Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 136001–137000

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This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. Also see list of named minor planets (alphabetical) for a condensed version without naming citations.

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), 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 number-range that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names.

Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars several times a year. Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB). Until his death in 2016, German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel compiled these citations into the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (DMP) and regularly updated the collection. Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets, Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II.  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document "SBDB". New namings may only be added after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned by the Committee on Small Body Nomenclature.

136001–136100

|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}

136101–136200

|-id=108 | 136108 Haumea || 2003 EL₆₁ || Haumea, Hawaiian goddess of childbirth and fertility, a personification of stone, and two of her daughters, Hiʻiaka and Namaka (Src) || JPL · 136108 |-id=197 | 136197 Johnandrews || 2003 UH₂₈₇ || John P. Andrews (born 1963) is a research and development director for Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado. He served as the Project Manager for the New Horizons mission to Pluto. || JPL · 136197 |-id=199 | 136199 Eris || 2003 UB₃₁₃ || Eris, from Greek mythology, the goddess of discord and strife. The dwarf planet's moon, (136199) Eris I Dysnomia, is named after her daughter (Src). || MPC · 136199 |}

136201–136300

|-id=273 | 136273 Csermely || 2003 YT₁₀₇ || Péter Csermely (born 1958) is a Hungarian biochemist, and network researcher. His major fields of study are the adaptation and learning of complex networks. In 1995 he launched a highly successful initiative, which provided research opportunities for more than 10 \, 000 gifted high school students. || JPL · 136273 |}

136301–136400

|-id=367 | 136367 Gierlinger || 2004 EU₁₁ || Richard Gierlinger (born 1967), an Austrian amateur astronomer, telescope builder and discoverer of minor planets || JPL · 136367 |}

136401–136500

|-id=432 | 136432 Allenlunsford || 2005 EW₂₀ || Allen Lunsford (born 1968) is the Visible and near InfraRed Spectrometer (OVIRS) algorithm lead, developing all instrument operation and calibration software, as well as testing for the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample-return mission || JPL · 136432 |-id=472 | 136472 Makemake || 2005 FY₉ || Makemake, creator deity of the Rapa Nui mythology (Easter Island). The discovery team previously used the codename "Easterbunny" for this object (Src). || JPL · 136472 |-id=473 | 136473 Bakosgáspár || 2005 GB || Gáspár Bakos (fr) (born 1976), Hungarian astrophysicist and father of HATNet, a network of telescopes that detects extrasolar planets and variable stars || JPL · 136473 |}

136501–136600

|-id=518 | 136518 Opitz || 2005 SF₇₀ || Nándor Opitz (1922–1995), a Hungarian engineer, aviator and the first Hungarian FAI Diamond Badge glider pilot. || JPL · 136518 |-id=557 | 136557 Neleus || 5214 T-2 || Neleus, husband to Chloris and father of the Greek Nestor, banished with his other children to Messina and later killed by Heracles || JPL · 136557 |}

136601–136700

|-id=666 | 136666 Seidel || 1995 SE || Josef Seidel (1859–1935), and his son Frantíšek Seidel (1908–1997), photographers from Český Krumlov in the Czech Republic. Their work depicts both people and places of the southeast part of the Bohemian Forest (Šumava). || JPL · 136666 |}

136701–136800

|-id=743 | 136743 Echigo || 1995 WW₁ || Echigo, a name of an old administrative area in Japan. || JPL · 136743 |-id=795 | 136795 Tatsunokingo || 1997 BQ || Tatsuno Kingo (1854–1919) was a Japanese architect, born in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture. He was a leading Japanese modern architect, and he taught many students. He was best known as the designer of the Bank of Japan building (Tokyo) and Tokyo railway station. || IAU · 136795 |}

136801–136900

|-id=803 | 136803 Calliemorgan || 1997 EC₃ || Callie Morgan Caruso (born 2009), granddaughter of American astronomer Jim Bruton who discovered this minor planet || JPL · 136803 |-id=818 | 136818 Selqet || 1997 MW₁ || Selqet, ancient Egyptian goddess of magic, protector of the other gods from the destroyer, Apep || JPL · 136818 |-id=824 | 136824 Nonamikeiko || 1997 RJ₅ || Keiko Nonami (born 1960), member of Matsue Astronomy Club || JPL · 136824 |-id=825 | 136825 Slawitschek || 1997 SX₃ || Rudolf Slawitschek (1880–1945) was a Prague-based German writer and jurist. He wrote the historical novel Hans Adam Löwenmacht (Pražský dobrodruh), the children's book Anastasius Katzenschlucker and Der blaue Herrgott (1927), which takes place in the landscape of Kleť Mountain and nearby Český Krumlov. || JPL · 136825 |-id=848 | 136848 Kevanpooler || 1998 BF₄₄ || Kevin Murphy (born 1949; pen name: Kevan Pooler), a British historian and author who helped track the WWII past of the father of Maura Tombelli who co-discovered this minor planet. || IAU · 136848 |}

136901–137000

|-id=922 | 136922 Brianbauer || 1998 HB₁₅₂ || Brian A. Bauer (born 1982) is a senior systems engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, who performed a leading role in fault protection and spacecraft autonomy for the New Horizons mission to Pluto. || JPL · 136922 |}