Meanings of minor planet names: 209001–210000

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]

209001–209100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
209054 Lombkató2003 QR29Kató Lomb (1909–2003), a Hungarian interpreter, translator and one of the first simultaneous interpreters in the worldJPL · 209054
209083 Rioja2003 SN15Rioja is a wine made from grapes grown in the autonomous community of La Rioja and in parts of Navarre and the Basque province of Álava.JPL · 209083

209101–209200

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
209107 Šafránek2003 SF119Jaroslav Šafránek (1890–1957), a Czech experimental physicistJPL · 209107
209148 Dustindeford2003 SE322Dustin DeFord (1989–2013), one of the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots who lost their lives fighting the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire in ArizonaJPL · 209148
209149 Chrismackenzie2003 SF421Christopher MacKenzie (1983–2013), one of the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots who lost their lives fighting the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire in ArizonaJPL · 209149

209201–209300

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
209209 Ericmarsh2003 UB353Eric Marsh (1970–2013), one of the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots who lost their lives fighting the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire in ArizonaJPL · 209209

209301–209400

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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

209401–209500

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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

209501–209600

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209540 Siurana2004 UK1The village of Siurana, at the top of an escarpment in the Prades Mountains in the Montsant region of CataloniaJPL · 209540
209552 Isaacroberts2004 VZ63Isaac Roberts (1829–1904), amateur astronomer and pioneer in astrophotographyJPL · 209552

209601–209700

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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

209701–209800

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
209791 Tokaj2005 GU21Tokaj, a historic town in northern HungaryJPL · 209791

209801–209900

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

209901–210000

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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

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
208,001–209,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 209,001–210,000		 Succeeded by
210,001–211,000
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