This is a list of minor planets which have been officially named by the Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN) of the International Astronomical Union (IAU). The list consists of partial pages, each covering a number range of 1,000 bodies citing the source after each minor planet was named for. An overview of all existing partial pages is given in section § Index .
Among the hundreds of thousands of numbered minor planets only a small fraction have received a name so far. As of 10 June 2024 , there are 24,795 named minor planets out of a total of more than 600,000 numbered ones (also see List of minor planets § Main index as numbers increase constantly) .[ 1] Most of these bodies are named for people , in particular astronomers, as well as figures from mythology and fiction. Many minor planets are also named after places such cities, towns, and villages, mountains and volcanoes; after rivers , observatories, as well as organizations, clubs and astronomical societies. Some are named after animals and plants. A few minor planets are named after exotic entities such as supercomputers or have an unknown origin.
The first few thousand minor planets have all been named, with the near-Earth asteroid (4596) 1981 QB currently being the lowest-numbered unnamed minor planet.[ 2] The first 3 pages in the below table contain 1,000 named entries each. The first 13 and 33 pages contain at least 500 and 100 named entries each, respectively. The first range to contain no entries is 307001–308000 . There are also several name conflicts with other astronomical objects , mostly with planetary satellites and among themselves.
Following a proposal of the discovering astronomer , new minor planet names are approved and published by IAU's WGSBN several times a year.[ 1] The WGSBN applies a set of rules for naming minor planets.[ 3] These range from syntax restrictions to non-offensive meanings. Over the years the rules have changed several times. In the beginning, for example, most minor planets were named after female characters from Greek and Roman mythology.[ 3]
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This is an overview of all existing partial lists on the meanings of minor planets (MoMP ). Each table covers 100,000 minor planets, with each cell representing a specific partial list of 1,000 sequentially numbered bodies. Grayed out cells do not yet contain any citations for the corresponding number range. For an introduction, see § top .
Meanings from 1 to 100,000
1–1000
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See also
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1–25,000 25,001–50,000 50,001–75,000 75,001–100,000 100,001–125,000 125,001–150,000 150,001–175,000 175,001–200,000 200,001–225,000 225,001–250,000 250,001–275,000 275,001–300,000 300,001–325,000 325,001–350,000 350,001–375,000 375,001–400,000 400,001–425,000 425,001–450,000 450,001–475,000 475,001–500,000 500,001–525,000 525,001–550,000 550,001–575,000 575,001–600,000 600,001–625,000 625,001–650,000 650,001–675,000 675,001–700,000 700,001–725,000