Meanings of minor planet names: 196001–197000

This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. See meanings of minor planet names for a list of all such partial lists.

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 number-range 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published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative. Meanings marked with an asterisk (*) are guesswork, and should be checked against the mentioned sources to ensure that the identification is correct.

196001–196100

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
196005 Róbertschiller 2002 RS241 Róbert Schiller, Hungarian physical chemist JPL
196035 Haraldbill 2002 SZ27 Harald Bill, a long-term friend of the discoverer, is a German amateur astronomer JPL

196101–196200

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

196201–196300

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

196301–196400

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

196401–196500

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
196476 Humfernandez 2003 JU17 Humberto Fernandez Morán, predecessor of the current Venezuelan Institute of Scientific Research JPL
196481 VATT 2003 KS2 The Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT) JPL

196501–196600

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
196540 Weinbaum 2003 OW30 Stanley Grauman Weinbaum, American science-fiction author JPL

196601–196700

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
196640 Mulhacén 2003 SO15 Mulhacén, the highest mountain of the Iberian Peninsula JPL

196701–196800

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
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. JPL
196772 Fritzleiber 2003 SQ170 Fritz Leiber Jr., American science-fiction writer JPL

196801–196900

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
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 JPL

196901–197000

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
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 JPL

References

  1. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-34360-8. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
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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