Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 314001–315000
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]
314001–314100
|-id=040 | 314040 Tavannes || 2005 AU || Tavannes is a municipality of the Swiss canton of Bern. || JPL · 314040 |-id=082 | 314082 Dryope || 2005 CZ36 || Dryope was the daughter of King Dryops. || JPL · 314082 |}
314101–314200
|-id=163 | 314163 Kittenberger || 2005 GX || Kálmán Kittenberger (1881–1958), a Hungarian traveller, African researcher, zoologist, teacher, hunter and writer on natural history. || JPL · 314163 |}
314201–314300
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
314301–314400
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
314401–314500
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
314501–314600
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
314601–314700
|-id=650 | 314650 Neilnorman || 2006 OC1 || Neil Norman (born 1972) is a British astronomer, writer, broadcaster, humorist and creator of the Comet Watch internet resource. He is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and creator of the Solar System Bodies and Minor Solar System Bodies internet resources. || JPL · 314650 |}
314701–314800
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
314801–314900
|-id=808 | 314808 Martindutertre || 2006 TQ105 || Saint-Martin-du-Tertre is a French town to the north of Paris that is twinned with the municipality of San Marcello Piteglio, the discovery site for this minor planet. || JPL · 314808 |}
314901–315000
|-id=988 | 314988 Sireland || 2006 XO67 || Sarah Ireland (born 1996), interested in the pursuit of astronomical knowledge, following in the Canadian tradition of astronomical excellence and embodying the spirit of Beyond the International Year of Astronomy. || JPL · 314988 |}
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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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