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The choice for this name may have been inspired by the asteroid's provisional designation, containing the letters "DN". DMP · 667: 668 Dora: 1908 DO: Dora, a friend of the wife of astronomer August Kopff, who discovered this asteroid. The name may have been inspired by the asteroid's provisional designation, containing the letters "DO". DMP · 668
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 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 ]
List of asteroid close approaches to Earth in 2024; J. List of Jupiter trojans (Greek camp) List of Jupiter trojans (Greek camp) (1–100000)
Frede Pedersen, father of one of the discoverers; Frede, an old Danish name meaning peace, comes from the old Nordic name Fraethi. JPL · 6085: 6086 Vrchlický: 1987 VU: Jaroslav Vrchlický (1853–1912), born Emil Frída, Czech poet and one of the most prolific of all Czech writers. His works included lyric and epic poetry, plays and Czech ...
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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 ]
First asteroid with non-Classical and non-Latinized name: 64 Angelina (in honor of a research station) First asteroid with a non-feminine name: 139 Juewa (ambiguous) or 141 Lumen. First asteroid with a non-feminized man's name: 433 Eros. Lowest-numbered unnamed asteroid (As of 2021): (4596) 1981 QB