Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 311001–312000
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]
311001–311100
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
311101–311200
|-id=119 | 311119 Pacner || 2004 PA20 || Karel Pacner (1936–2021) was a Czech science journalist and writer interested in cosmonautics. He attended the 1969 launch of Apollo 11 as the only Czech journalist. Pacner correctly described events and people from both the Soviet and American sides of the space race, as well as later cooperation in space. || IAU · 311119 |}
311201–311300
|-id=231 | 311231 Anuradhapura || 2005 BC23 || Anuradhapura is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, situated in north-central Sri Lanka and was the capital city of the island for over a millennium. || JPL · 311231 |}
311301–311400
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
311401–311500
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
311501–311600
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
311601–311700
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
311701–311800
|-id=785 | 311785 Erwanmazarico || 2006 UB62 || Erwan M. Mazarico (born 1982), a planetary scientist. || JPL · 311785 |}
311801–311900
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
311901–312000
|-id=957 | 311957 Barryalbright || 2007 DQ42 || Barry Albright (born 1957) is an American paleontologist and professor. Albright specializes in paleomagnetism and has done extensive work on the paleomagnetic stratigraphy of Cretaceous strata in southern Utah. He has also described new plesiosaur genera from the Western Interior Seaway. || JPL · 311957 |}
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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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