Meanings of minor planet names: 110001–111000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
	110001–110100
110073 Leeonki	2001 SM₁₁₃	Lee On-ki, student at Shun Tak Fraternal Association Yung Ya College †
110074 Lamchunhei	2001 SP₁₁₃	Lam Chun Hei, student at Shun Tak Fraternal Association Yung Ya College in Hong Kong †
110077 Pujiquanshan	2001 SC₁₁₄	Sik Sik Yuen, registered as a charitable organization in Hong Kong in 1965. The motto is Pujiquanshan means "Act benevolently and teach benevolence" †
	110101–110200
	110201–110300
110288 Libai	2001 SL₂₆₂	Li Bai, 8th-century Chinese poet, member of the group of scholars known as the "Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup" in a poem by fellow poet Du Fu (see 110289) †
110289 Dufu	2001 SM₂₆₂	Du Fu, 8th-century Chinese poet, one of the greatest along with Li Bai (see 110288) †
110293 Oia	2001 SE₂₆₅	Oia, a small town on the Greek island of Santorini, in the south Aegean Sea. †
110294 Victoriaharbour	2001 SK₂₆₅	Victoria Harbour, a natural harbor located between Hong Kong Island to the south and Kowloon to the North. †
110295 Elcalafate	2001 SN₂₆₅	El Calafate, a city in Patagonia, Argentina. †
110297 Yellowriver	2001 SH₂₆₆	The Yellow River in China is the sixth-longest river in the world with an estimated length of 5,464 km. †
110298 Deceptionisland	2001 ST₂₆₆	Deception Island, the caldera of an active volcanic island off the Antarctic Peninsula. †
110300 Abusimbel	2001 SB₂₆₇	Also known as the Temple of Ramesses, the Abu Simbel temples are located on the upper Nile River in southern Egypt. †
	110301–110400
110393 Rammstein	2001 TC₈	Rammstein, the (East) German hard rock-metal group, named in turn after the city of Ramstein-Miesenbach where the 1988 air show disaster occurred † ‡
	110401–110500
	110501–110600
	110601–110700
	110701–110800
110742 Tetuokudo	2001 UP₁	Tetuo Kudo, staff member of the Goshi Municipal Office and a renowned amateur astronomer †
110743 Hirobumi	2001 UQ₁	Hirobumi Ito, born in Yamaguchi prefecture, greatly contributed to the modernization of the Japanese political system †
	110801–110900
	110901–111000

Preceded by 109,001–110,000	Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 110,001–111,000	Succeeded by 111,001–112,000

Meanings of minor planet names

1–5000	1–500 501–1,000 1,001–1,500 1,501–2,000 2,001–2,500 2,501–3,000 3,001–3,500 3,501–4,000 4,001–4,500 4,501–5,000

5001–10,000	5,001–5,500 5,501–6,000 6,001–6,500 6,501–7,000 7,001–7,500 7,501–8,000 8,001–8,500 8,501–9,000 9,001–9,500 9,501–10,000

10,001–20,000	10,001–11,000 11,001–12,000 12,001–13,000 13,001–14,000 14,001–15,000 15,001–16,000 16,001–17,000 17,001–18,000 18,001–19,000 19,001–20,000

20,001–30,000	20,001–21,000 21,001–22,000 22,001–23,000 23,001–24,000 24,001–25,000 25,001–26,000 26,001–27,000 27,001–28,000 28,001–29,000 29,001–30,000

30001–40,000	30,001–31,000 31,001–32,000 32,001–33,000 33,001–34,000 34,001–35,000 35,001–36,000 36,001–37,000 37,001–38,000 38,001–39,000 39,001–40,000

40001–50,000	40,001–41,000 41,001–42,000 42,001–43,000 43,001–44,000 44,001–45,000 45,001–46,000 46,001–47,000 47,001–48,000 48,001–49,000 49,001–50,000

50001–60,000	50,001–51,000 51,001–52,000 52,001–53,000 53,001–54,000 54,001–55,000 55,001–56,000 56,001–57,000 57,001–58,000 58,001–59,000 59,001–60,000

60001–70,000	60,001–61,000 61,001–62,000 62,001–63,000 63,001–64,000 64,001–65,000 65,001–66,000 66,001–67,000 67,001–68,000 68,001–69,000 69,001–70,000

70001–80,000	70,001–71,000 71,001–72,000 72,001–73,000 73,001–74,000 74,001–75,000 75,001–76,000 76,001–77,000 77,001–78,000 78,001–79,000 79,001–80,000

80001–90,000	80,001–81,000 81,001–82,000 82,001–83,000 83,001–84,000 84,001–85,000 85,001–86,000 86,001–87,000 87,001–88,000 88,001–89,000 89,001–90,000

90,001–100,000	90,001–91,000 91,001–92,000 92,001–93,000 93,001–94,000 94,001–95,000 95,001–96,000 96,001–97,000 97,001–98,000 98,001–99,000 99,001–100,000

100,001–200,000	100,001–110,000 110,001–120,000 120,001–130,000 130,001–140,000 140,001–150,000 150,001–160,000 160,001–170,000 170,001–180,000 180,001–190,000 190,001–200,000

200,001–300,000	200,001–210,000 210,001–220,000 220,001–230,000 230,001–240,000 240,001–250,000 250,001–260,000 260,001–270,000 270,001–280,000 280,001–290,000 290,001–300,000

300,001–400,000	300,001–310,000 310,001–320,000 320,001–330,000 330,001–340,000 340,001–350,000 350,001–360,000 360,001–370,000 370,001–380,000 380,001–390,000 390,001–400,000

401,001–500,000	400,001–410,000 410,001–420,000 420,001–430,000

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