Meanings of minor planet names: 118001–119000
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.
118001–118100
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
118101–118200
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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118102 Rinjani | 2254 T-3 | Rinjani, the 3726-m active volcano situated in Indonesia on the island of Lombok. | JPL · 118102 |
118172 Vorgebirge | 1989 GU6 | The Vorgebirge foothills, west of the Rhine, extending from Bonn to Cologne | JPL · 118172 |
118173 Barmen | 1991 GZ10 | Barmen, Germany (now incorporated into Wuppertal), whence the 1934 Synod issued the Barmen Declaration defining Protestant opposition to the National-Socialist ideology | JPL · 118173 |
118178 Rinckart | 1992 SJ26 | Martin Rinckart, 16th-century German author, composer, and theologian, who wrote the ecumenical hymn Nun danket alle Gott ("Now thank we all our God") | JPL · 118178 |
118194 Sabinagarroni | 1994 SG | Sabina Garroni, Italian amateur astronomer | JPL · 118194 |
118201–118300
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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118214 Agnesediboemia | 1996 AG1 | Agnese di Boemia (1211–1282), princess Anezka of the Premyslid family | JPL · 118214 |
118230 Sado | 1996 WY2 | Sado island, in the Sea of Japan, the place where Noh drama (one of the "World's Intangible Cultural Treasures") was born | JPL · 118230 |
118301–118400
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
118401–118500
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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118401 LINEAR | 1999 RE70 | Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR); this object was later reclassified as comet 176P/LINEAR (LINEAR 52) | JPL · 118401 |
118418 Yangmei | 1999 TP18 | The Central Academy of Fine Arts (Yangmei) is China's top institution of higher art education and a world-renowned art school. Since its establishment in 1918, CAFA has played a leading role in the development of Chinese art, as well as art education. | JPL · 118418 |
118501–118600
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
118601–118700
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
118701–118800
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
118801–118900
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
118901–119000
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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118945 Rikhill | 2000 WS68 | Richard E. "Rik" Hill, American amateur astronomer "turned Pro", discoverer of several comets | JPL · 118945 |
References
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
Preceded by 117,001–118,000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 118,001–119,000 |
Succeeded by 119,001–120,000 |
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