Meanings of minor planet names: 103001–104000

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), 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.

This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. Also see list of named minor planets (alphabetical) for a condensed version without naming citations.

Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars several times a year.[1] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).[2] Until his death in 2016, German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel compiled these citations into the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (DMP) and regularly updated the collection.[3][4] Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,[5] Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II.  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document: "SBDB". New namings may only be added after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned by the Committee on Small Body Nomenclature.[6]

103001–103100

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

103101–103200

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

103201–103300

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103220 Kwongchuikuen1999 YQ4Kwong Chui Kuen (born 1960), American producer of television documentaries, and the wife of the discoverer (this was his first minor planet)JPL · 103220

103301–103400

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

103401–103500

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103421 Laurmatt2000 AD151Laurenne Greco (born 1991) and Mattia Vivarelli (born 1986), Italian amateur astronomers engaged in meteor research at San Marcello Pistoiese ObservatoryJPL · 103421
103422 Laurisirén2000 AG153Lauri Sirén (1921–), Finnish amateur astronomer and founder of the amateur astronomical association Jyväskylän SiriusJPL · 103422
103460 Dieterherrmann2000 AC204Dieter B. Herrmann (born 1939), German astronomer and physicist and director of the director of the Archenhold Observatory in BerlinJPL · 103460

103501–103600

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103560 Peate2000 BZ31John Peate (1820–1902) was an amateur optician who fabricated large telescope mirrors in the late 19th century, culminating with a 62" mirror in 1897, then the largest in the world. That mirror is now kept in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History in Washington DC.JPL · 103560

103601–103700

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

103701–103800

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103740 Budinger2000 CV110Donald V. Budinger (born 1942), American chairman and founding director of the Rodel Foundations and Science Foundation ArizonaJPL · 103740
103770 Wilfriedlang2000 DP1Wilfried Lang (born 1951), a German engineerJPL · 103770

103801–103900

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

103901–104000

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103966 Luni2000 DC79The Italian municipality of Luni, an ancient and powerful Roman city founded in 177 BC on the shores of the Ligurian SeaJPL · 103966

References
  1. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  3. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  4. 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.
  5. Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
  6. "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
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102,001–103,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 103,001–104,000		 Succeeded by
104,001–105,000
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