Meanings of minor planet names: 139001–140000
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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 139001–139100 | |||
| 139028 Haynald | 2001 DL89 | Lajos Haynald, 19th-century Hungarian cardinal and Archbishop of Kalocsa-Bács, botanist, patron of the sciences, who had the astronomical observatory (Haynald Obszervatórium) built in Kalocsa † | |
| Preceded by 138,001–139,000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 139,001–140,000 |
Succeeded by 140,001–141,000 |