Meanings of minor planet names: 133001–134000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
133001–133100
133007 Audreysimmons 2002 TB317 Audrey E. Simmons, American astronomer
133008 Snedden 2002 TU325 Stephanie Snedden, American astronomer
133009 Watters 2002 TT350 Shannon P. Watters, American astronomer
133101–133200
133161 Ruttkai 2003 QE31 Éva Ruttkai, Hungarian actress
133201–133300
133243 Essen 2003 RT1 Essen, in the German agglomeration "Ruhrgebiet", is the former center of German heavy industry
133250 Rubik 2003 RK8 Ernő Rubik, Hungarian architect and professor, internationally renowned for designing mechanical puzzles and games
133280 Bryleen 2003 SM17 Bryan and Eileen, son and daughter of the discoverer
133293 Andrushivka 2003 SA33 Andrushivka Astronomical Observatory, Zhytomyr, Ukraine, the discovery site (and its first discovery)
133296 Federicotosi 2003 SE36 Federico Tosi, Italian astronomer and space scientist
133401–133500
133404 Morogues 2003 SS170 Morogues, France, famous for its white wine "appellation Menetou-Salon", and also for being the apex of one of the triangles used by Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre in 1795 for the calculation of the meridian
133432 Sarahnoble 2003 SB202 Sarah K. Noble (b. 1975), a discipline scientist for the Planetary Science Division at NASA.
133501–133600
133527 Fredearly 2003 TZ Frederick and Pearl Young, paternal grandparents of the discoverer
133528 Ceragioli 2003 TC2 Roger Ceragioli, American optician and telescope maker (formerly scholar of classical studies specializing in ancient Greek ethno-astronomy)
133536 Alicewhagel 2003 TZ9 Alice Whagel (b. 1969) has worked tirelessly for many years assisting amateur and professional astronomers with their CCD cameras and related equipment.
133537 Mariomotta 2003 TL10 Mario Motta, a well-known cardiologist, amateur astronomer and telescope maker.
133552 Itting-Enke 2003 UJ4 Sonja Itting-Enke, Namibian founder of the Cuno Hoffmeister Memorial Observatory and astronomical educator
133701–133800
133753 Teresamullen 2003 WU25 Teresa Mullen, American member of the Huachuca Astronomy Club of Sierra Vista, Arizona, and wife of vice-president Keith Mullen (see 159827 Keithmullen)
133801–133900
133892 Benkhaldoun 2004 RN8 Zouhair Benkhaldoun, researcher in Cadi Ayyad University's department of physics in Marrakech, Morocco
Preceded by
132,001–133,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 133,001–134,000
Succeeded by
134,001–135,000
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