Meanings of minor planet names: 215001–216000

This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. See meanings of minor planet names for a list of all such partial lists.

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center, 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.

Besides the Minor Planet Circulars (in which the citations are published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative. Meanings marked with an asterisk (*) are guesswork, and should be checked against the mentioned sources to ensure that the identification is correct.

215001–215100

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
215016 Catherinegriffin 2008 US3 Catherine Grennan (née Griffin, 1939–2004) was the mother of the discoverer. JPL
215044 Joãoalves 2009 DW4 Joõ Alves (born 1968) was the director of Calar Alto Observatory from 2006 to 2010 and is now professor of stellar astrophysics at the University of Vienna. JPL
215080 Kaohsiung 2009 FX18 Kaohsiung, Taiwan's second-largest city. JPL
215089 Hermanfrid 2709 P-L Hermanfrid Schubart, German expert in prehistoric archaeology. JPL

215101–215200

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

215201–215300

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

215301–215400

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

215401–215500

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
215423 Winnecke 2002 GE178 Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke (1835–1897), astronomer at Berlin, Pulkovo and Strasbourg. JPL
215463 Jobse 2002 QQ66 Klaas Jobse, Dutch gardener and amateur astronomer who operates the Cyclops Observatory in Oostkapelle and a fireball all-sky camera. JPL

215501–215600

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
215592 Normarose 2003 PR4 Norma Rose (1929–2001) was the mother of two surviving children, Cheryll and Jim Riffle, the latter being the first discoverer of this minor planet. JPL

215601–215700

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

215701–215800

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

215801–215900

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
215809 Hugoschwarz 2004 RN287 Hugo Schwarz, Dutch astronomer. JPL
215841 Čimelice 2005 CH37 Cimelice, a south Bohemian village on the route from Písek to Prague. JPL
215868 Rohrer 2005 EA153 Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist. JPL
215886 Barryarnold 2005 FP Barry Arnold (born 1945), a friend of the discoverer. JPL

215901–216000

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

References

  1. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. 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.
  3. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
Preceded by
214,001–215,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 215,001–216,000
Succeeded by
216,001–217,000
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