Meanings of minor planet names: 106001–107000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
106501–106600
106537 McCarthy 2000 WB63 Robynn "Swoopy" McCarthy, American producer and co-host of the podcast Skepticality
106545 Colanduno 2000 WL68 Derek Colanduno, American producer and co-host of the podcast Skepticality
106801–106900
106817 Yubangtaek 2000 XC44 Yu, Bangtaek, 13th-century Korean Joseon Dynasty astronomer, co-author of the stone star chart Cheonsangyeolchabunyajido
106869 Irinyi 2000 YY31 János Irinyi, 19th-century Austro-Hungarian inventor of the "noiseless" match
Preceded by
105,001–106,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 106,001–107,000
Succeeded by
107,001–108,000
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