Meanings of minor planet names: 223001–224000
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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 223501–223600 | |||
| 223566 Petignat | 2004 FL17 | Gautier Petignat (born 1941), an active member of the Société jurassienne d´astronomie. † | |
| 223601–223700 | |||
| 223633 Rosnyaîné | 2004 KJ1 | Rosnyaîné, the pseudonym of Joseph Henri Honore Boex (1856–1940), a French author of Belgian origin. † | |
| 223685 Hartopp | 2004 QC1 | Ramon Hartopp (b. 1965) has displayed great enthusiasm for the popularization and dissemination of astronomy and astronautics through courses, conferences and magazine articles, despite being autistic and having Asperger Syndrome. He is a member of AACastelldefels. † | |
| 223801–223900 | |||
| 223877 Kutler | 2004 TO367 | Brendan Kutler (1992–2009), an accomplished programmer, scientist, artist, Japanese scholar, tennis player and music editor for the online magazine The 8th Circuit, lifted fellow Summer Science Program alumni with his brilliance and selfless, upbeat attitude throughout their minor-planet orbit-determination project. † | |
| 223901–224000 | |||
| 223950 Mississauga | 2004 XY35 | Mississauga, Ontario, is Canada's sixth largest city. † | |
| Preceded by 222,001–223,000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 223,001–224,000 |
Succeeded by 224,001–225,000 |
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