Meanings of minor planet names: 140001–141000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
140001–140100
140038 Kurushima 2001 SN73 Kurushima Kaikyo is a 4-kilometer-wide strait between the islands of Shikoku and Oshima, Japan
140601–140700
140602 Berlind 2001 TU247 Andreas Berlind, American astronomer
140620 Raoulwallenberg 2001 UN10 Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish humanitarian
140628 Klaipeda 2001 UM14 Klaipeda, third largest city in Lithuania
140901–141000
140980 Blanton 2001 VQ132 Michael Blanton, American astronomer
Preceded by
139,001–140,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 140,001–141,000
Succeeded by
141,001–142,000
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