Meanings of minor planet names: 68001–69000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
68001–68100
68021 Taiki	2000 YU₁₇	Taiki Town, located in the eastern part of Hokkaido, is a beautiful town blessed with clear streams and a large park filled with wild flowers on its shore.†
68101–68200
68109 Naomipasachoff	2000 YH₁₃₅	Naomi Pasachoff, American scientific biographer and amateur astronomer †
68114 Deákferenc	2001 AC	Ferenc Deák (1803–1876), a Hungarian statesman, Minister of Justice and honorary member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. †
68144 Mizser	2001 AW₃₈	Attila Mizser, one of the leaders of Hungarian amateur astronomy, editor-in-chief of Meteor †
68201–68300
68218 Nealgalt	2001 CO₃₁	Neal Galt, American amateur astronomer and newspaper columnist †
68301–68400
68325 Begues	2001 HO₁₆	Observatorio de Begues (a.k.a. "Observatori Astronòmic de Begues" in Catalan), an amateur observatory operated by Pepe Manteca in Barcelona (Catalonia), Spain †
68401–68500
68410 Nichols	2001 QB₁₅₄	Nichelle Nichols, American author and actress, best known for her role as Lt. Nyota Uhura in the Star Trek series † ‡
68448 Sidneywolff	2001 SW₄	Sidney C. Wolff, American director of Kitt Peak National Observatory (1984–1987) and the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (1987–2001), president of the American Astronomical Society (1992–1994) and the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1985–1986), and a founding editor of the Astronomy Education Review †
68501–68600
68601–68700
68701–68800
68718 Safi	2002 DQ	Safi, Morocco, birthplace of the discoverer's wife †
68719 Jangyeongsil	2002 DW	Jang Yeongsil, fifteenth century Korean scientist (after whom the JangYeongSil Award, an annual Korean new technology product award, is also named) †
68730 Straizys	2002 EA₁₃	Vytautas Straižys, Lithuanian astronomer †
68779 Schöninger	2002 FA₃	Schöninger (a.k.a. Šenýgl), 17th-19th-century German name of Kleť mountain, meaning "a place with a beautiful view" †
68801–68900
68853 Vaimaca	2002 HA₉	Vaimaca, one of the four "last charrás", native Uruguayans sold by the state to be exhibited in France in 1833; he had been a chief and served as a soldier in the army of the Uruguayan national hero José Artigas †
68901–69000
68947 Brunofunk	2002 PW₁₅₆	Bruno Funk, German amateur astronomer and founder and president of the Sternfreunde Donzdorf, an organisation of amateur astronomers in Donzdorf, and founder of the amateur observatory there, the Messelberg-Sternwarte (Messelberg Observatory) † ‡ +
68948 Mikeoates	2002 PX₁₅₇	Michael Oates, British amateur astronomer, SOHO comet hunter †‡

Preceded by 67,001–68,000	Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 68,001–69,000	Succeeded by 69,001–70,000

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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