Meanings of minor planet names: 112001–113000

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".

112001–112100

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

112101–112200

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

112201–112300

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112233 Kammerer	2002 KC15	Andreas Kammerer, German physicist and amateur astronomer	JPL · 112233

112301–112400

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112328 Klinkerfues	2002 MU4	Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Klinkerfues, 19th-century German astronomer and meteorologist	JPL · 112328

112401–112500

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

112501–112600

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

112601–112700

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112656 Gines	2002 PM86	Gines Lopez (1933–2008), a good friend and collaborator of the discoverer.	JPL · 112656

112701–112800

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112797 Grantjudy	2002 PH165	Grant R. J. and Judy L. Harding, siblings-in-law of the discoverer †	JPL · 112797
112798 Kelindsey	2002 PR165	Lindsey Annemarie and Kelsey Leanne Harding, nieces of the discoverer †	JPL · 112798

112801–112900

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112900 Tonyhoffman	2002 QS50	Tony Hoffman is an American poet, writer, editor, and director of the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York. He also discovered several sungrazing comets and the near-Earth object 2005 JB22 (MPC).	JPL · 112900

112901–113000

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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

References

Preceded by 111,001–112,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 112,001–113,000

Succeeded by 113,001–114,000

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