Meanings of minor planet names: 315001–316000

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]

315001–315100

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315012 Hutchings2007 BD31John Barrie Hutchings (born 1941), an astrophysicist who uses observations from the entire electromagnetic spectrum to probe intrinsically-luminous stars, X-ray binaries, neutron stars and stellar-mass black holes, as well as active galactic nuclei and quasars.JPL · 315012
315046 Gianniferrari2007 CG51Gianni Ferrari (born 1938) is the founder of the Modena Amateur Astronomers Group. He has given many lectures and written several articles and computer programs and also two books about sundial calculations.JPL · 315046
315088 Daniels2007 DT84Steven W. Daniels (born 1959), a Physics Professor and Department Chair at Eastern Illinois University.JPL · 315088

315101–315200

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315166 Pawelmaksym2007 GA4Pawel Maksym (1983–2013), an astronomy popularizer in Poland.MPC · 315166
315174 Sellek2007 HG5Douglas J. Sellek (1945–1996), a middle-school science teacher and an advocate of the sciencesJPL · 315174
315186 Schade2007 LD30David Joseph Schade (born 1953), who has served as leader for the NRC-Canadian Astronomy Data Centre since 2001, which has contributed numerous innovations to data management for, inter alia, HST, CFHT, Gemini, JCMT and MOST observatories and to the Virtual Observatory.JPL · 315186

315201–315300

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315218 La Boetie2007 RR133Etienne de La Boetie (1530–1563) was a French writer and a founder of modern political philosophy.JPL · 315218
315276 Yurigradovsky2007 TK91Yuri Grygorovych Gradovsky (born 1956), a history teacher by education, is a Ukrainian composer, and the founder and leader of the Drevlyany music band of the Zhytomyr Philharmonic.JPL · 315276

315301–315400

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

315401–315500

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315493 Zimin2008 AE2Dmitry Borisovich Zimin (born 1933), a Russian scientist and inventor.JPL · 315493

315501–315600

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315577 Carmenchu2008 CB70Carmen Castillo Bartolomé (born 1959), a Spanish artist.JPL · 315577

315601–315700

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

315701–315800

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

315801–315900

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

315901–316000

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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
314,001–315,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 315,001–316,000		 Succeeded by
316,001–317,000
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