Meanings of minor planet names: 133001–134000
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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 133001–133100 | |||
| 133007 Audreysimmons | 2002 TB317 | Audrey E. Simmons, American astronomer † | |
| 133008 Snedden | 2002 TU325 | Stephanie Snedden, American astronomer † | |
| 133009 Watters | 2002 TT350 | Shannon P. Watters, American astronomer † | |
| 133101–133200 | |||
| 133161 Ruttkai | 2003 QE31 | Éva Ruttkai, Hungarian actress † | |
| 133201–133300 | |||
| 133243 Essen | 2003 RT1 | Essen, in the German agglomeration "Ruhrgebiet", is the former center of German heavy industry † | |
| 133250 Rubik | 2003 RK8 | Ernő Rubik, Hungarian architect and professor, internationally renowned for designing mechanical puzzles and games † | |
| 133280 Bryleen | 2003 SM17 | Bryan and Eileen, son and daughter of the discoverer † | |
| 133293 Andrushivka | 2003 SA33 | Andrushivka Astronomical Observatory, Zhytomyr, Ukraine, the discovery site (and its first discovery) † | |
| 133296 Federicotosi | 2003 SE36 | Federico Tosi, Italian astronomer and space scientist † | |
| 133401–133500 | |||
| 133404 Morogues | 2003 SS170 | Morogues, France, famous for its white wine "appellation Menetou-Salon", and also for being the apex of one of the triangles used by Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre in 1795 for the calculation of the meridian † | |
| 133501–133600 | |||
| 133527 Fredearly | 2003 TZ | Frederick and Pearl Young, paternal grandparents of the discoverer † | |
| 133528 Ceragioli | 2003 TC2 | Roger Ceragioli, American optician and telescope maker (formerly scholar of classical studies specializing in ancient Greek ethno-astronomy) † | |
| 133536 Alicewhagel | 2003 TZ9 | Alice Whagel (b. 1969) has worked tirelessly for many years assisting amateur and professional astronomers with their CCD cameras and related equipment. † | |
| 133537 Mariomotta | 2003 TL10 | Mario Motta, a well-known cardiologist, amateur astronomer and telescope maker. † | |
| 133552 Itting-Enke | 2003 UJ4 | Sonja Itting-Enke, Namibian founder of the Cuno Hoffmeister Memorial Observatory and astronomical educator † | |
| 133701–133800 | |||
| 133753 Teresamullen | 2003 WU25 | Teresa Mullen, American member of the Huachuca Astronomy Club of Sierra Vista, Arizona, and wife of vice-president Keith Mullen (see 159827 Keithmullen) † | |
| 133801–133900 | |||
| 133892 Benkhaldoun | 2004 RN8 | Zouhair Benkhaldoun, researcher in Cadi Ayyad University's department of physics in Marrakech, Morocco † | |
| Preceded by 132,001–133,000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 133,001–134,000 |
Succeeded by 134,001–135,000 |