Meanings of minor planet names: 345001–346000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
345801–345900
345842 Alexparker 2007 LG31 Alex H. Parker (b. 1987), an American astronomer.
345901–346000
345971 Marktorrence 2007 TG105 Mark H. Torrence (b. 1952), a planetary scientist.
Preceded by
344,001–345,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 345,001–346,000
Succeeded by
346,001–347,000
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