Meanings of minor planet names: 196001–197000

This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. See main page for an introduction.

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), 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.

Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars several times a year. Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB). Until his death in 2016, German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel compiled these citations into the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (DMP) and regularly updated the collection. Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets, Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. Meanings marked with * are from legacy sources may not be accurate.  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document "SBDB".

196001–196100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
196005 Róbertschiller	2002 RS241	Róbert Schiller, Hungarian physical chemist	JPL · 196005
196035 Haraldbill	2002 SZ27	Harald Bill, a long-term friend of the discoverer, is a German amateur astronomer	JPL · 196035

196101–196200

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

196201–196300

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

196301–196400

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

196401–196500

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
196411 Umurhan	2003 GW51	Orkan Umurhan (born 1969), a Senior Research Scientist at the NASA SETI Institute, served as a science team post-doctoral researcher for geophysics investigations for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.	JPL · 196411
196476 Humfernandez	2003 JU17	Humberto Fernandez Morán, predecessor of the current Venezuelan Institute of Scientific Research	JPL · 196476
196481 VATT	2003 KS2	The Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT)	JPL · 196481

196501–196600

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
196540 Weinbaum	2003 OW30	Stanley Grauman Weinbaum, American science-fiction author	JPL · 196540

196601–196700

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
196640 Mulhacén	2003 SO15	Mulhacén, the highest mountain of the Iberian Peninsula	JPL · 196640

196701–196800

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
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 · 196736
196772 Fritzleiber	2003 SQ170	Fritz Leiber Jr., American science-fiction writer	JPL · 196772

196801–196900

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
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 · 196807

196901–197000

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
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 · 196938
196945 Guerin	2003 UV29	Georges Guerin (born 1934) is a retired philosophy professor. He is passionate about astronomy and has built his own observatory at La Ratonie in the Aveyron region of France.	JPL · 196945

References

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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