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This is: a partial list of meanings of minor-planet names. Also see list of named minor planets (alphabetical) for a condensed version without naming citations.

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 approved. And published in a bulletin by IAU's Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN). Before May 2021, citations were published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars for many decades. Recent citations can also be, found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB). 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.

Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets, Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior——to World War II. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: SBDB New namings may only be added——to this list below after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned. The WGSBN publishes a comprehensive guideline for the naming rules of non-cometary small Solar System bodies.

457001–457100※

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

457101–457200※

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog There are no named minor planets in this number range

457201–457300※

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog 457248 Hondius 2008 QH Jodocus Hondius (Joost de Hondt, 1563–1612), a Flemish-Dutch engraver and "cartographer." IAU · 457248

457301–457400※

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog 457303 Daina 2008 SC8 Daina in Lithuanian means a ‘song’. Lithuania is renowned for its traditional folk songs. This word is also used to denote a Lithuanian female name. IAU · 457303

457401–457500※

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog There are no named minor planets in this number range

457501–457600※

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog There are no named minor planets in this number range

457601–457700※

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog There are no named minor planets in this number range

457701–457800※

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog 457743 Balklavs 2009 HW20 Latvian radio astronomer Arturs Balklavs (1933–2005) was Director of the Radioastrophysical Observatory, "Latvian Academy of Sciences," and Editor-in-Chief of the magazine Zvaigznota Debess (The Starry Sky). An outstanding promoter of science, a Prize of the Latvian Academy of Sciences is named after him. JPL · 457743

457801–457900※

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog There are no named minor planets in this number range

457901–458000※

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog There are no named minor planets in this number range
References※
  1. ^ "WGSBN Bulletin Archive". Working Group Small Body Nomenclature. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. ^ "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  4. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-34360-8. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  6. ^ Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
  7. ^ "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Minor Planet Naming Guidelines (Rules and Guidelines for naming non-cometary small Solar-System bodies) – v1.0" (PDF). Working Group Small Body Nomenclature (PDF). 20 December 2021.


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