Meanings of minor-planet names: 219001–220000

This is a partial list of meanings of minor-planet names. Also see list of named minor planets (alphabetical) for a condensed version without naming citations.

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), 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 number-range that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names.

Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are approved and published in a bulletin by IAU's Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN).^[1] Before May 2021, citations were published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars for many decades.^[2] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).^[3] Until his death in 2016, German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel compiled these citations into the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (DMP) and regularly updated the collection.^[4][5]

Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,^[6] Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: SBDB New namings may only be added to this list below after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned.^[7] The WGSBN publishes a comprehensive guideline for the naming rules of non-cometary small Solar System bodies.^[8]

219001–219100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
219008 Igazantal	2008 YY8	Antal Igaz (b. 1970), a Hungarian amateur astronomer.	IAU · 219008
219067 Bossuet	1997 JB18	Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627–1704), a French bishop and orator at the Cathedral of Meaux, is famous for his Discourse on Universal History (1681), written in a masterly French style	JPL · 219067

219101–219200

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

219201–219300

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219286 Helenewinters	2000 CG110	Helene L. Winters (b. 1964), a program manager at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.	IAU · 219286

219301–219400

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

219401–219500

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

219501–219600

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

219601–219700

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

219701–219800

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

219801–219900

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
219861 Robertdecker	2002 CP250	Robert B. Decker (b. 1951), an American physicist.	IAU · 219861

219901–220000

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
219983 Yangtongyu	2002 LU61	Yang Tongyu (b. 2005), has been involved in the Jiama'erdeng-Tianwentai/ICQ Search and Tracking (JIST) observing program (MPC observatory codes N55 and N56). He is currently studying at the Limai Chinese-American International School in Beijing.	IAU · 219983

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References

1. "WGSBN Bulletin Archive". Working Group Small Body Nomenclature. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
2. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
3. "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
4. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
5. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-34360-8. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
6. Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
7. "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
8. "Minor Planet Naming Guidelines (Rules and Guidelines for naming non-cometary small Solar-System bodies) – v1.0" (PDF). Working Group Small Body Nomenclature (PDF). 20 December 2021.

Preceded by 218,001–219,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 219,001–220,000

Succeeded by 220,001–221,000