Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 309001–310000
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]
309001–309100
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309101–309200
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309201–309300
|-id=206 | 309206 Mažvydas || 2007 GE32 || Martynas Mažvydas (1510–1563), a Lithuanian writer and publisher who edited the first printed book in the Lithuanian language. || IAU · 309206 |-id=227 | 309227 Tsukiko || 2007 QC || Selene "Tsukiko" Mazzucato (born 1994), daughter of Italian co-discoverer Michele Mazzucato || JPL · 309227 |-id=295 | 309295 Hourenzhi || 2007 RX228 || Hou Renzhi (1911–2013), an academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, is a pioneer of modern historical geography in China. He made outstanding contributions to the development of historical geography both in theory and in practice. || JPL · 309295 |}
309301–309400
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309401–309500
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309501–309600
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309601–309700
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309701–309800
|-id=704 | 309704 Baruffetti || 2008 FD131 || Pietro Baruffetti (born 1954), musician, amateur astronomer, and chairman of the Gruppo Astrofili Massesi (Massesi Amateur Astronomer Group). || JPL · 309704 |-id=706 | 309706 Ávila || 2008 GP || Ávila, the capital of the province of Ávila in Spain || JPL · 309706 |}
309801–309900
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309901–310000
|-id=917 | 309917 Sefyani || 2009 FS14 || Fouad Sefyani (born 1967) is a researcher in Cadi Ayyad University's department of physics in Marrakech. In particular he conducts spectral studies of RR Lyrae stars at Oukaïmeden observatory. || JPL · 309917 |}
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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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