Meanings of minor planet names: 214001–215000

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".

214001–214100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
214081 Balavoine	2004 HL31	Daniel Balavoine (1952–1986), French singer and songwriter.	JPL · 214081

214101–214200

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
214136 Alinghi	2005 AQ27	Alinghi, the name of several Swiss yachts, operated by the Société Nautique de Genève. The crew won several races including the America's Cup in 2003.	JPL · 214136
214180 Mabaglioni	2005 CO77	Maurizio Baglioni (born 1947) graduated in electrical engineering from the University of Rome "La Sapienza". He works in engineering and management. His main interests are in celestial mechanics and archeoastronomy, where he focused on astronomical studies of the ancient Assyrians, Babylonians and Mayans.	JPL · 214180

214201–214300

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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

214301–214400

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214378 Kleinmann	2005 LW23	Georges Kleinmann (born 1930), retired journalist and producer for Swiss public television who covered the Apollo space missions.	JPL · 214378

214401–214500

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
214475 Chrisbayus	2005 TS14	Chris Bayus (born 1957), American amateur astronomer and an accomplished astrophotographer.	JPL · 214475
214476 Stephencolbert	2005 TO15	Stephen Colbert (born 1964), American political satirist, writer, comedian, actor and television host.	JPL · 214476
214485 Dupouy	2005 UV7	Philippe Dupouy (born 1952), founder of the Observatoire de Dax in 1978.	JPL · 214485
214487 Baranivka	2005 UP12	The Ukrainian town of Baranivka, known for one of the oldest plants for the production of porcelain	JPL · 214487

214501–214600

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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

214601–214700

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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

214701–214800

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
214715 Silvanofuso	2006 TF7	Silvano Fuso (born 1959), Italian teacher and a science writer, who worked in the field of molecular spectroscopy	JPL · 214715
214772 UNICEF	2006 UO64	The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is a United Nations' program headquartered in New York City that provides humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries.	JPL · 214772

214801–214900

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
214819 Gianotti	2006 VK2	Fabiola Gianotti (born 1960), the coordinator of the ATLAS experiment at the CERN's Large Hadron Collider.	JPL · 214819
214820 Faustocoppi	2006 VC14	Fausto Coppi (1919–1960), an Italian cyclist and the dominant international cyclist of the years before and after the Second World War.	JPL · 214820
214883 Yuanxikun	2007 RL232	Yuan Xikun (born 1944), a Chinese sculptor and painter.	JPL · 214883

214901–215000

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
214911 Viehboeck	2007 TM184	Franz Viehböck (born 1960), electrical engineer and first Austrian astronaut	JPL · 214911
214928 Carrara	2007 VM8	Carrara is a town and municipality in the province of Massa-Carrara, Tuscany. It is the world's most important center for the extraction and processing of Carrara marble, a very precious white marble that is extracted from the nearby Apuane Alps.	JPL · 214928
214953 Giugavazzi	2007 WN55	Giuseppe Gavazzi (born 1936), an Italian painter and sculptor	JPL · 214953

References

Preceded by 213,001–214,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 214,001–215,000

Succeeded by 215,001–216,000

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