Meanings of minor planet names: 198001–199000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
198001–198100
198110 Heathrhoades 2004 SD56 Heath Rhoades, the Table Mountain Observatory computer network administrator
198401–198500
198450 Scattolin 2004 XG6 Patrice Scattolin (b. 1965) is one of the foremost amateur observers in Canada.
198501–198600
198592 Antbernal 2005 AK Antonio Bernal, Colombian ex-director of the Medellín Planetarium and a charter member of the Red de Astronomía de Colombia (RAC, Astronomical Colombian Network)
198601–198700
198616 Lucabracali 2005 AF29 Luca Bracali (b. 1965), a Italian photographer and journalist.
198700 Nataliegrunewald 2005 CM25 Natalie Grünewald (née Apitzsch, b. 1970) is the daughter of the discoverer
198701–198800
198717 Szymczyk 2005 CM61 Bill Szymczyk (b. 1943) is an American music producer and audio engineer.
198801–198900
198820 Iwanowska 2005 ET249 Wilhelmina Iwanowska, Polish astronomer
198901–199000
198993 Epoigny 2005 WE5 The name Epoigny comes from Epona, the Gallic goddess of horses
Preceded by
197,001–198,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 198,001–199,000
Succeeded by
199,001–200,000
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