Meanings of minor planet names: 230,001–240,000

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center, 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 span of numbers that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names. Besides the Minor Planet Circulars (in which the citations are published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.

Minor planets not yet given a name have not been included in this list.

Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
230,001–231,000 []
230151 Vachier	2001 QZ72	Frederic Vachier (born 1974) works at IMCCE-Observatoire de Paris as a celestial mechanician and observer. He has studied binary asteroids, both as an observer and as a theorist for orbit determinations. †
230155 Francksallet	2001 QC111	Franck Sallet (born 1970), a French amateur astronomer. †
230415 Matthiasjung	2002 MQ5	Matthias Jung (born 1961), a German amateur astronomer. †
230648 Zikmund	2003 SL15	Zikmund Lucemburský or Sigismund of Luxembourg (1368-1437), son of Charles IV, became the Holy Roman Emperor, king of Hungary, Croatia, Germany and Bohemia. †
230656 Kovácspál	2003 SX111	Pál Kovács (1912–1995), a Hungarian Olympic fencer and sports leader. †
230691 Van Vogt	2003 UD18	Alfred Elton Van Vogt (1912–2000), a Canadian-born science-fiction writer. †
230736 Jalyhome	2003 WV2	Jalyhome is a school/orphanage for lepers in Pondicherry, India. †
230765 Alfbester	2003 XN15	Alfred Bester (1913–1987), an American science-fiction writer. †
230975 Rogerfederer	2005 AQ25	Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player. †
231,001–232,000 []
231265 Saulperlmutter	2006 AS4	Saul Perlmutter (b. 1959), an American physicist. †
231278 Kárpáti	2006 BY26	Rudolf Kárpáti (1920–1999), a Hungarian fencer who won six gold medals in sabre at four Olympic Games between 1948 and 1960. †
231307 Peterfalk	2006 BD186	Peter Falk (1927–2011), an American actor. †
231346 Taofanlin	2006 EL67	Tao Fan-Lin, director of the Taipei amateur astronomers association. †
231470 Bedding	2007 RH5	Timothy R. Bedding (born 1966), a full professor at the University of Sydney. †
231486 Capefearrock	2008 PQ2	Since 1996 dozens of students in Harlan Devore's physics and astronomy research classes at the Cape Fear High School in Fayetteville, NC, have submitted thousands of NEO observations to the Minor Planet Center. †
231555 Christianeurda	2008 TT2	Christiane-Urda Suessenberger (born 1967), wife of the discoverer. †
231649 Korotkiy	2009 WW	Stanislav Alexandrovich Korotkiy (born 1983), a Russian amateur astronomer. †
231666 Aisymnos	1960 SX	Aisymnos, a ruler of the Danaans, a Greek soldier who was killed by Hektor. †
232,001–233,000 []
232553 Randypeterson	2003 SX218	Randy Peterson (born 1948), a longtime member of the East Valley Astronomy Club of Phoenix, Arizona, and an accomplished visual observer. †
232763 Eliewiesel	2004 PC27	Elie Wiesel (born 1928), Romanian-born human rights activist, author and recipient of the 1986 Nobel Prize for Peace. †
232923 Adalovelace	2005 AA29	Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (1815–1852), daughter of George Gordon Byron, was an English mathematician and writer known mainly for her work on Babbage's analytical engine. †
232949 Muhina	2005 EN8	The Museum of Natural History of Fribourg in Switzerland, founded in 1823, assures the conservation of its collections and offers unique information and research possibilities to researchers. †
233,001–234,000 []
233292 Brianschmidt	2006 BV	Brian Schmidt (b. 1967), an American physicist †
233383 Assisneto	2006 EP	Vicente Ferreira de Assis Neto (1936–2004), a Brazilian amateur astronomer. †
233472 Moorcroft	2006 KB143	Donald Ross Moorcroft (b. 1935), a Canadian physicist. †
233522 Moye	2007 HB4	Marcel Moye (1873-1939), a founding member of the Flammarion Astronomical Society of Montpellier, which administered the Babote observatory from 1902 to 1922. †
233547 Luxun	2007 JR27	Lu Xun (or Lu Hsün), the pen name of Zhou Shuren (1881–1936), one of the major Chinese writers of the twentieth century. †
233559 Pizzetti	2007 PJ	Gianpaulo Pizzetti, Italian amateur astronomer. †
233653 Rether	2008 QR	Romanian-born Hagen Rether (born 1969), a well-known cabaret artist in Germany. †
233661 Alytus	2008 QZ32	Alytus, a city in southern Lithuania. †
233707 Alfons	2008 SA83	Emmanuel Peterfalvi (b. 1967), known as "Alfons", is a French-German cabaret artist. †
233880 Urbanpriol	2008 WF93	Urban Priol (b. 1961), a German cabaret artist. †
233893 Honthyhanna	2008 YW5	Hanna Honthy (1893–1978), a Hungarian opera singer and actress. †
233943 Falera	2008 YW5	Falera, a municipality in the district of Surselva in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. †
233967 Vierkant	2010 BN4	Gisela Vierkant (born 1919), mother of the discoverer. †
234,001–235,000 []
234026 Unioneastrofili	1998 SJ35	The Italian Amateur Astronomers Union (UAI) was founded in 1967, counts over 1000 members and releases the peer-reviewed magazine Astronomia. The UAI has many research sections and undertakes scientific popularization and didactics, with the co-operation of the Ministry of Education and Universities. †
234294 Pappsándor	2000 YD32	Sándor Papp (b. 1949) is a Hungarian amateur astronomer, who has made more than 100,000 visual brightness estimation of variable stars. †
234750 Amymainzer	2002 NX69	Amy Mainzer (born 1974), an American astronomer and member of the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) team. †
234761 Rainerkracht	2002 OU32	Rainer Kracht (born 1948), a German amateur astronomer. †
235,001–236,000 []
235027 Pommard	2003 FH2	Pommard, a French village. †
235201 Lorántffy	2003 SG158	Zsuzsanna Lorántffy (1602-1660), a Hungarian aristocrat, the wife of György Rákóczi I, prince of Transylvania. †
235281 Jackwilliamson	2003 UV17	Jack Williamson (1908–2006), an American writer. †
235621 Kratochvíle	2004 RK3	Kratochvíle, a South Bohemian Renaissance chateau built by B. Maggi in 1583–1589. †
236811 Natascharenate	2007 RE16	Natascha Renate Gierlinger (b. 1997), the daughter of the discoverer. †
235990 Laennec	2005 FP2	René Laennec (1781–1826), a French physician. †
235999 Bucciantini	2005 GA22	Niccolò Bucciantini (born 1976), an astronomer at the Arcetri Observatory in Florence. †
236,001–237,000 []
236111 Wolfgangbüttner	2005 RW4	Wolfgang Büttner (1905–1998), a German educator and sidewalk astronomer in Dresden. †
236170 Cholnoky	2005 VP7	Jenő Cholnoky (1870-1950), one of the greatest Hungarian geographers and professor of geography at the University of Budapest. †
236305 Adamriess	2006 BU	Adam Riess (b. 1969), an American physicist. †
236463 Bretécher	2006 FF	Claire Bretécher (born 1940), a cartoonist who contributed to many comic-strip magazines, including Spirou, Tintin and Pilote. †
236484 Luchijen	2006 FQ35	Lu Chi-Jen, an active amateur astronomer in Taiwan. †
236616 Gray	2006 JR61	David Frank Gray (b. 1938), a stellar spectroscopist. †
236683 Hujingyao	2006 QE111	Hu Jing-Yao (b. 1937), a leading astronomer of National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a pioneer optical astronomer in China. †
236728 Leandri	2007 HP14	Andree Fernandez (b. 1939, née Leandri), a retired software engineer at Meudon Observatory. †
236743 Zhejiangdaxue	2007 JU34	Named for the 115th anniversary of the Zhejiang University, one of China's oldest institutions of higher education. †
236784 Livorno	2007 PU27	Livorno, an important port city of Italy. †
236785 Hilendarski	2007 PN29	Paisiy Hilendarski (1722-1773) was the author of Istoriya Slavyanobolgarskaya, the second modern Bulgarian history. †
236800 Broder	2007 QU3	Henryk M. Broder (born 1946) of Katowice, Poland, studied German law and political economics at Cologne, Germany. †
236810 Rutten	2007 RH14	Harrie G. J. Rutten (b. 1950), a Dutch optician, and the author of Teleskop Optics, and numerous articles and speeches on popular astronomy that have been well received by the public. †
236851 Chenchikwan	2007 RA139	Chen Chi-Kwan (1921–2007), a renowned Taiwanese artist and architect whose designs on the campus of National Central University are some of his masterpieces. †
236984 Astier	2008 PP21	Alexandre Astier (b. 1974), a French humorist, actor, scriptwriter and movie director. †
236987 Deustua	2008 QX9	Susana E. Deustua (born 1961), an astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. †
236988 Robberto	2008 QE12	Massimo Robberto (born 1958), an astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. †
237,001–238,000 []
237187 Zhonglihe	2008 UA212	Zhong Li-he (1915–1960), a Taiwanese writer. †
237265 Golobokov	2008 WQ96	Gennady G. Golobokov (1935–1978), a talented fiction-artist, bed-ridden for 26 years following a spinal injury. †
237276 Nakama	2008 XD2	Nakama is a Japanese word meaning a group of persons who spontaneously come together and work for common purposes in education, community services, and other fields of work. †
237277 Nevaruth	2008 XR2	Neva Ruth Daniel (1910–2000), a loving mother of three, was a gifted teacher of English and literature at Colorado Mountain College and a teacher of the Progoff System of Intensive Journal Writing. †
237845 Neris	2002 FJ5	Neris, also known as Vilija, is the second longest river in Lithuania. †
238,001–239,000 []
238129 Bernardwolfe	2003 QK31	Bernard Wolfe (1915–1985), an American science-fiction writer. †
238593 Paysdegex	2005 AS	The French astronomy club Orion is situated in Pays de Gex, near Geneva. †
238710 Halassy	2005 GW21	Olivér Halassy (1909-1946), a Hungarian water polo player and freestyle swimmer, who won two gold and one silver medal in three Summer Olympics Games between 1928 and 1936. †
238771 Juhászbalázs	2005 JB94	This minor planet is dedicated to the memory of Balázs Juhász (1992–2012), who died during his night assistant work at the Konkoly Observatory.†
238817 Titeuf	2005 PQ16	Titeuf is the title of a comic strip and the name of its teenage hero, created by Swiss cartoonist Philippe Chappuis (born 1957), better known as Zep. †
239,001–240,000 []
239046 Judysyd	2006 DQ212	Judith J. (b. 1937) and Sydney P. (b. 1933) Levine, orthopedic surgeon and maritime economic consultant respectively, supported and nurtured the creative and scientific aspirations of their children, one of whom discovered this asteroid. †
239071 Penghu	2006 GF	Penghu, the only island county of Taiwan and consists of 64 small islands. †
239200 Luoyang	2006 MD13	Luoyang, an ancient city situated on the central plain of China. †
239203 Simeon	2006 OK14	Simeon (864-927) ruled over Bulgaria from 893 to 927. †
239307 Kruchynenko	2007 QS3	Vitaliy Grygorovych Kruchynenko (born 1934), professor and doctor of physics and mathematics. †
239593 Tianwenbang	2008 UD55	Tianwenbang is an alliance of the astronomy clubs of several senior high schools in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. †
239611 Likwohting	2008 UC212	Kwoh-Ting Li (born 1911) was trained as a physicist but became the mastermind of Taiwan's industrial revolution and economic miracle between 1960 and 1990. †
239675 Mottez	2008 YW24	Fabrice Mottez (b. 1963) works on plasma astrophysics at the Paris Observatory. His work has contributed to the physics of Earth’s polar auroras, to radio emissions of solar-system planets and satellites, as well as pulsars and their electromagnetic interaction with orbiting companions, including asteroids. †
239792 Hankakováčová	2010 EM34	Hanka Kovácová (born 1986), a director and dramaturgist. †
239890 Edudeldon	2000 RX11	Eduardo Delgado Donate (1977–2007), an astrophysicist who mainly studied the formation of multiple-star and brown-dwarf systems. †

Preceded by 220,001–230,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 230,001–231,000

Succeeded by 240,001–250,000