Meanings of minor planet names: 157001–158000

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.

157001–157100

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157015 Walterstraube2003 QL47Johann Walter Straube (born 1937), a founding father of astronomy in Namibia.JPL · 157015
157020 Fertőszentmiklós2003 QV68Fertőszentmiklós is a small city in Győr-Moson-Sopron county, Hungary, and the birthplace of the second discovererJPL · 157020
157064 Sedona2003 SQ216Sedona is a city located in northern Arizona, known mainly for scenic beauty of its red sandstone formations at the south end of the Oak Creek Canyon.JPL · 157064

157101–157200

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157141 Sopron2004 PO1Sopron, Hungary, birthplace of the second discovererJPL · 157141
157194 Saddlemyer2004 QR16Leslie K. Saddlemyer, Canadian systems engineer at the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, National Research Council of Canada, project manager for the Gemini Planetary ImagerJPL · 157194

157201–157300

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157258 Leach2004 RL165Sidney ("Sid") Leach and Gloria Leach have spread their enthusiasm for astronomy around young people for years in schools and public eventsJPL · 157258
157271 Gurtovenko2004 RK222Ernest Gurtovenko (1928–1994), a Ukrainian astronomer and founder of the Kyiv school of the solar spectrographyJPL · 157271

157301–157400

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157301 Loreena2004 SE20Loreena McKennitt, Canadian singer, composer and instrumentalistJPL · 157301
157332 Lynette2004 TL20Donna Lynette Wells, wife of the American discoverer Don J. WellsJPL · 157332
157396 Vansevicius2004 TM216Vladas Vansevicius (born 1958) is a professor at the Astronomical Observatory of Vilnius University and an expert in extragalactic astronomy, astrochemistry, galactic structure and multicolor photometry of stars and star clusters. He is an author of more than 120 scientific papers and many popular science articles.JPL · 157396

157401–157500

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157421 Carolpercy2004 TX299Carol Percy, Canadian professor of EnglishJPL · 157421
157456 Pivatte2004 WT2"Pivatte" is the name of the house of the discoverer Michel Ory, located in Delémont, Switzerland, from where he made his first discovery using a remote telescope at Tenagra Observatory in the United StatesJPL · 157456
157473 Emuno2005 QH"Em Uno", Spanish spelling of M1, a group of Spanish amateur astronomersJPL · 157473
157491 Rüdigerkollar2005 RD22Rüdiger Kollar (1925–2005), German astronomer and founder of the discovering Radebeul Public Observatory (German: Sternwarte "Adolph Diesterweg" Radebeul)JPL · 157491
157494 Durham2005 RK28Steve Durham and his wife Marge have worked tirelessly to promote astronomy to people living in the Adirondack MountainsJPL · 157494

157501–157600

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157533 Stellamarie2005 TL49Stella Marie Ries (born 2008) is the niece of the discoverer Wolfgang RiesJPL · 157533
157534 Siauliai2005 TZ49Siauliai, one of the largest towns in LithuaniaJPL · 157534
157541 Wachter2005 UN8Manfred Wachter (1938–2000) was a German telescope maker. He founded his company in 1963 in Stuttgart-Uhlbach and later moved to Bodelshausen. He was well known for his folded refractors with apertures of 100 mm to 230 mm, using lenses made by Dieter Lichtenknecker.JPL · 157541

157601–157700

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157640 Baumeler2005 XS80Martin Baumeler, Swiss artisan who helped with the Observatoire Robert-A. Naef, the discovery siteJPL · 157640
157693 Amandamarty2006 ABAmanda Nicole Zawada (born 1987) and Martin Peter Mackinlay (born 1988) are geologists in Brisbane, Australia.JPL · 157693

157701–157800

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157747 Mandryka2006 CS9Nikita Mandryka, Tunisian-French cartoonist, creator of the Concombre masquéJPL · 157747

157801–157900

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

157901–158000

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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
156,001–157,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 157,001–158,000		 Succeeded by
158,001–159,000
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