This is a partial list of meanings of minor-planet names. Also see list of named minor planets (alphabetical) for a condensed version without naming citations.

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).[1] Before May 2021, citations were published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars for many decades.[2] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).[3] 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.[4][5]

Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,[6] Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. Public Domain 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.[7] The WGSBN publishes a comprehensive guideline for the naming rules of non-cometary small Solar System bodies.[8]

115001–115100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
115015 Chang Díaz2003 QX84Franklin Chang Díaz (born 1950) was an astronaut for 25 years and flew seven Space Shuttle missions from 1986 to 2002. He logged more than 1600 hours in space and helped to deploy the Galileo spacecraft to Jupiter. He is the first Costa Rican astronaut and is also of Chinese descent.JPL · 115015
115051 Safaeinili2003 RC6Ali Safaeinili (1964–2009), radar scientist and electrical engineer at the Jet Propulsion LaboratoryJPL · 115051
115058 Tassantal2003 RH8Antal Tass (1876–1937), Hungarian astronomer, and director of Konkoly Observatory from 1916 to 1936JPL · 115058
115059 Nagykároly2003 RJ8Károly Nagy (1797–1868), Hungarian astronomer, mathematician, chemist and politicianJPL · 115059

115101–115200

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

115201–115300

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
115254 Fényi2003 SF158Gyula Fényi (1845–1927), Hungarian Jesuit and astronomerJPL · 115254

115301–115400

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
115312 Whither2003 SP215Whitney Young (born 1990) and Heather Young (born 1992), granddaughters of American astronomer James Whitney Young who discovered this minor planetJPL · 115312
115326 Wehinger2003 SC221Peter A. Wehinger (born 1938), American astronomer, and development officer for the Giant Magellan TelescopeJPL · 115326
115331 Shrylmiles2003 SL224Shryl Miles, American from Benson, Arizona, who has campaigned against light pollutionJPL · 115331

115401–115500

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115434 Kellyfast2003 TU2Kelly E. Fast (born 1968), a program scientist for the MAVEN spacecraft at NASAJPL · 115434
115449 Robson2003 TG10Monty Robson, American founder and director of the John J. McCarthy Observatory (932) in New Milford, ConnecticutJPL · 115449
115477 Brantanica2003 UK8Brandon Danielson (born 1994), Brittany Danielson (born 1996) and Monica Rahn (born 2006), grandchildren of American astronomer James Whitney Young, who discovered this minor planetJPL · 115477
115492 Watonga2003 UR22Watonga, Oklahoma, the birthplace of the discovererJPL · 115492

115501–115600

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
115561 Frankherbert2003 UF80Frank Herbert (1920–1986), American science fiction writer best known for his novel DuneJPL · 115561

115601–115700

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

115701–115800

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

115801–115900

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
115801 Punahou2003 UW236Punahou School, a private college preparatory school in Honolulu, Hawaii, United StatesJPL · 115801
115885 Ganz2003 VL1Ábrahám Ganz (1814–1867), Swiss-Hungarian technical engineerJPL · 115885
115891 Scottmichael2003 VW2Scott Young (born 1996) and Michael Young (born 1998), grandsons of American astronomer James Whitney Young who discovered this minor planetJPL · 115891

115901–116000

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
115950 Kocherpeter2003 WT33Peter Kocher (born 1939), Swiss amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planetsJPL · 115950

References

  1. ↑ "WGSBN Bulletin Archive". Working Group Small Body Nomenclature. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  4. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-34360-8. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  6. ↑ Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
  7. ↑ "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  8. ↑ "Minor Planet Naming Guidelines (Rules and Guidelines for naming non-cometary small Solar-System bodies) – v1.0" (PDF). Working Group Small Body Nomenclature (PDF). 20 December 2021.
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