Meanings of minor planet names: 399001–400000

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".

399001–399100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
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399101–399200

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399201–399300

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399301–399400

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
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399401–399500

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399501–399600

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399601–399700

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399673 Kadenyuk	2004 SW19	Leonid Kostyantynovych Kadenyuk (born 1951) is a Ukrainian astronaut. He made his only spaceflight as Payload Specialist on NASA's STS-87 Columbia mission in 1997.	JPL · 399673

399701–399800

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
399745 Ouchaou	2005 GW9	Omar Ouchaou (born 1968), the Oukaimeden observatory caretaker.	JPL · 399745

399801–399900

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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

399901–400000

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
399979 Lewseaman	2006 BS198	Lewis T. Seaman (born 1923), an engineer for many years at GE Aerospace.	JPL · 399979

References

Preceded by 398,001–399,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 399,001–400,000

Succeeded by 400,001–401,000

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