Meanings of minor planet names: 137001–138000
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 Small Body 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 public domain material from the United States Government document: "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 |
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137039 Lisiguang | 1998 UX31 | Li Siguang (1899–1971), founder of and pioneer in modern Chinese geology | JPL · 137039 |
137052 Tjelvar | 1998 VO33 | Tjelvar, first inhabitant on Gotland | JPL · 137052 |
137066 Gellért-hegy | 1998 WR8 | Gellért-hegy, a 235-meter high hill on the shore of the Danube in Budapest, Hungary | JPL · 137066 |
137082 Maurobachini | 1998 XE9 | Mauro 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 |
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137165 Annis | 1999 FP68 | Jim Annis (born 1961), American astronomer | JPL · 137165 |
137166 Netabahcall | 1999 FS81 | Neta Bahcall (born 1942), Israeli-American cosmologist | JPL · 137166 |
137201–137300[]
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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137217 Racah | 1999 NH64 | Giulio Racah (1909–1965), founder of physics in Israel | JPL · 137217 |
137301–137400[]
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
137401–137500[]
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
137501–137600[]
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
137601–137700[]
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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137632 Ramsauer | 1999 WG2 | Alfred 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 |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
137801–137900[]
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
137901–138000[]
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
References[]
- ^ "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.
- Lists of meanings of minor planet names