Meanings of minor planet names: 154001–155000

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".

154001–154100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
154004 Haolei	2002 AW205	Lei Hao (born 1976), Chinese astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey	JPL · 154004
154005 Hughharris	2002 AU206	Hugh Harris (born 1947), American astronomer who contributed to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey with stellar parallax measurements and white dwarf identifications	JPL · 154005
154006 Suzannehawley	2002 AD207	Suzanne Hawley (born 1960), American astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey	JPL · 154006

154101–154200

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
154141 Kertész	2002 EJ160	André Kertész (1894–1985), Hungarian photographer	JPL · 154141

154201–154300

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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

154301–154400

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
154378 Hennessy	2002 XR115	Gregory Hennessy (born 1963), American astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey	JPL · 154378

154401–154500

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
154493 Portisch	2003 FU6	Lajos Portisch (born 1937), a Hungarian chess Grandmaster.	JPL · 154493

154501–154600

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
154554 Heatherelliott	2003 GC52	Heather A. Elliott (born 1971) is a principal scientist at the Southwest Research Institute who served as a co-investigator for plasma and solar wind science for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.	JPL · 154554
154587 Ennico	2003 KL22	Kimberly Ennico Smith (born 1972), a Research Astrophysicist at NASA Ames Research Center, served as a Deputy Project Scientist for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.	JPL · 154587

154601–154700

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
154660 Kavelaars	2004 FX29	John J. ("JJ") Kavelaars, Canadian astronomer and discoverer of minor planets	JPL · 154660

154701–154800

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
154714 de Schepper	2004 LU5	Mieke de Schepper (1943–2003) was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987 and died fighting against the disease	JPL · 154714

154801–154900

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
154865 Stefanheutz	2004 RO84	Stefan Heutz (born 1980), German jurist and amateur astrophotographer	JPL · 154865

154901–155000

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
154902 Davidtoth	2004 RU247	David Toth, Canadian Emergency Room physician, private pilot and radio operator	JPL · 154902
154932 Sviderskiene	2004 TB21	Zinaida Sviderskiene (born 1945), Lithuanian astronomer	JPL · 154932
154938 Besserman	2004 TX49	Lawrence Besserman (born 1945), specialist in medieval and early modern periods of English Literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem	JPL · 154938
154991 Vinciguerra	2005 BX26	Lucia Vinciguerra (born 1965), friend of the Italian co-discoverer Andrea Boattini	JPL · 154991

References

Preceded by 153,001–154,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 154,001–155,000

Succeeded by 155,001–156,000

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