Meanings of minor planet names: 103001–104000

This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. See main page for an introduction.

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.

Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars several times a year. Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB). 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. Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets, Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. Meanings marked with * are from legacy sources may not be accurate.  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document "SBDB".

103001–103100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

103101–103200

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

103201–103300

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
103220 Kwongchuikuen	1999 YQ4	Kwong Chui Kuen, American producer of television documentaries, and the wife of the discoverer (this was his first minor planet)	JPL · 103220

103301–103400

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

103401–103500

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
103421 Laurmatt	2000 AD151	Laurenne Greco and Mattia Vivarelli, amateur astronomers engaged in meteor research at San Marcello Pistoiese Observatory	JPL · 103421
103422 Laurisirén	2000 AG153	Lauri Sirén, Finnish amateur astronomer and founder of the amateur astronomical association Jyväskylän Sirius † ‡	MPC · 103422
103460 Dieterherrmann	2000 AC204	Dieter Herrmann, German astronomer and physicist	JPL · 103460

103501–103600

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

103601–103700

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

103701–103800

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
103740 Budinger	2000 CV110	Donald V. Budinger, American chairman and founding director of the Rodel Foundations and Science Foundation Arizona	JPL · 103740
103770 Wilfriedlang	2000 DP1	Wilfried Lang (born 1951), a German engineer.	JPL · 103770

103801–103900

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

103901–104000

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
103966 Luni	2000 DC79	Luni, an ancient and powerful Roman city founded in 177 BC on the shores of the Ligurian Sea.	JPL · 103966

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Preceded by 102,001–103,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 103,001–104,000

Succeeded by 104,001–105,000

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