Meanings of minor planet names: 196001–197000
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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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 | |
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196001–196100 | |||
196005 Róbertschiller | 2002 RS241 | Róbert Schiller, Hungarian physical chemist † | |
196035 Haraldbill | 2002 SZ27 | Harald Bill, a long-term friend of the discoverer, is a German amateur astronomer † | |
196401–196500 | |||
196476 Humfernandez | 2003 JU17 | Humberto Fernandez Morán, predecessor of the current Venezuelan Institute of Scientific Research † | |
196481 VATT | 2003 KS2 | The Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT) † | |
196501–196600 | |||
196540 Weinbaum | 2003 OW30 | Stanley Grauman Weinbaum, American science-fiction author † | |
196601–196700 | |||
196640 Mulhacén | 2003 SO15 | Mulhacén, the highest mountain of the Iberian Peninsula † | |
196701–196800 | |||
196772 Fritzleiber | 2003 SQ170 | Fritz Leiber Jr., American science-fiction writer † | |
196736 Munkácsy | 2003 SH127 | Mihály Munkácsy (1844–1900), a Hungarian painter who lived in Paris and gained an international reputation with his genre pictures and large-scale biblical paintings. † | |
196801–196900 | |||
196807 Beshore | 2003 SB221 | Ed Beshore, American operations manager and lead software engineer for the Near-Earth Object search programs at the Catalina, Siding Spring and Mt. Lemmon surveys † | |
196901–197000 | |||
196938 Delgordon | 2003 UO20 | Del Gordon, American software/systems engineer for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles at Northrop Grumman Corporation and an officer of the Huachuca Astronomy Club † | |
Preceded by 195,001–196,000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 196,001–197,000 |
Succeeded by 197,001–198,000 |
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