Meanings of minor planet names: 340001–341000

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]

340001–340100

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340071 Vanmunster2005 VF82Tonny Vanmunster (born 1961), a Belgian amateur astronomer.JPL · 340071

340101–340200

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

340201–340300

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

340301–340400

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

340401–340500

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340479 Broca2006 HO57Pierre Paul Broca (1824–1880) was a French physician, anatomist and anthropologist. He is best known for his research on Broca's area, a region of the frontal lobe of the hominid brain that has been named after him.JPL · 340479

340501–340600

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

340601–340700

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

340701–340800

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

340801–340900

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340891 Londoncommorch2007 CO54The London Community Orchestra (Orchestra London Canada), founded in London, Canada in 1974 (Src)JPL · 340891

340901–341000

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340929 Bourgelat2007 ET9Claude Bourgelat (1712–1779) was a French veterinary surgeon. He was the founder of the Lyon veterinary college in 1761, the first veterinary school in the world.JPL · 340929
340980 Bad Vilbel2007 EJ171Bad Vilbel, a spa town in Hesse, Germany, known for its mineral springsJPL · 340980

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
339,001–340,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 340,001–341,000		 Succeeded by
341,001–342,000
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