Meanings of minor planet names: 195001–196000

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]

195001–195100

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

195101–195200

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195191 Constantinetsang2002 CC281Constantine C. C. Tsang (born 1981) is a Senior Research Scientist at the Southwest Research Institute, and served as a Science Team Collaborator for imaging data analysis for the New Horizons mission to Pluto.JPL · 195191

195201–195300

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

195301–195400

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

195401–195500

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195405 Lentyler2002 GQ27G. Leonard Tyler (born 1940), formerly of Stanford University, worked for the New Horizons mission to Pluto as a Science Team Co-investigator and as the REX instrument radio science principal investigatorJPL · 195405

195501–195600

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195600 Scheithauer2002 JH148Christian Friedrich Scheithauer (1771–1846), a German teacher and amateur astronomer from ChemnitzJPL · 195600

195601–195700

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195657 Zhuangqining2002 NN60Zhuangqining (born 1945), a Chinese teacher and the first Secretary-General of the Ningbo Astronomy Amateur AssociationJPL · 195657

195701–195800

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195777 Sheepman2002 PP154Sheepman, a fictional character featured in the novels A Wild Sheep Chase and Dance Dance Dance by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami. The Sheepman is a shabby but oracular creature and appears as an unshaven man dressed in sheepskin who instructs the protagonist to "dance so it all keeps spinning."JPL · 195777

195801–195900

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195900 Rogersudbury2002 RS41Roger Sudbury (born 1938) provided leadership and expertise in the national security community since joining the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory in 1969. As a key senior leader at the Laboratory, he assisted in initiating the LINEAR Ceres Connection program.JPL · 195900

195901–196000

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195998 Skipwilson2002 RO235Ivan "Skip" Wilson (born 1941), pioneer of systematic meteorite recoveryJPL · 195998
196000 Izzard2002 RY237Eddie Izzard (born 1962), a British stand-up comic and dramatic actorJPL · 196000

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
194,001–195,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 195,001–196,000		 Succeeded by
196,001–197,000
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