# Meanings of minor planet names: 456001–457000

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

* 451,000s
* 452,000s
* 453,000s
* 454,000s
* 455,000s
* 456,000s
* 457,000s
* 458,000s
* 459,000s
* 460,000s
* 461,000s
* 456,001…
* 456,101…
* 456,201…
* 456,301…
* 456,401…
* 456,501…
* 456,601…
* 456,701…
* 456,801…
* 456,901…

## 456001–456100

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

## 456101–456200

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

## 456201–456300

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

## 456301–456400

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 456378 Akashikaikyo | 2006 UA$_{62}$ | The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge is the longest suspended bridge in the world. Its main span is 1991 meters long. It joins the city of Kobe on Honshu Island to Awaji island, passing over the strait of Akashi. | IAU · 456378 |

## 456401–456500

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

## 456501–456600

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

## 456601–456700

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 456627 Cristianmartins | 2007 KE$_7$ | Cristian Martins (born 2005), from Campos dos Goytacazes, Brazil, is a student at Escola Municipal Dr. Getlio Vargas. He participates in the International Astronomical Search Collaboration, having made many asteroid observations and discoveries. Name suggested by P. Miller. | JPL · 456627 |
| 456677 Yepeijian | 2007 RM$_{119}$ | Ye Peijian (born 1945), a Chinese aerospace engineer and member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences | JPL · 456677 |
| 456695 Xingdingyu | 2007 RT$_{212}$ | Xing Dingyu (b. 1945), a Chinese physicist and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. | IAU · 456695 |

## 456701–456800

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 456731 Uligrözinger | 2007 TL$_8$ | Ulrich Grözinger (born 1952) worked from 1979 to 2018 as an all-round engineer at MPIA Heidelberg. He contributed to many infrared space missions (including ISO, Herschel, and JWST) with his vast knowledge in electronics and cryoengineering. He developed and built the control system of the telescope used for the discovery. | JPL · 456731 |

## 456801–456900

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

## 456901–457000

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