Meanings of minor planet names: 202001–203000

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]

202001–202100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
202092 Algirdas2004 TD17Algirdas (1296–1377), a monarch of medieval Lithuania.JPL · 202092

202101–202200

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

202201–202300

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

202301–202400

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202373 Ubuntu2005 EW302Ubuntu, a philosophy focusing on people's relations with each other, emphasizes unity. Its origin is in the native languages of southern Africa and it is one of the founding principles of the new South AfricaJPL · 202373

202401–202500

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

202501–202600

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

202601–202700

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202605 Shenchunshan2006 HY30Shen Chun-shan (1932–2018), Chinese physicist and president of the National Tsing Hua University in TaiwanJPL · 202605
202614 Kayleigh2006 HD58Kayleigh Lucille Stamp (1996–2010), the eldest granddaughter of the Australian discoverer David R. HeraldJPL · 202614
202686 Birkfellner2007 CH54Wolfgang Birkfellner (born 1970), an Austrian medical physicist and amateur astronomer.JPL · 202686

202701–202800

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202704 Utena2007 GN6Utena, city in north-east LithuaniaJPL · 202704
202736 Julietclare2007 KB2Juliet Clare Datson (born 1980), astronomer, former student of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, GermanyJPL · 202736
202740 Vicsympho2007 LB30Victoria Symphony, Canadian orchestra based in Victoria, British ColumbiaJPL · 202740
202778 Dmytria2007 UN3Dmytro Yatskiv (1963–2004), laser physicist and observer at Kiev satellite laser ranging stationJPL · 202778
202784 Gangkeda2008 DJ69Gangkeda, the Mandarin Chinese Pinyin abbreviation for the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Xiānggǎng Kējì Dàxué), which was founded in 1991JPL · 202784
202787 Kestecher2008 OGNatalie Kestecher (born 1961), Australian radio producerJPL · 202787

202801–202900

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202806 Sierrastars2008 SW2Sierra Stars Observatory (G68), located in Markleeville, CaliforniaJPL · 202806
202819 Carlosanchez2008 SY81Carlos Sánchez Magro (1944–1985), Spanish astrophysicist and pioneer in infrared astronomyJPL · 202819

202901–203000

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202909 Jakoten1996 TF12Jakoten, a traditional Japanese foodJPL · 202909
202930 Ivezic1998 SG172Željko Ivezić (born 1965), a Croatian-American astrophysicist, telescope builder for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDDS) and a principal author of the SDSS Moving Object CatalogueJPL · 202930

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
201,001–202,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 202,001–203,000		 Succeeded by
203,001–204,000
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