Meanings of minor-planet names: 212001–213000
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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]
212001–212100
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 212073 Carlzimmer | 2005 EF65 | Carl Zimmer (born 1966) is a world-renowned popular science writer and science advocate. He has authored over a dozen science related books covering topics such as viruses, evolution, and heredity. | IAU · 212073 |
212101–212200
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 212121 Marthegautier | 2005 EP195 | Marthe Gautier, French medical doctor. | IAU · 212121 |
| 212176 Fabriziospaziani | 2005 GV60 | Fabrizio Spaziani (1963–2012), Italian anaesthetist, posthumously awarded the Italian gold medal for civil merit | JPL · 212176 |
212201–212300
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 212215 Mallorykinczyk | 2005 GH197 | Mallory J. Kinczyk (b. 1989), an American planetary scientist. | IAU · 212215 |
212301–212400
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 212373 Pietrocascella | 2006 HL17 | Pietro Cascella (1921–2008) was an Italian sculptor, painter and ceramist. His greatest work is the monument at Auschwitz. | JPL · 212373 |
| 212374 Vellerat | 2006 HG18 | The Swiss village of Vellerat, located at the bottom of a mountain range in the canton of Jura, between the towns of Delemont and Moutier | JPL · 212374 |
| 212392 Peterkollmann | 2006 HE140 | Peter Kollmann (b. 1983), a senior scientist at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. | IAU · 212392 |
212401–212500
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 212403 Marthakusterer | 2006 JQ60 | Martha B. Kusterer (b. 1957), an American senior software engineer retired from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory | IAU · 212403 |
| 212465 Goroshky | 2006 QD40 | Goroshky settlement, currently Volodarsk-Volynsky, museum of decorative and precious stones in Ukraine. | JPL · 212465 |
| 212500 Robertojoppolo | 2006 RT | Roberto Joppolo (born 1939) is an Italian sculptor. His main works are statues and church doors realized in bronze. | JPL · 212500 |
212501–212600
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 212501 Deniserichards | 2006 RK6 | Denise Richards, American actress, model, and TV personality. | IAU · 212501 |
| 212587 Bartasiute | 2006 SQ161 | Stanislava Bartasiute (born 1953), associate professor at the Astronomical Observatory of Vilnius University. | JPL · 212587 |
212601–212700
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 212606 Janulis | 2006 SF285 | Rimvydas Janulis (born 1953), a Lithuanian astronomer | JPL · 212606 |
| 212631 Hsinchu | 2006 TW56 | Hsinchu is a city in northern Taiwan, popularly nicknamed "The Windy City" for its windy climate. Hsinchu Science Park is renowned as the Silicon Valley of Asia. | JPL · 212631 |
| 212692 Lazauskaite | 2007 FT20 | Romualda Lazauskaite (born 1961), a Lithuanian astronomer | JPL · 212692 |
212701–212800
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 212705 Friûl | 2007 RF15 | Friuli (also known as "Friûl" in the Friulian language) is an area of northeast Italy with its own particular cultural and historical identity. It comprises the major part of the autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and is the place where the discovering Remanzacco Observatory is located. The name Friuli originates from the ancient Roman town of Forum Iulii. | JPL · 212705 |
| 212723 Klitschko | 2007 RN138 | The Klitschko brothers, Vitali (born 1971) and Wladimir (born 1976), widely known Ukrainian heavyweight boxers and philanthropists | JPL · 212723 |
| 212795 Fangjiancheng | 2007 TD247 | Fang Jiancheng (born 1965), is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has been recognized as a leader in Inertial Instrument and System Technology, and the founder of theory and practice of Magnetically Suspended Inertial Actuators in China. | JPL · 212795 |
| 212796 Guoyonghuai | 2007 TE247 | Guo Yonghuai (1909–1968), a professor at University of Science and Technology of China, served as the first dean of the Department of Chemical Physics. He was one of the founders of modern mechanics in China, and made significant contributions to mechanics, applied mathematics and aeronautics. | JPL · 212796 |
| 212797 Lipei | 2007 TG247 | Li Pei (1917–2017), a professor at University of Science and Technology of China and a famous linguist, made significant contributions to the foreign language teaching and research. She was honored as "the mother of Chinese applied linguistics". | JPL · 212797 |
212801–212900
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
212901–213000
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 212924 Yurishevchuk | 2008 AK1 | Yuri Shevchuk (born 1957), Russian poet, composer and producer, cult rock performer and long-time leader of the rock band DDT. | JPL · 212924 |
| 212929 Satovski | 2008 AD112 | Boris Satovski (1908–1982), Russian inventor, scientist and laureate of the USSR State Prize | JPL · 212929 |
| 212977 Birutė | 2009 CT3 | Birutė (died 1382) was the second wife of Kęstutis, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and mother of Vytautas the Great. There is very little known about Birutė's life, but after her death a strong cult devoted to her developed among Lithuanians. | JPL · 212977 |
| 212981 Majalitović | 2009 CH51 | Maja Litović Crnić (born 1958), a Croatian amateur astronomer | JPL · 212981 |
| 212991 Garcíalorca | 2009 DE30 | Federico García Lorca (1898–1936), Spanish poet, dramatist and theater director | JPL · 212991 |
| 212998 Tolbachik | 3931 T-3 | Tolbachik, the complex volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East. The highest summit rises to 3182 meters. | JPL · 212998 |