Meanings of minor planet names: 328001–329000
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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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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328301–328400 | |||
328305 Jackmcdevitt | 2008 HY | Jack McDevitt (b. 1935), an American science fiction author. † | |
328401–328500 | |||
328477 Eckstein | 2009 HG36 | Hartmut Eckstein (b. 1954), an experienced astrophotographer at the Starkenburg Observatory. † | |
328501–328600 | |||
328563 Mosplanetarium | 2009 SZ1 | Moscow Planetarium, the oldest in Europe, which celebrated its 85th anniversary in 2014. † | |
Preceded by 327,001–328,000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 328,001–329,000 |
Succeeded by 329,001–330,000 |
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