# Meanings of minor-planet names: 211001–212000

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

* 206,000s
* 207,000s
* 208,000s
* 209,000s
* 210,000s
* 211,000s
* 212,000s
* 213,000s
* 214,000s
* 215,000s
* 216,000s
* 211,001…
* 211,101…
* 211,201…
* 211,301…
* 211,401…
* 211,501…
* 211,601…
* 211,701…
* 211,801…
* 211,901…

## 211001–211100

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 211021 Johnpercin | 2001 YC$_{159}$ | John Percin Jr. (1989–2013), one of the 19 elite Prescott's Granite Mountain Hotshot firefighters who died battling a blaze on a ridge in Yarnell, Arizona, United States | JPL · 211021 |
| 211077 Hongkang | 2002 CT$_{271}$ | Hong Kyu Kang (b. 1964), an American senior staff engineer at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. | IAU · 211077 |

## 211101–211200

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 211106 Francinewetzel | 2002 EN$_{151}$ | Francine Wetzel (b. 1992) worked full time as an LPL administrator while earning her Masters at the University of Arizona. | IAU · 211106 |
| 211172 Tarantola | 2002 JX$_{10}$ | Albert Tarantola (1949–2009) was a visionary geophysicist who made seminal contributions to Inverse Problem Theory. He was the first to use inversion methods to image the Earth's interior using seismic waveforms. | JPL · 211172 |

## 211201–211300

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 211232 Kellykevin | 2002 PW$_{144}$ | Kevin Kelly (b. 1957), an American formerly serving as a staff member in the United States Senate, now a private citizen | IAU · 211232 |

## 211301–211400

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 211343 Dieterhusar | 2002 TJ$_{68}$ | Dieter Husar (born 1947), a German physicist and amateur astronomer | JPL · 211343 |
| 211374 Anthonyrose | 2002 TN$_{309}$ | Anthony Rose (1990–2013), one of the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots who died fighting the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire in Arizona | JPL · 211374 |
| 211375 Jessesteed | 2002 TS$_{326}$ | Jesse Steed (1977–2013), one of the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots who died fighting the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire in Arizona | JPL · 211375 |
| 211376 Joethurston | 2002 TT$_{330}$ | Joe Thurston (1981–2013), one of the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots who died fighting the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire in Arizona | JPL · 211376 |
| 211377 Travisturbyfill | 2002 TK$_{333}$ | Travis Turbyfill (1986–2013), one of the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots who died fighting the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire in Arizona | JPL · 211377 |
| 211378 Williamwarneke | 2002 TF$_{334}$ | William Warneke (1988–2013), one of the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots who died fighting the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire in Arizona | JPL · 211378 |
| 211379 Claytonwhitted | 2002 TH$_{334}$ | Clayton Whitted (1985–2013), one of the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots who died fighting the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire in Arizona | JPL · 211379 |
| 211380 Kevinwoyjeck | 2002 TY$_{336}$ | Kevin Woyjeck (1992–2013), one of the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots who died fighting the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire in Arizona | JPL · 211380 |
| 211381 Garretzuppiger | 2002 TZ$_{343}$ | Garret Zuppiger (1986–2013), one of the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots who died fighting the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire in Arizona | JPL · 211381 |

## 211401–211500

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 211473 Herin | 2003 ER$_1$ | Thierry Herin (born 1966), a French amateur astronomer | JPL · 211473 |

## 211501–211600

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

## 211601–211700

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 211613 Christophelovis | 2003 UB$_{30}$ | Christophe Lovis (born 1977), Swiss astrophysicist and member of the extrasolar planet group at Geneva University. He co-discovered three Neptune-sized exoplanets – HD 69830 b, HD 69830 c, and HD 69830 d – around the star HD 69830. | JPL · 211613 |

## 211701–211800

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

## 211801–211900

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

## 211901–212000

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 211977 Springob | 2005 AX$_{26}$ | Christopher M. Springob (1977–2022), an American extragalactic astronomer and data scientist. | IAU · 211977 |