Meanings of asteroid names (117001-118000)
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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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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.
Contents: 117001... 117101... 117201... 117301... 117401... 117501... 117601... 117701... 117801... 117901...
| Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name |
|---|---|---|
| 117101-117200 | ||
| 117156 Altschwendt | 2004 QV7 | Sternwarte Seng, Altschwendt, Austria, discovery site † |
| 117201-117300 | ||
| 117240 Zhytomyr | 2004 SX19 | Zhytomyr, Ukraine, the oblast in which Andrushivka, the discovery site, is found, and the birthplace of Sergej Korolev, Russian rocket engineer † |
| 117301-117400 | ||
| 117329 Spencer | 2004 XJ6 | Henry Spencer, Canadian computer scientist and small-satellite engineer † |
| 117381 Lindaweiland | 2004 YU | Linda Weiland, American zoning administrator of Cochise County, Arizona, and foe of light pollution † |
| 117401-117500 | ||
| 117413 Ramonycajal | 2005 AE13 | Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish physician and Nobel laureate † |
| 117430 Achosyx | 2005 AQ26 | "H"-"O"-"6" in French: the IAU observatory code (H06) of the discovery site, the Rent-A-Scope Observatory (Remote Astronomy Society Observatory), Mayhill, New Mexico † |
| 117435 Severochoa | 2005 AJ29 | Severo Ochoa, Spanish-born American biochemist and winner of the 1959 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine † |
| 117439 Rosner | 2005 AR36 | Arnie and Nancy Rosner, American photographers † |
| 117501-117600 | ||
| 117506 Wildberg | 2005 CO25 | Wildberg, Germany, host city of Observatorium Wildberg † |
| 117572 Hutsebaut | 2005 EX33 | Robert Hutsebaut, Belgian amateur astronomer † |
| 117701-117800 | ||
| 117715 Carlkirby | 2005 GK1 | Carl Kirby, American amateur astronomer † |
| 117736 Sherrod | 2005 GQ22 | Clay Sherrod, American archaeologist, biomedical researcher, founder and director of the Arkansas Sky Observatories † |
| 117901-118000 | ||
| 117993 Zambujal | 1064 T-2 | Zambujal, Portugal, chalcolithic archaeological site † |
| Preceded by 116001–117000 |
Meanings of asteroid names List of asteroids (117001-118000) |
Succeeded by 118001–119000 |
