Meanings of minor planet names: 155001–156000

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published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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

155001–155100

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
155083 Banneker 2005 SE134 Benjamin Banneker, freeborn African-American farmer, clockmaker, writer and scientist JPL

155101–155200

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
155116 Verkhivnya 2005 TJ49 Verkhivnya, Ukraine, where is the estate of countess Evelina Hańska, wife to the 18th-century French novelist Honoré de Balzac, who wrote La Marâtre, Les Paysans and part of La Comédie humaine here JPL
155138 Pucinskas 2005 TM169 Aloyzas Pucinskas, associate professor at the Astronomical Observatory of Vilnius University JPL
155142 Tenagra 2005 UD4 Tenagra, mythical island mentioned ("Darmok and Jalad at Tenagra") in the Darmok episode of Star Trek - The Next Generation, and the namesake of the discovery site JPL

155201–155300

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
155290 Anniegrauer 2005 XJ40 Patricia Ann ("Annie") Purnell Grauer, American photographer, cook, homemaker, writer and a student of the night sky JPL

155301–155400

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

155401–155500

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
155438 Velásquez 1998 DV Diego Velásquez, the most famous Spanish painter JPL

155501–155600

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

155601–155700

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

155701–155800

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

155801–155900

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

155901–156000

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
155948 Maquet 2001 QA73 Lucie Maquet, studies cometary non-gravitational forces at IMCCE, Observatoire de Paris 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
154,001–155,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 155,001–156,000
Succeeded by
156,001–157,000
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