Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 240001–241000
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]
240001–240100
|-id=021 | 240021 Radzo || 2001 TX257 || Jozef Radzo (born 1949) is a teacher of mathematics and physics at Gymnázium A. Bernoláka secondary school in Senec, Slovakia, where he established modern physics and chemistry laboratories. From 1973 to 1993, he worked in Gymnázium Šamor{í}n, where he encouraged S. Kürti's interest in astronomy. || JPL · 240021 |-id=022 | 240022 Demitra || 2001 TR258 || Pavol Demitra (1974–2011), Slovak ice-hockey player || JPL · 240022 |}
240101–240200
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
240201–240300
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
240301–240400
|-id=364 | 240364 Kozmutza || 2003 SQ129 || Flóra Kozmutza (1905–1995) was a Hungarian educator, psychologist and high school teacher. || JPL · 240364 |-id=381 | 240381 Emilchyne || 2003 SB317 || Yemilchyne Raion (translit. Emil'chyns'kyi), a district in northern Ukraine , birthplace of Baikonur engineer Vladimir Khilchenko (born 1931) and folk singer Nina Matviyenko (born 1947) || JPL · 240381 |}
240401–240500
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
240501–240600
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
240601–240700
|-id=697 | 240697 Gemenc || 2005 GC || Gemenc, a forest and the only remaining tidal area of the Danube in Hungary. || JPL · 240697 |}
240701–240800
|-id=757 | 240757 Farkasberci || 2005 KS8 || Bertalan "Berci" Farkas (born 1949), the first Hungarian cosmonaut and the first Esperantist in space. || JPL · 240757 |}
240801–240900
|-id=871 | 240871 MOSS || 2006 DA || The Morocco Oukaimeden Sky Survey (MOSS) is an international amateur sky survey established in 2011. The Swiss–French–Moroccan partnership uses a 0.5-meter remote telescope at the Oukaïmeden Observatory (J43), located in the Moroccan High Atlas mountain range (Src, Src, Src). || JPL · 240871 |}
240901–241000
|-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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