Meanings of minor planet names: 123001–124000
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.
123001–123100
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 |
123101–123200
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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123120 Peternewman | 2000 SQ372 | Peter R. Newman, British astronomer | JPL · 123120 |
123201–123300
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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123290 Manoa | 2000 UH100 | Manoa valley, on the island of Oahu, where the University of Hawai'i was founded in 1907 (the provisional designation's subscript stands for the university's centennial celebration of 2007) | JPL · 123290 |
123301–123400
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 |
123401–123500
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 |
123501–123600
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 |
123601–123700
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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123647 Tomáško | 2000 YG66 | Tomáš Kušnirák (born 2002), the only child of the discoverers. | JPL · 123647 |
123701–123800
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 |
123801–123900
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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123818 Helenzier | 2001 BC75 | Helen Zier, American amateur astronomer, birder and volunteer in several scientific research programs | JPL · 123818 |
123852 Jánboďa | 2001 CM37 | Ján Boda, Slovak geophysicist and senior lecturer at the Comenius University in Bratislava | JPL · 123852 |
123860 Davederrick | 2001 DX | David Derrick, American educator, who built a private planetarium, space museum and observatory | JPL · 123860 |
123901–124000
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 |
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 122,001–123,000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 123,001–124,000 |
Succeeded by 124,001–125,000 |
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