Meanings of minor planet names: 342001–343000
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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 342001–342100 | |||
| 342017 Ramonin | 2008 RA80 | Ramon Lacruz Alcaraz (born 1988) is an aeronautical engineer at Universidad Politecnica de Madrid. † | |
| 342401–342500 | |||
| 342431 Hilo | 2008 UQ90 | Hilo, the largest city on “The Big Island” of Hawai’i. † | |
| 342601–342700 | |||
| 342620 Beita | 2008 UL341 | Beatriz Lacruz Alcaraz (born 1990), a computer sciences engineer at the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid. † | |
| 342801–342900 | |||
| 342843 Davidbowie | 2008 YN3 | David Bowie (David Robert Jones, 1947–2016), a British musician, singer, producer and actor. † | |
| 342901–343000 | |||
| 343000 Ijontichy | 2009 BH73 | “Ijon Tichy: Raumpilot” is a satirical German science fiction TV series. The space traveller Ijon Tichý, played by the actor Oliver Jahn, navigates the universe in his “three-room rocket”. The story is based on “The Star Diaries by Stanisław Lem. † | |
| Preceded by 341,001–342,000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 342,001–343,000 |
Succeeded by 343,001–344,000 |
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