Meanings of minor planet names: 284001–285000

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 approved and published in a bulletin by IAU's Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN).[1] Before May 2021, citations were published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars for many decades.[2] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).[3] 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.[4][5]

Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,[6] Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: SBDB New namings may only be added to this list below after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned.[7] The WGSBN publishes a comprehensive guideline for the naming rules of non-cometary small Solar System bodies.[8]

284001–284100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
284029 Esplugafrancoli2004 XQ16The Catalan village of Espluga de Francolí, located in the Tarragona province of Spain, known for its extensive cave systemJPL · 284029

284101–284200

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

284201–284300

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

284301–284400

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

284401–284500

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

284501–284600

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

284601–284700

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

284701–284800

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

284801–284900

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
284891 Kona2009 RT26Kona, a district of the Big Island of Hawaii, United States, known for its Kona coffee and for its annually held Ironman World Championship TriathlonJPL · 284891

284901–285000

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
284919 Kaçar2010 BK82Betül Kaçar (born 1983), a Turkish-American astrobiologist and expert on biosignatures and abiogenesis on Earth. She works with the UN Women for the empowerment of women.IAU · 284919
284945 Saint-Imier2010 EM44Saint-Imier, a Swiss town founded by the hermit St. Imerius in 884 ADJPL · 284945
284984 Ikaunieks2010 GC158Jānis Ikaunieks (1912–1969), a Latvian astronomer and observer of red giants who founded the Latvian Astronomical Society and the popular science magazine The Starry Sky and was the first director of the Baldone Observatory (069)JPL · 284984
284996 Rosaparks2010 LD58Rosa Parks (1913–2005), a civil rights activist from Alabama, known as the mother of the freedom movement. In 1955, she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus. Her action spurred efforts throughout the United States to end segregation.JPL · 284996

References
  1. "WGSBN Bulletin Archive". Working Group Small Body Nomenclature. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  4. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. 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.
  6. Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
  7. "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  8. "Minor Planet Naming Guidelines (Rules and Guidelines for naming non-cometary small Solar-System bodies) – v1.0" (PDF). Working Group Small Body Nomenclature (PDF). 20 December 2021.
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