Meanings of minor planet names: 153001–154000

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]

153001–153100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
153078 Giovale2000 QW245John P. Giovale (born 1943), chairman of the Lowell Observatory Advisory Board during 2001–2007JPL · 153078

153101–153200

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

153201–153300

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153284 Frieman2001 DU109Joshua Frieman (born 1959), American astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky SurveyJPL · 153284
153289 Rebeccawatson2001 FB10Rebecca Watson (born 1980), American radio, blog, and Internet (The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe) science advocateJPL · 153289
153298 Paulmyers2001 FC122PZ Myers (born 1957), American associate professor of biology and public educator, author of the blog PharyngulaJPL · 153298

153301–153400

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153301 Alissamearle2001 FR183Alissa 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 Jeanhugues2001 OR50Jean-Hugues Blanc (born 1971), French member of the Astronomical Society of Montpellier (French: Société astronomique de Montpellier) and astronomer at the discovery Pises ObservatoryJPL · 153333

153401–153500

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

153501–153600

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

153601–153700

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153686 Pathall2001 TZ242Patrick Hall (born 1968), Canadian-American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky SurveyJPL · 153686

153701–153800

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

153801–153900

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

153901–154000

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

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.
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152,001–153,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 153,001–154,000		 Succeeded by
154,001–155,000
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