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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151001–151100
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151301–151400
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151349 Stanleycooper | 2002 CW270 | Stanley B. Cooper (born 1944), of Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, served as the lead engineer for the spacecraft time-keeping system for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto. | JPL · 151349 |
151351 Dalleore | 2002 CS282 | Cristina M. Dalle Ore (born 1958) is a senior scientist at the NASA SETI Institute, who served as a composition science team member for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto. | JPL · 151351 |
151362 Chenkegong | 2002 CP313 | Chen Kegong, grandfather of the Chinese discoverer Ye Quan-Zhi | JPL · 151362 |
151801–151900
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151834 Mongkut | 2003 FB122 | King Mongkut (or Rama IV, 1804–1868) was the monarch of Siam from 1851 to 1868. He embraced Western innovations and initiated the modernization of Siam, both in technology and culture, earning him the nickname “The Father of Science and Technology”. | MPC · 151834 |
151835 Christinarichey | 2003 FC122 | Christina Rae Richey (born 1982) is a discipline scientist for the Planetary Science Division at NASA Headquarters. She has championed the cause of minorities in science and has investigated properties of ices, silicate and carbonaceous materials | JPL · 151835 |
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