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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.
Minor planets not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name |
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107001–107100 | ||
107052 Aquincum | 2001 AQ | Aquincum, one of the northernmost Roman garrisons of the first through fourth centuries in central Europe, where now stands Óbuda, part of modern Budapest (this minor planet honours the Council of Óbuda for endorsing Hungarian amateur astronomy) † |
107074 Ansonsylva | 2001 AJ19 | Anson J. Sylva, American member of the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing (AMOS) team † |
107201–107300 | ||
107223 Ripero | 2001 BU50 | José Ripero, Spanish amateur astronomer, co-founder of the M 1 observers group and president of the Centro Astronomico de Ávila, author of El Vigía del Cosmos † |
107601–107700 | ||
107638 Wendyfreedman | 2001 EU13 | Wendy Freedman, American astronomer, director of the Carnegie Institution's observatories, and project leader for Giant Magellan Telescope † |
Preceded by 106,001–107,000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 107,001–108,000 |
Succeeded by 108,001–109,000 |