Meanings of minor planet names: 372001–373000

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published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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.

372001–372100

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
372024 Ayapani 2008 QA3 Ayapani is the local name for the beautiful feathers of the crested serpent eagles, when they are adults and fly away at New Year. JPL

372101–372200

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

372201–372300

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

372301–372400

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

372401–372500

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

372501–372600

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
372573 Pietromenga 2009 UW59 Pietro Menga (b. 1943), active on a voluntary basis in environmental policies, has contributed to Italian initiatives on sustainable energy use and on the protection of the night sky. JPL
372578 Khromov 2009 UB92 Gavriil Sergeevich Khromov (1937-2014), a Russian astronomer and organizer of science. JPL

372601–372700

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
372626 IGEM 2009 VQ57 IGEM is an abbreviation for the Institute of Ore Geology, Petrography, Mineralogy and Geochemistry within the Russian Academy of Sciences. JPL

372701–372800

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

372801–372900

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

372901–373000

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

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
371,001–372,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 372,001–373,000 		Succeeded by
373,001–374,000
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