Meanings of minor planet names: 320001–321000

This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. See main page for an introduction.

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), 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 number-range that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names.

Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars several times a year. Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB). Until his death in 2016, German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel compiled these citations into the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (DMP) and regularly updated the collection. Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets, Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. Meanings marked with * are from legacy sources may not be accurate.  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document "SBDB".

320001–320100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

320101–320200

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320153 Eglitis	2007 FU20	Ilgmārs Eglītis (born 1951) was the head of the Baldone Observatory and director of the Institute of Astronomy of University of Latvia.	JPL · 320153

320201–320300

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320260 Bertout	2007 QA5	Claude Bertout (born 1946), a French astronomer and long-time editor of Astronomy and Astrophysics.	JPL · 320260

320301–320400

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

320401–320500

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

320501–320600

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

320601–320700

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

320701–320800

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320790 Anestin	2008 EN145	Victor Anestin (1875–1918), a Romanian journalist who popularized astronomy and sciences.	JPL · 320790

320801–320900

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
320880 Cabu	2008 GV21	Jean Cabut (Cabu, 1938–2015), a French comic strip artist and caricaturist. JPL	MPC · 320880

320901–321000

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
320942 Jeanette-Jesse	2008 GC145	Jeanette (1916–2014) and Jesse (1916–2014) Wasserman, parents of American discoverer Lawrence H. Wasserman	JPL · 320942

References

Preceded by 319,001–320,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 320,001–321,000

Succeeded by 321,001–322,000

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