Meanings of minor planet names: 136001–137000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
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)
136301–136400
136367 Gierlinger 2004 EU11 Richard Gierlinger (b. 1967), an Austrian amateur astronomer and telescope builder.
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)
136473 Bakosgáspár 2005 GB Gáspár Bakos, father of the Hungarian-made Automated Telescope Network (HATNet)
136501–136600
136518 Opitz 2005 SF70 Nándor Opitz (1922–1995), a Hungarian engineer, aviator and the first Hungarian FAI Diamond Badge glider pilot.
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
136601–136700
136666 Seidel 1995 SE The work of Cesky Krumlov photographers Josef Seidel (1859–1935) and his son Frantisek (1908–1997) depicts both people and places of the southeast part of Sumava
136701–136800
136743 Echigo 1995 WW1 Echigo, a name of an old administrative area in Japan.
136801–136900
136818 Selqet 1997 MW1 Selqet, ancient Egyptian goddess of magic, protector of the other gods from the destroyer, Apep
136824 Nonamikeiko 1997 RJ5 Keiko Nonami, member of Matsue Astronomy Club
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