Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 131001–132000

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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]


131001–131100

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

131101–131200

|-id=181 | 131181 Žebrák || 2001 CT41 || Žebrák is a historic town in Central Bohemia, Czech Republic, known for its medieval castles of Žebrák and Točník, a meteorite fall in 1824, and its creative astronomical observatory active in the field of public education. || IAU · 131181 |-id=186 | 131186 Pauluckas || 2001 DS || Paul Luckas (born 1962), Australian amateur astronomer, discoverer of minor planets and supernovae || JPL · 131186 |}

131201–131300

|-id=245 | 131245 Bakich || 2001 FF1 || Michael E. Bakich (born 1953), American historian of astronomy, author, and senior editor of Astronomy || JPL · 131245 |}

131301–131400

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

131401–131500

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

131501–131600

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

131601–131700

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

131701–131800

|-id=762 | 131762 Csonka || 2002 AD11 || János Csonka (1852–1939), Hungarian engineer, inventor of the first Hungarian gas engine and co-inventor of the carburetor with Donát Bánki (this minor planet was discovered on the 150th anniversary of his birth) || JPL · 131762 |-id=763 | 131763 Donátbánki || 2002 AJ11 || Donát Bánki (1859–1922), Hungarian mechanical engineer, co-inventor, with János Csonka, of the carburetor in 1893 || JPL · 131763 |}

131801–131900

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

131901–132000

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

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