Meanings of minor planet names: 155001–156000

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.

155001–155100

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155083 Banneker2005 SE134Benjamin Banneker, freeborn African-American farmer, clockmaker, writer and scientistJPL · 155083

155101–155200

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155116 Verkhivnya2005 TJ49Verkhivnya, Ukraine, where is the estate of countess Evelina Hańska, wife to the 18th-century French novelist Honoré de Balzac, who wrote La Marâtre, Les Paysans and part of La Comédie humaine hereJPL · 155116
155138 Pucinskas2005 TM169Aloyzas Pucinskas, associate professor at the Astronomical Observatory of Vilnius UniversityJPL · 155138
155142 Tenagra2005 UD4Tenagra, mythical island mentioned ("Darmok and Jalad at Tenagra") in the Darmok episode of Star Trek - The Next Generation, and the namesake of the discovering Tenagra II ObservatoryJPL · 155142

155201–155300

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155270 Dianawheeler2005 WH113Diana E. Wheeler (born 1950) made fundamental contributions to understanding the physiological basis of caste determination in social insects. Her research blazed the trail for uncovering the relationship between environmental factors and physiology and the evolution of eusociality which is at the core for gene-environment interactions.JPL · 155270
155290 Anniegrauer2005 XJ40Patricia Ann ("Annie") Purnell Grauer, American photographer, cook, homemaker, writer and a student of the night skyJPL · 155290

155301–155400

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

155401–155500

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155438 Velásquez1998 DVDiego Velázquez (1599–1660), Spanish painter of the Spanish Golden AgeJPL · 155438

155501–155600

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

155601–155700

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

155701–155800

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155784 Ercol2000 SH345Carl Jack Ercol (born 1959) is a systems engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. He served as the Thermal Subsystem Lead for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.JPL · 155784

155801–155900

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

155901–156000

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155948 Maquet2001 QA73Lucie Maquet, studies cometary non-gravitational forces at IMCCE, Observatoire de ParisJPL · 155948

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
154,001–155,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 155,001–156,000		 Succeeded by
156,001–157,000
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