Meanings of asteroid names (132001-133000)
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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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 132401-132500 | ||
| 132445 Gaertner | 2002 GD178 | Christian Gaertner, German craftsman, merchant, amateur astronomer, and astronomy populariser † |
| 132501-132600 | ||
| 132524 APL | 2002 JF56 | The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), developers of numerous space missions, including NEAR Shoemaker and many others † |
| 132601-132700 | ||
| 132661 Carlbaeker | 2002 LO60 | Carl Wilhelm Baeker, 19th century German watchmaker and amateur astronomer, discoverer and co-discoverer of six comets † |
| Preceded by 131001–132000 |
Meanings of asteroid names List of asteroids (132001-133000) |
Succeeded by 133001–134000 |
