Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 471001–472000
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]
471001–471100
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
471101–471200
|-id=109 | 471109 Vladobahýl || 2010 CO12 || Vladimír Bahýl (born 1948), Associate Professor Emeritus at the Technical University in Zvolen, constructed a computed tomography scanner used in dendrology. Asan amateur astronomer he is a dedicated observer of variable stars, asteroids and meteors. He built his own observatory named after his granddaughter, Julia. || JPL · 471109 |-id=143 | 471143 Dziewanna || 2010 EK139 || Devana (Dziewanna), is a Slavic goddess of the wild nature, forests and the hunt. Gold-haired, young and beautiful, she brings the spring and revitalizes the Earth. Wild yellow mullein flowers (Polish: dziewanna) are her symbol. Dried, they served as torches during her celebrations. || JPL · 471143 |}
471201–471300
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
471301–471400
|- | 471301 Robertajmolson || 2011 HS20 || Roberta J. M. Olson (born 1947), an American art historian, curator, and author, who first identified Halley's Comet as a template for the Star of Bethlehem in Giotto's Adoration of the Magi, which in turn inspired the European Space Agency to name its Giotto spacecraft which studied Halley's Comet after the Italian Renaissance painter (Src). || IAU · 471301 |}
471401–471500
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
471501–471600
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
471601–471700
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
471701–471800
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
471801–471900
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
471901–472000
|-id=926 | 471926 Jörmungandr || 2013 KN6 || Jörmungandr was a sea serpent in Norse mythology. The serpent was so large that it surrounded the earth and grasped its own tail; when it moved in the ocean, it caused huge storm surges. || JPL · 471926 |}
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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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