Meanings of minor planet names: 204001–205000

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.

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.

Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars several times a year.[1] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).[2] 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.[3][4] Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,[5] Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II.  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document: "SBDB". New namings may only be added after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned by the Committee on Small Body Nomenclature.[6]

204001–204100

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204101–204200

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204201–204300

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204301–204400

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204370 Ferdinandvaněk2004 TH70Ferdinand Vaněk, a fictitious character in the play Audience by Czech writer, philosopher and dissident Václav HavelJPL · 204370

204401–204500

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204501–204600

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204601–204700

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204701–204800

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204702 Péquignat2006 FN9Pierre Péquignat (1669–1740), one of the most popular heroes for people living in Jura Switzerland.JPL · 204702
204710 Gaoxing2006 GEGao Xing (born 1974), founder of the Xingming Observatory of Ürümqi.JPL · 204710
204711 Luojialun2006 GNLuo Jialun (1897–1969) was a Chinese educator, historian, thinker and diplomat. He was President of National Central University from 1932 to 1941.JPL · 204711
204786 Wehlau2006 KU131William Henry Wehlau (1926–1995), an American-born Canadian astronomerJPL · 204786

204801–204900

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204805 Šipöcz2006 TS9Tibor Šipöcz (born 1950) is a Slovak physicist and senior lecturer, formerly at the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University in Bratislava.JPL · 204805
204816 Andreacamilleri2007 OZAndrea Camilleri (1925–2019), an Italian writer, screenwriter and director who received a number of honorary degrees from several Italian universitiesJPL · 204816
204831 Levski2007 PQ28Vasil Levski (1837–1873), national hero of Bulgaria and styled the Apostle of Freedom.JPL · 204831
204836 Xiexiaosi2007 QS1Xie Xiaosi (1905–2008), known as the Guardian of World Cultural Heritage, was a famous Chinese garden landscape artist and painter.JPL · 204836
204839 Suzhouyuanlin2007 QK13Suzhou Yuanlin, Suzhou Chinese-style gardens, are typical ancient gardens with traditional Chinese architectures and cultures.JPL · 204839
204842 Fengchia2007 RN19Feng Chia University, located in central Taiwan, is a university characterized by educational excellence and breakthrough research.JPL · 204842
204852 Frankfurt2007 RH133The German city of Frankfurt in HesseJPL · 204852
204873 FAIR2007 SW1The Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR), an international science center for studying the building blocks of matter and the evolution of the universeJPL · 204873
204896 Giorgiobocca2007 UQ1Giorgio Bocca (1920–2011), an Italian essayist and journalist, also known for his participation in the World War II partisan movement.JPL · 204896

204901–205000

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References
  1. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  3. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  4. 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.
  5. Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
  6. "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
Preceded by
203,001–204,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 204,001–205,000		 Succeeded by
205,001–206,000
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