Meanings of minor planet names: 326001–327000
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 span of numbers 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. Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.
Minor planets not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name | |
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326101–326200 | |||
326164 Miketoomey | 2012 BJ94 | Michael (Mike) Toomey (b. 1971), a longtime supporter of Lowell Observatory. † | |
326201–326300 | |||
326290 Akhenaten | 1998 HE3 | Akhenaten, a pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt who ruled for 17 years and died in 1336 or 1334 BC. † | |
Preceded by 325,001–326,000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 326,001–327,000 |
Succeeded by 327,001–328,000 |
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