Meanings of minor planet names: 224001–225000
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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 224001–224100 | |||
| 224027 Grégoire | 2005 LV23 | Grégoire Boissenot (born 1979), better known as Grégoire, is a French composer, author and singer. † | |
| 224201–224300 | |||
| 224206 Pietchisson | 2005 SY | Pietchisson, the name of an old isolated farmhouse in the Swiss Jura. † | |
| 224501–224600 | |||
| 224592 Carnac | 2005 YJ4 | Already inhabited some 450,000 years ago, the site of Carnac, in Brittany, is famous for its numerous standing stones dating back to the neolithic period. † | |
| 224601–224700 | |||
| 224617 Micromégas | 2005 YZ70 | Micromégas is a short humoristic tale written by the French philosopher Voltaire in 1752. † | |
| 224901–224900 | |||
| 224831 Neeffisis | 2006 WV129 | Christian Ernst Neeff (1782–1849), a German physician, co-founder of the Physikalischer Verein in 1824. † | |
| 224888 Cochingchu | 2007 CC6 | Coching Chu or Zhu Kezhen (1890–1974), a prominent Chinese meteorologist, geologist and educator. † | |
| 224901–225000 | |||
| 224962 Michaelgrünewald | 2007 ER26 | Michael Grünewald (born 1965), the son-in-law of the discoverer. † | |
| Preceded by 223,001–224,000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 224,001–225,000 |
Succeeded by 225,001–226,000 |
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