Meanings of minor planet names: 216001–217000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
	216001–216100
	216101–216200
	216201–216300
216261 Mapihsia	2006 WJ₁₅	Pi Hsia Ma (born 1951), the mother of the first discoverer. †
	216301–216400
216343 Wenchang	2007 WJ₅₆	Wenchang Shi, historically known as Zibei County, a Chinese city in Hainan Dao. †
216345 Savigliano	2007 XC₁₁	Savigliano, an important agricultural and industrial center in Piedmont. †
216390 Binnig	2008 CK₁₇₇	Gerd Binnig, German physicist. †
	216401–216500
216428 Mauricio	2008 YN₈	Mauricio Muler, the name of both a grandfather (1904–1987) and a son (born 1999) of the first discoverer. †
216433 Milianleo	2009 DM₃	Milian Leo Schwab (born 2004), first-born son of the discoverer. †
216439 Lyubertsy	2009 EV₃	Lyubertsy, a major industrial and scenic center in the Moscow region. †
216451 Irsha	2009 HP₁₂	Irsha river, in city of Malyn, Ukraine. †
216462 Polyphontes	5397 T-2	Polyphontes, a Greek hero, son of Autophonos, was one of the leaders of an ambush against Tydeus near Thebes. †
	216501–216600
216591 Coetzee	2002 OQ₇	John Maxwell Coetzee (born 1940), a South African author and academic, now living in Australia. †
	216601–216700
216624 Kaufer	2002 XW₃₇	Andreas Kaufer, German astronomer. †
	216701–216800
	215801–215900
216888 Sankovich	2008 VS₃	Anatoly Sankovich (born 1960), an amateur astronomer and telescope maker. †
216897 Golubev	2009 HJ₅₈	Golubev Vladimir Aleksandrovich (born 1940), on the astronomy faculty at Vitebsk State University, is a well-known astronomy popularizer and publicist in Belarus. †
	215801–216000
216910 Vnukov	2009 JM₄	Viktor Milentinovich Vnukov (born 1950), a pilot and engineer. †

Preceded by 215,001–216,000	Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 216,001–217,000	Succeeded by 217,001–218,000

Meanings of minor planet names

1–5000	1–500 501–1,000 1,001–1,500 1,501–2,000 2,001–2,500 2,501–3,000 3,001–3,500 3,501–4,000 4,001–4,500 4,501–5,000

5001–10,000	5,001–5,500 5,501–6,000 6,001–6,500 6,501–7,000 7,001–7,500 7,501–8,000 8,001–8,500 8,501–9,000 9,001–9,500 9,501–10,000

10,001–20,000	10,001–11,000 11,001–12,000 12,001–13,000 13,001–14,000 14,001–15,000 15,001–16,000 16,001–17,000 17,001–18,000 18,001–19,000 19,001–20,000

20,001–30,000	20,001–21,000 21,001–22,000 22,001–23,000 23,001–24,000 24,001–25,000 25,001–26,000 26,001–27,000 27,001–28,000 28,001–29,000 29,001–30,000

30001–40,000	30,001–31,000 31,001–32,000 32,001–33,000 33,001–34,000 34,001–35,000 35,001–36,000 36,001–37,000 37,001–38,000 38,001–39,000 39,001–40,000

40001–50,000	40,001–41,000 41,001–42,000 42,001–43,000 43,001–44,000 44,001–45,000 45,001–46,000 46,001–47,000 47,001–48,000 48,001–49,000 49,001–50,000

50001–60,000	50,001–51,000 51,001–52,000 52,001–53,000 53,001–54,000 54,001–55,000 55,001–56,000 56,001–57,000 57,001–58,000 58,001–59,000 59,001–60,000

60001–70,000	60,001–61,000 61,001–62,000 62,001–63,000 63,001–64,000 64,001–65,000 65,001–66,000 66,001–67,000 67,001–68,000 68,001–69,000 69,001–70,000

70001–80,000	70,001–71,000 71,001–72,000 72,001–73,000 73,001–74,000 74,001–75,000 75,001–76,000 76,001–77,000 77,001–78,000 78,001–79,000 79,001–80,000

80001–90,000	80,001–81,000 81,001–82,000 82,001–83,000 83,001–84,000 84,001–85,000 85,001–86,000 86,001–87,000 87,001–88,000 88,001–89,000 89,001–90,000

90,001–100,000	90,001–91,000 91,001–92,000 92,001–93,000 93,001–94,000 94,001–95,000 95,001–96,000 96,001–97,000 97,001–98,000 98,001–99,000 99,001–100,000

100,001–200,000	100,001–110,000 110,001–120,000 120,001–130,000 130,001–140,000 140,001–150,000 150,001–160,000 160,001–170,000 170,001–180,000 180,001–190,000 190,001–200,000

200,001–300,000	200,001–210,000 210,001–220,000 220,001–230,000 230,001–240,000 240,001–250,000 250,001–260,000 260,001–270,000 270,001–280,000 280,001–290,000 290,001–300,000

300,001–400,000	300,001–310,000 310,001–320,000 320,001–330,000 330,001–340,000 340,001–350,000 350,001–360,000 360,001–370,000 370,001–380,000 380,001–390,000 390,001–400,000

401,001–500,000	400,001–410,000 410,001–420,000 420,001–430,000

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