Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 331001–332000
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]
331001–331100
|-id=011 | 331011 Peccioli || 2009 UF94 || Peccioli, Italy, a village located in Alta Valdera in the Italian district of Pisa || JPL · 331011 |}
331101–331200
|-id=105 | 331105 Giselher || 2009 XG9 || Dietrich Giselher Kracht (born 1944) is the elder brother of the discoverer, who introduced him to astronomy at the observatory of the Olbers-Gesellschaft in Bremen. || JPL · 331105 |}
331201–331300
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
331301–331400
|-id=316 | 331316 Cavedon || 2011 GP36 || Mario Cavedon (1920–2009) was an Italian astronomer, mathematician, and science writer at the Brera Astronomical Observatory who studied the celestial mechanics of small Solar System bodies and the perturbation of their orbits. || IAU · 331316 |-id=341 | 331341 Frankscholten || 2012 BL102 || Frank Scholten (b. 1961) was a specialist in planetary photogrammetry active at the DLR Planetary Geodesy Department from 1999 to 2021. Among other space missions, he was involved in Mars-Express, Venus-Express, Dawn, Rosetta and Hayabusa 2. || IAU · 331341 |-id=371 | 331371 Jockers || 2012 DR53 || Template:MoMP description available || IAU · 331371 |}
331401–331500
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
331501–331600
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
331601–331700
|-id=605 | 331605 Guidogryseels || 2001 XB5 || Template:MoMP description available || IAU · 331605 |}
331701–331800
|-id=785 | 331785 Sumners || 2003 HL15 || Carolyn Sumners (born 1948) has taught astronomy at the Houston Museum of Natural Science's Burke Baker Planetarium since 1972. It was her inspiration to move a meter-class telescope to the George Observatory in 1989 for educating the public under the stars. || JPL · 331785 |}
331801–331900
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
331901–332000
|-id=992 | 331992 Chasseral || 2005 GU9 || The Chasseral is a mountain of the Jura range, overlooking Lake Biel in the Swiss canton of Bern. || JPL · 331992 |}
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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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