Meanings of minor planet names: 345001–346000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
	345001–345100
	345101–345200
	345201–345300
	345301–345400
	345401–345500
	345501–345600
	345601–345700
	345701–345800
	345801–345900
345842 Alexparker	2007 LG₃₁	Alex H. Parker (b. 1987), an American astronomer. †
	345901–346000
345971 Marktorrence	2007 TG₁₀₅	Mark H. Torrence (b. 1952), a planetary scientist. †

Preceded by 344,001–345,000	Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 345,001–346,000	Succeeded by 346,001–347,000

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