Meanings of minor planet names: 318001–319000

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]

318001–318100

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318101–318200

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318201–318300

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318301–318400

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318401–318500

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318412 Tramelan2005 AB27Tramelan, a watch-making village situated in the south of the Swiss Franches-Montagnes district.JPL · 318412

318501–318600

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318547 Fidrich2005 GV8Róbert Fidrich (born 1969), a Hungarian amateur astronomer.JPL · 318547

318601–318700

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318676 Bellelay2005 PS16The monastery of Bellelay was founded in 1136 by Siginand. It is the home of the Swiss Jura cheese Tête de Moine, first made by the monks in the 12th centuryJPL · 318676
318682 Carpaccio2005 QO30Vittore Carpaccio (1465–1525) was a Venetian painter of the Venetian school, who studied under Gentile Bellini. He is best known for a cycle of nine paintings, The Legend of Saint Ursula.JPL · 318682
318694 Keszthelyi2005 QM75Sándor Keszthelyi (born 1952), a Hungarian architect and amateur astronomer.JPL · 318694
318698 Barthalajos2005 QK87Lajos Bartha (born 1933), a Hungarian librarian, amateur astronomer and historian of astronomy.JPL · 318698

318701–318800

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318723 Bialas2005 RN6Volker Bialas (born 1938) received his doctorate in 1968 in Munich on the Rudolphine Tables of Johannes Kepler. From 1985 to 2003 he was Scientific Director of the publication of Kepler's Collected Works at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. He is a member of the working group Johannes Kepler of the IAU.JPL · 318723
318794 Uglia2005 SL134The Ukrainian Humanities Lyceum (UGL in Ukrainian) was founded in 1991. It is an innovative educational institution in the educational and scientific complex known as Modern Education, led by Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University, a member of the UNESCO Associated schools.JPL · 318794

318801–318900

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318901–319000

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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.
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317,001–318,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 318,001–319,000		 Succeeded by
319,001–320,000
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