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.
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]
The WIC de Paris (Women International Club), welcomes women of all nationalities living in and around Paris and provides them a friendly environment for sharing cultures.
Oberto Citterio (born 1933) is an astronomer at the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics. He has made important contributions in the field of astronomical optics and instrumentation from infrared to γ-rays, with particular reference to the X-ray optics technology used for many space projects.
Juraj Bardy [sk] (1919–2011) was a Slovak amateur astronomer and secondary school teacher who taught at the Gymnasium in Považská Bystrica. As an enthusiastic popularizer of astronomy, he contributed to its development in the region. He was the designer of the Považská Bystrica sundial.
Syosset is a hamlet on Long Island, New York. Originally colonized by Dutch settlers in the 1600s, it became a well populated, suburban town after World War II. The discoverer was born in Syosset.