Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 141001–142000

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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]


141001–141100

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

141101–141200

|-id=128 | 141128 Ghyoot || 2001 XR88 || Herman Ghyoot (born 1941), founder and first president of the Public Observatory Beisbroek (Volkssterrenwacht vzw Beisbroek; Observatoire de Beisbroek) in Bruges, Belgium (also see 121313 Tamsin). || IAU · 141128 |}

141201–141300

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

141301–141400

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

141401–141500

|-id=414 | 141414 Bochanski || 2002 AK205 || John Bochanski (born 1980), an American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, is known for his research on the luminosity function of low-mass stars and the structure of the Milky Way. || JPL · 141414 |-id=496 | 141496 Bartkevicius || 2002 ED13 || Antanas Bartkevičius (born 1940), Lithuanian astronomer and professor in astronomy at the Vilnius Pedagogical University || JPL · 141496 |}

141501–141600

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

141601–141700

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

141701–141800

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

141801–141900

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

141901–142000

|-id=995 | 141995 Rossbeyer || 2002 PU154 || Ross A. Beyer (born 1975) is an American research scientist at Ames Research Center, who was a member of the geology science team for the New Horizons mission to Pluto. || JPL · 141995 |}

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