Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 119001–120000

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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]


119001–119100

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

119101–119200

|-id=195 | 119195 Margaretgreer || 2001 QF111 || Margaret Hatcher Greer (b. 1951) is a retired teacher who taught at Walter Jackson Elementary and Ben Davis Elementary. || IAU · 119195 |}

119201–119300

|-id=248 | 119248 Corbally || 2001 RS10 || Christopher J. Corbally S.J. (born 1946) was ordained in the Society of Jesus and earned a PhD in astronomy. He continues a long career in astronomy where his contributions have included areas of multiple stellar systems, stellar spectral classification, galactic structure, star formation and telescope technology. || JPL · 119248 |}

119301–119400

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

119401–119500

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

119501–119600

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

119601–119700

|-id=602 | 119602 Italodimaria || 2001 WD15 || Italo Di Maria (1942–2002) was a town clerk in Sicily and the father of Dario Di Maria, one of the Farra d'Isonzo amateur astronomers who discovered this minor planet. || IAU · 119602 |}

119701–119800

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

119801–119900

|-id=846 | 119846 Goshiina || 2002 CL46 || Go Shiina (born 1974) is a Japanese music composer and arranger. He has composed music for many video games, anime series and films, including the soundtrack of the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba anime adaption with Yuki Kajiura. || IAU · 119846 |-id=890 | 119890 Zamka || 2002 CD258 || George D. Zamka (born 1962) is a retired American astronaut. Zamka piloted the Space Shuttle Discovery in its October 2007 mission to the International Space Station. He was the commander of the Space Shuttle mission in February 2010, an International Space Station assembly mission. || JPL · 119890 |}

119901–120000

|-id=961 | 119961 Nastasi || 2002 TQ57 || Template:MoMP description available || IAU · 119961 |-id=967 | 119967 Daniellong || 2002 TD310 || Daniel Long (born 1961), American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey || JPL · 119967 |-id=993 | 119993 Acabá || 2002 XT105 || Joseph Acabá (born 1967) is an American astronaut. He flew to the International Space Station in 2009, 2012 and 2018 aboard both the Space Shuttle and the Soyuz spacecraft. On his first flight, he participated in space walks to assemble the International Space Station. As of July 2020, he has spent 306 days in space. || JPL · 119993 |}

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