Meanings of minor planet names: 68001–69000

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.

68001–68100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
68021 Taiki2000 YU17Taiki Town, located in the eastern part of Hokkaido, is a beautiful town blessed with clear streams and a large park filled with wild flowers on its shoreJPL · 68021

68101–68200

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68109 Naomipasachoff2000 YH135Naomi Pasachoff (born 1947), American scientific biographer and amateur astronomerJPL · 68109
68114 Deákferenc2001 ACFerenc Deák (1803–1876), a Hungarian statesman, Minister of Justice and honorary member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.JPL · 68114
68144 Mizser2001 AW38Attila Mizser, one of the leaders of Hungarian amateur astronomy, editor-in-chief of MeteorJPL · 68144

68201–68300

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68218 Nealgalt2001 CO31Neal Galt, American amateur astronomer and newspaper columnist †MPC · 68218

68301–68400

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68325 Begues2001 HO16The Begues Observatory (Catalan: Observatori Astronòmic de Begues) is an amateur observatory operated by Pepe Manteca in Barcelona, Spain †JPL · 68325

68401–68500

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68410 Nichols2001 QB154Nichelle Nichols, American author and actress, best known for her role as Lt. Nyota Uhura in the Star Trek series † ‡MPC · 68410
68448 Sidneywolff2001 SW4Sidney C. Wolff, American director of Kitt Peak National Observatory (1984–1987) and the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (1987–2001), president of the American Astronomical Society (1992–1994) and the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1985–1986), and a founding editor of the Astronomy Education ReviewJPL · 68448

68501–68600

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

68601–68700

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

68701–68800

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68718 Safi2002 DQSafi, Morocco, birthplace of the discoverer's wifeJPL · 68718
68719 Jangyeongsil2002 DWJang Yeongsil, fifteenth century Korean scientist (after whom the JangYeongSil Award, an annual Korean new technology product award, is also named)JPL · 68719
68730 Straizys2002 EA13Vytautas Straižys, Lithuanian astronomerJPL · 68730
68779 Schöninger2002 FA3Schöninger (a.k.a. Šenýgl), 17th–19th-century German name of Kleť mountain, meaning "a place with a beautiful view"JPL · 68779

68801–68900

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68853 Vaimaca2002 HA9Vaimaca, one of the four "last charrás", native Uruguayans sold by the state to be exhibited in France in 1833; he had been a chief and served as a soldier in the army of the Uruguayan national hero José Artigas JPLMPC · 68853

68901–69000

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
68947 Brunofunk2002 PW156Amateur astronomer Bruno Funk (born 1930) is the founder of Messelberg Observatory and president of the amateur association Sternfreunde Donzdorf in Donzdorf, Geramany † ‡JPL · 68947
68948 Mikeoates2002 PX157Michael Oates (born 1957), British amateur astronomer, SOHO comet hunter †JPL · 68948

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
67,001–68,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 68,001–69,000		 Succeeded by
69,001–70,000
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