Meanings of minor planet names: 385001–386000
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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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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385401–385500 | |||
385446 Manwë | 2003 QW111 | In J. R. R. Tolkien’s mythology, Manwë is foremost among the deities who rule the world. † | |
385571 Otrera | 2004 UP10 | Otrera, the first queen of the Amazons. She was involved with Ares and was the mother of the Amazons queen Penthesilea, who led the Amazons in the Trojan war. † | |
Preceded by 384,001–385,000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 385,001–386,000 |
Succeeded by 386,001–387,000 |
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