Meanings of minor-planet names: 221001–222000
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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]
221001–221100
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 221019 Raine | 2005 PH17 | Raine Ann Krecic (born 2011), the granddaughter of American discoverer James Whitney Young | JPL · 221019 |
| 221026 Jeancoester | 2005 QL30 | Jean Coester (born 1939), long-time colleague of the French discoverer Bernard Christophe | JPL · 221026 |
| 221073 Ovruch | 2005 SE1 | Ovruch, the ancient city in northern Ukraine. | JPL · 221073 |
221101–221200
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 221149 Cindyfoote | 2005 TG61 | Cindy N. Foote (born 1957), an American amateur astronomer who obtained her first telescope on a dare with her husband (see below). | JPL · 221149 |
| 221150 Jerryfoote | 2005 TQ61 | Jerry L. Foote (born 1942), an American amateur astronomer who moved to Utah in the 1990s with his wife, Cindy (see above), where they established the Vermillion Cliffs Observatory (G85) near the border to Arizona. | JPL · 221150 |
221201–221300
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 221230 Sanaloria | 2005 US158 | Sanaloria is an imaginary planet inhabited by humankind in the future. Developed by David, the son of the discoverer, and his friend Maxime Delorme, the universe of Sanaloria depicts a cynical vision of our species. A video game first, its philosophy still inspires musical, graphical and literary creations. | JPL · 221230 |
221301–221400
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
221401–221500
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 221454 Mayerlambert | 2006 BW8 | Ferenc Mayer-Lambert (1795–1865), a German astronomer, university professor and director of the Gelléthegy Observatory at Buda. | IAU · 221454 |
| 221465 Rapa Nui | 2006 BE99 | Rapa Nui, the name of Easter Island in the Polynesian Rapanui language | JPL · 221465 |
221501–221600
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 221516 Bergen-Enkheim | 2006 PR4 | Bergen-Enkheim is the easternmost borough of Frankfurt am Main in Germany | JPL · 221516 |
| 221528 Kosztolányi | 2006 TG10 | Dezső Kosztolányi (1885–1936), Hungarian writer, poet, literary translator, critic, and one of the greatest figures of 20th-century Hungarian prose and lyrics. | JPL · 221528 |
| 221529 Tamkósirató | 2006 TS10 | Károly Tamkó Sirató, Hungarian poet, art theorist, and translator. | IAU · 221529 |
| 221566 Omarcustodio | 2006 UZ325 | Omar S. Custodio (born 1969), American operations manager for New Horizons. | JPL · 221566 |
221601–221700
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 221628 Hyatt | 2006 YE13 | Hyatt M. Gibbs (born 1938), a professor of optical sciences at the University of Arizona | JPL · 221628 |
| 221673 Duschl | 2007 DP | Wolfgang J. Duschl (b. 1958), a German physicist and astronomer. | IAU · 221673 |
| 221698 Juliusolsen | 2007 DQ63 | Julius Olsen (1873–?) was Dean of Hardin-Simmons University (Abilene, TX) from 1902 until 1940. | JPL · 221698 |
221701–221800
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 221712 Moléson | 2007 EA10 | The Moléson, a 2002-metre mountain in the Swiss Prealps, overlooking the region of Gruyeres in the canton of Fribourg. | JPL · 221712 |
| 221769 Cima Rest | 2007 GQ51 | The Cima Rest Observatory is situated in Magasa in a nice and isolated area of the Italian Alps, at an elevation of 1250 meters. | JPL · 221769 |
221801–221900
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 221853 Gábrisgyula | 2008 GB | Gyula Gábris (b. 1942), a Hungarian geographer, university professor, and a prominent scientist in geomorphology and Quaternary studies. | IAU · 221853 |
221901–222000
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 221908 Agastrophus | 2008 QQ | Agastrophus, who is a Paionian hero in Homer's Iliad, famed for his spear, who fought with the Trojans in the Trojan War and who was killed by Diomedes. Agastrophus was the son of Paeon and brother of Laophoon. | JPL · 221908 |
| 221917 Opites | 2008 SD83 | Opites was a Greek soldier, a ruler of the Danaans, who was killed by Hektor in the battle for Troy. | JPL · 221917 |
| 221923 Jayeff | 2009 OD3 | June F. Falla (born 1945), the wife of British discoverer Norman Falla | JPL · 221923 |