Meanings of minor planet names: 138001–139000

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".

138001–138100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
138016 Kerribeisser	2000 CQ111	Kerri B. Beisser (born 1974) is a project manager at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, and served as the Education and Public Outreach Lead for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.	JPL · 138016

138101–138200

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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

138201–138300

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
138221 Baldry	2000 EC207	Ivan Baldry (born 1971), British astronomer	JPL · 138221

138301–138400

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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

138401–138500

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138445 Westenburger	2000 JF2	Carl-Heinz Westenburger (1924–2008), German painter, printmaker and conservationist	JPL · 138445

138501–138600

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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

138601–138700

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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

138701–138800

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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

138801–138900

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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

138901–139000

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
138979 Černice	2001 CM32	Černice is a small pleasant old South Bohemian village situated above the Vltava river	JPL · 138979

References

Preceded by 137,001–138,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 138,001–139,000

Succeeded by 139,001–140,000

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