Meanings of minor planet names: 123001–124000

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".

123001–123100

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

123101–123200

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
123120 Peternewman	2000 SQ372	Peter R. Newman, British astronomer	JPL · 123120

123201–123300

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
123290 Manoa	2000 UH100	Manoa valley, on the island of Oahu, where the University of Hawai'i was founded in 1907 (the provisional designation's subscript stands for the university's centennial celebration of 2007)	JPL · 123290

123301–123400

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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

123401–123500

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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

123501–123600

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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

123601–123700

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
123647 Tomáško	2000 YG66	Tomáš Kušnirák (born 2002), the only child of the discoverers.	JPL · 123647

123701–123800

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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

123801–123900

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
123818 Helenzier	2001 BC75	Helen Zier, American amateur astronomer, birder and volunteer in several scientific research programs	JPL · 123818
123852 Jánboďa	2001 CM37	Ján Boda, Slovak geophysicist and senior lecturer at the Comenius University in Bratislava	JPL · 123852
123860 Davederrick	2001 DX	David Derrick, American educator, who built a private planetarium, space museum and observatory	JPL · 123860

123901–124000

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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 122,001–123,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 123,001–124,000

Succeeded by 124,001–125,000

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