Meanings of minor planet names: 158001–159000

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.

158001–158100

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158092 Frasercain2000 WM68Fraser Cain, Canadian engineer, book and magazine author, and publisher of Universe TodayJPL · 158092

158101–158200

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

158201–158300

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158222 Manicolas2001 SP169Marie-Annick Nicolas (born 1956), Swiss violinist, born in Le Creusot, France, location of the discovering Le Creusot Observatory JPL · 158222
158241 Yutonagatomo2001 TF14Yuto Nagatomo, Japanese football player for the J-League's Tokyo Football ClubJPL · 158241

158301–158400

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158329 Stevekent2001 VJ127Stephen Kent, American astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky SurveyJPL · 158329

158401–158500

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158472 Tiffanyfinley2002 CC274Tiffany J. Finley (born 1976) is a principal engineer at the Southwest Research Institute. She served as the Science Operations Center Manager for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.JPL · 158472

158501–158600

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158520 Ricardoferreira2002 FR1Ricardo Ferreira (born 1928), Brazilian physicochemistJPL · 158520
158589 Snodgrass2002 MQ4Colin Snodgrass (born 1981), British astronomer at the European Southern ObservatoryJPL · 158589

158601–158700

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158623 Perali2003 BS4Mirella Perali (born 1931), Italian amateur astronomer, author of several biographies of scientists and essays on the interplay between astronomy and classical literatureJPL · 158623
158657 Célian2003 EFCélian Hernandez (born 2010), the second son of Anne-Véronique and Michel Hernandez, one of the St. Véran observers.JPL · 158657

158701–158800

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

158801–158900

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158899 Malloryvale2004 QOMallory Vale was a Table Mountain Observatory trained summer employee in 2004JPL · 158899

158901–159000

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158913 Kreider2004 RC25Christian Kreider, French amateur astronomerJPL · 158913

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
157,001–158,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 158,001–159,000
Succeeded by
159,001–160,000
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