Meanings of minor planet names: 112001–113000

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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.

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.

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Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are approved and published in a bulletin by IAU's Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN). [1] Before May 2021, citations were published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars for many decades. [2] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB). [3] 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. [4] [5]

Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets , [6] Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain : SBDB New namings may only be added to this list below after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned. [7] The WGSBN publishes a comprehensive guideline for the naming rules of non-cometary small Solar System bodies. [8]

112001–112100

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112101–112200

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112201–112300

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112233 Kammerer 2002 KC15Andreas Kammerer (born 1958), German physicist and amateur astronomer, who has made photometric light-curve observations of comets JPL  · 112233

112301–112400

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112313 Larrylines 2002 LL55Larry Lines (1949–2019) was a Canadian exploration geophysicist. During his distinguished career he was a researcher at Amoco's Tulsa lab, a professor and industry consortium leader at Memorial University of Newfoundland and the University of Calgary, and president of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists. IAU  · 112313
112320 Danielegardiol 2002 MB1Daniele Gardiol (born 1968) is an astronomer at the Torino Astrophysical Observatory (Italy). He is the principal investigator of the PRISMA project, a network of all-sky cameras dedicated to the observation of bright meteors in order to determine the trajectory and orbit of the progenitor bodies and to delimit the area where possible meteorites fall. IAU  · 112320
112328 Klinkerfues 2002 MU4 Wilhelm Klinkerfues (1827–1884), a German astronomer and meteorologist at Göttingen Observatory JPL  · 112328
112337 Francescaguerra 2002 NR4Francesca Guerra (born 1984), an Italian mathematician and software developer for the Near-Earth Object Coordination Centre (NEOCC) of the European Space Agency. IAU  · 112337
112338 Seneseconte 2002 NX5Senese Antonella (born 1960) and Conte Paolo (born 1961) are science communicators, working mainly in schools, explaining the sky with planetariums, telescopes and laboratories. Paolo is also editor and host of Radio3Scienza, the daily radio science broadcast of RAI, the national public broadcasting company of Italy. IAU  · 112338
112339 Pimpa 2002 NF6Pimpa (b. 2008) is the dog that discovered the Cavezzo meteorite just a few days after it fell near Cavezzo, Italy on 2020 Jan. 1. IAU  · 112339
112340 Davidegaddi 2002 NN6Davide Gaddi (b. 1971), the owner of the dog Pimpa who discovered the Cavezzo meteorite on 2020 Jan. 4, about three days after the fall. IAU  · 112340

112401–112500

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112483 Missjudy 2002 PAJudy Ball (born 1946), wife of American amateur astronomer Loren C. Ball, who discovered this minor planet, for her long-time support of her husband's astronomy projects. IAU  · 112483
112492 Annacipriani 2002 PA6Anna Cipriani (born 1973), an assistant professor of geochemistry and environmental geochemistry at University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. IAU  · 112492

112501–112600

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112527 Panarese 2002 PJ33 Rossella Panarese (1960–2021) was an Italian radio personality and science communicator, known for her Radio3 Scienza cultural programme, as well as a lecturer at SISSA and Sapienza University of Rome. IAU  · 112527

112601–112700

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112656 Gines 2002 PM86Gines Lopez (1933–2008), friend and collaborator of Spanish astronomer Rafael Ferrando, who discovered this minor planet JPL  · 112656

112701–112800

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112797 Grantjudy 2002 PH165Grant R. J. Harding (born 1967) and Judy L. Harding (born 1965), siblings-in-law of Canadian amateur astronomer Andrew Lowe, who discovered this minor planet JPL  · 112797
112798 Kelindsey 2002 PR165Kelsey Leanne Harding (born 2000) and Lindsey Annemarie Harding (born 1998), nieces of Canadian amateur astronomer Andrew Lowe, who discovered this minor planet JPL  · 112798

112801–112900

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112900 Tonyhoffman 2002 QS50Tony Hoffman (born 1958), an American poet, writer, editor, and director of the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York. He also discovered several sungrazing comets and is an uncredited co-discoverer of asteroid 2005 JB22. JPL  · 112900

112901–113000

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

References

  1. ↑ "WGSBN Bulletin Archive". Working Group Small Body Nomenclature. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory . Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  4. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN   978-3-540-00238-3 . Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC   224288991.
  7. ↑ "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  8. ↑ "Minor Planet Naming Guidelines (Rules and Guidelines for naming non-cometary small Solar-System bodies) – v1.0" (PDF). Working Group Small Body Nomenclature (PDF). 20 December 2021.
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