Meanings of minor planet names: 155001–156000

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".

155001–155100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
155083 Banneker	2005 SE134	Benjamin Banneker, freeborn African-American farmer, clockmaker, writer and scientist	JPL · 155083

155101–155200

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155116 Verkhivnya	2005 TJ49	Verkhivnya, Ukraine, where is the estate of countess Evelina Hańska, wife to the 18th-century French novelist Honoré de Balzac, who wrote La Marâtre, Les Paysans and part of La Comédie humaine here	JPL · 155116
155138 Pucinskas	2005 TM169	Aloyzas Pucinskas, associate professor at the Astronomical Observatory of Vilnius University	JPL · 155138
155142 Tenagra	2005 UD4	Tenagra, mythical island mentioned ("Darmok and Jalad at Tenagra") in the Darmok episode of Star Trek - The Next Generation, and the namesake of the discovering Tenagra II Observatory	JPL · 155142

155201–155300

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155215 Vámostibor	2005 VU2	Tibor Vámos (born 1926) is an electrical engineer, full member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and the father of data communication in Hungary. He was the winner of the 2005 annual science communication award of the Club of Hungarian Science Journalists.	JPL · 155215
155270 Dianawheeler	2005 WH113	Diana E. Wheeler (born 1950) made fundamental contributions to understanding the physiological basis of caste determination in social insects. Her research blazed the trail for uncovering the relationship between environmental factors and physiology and the evolution of eusociality which is at the core for gene-environment interactions.	JPL · 155270
155290 Anniegrauer	2005 XJ40	Patricia Ann ("Annie") Purnell Grauer, American photographer, cook, homemaker, writer and a student of the night sky	JPL · 155290

155301–155400

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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

155401–155500

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155438 Velásquez	1998 DV	Diego Velázquez (1599–1660), Spanish painter of the Spanish Golden Age	JPL · 155438

155501–155600

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

155601–155700

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

155701–155800

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155784 Ercol	2000 SH345	Carl Jack Ercol (born 1959) is a systems engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. He served as the Thermal Subsystem Lead for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.	JPL · 155784

155801–155900

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

155901–156000

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155948 Maquet	2001 QA73	Lucie Maquet, studies cometary non-gravitational forces at IMCCE, Observatoire de Paris	JPL · 155948

References

Preceded by 154,001–155,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 155,001–156,000

Succeeded by 156,001–157,000

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