Meanings of minor planet names: 233001–234000

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.

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.

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 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.[7] The WGSBN publishes a comprehensive guideline for the naming rules of non-cometary small Solar System bodies.[8]

233001–233100

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

233101–233200

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

233201–233300

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
233292 Brianschmidt2006 BVBrian Schmidt (born 1967), American physicist, who won the who the Nobel Prize for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the universe, using supernovae as standard candlesJPL · 233292

233301–233400

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
233383 Assisneto2006 EPVicente Ferreira de Assis Neto (1936–2004), a Brazilian amateur astronomer.JPL · 233383

233401–233500

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233472 Moorcroft2006 KB143Donald Ross Moorcroft (born 1935), a Canadian physicist.JPL · 233472
233488 Cosandey2006 YGDavid A. Cosandey (born 1965) is a Swiss physicist. He has developed a theory of science explaining the rises and declines of the main scientific disciplines, including astronomy, in the history of the West, the Middle East, India and China.IAU · 233488

233501–233600

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233522 Moye2007 HB4Marcel Moye (1873–1939), a founding member of the Flammarion Astronomical Society of Montpellier, which administered the Babote Observatory from 1902 to 1922.JPL · 233522
233547 Luxun2007 JR27Lu Xun (or Lu Hsün), the pen name of Zhou Shuren (1881–1936), one of the major Chinese writers of the twentieth century.JPL · 233547
233559 Pizzetti2007 PJGianpaolo Pizzetti (born 1961), an Italian amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets at the Lumezzane Observatory (130)JPL · 233559

233601–233700

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233653 Rether2008 QRHagen Rether (born 1969), a Romanian-born German political cabaret artist who studied music at the Folkwang University of the ArtsJPL · 233653
233661 Alytus2008 QZ32The city of Alytus in southern LithuaniaJPL · 233661

233701–233800

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233707 Alfons2008 SA83Emmanuel Peterfalvi (born 1967), known as "Alfons", is a French-German cabaret artist.JPL · 233707

233801–233900

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233880 Urbanpriol2008 WF93Urban Priol (born 1961), a German cabaret artist.JPL · 233880
233893 Honthyhanna2008 YW5Hanna Honthy (1893–1978), a Hungarian opera singer and actress.JPL · 233893

233901–234000

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
233943 Falera2008 YW5The Swiss mountain village of Falera, location of the Mirasteilas Observatory where this asteroid was discoveredJPL · 233943
233967 Vierkant2010 BN4Gisela Vierkant (1919–), mother of the discoverer Rainer KrachtJPL · 233967

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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