Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 337001–338000
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]
337001–337100
|-id=002 | 337002 Robertbodzon || 2012 OB || Robert Bodzon (1969–2012), Polish popularizer of astronomy || JPL · 337002 |-id=044 | 337044 Bobdylan || 1996 DB5 || Bob Dylan (Robert Allen Zimmerman, born 1941), a singer and songwriter, has influenced popular music and culture for more than five decades || JPL · 337044 |}
337101–337200
|-id=166 | 337166 Ivanartioukhov || 1999 VM1 || Ivan Semenovich Artioukhov (1908–1995), founder of the society for nature conservation in Russia and father-in-law of Russian co-discoverer Sergei I. Ipatov || JPL · 337166 |}
337201–337300
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
337301–337400
|-id=380 | 337380 Lenormand || 2001 QS85 || Louis-Sébastien Lenormand (1757–1837), a French chemist, physicist and inventor who coined the term parachute and was the first man to make a witnessed descent with one || JPL · 337380 |}
337401–337500
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
337501–337600
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
337601–337700
|-id=700 | 337700 Korpás || 2001 TQ258 || Gabriel Korpás (born 1958), a Slovak amateur astronomer and popularizer of astronomy, as well as a member of the astronomy club in Nové Zámky. || IAU · 337700 |}
337701–337800
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
337801–337900
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
337901–338000
|-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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