Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 361001–362000

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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]


361001–361100

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

361101–361200

|-id=183 | 361183 Tandon || 2006 QB34 || Barthelemy Tandon (1720–1775), an astronomer of the Montpellier Royal Society of Sciences. He observed the 1761 transit of Venus. || JPL · 361183 |-id=193 | 361193 Cheungtaklung || 2006 QW184 || Cheung Tak-Lung (Zhang De-Long in Mandarin, 1946–2019), was a famous Chinese calligrapher from Guangdong province. He devoted his life to the study, practice, education and teaching of traditional Chinese calligraphy. In spite of his renown, Cheung remained a modest artist. Name proposed by Man-To Hui. || JPL · 361193 |}

361201–361300

|-id=267 | 361267 ʻIʻiwi || 2006 SV395 || The ʻIʻiwi is a species of Hawaiian honeycreeper endemic to the islands of Hawai`i. It has a curved bill and red and black plumage, and is one of the most common native Hawaiian birds. It is present on most of the islands of Hawai`i, but is listed as a threatened species due to habitat loss and disease. || JPL · 361267 |}

361301–361400

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

361401–361500

|-id=450 | 361450 Houellebecq || 2007 BM73 || Michel Houellebecq (born 1958), a French author, filmmaker and poet || JPL · 361450 |}

361501–361600

|-id=524 | 361524 Klimka || 2007 FN35 || Libertas Klimka (born 1940), a Lithuanian historian of science and physicist. Together with G. Kakaras, he organized the Lithuanian Museum of Ethnocosmology with public astronomical observatory in 1990. Klimka is the author of 10 popular books, as well as many popular and scientific publications. || JPL · 361524 |-id=530 | 361530 Victorfranzhess || 2007 HN16 || Victor Franz Hess (1883–1964), an Austrian physicist || JPL · 361530 |}

361601–361700

|-id=690 | 361690 Laurelanmaurer || 2007 VN8 || Laurel Ann Maurer (born 1959), a musician and music teacher || JPL · 361690 |}

361701–361800

|-id=764 | 361764 Antonbuslov || 2008 AK2 || Anton Buslov (1983–2014), a Russian astrophysicist, urbanist and blogger. || JPL · 361764 |}

361801–361900

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

361901–362000

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

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