Meanings of minor planet names: 207001–208000
Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for Ref · Catalog
207603 Liuchaohan 2006 QD 111 Liu Chao-Han ( born 1939 ) , a Taiwanese physicist and educator who served as President of National Central University from 1990 to 2003 JPL · 207603
207655 Kerboguan 2007 OE 8 The National Museum of Natural Science ( Kerboguan ) , a combined science center and natural history museum , is the first and the largest museum of natural science in Taiwan . It entertains more than three million visitors annually , and has become an important educational base for natural science since it opened in 1986 JPL · 207655
207657 Mangiantini 2007 PA Giovanni Mangiantini ( 1947-2006 ) , Italian amateur astronomer JPL · 207657
207661 Hehuanshan 2007 PR 5 Mount Hehuan is a 3416-m mountain in Central Taiwan . The peak lies on the boundaries of Nantou and Hualien counties and is within the Taroko Gorge National Park . The Taiwan Star Party is held in the Hehuan Mountains every year JPL · 207661
207666 Habibula 2007 PA 11 Gilles Habibula , one of the main characters of the space opera Legion of Space JPL · 207666
207681 Caiqiao 2007 QO Cai Qiao ( 1897-1990 ) , Chinese physiologist and member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences JPL · 207681
207687 Senckenberg 2007 RZ 15 Johann Christian Senckenberg ( 1707-1772 ) , a German physician and naturalist in his native city of Frankfurt JPL · 207687
207695 Olgakopyl 2007 RO 39 Olga Andrivna Kopyl ( born 1950 ) , director of Zhytomyr Museum of Astronautics and a historian of cosmonautics in Russia and Ukraine JPL · 207695
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