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 span of numbers 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. Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.
Minor planets not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name |
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110201–110300 | ||
110288 Libai | 2001 SL262 | Li Bai, 8th-century Chinese poet, member of the group of scholars known as the "Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup" in a poem by fellow poet Du Fu (see 110289) † |
110289 Dufu | 2001 SM262 | Du Fu, 8th-century Chinese poet, one of the greatest along with Li Bai (see 110288) † |
110301–110400 | ||
110393 Rammstein | 2001 TC8 | Rammstein, the (East) German hard rock-metal group, named in turn after the city of Ramstein-Miesenbach where the 1988 air show disaster occurred † ‡ |
Preceded by 109,001–110,000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 110,001–111,000 |
Succeeded by 111,001–112,000 |