Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 143001–144000

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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]


143001–143100

|-id=048 | 143048 Margaretpenston || 2002 VR132 || Margaret Penston (born 1941), the past president of the Society for Popular Astronomy based in the United Kingdom || JPL · 143048 |}

143101–143200

|-id=139 | 143139 Kučáková || 2002 XC39 || Template:MoMP description available || IAU · 143139 |}

143201–143300

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

143301–143400

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

143401–143500

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

143501–143600

|-id=579 | 143579 Dérimiksa || 2003 FE7 || Miksa Déri (1854–1938), a Hungarian electrical engineer. || JPL · 143579 |}

143601–143700

|-id=622 | 143622 Robertbloch || 2003 HG || Robert Bloch (1922–1994), a Swiss art, literature and music benefactor, founder of the "Fondation Anne et Robert Bloch" || JPL · 143622 |-id=641 | 143641 Sapello || 2003 NK5 || Sapello, New Mexico || JPL · 143641 |}

143701–143800

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

143801–143900

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

143901–144000

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

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