Meanings of minor planet names: 153001–154000
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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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 | |
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153001–153100 | |||
153078 Giovale | 2000 QW245 | John P. Giovale, chairman of the Lowell Observatory Advisory Board during 2001–2007 † | |
153201–153300 | |||
153284 Frieman | 2001 DU109 | Joshua Frieman, American astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey † | |
153289 Rebeccawatson | 2001 FB10 | Rebecca Watson, American radio, blog, and Internet (The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe) science advocate † | |
153298 Paulmyers | 2001 FC122 | Paul Zachary "PZ" Myers, American associate professor of biology and public educator, author of the blog Pharyngula † | |
153301–153400 | |||
153333 Jeanhugues | 2001 OR50 | Jean-Hugues Blanc, French member of the Société astronomique de Montpellier (Astronomical Society of Montpellier), who observes at the discovery site † | |
153701–153800 | |||
153686 Pathall | 2001 TZ242 | Patrick Hall, Canadian-American astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey † | |
Preceded by 152,001–153,000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 153,001–154,000 |
Succeeded by 154,001–155,000 |
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