Meanings of minor planet names: 218001–219000

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]

218001–218100

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218097 Maoxianxin2002 LO61Xianxin 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

218101–218200

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

218201–218300

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

218301–218400

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218400 Marquardt2004 QG7Daniel Marquardt (born 1983), a writer and educator.JPL · 218400

218401–218500

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

218501–218600

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

218601–218700

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218636 Calabria2005 SN4Calabria 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
218679 Sagamorehill2005 TQ13Sagamore Hill (also known as the "Summer White House", located in Cove Neck, New York) was the home of former US President Theodore Roosevelt. Now a National Historic Site, Sagamore Hill was the location of the first negotiations in 1905 to end the Russo-Japanese War.JPL · 218679
218692 Leesnyder2005 TW76LeRoy 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

218701–218800

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218752 Tentlingen2007 EO9The Swiss municipality of Tentlingen (French: Tinterin) in the canton of Fribourg, no far from the discovering Observatory Naef ÉpendesJPL · 218752

218801–218900

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218866 Alexantioch2006 XL4Alexandros 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 Gabybuchholz2007 EO9Gabriele Buchholz (née Schöpf, b. 1952), who provides medical care, from classical therapy to acupuncture, for the people of Nagold, in southern Germany.JPL · 218900

218901–219000

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218901 Gerdbuchholz2007 EO9Gerhard Buchholz (born 1950) provides medical care, from classical therapy to acupuncture, for the people of Nagold, in southern Germany.JPL · 218901
218914 Tangauchin2007 KG9Tang Aoqing (1915–2008), was a Chinese theoretical chemist, widely known as "The Father of Quantum Chemistry in China". He was an academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences and a member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science. (Alternative spellings of his name include Au-Chin Tang and Tang Au-chin.)JPL · 218914
218987 Heidenhain2008 HV2Johannes Heidenhain (1898–1980), a German entrepreneur and amateur astronomer.JPL · 218987
218998 Navi2008 JZ2Navi Kocher (born 2009), grandchild of Swiss discoverer Peter KocherJPL · 218998

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
217,001–218,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 218,001–219,000		 Succeeded by
219,001–220,000
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