Meanings of minor planet names: 153001–154000

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]

153001–153100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
153078 Giovale 2000 QW245 John P. Giovale (born 1943), chairman of the Lowell Observatory Advisory Board during 2001–2007 JPL · 153078

153101–153200

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

153201–153300

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
153284 Frieman 2001 DU109 Joshua Frieman (born 1959), American astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey JPL · 153284
153289 Rebeccawatson 2001 FB10 Rebecca Watson (born 1980), American radio, blog, and Internet (The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe) science advocate JPL · 153289
153298 Paulmyers 2001 FC122 PZ Myers (born 1957), American associate professor of biology and public educator, author of the blog Pharyngula JPL · 153298

153301–153400

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
153301 Alissamearle 2001 FR183 Alissa M. Earle (born 1991) completed her PhD research on Pluto's long-term seasonal cycles at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology while serving as a composition analysis team member for the New Horizons mission to Pluto. JPL · 153301
153333 Jeanhugues 2001 OR50 Jean-Hugues Blanc (born 1971), French member of the Astronomical Society of Montpellier (French: Société astronomique de Montpellier) and astronomer at the discovery Pises Observatory JPL · 153333

153401–153500

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

153501–153600

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

153601–153700

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
153686 Pathall 2001 TZ242 Patrick Hall (born 1968), Canadian-American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey JPL · 153686

153701–153800

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

153801–153900

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

153901–154000

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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