# Meanings of minor-planet names: 344001–345000

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.
Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are approved and published in a bulletin by IAU's Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN). Before May 2021, citations were published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars for many decades. Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB). Until his death in 2016, German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel compiled these citations into the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (DMP) and regularly updated the collection.
Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets, 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. The WGSBN publishes a comprehensive guideline for the naming rules of non-cometary small Solar System bodies.

## Index100K200K300K400K500K600K

* 339,000s
* 340,000s
* 341,000s
* 342,000s
* 343,000s
* 344,000s
* 345,000s
* 346,000s
* 347,000s
* 348,000s
* 349,000s
* 344,001…
* 344,101…
* 344,201…
* 344,301…
* 344,401…
* 344,501…
* 344,601…
* 344,701…
* 344,801…
* 344,901…

## 344001–344100

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 344040 Davidiactor | 2012 PO$_5$ | David I. Actor (b. 1949) spent his career in water resources and engineering, from lake and marine charting to waste water management and infrastructure planning in the US. | IAU · 344040 |

## 344101–344200

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| There are no named minor planets in this number range ||||

## 344201–344300

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| There are no named minor planets in this number range ||||

## 344301–344400

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| There are no named minor planets in this number range ||||

## 344401–344500

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 344413 Campodeifiori | 2002 BC | Campo dei Fiori di Varese is the name of a beautiful and panoramic 1226-m mountain, just north of the city of Varese. The Schiaparelli Observatory, where this object was discovered, was built on the top in 1964 by Salvatore Furia. Since 1984, Campo dei Fiori has been a regional park, where biodiversity is preserved. | IAU · 344413 |

## 344501–344600

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 344581 Albisetti | 2003 BG$_1$ | Walter Albisetti (1957–2013), a professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Milan. | JPL · 344581 |

## 344601–344700

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 344641 Szeleczky | 2003 QV$_{29}$ | Zita Szeleczky (1915–1999), a Hungarian stage and film actress. | JPL · 344641 |

## 344701–344800

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| There are no named minor planets in this number range ||||

## 344801–344900

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| There are no named minor planets in this number range ||||

## 344901–345000

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| There are no named minor planets in this number range ||||