Meanings of minor planet names: 115001–116000

This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. See meanings of minor planet names for a list of all such partial lists.

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.

Besides the Minor Planet Circulars (in which the citations are published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative. Meanings marked with an asterisk (*) are guesswork, and should be checked against the mentioned sources to ensure that the identification is correct.

115001–115100

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
115051 Safaeinili 2003 RC6 Ali Safaeinili, radar scientist and electrical engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL
115058 Tassantal 2003 RH8 Antal Tass, Hungarian astronomer, and director of Konkoly Obszervatórium (Konkoly Observatory) in 1916–1936 JPL
115059 Nagykároly 2003 RJ8 Károly Nagy, Hungarian astronomer, mathematician, chemist and politician JPL

115101–115200

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

115201–115300

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
115254 Fényi 2003 SF158 Gyula Fényi, Hungarian Jesuit and astronomer JPL

115301–115400

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
115312 Whither 2003 SP215 Whitney and Heather Young, granddaughters of the discoverer JPL
115326 Wehinger 2003 SC221 Peter A. Wehinger, American astronomer, and development officer for the Giant Magellan Telescope JPL
115331 Shrylmiles 2003 SL224 Shryl Miles, American campaigner against light pollution JPL

115401–115500

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
115434 Kellyfast 2003 TU2 Kelly E. Fast (b. 1968), a program scientist for the MAVEN spacecraft at NASA. JPL
115449 Robson 2003 TG10 Monty Robson, American founder and current director of the John J. McCarthy Observatory JPL
115477 Brantanica 2003 UK8 Brandon and Brittany Danielson and Monica Rahn, grandchildren of the discoverer JPL

115501–115600

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
115561 Frankherbert 2003 UF80 Frank Herbert, 20th-century American writer, best remembered for Dune JPL

115601–115700

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

115701–115800

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

115801–115900

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
115801 Punahou 2003 UW236 Punahou School, Honolulu, Hawaii JPL
115885 Ganz 2003 VL1 Ábrahám Ganz, Swiss-Hungarian technical engineer JPL
115891 Scottmichael 2003 VW2 Scott and Michael Young, grandsons of the discoverer JPL

115901–116000

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
115950 Kocherpeter 2003 WT33 Peter Kocher, Swiss amateur astronomer JPL

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
114,001–115,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 115,001–116,000 		Succeeded by
116,001–117,000
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