Meanings of minor planet names: 321001–322000

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]

321001–321100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
321024 Gijon2008 MD1Gijon (Asturian: Xixón in Asturian) is the largest city and municipality in the autonomous community of Asturias in SpainJPL · 321024
321046 Klushantsev2008 QL33Pavel Klushantsev (1910–1999), a Russian film director, producer, screenwriter of popular-science filmsJPL · 321046

321101–321200

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

321201–321300

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

321301–321400

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321324 Vytautas2009 HJ68Vytautas Didysis the Great (1350–1430), one of the most famous rulers of medieval Lithuania.JPL · 321324
321357 Mirzakhani2009 MMMaryam Mirzakhani (1977–2017), a professor at Stanford, was an outstanding Iranian-born mathematician.JPL · 321357

321401–321500

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321405 Ingehorst2009 QZInge (born 1938) and Horst Zimmer (born 1931), parents of German co-discoverer Ute ZimmerJPL · 321405
321453 Alexmarieann2009 RM2Aleksandr (born 1987), Mariia (born 1987) and Anna (born 1985), grandchildren of astronomer Klim Churyumov, co-discoverer of comet 67P (Rosetta mission).JPL · 321453
321484 Marsaalam2009 SZ13Marsa Alam, a town in south-eastern Egypt, located on the western shore of the Red Sea.JPL · 321484
321485 Cross2009 SK19Henri-Edmond Cross (1856–1910), born Henri-Edmond-Joseph Delacroix, a French painter and printmaker.JPL · 321485

321501–321600

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

321601–321700

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

321701–321800

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

321801–321900

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

321901–322000

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

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
320,001–321,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 321,001–322,000		 Succeeded by
322,001–323,000
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