Meanings of minor planet names: 410,001–420,000

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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 span of numbers 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. Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.

Minor planets not yet given a name have not been included in this list.

Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
410,001–411,000 [edit]
410475 Robertschulz 2008 DN Robert Schulz (b. 1972), an Austrian amateur astronomer and astro-photographer.
410835 Neszmerak 2009 QF26 Wolfgang "Wolfman" Neszmerak (b. 1969), an Austrian amateur astronomer, musician and photographer.
410928 Maidbronn 2009 ST242 Maidbronn, a small village in northern Bavaria, Germany.
414,001–415,000 [edit]
414026 Bochonko 2007 LX29 Richard Bochonko (1941-2014), a professor of mathematics, physics and astronomy at the University of Manitoba.
416,001–417,000 [edit]
416252 Manuelherrera 2003 ES Manuel Félix Herrera Gómez (1987-2013) was a PhD student at Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, in Granada, Spain. He did research work on transneptunian objects as well as extrasolar planets.
417,001–418,000 [edit]
417978 Haslehner 2007 TY184 The Haslehner family are the neighbors of the Gaisberg Observatory. It was only with their support that it was possible to build the observatory.
418,001–419,000 [edit]
418220 Kestutis 2008 CL177 Kestutis (1297-1382) was monarch of medieval Lithuania.


Preceded by Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 410,001–411,000
Succeeded by
420,001–430,000