Meanings of minor planet names: 352001–353000
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).[1] Before May 2021, citations were published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars for many decades.[2] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).[3] 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.[4][5]
Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,[6] Schmadel also researched the unclear origen 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.[7] The WGSBN publishes a comprehensive guideline for the naming rules of non-cometary small Solar System bodies.[8]
352001–352100
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 352017 Juvarra | 2006 VR13 | Filippo Juvarra (1678–1736) was an Italian architect in the late-Baroque, who designed the Basilica of Superga near Turin in 1731. | IAU · 352017 |
352101–352200
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 352148 Tarcisiozani | 2007 PH | Tarcisio Zani, an Italian designer of steel products and an amateur astronomer | JPL · 352148 |
352201–352300
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 352214 Szczecin | 2007 TY4 | The Polish town of Szczecin (Stettin), located on the river Odra in northwestern Poland, was the birthplace of astrophysicist Aleksander Wolszczan. | IAU · 352214 |
| 352273 Turrell | 2007 TF298 | James Turrell (born 1943) an American artist, known for his work within the Light and Space movement. Turrell is working on Roden Crater, a volcanic cone located outside Flagstaff, Arizona, to be turned into a massive naked-eye observatory. | IAU · 352273 |
352301–352400
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 352333 Sylvievauclair | 2007 VV | Sylvie Vauclair (born 1946), a French astrophysicist at the Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie | JPL · 352333 |
352401–352500
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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 | |||
352501–352600
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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 | |||
352601–352700
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 352646 Blumbahs | 2008 OZ1 | Fricis Blumbahs (1864–1949), a Latvian astronomer and meteorologist | JPL · 352646 |
352701–352800
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 352704 Stevefleming | 2008 SW151 | Steve Fleming (1974–2017) was a principal of Vernon High School in Vernon, Texas. | IAU · 352704 |
| 352760 Tesorero | 2008 UR4 | Pico Tesorero, a prominent pyramidal peak located in the central massif of Picos de Europa in Spain | JPL · 352760 |
352801–352900
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 352834 Málaga | 2008 VN4 | Málaga is a city in southern Spain. It is an important cultural and cosmopolitan center in Andalusia. Málaga was founded by the Phoenicians in the 8th century BCE. | JPL · 352834 |
| 352860 Monflier | 2008 WY96 | Bruno Monflier (born 1947), an active promoter of scientific outreach in astronomy in France and abroad. | JPL · 352860 |
352901–353000
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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 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "WGSBN Bulletin Archive". Working Group Small Body Nomenclature. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. 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. 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. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ "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.