Meanings of minor planet names: 150001–151000

This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. See meanings of minor planet names for a list of all such partial lists.

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 number-range 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published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative. Meanings marked with an asterisk (*) are guesswork, and should be checked against the mentioned sources to ensure that the identification is correct.

150001–150100

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
150035 Williamson 2005 WO Bruce Williamson, American senior technician and precision machinist at the NASA Table Mountain Facility JPL

150101–150200

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
150129 Besshi 1994 VK7 Besshi Dozan, one of the richest copper mines in Japan JPL
150145 Uvic 1996 BH1 The University of Victoria ("UVic"), British Columbia, Canada, home to the Climenhaga Observatory, the discovery site JPL

150201–150300

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

150301–150400

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

150401–150500

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

150501–150600

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
150520 Dong 2000 RF107 Feng Dong, Chinese-American astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey JPL

150601–150700

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

150701–150800

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

150801–150900

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

150901–151000

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

References

  1. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-34360-8. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
Preceded by
149,001–150,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 150,001–151,000
Succeeded by
151,001–152,000
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