Meanings of minor planet names: 144001–145000

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published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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.

144001–144100

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
144096 Wiesendangen 2004 BV58 Wiesendangen, Switzerland, home of the discoverer and his family JPL

144101–144200

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

144201–144300

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
144296 Steviewonder 2004 DF Stevie Wonder (b. 1950) is the stage name of Stevland Hardaway Morris. He is a blind American songwriter, singer and multi-instrumentalist. He has recorded more than 30 U.S. top ten hits and received 25 Grammy Awards. JPL

144301–144400

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
144303 Mirellabreschi 2004 DD7 Mirella Breschi, Italian wife of the second discoverer JPL
144333 Marcinkiewicz 2004 DT25 Ekhard Marcinkiewicz, Austrian amateur solar astronomer JPL

144401–144500

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
144496 Reingard 2004 EZ66 Reingard Apitzsch, German wife of the discoverer JPL

144501–144600

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
144552 Jackiesue 2004 FS4 Jackie Sue, wife of Robert Holmes and is active in the business component of the Astronomical Research Institute JPL

144601–144700

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
144633 Georgecarroll 2004 FH80 George Carroll, 20th-century American builder of precision instruments, heliostats, and telescopes JPL
144692 Katemary 2004 GC Katelyn Anne Marie Young, granddaughter of the discoverer JPL

144701–144800

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
144716 Scotttucker 2004 GW28 Scott Robert Tucker (b. 1978) is a Tucson-based, self-trained optical designer and fabricator of telescopes and astronomical instruments. He is also an experienced astrophotographer and astronomy communicator.JPL
144752 Plunge 2004 HK Plunge, Lithuania, native town of Elena Petreikytė-Černienė, former teacher of astronomy and wife of the first discoverer JPL
144769 Zachariassen 2004 HO20 Rayan Zachariassen (b. 1963), a Canadian computer scientist. JPL

144801–144900

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

144901–145000

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
144907 Whitehorne 2004 YS3 Mary Lou Whitehorne, Canadian second vice-president of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) JPL

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
143,001–144,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 144,001–145,000
Succeeded by
145,001–146,000
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