Meanings of minor planet names: 209001–210000

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.

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.

Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are approved and published in a bulletin by IAU's Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN).^[1] Before May 2021, citations were published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars for many decades.^[2] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).^[3] 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.^[4][5]

Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,^[6] Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: SBDB New namings may only be added to this list below after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned.^[7] The WGSBN publishes a comprehensive guideline for the naming rules of non-cometary small Solar System bodies.^[8]

209001–209100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
209054 Lombkató	2003 QR29	Kató Lomb (1909–2003), a Hungarian interpreter, translator and one of the first simultaneous interpreters in the world	JPL · 209054
209083 Rioja	2003 SN15	Rioja 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 Šafránek	2003 SF119	Jaroslav Šafránek (1890–1957), a Czech experimental physicist	JPL · 209107
209148 Dustindeford	2003 SE322	Dustin DeFord (1989–2013), one of the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots who lost their lives fighting the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire in Arizona	JPL · 209148
209149 Chrismackenzie	2003 SF421	Christopher MacKenzie (1983–2013), one of the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots who lost their lives fighting the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire in Arizona	JPL · 209149

209201–209300

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
209209 Ericmarsh	2003 UB353	Eric Marsh (1970–2013), one of the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots who lost their lives fighting the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire in Arizona	JPL · 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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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
209540 Siurana	2004 UK1	The village of Siurana, at the top of an escarpment in the Prades Mountains in the Montsant region of Catalonia	JPL · 209540
209552 Isaacroberts	2004 VZ63	Isaac Roberts (1829–1904), amateur astronomer and pioneer in astrophotography	JPL · 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 Tokaj	2005 GU21	Tokaj, a historic town in northern Hungary	JPL · 209791

209801–209900

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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

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. "WGSBN Bulletin Archive". Working Group Small Body Nomenclature. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
2. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
3. "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
4. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
5. 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.
6. Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
7. "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
8. "Minor Planet Naming Guidelines (Rules and Guidelines for naming non-cometary small Solar-System bodies) – v1.0" (PDF). Working Group Small Body Nomenclature (PDF). 20 December 2021.

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