Meanings of minor planet names: 217001–218000

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]

217001–217100

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217101–217200

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217201–217300

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217257 Valemangano2003 WU26Valeria Mangano (born 1971), a planetary scientist at the Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario in Torino.JPL · 217257

217301–217400

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217366 Mayalin2004 TW49Maya Lin (born 1959) designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. (1980–1982) and the Civil Rights Memorial (1988–1989) in Montgomery, Alabama, along with many other monuments and works of art. For a time, she created artificial "asteroids" out of her daughters' discarded toys.JPL · 217366
217398 Tihany2005 GC22Tihany, a historic village on the northern shore of Lake Balaton on the Tihany Peninsula.JPL · 217398

217401–217500

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217420 Olevsk2005 QW148Olevsk, an ancient city founded in the times of Kiev, Russia.JPL · 217420

217501–217600

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217510 Dewaldroode2006 TY111Dewald Roode (1940–2009), a South African physicist, mathematician and computer scientist.JPL · 217510
217576 Klausbirkner2007 YX56Klaus Birkner (born 1959), a long-time amateur astronomer and co-founder of the AAEM Observatory near Velbert, Germany.JPL · 217576

217601–217700

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217603 Grove Creek2008 JW20Grove Creek Observatory, a professional research facility located at Trunkey Creek, New South Wales, Australia.JPL · 217603
217628 Lugh1990 HALugh (or Lugus), the Celtic God of the Sun and light.JPL · 217628

217701–217800

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

217801–217900

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217901–218000

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

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.
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216,001–217,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 217,001–218,000		 Succeeded by
218,001–219,000
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