Meanings of minor-planet names: 209001–210000
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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 approved and published in a bulletin by IAU's Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN).[1] Before May 2021, citations were published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars for many decades.[2] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).[3] 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.[4][5]
Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,[6] Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. 
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: SBDB New namings may only be added to this list below after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned.[7] The WGSBN publishes a comprehensive guideline for the naming rules of non-cometary small Solar System bodies.[8]
209001–209100
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 209054 Lombkató | 2003 QR29 | Kató Lomb (1909–2003), a Hungarian interpreter, translator and one of the first simultaneous interpreters in the world | JPL · 209054 |
| 209075 Kathleenharmon | 2003 QM114 | Kathleen A. Harmon (b. 1968), an American systems engineer for at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. | IAU · 209075 |
| 209083 Rioja | 2003 SN15 | Rioja is a wine made from grapes grown in the autonomous community of La Rioja and in parts of Navarre and the Basque province of Álava. | JPL · 209083 |
| 209089 Csépevaléria | 2003 SH33 | Valéria Csépe (b. 1951), a Hungarian psychologist, university professor, and a full member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. | IAU · 209089 |
209101–209200
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 209107 Šafránek | 2003 SF119 | Jaroslav Šafránek (1890–1957), a Czech experimental physicist | JPL · 209107 |
| 209148 Dustindeford | 2003 SE322 | Dustin DeFord (1989–2013), one of the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots who lost their lives fighting the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire in Arizona | JPL · 209148 |
| 209149 Chrismackenzie | 2003 SF421 | Christopher MacKenzie (1983–2013), one of the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots who lost their lives fighting the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire in Arizona | JPL · 209149 |
209201–209300
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 209206 Richardhenry | 2003 UQ288 | Richard Conn Henry (b. 1940), an American Academy Professor at the Johns Hopkins University specializing in far ultra-violet observations. | IAU · 209206 |
| 209209 Ericmarsh | 2003 UB353 | Eric Marsh (1970–2013), one of the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots who lost their lives fighting the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire in Arizona | JPL · 209209 |
| 209255 Myotragus | 2003 WR152 | Myotragus is an extinct genus of artiodactyl mammal of the subfamily Caprinae, which inhabited the islands of Mallorca, Menorca, Cabrera and Dragonera until its extinction about 5000 years ago. | IAU · 209255 |
209301–209400
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 209374 Sabil | 2004 EC22 | Mohammed Sabil (b. 1976), a researcher in the department of physics at the Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Morocco | IAU · 209374 |
209401–209500
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
209501–209600
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 209540 Siurana | 2004 UK1 | The village of Siurana, at the top of an escarpment in the Prades Mountains in the Montsant region of Catalonia | JPL · 209540 |
| 209552 Isaacroberts | 2004 VZ63 | Isaac Roberts (1829–1904), amateur astronomer and pioneer in astrophotography | JPL · 209552 |
209601–209700
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
209701–209800
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 209791 Tokaj | 2005 GU21 | Tokaj, a historic town in northern Hungary | JPL · 209791 |
209801–209900
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 209883 Jasonhofgartner | 2005 JZ170 | Jason D. Hofgartner (b. 1988), a Canadian planetary scientist. | IAU · 209883 |
209901–210000
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||