# Meanings of minor-planet names: 223001–224000

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. 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. The WGSBN publishes a comprehensive guideline for the naming rules of non-cometary small Solar System bodies.

## Index100K200K300K400K500K600K

* 218,000s
* 219,000s
* 220,000s
* 221,000s
* 222,000s
* 223,000s
* 224,000s
* 225,000s
* 226,000s
* 227,000s
* 228,000s
* 223,001…
* 223,101…
* 223,201…
* 223,301…
* 223,401…
* 223,501…
* 223,601…
* 223,701…
* 223,801…
* 223,901…

## 223001–223100

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| There are no named minor planets in this number range ||||

## 223101–223200

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| There are no named minor planets in this number range ||||

## 223201–223300

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| There are no named minor planets in this number range ||||

## 223301–223400

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 223360 Švankmajer | 2003 SV$_4$ | Jan Švankmajer (born 1934), a Czech graphic artist and film-maker, well known for his surreal, nightmarish as well as somewhat funny pictures, creations and animations. Among his best known movies are Alice, Faust and Conspirators of Pleasure, as well as his animations and gadgets of comedy Dinner for Adele | JPL · 223360 |

## 223401–223500

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| There are no named minor planets in this number range ||||

## 223501–223600

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 223566 Petignat | 2004 FL$_{17}$ | Gautier Petignat (born 1941), an active member of the Jura Astronomy Society (French: Société jurassienne d'astronomie) in Switzerland | JPL · 223566 |

## 223601–223700

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 223633 Rosnyaîné | 2004 KJ$_1$ | J.-H. Rosny aîné (1856–1940), a French author of Belgian origin, considered to be one of the fathers of modern science fiction | JPL · 223633 |
| 223685 Hartopp | 2004 QC$_1$ | Ramon Hartopp (born 1965) has displayed great enthusiasm for the popularization and dissemination of astronomy and astronautics through courses, conferences and magazine articles, despite being autistic and having Asperger Syndrome. He is a member of AACastelldefels. | JPL · 223685 |

## 223701–223800

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| There are no named minor planets in this number range ||||

## 223801–223900

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 223877 Kutler | 2004 TO$_{367}$ | Brendan Kutler (1992–2009), an accomplished programmer, scientist, artist, Japanese scholar, tennis player and music editor for the online magazine The 8th Circuit, lifted fellow Summer Science Program alumni with his brilliance and selfless, upbeat attitude throughout their minor-planet orbit-determination project. | JPL · 223877 |

## 223901–224000

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 223950 Mississauga | 2004 XY$_{35}$ | Mississauga, Ontario, is Canada's sixth largest city. | JPL · 223950 |