Meanings of minor planet names: 151001–152000

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.

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.

Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars several times a year.[1] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).[2] 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.[3][4] Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,[5] 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 after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned by the Committee on Small Body Nomenclature.[6]

151001–151100

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

151101–151200

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

151201–151300

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151242 Hajós2002 AH11Alfréd Hajós (1878–1955), Hungarian swimmer and architectJPL · 151242

151301–151400

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151349 Stanleycooper2002 CW270Stanley B. Cooper (born 1944), of Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, served as the lead engineer for the spacecraft time-keeping system for the New Horizons mission to Pluto.JPL · 151349
151351 Dalleore2002 CS282Cristina M. Dalle Ore (born 1958) is a senior scientist at the SETI Institute, who served as a composition science team member for the New Horizons mission to Pluto.JPL · 151351
151362 Chenkegong2002 CP313Chen Kegong (1922–2002), grandfather of Chinese astronomer Ye Quan-Zhi, who discovered this minor planetJPL · 151362

151401–151500

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151430 Nemunas2002 FC14Nemunas River, the largest river in LithuaniaJPL · 151430

151501–151600

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151590 Fan2002 UR58Xiaohui Fan (born 1971), Chinese-American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey who studies of the most distant quasarsJPL · 151590

151601–151700

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151657 Finkbeiner2002 XV115Douglas Finkbeiner (born 1971), American astrophysicist with the Sloan Digital Sky SurveyJPL · 151657
151659 Egerszegi2002 YF3Krisztina Egerszegi (born 1974), Hungarian swimmerJPL · 151659
151697 Paolobattaini2003 AF84Paolo Battaini (1955–2013), Italian amateur astronomer at the Schiaparelli Observatory (204) in Varese and popularizer on the legacy of Giovanni Schiaparelli and of the exploration of Mars.JPL · 151697

151701–151800

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

151801–151900

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151834 Mongkut2003 FB122King Mongkut (or Rama IV, 1804–1868) was the monarch of Siam from 1851 to 1868. He embraced Western innovations and initiated the modernization of Siam, both in technology and culture, earning him the nickname "The Father of Science and Technology".MPC · 151834
151835 Christinarichey2003 FC122Christina Rae Richey (born 1982) is a discipline scientist for the Planetary Science Division at NASA Headquarters. She has championed the cause of minorities in science and has investigated properties of ices, silicate and carbonaceous materialsJPL · 151835

151901–152000

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151997 Bauhinia2004 JL1Bauhinia blakeana (the Hong Kong orchid tree), the Hong Kong City FlowerJPL · 151997

References
  1. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  3. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  4. 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.
  5. Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
  6. "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
Preceded by
150,001–151,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 151,001–152,000		 Succeeded by
152,001–153,000
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