Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 349001–350000

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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]


349001–349100

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

349101–349200

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

349201–349300

|-id=237 | 349237 Quaglietti || 2007 TH69 || Luciano Quaglietti (born 1952) is an Italian amateur astronomer and seeker of meteorites. || IAU · 349237 |}

349301–349400

|-id=386 | 349386 Randywright || 2007 WA56 || Randall P. Wright (born 1948), executive vice-president and chief operating officer at Texas Children's Hospital, holder of a BS in Physics from Eastern Illinois University. || JPL · 349386 |}

349401–349500

|-id=407 | 349407 Stefaniafoglia || 2007 YY29 || Stefania Foglia (born 1971), sister of Italian amateur astronomer Sergio Foglia at Suno Observatory, where this minor planet was discovered. || IAU · 349407 |-id=499 | 349499 Dechirico || 2008 OX5 || Giorgio de Chirico (1888–1978) was an Italian painter and writer, who founded the metaphysical art movement (Italian: Scuola metafisica), deeply influencing surrealism. || IAU · 349499 |}

349501–349600

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

349601–349700

|-id=606 | 349606 Fleurance || 2008 UX5 || Fleurance is a once fortified city in Gers, in south-western France. || JPL · 349606 |}

349701–349800

|-id=785 | 349785 Hsiaotejen || 2009 BP55 || Hsiao Te-Jen (1934–2015), grandfather of Taiwanese co-discoverer Xiangyao Hsiao || JPL · 349785 |}

349801–349900

|-id=862 | 349862 Modigliani || 2009 DX43 || Amedeo Modigliani (1884–1920) was an Italian painter and sculptor, known for his modern-style nudes and portraits with surreal long faces and necks. || IAU · 349862 |}

349901–350000

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

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