Meanings of minor planet names: 215001–216000

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.

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.

Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars several times a year.[1] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).[2] 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.[3][4] Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,[5] Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II.  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document: "SBDB". New namings may only be added after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned by the Committee on Small Body Nomenclature.[6]

215001–215100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
215016 Catherinegriffin2008 US3Catherine Grennan (née Griffin, 1939–2004) was the mother of the discoverer.JPL · 215016
215021 Fanjingshan2009 BJ71Fanjingshan, located in Tongren City of Guizhou Province (south-west China), was added to the World Heritage List by UNESCO at the 42nd World Heritage Conference in 2018. The rare wildlife and native forest ecosystem are well protected in the region of Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve.JPL · 215021
215044 Joãoalves2009 DW4Joõ Alves (born 1968) was the director of Calar Alto Observatory from 2006 to 2010 and is now professor of stellar astrophysics at the University of Vienna.JPL · 215044
215080 Kaohsiung2009 FX18Kaohsiung, Taiwan's second-largest city.JPL · 215080
215089 Hermanfrid2709 P-LHermanfrid Schubart, German expert in prehistoric archaeology.JPL · 215089

215101–215200

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

215201–215300

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

215301–215400

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215401–215500

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215423 Winnecke2002 GE178Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke (1835–1897), astronomer at Berlin, Pulkovo and Strasbourg.JPL · 215423
215463 Jobse2002 QQ66Klaas Jobse, Dutch gardener and amateur astronomer who operates the Cyclops Observatory in Oostkapelle and a fireball all-sky camera.JPL · 215463

215501–215600

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215592 Normarose2003 PR4Norma Rose (1929–2001) was the mother of two surviving children, Cheryll and Jim Riffle, the latter being the first discoverer of this minor planet.JPL · 215592

215601–215700

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

215701–215800

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215801–215900

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215809 Hugoschwarz2004 RN287Hugo Schwarz (1953–2006), Dutch astronomer.JPL · 215809
215841 Čimelice2005 CH37Cimelice, a south Bohemian village on the route from Písek to Prague.JPL · 215841
215868 Rohrer2005 EA153Heinrich Rohrer (1933–2013), Swiss physicist and Nobel laureateJPL · 215868
215886 Barryarnold2005 FPBarry Arnold (born 1945), a friend of French discoverer Bernard ChristopheJPL · 215886

215901–216000

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

References
  1. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  3. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  4. 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.
  5. Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
  6. "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
Preceded by
214,001–215,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 215,001–216,000		 Succeeded by
216,001–217,000
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