Meanings of minor planet names: 345001–346000

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".

345001–345100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
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345101–345200

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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

345201–345300

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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

345301–345400

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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

345401–345500

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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

345501–345600

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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

345601–345700

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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

345701–345800

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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

345801–345900

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
345842 Alexparker	2007 LG31	Alex H. Parker (born 1987), an American astronomer and co-discoverer of minor planets (uncredited as of 2017)	JPL · 345842

345901–346000

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
345971 Marktorrence	2007 TG105	Mark H. Torrence (born 1952), an American planetary scientist and contributor to several NASA missions	JPL · 345971

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Preceded by 344,001–345,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 345,001–346,000

Succeeded by 346,001–347,000

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