Meanings of minor-planet names

This is a list of minor planets which have been officially named by the Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN) of the International Astronomical Union (IAU).

The list consists of partial pages, each covering a number range of 1,000 bodies citing the source after each minor planet was named for.

Many minor planets are also named after places such cities, towns, and villages, mountains and volcanoes; after rivers, observatories, as well as organizations, clubs and astronomical societies.

Following a proposal of the discovering astronomer, new minor planet names are approved and published by IAU's WGSBN several times a year.

Each table covers 100,000 minor planets, with each cell representing a specific partial list of 1,000 sequentially numbered bodies.

The Sun, the planets, their moons, and several trans-Neptunian objects The Sun Mercury Venus The Moon Earth Mars Phobos and Deimos Ceres The main asteroid belt Jupiter Moons of Jupiter Rings of Jupiter Saturn Moons of Saturn Rings of Saturn Uranus Moons of Uranus Rings of Uranus Neptune Moons of Neptune Rings of Neptune Pluto Moons of Pluto Haumea Moons of Haumea Makemake S/2015 (136472) 1 The Kuiper Belt Eris Dysnomia The Scattered Disc The Hills Cloud The Oort Cloud