Meanings of minor planet names: 236001–237000

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".

236001–236100

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

236101–236200

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
236111 Wolfgangbüttner	2005 RW4	Wolfgang Büttner (1905–1998), a German educator and sidewalk astronomer in Dresden.	JPL · 236111
236170 Cholnoky	2005 VP7	Jenő Cholnoky (1870–1950), a Hungarian geographer and professor of geography at the University of Budapest.	JPL · 236170

236201–236300

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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

236301–236400

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236305 Adamriess	2006 BU	Adam Riess (born 1969), an American physicist and Nobel laureate	JPL · 236305

236401–236500

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236463 Bretécher	2006 FF	Claire Bretécher (born 1940), a cartoonist who contributed to many comic-strip magazines, including Spirou, Tintin and Pilote.	JPL · 236463
236484 Luchijen	2006 FQ35	Lu Chi-Jen, an active amateur astronomer in Taiwan.	JPL · 236484

236501–236600

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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

236601–236700

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236616 Gray	2006 JR61	David Frank Gray (born 1938), a stellar spectroscopist	JPL · 236616
236683 Hujingyao	2006 QE111	Hu Jing-Yao (born 1937), a leading astronomer of National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a pioneer optical astronomer in China.	JPL · 236683

236701–236800

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
236728 Leandri	2007 HP14	Andree Fernandez (born 1939, née Leandri), a retired software engineer at Meudon Observatory.	JPL · 236728
236743 Zhejiangdaxue	2007 JU34	The Zhejiang University, one of China's oldest institutions of higher education. It was named on the occasion of its 115th anniversary.	JPL · 236743
236746 Chareslindos	2007 LP	Chares of Lindos was a Greek sculptor born on the island of Rhodes. In 282 BCE he built the Colossus of Rhodes, an enormous bronze statue of the sun god Helios and one of the seven Wonders of the Ancient World.	JPL · 236746
236784 Livorno	2007 PU27	Livorno, a port city on the western coast of Tuscany, Italy	JPL · 236784
236785 Hilendarski	2007 PN29	Paisiy Hilendarski (1722–1773) was the author of Istoriya Slavyanobolgarskaya, the second modern Bulgarian history.	JPL · 236785
236800 Broder	2007 QU3	Henryk Broder (born 1946) of Katowice, Poland, who studied German law and political economics at Cologne, Germany	JPL · 236800

236801–236900

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
236810 Rutten	2007 RH14	Harrie G. J. Rutten (born 1950), a Dutch optician, and the author of Teleskop Optics, and numerous articles and speeches on popular astronomy that have been well received by the public.	JPL · 236810
236811 Natascharenate	2007 RE16	Natascha Renate Gierlinger (born 1997), daughter of German discoverer Richard Gierlinger	JPL · 236811
236851 Chenchikwan	2007 RA139	Chen Chi-Kwan (1921–2007), a renowned Taiwanese artist and architect whose designs on the campus of National Central University are some of his masterpieces.	JPL · 236851

236901–237000

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236909 Jakoberwin	2007 TX95	Jakob Erwin Gierlinger (born 2002) is the son of the discoverer, Richard Gierlinger. He is an IT specialist and member of the observatory Gaisberg. At the observatory, he is responsible for software development.	JPL · 236909
236984 Astier	2008 PP21	Alexandre Astier (born 1974), a French humorist, actor, scriptwriter and movie director	JPL · 236984
236987 Deustua	2008 QX9	Susana E. Deustua (born 1961), an astronomer at the U.S. Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland	JPL · 236987
236988 Robberto	2008 QE12	Massimo Robberto (born 1958), an astronomer at the U.S. Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland	JPL · 236988

References

Preceded by 235,001–236,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 236,001–237,000

Succeeded by 237,001–238,000

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