Meanings of minor planet names: 339001–340000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
339201–339300
339223 Stongemorin 2004 TN325 Gilbert St-Onge (b. 1955) and Lorraine Morin (b. 1944) are a Canadian amateur astronomical family with outreach and scientific contributions.
339401–339500
339486 Raimeux 2005 GV9 The Raimeux is a mountain located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Jura and Bern.
Preceded by
338,001–339,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 339,001–340,000
Succeeded by
340,001–341,000
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