Meanings of minor planet names: 132001–133000

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".

132001–132100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
132005 Scottmcgregor	2002 CN99	Scott A. McGregor (born 1956), Broadcom CEO and Founding Chair of the Broadcom Foundation, championed the Broadcom MASTERS, a program of Society for Science and the Public, that inspires young people in middle schools throughout the world to meet the Grand Challenges as our future scientists and innovators.	JPL · 132005

132101–132200

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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

132201–132300

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

132301–132400

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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

132401–132500

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132445 Gaertner	2002 GD178	Christian Gaertner, German craftsman, merchant, amateur astronomer, and astronomy populariser	JPL · 132445

132501–132600

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
132524 APL	2002 JF56	The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), developers of numerous space missions, including NEAR Shoemaker and many others	JPL · 132524

132601–132700

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132661 Carlbaeker	2002 LO60	Carl Wilhelm Baeker (1819–1882), German watchmaker and amateur astronomer, discoverer and co-discoverer of six comets	JPL · 132661

132701–132800

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
132718 Kemény	2002 ON27	John George Kemeny or Kemény János György (1926–1992), 20th-century Hungarian-born American mathematician, co-developer of the BASIC programming language	JPL · 132718
132719 Lambey	2002 PF	Bernard Lambey (born 1934), French animator and popularizer of astronomy, co-founder of the Astronomical Society of Montpellier	JPL · 132719
132792 Scottsmith	2002 PB152	P. Scott Smith (born 1922), American physics teacher, primarily responsible for inspiring the discoverer to become an astronomer	JPL · 132792
132798 Kürti	2002 PU167	Stefan Kürti (born 1960), Slovakian amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets	JPL · 132798

132801–132900

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
132820 Miskotte	2002 QX65	Koen Miskotte (born 1962), Dutch confectioner and amateur astronomer, active within the Dutch Meteor Society	JPL · 132820
132824 Galamb	2002 QE79	József Galamb, Hungarian-born U.S. mechanical engineer	JPL · 132824
132825 Shizu-Mao	2002 QT85	Ye Mao (Shiqing; 1231–1322), Chinese chief executive of Zibei County (now Wenchang City), Shizu ("earliest ancestor") of the discoverer Ye Quan-Zhi	JPL · 132825
132874 Latinovits	2002 RV118	Zoltán Latinovits (1931–1976), Hungarian actor (the minor planet was discovered on his 71st birth anniversary)	JPL · 132874

132901–133000

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
132904 Notkin	2002 RB237	Geoffrey Notkin, co-host of the popular Science Channel series Meteorite Men	JPL · 132904

References

Preceded by 131,001–132,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 132,001–133,000

Succeeded by 133,001–134,000

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