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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218001–218100
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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 |
218601–218700
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Named minor planet |
Provisional |
This minor planet was named for... |
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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 |
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 |
218801–218900
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Named minor planet |
Provisional |
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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 |
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