Meanings of minor planet names: 140001–141000

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.

140001–140100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
140038 Kurushima2001 SN73Kurushima Kaikyo is a 4-kilometer-wide strait between the islands of Shikoku and Oshima, JapanJPL · 140038

140101–140200

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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

140201–140300

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

140301–140400

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

140401–140500

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

140501–140600

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

140601–140700

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
140602 Berlind2001 TU247Andreas Berlind, American astronomerJPL · 140602
140620 Raoulwallenberg2001 UN10Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish humanitarianJPL · 140620
140628 Klaipeda2001 UM14Klaipeda, third largest city in LithuaniaJPL · 140628

140701–140800

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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

140801–140900

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

140901–141000

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
140980 Blanton2001 VQ132Michael Blanton (born 1973), American cosmologistJPL · 140980

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
139,001–140,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 140,001–141,000		 Succeeded by
141,001–142,000
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