Meanings of minor planet names: 125001–126000

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".

125001–125100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
125071 Lugosi	2001 TX242	Béla Lugosi, early 20th-century Hungarian actor best known for his portrayal of Count Dracula in the Broadway stage production (1927) and subsequent film (1931) of Bram Stoker's classic vampire story	JPL · 125071
125076 Michelmayor	2001 UD6	Michel Mayor (born 1942) is a Swiss astrophysicist at Geneva University.	JPL · 125076

125101–125200

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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

125201–125300

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

125301–125400

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

125401–125500

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125473 Keisaku	2001 WP14	Keisaku Ninomiya, a medical doctor who studied Western medicine and pharmaceutics under the German doctor P. F. von Siebold in Nagasaki	JPL · 125473
125476 Frangarcia	2001 WE16	Francisco Garcia, Spanish amateur astronomer	JPL · 125476

125501–125600

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
125592 Buthiers	2001 XO33	Observatoire de Buthiers, the discovery site	JPL · 125592

125601–125700

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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

125701–125800

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125718 Jemasalomon	2001 XH105	Jean-Marc Salomon, French amateur astronomer; the 0.6-m telescope with which this minor planet was discovered is also named in his honour	JPL · 125718

125801–125900

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

125901–126000

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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 124,001–125,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 125,001–126,000

Succeeded by 126,001–127,000

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