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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 approved and published in a bulletin by IAU's Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN).^[1] Before May 2021, citations were published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars for many decades.^[2] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).^[3] 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.^[4]^[5]

Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,^[6] Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: SBDB New namings may only be added to this list below after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned.^[7] The WGSBN publishes a comprehensive guideline for the naming rules of non-cometary small Solar System bodies.^[8]

146001–146100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
146040 Alicebowman	2000 DV₁₁₄	Alice Bowman (born 1960) is a group supervisor at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. She served as the Mission Operations Manager for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.	JPL · 146040

146101–146200

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

146201–146300

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146268 Jennipolakis	2001 DQ	Jennifer Polakis (born 1959), American amateur astronomer, eclipse chaser and popularizer of astronomy	JPL · 146268

146301–146400

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

146401–146500

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146442 Dwaynebrown	2001 QS₃₂₀	Dwayne C. Brown (born 1960), the Public Affairs Officer for the New Horizons mission to Pluto	JPL · 146442

146501–146600

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

146601–146700

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

146701–146800

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

146801–146900

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

146901–147000

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146921 Michaelbuckley	2002 CU₂₅₀	Michael R. Buckley (born 1969) is a senior public affairs specialist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. He served as the Public Affairs Officer for the New Horizons mission to Pluto.	JPL · 146921