# Meanings of minor-planet names: 215001–216000

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

* 210,000s
* 211,000s
* 212,000s
* 213,000s
* 214,000s
* 215,000s
* 216,000s
* 217,000s
* 218,000s
* 219,000s
* 220,000s
* 215,001…
* 215,101…
* 215,201…
* 215,301…
* 215,401…
* 215,501…
* 215,601…
* 215,701…
* 215,801…
* 215,901…

## 215001–215100

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 215016 Catherinegriffin | 2008 US$_3$ | Catherine Grennan (née Griffin, 1939–2004) was the mother of the discoverer. | JPL · 215016 |
| 215021 Fanjingshan | 2009 BJ$_{71}$ | Fanjingshan, located in Tongren City of Guizhou Province (south-west China), was added to the World Heritage List by UNESCO at the 42nd World Heritage Conference in 2018. The rare wildlife and native forest ecosystem are well protected in the region of Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve. | JPL · 215021 |
| 215023 Huangjiqing | 2009 BR$_{76}$ | Huang Jiqing (1904–1995) was a Chinese geologist and member of the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences who is considered a founder of modern geology in China. | IAU · 215023 |
| 215044 Joãoalves | 2009 DW$_4$ | Joõ Alves (born 1968) was the director of Calar Alto Observatory from 2006 to 2010 and is now professor of stellar astrophysics at the University of Vienna. | JPL · 215044 |
| 215080 Kaohsiung | 2009 FX$_{18}$ | Kaohsiung, Taiwan's second-largest city. | JPL · 215080 |
| 215089 Hermanfrid | 2709 P-L | Hermanfrid Schubart, German expert in prehistoric archaeology. | JPL · 215089 |

## 215101–215200

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

## 215201–215300

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

## 215301–215400

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

## 215401–215500

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 215423 Winnecke | 2002 GE$_{178}$ | Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke (1835–1897), astronomer at Berlin, Pulkovo and Strasbourg. | JPL · 215423 |
| 215458 Yucun | 2002 PJ$_{178}$ | Yucun, a village that located in Anji, Zhejiang Province, China. | IAU · 215458 |
| 215463 Jobse | 2002 QQ$_{66}$ | Klaas Jobse, Dutch gardener and amateur astronomer who operates the Cyclops Observatory in Oostkapelle and a fireball all-sky camera. | JPL · 215463 |

## 215501–215600

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 215592 Normarose | 2003 PR$_4$ | Norma Rose (1929–2001) was the mother of two surviving children, Cheryll and Jim Riffle, the latter being the first discoverer of this minor planet. | JPL · 215592 |

## 215601–215700

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

## 215701–215800

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

## 215801–215900

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 215809 Hugoschwarz | 2004 RN$_{287}$ | Hugo Schwarz (1953–2006), Dutch astronomer. | JPL · 215809 |
| 215841 Čimelice | 2005 CH$_{37}$ | Cimelice, a south Bohemian village on the route from Písek to Prague. | JPL · 215841 |
| 215868 Rohrer | 2005 EA$_{153}$ | Heinrich Rohrer (1933–2013), Swiss physicist and Nobel laureate | JPL · 215868 |
| 215884 Jayantmurthy | 2005 EX$_{296}$ | Jayant Murthy (b. 1961), a former Director of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics. | IAU · 215884 |
| 215886 Barryarnold | 2005 FP | Barry Arnold (born 1945), a friend of French discoverer Bernard Christophe | JPL · 215886 |

## 215901–216000

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 215905 Andrewpoppe | 2005 GF$_{223}$ | Andrew R. Poppe (b. 1984), an American space scientist, and interplanetary dust expert. | IAU · 215905 |
| 215970 Campidoglio | 2005 QV$_{66}$ | Campidoglio, the current seat of the Rome City Council, is one of the seven hills where Rome was founded in 753 BCE. | IAU · 215970 |