Meanings of minor planet names: 154001–155000
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.
154001–154100
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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154004 Haolei | 2002 AW205 | Lei Hao (born 1976), Chinese astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey | JPL · 154004 |
154005 Hughharris | 2002 AU206 | Hugh Harris (born 1947), American astronomer who contributed to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey with stellar parallax measurements and white dwarf identifications | JPL · 154005 |
154006 Suzannehawley | 2002 AD207 | Suzanne Hawley (born 1960), American astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey | JPL · 154006 |
154101–154200
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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154141 Kertész | 2002 EJ160 | André Kertész (1894–1985), Hungarian photographer | JPL · 154141 |
154201–154300
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 |
154301–154400
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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154378 Hennessy | 2002 XR115 | Gregory Hennessy (born 1963), American astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey | JPL · 154378 |
154401–154500
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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154493 Portisch | 2003 FU6 | Lajos Portisch (born 1937), a Hungarian chess Grandmaster. | JPL · 154493 |
154501–154600
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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154554 Heatherelliott | 2003 GC52 | Heather A. Elliott (born 1971) is a principal scientist at the Southwest Research Institute who served as a co-investigator for plasma and solar wind science for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto. | JPL · 154554 |
154587 Ennico | 2003 KL22 | Kimberly Ennico Smith (born 1972), a Research Astrophysicist at NASA Ames Research Center, served as a Deputy Project Scientist for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto. | JPL · 154587 |
154601–154700
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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154660 Kavelaars | 2004 FX29 | John J. ("JJ") Kavelaars, Canadian astronomer and discoverer of minor planets | JPL · 154660 |
154701–154800
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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154714 de Schepper | 2004 LU5 | Mieke de Schepper (1943–2003) was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987 and died fighting against the disease | JPL · 154714 |
154801–154900
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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154865 Stefanheutz | 2004 RO84 | Stefan Heutz (born 1980), German jurist and amateur astrophotographer | JPL · 154865 |
154901–155000
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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154902 Davidtoth | 2004 RU247 | David Toth, Canadian Emergency Room physician, private pilot and radio operator | JPL · 154902 |
154932 Sviderskiene | 2004 TB21 | Zinaida Sviderskiene (born 1945), Lithuanian astronomer | JPL · 154932 |
154938 Besserman | 2004 TX49 | Lawrence Besserman (born 1945), specialist in medieval and early modern periods of English Literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem | JPL · 154938 |
154991 Vinciguerra | 2005 BX26 | Lucia Vinciguerra (born 1965), friend of the Italian co-discoverer Andrea Boattini | JPL · 154991 |
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 153,001–154,000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 154,001–155,000 |
Succeeded by 155,001–156,000 |
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