Meanings of minor planet names: 159001–160000

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".

159001–159100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
159011 Radomyshl	2004 TX13	Radomyshl, Ukraine	JPL · 159011
159013 Kyleturner	2004 TC21	In memory of Kyle Walter Turner, of Missouri City, TX	JPL · 159013

159101–159200

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
159102 Sarahflanigan	2004 TU354	Sarah H. Flanigan (born 1985) is a supervising engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, who served as the Deputy Guidance and Control Lead for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.	JPL · 159102
159164 La Cañada	2005 JC22	Observatorio de La Cañada (La Cañada Observatory), Ávila, Spain, the discovery site	JPL · 159164
159181 Berdychiv	2005 US12	Berdychiv, second most populous city in the Zhytomyr region in the northwest of Ukraine.	JPL · 159181

159201–159300

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
159215 Apan	2005 WS59	APAN, an amateur astronomical association from Novara, Italy (Italian: Associazione Provinciale Astrofili Novaresi), that oversees the Suno Observatory, where this minor planet was discovered	JPL · 159215

159301–159400

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
159351 Leonpascal	2007 EB10	Leon Pascal Kocher, grandchild of the discoverer	JPL · 159351

159401–159500

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
159409 Ratte	1999 OJ	Étienne-Hyacinthe de Ratte (1722–1805), French astronomer and mathematician from Montpellier	JPL · 159409

159501–159600

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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

159601–159700

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
159629 Brunszvik	2002 BT31	Countess Teréz Brunszvik, the founder of the first nursery school in Hungary	JPL · 159629

159701–159800

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
159743 Kluk	2003 FW1	Kluk, Czech hill near Kleť mountain, peak of the second ridge of the Blanský les massif	JPL · 159743
159776 Eduardoröhl	2003 JR17	Eduardo Röhl, Venezuelan scientist, humanist and entrepreneur	JPL · 159776
159778 Bobshelton	2003 MZ1	Robert Shelton, nineteenth president of the University of Arizona, chaired the Keck Telescope Board from 1997 to 2000, important contributor to the success of the SOAR Telescope in Chile and the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) facility in South Africa	JPL · 159778
159799 Kralice	2003 RF14	Kralice nad Oslavou village is known for the printing house of the Unity of the Brethren (1578–1620)	JPL · 159799

159801–159900

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
159814 Saguaro	2003 SS217	The Saguaro National Park located in a desert landscape to the east and west of Tucson protects the majestic giant saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) as well as other cacti. The giant saguaro is the supreme symbol of the American Southwest.	JPL · 159814
159826 Knapp	2003 SF331	Gillian (Jill) Knapp, Anglo-American astronomer and a Founding Mother of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey	JPL · 159826
159827 Keithmullen	2003 TD2	Keith Mullen, American vice president of the Huachuca Astronomy Club of Sierra Vista, Arizona (see also 133753 Teresamullen)	JPL · 159827
159865 Silvialonso	2004 PX66	Silvia Alonso Perez, teacher of astrometry to many Spanish amateur astronomers	JPL · 159865

159901–160000

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
159902 Gladstone	2004 TY354	George Randall Gladstone (born 1956) is a Program Director for Research and Development at the Southwest Research Institute, and served as a Co-Investigator and Atmospheres Team Lead for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.	JPL · 159902
159974 Badacsony	2006 BD141	Badacsony is the name of a region on the north shore of Lake Balaton in western Hungary	JPL · 159974
159999 Michaelgriffin	2006 EZ67	Michael D. Griffin (born 1949) served as the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Space Department Head and previously served as the NASA Administrator during the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.	JPL · 159999

References

Preceded by 158,001–159,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 159,001–160,000

Succeeded by 160,001–161,000

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