Meanings of minor planet names: 304001–305000

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 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]

304001–304100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
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304101–304200

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304201–304300

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304233 Majaess2006 RE3Daniel Majaess (born 1984) is a young Canadian observational astronomer who researches the Cepheid distance scale, variable stars, and the Milky Way's spiral structure and its many star clusters.JPL · 304233

304301–304400

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304368 Móricz2006 SX363Zsigmond Móricz (1879–1942), a Hungarian novelist, journalist and one of the most prominent figures of Social Realism in the 20th century.JPL · 304368

304401–304500

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304501–304600

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304601–304700

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304701–304800

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304788 Cresques2007 NZ1Cresques Abraham (1325–1387), a Majorcan Jewish geographer and cartographer. His Catalan Atlas (1375), stored in the Bibliothèque nationale de Paris, is considered one of the pinnacles of medieval cartographic knowledge.JPL · 304788

304801–304900

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304813 Cesarina2007 QACesarina Papini (born 1964), wife of Italian co-discoverer Michele MazzucatoJPL · 304813

304901–305000

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304908 Steveoda2007 RM281Steve Oda (born 1946) is a Japanese-Canadian sarod player, composer, and teacher of classical Hindustani music. His virtuosity on the sarod and his kind spirit have enchanted people across the world, and his generosity in teaching has inspired many students to carry on the rich legacy of Classical Indian music.JPL · 304908

References
  1. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  3. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  4. 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.
  5. Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
  6. "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
Preceded by
303,001–304,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 304,001–305,000		 Succeeded by
305,001–306,000
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