Meanings of minor planet names: 141001–142000

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".

141001–141100

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

141101–141200

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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

141201–141300

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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

141301–141400

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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

141401–141500

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141414 Bochanski	2002 AK205	John Bochanski (born 1980) is an American astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. John is best known for his work on the luminosity function of low-mass stars and the structure of the Milky Way.	JPL · 141414
141496 Bartkevicius	2002 ED13	Antanas Bartkevičius, Lithuanian astronomer	JPL · 141496

141501–141600

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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

141601–141700

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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

141701–141800

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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

141801–141900

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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

141901–142000

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
141995 Rossbeyer	2002 PU154	Ross A. Beyer (born 1975) is a research scientist at the NASA Ames Research Center, and served as a geology science team member for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.	JPL · 141995

References

Preceded by 140,001–141,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 141,001–142,000

Succeeded by 142,001–143,000

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