Meanings of minor planet names: 127001–128000

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published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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.

127001–127100

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
127005 Pratchett 2002 GY1 Terry Pratchett, popular English author JPL

127101–127200

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
127196 Hanaceplechová 2002 HH Hana Ceplechová, served as a secretary in the Interplanetary Matter Department of the Ondrejov Observatory for three decades JPL

127201–127300

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

127301–127400

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

127401–127500

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

127501–127600

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
127515 Nitta 2002 TY306 Atsuko Nitta, Japanese-American astronomer JPL
127516 Oravetz 2002 TT307 Daniel Oravetz, American astronomer JPL
127517 Kaikepan 2002 TJ371 Kaike Pan, Chinese-American astronomer JPL
127545 Crisman 2002 XZ91 James Crisman, president of the Astronomy Club of Sun City West (Arizona) in 1986 and for 13 years JPL

127601–127700

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
127689 Doncapone 2003 EE17 Don Giuseppe Capone, rector of the diocesan Seminar of Alatri since 1956 JPL

127701–127800

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

127801–127900

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
127803 Johnvaneepoel 2003 FP77 John M. Van Eepoel (b. 1977) contributed to the NASA OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission as part of the Navigation/Flight Dynamics Team. JPL
127810 Michaelwright 2003 FK85 Michael Wright (b. 1960) is OSIRIS-REx project lead for assembly, test, and launch operations. He is also an exploration systems engineer, developing concepts for human exploration of Mars. He served as an integration and test manager for over a dozen missions including FREESTAR on the final flight of space shuttle Columbia.JPL
127870 Vigo 2003 FE123 Vigo, Galicia, Spain, the first discoverer's birthplace JPL

127901–128000

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
127933 Shaunoborn 2003 HF1 Shaun Oborn (b. 1964) is a member of the team at Solo Effects LLC and has contributed to the NASA OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission working with the Navigation/Flight Dynamics Team. JPL
127935 Reedmckenna 2003 HM1 Reed McKenna (b. 1959) is a member of the team at Solo Effects LLC and has contributed to the NASA OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission working with the Navigation/Flight Dynamics Team. 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
126,001–127,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 127,001–128,000
Succeeded by
128,001–129,000
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