Meanings of minor planet names: 151001–152000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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.

Contents:
Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
151301–151400
151362 Chenkegong 2002 CP313 Chen Kegong, grandfather of the discoverer
151401–151500
151430 Nemunas 2002 FC14 Nemunas River, the largest river in Lithuania
151901–152000
151997 Bauhinia 2004 JL1 Bauhinia blakeana (the Hong Kong orchid tree), the Hong Kong City Flower
Preceded by
150,001–151,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 151,001–152,000
Succeeded by
152,001–153,000