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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
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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