Meanings of minor planet names: 340001–341000 explained

340001–340100

|-id=071| 340071 Vanmunster || || Tonny Vanmunster (born 1961), a Belgian amateur astronomer. || |}

340101–340200

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340201–340300

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340301–340400

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340401–340500

|-id=479| 340479 Broca || || Pierre Paul Broca (1824–1880) was a French physician, anatomist and anthropologist. He is best known for his research on Broca's area, a region of the frontal lobe of the hominid brain that has been named after him. || |}

340501–340600

|-id=579| 340579 Losse || 2006 PY || Florent Losse (born 1960) was the founder of the St Pardon de Conques observatory (code I93) and the author of the Reduc software for binaries. He is the editor of the review Étoiles Doubles and correspondent with the USNO for integrating measures into the Washington Double Star Catalogue. || |}

340601–340700

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340701–340800

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340801–340900

|-id=891| 340891 Londoncommorch || || The London Community Orchestra (Orchestra London Canada), founded in London, Canada in 1974 (Src) || |}

340901–341000

|-id=929| 340929 Bourgelat || || Claude Bourgelat (1712–1779) was a French veterinary surgeon. He was the founder of the Lyon veterinary college in 1761, the first veterinary school in the world. || |-id=980| 340980 Bad Vilbel || || Bad Vilbel, a spa town in Hesse, Germany, known for its mineral springs || |}