Meanings of minor planet names: 157001–158000

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]

157001–157100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
157015 Walterstraube2003 QL47Johann Walter Straube (born 1937), a founding father of astronomy in Namibia.JPL · 157015
157020 Fertőszentmiklós2003 QV68Fertőszentmiklós is a small city in Győr-Moson-Sopron county, Hungary, and the birthplace of the second discovererJPL · 157020
157064 Sedona2003 SQ216Sedona is a city located in northern Arizona, known mainly for scenic beauty of its red sandstone formations at the south end of the Oak Creek Canyon.JPL · 157064

157101–157200

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157141 Sopron2004 PO1The city of Sopron in Hungary, birthplace of astronomer Tamás Szalai who co-discovered this minor planetJPL · 157141
157194 Saddlemyer2004 QR16Leslie K. Saddlemyer (born 1959), Canadian systems engineer at the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, National Research Council of Canada, project manager for the Gemini Planetary ImagerJPL · 157194

157201–157300

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157258 Leach2004 RL165Sidney Leach (born 1951) and Gloria Leach (born 1958) have spread their enthusiasm for astronomy around young people for years in schools and public eventsJPL · 157258
157271 Gurtovenko2004 RK222Ernest Andriyovych Gurtovenko (1928–1994), a Ukrainian astronomer and founder of the Kyiv school of the solar spectrographyJPL · 157271

157301–157400

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157301 Loreena2004 SE20Loreena McKennitt (born 1957), Canadian singer, composer and instrumentalistJPL · 157301
157332 Lynette2004 TL20Donna Lynette Wells (born 1965), wife of the American astronomer Don J. Wells who discovered this minor planetJPL · 157332
157396 Vansevicius2004 TM216Vladas Vansevicius (born 1958) is a professor at the Astronomical Observatory of Vilnius University and an expert in extragalactic astronomy, astrochemistry, galactic structure and multicolor photometry of stars and star clusters. He is an author of more than 120 scientific papers and many popular science articles.JPL · 157396

157401–157500

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157421 Carolpercy2004 TX299Carol Percy (born 1964), Canadian professor of EnglishJPL · 157421
157456 Pivatte2004 WT2"Pivatte" is the name of the house of the discoverer Michel Ory, located in Delémont, Switzerland, from where he made his first discovery using a remote telescope at Tenagra Observatory in the United StatesJPL · 157456
157473 Emuno2005 QH"Em Uno", Spanish spelling of "M1", a group of Spanish amateur astronomersJPL · 157473
157491 Rüdigerkollar2005 RD22Rüdiger Kollar (1925–2005), German astronomer and founder of the discovering Radebeul Public Observatory (German: Sternwarte "Adolph Diesterweg" Radebeul)JPL · 157491
157494 Durham2005 RK28Steve Durham (born 1951) and his wife Marge (born 1948) have worked tirelessly to promote astronomy to people living in the Adirondack MountainsJPL · 157494

157501–157600

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157533 Stellamarie2005 TL49Stella Marie Ries (born 2008) is the niece of the discoverer Wolfgang RiesJPL · 157533
157534 Siauliai2005 TZ49The Lithuanian city of SiauliaiJPL · 157534
157541 Wachter2005 UN8Manfred Wachter (1938–2000) was a German telescope maker. He founded his company in 1963 in Stuttgart-Uhlbach and later moved to Bodelshausen. He was well known for his folded refractors with apertures of 100 mm to 230 mm, using lenses made by Dieter Lichtenknecker.JPL · 157541

157601–157700

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157640 Baumeler2005 XS80Martin Baumeler (born 1936), Swiss artisan who helped with the Observatoire Robert-A. Naef, the discovery siteJPL · 157640
157693 Amandamarty2006 ABAmanda Nicole Zawada (born 1987) and Martin Peter Mackinlay (born 1988) are geologists in Brisbane, Australia.JPL · 157693

157701–157800

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157747 Mandryka2006 CS9Nikita Mandryka (born 1940), Tunisian-French cartoonist, creator of the Concombre masquéJPL · 157747

157801–157900

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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

157901–158000

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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.
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156,001–157,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 157,001–158,000		 Succeeded by
158,001–159,000
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