Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 293001–294000
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]
293001–293100
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
293101–293200
|-id=131 | 293131 Meteora || 2006 XV56 || The Meteora is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a formation of immense monolithic pillars in central Greece. Hill-like huge rounded boulders dominate the local area and six monasteries are built on the natural conglomerate pillars. || IAU · 293131 |}
293201–293300
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
293301–293400
|-id=366 | 293366 Roux || 2007 EQ9 || Pierre Paul Émile Roux (1853–1933), a French bacteriologist, close collaborator of Louis Pasteur, and co-founder of the Pasteur Institute || JPL · 293366 |-id=383 | 293383 Maigret || 2007 EZ38 || Jules Maigret, also known as "Commissaire Maigret", a fictional character created by writer Georges Simenon in 1931. Maigret is a French police detective and Commissaire a la Brigade Criminelle de Paris. || JPL · 293383 |}
293401–293500
|-id=477 | 293477 Teotihuacan || 2007 FY || Teotihuacan is an ancient Mesoamerican city located in a sub-valley of the Valley of Mexico. Apart from the pyramids, Teotihuacan is also anthropologically significant for its complex, multi-family residential avenue of the dead; and the small portion of its vibrant murals that have been exceptionally well-preserved. || JPL · 293477 |-id=499 | 293499 Wolinski || 2007 GP5 || Georges Wolinski (1934–2015), a French cartoonist || JPL · 293499 |}
293501–293600
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
293601–293700
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
293701–293800
|-id=707 | 293707 Govoradloanatoly || 2007 QT1 || Anatoliy Vasylyovych Govoradlo (born 1960), a physicist by education, who is also known as a Ukrainian poet and composer. || JPL · 293707 |}
293801–293900
|-id=809 | 293809 Zugspitze || 2007 RD162 || Zugspitze, located in the Alps, the highest mountain (2962 m) in Germany. || JPL · 293809 |-id=878 | 293878 Tapping || 2007 RV274 || Kenneth Tapping (born 1945), a solar physicist at the NRC-Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory. || JPL · 293878 |}
293901–294000
|-id=909 | 293909 Matterhorn || 2007 SS2 || The Matterhorn (Monte Cervino; Mont Cervin), a remarkably shaped mountain in the Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy || JPL · 293909 |-id=926 | 293926 Harrystine || 2007 TJ1 || G. Harry Stine (1928–1997), one of the founding figures of model rocketry (hobby of spacemodeling) in the 1950s, enjoyed by millions of enthusiasts today. He also founded the National Association of Rocketry. || JPL · 293926 |-id=934 | 293934 MPIA || 2007 TM8 || The Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, abbreviated MPIA, at Heidelberg in Germany || JPL · 293934 |-id=985 | 293985 Franquin || 2007 TF69 || André Franquin (1924–1997), a Belgian comics artist, producer of the Spirou and Fantasio strip, and creator of the characters Gaston Lagaffe and Marsupilami || JPL · 293985 |}
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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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