Meanings of asteroid names (144001-145000)
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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 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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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: 144001... 144101... 144201... 144301... 144401... 144501... 144601... 144701... 144801... 144901...
| Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name |
|---|---|---|
| 144001-144100 | ||
| 144096 Wiesendangen | 2004 BV58 | Wiesendangen, Switzerland, home of the discoverer and his family † |
| 144301-144400 | ||
| 144303 Mirellabreschi | 2004 DD7 | Mirella Breschi, Italian wife of the second discoverer † |
| 144333 Marcinkiewicz | 2004 DT25 | Ekhard Marcinkiewicz, Austrian amateur solar astronomer † |
| 144401-144500 | ||
| 144496 Reingard | 2004 EZ66 | Reingard Apitzsch, German wife of the discoverer † |
| 144601-144700 | ||
| 144633 Georgecarroll | 2004 FH80 | George Carroll, 20th-century American builder of precision instruments, heliostats, and telescopes † |
| 144901-145000 | ||
| 144907 Whitehorne | 2004 YS3 | Mary Lou Whitehorne, Canadian second vice-president of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) † |
| Preceded by 143001–144000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of asteroids (144001-145000) |
Succeeded by 145001–146000 |
