Meanings of minor planet names: 145001–146000
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. 
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]
145001–145100
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 145062 Hashikami | 2005 GS22 | Hashikami, Japan, the hometown of the father of the discoverer, Kin Endate | JPL · 145062 |
| 145075 Zipernowsky | 2005 GV33 | Károly Zipernowsky (1853–1942), a Hungarian electrical engineer and a pioneer of AC technologies | MPC · 145075 |
| 145078 Katherinejohnson | 2005 GO39 | Katherine Johnson (1918–2020) was a trailblazing African-American mathematician and scientist. She is renowned for her work at NASA on orbital mechanics calculations supporting the success of several early crewed spaceflight programs including Mercury and Apollo. | IAU · 145078 |
145101–145200
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 145166 Leojematt | 2005 JL | Leo Rodriguez (born 2021), Jemma Osmonson (born 2021) and Matthew Young (born 2021) are great-grandchildren of American astronomer James Whitney Young, who discovered this minor planet. | IAU · 145166 |
| 145174 Irenejoliotcurie | 2005 JC5 | Irène Joliot-Curie (1897–1956) was a French chemist and physicist. With her husband Frédéric Joliot-Curie, she shared the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of induced radioactivity | IAU · 145174 |
145201–145300
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
145301–145400
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
145401–145500
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 145445 Le Floch | 2005 RS | Jean-Christophe Le Floch (born 1965), French amateur astronomer who observes at the observatories of Bordeaux, Meudon, Haute-Provence and Pic du Midi | JPL · 145445 |
| 145475 Rehoboth | 2005 TP52 | Rehoboth Christian School, New Mexico, whose campus is the site of the Calvin-Rehoboth Robotic Observatory (the discovery site) | JPL · 145475 |
| 145488 Kaczendre | 2005 VP3 | Endre Kacz Komáromi (1880–1969) was a Hungarian painter and amateur astronomer. From the 1910s, he had permanent exhibitions in Budapest and several of his paintings can be found in the Hungarian National Gallery. His colorful drawings of planets are unique, and he was an independent discoverer of N Aql 1918. | JPL · 145488 |
| 145491 Larakaufmann | 2005 VX108 | Lara L. Kaufmann (b. 1967) is Executive Director of the Greenville (South Carolina) Chautauqua Society, which provides cultural enrichment and enhanced community harmony over a broad geographic area. | IAU · 145491 |
145501–145600
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 145523 Lulin | 2006 EM67 | Lulin mountain, Taiwan, where the discovery site (the National Central University Lu-Lin Observatory) is located | JPL · 145523 |
| 145534 Jhongda | 2006 GJ | Jhongda, in Mandarin Chinese an abbreviation for "Central University", which built and operates the discovery site (the National Central University Lu-Lin Observatory) | JPL · 145534 |
| 145545 Wensayling | 2006 KA39 | Sayling Wen (1948–2003), Chinese educator and promoter for social work | JPL · 145545 |
| 145546 Suiqizhong | 2006 KU67 | Guangzhou Middle School, in Guangzhou, China, where the co-discoverer of this minor planet, Ye Quan-Zhi, has studied | JPL · 145546 |
| 145558 Raiatea | 2006 OR | The island of Raiatea in French Polynesia, the first of the Polynesian islands to be inhabited | JPL · 145558 |
| 145559 Didiermüller | 2006 OO1 | Didier Müller (born 1967), a Swiss math and computer science teacher, who has written several books on science popularization (Src, HP) | JPL · 145559 |
| 145562 Zurbriggen | 2006 OY6 | Bernard Zurbriggen (born 1943), Swiss emeritus professor of natural science, director of the Observatory Naef Épendes, where this minor planet was discovered | JPL · 145562 |
| 145566 Andreasphilipp | 2006 ON10 | Andreas Philipp (born 1965), German amateur astronomer and founder of the Schurwaldsternwarte in Aichwald | JPL · 145566 |
| 145588 Sudongpo | 2006 PQ17 | Su Shi (1037–1101), a Chinese writer, poet, painter, calligrapher, who composed numerous poems | JPL · 145588 |
| 145593 Xántus | 2006 QE1 | János Xántus (1825–1894), a Hungarian scientist, traveler, ethnographer and a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. | JPL · 145593 |
145601–145700
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
145701–145800
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 145709 Rocknowar | 1981 SK9 | "Rock No War", an international humanitarian aid organization of volunteers for children. It is based in Formigine, Italy, and was founded in 1998. | JPL · 145709 |
| 145732 Kanmon | 1995 DH1 | Kanmon Straits (Kanmon-kaikyō) in Japan, a strait separating the main islands of Honshu and Kyushu | JPL · 145732 |
| 145768 Petiška | 1997 PT2 | Eduard Petiška (1924–1987), a Czech poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright and translator | JPL · 145768 |
145801–145900
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 145820 Valeromeo | 1998 TL7 | Valentina Romeo (born 1980), Italian singer and friend of the discoverer Gianluca Masi | JPL · 145820 |
145901–146000
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 145962 Lacchini | 1999 YH5 | Giovanni Battista Lacchini (1884–1967), an Italian astronomer, noted for his work on variable stars. | JPL · 145962 |
References
[edit]- ^ "WGSBN Bulletin Archive". Working Group Small Body Nomenclature. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
- ^ "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ "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.