Meanings of minor planet names: 230001–231000

This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. See meanings of minor planet names for a list of all such partial lists.

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center, 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.

Besides the Minor Planet Circulars (in which the citations are published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative. Meanings marked with an asterisk (*) are guesswork, and should be checked against the mentioned sources to ensure that the identification is correct.

230001–230100

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

230101–230200

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
230151 Vachier 2001 QZ72 Frederic Vachier (born 1974) works at IMCCE-Observatoire de Paris as a celestial mechanician and observer. He has studied binary asteroids, both as an observer and as a theorist for orbit determinations. JPL
230155 Francksallet 2001 QC111 Franck Sallet (born 1970), a French amateur astronomer. JPL

230201–230300

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

230301–230400

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

230401–230500

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
230415 Matthiasjung 2002 MQ5 Matthias Jung (born 1961), a German amateur astronomer. JPL

230501–230600

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

230601–230700

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
230648 Zikmund 2003 SL15 Zikmund Lucemburský or Sigismund of Luxembourg (1368-1437), son of Charles IV, became the Holy Roman Emperor, king of Hungary, Croatia, Germany and Bohemia. JPL
230656 Kovácspál 2003 SX111 Pál Kovács (1912–1995), a Hungarian Olympic fencer and sports leader. JPL
230691 Van Vogt 2003 UD18 Alfred Elton Van Vogt (1912–2000), a Canadian-born science-fiction writer. JPL

230701–230800

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
230736 Jalyhome 2003 WV2 Jalyhome is a school/orphanage for lepers in Pondicherry, India. JPL
230765 Alfbester 2003 XN15 Alfred Bester (1913–1987), an American science-fiction writer. JPL

230801–230900

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

230901–231000

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
230975 Rogerfederer 2005 AQ25 Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player. JPL

References

  1. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
Preceded by
229,001–230,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 230,001–231,000 		Succeeded by
231,001–232,000
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