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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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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136101–136200 | ||
136108 Haumea | 2003 EL61 | Haumea, Hawaiian goddess of childbirth and fertility, a personification of stone, and two of her daughters, Hiʻiaka and Namaka † ‡ |
136199 Eris | 2003 UB313 | Eris, goddess of discord, † ‡ + and her daughter Dysnomia (Greek Δυσνομία, "lawlessness") ((136199) Eris I Dysnomia) ∙ |
136401–136500 | ||
136472 Makemake | 2005 FY9 | Makemake, creator deity of the people of Rapa Nui (Easter Island; the discovery team previously used the codename "Easterbunny" for this object) † ‡ |
136501–136600 | ||
136557 Neleus | 5214 T-2 | Neleus, husband to Chloris and father of the Greek Nestor, banished with his other children to Messina and later killed by Heracles † |
136801–136900 | ||
136818 Selqet | 1997 MW1 | Selqet, ancient Egyptian goddess of magic, protector of the other gods from the destroyer, Apep † |
Preceded by 135,001–136,000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 136,001–137,000 |
Succeeded by 137,001–138,000 |