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
There are no named minor planets in this number range

118101–118200

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118102 Rinjani2254 T-3Rinjani, the 3726-m active volcano situated in Indonesia on the island of Lombok.JPL · 118102
118172 Vorgebirge1989 GU6The Vorgebirge foothills, west of the Rhine, extending from Bonn to CologneJPL · 118172
118173 Barmen1991 GZ10Barmen, Germany (now incorporated into Wuppertal), whence the 1934 Synod issued the Barmen Declaration defining Protestant opposition to the National-Socialist ideologyJPL · 118173
118178 Rinckart1992 SJ26Martin 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 Sabinagarroni1994 SGSabina Garroni, Italian amateur astronomerJPL · 118194

118201–118300

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118214 Agnesediboemia1996 AG1Agnese di Boemia (1211–1282), princess Anezka of the Premyslid familyJPL · 118214
118230 Sado1996 WY2Sado island, in the Sea of Japan, the place where Noh drama (one of the "World's Intangible Cultural Treasures") was bornJPL · 118230

118301–118400

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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

118401–118500

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118401 LINEAR1999 RE70Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR); this object was later reclassified as comet 176P/LINEAR (LINEAR 52)JPL · 118401
118418 Yangmei1999 TP18The 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

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

118601–118700

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

118701–118800

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

118801–118900

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

118901–119000

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
118945 Rikhill2000 WS68Richard E. "Rik" Hill, American amateur astronomer "turned Pro", discoverer of several cometsJPL · 118945

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
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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