Meanings of minor planet names: 367001–368000
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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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 | |
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367401–367500 | |||
367406 Buser | 2008 QK23 | Elisabeth Buser (b. 1959) has been operating a sewing workshop for women from a nearby center for asylum seekers at her home in Winterthur-Hegi for over 10 years. She does this volunteer work on her own initiative. As a mother of six children, she also works as a lollipop lady, helping school children cross the road safely. † | |
367488 Aloisortner | 2009 GR2 | Alois Ortner (b. 1938), an optician and amateur astronomer. † | |
367501–367600 | |||
367732 Mikesimonsen | 2005 JX1 | Mike Simonsen (b. 1956) is a talented musician, an accomplished horticulturalist, a popularizer of astronomy, and a leader in the study of variable stars. † | |
367601–367700 | |||
367633 Shargorodskij | 2009 VC75 | Victor Daniilovich Shargorodskij (b. 1939), a well-known Russian expert in the field of quantum-optical systems. † | |
367693 Montmagastrell | 2010 RZ109 | Santa Maria de Montmagastrell is a Catalan village and is home to the Santa Maria de Montmagastrell Observatory. † | |
367901–368000 | |||
367943 Duende | 2012 DA14 | The Duende, a race of fairy or goblin-like mythological creature from Iberian folklore. † | |
Preceded by 366,001–367,000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 367,001–368,000 |
Succeeded by 368,001–369,000 |
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