Meanings of minor planet names: 342001–343000

This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. See meanings of minor planet names for a list of all such partial lists.

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center, 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.

Besides the Minor Planet Circulars (in which the citations are published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative. Meanings marked with an asterisk (*) are guesswork, and should be checked against the mentioned sources to ensure that the identification is correct.

342001–342100

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
342017 Ramonin 2008 RA80 Ramon Lacruz Alcaraz (born 1988) is an aeronautical engineer at Universidad Politecnica de Madrid. JPL

342101–342200

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

342201–342300

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

342301–342400

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

342401–342500

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
342431 Hilo 2008 UQ90 Hilo, the largest city on “The Big Island” of Hawai’i. JPL

342501–342600

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

342601–342700

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
342620 Beita 2008 UL341 Beatriz Lacruz Alcaraz (born 1990), a computer sciences engineer at the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid. JPL

342701–342800

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

342801–342900

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
342843 Davidbowie 2008 YN3 David Bowie (David Robert Jones, 1947–2016), a British musician, singer, producer and actor. JPL

342901–343000

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
343000 Ijontichy 2009 BH73 “Ijon Tichy: Raumpilot” is a satirical German science fiction TV series. The space traveller Ijon Tichý, played by the actor Oliver Jahn, navigates the universe in his “three-room rocket”. The story is based on “The Star Diaries by Stanisław Lem. JPL

References

  1. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-34360-8. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
Preceded by
341,001–342,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 342,001–343,000 		Succeeded by
343,001–344,000
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