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.
Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,[6] Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: SBDB New namings may only be added to this list below after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned.[7] The WGSBN publishes a comprehensive guideline for the naming rules of non-cometary small Solar System bodies.[8]
Michael Ryschkewitsch (born 1951) of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), served as the NASA Headquarters Chief Engineer and then as the Head of the APL Space Department for the New Horizons mission to Pluto.
Rebecca L. H. Sepan (born 1977), a senior mission operations analyst at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, served as a Flight Controller for the New Horizons mission to Pluto.
Soléne Delavier (born 1996), the daughter of Anne-Véronique, wife of astronomer Michel Hernandez, one of the observers at the Observatory of Saint-Veran in France, where this minor planet was discovered.
Vladis Vujnovic (born 1933) is a professor of astronomy and physics at the University of Zagreb, a pianist, author of numerous astronomy textbooks and other publications, and a major contributor to the development of astronomy and astrophysics in Croatia.
Cuauhtemoc Escobedo (born 1962), an American jazz music educator from Seattle, Washington, who received the 2006 Golden Apple Award and admitted to the Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame.
Jolana Kürtiova (born 1963), wife of Slovak amateur astronomer Stefan Kürti, who was involved with the discovery and early astrometric measurements of this minor planet
