Meanings of minor planet names: 143001–144000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
143001–143100
143048 Margaretpenston 2002 VR132 Margaret Penston, the past president of the U.K. Society for Popular Astronomy
143501–143600
143579 Dérimiksa 2003 FE7 Miksa Déri (1854–1938), a Hungarian electrical engineer.
143601–143700
143622 Robertbloch 2003 HG Robert Bloch, 20th-century Swiss art, literature and music benefactor, founder of the "Fondation Anne et Robert Bloch"
143641 Sapello 2003 NK5 Sapello, New Mexico
Preceded by
142,001–143,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 143,001–144,000
Succeeded by
144,001–145,000
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