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 number-range that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names. The official naming citations have been published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars and in Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names.[1][2][3] Meanings marked with †
or *
are from legacy sources may contain errors.
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- 201,401…
- 201,501…
- 201,601…
- 201,701…
- 201,801…
- 201,901…
201001–201100
Named minor planet |
Provisional |
This minor planet was named for... |
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201019 Oliverwhite | 2002 CZ257 | Oliver L. White (born 1984) is a research scientist at the NASA SETI Institute. He served as a science team post-doctoral researcher for geophysics investigations for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto. | JPL · 201019 |
201023 Karlwhittenburg | 2002 CZ264 | Karl E. Whittenburg (born 1966) is a mission operations engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. He served as the Deputy Mission Operations Manager for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto. | JPL · 201023 |
201201–201300
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Named minor planet |
Provisional |
This minor planet was named for... |
Ref · Catalog |
201204 Stevewilliams | 2002 PZ148 | Stephen P. Williams (born 1953) is a software engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. He served as the Command and Data Handling Engineering Lead for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto. | JPL · 201204 |
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