Meanings of minor planet names: 61001–62000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
61001–61100
61101–61200
61189 Ohsadaharu	2000 NE₂₉	Sadaharu Oh (b. 1940), a world-renowned professional baseball player with the world lifetime home run record (868). †
61190 Johnschutt	2000 NF₂₉	John Schutt, American expert mountaineer and member of the yearly Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) program †
61195 Martinoli	2000 OU₂	Piero Martinoli, Swiss professor of physics and leader of the superconductivity research group at the University of Neuchâtel † ‡
61201–61300
61208 Stonařov	2000 OD₈	Stonařov, Moravia, Czech Republic (Stannern in German), where an eucrite meteorite fell on 1808 May 22, on the occasion of the fall's 200th anniversary †
61301–61400
61342 Lovejoy	2000 PJ₃	Terry Lovejoy, Australian amateur astronomer and comet discoverer †
61384 Arturoromer	2000 QW	Arturo Romer, director of the association Electricità della Svizzera Italiana † ‡
61386 Namikoshi	2000 QT₁	Tokujiro Namikoshi, Japanese founder of Shiatsu therapy (massage by thumb) †
61400 Voxandreae	2000 QM₆	Latin for "Voice of Andreae", in remembrance of Andreae Deman, American planetarium narrator at the Von Braun Astronomical Society in Huntsville, Alabama †
61401–61500
61401 Schiff	2000 QQ₆	Leonard Isaac Schiff, 20th-century American theoretical physicist, whose ideas led to the Gravity Probe B experiment †
61402 Franciseveritt	2000 QS₆	Francis Everitt, American physicist, principal investigator of the Gravity Probe B experiment †
61404 Očenášek	2000 QM₉	Ludvík Očenášek, Czech aviation and rocket pioneer † ‡
61444 Katokimiko	2000 QB₂₅	Kimiko Kato (born 1934) is an amateur astronomer who is committed to education and public outreach regarding small solar system body impacts on Earth. †
61501–61600
61601–61700
61701–61800
61801–61900
61901–62000
61912 Storrs	2000 QC₂₄₇	Alex Storrs, American astronomer and professor at Towson State University, co-discoverer of the minor planet moons of 87 Sylvia, 107 Camilla, and others †
61913 Lanning	2000 QJ₂₄₈	Howard Lanning, 20th-century American astronomer †

Preceded by 60,001–61,000	Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 61,001–62,000	Succeeded by 62,001–63,000

Meanings of minor planet names

1–5000	1–500 501–1,000 1,001–1,500 1,501–2,000 2,001–2,500 2,501–3,000 3,001–3,500 3,501–4,000 4,001–4,500 4,501–5,000

5001–10,000	5,001–5,500 5,501–6,000 6,001–6,500 6,501–7,000 7,001–7,500 7,501–8,000 8,001–8,500 8,501–9,000 9,001–9,500 9,501–10,000

10,001–20,000	10,001–11,000 11,001–12,000 12,001–13,000 13,001–14,000 14,001–15,000 15,001–16,000 16,001–17,000 17,001–18,000 18,001–19,000 19,001–20,000

20,001–30,000	20,001–21,000 21,001–22,000 22,001–23,000 23,001–24,000 24,001–25,000 25,001–26,000 26,001–27,000 27,001–28,000 28,001–29,000 29,001–30,000

30001–40,000	30,001–31,000 31,001–32,000 32,001–33,000 33,001–34,000 34,001–35,000 35,001–36,000 36,001–37,000 37,001–38,000 38,001–39,000 39,001–40,000

40001–50,000	40,001–41,000 41,001–42,000 42,001–43,000 43,001–44,000 44,001–45,000 45,001–46,000 46,001–47,000 47,001–48,000 48,001–49,000 49,001–50,000

50001–60,000	50,001–51,000 51,001–52,000 52,001–53,000 53,001–54,000 54,001–55,000 55,001–56,000 56,001–57,000 57,001–58,000 58,001–59,000 59,001–60,000

60001–70,000	60,001–61,000 61,001–62,000 62,001–63,000 63,001–64,000 64,001–65,000 65,001–66,000 66,001–67,000 67,001–68,000 68,001–69,000 69,001–70,000

70001–80,000	70,001–71,000 71,001–72,000 72,001–73,000 73,001–74,000 74,001–75,000 75,001–76,000 76,001–77,000 77,001–78,000 78,001–79,000 79,001–80,000

80001–90,000	80,001–81,000 81,001–82,000 82,001–83,000 83,001–84,000 84,001–85,000 85,001–86,000 86,001–87,000 87,001–88,000 88,001–89,000 89,001–90,000

90,001–100,000	90,001–91,000 91,001–92,000 92,001–93,000 93,001–94,000 94,001–95,000 95,001–96,000 96,001–97,000 97,001–98,000 98,001–99,000 99,001–100,000

100,001–200,000	100,001–110,000 110,001–120,000 120,001–130,000 130,001–140,000 140,001–150,000 150,001–160,000 160,001–170,000 170,001–180,000 180,001–190,000 190,001–200,000

200,001–300,000	200,001–210,000 210,001–220,000 220,001–230,000 230,001–240,000 240,001–250,000 250,001–260,000 260,001–270,000 270,001–280,000 280,001–290,000 290,001–300,000

300,001–400,000	300,001–310,000 310,001–320,000 320,001–330,000 330,001–340,000 340,001–350,000 350,001–360,000 360,001–370,000 370,001–380,000 380,001–390,000 390,001–400,000

401,001–500,000	400,001–410,000 410,001–420,000 420,001–430,000

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