Meanings of minor planet names: 365001–366000

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]

365001–365100

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365101–365200

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365130 Birnfeld	2009 DU₂₈	Birnfeld, a German village located in the Hassberge Nature Park in northern Bavaria	JPL · 365130
365131 Hassberge	2009 DQ₂₉	Hassberge, a nature park located northwest of Bamberg, Germany	JPL · 365131
365159 Garching	2009 DU₁₁₁	Garching, a German city north of Munich.	JPL · 365159
365190 Kenting	2009 FC₃₀	Kenting National Park, Taiwan, has hosted the annual Hengchun Star Party since 2013. About 2000 people attend each year.	IAU · 365190

365201–365300

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365250 Vladimirsurdin	2009 OF₇	Vladimir Surdin (born 1953) is a Russian astronomer at Moscow State University. As one of the most famous science communicators in Russia, he has sparked many people's interest in space.	IAU · 365250

365301–365400

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365375 Serebrov	2009 UZ₃	Aleksandr Serebrov (1944–2013), was a Hero of the Soviet Union, a Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR and the first president of the Soyuz Youth Aerospace Society. He was the author of over 20 scientific works and four inventions. He made four spaceflights and ten spacewalks	JPL · 365375

365401–365500

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365443 Holiday	2010 MU₄₉	Billie Holiday (1915–1959), born Eleanora Fagan, was one of the greatest jazz singers and songwriters of all time. She collaborated with numerous jazz greats, including Lester Young, Count Bassie and Artie Shaw. Her gorgeous voice and heartfelt songs continue to inspire.	JPL · 365443

365501–365600

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

365601–365700

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365604 Rusholme	2010 TG₁₈₄	Benjamin Rusholme (born 1974) has contributed to the Very Small Array and QUaD Cosmic Microwave Background telescopes, the Planck and Euclid missions, and the Zwicky Transient Facility time-domain survey.	JPL · 365604

365701–365800

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365739 Peterbecker	2010 WS₁₂	Peter Becker (1672–1753), a professor of mathematics at the University of Rostock, Germany	MPC · 365739
365756 ISON	2010 WZ₇₁	The International Scientific Optical Network (ISON) is an international collaboration of optical observatories. The main scientific tasks of the ISON network are the study of the populations of space debris and minor solar-system, and observation of the optical counterparts of gamma-ray bursts.	JPL · 365756
365761 Popovici	2010 XQ₄	Călin Popovici (1910–1977), a Romanian astronomer	JPL · 365761
365786 Florencelosse	2010 YJ	Florence Losse (born 1963), a French teacher	JPL · 365786

365801–365900

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

365901–366000

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References

^ "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.

Preceded by 364,001–365,000	Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 365,001–366,000	Succeeded by 366,001–367,000

[WGSBN-Bulletin-Archive-1] "WGSBN Bulletin Archive". Working Group Small Body Nomenclature. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

[MPC-Circulars-Archive-2] "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.

[JPL-Discovery-3] "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.

[DoMPN-4] Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.

[DoMPN-Addendum-5] 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-6] Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.

[MPC-Preannouncement-7] "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.

[WGSBN-Naming-Guidelines-8] "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.

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