Meanings of minor planet names: 156001–157000

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".

156001–156100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
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156101–156200

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156201–156300

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156301–156400

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

156401–156500

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

156501–156600

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156542 Hogg	2002 CM314	David W. Hogg, American astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey	JPL · 156542

156601–156700

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156631 Margitan	2002 JM8	James Margitan (born 1951), atmospheric researcher and manager at JPL's Science Division	JPL · 156631

156701–156800

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
156751 Chelseaferrell	2002 XL92	Chelsea L. Ferrell (born 1988), of the Southwest Research Institute, served as a resource analyst for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.	JPL · 156751

156801–156900

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156879 Eloïs	2003 EQ1	Eloïs Hernandez, son of Anne Véronique and Michel Hernandez, the latter being one of the discoverers	JPL · 156879
156880 Bernardtregon	2003 ES1	Bernard Tregon, French amateur astronomer	JPL · 156880

156901–157000

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
156939 Odegard	2003 FB120	John D. Odegard, an aviation visionary who started the flight-training program at the University of North Dakota in 1968	JPL · 156939
156990 Claerbout	2003 KX18	Jon Claerbout, prolific contributor to the theory and art of exploration seismology	JPL · 156990

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Preceded by 155,001–156,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 156,001–157,000

Succeeded by 157,001–158,000

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