Meanings of minor planet names: 188001–189000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
188001–188100
188061 Loomis 2001 VJ131 Craig P. Loomis (b. 1961), an American computing engineer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.
188401–188500
188446 Louischevrolet 2004 HY5 Louis Chevrolet, co-founder of the well-known motor car company.
188501–188600
188534 Mauna Kea 2004 RA252 Mauna Kea (meaning "White Mountain"), a dormant volcano on the island of Hawaii
188576 Kosenda 2005 EL30 Setsuo Kosenda (born 1955) established the Mikawa Astronomical Observatory, located in the Niigata region of Japan
188801–188900
188847 Rhipeus 2006 FT9 Rhipeus, Trojan warrior who died fighting alongside Aeneas in the fall of Troy
188901–189000
188973 Siufaiwing 2008 EX36 Siu Fai Wing, distinguished Chinese painter and sculptor
189000 Alfredkubin 2008 JZ20 Alfred Kubin (1877–1959) is considered an important representative of expressionism
Preceded by
187,001–188,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 188,001–189,000
Succeeded by
189,001–190,000
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