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]
Clement Mouhot (born 1978) is a French mathematician and academic. He is Professor of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Cambridge, and a fellow of King's College, Cambridge. His research is primarily in partial differential equations and mathematical physics.
Taras Prystavski (b. 1977) is a Ukrainian amateur astronomer and prolific comet observer. His comet observations have led to the recovery of several periodic comets, and in 2020 he discovered the nucleus fragmentation of comet C/2018 F4 (PANSTARRS).
Aosta Valley, a semi-autonomous region in northwestern Italy, and location of the Astronomical Observatory of the Aosta Valley, active in scientific research, public outreach and education