Meanings of minor planet names: 215001–216000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
215001–215100
215016 Catherinegriffin 2008 US3 Catherine Grennan (née Griffin, 1939–2004) was the mother of the discoverer.
215044 Joãoalves 2009 DW4 Joõ Alves (born 1968) was the director of Calar Alto Observatory from 2006 to 2010 and is now professor of stellar astrophysics at the University of Vienna.
215080 Kaohsiung 2009 FX18 Kaohsiung, Taiwan's second-largest city.
215089 Hermanfrid 2709 P-L Hermanfrid Schubart, German expert in prehistoric archaeology.
215401–215500
215423 Winnecke 2002 GE178 Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke (1835–1897), astronomer at Berlin, Pulkovo and Strasbourg.
215463 Jobse 2002 QQ66 Klaas Jobse, Dutch gardener and amateur astronomer who operates the Cyclops Observatory in Oostkapelle and a fireball all-sky camera.
215501–215600
215592 Normarose 2003 PR4 Norma Rose (1929–2001) was the mother of two surviving children, Cheryll and Jim Riffle, the latter being the first discoverer of this minor planet.
215801–215900
215809 Hugoschwarz 2004 RN287 Hugo Schwarz, Dutch astronomer.
215841 Čimelice 2005 CH37 Cimelice, a south Bohemian village on the route from Písek to Prague.
215868 Rohrer 2005 EA153 Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist.
215886 Barryarnold 2005 FP Barry Arnold (born 1945), a friend of the discoverer.
Preceded by
214,001–215,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 215,001–216,000
Succeeded by
216,001–217,000
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