. His work contributes to the German-language astronomical education. || JPL · 227770 |}
227801–227900
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
227901–228000
|-id=928 | 227928 Ludoferrière || 2007 GT1 || Template:MoMP description available || IAU · 227928 |-id=930 | 227930 Athos || 2007 GG6 || Athos, a fictional character in the novels The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After and The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas || JPL · 227930 |-id=962 | 227962 Aramis || 2007 HQ14 || Aramis, a fictional character in Dumas' The Three Musketeers and its sequels. The character is loosely based on the historical musketeer Henri d'Aramitz. (Also see 229737 Porthos.) || JPL · 227962 |-id=997 | 227997 NIGLAS || 2007 KU7 || The Nanjing Institute of Geography & Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGLAS) was established in 1940. It is the only national institute devoted to lake-basin system research and has made enormous contributions to environmental remediation and regional development. || IAU · 227997 |}
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References
- ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet CenterMinor Planet Circulars. https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ↑ "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?asteroids#discovery. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7. 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. https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-3-540-34361-5. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ↑ Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
- ↑ "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. https://minorplanetcenter.net/iau/info/Astrometry.html#name. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
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