Meanings of minor planet names: 224001–225000

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]

224001–224100

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224027 Grégoire2005 LV23Grégoire Boissenot (born 1979), better known as Grégoire, is a French composer, author and singer.JPL · 224027
224067 Colemila2005 NO29Cole Osmonson (born 2016) and Mila Rodriguez (born 2016) are great-grandchildren of the discovererJPL · 224067

224101–224200

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

224201–224300

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224206 Pietchisson2005 SY"Pietchisson", the name of an old isolated farmhouse in the Swiss JuraJPL · 224206

224301–224400

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

224401–224500

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

224501–224600

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224592 Carnac2005 YJ4Carnac, Brittany, in north-western France. The site was already inhabited in prehistoric times, and is famous for its numerous Neolithic standing stones.JPL · 224592

224601–224700

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224617 Micromégas2005 YZ70Micromégas, a short humoristic tale written by the French philosopher Voltaire in 1752.JPL · 224617
224693 Morganfreeman2006 BO26Morgan Freeman (born 1937), an American actor and director, nominated for Academy Awards five times, winning once for Million Dollar Baby (2004).JPL · 224693

224701–224800

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

224801–224900

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224831 Neeffisis2006 WV129Christian Ernst Neeff (1782–1849), a German physician, co-founder of the physics society "Physikalischer Verein" in 1824.JPL · 224831
224888 Cochingchu2007 CC6Coching Chu or Zhu Kezhen (1890–1974), a prominent Chinese meteorologist, geologist and educatorJPL · 224888

224901–225000

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224962 Michaelgrünewald2007 ER26Michael Grünewald (born 1965), the son-in-law of German discoverer Rolf ApitzschJPL · 224962

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
223,001–224,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 224,001–225,000		 Succeeded by
225,001–226,000
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