Meanings of minor planet names: 202001–203000
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.
202001–202100
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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202092 Algirdas | 2004 TD17 | Algirdas (1296–1377), a monarch of medieval Lithuania. | JPL · 202092 |
202101–202200
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
202201–202300
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
202301–202400
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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202373 Ubuntu | 2005 EW302 | Ubuntu, a philosophy focusing on people's relations with each other, emphasizes unity. Its origin is in the native languages of southern Africa and it is one of the founding principles of the new South Africa | JPL · 202373 |
202401–202500
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
202501–202600
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
202601–202700
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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202605 Shenchunshan | 2006 HY30 | Shen Chun-shan, former president of the National Tsing Hua University in Hsinchu City, Taiwan | JPL · 202605 |
202614 Kayleigh | 2006 HD58 | Kayleigh Lucille Stamp, the eldest granddaughter of the discoverer David R. Herald | JPL · 202614 |
202686 Birkfellner | 2007 CH54 | Wolfgang Birkfellner (born 1970), an Austrian medical physicist and amateur astronomer. | JPL · 202686 |
202701–202800
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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202704 Utena | 2007 GN6 | Utena, city in north-east Lithuania | JPL · 202704 |
202736 Julietclare | 2007 KB2 | Juliet Clare Datson, astronomer, former student of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany | JPL · 202736 |
202740 Vicsympho | 2007 LB30 | Victoria Symphony, Canadian orchestra | JPL · 202740 |
202778 Dmytria | 2007 UN3 | Dmytro Yatskiv, laser physicist and observer at Kiev satellite laser ranging station | JPL · 202778 |
202784 Gangkeda | 2008 DJ69 | Gangkeda, the Mandarin Chinese Pinyin abbreviation for the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Xiānggǎng Kējì Dàxué), which was founded in 1991 | JPL · 202784 |
202787 Kestecher | 2008 OG | Natalie Kestecher, multi-award-winning Australian radio producer | JPL · 202787 |
202801–202900
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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202806 Sierrastars | 2008 SW2 | Sierra Stars Observatory, located in Markleeville, California | JPL · 202806 |
202819 Carlosanchez | 2008 SY81 | Carlos Sánchez Magro, Spanish astrophysicist | JPL · 202819 |
202901–203000
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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202909 Jakoten | 1996 TF12 | Jakoten, a traditional Japanese food | JPL · 202909 |
202930 Ivezic | 1998 SG172 | Zeljko Ivezic, Croatian American astrophysicist | JPL · 202930 |
References
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
Preceded by 201,001–202,000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 202,001–203,000 |
Succeeded by 203,001–204,000 |
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