Meanings of minor planet names: 361001–362000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
361101–361200
361183 Tandon 2006 QB34 Barthelemy Tandon (1720-1775), an astronomer of the Montpellier Royal Society of Sciences. He observed the 1761 transit of Venus.
361501–361600
361530 Victorfranzhess 2007 HN16 Victor Franz Hess (1883–1964), an Austrian physicist.
361601–361700
361690 Laurelanmaurer 2007 VN8 Laurel Ann Maurer (b. 1959) is a musician and music teacher, who has brought much joy and appreciation to her students.
361701–361800
361764 Antonbuslov 2008 AK2 Anton Buslov (1983–2014), a Russian astrophysicist, urbanist and blogger.
Preceded by
360,001–361,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 361,001–362,000
Succeeded by
362,001–363,000
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