Meanings of minor planet names: 116001–117000

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.

116001–116100

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

116101–116200

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116166 Andrémaeder2003 XJAndré Maeder (b. 1942), Swiss astronomer and former director of the Geneva ObservatoryJPL · 116166

116201–116300

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

116301–116400

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

116401–116500

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116446 McDermid2004 AGStuart McDermid, senior research scientist in JPL's Science DivisionJPL · 116446

116501–116600

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

116601–116700

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

116701–116800

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

116801–116900

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

116901–117000

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116903 Jeromeapt2004 GWJerome Apt is a former director of JPL's Table Mountain Observatory, former NASA astronaut JPLMPC · 116903
116939 Jonstewart2004 GG39Jon Stewart, American comedian, satirist, actor, author and producerJPL · 116939

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.
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115,001–116,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 116,001–117,000		 Succeeded by
117,001–118,000
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