Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 284001–285000
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]
284001–284100
|-id=029 | 284029 Esplugafrancolí || 2004 XQ16 || The Catalan village of L'Espluga de Francolí, located in the Tarragona province of Spain, known for its extensive cave system || JPL · 284029 |}
284101–284200
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
284201–284300
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
284301–284400
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
284401–284500
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
284501–284600
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
284601–284700
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
284701–284800
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
284801–284900
|-id=891 | 284891 Kona || 2009 RT26 || Kona, a district of the Big Island of Hawaii, United States, known for its Kona coffee and for its annually held Ironman World Championship Triathlon || JPL · 284891 |}
284901–285000
|-id=919 | 284919 Kaçar || 2010 BK82 || Betül Kaçar (born 1983), a Turkish-American astrobiologist and expert on biosignatures and abiogenesis on Earth. She works with the UN Women for the empowerment of women. || IAU · 284919 |-id=945 | 284945 Saint-Imier || 2010 EM44 || Saint-Imier, a Swiss town founded by the hermit St. Imerius in 884 AD || JPL · 284945 |-id=984 | 284984 Ikaunieks || 2010 GC158 || Jānis Ikaunieks (1912–1969), a Latvian astronomer and observer of red giants who founded the Latvian Astronomical Society and the popular science magazine The Starry Sky and was the first director of the Baldone Observatory (069) || JPL · 284984 |-id=996 | 284996 Rosaparks || 2010 LD58 || Rosa Parks (1913–2005), a civil rights activist from Alabama, known as the mother of the freedom movement. In 1955, she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus. Her action spurred efforts throughout the United States to end segregation. || JPL · 284996 |}
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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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