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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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.
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Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name |
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200,001–201,000 edit | ||
There are as yet no named minor planets in this span of numbers. | ||
201,001–202,000 edit | ||
201308 Hansgrade | 2002 TK69 | Hans Grade, 19th-20th-century German aviation pioneer, founder of the first German flight school † |
202,001–203,000 edit | ||
202605 Shenchunshan | 2006 HY30 | Shen Chun-shan, former president of the National Tsing Hua University in Hsinchu City, Taiwan † |
202736 Julietclare | 2007 KB2 | Juliet Clare Datson, astronomer, former student of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany† |
203,001–204,000 edit | ||
There are as yet no named minor planets in this span of numbers. | ||
204,001–205,000 edit | ||
There are as yet no named minor planets in this span of numbers. | ||
205,001–206,000 edit | ||
There are as yet no named minor planets in this span of numbers. | ||
206,001–207,000 edit | ||
There are as yet no named minor planets in this span of numbers. | ||
207,001–208,000 edit | ||
There are as yet no named minor planets in this span of numbers. | ||
208,001–209,000 edit | ||
There are as yet no named minor planets in this span of numbers. | ||
209,001–210,000 edit | ||
There are as yet no named minor planets in this span of numbers. |
Preceded by 190,001–200,000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 200,001–201,000 |
Succeeded by 210,001–220,000 |