Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 196001–197000
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.[1] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).[2] 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.[3][4] Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,[5] Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. 
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document "SBDB". New namings may only be added after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned by the Committee on Small Body Nomenclature.[6]
196001–196100
|-id=005 | 196005 Róbertschiller || 2002 RS241 || Róbert Schiller (born 1935), Hungarian physical chemist || JPL · 196005 |-id=035 | 196035 Haraldbill || 2002 SZ27 || Harald Bill (born 1964), a long-term friend of the discoverer, is a German amateur astronomer || JPL · 196035 |}
196101–196200
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
196201–196300
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
196301–196400
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
196401–196500
|-id=411 | 196411 Umurhan || 2003 GW51 || Orkan Umurhan (born 1969), a scientist at the SETI Institute, who worked for the New Horizons mission to Pluto as a science team post-doctoral researcher for geophysics investigations || JPL · 196411 |-id=476 | 196476 Humfernández || 2003 JU17 || Humberto Fernández-Morán (1924–1999), Venezuelan research scientist who developed the diamond knife. He created the Venezuelan Institute for Neurological and Brain Studies which is now known as the Venezuelan Institute of Scientific Research. || JPL · 196476 |-id=481 | 196481 VATT || 2003 KS2 || The Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT) || JPL · 196481 |}
196501–196600
|-id=540 | 196540 Weinbaum || 2003 OW30 || Stanley G. Weinbaum (1902–1935), American science-fiction author || JPL · 196540 |}
196601–196700
|-id=640 | 196640 Mulhacén || 2003 SO15 || Mulhacén, the highest mountain of the Iberian Peninsula || JPL · 196640 |}
196701–196800
|-id=736 | 196736 Munkácsy || 2003 SH127 || Mihály Munkácsy (1844–1900), a Hungarian painter who lived in Paris and gained an international reputation with his genre pictures and large-scale biblical paintings. || JPL · 196736 |-id=772 | 196772 Fritzleiber || 2003 SQ170 || Fritz Leiber (1910–1992), American science-fiction writer || JPL · 196772 |}
196801–196900
|-id=807 | 196807 Beshore || 2003 SB221 || Ed Beshore (born 1954), American operations manager and lead software engineer for the near-Earth object search programs at the Catalina, Siding Spring and Mount Lemmon surveys. He has discovered several comets including 297P/Beshore. || JPL · 196807 |}
196901–197000
|-id=938 | 196938 Delgordon || 2003 UO20 || Del Gordon (born 1958), American software/systems engineer for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles at Northrop Grumman Corporation and an officer of the Huachuca Astronomy Club || JPL · 196938 |-id=945 | 196945 Guerin || 2003 UV29 || Georges Guerin (born 1934) is a retired philosophy professor. He is passionate about astronomy and has built his own observatory at La Ratonie in the Aveyron region of France. || JPL · 196945 |}
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References
- ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet CenterMinor Planet Circulars. https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ↑ "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?asteroids#discovery. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-34360-8. https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-3-540-34361-5. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ↑ Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
- ↑ "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. https://minorplanetcenter.net/iau/info/Astrometry.html#name. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
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