Meanings of minor planet names: 337001–338000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
337001–337100
337002 Robertbodzon 2012 OB Robert Bodzon (1969-2012), one of the most well-known popularizers of astronomy in Poland.
337301–337400
337380 Lenormand 2001 QS85 Physicist Louis-Sébastien Lenormand (1757-1837) invented, and created the name of, the parachute.
Preceded by
336,001–337,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 337,001–338,000
Succeeded by
338,001–339,000
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