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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]

218001–218100

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
218069 Lisaturner 2002 FN19 Lisa S. Turner (b. 1975) served as an Administrative Assistant for the New Horizons spacecraft flyby of the Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth. She later served as a Program Manager Assistant for the mission. IAU · 218069
218087 Kaniansky 2002 GZ184 Stanislav Kaniansky (b. 1968), a Slovak astronomer and passionate astrophotographer. IAU · 218087
218097 Maoxianxin 2002 LO61 Xianxin Mao (born 1980) of Suzhou, Jiangsu, was a classmate of T. Chen, who located this object in images from NEAT, at Suzhou Pingjiang Experimental Primary School. JPL · 218097

218101–218200

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

218201–218300

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
218268 Pierremariepelé 2003 DF Pierre-Marie Pelé (b. 1970), a French meteorite hunter. IAU · 218268
218274 Albertferenc 2003 FL7 Ferenc Albert (1811–1883), a Hungarian astronomer. IAU · 218274

218301–218400

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
218400 Marquardt 2004 QG7 Daniel Marquardt (born 1983), a writer and educator. JPL · 218400

218401–218500

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

218501–218600

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
218570 Jonvandegriff 2005 GO204 Jon D. Vandegriff (b. 1969), an American senior software engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. IAU · 218570

218601–218700

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
218636 Calabria 2005 SN4 Calabria is a southern Italian region. The region is at the tip of the Italian peninsula and is predominantly hilly. Between the 8th and 4th centuries BCE, Calabria was a thriving Greek colony. JPL · 218636
218679 Sagamorehill 2005 TQ13 Sagamore Hill (also known as the "Summer White House", located in Cove Neck, New York) was the home of former US President Theodore Roosevelt. Now a National Historic Site, Sagamore Hill was the location of the first negotiations in 1905 to end the Russo-Japanese War. JPL · 218679
218692 Leesnyder 2005 TW76 LeRoy F. Snyder (born 1928) is an accomplished variable-star researcher, having published numerous papers in AAVSO and IAPPP journals. He was a cofounder of the IAPPP-Western Wing, now the Society for Astronomical Sciences, and has served as its president for many years. JPL · 218692

218701–218800

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
218752 Tentlingen 2007 EO9 The Swiss municipality of Tentlingen (French: Tinterin) in the canton of Fribourg, no far from the discovering Observatory Naef Épendes JPL · 218752

218801–218900

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
218866 Alexantioch 2006 XL4 Alexandros of Antioch was a Greek sculptor of the 1st century BCE, known today for the Venus de Milo (Aphrodite of Milos), which is on display at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France. JPL · 218866
218900 Gabybuchholz 2007 EO9 Gabriele Buchholz (née Schöpf, b. 1952), who provides medical care, from classical therapy to acupuncture, for the people of Nagold, in southern Germany. JPL · 218900

218901–219000

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
218901 Gerdbuchholz 2007 EO9 Gerhard Buchholz (born 1950) provides medical care, from classical therapy to acupuncture, for the people of Nagold, in southern Germany. JPL · 218901
218914 Tangauchin 2007 KG9 Tang Aoqing (1915–2008), was a Chinese theoretical chemist, widely known as "The Father of Quantum Chemistry in China". He was an academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences and a member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science. (Alternative spellings of his name include Au-Chin Tang and Tang Au-chin.) JPL · 218914
218987 Heidenhain 2008 HV2 Johannes Heidenhain (1898–1980), a German entrepreneur and amateur astronomer. JPL · 218987
218998 Navi 2008 JZ2 Navi Kocher (born 2009), grandchild of Swiss discoverer Peter Kocher JPL · 218998

References

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  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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