Meanings of minor planet names: 156001–157000

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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]

156001–156100

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156101–156200

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156201–156300

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156301–156400

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156401–156500

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156501–156600

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156542 Hogg 2002 CM314David W. Hogg (born 1970), American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey JPL  · 156542
156580 Madách 2002 EF157Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. IAU  · 156580

156601–156700

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156631 Margitan 2002 JM8James Margitan (born 1951), atmospheric researcher and manager at JPL's Science Division JPL  · 156631

156701–156800

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156751 Chelseaferrell 2002 XL92Chelsea L. Ferrell (born 1988), of the Southwest Research Institute, was a resource analyst working for the New Horizons mission to Pluto. JPL  · 156751

156801–156900

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156879 Eloïs 2003 EQ1Eloïs Hernandez (born 2007), son of Michel Hernandez, a French astronomer at the Observatory of Saint-Veran where this minor planet was discovered JPL  · 156879
156880 Bernardtregon 2003 ES1Bernard Tregon (born 1968), French amateur astronomer, interferometry specialist, and observer at the Pic du Midi Observatory JPL  · 156880

156901–157000

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156939 Odegard 2003 FB120 John D. Odegard (1941–1998) was an American aviation visionary who started the flight-training program at the University of North Dakota in 1968 that is now known as the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences. JPL  · 156939
156990 Claerbout 2003 KX18 Jon Claerbout (born 1938), American geophysicist and contributor to the theory and art of seismic exploration. He is a pioneer of computer-modelling wave propagation and of seismic interferometry, examining the structure of the Earth and the Sun. JPL  · 156990

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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