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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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 | |
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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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