Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 232001–233000
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]
232001–232100
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
232101–232200
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
232201–232300
|-id=233 | 232233 Taihu || 2002 LE61 || Template:MoMP description available || IAU · 232233 |}
232301–232400
|-id=306 | 232306 Bekuška || 2002 RP280 || Rebecca "Bekuška" Morvay (born 2005) is a daughter of Slovak amateur astronomer Eva Morvayová. || IAU · 232306 |}
232401–232500
|-id=409 | 232409 Dubes || 2003 EU1 || Alain Dubes (1935–2016), a French amateur astronomer || JPL · 232409 |}
232501–232600
|-id=553 | 232553 Randypeterson || 2003 SX218 || Randy Peterson (born 1948), a visual observer and longtime member of the American East Valley Astronomy Club of Phoenix, Arizona || JPL · 232553 |}
232601–232700
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
232701–232800
|-id=763 | 232763 Eliewiesel || 2004 PC27 || Elie Wiesel (1928–2016), a Romanian-born American Jewish writer, human rights activist and recipient of the 1986 Nobel Prize for Peace || JPL · 232763 |}
232801–232900
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
232901–233000
|-id=923 | 232923 Adalovelace || 2005 AA29 || Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (1815–1852), daughter of George Gordon Byron, was an English mathematician and writer known mainly for her work on Babbage's analytical engine. || JPL · 232923 |-id=949 | 232949 Muhina || 2005 EN8 || The Museum of Natural History (Muhina) of Fribourg in Switzerland, founded in 1823, assures the conservation of its collections and offers unique information and research possibilities to researchers. || JPL · 232949 |}
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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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