Meanings of minor planet names: 150001–151000

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".

150001–150100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
150035 Williamson	2005 WO	Bruce Williamson (born 1953), American senior technician and precision machinist at the NASA Table Mountain Facility	JPL · 150035
150046 Cynthiaconrad	2005 XK107	Cynthia A. Conrad (born 1972) is a Senior Specialist at Southwest Research Institute. She served as the Pluto Encounter Logistics Lead for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.	JPL · 150046
150081 Steindl	2006 UH109	Imre Steindl (1839–1902) was a Hungarian architect, full professor of the Budapest University of Technology, and a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. His most famous work, the Hungarian Parliament Building, is regarded by many as a symbol of the capital city.	JPL · 150081

150101–150200

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
150118 Petersberg	1993 SZ2	The Petersberg is a 250-m hill near of Halle (Saale), Germany. On the hill is an Abbey with its church St. Peter, formerly an Augustinian monastery. Since 1999 it has been an evangelical monastic community. The church served as a burial-place for members of the House Wettin, one of the oldest dynasties of German nobility.	JPL · 150118
150129 Besshi	1994 VK7	Besshi copper mine (Besshi Dōzan), one of the richest copper mines in Japan	JPL · 150129
150145 Uvic	1996 BH1	The University of Victoria ("UVic"), British Columbia, Canada, home to the Climenhaga Observatory, the discovery site	JPL · 150145

150201–150300

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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

150301–150400

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
150374 Jasoncook	2000 CW109	Jason C. Cook (born 1977), is a scientist at the Southwest Research Institute who worked on the composition team for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.	JPL · 150374

150401–150500

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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

150501–150600

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
150520 Dong	2000 RF107	Feng Dong (born 1979), Chinese-American astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey	JPL · 150520

150601–150700

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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

150701–150800

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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

150801–150900

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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

150901–151000

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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 149,001–150,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 150,001–151,000

Succeeded by 151,001–152,000

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