Meanings of minor planet names: 115001–116000

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center, 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. The official naming citations have been published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars and in Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names.[1][2][3] Meanings marked with † or * are from legacy sources may contain errors.

115001–115100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
115051 Safaeinili2003 RC6Ali Safaeinili, radar scientist and electrical engineer at the Jet Propulsion LaboratoryJPL · 115051
115058 Tassantal2003 RH8Antal Tass, Hungarian astronomer, and director of Konkoly Obszervatórium (Konkoly Observatory) in 1916–1936JPL · 115058
115059 Nagykároly2003 RJ8Károly Nagy, Hungarian astronomer, mathematician, chemist and politicianJPL · 115059

115101–115200

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

115201–115300

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115254 Fényi2003 SF158Gyula Fényi, Hungarian Jesuit and astronomerJPL · 115254

115301–115400

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115312 Whither2003 SP215Whitney and Heather Young, granddaughters of the discovererJPL · 115312
115326 Wehinger2003 SC221Peter A. Wehinger, American astronomer, and development officer for the Giant Magellan TelescopeJPL · 115326
115331 Shrylmiles2003 SL224Shryl Miles, American campaigner against light pollutionJPL · 115331

115401–115500

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115434 Kellyfast2003 TU2Kelly E. Fast (born 1968), a program scientist for the MAVEN spacecraft at NASA.JPL · 115434
115449 Robson2003 TG10Monty Robson, American founder and current director of the John J. McCarthy ObservatoryJPL · 115449
115477 Brantanica2003 UK8Brandon and Brittany Danielson and Monica Rahn, grandchildren of the discovererJPL · 115477

115501–115600

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115561 Frankherbert2003 UF80Frank Herbert, 20th-century American writer, best remembered for DuneJPL · 115561

115601–115700

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

115701–115800

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

115801–115900

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115801 Punahou2003 UW236Punahou School, Honolulu, HawaiiJPL · 115801
115885 Ganz2003 VL1Ábrahám Ganz, Swiss-Hungarian technical engineerJPL · 115885
115891 Scottmichael2003 VW2Scott and Michael Young, grandsons of the discovererJPL · 115891

115901–116000

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115950 Kocherpeter2003 WT33Peter Kocher, Swiss amateur astronomerJPL · 115950

References

  1. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
Preceded by
114,001–115,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 115,001–116,000		 Succeeded by
116,001–117,000
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