Meanings of minor planet names: 337001–338000

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]

337001–337100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
337002 Robertbodzon2012 OBRobert Bodzon (1969–2012), Polish popularizer of astronomyJPL · 337002
337044 Bobdylan1996 DB5Bob Dylan (Robert Allen Zimmerman, born 1941), a singer and songwriter, has influenced popular music and culture for more than five decadesJPL · 337044

337101–337200

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337166 Ivanartioukhov1999 VM1Ivan Semenovich Artioukhov (1908–1995), founder of the society for nature conservation in Russia and father-in-law of Russian co-discoverer Sergei I. IpatovJPL · 337166

337201–337300

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

337301–337400

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337380 Lenormand2001 QS85Louis-Sébastien Lenormand (1757–1837), a French chemist, physicist and inventor who coined the term parachute and was the first man to make a witnessed descent with oneJPL · 337380

337401–337500

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

337501–337600

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

337601–337700

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

337701–337800

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

337801–337900

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

337901–338000

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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.
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336,001–337,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 337,001–338,000		 Succeeded by
338,001–339,000
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