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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
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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