Meanings of minor planet names: 61001–62000

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".

61001–61100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

61101–61200

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
61189 Ohsadaharu	2000 NE29	Sadaharu Oh (born 1940), a world-renowned professional baseball player with the world lifetime home run record (868).	JPL · 61189
61190 Johnschutt	2000 NF29	John Schutt, American expert mountaineer and member of the yearly Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) program †	MPC · 61190
61195 Martinoli	2000 OU2	Piero Martinoli, Swiss professor of physics and leader of the superconductivity research group at the University of Neuchâtel † ‡	MPC · 61195

61201–61300

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
61208 Stonařov	2000 OD8	Stonařov, Moravia, Czech Republic (Stannern in German), where an eucrite meteorite fell on 1808 May 22, on the occasion of the fall's 200th anniversary	JPL · 61208

61301–61400

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
61342 Lovejoy	2000 PJ3	Terry Lovejoy, Australian amateur astronomer and comet discoverer	JPL · 61342
61384 Arturoromer	2000 QW	Arturo Romer, director of the association Electricità della Svizzera Italiana † ‡	MPC · 61384
61386 Namikoshi	2000 QT1	Tokujiro Namikoshi, Japanese founder of Shiatsu therapy (massage by thumb)	JPL · 61386
61400 Voxandreae	2000 QM6	Latin for "Voice of Andreae", in remembrance of Andreae Deman, American planetarium narrator at the Von Braun Astronomical Society in Huntsville, Alabama	JPL · 61400

61401–61500

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
61401 Schiff	2000 QQ6	Leonard Isaac Schiff, 20th-century American theoretical physicist, whose ideas led to the Gravity Probe B experiment	JPL · 61401
61402 Franciseveritt	2000 QS6	Francis Everitt, American physicist, principal investigator of the Gravity Probe B experiment	JPL · 61402
61404 Očenášek	2000 QM9	Ludvík Očenášek (1872–1949), Czech aviation and rocket pioneer † ‡	MPC · 61404
61444 Katokimiko	2000 QB25	Kimiko Kato (born 1934) is an amateur astronomer who is committed to education and public outreach regarding small solar system body impacts on Earth.	JPL · 61444

61501–61600

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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

61601–61700

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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

61701–61800

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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

61801–61900

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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

61901–62000

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
61912 Storrs	2000 QC247	Alex Storrs, American astronomer and professor at Towson State University, co-discoverer of the minor planet moons of 87 Sylvia, 107 Camilla, and others	JPL · 61912
61913 Lanning	2000 QJ248	Howard Lanning, 20th-century American astronomer	JPL · 61913

References

Preceded by 60,001–61,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 61,001–62,000

Succeeded by 62,001–63,000

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