Meanings of minor planet names: 148001–149000

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]

148001–148100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
148081 Sunjiadong1999 AW23Sun Jiadong (born 1929), aerospace-technologist-academician of the Chinese Academy of SciencesJPL · 148081

148101–148200

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148201–148300

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148301–148400

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148384 Dalcanton2000 SV373Julianne Dalcanton (born 1968), American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and discoverer of comet C/1999 F2JPL · 148384

148401–148500

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

148501–148600

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

148601–148700

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148604 Shobbrook2001 RO63John Shobbrook (born 1948), American supporter of the Rose-Hulman Oakley Observatory in Indiana, where this minor planet was discoveredJPL · 148604

148701–148800

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148707 Dodelson2001 SC353Scott Dodelson (born 1959), American physicist with the Sloan Digital Sky SurveyJPL · 148707
148780 Altjira2001 UQ18Altjira, from Australian Aboriginal mythology. He is the central god of the Dreamtime who created the Earth and then retired to the sky.JPL · 148780

148801–148900

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

148901–149000

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

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.
Preceded by
147,001–148,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 148,001–149,000		 Succeeded by
149,001–150,000
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