Meanings of minor planet names: 151001–152000

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".

151001–151100

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

151101–151200

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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

151201–151300

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151242 Hajós	2002 AH11	Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer and architect	JPL · 151242

151301–151400

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
151349 Stanleycooper	2002 CW270	Stanley B. Cooper (born 1944), of Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, served as the lead engineer for the spacecraft time-keeping system for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.	JPL · 151349
151351 Dalleore	2002 CS282	Cristina M. Dalle Ore (born 1958) is a senior scientist at the NASA SETI Institute, who served as a composition science team member for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.	JPL · 151351
151362 Chenkegong	2002 CP313	Chen Kegong, grandfather of the Chinese discoverer Ye Quan-Zhi	JPL · 151362

151401–151500

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
151430 Nemunas	2002 FC14	Nemunas River, the largest river in Lithuania	JPL · 151430

151501–151600

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
151590 Fan	2002 UR58	Xiaohui Fan, Chinese-American astronomer and builder of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey	JPL · 151590

151601–151700

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
151657 Finkbeiner	2002 XV115	Douglas Finkbeiner, American astrophysicist	JPL · 151657
151659 Egerszegi	2002 YF3	Krisztina Egerszegi, Hungarian swimmer	JPL · 151659
151697 Paolobattaini	2003 AF84	Paolo Battaini (1955–2013), a talented amateur astronomer at the Schiaparelli Observatory in Varese and a gifted popularizer, especially on the human and scientific legacy of Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli, and the exploration of Mars.	JPL · 151697

151701–151800

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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

151801–151900

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151834 Mongkut	2003 FB122	King Mongkut (or Rama IV, 1804–1868) was the monarch of Siam from 1851 to 1868. He embraced Western innovations and initiated the modernization of Siam, both in technology and culture, earning him the nickname "The Father of Science and Technology".	MPC · 151834
151835 Christinarichey	2003 FC122	Christina Rae Richey (born 1982) is a discipline scientist for the Planetary Science Division at NASA Headquarters. She has championed the cause of minorities in science and has investigated properties of ices, silicate and carbonaceous materials	JPL · 151835

151901–152000

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
151997 Bauhinia	2004 JL1	Bauhinia blakeana (the Hong Kong orchid tree), the Hong Kong City Flower	JPL · 151997

References

Preceded by 150,001–151,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 151,001–152,000

Succeeded by 152,001–153,000

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