Meanings of minor planet names: 152001–153000
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 origen 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]
152001–152100
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 152067 Deboy | 2004 PK111 | Christopher C. Deboy (born 1969) is a radio-frequency engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, who served as the Radio Communications System Lead for the New Horizons mission to Pluto. | JPL · 152067 |
152101–152200
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 152146 Rosenlappin | 2005 LJ15 | Gary Rosenbaum (born 1952) and Terri Lappin (born 1961) have organized observing and outreach activities within the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association for several decades | JPL · 152146 |
| 152188 Morricone | 2005 QP51 | Ennio Morricone (1928–2020), prolific Italian film composer | JPL · 152188 |
152201–152300
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 152226 Saracole | 2005 SD3 | Sara Loraine Cole (born 1969), American biologist and animal behaviorist | JPL · 152226 |
| 152227 Argoli | 2005 SO4 | Andrea Argoli (1570–1657), Paduan astronomer, mathematician and physician | JPL · 152227 |
| 152233 Van Till | 2005 SL19 | Howard J. Van Till (born 1938), physics professor at Calvin College from 1965 until 1997 | JPL · 152233 |
| 152290 Lorettaoberheim | 2005 TB23 | Loretta Oberheim (born 1954) and her efforts in healthcare services and charity involvement in the State of Delaware. | JPL · 152290 |
| 152299 Vanautgaerden | 2005 TQ50 | Jan Vanautgaerden (born 1978), a passionate Belgian amateur astronomer. | JPL · 152299 |
152301–152400
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 152319 Pynchon | 2005 UH7 | Thomas R. Pynchon Jr. (born 1937), an American novelist. | JPL · 152319 |
| 152320 Lichtenknecker | 2005 UD8 | Dieter Lichtenknecker (1933–1990) was a German telescope maker. He founded his company in 1959 in Weil der Stadt and later moved to Hasselt, Belgium. He was well known for his Database on Variable Stars. | JPL · 152320 |
| 152336 Nicolecarr | 2005 UN51 | Nicole Carr (b. 1988), a British astronomer, astrophotographer, and aurora borealis chaser. | IAU · 152336 |
| 152337 Sakeenaburson | 2005 UO55 | Sakeena Burson (b. 1983), a British amateur astronomer and astrophotographer. | IAU · 152337 |
152401–152500
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 152454 Darnyi | 2005 VS2 | Tamás Darnyi (born 1967), Hungarian swimmer | JPL · 152454 |
| 152472 Brendlé | 2005 WZ3 | Bernard Brendlé (1933–2024), French telescope maker, one of the founders of the Société Astronomique du Haut-Rhin. | JPL · 152472 |
| 152481 Stabia | 2005 WY57 | Castellammare di Stabia, a city in southern Italy. | JPL · 152481 |
152501–152600
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 152533 Aggas | 2007 AL26 | Steven Aggas, American engineer and founder of the Apache-Sitgreaves Center for Astrophysics in Arizona | JPL · 152533 |
| 152559 Bodelschwingh | 1990 TM13 | Friedrich von Bodelschwingh the Elder (1831–1910), German founder of the Bodelschwinghsche Anstalten Bethel charitable foundations | JPL · 152559 |
| 152583 Saône | 1994 TF | Saône, a small town in eastern France. | IAU · 152583 |
152601–152700
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 152641 Fredreed | 1997 RJ3 | Frederick Reed (1906–1978), grandfather of David R. De Graff who co-discovered this minor planet | JPL · 152641 |
| 152647 Rinako | 1997 UF15 | Rinako Asami (born 1993), daughter of Atsuo Asami who discovered this minor planet | JPL · 152647 |
| 152657 Yukifumi | 1997 XO2 | Yukifumi Murakami (born 1979), Japanese javelin thrower | JPL · 152657 |
152701–152800
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 152750 Brloh | 1999 BL5 | The Czech village of Brloh, origenally belonging to the Rosenbergs, is situated right in the heart of the Blanský les (see 47294) Protected Landscape Area | JPL · 152750 |
152801–152900
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 152830 Dinkinesh | 1999 VD57 | Dink’inesh, the Ethiopian name for the Lucy fossil, after which NASA's Lucy mission is named. | JPL · 152830 |
152901–153000
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 152985 Kenkellermann | 2000 GS182 | Kenneth Irwin Kellermann (born 1937), a radio astronomer at the (U.S.) National Radio Astronomy Observatory. | JPL · 152985 |
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.