Meanings of asteroid names (112001-113000)
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As asteroid 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. The list below concerns those asteroids 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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.
Asteroids not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
| Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name |
|---|---|---|
| 112201-112300 | ||
| 112233 Kammerer | 2002 KC15 | Andreas Kammerer, German physicist and amateur astronomer † |
| 112301-112400 | ||
| 112328 Klinkerfues | 2002 MU4 | Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Klinkerfues, 19th-century German astronomer and meteorologist † |
| 112701-112800 | ||
| 112797 Grantjudy | 2002 PH165 | Grant R. J. and Judy L. Harding, siblings-in-law of the discoverer † ‡ |
| 112798 Kelindsey | 2002 PR165 | Lindsey Annemarie and Kelsey Leanne Harding, nieces of the discoverer †‡ |
| 112801-112900 | ||
| 112900 Tonyhoffman | 2002 QS50 | Tony Hoffman, American poet, writer, editor, director of the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York, discoverer of sungrazing comets and the NEO 2005 JB22 † |
| Preceded by 111001–112000 |
Meanings of asteroid names List of asteroids (112001-113000) |
Succeeded by 113001–114000 |
