Meanings of minor planet names: 153001–154000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
153001–153100
153078 Giovale 2000 QW245 John P. Giovale, chairman of the Lowell Observatory Advisory Board during 2001–2007
153201–153300
153284 Frieman 2001 DU109 Joshua Frieman, American astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
153289 Rebeccawatson 2001 FB10 Rebecca Watson, American radio, blog, and Internet (The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe) science advocate
153298 Paulmyers 2001 FC122 Paul Zachary "PZ" Myers, American associate professor of biology and public educator, author of the blog Pharyngula
153301–153400
153333 Jeanhugues 2001 OR50 Jean-Hugues Blanc, French member of the Société astronomique de Montpellier (Astronomical Society of Montpellier), who observes at the discovery site
153701–153800
153686 Pathall 2001 TZ242 Patrick Hall, Canadian-American astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Preceded by
152,001–153,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 153,001–154,000
Succeeded by
154,001–155,000
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