Meanings of minor planet names: 65001–66000
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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65001–65100 | ||
| 65001 Teodorescu | 2002 AF67 | Ana Maria Teodorescu, Romanian astronomer and wife of Fabrizio Bernardi, one of the discoverers † |
| 65091 Saramagrin | 2002 CF | Sara Magrin, Italian astronomer, active member of the Asiago-DLR Asteroid Survey (ADAS) † |
| 65100 Birtwhistle | 2002 CR15 | Peter Birtwhistle, British amateur astronomer † |
| 65101–65200 | ||
| 65159 Sprowls | 2002 CN152 | Marlene Sprowls Durig, mother of the discoverer † |
| 65201–65300 | ||
| 65210 Stichius | 2002 EG | Stichius, a Greek warrior at Troy, who together with Menestheus, carried the body of Amphimachus back to the Archaen troops. This prevented Hektor from stealing Amphimachus's helm.† |
| 65241 Seeley | 2002 EP110 | Bob Seeley, an accomplished Detroit pianist, playing music from Gershwin and Debussy to Scott Joplin. † |
| 65301–65400 | ||
| 65357 Antoniucci | 2002 NR55 | Simone Antoniucci, Italian astronomer † |
| 65363 Ruthanna | 2002 PQ11 | Ruthanna Dellinger Powell, aunt of the discoverer † |
| 65401–65500 | ||
| 65489 Ceto | 2003 FX128 | Ceto, mythological monstrous sea creature, child of Gaia and Pontus; together with its sibling Phorcys (65489 Ceto I Phorcys), it produced numerous offspring, the Phorcydides † |
| 65501–65600 | ||
| 65541 Kasbek | 9593 P-L | Kasbek, high inactive volcano in the Georgian Caucasus, near the Russian border † |
| 65583 Theoklymenos | 4646 T-2 | Theoklymenos, son of Mantios and grandson of Melampus, Greek seer who, in the Odyssey, prophesies Odysseus' return to Ithaca and the death of Penelope's suitors † |
| 65590 Archeptolemos | 1305 T-3 | Archeptolemos, Trojan charioteer of Hector, killed by Teucer with the help of Apollo † |
| 65601–65700 | ||
| 65657 Hube | 1982 QB4 | Douglas P. Hube, Canadian astronomer † |
| 65658 Gurnikovskaya | 1982 UA6 | Renata Yur'evna Gurnikovskaya (born 1974) is the older daughter of the discoverer † |
| 65672 Merrick | 1988 QD | In spite of facing the challenge of a rare form of leukemia, Dawson Tate Merrick (1999–2009) excelled at all he attempted, from his academic studies to sports † |
| 65675 Mohr-Gruber | 1989 AG6 | Curate Josef Mohr and his organist Franz Xaver Gruber, Austrian musicians, composers of the Christmas carol "Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht" ("Silent Night! Holy Night!") † |
| 65685 Behring | 1990 TY1 | Emil Adolf von Behring, German medical doctor and Nobelist, founder of the science of immunology † |
| 65694 Franzrosenzweig | 1991 RX40 | Franz Rosenzweig, modern (19th-20th century) Jewish religious thinker † |
| 65696 Pierrehenry | 1991 TP15 | Pierre Henry Senegas-Lowe, son of the discoverer † |
| 65697 Paulandrew | 1991 TU15 | Paul Andrew Senegas-Lowe, son of the discoverer † |
| 65698 Emmarochelle | 1991 TP16 | Emma Rochelle Slater, stepdaughter of the discoverer † |
| 65701–65800 | ||
| 65708 Ehrlich | 1992 RB1 | Paul Ehrlich, German Nobelist, pioneer of hematology, immunology and chemotherapy † |
| 65716 Ohkinohama | 1993 BZ2 | Ohkinohama is a 1.5-kilometer-long beach adjacent to the eastern part of Ashizurimisaki promontory at the southern end of Shikoku Island † |
| 65769 Mahalia | 1995 EN8 | Mahalia Jackson, American "Queen of Gospel Song" † |
| 65775 Reikotosa | 1995 SO2 | Reiko Tosa, Japanese long-distance runner. † |
| 65784 Naderayama | 1995 UF4 | Naderayama mountain (height 660 meters) is located in the west of Yonezawa city, Yamagata prefecture. † |
| 65801–65900 | ||
| 65803 Didymos | 1996 GT | Greek for "twin" (the object was named after its binarity was confirmed in 2003) † |
| 65848 Enricomari | 1997 BP9 | Enrico Mari (1978–2007), a cousin of the discoverer and a member of the Montelupo Astronomical Group † |
| 65859 Mädler | 1997 GF42 | Johann Heinrich von Mädler, 19th-century German astronomer and selenographer † |
| 65885 Lubenow | 1997 YF20 | Alexander (Andy) F. Lubenow, American program coordinator at the Space Telescope Science Institute † ‡ |
| 65894 Echizenmisaki | 1998 BO48 | Echizenmisaki is a promontory in Fukui prefecture that projects into the Sea of Japan † |
| Preceded by 64,001–65,000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 65,001–66,000 |
Succeeded by 66,001–67,000 |