Meanings of minor planet names: 144001–145000

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".

144001–144100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
144096 Wiesendangen	2004 BV58	Wiesendangen, Switzerland, home of the discoverer Markus Griesser and his family	JPL · 144096

144101–144200

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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

144201–144300

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
144296 Steviewonder	2004 DF	Stevie Wonder (born 1950) is the stage name of Stevland Hardaway Morris. He is a blind American songwriter, singer and multi-instrumentalist. He has recorded more than 30 U.S. top ten hits and received 25 Grammy Awards.	JPL · 144296

144301–144400

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
144303 Mirellabreschi	2004 DD7	Mirella Breschi, wife of the Italian co-discoverer Giancarlo Fagioli	JPL · 144303
144333 Marcinkiewicz	2004 DT25	Ekhard Marcinkiewicz (born 1928), Austrian amateur solar astronomer	JPL · 144333
144386 Emmabirath	2004 DB71	Emma M. Birath (born 1974) is a data analyst at Southwest Research Institute Boulder, Colorado. She built instrument software sequences for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.	JPL · 144386

144401–144500

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
144496 Reingard	2004 EZ66	Reingard Apitzsch, wife of the German discoverer Rolf Apitzsch	JPL · 144496

144501–144600

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
144552 Jackiesue	2004 FS4	Jackie Sue, wife of Robert Holmes and is active in the business component of the Astronomical Research Institute	JPL · 144552

144601–144700

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
144633 Georgecarroll	2004 FH80	George Carroll (1902–1983), American builder of precision instruments, heliostats, and telescopes	JPL · 144633
144692 Katemary	2004 GC	Katelyn Anne Marie Young, granddaughter of the American discoverer James Whitney Young	JPL · 144692

144701–144800

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
144716 Scotttucker	2004 GW28	Scott Robert Tucker (born 1978) is a Tucson-based, self-trained optical designer and fabricator of telescopes and astronomical instruments. He is also an experienced astrophotographer and astronomy communicator	JPL · 144716
144752 Plunge	2004 HK	Plunge, Lithuania, native town of Elena Petreikytė-Černienė, former teacher of astronomy and wife of the first discoverer ‡	JPL · 144752
144769 Zachariassen	2004 HO20	Rayan Zachariassen (born 1963), a Canadian computer scientist	JPL · 144769

144801–144900

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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

144901–145000

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
144907 Whitehorne	2004 YS3	Mary Lou Whitehorne, Canadian second vice-president of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC)	JPL · 144907

References

Preceded by 143,001–144,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 144,001–145,000

Succeeded by 145,001–146,000

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