Meanings of minor planet names: 341001–342000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
341301–341400
341359 Gregneumann 2007 TV69 Gregory A. Neumann (b. 1947), a planetary scientist.
341501–341600
341520 Mors-Somnus 2007 TY430 Mors and Somnus are twin gods of the underworld and offspring of Nox.
Preceded by
340,001–341,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 341,001–342,000
Succeeded by
342,001–343,000
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