Meanings of minor planet names: 137001–138000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
137001–137100
137039 Lisiguang 1998 UX31 Li Siguang, founder of and pioneer in modern Chinese geology
137052 Tjelvar 1998 VO33 Tjelvar, first inhabitant of Gotland
137066 Gellért-hegy 1998 WR8 Gellért-hegy is a 235-meter high hill on the shore of the Danube in Budapest.
137082 Maurobachini 1998 XE9 Mauro Bachini (b. 1959), an amateur astronomer who works at the Astronomical Observatory of Tavolaia, Santa Maria a Monte.
137101–137200
137165 Annis 1999 FP68 Jim Annis, American astronomer
137166 Netabahcall 1999 FS81 Neta Bahcall, Israeli-American astronomer
137201–137300
137217 Racah 1999 NH64 Giulio Racah, founder of physics in Israel
137601–137700
137632 Ramsauer 1999 WG2 Alfred Ramsauer (b. 1928) has been a member of the Linzer Astronomische Gemeinschaft since 1952.
Preceded by
136,001–137,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 137,001–138,000
Succeeded by
138,001–139,000
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