Meanings of minor planet names: 220001–221000

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".

220001–220100

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

220101–220200

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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

220201–220300

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
220229 Hegedüs	2002 VW139	Tibor Hegedüs (born 1961), a Hungarian physicist, astronomer, IAU member and director of the Baja Astronomical Observatory	JPL · 220229

220301–220400

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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

220401–220500

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
220418 Golovyno	2003 SL221	The small town of Golovyno, Ukraine, noted for one of Europe's largest labradorite mines	JPL · 220418
220495 Margarethe	2004 DO	Else Margarethe Apitzsch (born 1906), mother of the German discoverer Rolf Apitzsch	JPL · 220495

220501–220600

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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

220601–220700

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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

220701–220800

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
220736 Niihama	2004 TR16	Niihama, the third-largest city in Ehime prefecture, Japan	JPL · 220736

220801–220900

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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

220901–221000

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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

References

Preceded by 219,001–220,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 220,001–221,000

Succeeded by 221,001–222,000

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