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.
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- 150,001…
- 150,101…
- 150,201…
- 150,301…
- 150,401…
- 150,501…
- 150,601…
- 150,701…
- 150,801…
- 150,901…
150001–150100
Named minor planet |
Provisional |
This minor planet was named for... |
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150035 Williamson | 2005 WO | Bruce Williamson (born 1953), American senior technician and precision machinist at the NASA Table Mountain Facility | JPL · 150035 |
150046 Cynthiaconrad | 2005 XK107 | Cynthia A. Conrad (born 1972) is a Senior Specialist at Southwest Research Institute. She served as the Pluto Encounter Logistics Lead for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto. | JPL · 150046 |
150101–150200
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Named minor planet |
Provisional |
This minor planet was named for... |
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150118 Petersberg | 1993 SZ2 | The Petersberg is a 250-m hill near of Halle (Saale), Germany. On the hill is an Abbey with its church St. Peter, formerly an Augustinian monastery. Since 1999 it has been an evangelical monastic community. The church served as a burial-place for members of the House Wettin, one of the oldest dynasties of German nobility. | JPL · 150118 |
150129 Besshi | 1994 VK7 | Besshi copper mine (Besshi Dōzan), one of the richest copper mines in Japan | JPL · 150129 |
150145 Uvic | 1996 BH1 | The University of Victoria ("UVic"), British Columbia, Canada, home to the Climenhaga Observatory, the discovery site | JPL · 150145 |
150301–150400
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Named minor planet |
Provisional |
This minor planet was named for... |
Ref · Catalog |
150374 Jasoncook | 2000 CW109 | Jason C. Cook (born 1977), is a scientist at the Southwest Research Institute who worked on the composition team for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto. | JPL · 150374 |
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