Meanings of minor planet names: 189001–190000

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".

189001–189100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
189004 Capys	3184 T-3	Capys was the son of Assaracus and the father of the Anchises	JPL · 189004
189011 Ogmios	1997 NJ6	Ogmios, Celtic patron god of scholars and the personification of eloquence and persuasiveness	JPL · 189011
189018 Guokeda	1998 TC19	The University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), also known as "Guokeda", is the first and largest graduate education institution in the P.R. China, having granted the country's first Ph.D.s in science and in engineering. UCAS started enrolling undergraduate students in 2014.	JPL · 189018
189035 Michaelsummers	2000 CX109	Michael E. Summers (born 1954) is a professor of planetary sciences and astronomy at George Mason University. He served as a co-investigator and as a Deputy Atmospheres Team Lead for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.	JPL · 189035

189101–189200

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
189188 Floraliën	2003 FL6	The Gentse Floraliën (Floralies of Ghent) is a world-famous flower exhibition held in Ghent (Belgium) every five years	JPL · 189188

189201–189300

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
189202 Calar Alto	2003 SM15	Calar Alto Observatory, in the Sierra de los Filabres in Andalusia, southern Spain	JPL · 189202
189261 Hiroo	2004 XO62	Hiroo Itagaki (1949–1977), brother of the Japanese discoverer Koichi Itagaki	JPL · 189261
189264 Gerardjeong	2005 GY108	Gerard K. Jeong, humanitarian, healer, and spine surgeon at Tucson Orthopedic Institute	JPL · 189264

189301–189400

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
189310 Polydamas	2006 AJ82	Polydamas was a Trojan commander whose battle strategy was more cautious than that of his friend Hektor	JPL · 189310
189312 Jameyszalay	2006 JN62	Jamey R. Szalay (born 1988), an Associate Research Scholar at Princeton University, served as a Student Dust Counter Instrument PhD student for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.	JPL · 189312
189347 Qian	2008 BQ15	Qian Zhongshu, Chinese literary scholar and writer	JPL · 189347
189396 Sielewicz	2008 JB6	Henryk Sielewicz (born 1949), a Lithuanian amateur astronomer	JPL · 189396
189398 Soemmerring	2008 JG20	Samuel Thomas von Soemmerring, German anthropologist, anatomist, paleontologist and inventor	JPL · 189398

189401–189500

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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

189501–189600

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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

189601–189700

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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

189701–189800

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
189795 McGehee	2002 ER159	Peregrine McGehee (born 1960), an American astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.[MPC 85412]	MPC · 189795

189801–189900

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
189848 Eivissa	2003 FF2	Eivissa (Ibiza in Spanish) is the westernmost of the Balearic islands	JPL · 189848

189901–190000

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
189930 Jeanneherbert	2003 SR200	Jeanne Herbert (born 1958), a grants management specialist for the Bisbee (Arizona) Unified School District	JPL · 189930
189944 Leblanc	2003 TX	Thierry Leblanc (born 1967), the group supervisor of the Atmospheric Lidar Group, and Principal Investigator of stratospheric and tropospheric ozone, and temperature lidar measurements at JPL's Table Mountain Facility.	JPL · 189944
189948 Richswanson	2003 UM4	Rich Swanson (born 1964) is an intelligence specialist for a contractor to the Department of Defense at Ft. Huachuca, Arizona	JPL · 189948

References

Preceded by 188,001–189,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 189,001–190,000

Succeeded by 190,001–191,000

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