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]

137001–137100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
137039 Lisiguang1998 UX31Li Siguang (1899–1971), founder of and pioneer in modern Chinese geologyJPL · 137039
137052 Tjelvar1998 VO33Tjelvar, first inhabitant on GotlandJPL · 137052
137066 Gellért-hegy1998 WR8Gellért-hegy, a 235-meter high hill on the shore of the Danube in Budapest, HungaryJPL · 137066
137082 Maurobachini1998 XE9Mauro Bachini (born 1959), an amateur astronomer who works at the Astronomical Observatory of Tavolaia, Santa Maria a Monte.JPL · 137082

137101–137200

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
137165 Annis1999 FP68Jim Annis (born 1961), American astronomerJPL · 137165
137166 Netabahcall1999 FS81Neta Bahcall (born 1942), Israeli-American cosmologistJPL · 137166

137201–137300

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
137217 Racah1999 NH64Giulio Racah (1909–1965), founder of physics in IsraelJPL · 137217

137301–137400

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

137401–137500

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

137501–137600

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

137601–137700

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
137632 Ramsauer1999 WG2Alfred Ramsauer (born 1928) has been a member of the Linzer Astronomische Gemeinschaft since 1952.JPL · 137632

137701–137800

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

137801–137900

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

137901–138000

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

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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