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This is a partial list of meanings of minor-planet names. Also see list of named minor planets (alphabetical) for a condensed version without naming citations.

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).[1] Before May 2021, citations were published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars for many decades.[2] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).[3] 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.[4][5]

Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,[6] Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. Public Domain 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.[7] The WGSBN publishes a comprehensive guideline for the naming rules of non-cometary small Solar System bodies.[8]

209001–209100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
209054 Lombkató 2003 QR29 Kató Lomb (1909–2003), a Hungarian interpreter, translator and one of the first simultaneous interpreters in the world JPL · 209054
209083 Rioja 2003 SN15 Rioja is a wine made from grapes grown in the autonomous community of La Rioja and in parts of Navarre and the Basque province of Álava. JPL · 209083
209089 Csépevaléria 2003 SH33 Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. IAU · 209089

209101–209200

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
209107 Šafránek 2003 SF119 Jaroslav Šafránek (1890–1957), a Czech experimental physicist JPL · 209107
209148 Dustindeford 2003 SE322 Dustin DeFord (1989–2013), one of the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots who lost their lives fighting the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire in Arizona JPL · 209148
209149 Chrismackenzie 2003 SF421 Christopher MacKenzie (1983–2013), one of the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots who lost their lives fighting the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire in Arizona JPL · 209149

209201–209300

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
209209 Ericmarsh 2003 UB353 Eric Marsh (1970–2013), one of the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots who lost their lives fighting the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire in Arizona JPL · 209209

209301–209400

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
209374 Sabil 2004 EC22 Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. IAU · 209374

209401–209500

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

209501–209600

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
209540 Siurana 2004 UK1 The village of Siurana, at the top of an escarpment in the Prades Mountains in the Montsant region of Catalonia JPL · 209540
209552 Isaacroberts 2004 VZ63 Isaac Roberts (1829–1904), amateur astronomer and pioneer in astrophotography JPL · 209552

209601–209700

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

209701–209800

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
209791 Tokaj 2005 GU21 Tokaj, a historic town in northern Hungary JPL · 209791

209801–209900

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

209901–210000

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

References

  1. ^ "WGSBN Bulletin Archive". Working Group Small Body Nomenclature. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. ^ "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  4. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-34360-8. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  6. ^ Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
  7. ^ "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Minor Planet Naming Guidelines (Rules and Guidelines for naming non-cometary small Solar-System bodies) – v1.0" (PDF). Working Group Small Body Nomenclature (PDF). 20 December 2021.


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List of minor planets: 209,001–210,000 		Succeeded by
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