Meanings of minor planet names: 209001–210000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
209001–209100
209054 Lombkató 2003 QR29 Kató Lomb (1909–2003), a Hungarian interpreter, translator and one of the first simultaneous interpreters in the world
209083 Rioja 2003 SN15 Rioja is a wine made from grapes grown in the autonomous community of La Rioja and in parts of Navarre and the Basque province of Álava.
209101–209200
209107 Šafránek 2003 SF119 Jaroslav Safránek, Czech experimental physicist
209148 Dustindeford 2003 SE322 Dustin DeFord (1989–2013), one of the 19 elite Prescott’s Granite Mountain Hotshot firefighters who lost their lives battling a blaze on a ridge in Yarnell, AZ.
209149 Chrismackenzie 2003 SF421 Christopher MacKenzie (1983–2013), one of the 19 elite Prescott’s Granite Mountain Hotshot firefighters who lost their lives battling a blaze on a ridge in Yarnell, AZ.
209201–209300
209209 Ericmarsh 2003 UB353 Eric Marsh (1970–2013), one of the 19 elite Prescott’s Granite Mountain Hotshot firefighters who lost their lives battling a blaze on a ridge in Yarnell, AZ.
209501–209600
209540 Siurana 2004 UK1 The village of Siurana, at the top of an escarpment in the Prades Mountains in the Montsant region of Catalonia
209552 Isaacroberts 2004 VZ63 Isaac Roberts (1829–1904), best known for his pioneering work in astrophotography.
209701–209800
209791 Tokaj 2005 GU21 Tokaj, a historic town in northern Hungary.
Preceded by
208,001–209,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 209,001–210,000
Succeeded by
210,001–211,000
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