Meanings of minor planet names: 204001–205000

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published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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.

204001–204100

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

204101–204200

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

204201–204300

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

204301–204400

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
204370 Ferdinandvaněk 2004 TH70 Ferdinand Vanek, Czech playwritter, essayist and dissident, fictitious character in the play Audience as well as an alter ego of its author, Václav Havel JPL

204401–204500

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

204501–204600

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

204601–204700

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

204701–204800

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
204702 Péquignat 2006 FN9 Pierre Péquignat (1669–1740), one of the most popular heroes for people living in Jura Switzerland. JPL
204710 Gaoxing 2006 GE Gao Xing (b. 1974), founder of the Xingming Observatory of Ürümqi. JPL
204786 Wehlau 2006 KU131 William Henry Wehlau, an American-born Canadian astronomer. JPL

204801–204900

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
204831 Levski 2007 PQ28 Vasil Levski, national hero of Bulgaria and styled the Apostle of Freedom. JPL
204836 Xiexiaosi 2007 QS1 Xie Xiaosi (1905–2008), known as the Guardian of World Cultural Heritage, was a famous Chinese garden landscape artist and painter. JPL
204839 Suzhouyuanlin 2007 QK13 Suzhou Yuanlin, Suzhou Chinese-style gardens, are typical ancient gardens with traditional Chinese architectures and cultures. JPL
204842 Fengchia 2007 RN19 Feng Chia University, located in central Taiwan, is a prestigious university characterized by educational excellence and breakthrough research. JPL
204852 Frankfurt 2007 RH133 Frankfurt, the largest city in the German State of Hessen JPL
204873 FAIR 2007 SW1 The Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR), an international science center for studying the building blocks of matter and the evolution of the universe JPL

204901–205000

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

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
203,001–204,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 204,001–205,000
Succeeded by
205,001–206,000
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