Meanings of minor planet names: 190001–191000
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 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. 
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]
190001–190100
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 190026 Iskorosten | 2004 QJ | Iskorosten was the capital of the Drevlyany tribe in the times of Kiev Rus | JPL · 190026 |
| 190057 Nakagawa | 2004 RR252 | Nakagawa River (Naka River), named after the former Japanese city of Nakagawa, originates in the Turugi mountain range and flows for about 125 km in Tokushima prefecture | JPL · 190057 |
190101–190200
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 190139 Hansküng | 2005 RV32 | Hans Küng (born 1928) is a Swiss theologian and essayist, and professor emeritus of theology at the Ecumenical University of Tübingen. | JPL · 190139 |
190201–190300
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 190283 Schielicke | 1991 RE3 | Reinhard E. Schielicke (born 1940) is a German engineer who worked in astronomy as an associate of the University Observatory of Jena. | JPL · 190283 |
190301–190400
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 190310 De Martin | 1997 TW | Davide De Martin (born 1971), Italian amateur astronomer, author and popularizer of astronomy | JPL · 190310 |
| 190333 Jirous | 1998 SX14 | Ivan Martin Jirous (1944–2011), Czech poet, art historian, frontman of the rock group The Plastic People of the Universe | JPL · 190333 |
190401–190500
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
190501–190600
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 190504 Hermanottó | 2000 HE | Ottó Herman (1835–1914), a Hungarian zoologist, ethnographer, mineralogist, archaeologist, journalist, renowned as the "last polyhistor of Hungary". | JPL · 190504 |
190601–190700
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 190617 Alexandergerst | 2000 WT9 | Geophysicist Alexander Gerst (born 1976) was the third German astronaut on board the International Space Station. | JPL · 190617 |
190701–190800
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 190710 Marktapley | 2001 FA185 | Mark B. Tapley (born 1962) is an Institute Engineer at Southwest Research Institute, who served as the Payload Systems Engineer for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto. | JPL · 190710 |
190801–190900
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
190901–191000
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "WGSBN Bulletin Archive". Working Group Small Body Nomenclature. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.