Meanings of minor planet names: 389001–390000
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.
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]
389001–389100
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
389101–389200
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
389201–389300
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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389293 Hasubick | 2009 KH2 | Werner Hasubick (born 1960) is a German amateur astronomer and an enthusiastic observer of comets. Hasubick started his astronomical work at the Buchloe Observatory in 1977 with the observation | JPL · 389293 |
389301–389400
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
389401–389500
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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389478 Rivera-Valentín | 2010 ER87 | Edgar G. Rivera-Valentín (born 1986) is a scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Institute. His research focuses on the interactions of processes, such as atmosphere-regolith interactions, impact cratering's interactions with a body's composition, and interactions between radar and the near-surface of asteroids and planetary surfaces. | JPL · 389478 |
389501–389600
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
389601–389700
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
389701–389800
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
389801–389900
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
389901–390000
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
References
- "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- 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.
- Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
- "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
Preceded by 388,001–389,000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 389,001–390,000 |
Succeeded by 390,001–391,000 |