Meanings of minor planet names: 62001–63000

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".

62001–62100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
62071 Voegtli	2000 RH77	Christian Voegtli (Vögtli; b. 1959), Swiss physicist †	MPC · 62071

62101–62200

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62190 Augusthorch	2000 SS44	August Horch (1868–1951), German engineer and automobile pioneer	JPL · 62190

62201–62300

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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

62301–62400

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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

62401–62500

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

62501–62600

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62503 Tomcave	2000 SL233	Thomas Roland Cave III, American amateur astronomer †	MPC · 62503

62601–62700

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
62666 Rainawessen	2000 TA	Raina Wessen (born 1994) has been the Key Club Treasurer and Associated Student Body Treasurer at Marshall Fundamental High School. She has held positions in her community for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Huntington Memorial Hospital and the Pasadena Humane Society.	JPL · 62666

62701–62800

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
62701 Davidrankin	2000 TS32	David Rankin (born 1984) is an American amateur astronomer. He provides follow-up observations of Near Earth asteroids to the Minor Planet Center.	JPL · 62701
62794 Scheirich	2000 UV30	Petr Scheirich (born 1979), an astronomer at the Ondřejov Observatory.	JPL · 62794

62801–62900

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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

62901–63000

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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

References

Preceded by 61,001–62,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 62,001–63,000

Succeeded by 63,001–64,000

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