Meanings of minor-planet names: 198001–199000

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). Before May 2021, citations were published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars for many decades. 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. Template:USGovernment New namings may only be added to this list below after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned. The WGSBN publishes a comprehensive guideline for the naming rules of non-cometary small Solar System bodies.

198001–198100

Template:MinorPlanetNameMeaningsTableHeader |-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}

198101–198200

Template:MinorPlanetNameMeaningsTableHeader |-id=110 | 198110 Heathrhoades || Template:Mp || Heath Rhoades (born 1972), the computer network administrator at the Table Mountain Observatory in California || JPL · Template:LoMP |}

198201–198300

Template:MinorPlanetNameMeaningsTableHeader |-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}

198301–198400

Template:MinorPlanetNameMeaningsTableHeader |-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}

198401–198500

Template:MinorPlanetNameMeaningsTableHeader |-id=450 | 198450 Scattolin || Template:Mp || Patrice Scattolin (born 1965) is one of the foremost amateur observers in Canada. || JPL · Template:LoMP |}

198501–198600

Template:MinorPlanetNameMeaningsTableHeader |-id=592 | 198592 Antbernal || 2005 AK || Antonio Bernal (born 1947), Colombian ex-director of the planetarium in Medellín and a charter member of the Astronomical Colombian Network (Template:Langx, RAC) || JPL · Template:LoMP |}

198601–198700

Template:MinorPlanetNameMeaningsTableHeader |-id=616 | 198616 Lucabracali || Template:Mp || Luca Bracali (born 1965), an Italian photographer and journalist. || JPL · Template:LoMP |-id=634 | 198634 Burgaymarta || Template:Mp || Marta Burgay (born 1976), an Italian radio astronomer who discovered the first known binary pulsar, PSR J0737−3039 || JPL · Template:LoMP |-id=673 | 198673 Herrero || Template:Mp || Enrique ("Kike") Herrero Casas (born 1986) is an astrophysicist at the Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC) and is also a science communicator. He specializes in exoplanets and stellar astrophysics. || Template:WGSBNB · Template:LoMP |-id=700 | 198700 Nataliegrünewald || Template:Mp || Natalie Grünewald (born 1970), daughter of German amateur astronomer Rolf Apitzsch who discovered this minor planet || JPL · Template:LoMP |}

198701–198800

Template:MinorPlanetNameMeaningsTableHeader |-id=717 | 198717 Szymczyk || Template:Mp || Bill Szymczyk (born 1943) is an American music producer and audio engineer. || JPL · Template:LoMP |}

198801–198900

Template:MinorPlanetNameMeaningsTableHeader |-id=820 | 198820 Iwanowska || Template:Mp || Wilhelmina Iwanowska (1905–1999), Polish astronomer, vice-president of the IAU in the 1970s, and first astrophysics professor in Poland || JPL · Template:LoMP |}

198901–199000

Template:MinorPlanetNameMeaningsTableHeader |-id=963 | 198963 Robsnyder || Template:Mp || Robert Snyder (born 1950), American ophthalmologist and eye surgeon. || Template:WGSBNB · Template:LoMP |-id=968 | 198968 Sparke || Template:Mp || Philip Sparke (born 1951), English composer. || Template:WGSBNB · Template:LoMP |-id=971 | 198971 Whitacre || Template:Mp || Eric Whitacre (born 1970), American composer. || Template:WGSBNB · Template:LoMP |-id=989 | 198989 Valeriethomas || Template:Mp || Valerie L. Thomas (born 1943) is an American scientist and inventor. She is renowned for her work with several NASA projects including managing the development of the Landsat image processing systems. She is the inventor of the illusion transmitter and has promoted STEM opportunities for African Americans and women. || Template:WGSBNB · Template:LoMP |-id=993 | 198993 Époigny || Template:Mp || Époigny, a site in Burgundy, France, near the Le Creusot Observatory. The location's name is derived from Epona, the goddess of horses in the Gallo-Roman religion. || JPL · Template:LoMP |}

References

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