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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 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. 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.

612001–612100※

612101–612200※

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog 612163 Thelowes 2000 LG₁₀ Thomas (b. 1959) and Clare (b. 1963) Lowe, "dear friends of the second discoverer." IAU · 612163

612201–612300※

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

612301–612400※

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

612401–612500※

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog 612477 Csörgeierika 2002 ST₇₃ Erika Csörgei (b. 1971), the wife of Tibor Csörgei, a Slovak amateur astronomer IAU · 612477

612501–612600※

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

612601–612700※

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

612701–612800※

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog 612787 Haumannpéter 2004 PP₂₆ Péter Haumann, a Hungarian actor. IAU · 612787

612801–612900※

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

612901–613000※

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog 612916 Stirlingcolgate 2005 AR₂₂ Stirling Colgate (1925–2013), an American nuclear physicist. IAU · 612916 612946 Žirmūnai 2005 EE₂₂₀ Žirmūnai, the most populous administrative division in the Lithuanian capital city Vilnius. IAU · 612946

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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.

Preceded by 611,001–612,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 612,001–613,000

Succeeded by 613,001–614,000

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• Lists of meanings of minor planet names