Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 230001–231000
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]
230001–230100
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
230101–230200
|-id=151 | 230151 Vachier || 2001 QZ72 || Frederic Vachier (born 1974), a celestial mechanician and observer at the IMCCE-Observatory in Paris. He has studied binary asteroids, both as an observer and as a theorist for orbit determinations. || JPL · 230151 |-id=155 | 230155 Francksallet || 2001 QC111 || Franck Sallet (born 1970), a French amateur astronomer || JPL · 230155 |}
230201–230300
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
230301–230400
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
230401–230500
|-id=415 | 230415 Matthiasjung || 2002 MQ5 || Matthias Jung (born 1961), a German amateur astronomer || JPL · 230415 |}
230501–230600
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
230601–230700
|-id=631 | 230631 Justino || 2003 MB || Justino Sota Martinez (1931–2017) was the father of the discoverer. He was a Catholic priest in Atauta between 1954 and 1964. Then he got a bachelor's degree in literature, and become a secondary school teacher in Villaca\~{n}as and Tres Cantos. With his wife Carmen Ballano, he had two children (Fernando and Alfredo). || JPL · 230631 |-id=648 | 230648 Zikmund || 2003 SL15 || Sigismund of Luxembourg or Zikmund Lucemburský (1368–1437), Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary, Croatia, Germany, Italy, and Bohemia || JPL · 230648 |-id=656 | 230656 Kovácspál || 2003 SX111 || Pál Kovács (1912–1995), a Hungarian Olympic fencer and sports leader || JPL · 230656 |-id=691 | 230691 Van Vogt || 2003 UD18 || Alfred Elton van Vogt (1912–2000), a Canadian-born science-fiction writer || JPL · 230691 |}
230701–230800
|-id=736 | 230736 Jalyhome || 2003 WV2 || Jalyhome, a school/orphanage for lepers in Pondicherry, India || JPL · 230736 |-id=765 | 230765 Alfbester || 2003 XN15 || Alfred Bester (1913–1987), an American science-fiction writer || JPL · 230765 |}
230801–230900
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
230901–231000
|-id=975 | 230975 Rogerfederer || 2005 AQ25 || Roger Federer (born 1981), a Swiss tennis player || JPL · 230975 |}
Template:MinorPlanetNameMeanings/See also
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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