Meanings of minor planet names: 430,001–440,000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
431,001–432,000 [edit]
431436 Gahberg	2007 QJ₃	Gahberg is a 864-m mountain close to the Alps, located near Weyregg on the Lake Attersee. †
432,001–433,000 [edit]
432101 Ngari	2009 AZ₂₈	Ngari (occasionally spelled as Ali), a prefecture in northwest Tibet. It is nicknamed "the top of the roof of the world" as most of the region is over 4500 m above sea level. †
432361 Rakovski	2009 WR₂₄	Georgi Rakovski (1821-1867), a 19th-century Bulgarian revolutionary and writer and an important figure of the Bulgarian National Revival and resistance against Ottoman rule. †
432971 Loving	2012 LJ₁₀	Mildred (1939–2008) and Richard Loving (1933–1975) married in spite of anti-miscegenation laws. They filed the lawsuit Loving v. Virginia that ultimately succeeded in striking the laws down following a United States Supreme Court ruling in 1967. †
434,001–435,000 [edit]
434453 Ayerdhal	2005 PE₁₇	Yal Ayerdhal (1959-2015), a French novelist. †
435,001–436,000 [edit]
435552 Morin	2008 QM₁₄	Julien Morin (b. 1983), a French astrophysicist and a lecturer at the University of Montpellier. †
435728 Yunlin	2008 UA₈₄	Yunlin County, a county in western Taiwan. †
438,001–439,000 [edit]
438973 Masci	2010 NW₁₅	Frank Masci (b. 1972) has been responsible for instrumental calibration, characterization and software development for image processing and source detection for the Spitzer Space Telescope, the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, NEOWISE and the Palomar Transient Factory. †
439,001–440,000 [edit]
439718 Danielcervantes	2015 DW₁₃₇	Daniel Cervantes (b. 1973) is an engineer who specializes in guidance and control systems for NASA spacecraft. †

Preceded by 420,001–430,000	Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 430,001–431,000	Succeeded by 440,001–450,000

v t e Meanings of minor planet names
1–5000	1–500 501–1,000 1,001–1,500 1,501–2,000 2,001–2,500 2,501–3,000 3,001–3,500 3,501–4,000 4,001–4,500 4,501–5,000
5001–10,000	5,001–5,500 5,501–6,000 6,001–6,500 6,501–7,000 7,001–7,500 7,501–8,000 8,001–8,500 8,501–9,000 9,001–9,500 9,501–10,000
10,001–20,000	10,001–11,000 11,001–12,000 12,001–13,000 13,001–14,000 14,001–15,000 15,001–16,000 16,001–17,000 17,001–18,000 18,001–19,000 19,001–20,000
20,001–30,000	20,001–21,000 21,001–22,000 22,001–23,000 23,001–24,000 24,001–25,000 25,001–26,000 26,001–27,000 27,001–28,000 28,001–29,000 29,001–30,000
30001–40,000	30,001–31,000 31,001–32,000 32,001–33,000 33,001–34,000 34,001–35,000 35,001–36,000 36,001–37,000 37,001–38,000 38,001–39,000 39,001–40,000
40001–50,000	40,001–41,000 41,001–42,000 42,001–43,000 43,001–44,000 44,001–45,000 45,001–46,000 46,001–47,000 47,001–48,000 48,001–49,000 49,001–50,000
50001–60,000	50,001–51,000 51,001–52,000 52,001–53,000 53,001–54,000 54,001–55,000 55,001–56,000 56,001–57,000 57,001–58,000 58,001–59,000 59,001–60,000
60001–70,000	60,001–61,000 61,001–62,000 62,001–63,000 63,001–64,000 64,001–65,000 65,001–66,000 66,001–67,000 67,001–68,000 68,001–69,000 69,001–70,000
70001–80,000	70,001–71,000 71,001–72,000 72,001–73,000 73,001–74,000 74,001–75,000 75,001–76,000 76,001–77,000 77,001–78,000 78,001–79,000 79,001–80,000
80001–90,000	80,001–81,000 81,001–82,000 82,001–83,000 83,001–84,000 84,001–85,000 85,001–86,000 86,001–87,000 87,001–88,000 88,001–89,000 89,001–90,000
90,001–100,000	90,001–91,000 91,001–92,000 92,001–93,000 93,001–94,000 94,001–95,000 95,001–96,000 96,001–97,000 97,001–98,000 98,001–99,000 99,001–100,000
100,001–200,000	100,001–110,000 110,001–120,000 120,001–130,000 130,001–140,000 140,001–150,000 150,001–160,000 160,001–170,000 170,001–180,000 180,001–190,000 190,001–200,000
200,001–300,000	200,001–210,000 210,001–220,000 220,001–230,000 230,001–240,000 240,001–250,000 250,001–260,000 260,001–270,000 270,001–280,000 280,001–290,000 290,001–300,000
300,001–400,000	300,001–310,000 310,001–320,000 320,001–330,000 330,001–340,000 340,001–350,000 350,001–360,000 360,001–370,000 370,001–380,000 380,001–390,000 390,001–400,000
401,001–500,000	400,001–410,000 410,001–420,000 420,001–430,000

Meanings of minor planet names: 430,001–440,000

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