Meanings of minor planet names: 215001–216000
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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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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215001–215100 | |||
215016 Catherinegriffin | 2008 US3 | Catherine Grennan (née Griffin, 1939–2004) was the mother of the discoverer. † | |
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. † | |
215080 Kaohsiung | 2009 FX18 | Kaohsiung, Taiwan's second-largest city. † | |
215089 Hermanfrid | 2709 P-L | Hermanfrid Schubart, German expert in prehistoric archaeology. † | |
215401–215500 | |||
215423 Winnecke | 2002 GE178 | Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke (1835–1897), astronomer at Berlin, Pulkovo and Strasbourg. † | |
215463 Jobse | 2002 QQ66 | Klaas Jobse, Dutch gardener and amateur astronomer who operates the Cyclops Observatory in Oostkapelle and a fireball all-sky camera. † | |
215501–215600 | |||
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. † | |
215801–215900 | |||
215809 Hugoschwarz | 2004 RN287 | Hugo Schwarz, Dutch astronomer. † | |
215841 Čimelice | 2005 CH37 | Cimelice, a south Bohemian village on the route from Písek to Prague. † | |
215868 Rohrer | 2005 EA153 | Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist. † | |
215886 Barryarnold | 2005 FP | Barry Arnold (born 1945), a friend of the discoverer. † | |
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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