Meanings of minor planet names: 60001–61000

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.

60001–60100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
60001 Adélka1999 TG5Adélka Kotková, daughter of Lenka Kotková, the discovererJPL · 60001
60006 Holgermandel1999 TB16Holger Mandel, German astronomer at the Landessternwarte Heidelberg and an honorary member of the Starkenburg-SternwarteJPL · 60006
60008 Jarda1999 TP16Jaroslav Kotek, husband of the discoverer Lenka KotkováJPL · 60008

60101–60200

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60148 Seanurban1999 US1Sean E. Urban (born 1962) has made significant advances to astrometry, including completion of the reductions of the 22,000 Astrographic Catalogue plates. These data formed the basis of proper motions for the most important reference star catalogs of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, including Tycho-2 and the UCAC.JPL · 60148
60183 Falcone1999 VR11Giovanni Falcone, Italian magistrate who fought against organized crimeJPL · 60183
60186 Las Cruces1999 VH22Las Cruces, New Mexico †MPC · 60186

60201–60300

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

60301–60400

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

60401–60500

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60406 Albertosuci2000 CR1Alberto Suci, Italian amateur astronomerJPL · 60406
60423 Chvojen2000 CO39Chvojen is a small village in the Benešov District Central Bohemia in the Czech RepublicJPL · 60423

60501–60600

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60558 Echeclus2000 EC98Echeclus, centaur who attended Pirithous' wedding, fought against the Lapiths, and was killed by Ampyx (Amycus), son of OphionJPL · 60558

60601–60700

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60609 Kerryprice2000 EA175Kerry Price (born 1939), an accomplished jazz singer who has performed with numerous dixieland jazz bands in southern Michigan over the last 50 years. She is also the music director for a church in suburban Detroit, Michigan.JPL · 60609
60614 Tomshea2000 EU198Thomas William Shea (1931–1982) was an American ragtime composer best known for his “prairie ragtime” style and the more than 20 “rags” he composed. He was active in ragtime and jazz in the Detroit, Michigan area throughout the 1960s and 1970s.JPL · 60614
60622 Pritchet2000 FK8Christopher J. Pritchet, Canadian physicist and astronomer †MPC · 60622
60669 Georgpick2000 GE4Georg Alexander Pick (1859–1942), an Austrian mathematician.JPL · 60669

60701–60800

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

60801–60900

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

60901–61000

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60972 Matenko2000 KNMateno ("Matenko") is a nickname of Alexander Pravda, friend of the discoverer Adrián Galád and Peter KolényJPL · 60972

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
59,001–60,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 60,001–61,000		 Succeeded by
61,001–62,000
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