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]
325001–325100 edit
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
325101–325200 edit
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 325136 Zhongnanshan | 2008 ED149 | Zhong Nanshan (born 1936), an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, is both the main advocate of early prevention, diagnosis and management of chronic airway diseases, and an important contributor in combating major public health emergencies (such as SARS and COVID-19) in China. | IAU · 325136 |
325201–325300 edit
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
325301–325400 edit
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 325366 Asturias | 2008 QN16 | The Principality of Asturias, an autonomous community located in the north-western part of Spain | JPL · 325366 |
| 325368 Ihorhuk | 2008 QK24 | Ihor Huk (born 1952), a professor of surgery at the Medical University of Vienna, and a foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine. | JPL · 325368 |
| 325369 Shishilov | 2008 QJ29 | Shishilov Viktor Fedorovich (born 1939), who developed tourism in Russia, specifically in Suzdal, Vladimir Oblas. | JPL · 325369 |
325401–325500 edit
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 325436 Khlebov | 2009 OJ23 | Khlebov Aleksandr Veniaminovich (born 1966), head of the Observatory and the astronomical club DD(U)T (Izhevsk, Russia) between 1987 and 2003 | JPL · 325436 |
| 325455 Della Valle | 2009 QJ26 | Massimo Della Valle (born 1957), an Italian astronomer | JPL · 325455 |
325501–325600 edit
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 325558 Guyane | 2009 SP101 | Guyane, the official name for French Guiana, an overseas region of France on the North Atlantic coast of South America. | JPL · 325558 |
| 325588 Bridzius | 2009 SS148 | Audrius Bridzius (born 1966), President of Lithuanian Astronomical Union (2007–2011), is Senior Researcher at the Astronomical Observatory of Vilnius University. He is an expert in stellar photometry and extragalactic astronomy. He is an organizer of the National and International Astronomy Olympiads for school students | JPL · 325588 |
325601–325700 edit
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
325701–325800 edit
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
325801–325900 edit
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 325812 Zouchenglu | 2010 RT115 | Chen-Lu Tsou (1923–2006), an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was a founder and pioneer of biochemistry in China. He made significant contributions to the development of biochemistry research. (Alternative spellings of his name include Zou Chenglu and Chenglu Zou.) | JPL · 325812 |
325901–326000 edit
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 325973 Cardinal | 2010 VJ159 | Robert Damian Cardinal (born 1969), a research associate at the University of Calgary | JPL · 325973 |
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.