Meanings of minor planet names: 340001–341000

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".

340001–340100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
340071 Vanmunster	2005 VF82	Tonny Vanmunster (born 1961), a Belgian amateur astronomer.	JPL · 340071

340101–340200

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340201–340300

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

340301–340400

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

340401–340500

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340479 Broca	2006 HO57	Pierre Paul Broca (1824–1880) was a French physician, anatomist and anthropologist. He is best known for his research on Broca's area, a region of the frontal lobe of the hominid brain that has been named after him.	JPL · 340479

340501–340600

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

340601–340700

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

340701–340800

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

340801–340900

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340891 Londoncommorch	2007 CO54	The London Community Orchestra (Orchestra London Canada), founded in London, Canada in 1974 (Src)	JPL · 340891

340901–341000

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
340980 Bad Vilbel	2007 EJ171	Bad Vilbel, a spa town in Hesse, Germany, known for its mineral springs	JPL · 340980

References

Preceded by 339,001–340,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 340,001–341,000

Succeeded by 341,001–342,000

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