Meanings of minor planet names: 159001–160000
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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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 | |
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159001–159100 | |||
159011 Radomyshl | 2004 TX13 | Radomyshl, Ukraine † | |
159013 Kyleturner | 2004 TC21 | In memory of Kyle Walter Turner, of Missouri City, TX † | |
159101–159200 | |||
159164 La Cañada | 2005 JC22 | Observatorio de La Cañada (La Cañada Observatory), Ávila, Spain, the discovery site † | |
159181 Berdychiv | 2005 US12 | Berdychiv, second most populous city in the Zhytomyr region in the northwest of Ukraine. † | |
159201–159300 | |||
159215 Apan | 2005 WS59 | APAN, Associazione Provinciale Astrofili Novaresi, the Italian amateur astronomical association that oversees the Osservatorio Astronomico di Suno, the discovery site † | |
159301–159400 | |||
159351 Leonpascal | 2007 EB10 | Leon Pascal Kocher, grandchild of the discoverer † | |
159401–159500 | |||
159409 Ratte | 1999 OJ | Hyacinthe de Ratte, 18th-century French astronomer † | |
159601–159700 | |||
159629 Brunszvik | 2002 BT31 | Countess Teréz Brunszvik, the founder of the first nursery school in Hungary † | |
159701–159800 | |||
159743 Kluk | 2003 FW1 | Kluk, Czech hill near Kleť mountain, peak of the second ridge of the Blanský les massif † | |
159776 Eduardoröhl | 2003 JR17 | Eduardo Röhl, Venezuelan scientist, humanist and entrepreneur † | |
159778 Bobshelton | 2003 MZ1 | Robert Shelton, nineteenth president of the University of Arizona, chaired the Keck Telescope Board from 1997 to 2000, important contributor to the success of the SOAR Telescope in Chile and the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) facility in South Africa † | |
159799 Kralice | 2003 RF14 | Kralice nad Oslavou village is known for the printing house of the Unity of the Brethren (1578–1620) † | |
159801–159900 | |||
159814 Saguaro | 2003 SS217 | The Saguaro National Park located in a desert landscape to the east and west of Tucson protects the majestic giant saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) as well as other cacti. The giant saguaro is the supreme symbol of the American Southwest. † | |
159826 Knapp | 2003 SF331 | Gillian (Jill) Knapp, Anglo-American astronomer and a Founding Mother of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey † | |
159827 Keithmullen | 2003 TD2 | Keith Mullen, American vice president of the Huachuca Astronomy Club of Sierra Vista, Arizona (see also 133753 Teresamullen) † | |
159865 Silvialonso | 2004 PX66 | Silvia Alonso Perez, teacher of astrometry to many Spanish amateur astronomers † | |
159901–160000 | |||
159974 Badacsony | 2006 BD141 | Badacsony is the name of a region on the north shore of Lake Balaton in western Hungary † | |
Preceded by 158,001–159,000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 159,001–160,000 |
Succeeded by 160,001–161,000 |
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