Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 372001–373000
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]
372001–372100
|-id=024 | 372024 Ayapani || 2008 QA3 || Ayapani is the local name for the beautiful feathers of the crested serpent eagles, when they are adults and fly away at New Year. || JPL · 372024 |}
372101–372200
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
372201–372300
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
372301–372400
|-id=305 | 372305 Bourdeille || 2008 WO61 || Christian Bourdeille (born 1958) is the founding president of Uranoscope de l´Ile de France, an astronomical observatory open to the public since 1983 in Gretz Armainvilliers (France). He is also the founding president of Uranoscope de France created in 1995 with the fundamental goal of developing international relations between amateur and professional astronomers worldwide. || JPL · 372305 |}
372401–372500
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
372501–372600
|-id=573 | 372573 Pietromenga || 2009 UW59 || Pietro Menga (born 1943), active on a voluntary basis in environmental policies, has contributed to Italian initiatives on sustainable energy use and on the protection of the night sky. || JPL · 372573 |-id=578 | 372578 Khromov || 2009 UB92 || Gavriil Sergeevich Khromov (1937–2014), a Russian astronomer and organizer of science. || JPL · 372578 |}
372601–372700
|-id=626 | 372626 IGEM || 2009 VQ57 || IGEM, the Institute of Ore Geology, Petrography, Mineralogy and Geochemistry within the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) || JPL · 372626 |}
372701–372800
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
372801–372900
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
372901–373000
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
Template:MinorPlanetNameMeanings/See also
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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