Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 291001–292000

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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]


291001–291100

|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}

291101–291200

|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}

291201–291300

|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}

291301–291400

|-id=325 | 291325 de Tyard || 2006 BG191 || Pontus de Tyard (c. 1521–1605), a French poet and priest, and a member of La Pléiade, a group of seven humanist poets. || JPL · 291325 |-id=387 | 291387 Katiebouman || 2006 CN36 || Katie Bouman (born 1989) is an American engineer and computer scientist. Bouman led development of an algorithm that made the first direct image of a black hole possible via the Event Horizon Telescope array. || IAU · 291387 |}

291401–291500

|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}

291501–291600

|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}

291601–291700

|-id=633 | 291633 Heyun || 2006 HY20 || He Yun (born 1921), a Chinese radio/TV engineer and the chief designer of the old Shanghai TV Tower. He is also a veteran amateur astronomer, who has been active in the greater Shanghai region for decades. || JPL · 291633 |}

291701–291800

|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}

291801–291900

|-id=824 | 291824 Cami || 2006 KH133 || Template:MoMP description available || IAU · 291824 |-id=847 | 291847 Ladoix || 2006 OP1 || Ladoix, a French village situated north of Beaune, in the Burgundy vineyard region || JPL · 291847 |-id=849 | 291849 Orchestralondon || 2006 OL2 || Orchestra London Canada, a 1937-founded professional Canadian symphony orchestra in London, Ontario || JPL · 291849 |-id=855 | 291855 Calabròcorrado || 2006 ON14 || Corrado Calabrò (born 1935) is an Italian poet who has regenerated contemporary poetry opening it dream-like to science. His poem Roaming tells of a large asteroid that strikes the Moon causing the Earth to wobble. || JPL · 291855 |}

291901–292000

|-id=923 | 291923 Kuzmaskryabin || 2006 QW23 || Andriy Kuzmenko (1968–2015), known as "Kuzma", was a Ukrainian poet, composer, TV-showman and lead singer of the band Skryabin, who died in a car accident || JPL · 291923 |}

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