Meanings of minor-planet names: 195001–196000

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 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. Public Domain 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]

195001–195100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

195101–195200

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
195191 Constantinetsang 2002 CC281 Constantine C. C. Tsang (born 1981) is a Senior Research Scientist at the Southwest Research Institute, and served as a Science Team Collaborator for imaging data analysis for the New Horizons mission to Pluto. JPL · 195191

195201–195300

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

195301–195400

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

195401–195500

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
195405 Lentyler 2002 GQ27 G. Leonard Tyler (born 1940), formerly of Stanford University, worked for the New Horizons mission to Pluto as a Science Team Co-investigator and as the REX instrument radio science principal investigator JPL · 195405

195501–195600

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195600 Scheithauer 2002 JH148 Christian Friedrich Scheithauer (1771–1846), a German teacher and amateur astronomer from Chemnitz JPL · 195600

195601–195700

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195657 Zhuangqining 2002 NN60 Zhuangqining (born 1945), a Chinese teacher and the first Secretary-General of the Ningbo Astronomy Amateur Association JPL · 195657

195701–195800

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195777 Sheepman 2002 PP154 Sheepman, a fictional character featured in the novels A Wild Sheep Chase and Dance Dance Dance by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami. The Sheepman is a shabby but oracular creature and appears as an unshaven man dressed in sheepskin who instructs the protagonist to "dance so it all keeps spinning." JPL · 195777

195801–195900

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195853 Ouyangtianjing 2002 QA80 Ouyang Tianjing (1944–2015), a Chinese amateur astronomer. IAU · 195853
195900 Rogersudbury 2002 RS41 Roger Sudbury (born 1938) provided leadership and expertise in the national security community since joining the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory in 1969. As a key senior leader at the Laboratory, he assisted in initiating the LINEAR Ceres Connection program. JPL · 195900

195901–196000

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
195998 Skipwilson 2002 RO235 Ivan "Skip" Wilson (born 1941), pioneer of systematic meteorite recovery JPL · 195998
196000 Izzard 2002 RY237 Eddie Izzard (born 1962), a British stand-up comic and dramatic actor JPL · 196000

References

  1. ^ "WGSBN Bulletin Archive". Working Group Small Body Nomenclature. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. ^ "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  4. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-34360-8. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  6. ^ Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
  7. ^ "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Minor Planet Naming Guidelines (Rules and Guidelines for naming non-cometary small Solar-System bodies) – v1.0" (PDF). Working Group Small Body Nomenclature (PDF). 20 December 2021.


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