Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 189001–190000

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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.

189001–189100

|-id=004 | 189004 Capys || 3184 T-3 || Capys, king of Dardania, from Classical mythology. He was the son of Assaracus and the father of Anchises. || JPL · 189004 |-id=011 | 189011 Ogmios || 1997 NJ₆ || Ogmios, Celtic patron god of scholars and the personification of eloquence and persuasiveness || JPL · 189011 |-id=018 | 189018 Guokeda || 1998 TC₁₉ || The University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), also known as "Guokeda", is the first and largest graduate education institution in the P.R. China, having granted the country's first Ph.D.s in science and in engineering. UCAS started enrolling undergraduate students in 2014. || JPL · 189018 |-id=035 | 189035 Michaelsummers || 2000 CX₁₀₉ || Michael E. Summers (born 1954) is a professor of planetary sciences and astronomy at George Mason University. He worked as a co-investigator and as a Deputy Atmospheres Team Lead for the New Horizons mission to Pluto. || JPL · 189035 |}

189101–189200

|-id=188 | 189188 Floraliën || 2003 FL₆ || The Gentse Floraliën (Floralies of Ghent) is a world-famous flower exhibition held in Ghent (Belgium) every five years || JPL · 189188 |}

189201–189300

|-id=202 | 189202 Calar Alto || 2003 SM₁₅ || Calar Alto Observatory, in the Sierra de los Filabres in Andalusia, southern Spain || JPL · 189202 |-id=261 | 189261 Hiroo || 2004 XO₆₂ || Hiroo Itagaki (1949–1977), brother of the Japanese amateur astronomer Koichi Itagaki who discovered this minor planet || JPL · 189261 |-id=264 | 189264 Gerardjeong || 2005 GY₁₀₈ || Gerard K. Jeong (born 1973), humanitarian, healer, and spine surgeon at Tucson Orthopedic Institute || JPL · 189264 |}

189301–189400

|-id=310 | 189310 Polydamas || 2006 AJ₈₂ || Polydamas from Greek mythology. He was a Trojan commander during the Trojan War whose battle strategy was more cautious than that of his friend Hektor. || JPL · 189310 |-id=312 | 189312 Jameyszalay || 2006 JN₆₂ || Jamey R. Szalay (born 1988), an Associate Research Scholar at Princeton University who worked as a PhD student with the Student Dust Counter Instrument for the New Horizons mission to Pluto. || JPL · 189312 |-id=320 | 189320 Lakitsferenc || 2006 YC₁₄ || Template:MoMP description available || IAU · 189320 |-id=347 | 189347 Qian || 2008 BQ₁₅ || Qian Zhongshu (1910–1998), Chinese literary scholar and writer || JPL · 189347 |-id=396 | 189396 Sielewicz || 2008 JB₆ || Henryk Sielewicz (born 1949), a Lithuanian amateur astronomer || JPL · 189396 |-id=398 | 189398 Soemmerring || 2008 JG₂₀ || Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring (1755–1830), German anthropologist, anatomist, paleontologist and inventor || JPL · 189398 |}

189401–189500

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

189501–189600

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

189601–189700

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

189701–189800

|-id=795 | 189795 McGehee || 2002 ER₁₅₉ || Peregrine McGehee (born 1960), an American astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.[MPC 85412] || MPC · 189795 |}

189801–189900

|-id=848 | 189848 Eivissa || 2003 FF₂ || Eivissa (Ibiza in Spanish) is the westernmost of the Balearic islands || JPL · 189848 |}

189901–190000

|-id=930 | 189930 Jeanneherbert || 2003 SR₂₀₀ || Jeanne Herbert (born 1958), a grants management specialist for the Bisbee (Arizona) Unified School District || JPL · 189930 |-id=944 | 189944 Leblanc || 2003 TX || Thierry Leblanc (born 1967), the group supervisor of the Atmospheric Lidar Group, and Principal Investigator of stratospheric and tropospheric ozone, and temperature lidar measurements at the Table Mountain Observatory. || JPL · 189944 |-id=945 | 189945 Teddykareta || 2003 TP₃ || Theodore Kareta (born 1995) an American planetary scientist who studies small Solar System bodies, in particular active asteroids, comets, and centaurs with ground-based telescopes in the visible and near-infrared spectrum at Lowell Observatory (Src, Src). || IAU · 189945 |-id=948 | 189948 Richswanson || 2003 UM₄ || Rich Swanson (born 1964) is an intelligence specialist for a contractor to the Department of Defense at Ft. Huachuca, Arizona || JPL · 189948 |}