Meanings of minor planet names: 191001–192000
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]
191001–191100
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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 | |||
191101–191200
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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 | |||
191201–191300
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 191282 Feustel | 2003 FS | Andrew Feustel (born 1965), American/Canadian NASA astronaut and member of the crew who serviced the Hubble Telescope during space shuttle mission STS-125 in 2009 | JPL · 191282 |
191301–191400
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 191341 Lánczos | 2003 QC31 | Kornél Lánczos (1893–1974), a Hungarian physicist and mathematician. JPL | MPC · 191341 |
191401–191500
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 191494 Berndkoch | 2003 UE5 | Bernd Koch (born 1955), German physicist, amateur astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets | JPL · 191494 |
191501–191600
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 191551 Glücklich | 2003 VK1 | Vilma Glücklich (1872–1927) was a teacher, one of the leaders of the feminist movement, and the first woman to attend university in Hungary. | IAU · 191551 |
| 191582 Kikadolfi | 2003 YK69 | Federica Dolfi (born 1971), Italian amateur astronomer and collaborator at the Pistoia Mountains Astronomical Observatory | JPL · 191582 |
191601–191700
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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 | |||
191701–191800
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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| 191775 Poczobut | 2004 TQ77 | Marcin Odlanicki Poczobut (Lithuanian: Martynas Pocobutas, 1728–1810) was a Lithuanian-Polish Jesuit, astronomer and mathematician who was Director of the Vilnius Astronomical Observatory from 1764 to 1807 | IAU · 191775 |
191801–191900
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 191856 Almáriván | 2004 VW69 | Iván Almár (born 1932), Hungarian astronomer and space scientist, who proposed the San Marino Scale | JPL · 191856 |
| 191857 Illéserzsébet | 2004 VA70 | Erzsébet Illés (born 1936), Hungarian astronomer and planetary scientist | JPL · 191857 |
191901–192000
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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| 191910 Elizawilliams | 2005 EO258 | Elizabeth Langdon Williams (1879–1981) was an American astronomer. In 1903 she was one of the earliest women to graduate from MIT, earning a degree in physics. Her mathematical computations supported the early 20th-century search for Planet X from Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. | IAU · 191910 |
| 191911 Nilerodgers | 2005 GG41 | Nile Gregory Rodgers (b. 1952) is an American musician, guitarist, producer, and multiple Grammy Award winner. Since the 1970s his musical artistry has pioneered new stylistic frontiers, including catalyzing the advent of hip-hop. He has produced music for legendary artists including David Bowie, Diana Ross and Madonna. | IAU · 191911 |
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.