Meanings of minor planet names: 189001–190000

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]

189001–189100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
189004 Capys3184 T-3Capys, king of Dardania, from Classical mythology. He was the son of Assaracus and the father of Anchises.JPL · 189004
189011 Ogmios1997 NJ6Ogmios, Celtic patron god of scholars and the personification of eloquence and persuasivenessJPL · 189011
189018 Guokeda1998 TC19The University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), also known as "Guokeda", is the first and largest graduate education institution in the P.R. China, having granted the country's first Ph.D.s in science and in engineering. UCAS started enrolling undergraduate students in 2014.JPL · 189018
189035 Michaelsummers2000 CX109Michael E. Summers (born 1954) is a professor of planetary sciences and astronomy at George Mason University. He worked as a co-investigator and as a Deputy Atmospheres Team Lead for the New Horizons mission to Pluto.JPL · 189035

189101–189200

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
189188 Floraliën2003 FL6The Gentse Floraliën (Floralies of Ghent) is a world-famous flower exhibition held in Ghent (Belgium) every five yearsJPL · 189188

189201–189300

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189202 Calar Alto2003 SM15Calar Alto Observatory, in the Sierra de los Filabres in Andalusia, southern SpainJPL · 189202
189261 Hiroo2004 XO62Hiroo Itagaki (1949–1977), brother of the Japanese amateur astronomer Koichi Itagaki who discovered this minor planetJPL · 189261
189264 Gerardjeong2005 GY108Gerard K. Jeong (born 1973), humanitarian, healer, and spine surgeon at Tucson Orthopedic InstituteJPL · 189264

189301–189400

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189310 Polydamas2006 AJ82Polydamas from Greek mythology. He was a Trojan commander during the Trojan War whose battle strategy was more cautious than that of his friend Hektor.JPL · 189310
189312 Jameyszalay2006 JN62Jamey R. Szalay (born 1988), an Associate Research Scholar at Princeton University who worked as a PhD student with the Student Dust Counter Instrument for the New Horizons mission to Pluto.JPL · 189312
189347 Qian2008 BQ15Qian Zhongshu (1910–1998), Chinese literary scholar and writerJPL · 189347
189396 Sielewicz2008 JB6Henryk Sielewicz (born 1949), a Lithuanian amateur astronomerJPL · 189396
189398 Soemmerring2008 JG20Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring (1755–1830), German anthropologist, anatomist, paleontologist and inventorJPL · 189398

189401–189500

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

189501–189600

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

189601–189700

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

189701–189800

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189795 McGehee2002 ER159Peregrine McGehee (born 1960), an American astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.[MPC 85412]MPC · 189795

189801–189900

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189848 Eivissa2003 FF2Eivissa (Ibiza in Spanish) is the westernmost of the Balearic islandsJPL · 189848

189901–190000

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189930 Jeanneherbert2003 SR200Jeanne Herbert (born 1958), a grants management specialist for the Bisbee (Arizona) Unified School DistrictJPL · 189930
189944 Leblanc2003 TXThierry Leblanc (born 1967), the group supervisor of the Atmospheric Lidar Group, and Principal Investigator of stratospheric and tropospheric ozone, and temperature lidar measurements at the Table Mountain Observatory.JPL · 189944
189948 Richswanson2003 UM4Rich Swanson (born 1964) is an intelligence specialist for a contractor to the Department of Defense at Ft. Huachuca, ArizonaJPL · 189948

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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188,001–189,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 189,001–190,000		 Succeeded by
190,001–191,000
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