Meanings of minor planet names: 115001–116000

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center, 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 span of numbers that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names. Besides the Minor Planet Circulars (in which the citations are published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.

Minor planets not yet given a name have not been included in this list.

Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
115001–115100
115051 Safaeinili 2003 RC6 Ali Safaeinili, radar scientist and electrical engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
115058 Tassantal 2003 RH8 Antal Tass, Hungarian astronomer, and director of Konkoly Obszervatórium (Konkoly Observatory) in 1916–1936
115059 Nagykároly 2003 RJ8 Károly Nagy, Hungarian astronomer, mathematician, chemist and politician
115201–115300
115254 Fényi 2003 SF158 Gyula Fényi, Hungarian Jesuit and astronomer
115301–115400
115312 Whither 2003 SP215 Whitney and Heather Young, granddaughters of the discoverer
115326 Wehinger 2003 SC221 Peter A. Wehinger, American astronomer, and development officer for the Giant Magellan Telescope
115331 Shrylmiles 2003 SL224 Shryl Miles, American campaigner against light pollution
115401–115500
115434 Kellyfast 2003 TU2 Kelly E. Fast (b. 1968), a program scientist for the MAVEN spacecraft at NASA.
115449 Robson 2003 TG10 Monty Robson, American founder and current director of the John J. McCarthy Observatory
115477 Brantanica 2003 UK8 Brandon and Brittany Danielson and Monica Rahn, grandchildren of the discoverer
115501–115600
115561 Frankherbert 2003 UF80 Frank Herbert, 20th-century American writer, best remembered for Dune
115801–115900
115801 Punahou 2003 UW236 Punahou School, Honolulu, Hawaii
115885 Ganz 2003 VL1 Ábrahám Ganz, Swiss-Hungarian technical engineer
115891 Scottmichael 2003 VW2 Scott and Michael Young, grandsons of the discoverer
115901–116000
115950 Kocherpeter 2003 WT33 Peter Kocher, Swiss amateur astronomer
Preceded by
114,001–115,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 115,001–116,000
Succeeded by
116,001–117,000
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