Meanings of minor planet names: 201001–202000

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]

201001–201100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
201019 Oliverwhite2002 CZ257Oliver L. White (born 1984), a research scientist at the NASA SETI Institute who worked for the New Horizons mission to Pluto as a science team post-doctoral researcher for geophysics investigationsJPL · 201019
201023 Karlwhittenburg2002 CZ264Karl E. Whittenburg (born 1966), a mission operations engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory who worked for the New Horizons mission to Pluto as the Deputy Mission Operations ManagerJPL · 201023

201101–201200

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

201201–201300

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201204 Stevewilliams2002 PZ148Stephen P. Williams (born 1953), a software engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory who worked for the New Horizons mission to Pluto as the Command and Data Handling Engineering LeadJPL · 201204

201301–201400

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201308 Hansgrade2002 TK69Hans Grade (1879–1946), a German aviation pioneer and founder of the first German flight schoolJPL · 201308
201372 Sheldon2002 TY349Erin Sheldon (born 1974), an American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky SurveyJPL · 201372

201401–201500

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201497 Marcelroche2003 JT17Marcel Roche (1920–2003), a Venezuela physician, scientist and scientific leaderJPL · 201497

201501–201600

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

201601–201700

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

201701–201800

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201751 Steinhardt2003 UZ314Charles Steinhardt (born 1981), an American astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky SurveyJPL · 201751
201777 Deronda2003 WE98Deronda Mayes (born 1957), assistant astronomer at Table Mountain Observatory in California, who operates the 0.4-meter telescopeJPL · 201777

201801–201900

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

201901–202000

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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
200,001–201,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 201,001–202,000		 Succeeded by
202,001–203,000
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