Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 137001–138000

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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.[1] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).[2] 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.[3][4] Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,[5] 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.[6]


137001–137100

|-id=039 | 137039 Lisiguang || 1998 UX31 || Li Siguang (1899–1971), founder of and pioneer in modern Chinese geology || JPL · 137039 |-id=052 | 137052 Tjelvar || 1998 VO33 || Tjelvar, first inhabitant on Gotland || JPL · 137052 |-id=066 | 137066 Gellért-hegy || 1998 WR8 || Gellért-hegy, a 235-meter high hill on the shore of the Danube in Budapest, Hungary || JPL · 137066 |-id=082 | 137082 Maurobachini || 1998 XE9 || Mauro Bachini (born 1959), an amateur astronomer who works at the Astronomical Observatory of Tavolaia, Santa Maria a Monte. || JPL · 137082 |}

137101–137200

|-id=165 | 137165 Annis || 1999 FP68 || Jim Annis (born 1961), American astronomer || JPL · 137165 |-id=166 | 137166 Netabahcall || 1999 FS81 || Neta Bahcall (born 1942), Israeli-American cosmologist || JPL · 137166 |}

137201–137300

|-id=217 | 137217 Racah || 1999 NH64 || Giulio Racah (1909–1965), founder of physics in Israel || JPL · 137217 |}

137301–137400

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

137401–137500

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

137501–137600

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

137601–137700

|-id=632 | 137632 Ramsauer || 1999 WG2 || Alfred Ramsauer (born 1928) has been a member of the Linzer Astronomische Gemeinschaft since 1952. || JPL · 137632 |}

137701–137800

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

137801–137900

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

137901–138000

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

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