Meanings of minor planet names: 402001–403000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
	402001–402100
	402101–402200
	402201–402300
	402301–402400
	402401–402500
	402501–402600
	402601–402700
	402701–402800
	402801–402900
	402901–403000
402920 Tsawout	2007 TH₁₄₂	Named to honor the people of the Tsawout First Nation, who live on Vancouver Island on the west coast of Canada. †

Preceded by 401,001–402,000	Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 402,001–403,000	Succeeded by 403,001–404,000

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