Meanings of minor planet names: 142001–143000

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.

142001–142100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
142014 Neirinck2002 PA168Pierre Neirinck, French-British head of the Satellite Orbits Group at Appleton Laboratory in the UK during the 1970sJPL · 142014
142020 Xinghaishiyan2002 PH178Xinghaishiyan, motto of The Suzhou Industry Park Xinghai Experimental Senior School, meaning "All stars shine brilliantly; All rivers flow to the Sea" and an educational philosophy "to make everyone a star". Xing means "star", hai means "sea", and shiyan means "experimental"JPL · 142020
142084 Jamesdaniel2002 QU47James and Daniel Sealy, sons of Robert and Hazel Sealy, friends of the discoverer (see 147397 Bobhazel)JPL · 142084
142091 Omerblaes2002 QW52Omer Michael Blaes (born 1961), an astrophysicist at the University of California Santa Barbara.JPL · 142091

142101–142200

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142106 Nengshun2002 QZ83Ye Nengshun, a great-grandfather of the discovererJPL · 142106

142201–142300

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142275 Simonyi2002 RQ117Károly Simonyi (1916–2001), a professor of electrical engineering at the Technical University of Budapest.JPL · 142275
142291 Dompfaff2002 RE138"Dompfaff" is the common name for a cardinal (priest) in the German catholic liturgy. It is also the name of the endangered Eurasian bullfinch, a beautiful small bird with a red breast. It appears regularly in the Eifel (Ardennes) near the Hoher List Observatory during winter.JPL · 142291

142301–142400

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142368 Majden2002 RH233Edward Majden (born 1939), Canadian amateur astronomer, recorder of meteor spectra, associate member of the Meteorites and Impacts Advisory Committee, and winner of the 2006 Chant Medal by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada †JPL · 142368
142369 Johnhodges2002 RE234John V. Hodges (1918–1983), active member and later observatory director of the Regina Astronomical SocietyJPL · 142369

142401–142500

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142408 Trebur2002 SU27Trebur, Germany, home of the discovering Michael Adrian Observatory (239)JPL · 142408

142501–142600

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142562 Graetz2002 TL69Paul Graetz, German Army officer, the first person to cross southern Africa by automobile (1907–1909)JPL · 142562

142601–142700

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

142701–142800

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142752 Boroski2002 TD312William Boroski, American astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky SurveyJPL · 142752
142753 Briegel2002 TG316Charlie Briegel, American computer scientist and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky SurveyJPL · 142753
142754 Brunner2002 TR317Robert Brunner, American astrophysicist and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky SurveyJPL · 142754
142755 Castander2002 TA318Francisco J. Castander, Spanish astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky SurveyJPL · 142755
142756 Chiu2002 TF319Kuenley Chiu, American astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky SurveyJPL · 142756
142757 Collinge2002 TS335Matthew Collinge, American astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky SurveyJPL · 142757
142758 Connolly2002 TH358Andy Connolly, American astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky SurveyJPL · 142758
142759 Covey2002 TQ358Kevin Covey, American astronomer at Lowell Observatory and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky SurveyJPL · 142759
142760 Csabai2002 TN361Istvan Csabai, Hungarian physicist and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey JPLMPC · 142760

142801–142900

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142822 Czarapata2002 US65Paul Czarapata, American astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky SurveyJPL · 142822

142901–143000

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

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
141,001–142,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 142,001–143,000		 Succeeded by
143,001–144,000
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