Meanings of minor planet names: 336001–337000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
336101–336200
336108 Luberon 2008 JD8 Luberon, a region in the middle of Provence in the far south of France.
336177 Churri 2008 RD80 Carmen (“Churri”) Lacruz (b. 1959), sister of the discoverer.
336201–336300
336204 Sardinas 2008 SM11 Charo, Miguel Angel, Elvira and Irene, ¨Los Sardina¨, have been very supportive of and strongly encouraged La Cañada Observatory operations.
336301–336400
336392 Changhua 2008 UU94 Changhua County, a county situated in the mid-western part of Taiwan Island.
336601–336700
336680 Pavolpaulík 2010 AQ39 Pavol Paulík (1960–2013), an avid amateur astronomer.
336694 Fey 2010 AH89 Elizabeth Stamatina (Tina) Fey (b. 1970), an American actor, writer, producer, and comedian.
336698 Melbourne 2010 CJ Melbourne, the capital city of the Australian state of Victoria.
Preceded by
335,001–336,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 336,001–337,000
Succeeded by
337,001–338,000
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